Benjamin De Cleen

I'm very happy with the arrival of Jana and Laura! Fantastic news for @populismPSA! @PolStudiesAssoc

Free Bahruz Samadov

🚨 | NEW ARTICLE 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 ‘𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’ Nationalism and populism in Vlaams Belang’s discourse about farmers by Gijs Lambrechts and Benjamin De Cleen 👉 doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24…

New and important publication for populism and discourse theory. It's the introductory article to the special issue entitled ''Discourse Theory and the Turn to Practice'', authored/edited by De Cleen, Glynos, Goyvaerts and Stavrakakis. shorturl.at/n3eCp

🚜🚜🚜 In 2024, Europe saw a peak in farmers' protests. In our new article in @jlanpol, @BenjaminDeCleen and I show how the Flemish far-right party Vlaams Belang, historically rooted in an urban context, capitalized on these protests. doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24…

Stukje getikt voor @Sampol_magazine. Populisme. Het wordt in het mediadebat steevast 'de andere' verweten. En journalisten, zo moeten we geloven, die registreren enkel wat leeft. Dat is natuurlijk een mythe. Dag in, dag uit scheppen de media 'de stem van het volk' door bepaalde…

This is an important contribution "demonstrating that ‘populist foreign policy’ looks radically different in analyses of the populist left, refuting the possibility of any distinctly ‘populist’ foreign policy positions".

Our article on the populism of the privileged has now been assigned an issue.

From ‘Terror State’ to Part of the ‘Jewish-Christian Civilisation’: Omran Shroufi explores diversity in the German far right’s position towards Israel. Read in @PolStudies: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… @PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics #polsci @uniyorkpolitics

Our letter has 123 signatures so far. Please sign and spread to maximize pressure for the release of Bahruz Samadov @bahruz_samad.

We, colleagues of @bahruz_samad have written a statement demanding his release and urging governments and representatives to do all they can. Please consider signing the letter via shorturl.at/NZf0v

We condemn the arrest of our colleague Bahruz Samadov (@bahruz_samad) by the govt of #Azerbaijan. This is an attack on human rights & freedom of speech. We call our international network to join us in demanding his release. Share widely. #FreeBahruz politico.eu/article/eu-con…

The statement of civil society activists For over a year, the autocratic regime in 🇦🇿, which has been launching total and aggressive attacks against the opposition, independent media, and civil society, has now targeted political scientist and doctoral candidate Bahruz Samadov +

📄 STATEMENT ON RACIST VIOLENCE IN BRITAIN We at the PSA Populism Specialist Group are horrified by the recent racist attacks in the UK. We urge critical reflection on the use of "populism" to describe far-right, racist discourses. Read more: psapopulism.org/blog/news/stat…

Omran Shroufi and I wrote a little piece on far-right intellectuals' reflections on populism for our friends at @populismPSA. Based on our article for @PolStudies. Open access here: shorturl.at/hVZGV

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"In Ixelles the largest party in the regional elections received 6,895 votes. But the number of eligible non-Belgian voters in Ixelles alone is 33,916." Register to vote in the October municipal elections: bit.ly/3EAwL0l