TIL I learned that the first Jewish person in Canada was Esther Brandeau, who arrived in New France disguised as Jacques La Fargue, a male Catholic. She was found out and deported back to Old France when she refused to convert. Also, in Quebec Matzah can only be sold around Passover and only under a…
Some traditional right-wing extremist groups will march on May Day. It’s an empty, mock-left-authoritarian ritual that does not even mobilise their own constituency.
The Spring 2023 update of the Far-Right Bibliography features 108 fresh titles. Dive in to discover the topics explored by the authors.
A short, interesting read: How the John Birch Society prepared the ground for Trumpism
Or something along those lines: listen to me rambling on about Russia, German right-wing populism, and the AfD.
In my defence, it was supposed to be an interview, but then the person just to the left of the camera declined to ask any further questions and just smiled encouragingly until I ran out of steam. Click here for a slightly more coherent writeup and the reference for the full article.
There are so many systems that are supposed to document our outputs, talking to each other all the time.
While you were occupied with the substack ban/unban, everyone’s least favourite billionaire is trying to make twitter profitable by 🥁 🥁 🥁 killing hobbyist projects like this.
I lead a very sheltered life: before reading this post, I had never suspected that it is possible to hijack an academic journal.
Very happy to report that my recent research on Political Secularism has been published in the European Journal of Political Research (open access). Read the very short summary below, or just watch the video.
When my old twin love anthropology & archaeology called this morning, I did not hesitate for a second. Submitting a two-page article by midnight to release the Upcoming Issue? No problem due to my eminence. Consider yourselves intervened (and the discount availed). And then, as I was still eminent, it hit me like the proverbial…