Kevin McDonald
@kev_mcdonald
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Sociologist at Middlesex University working on social movements, radicalisation, digital cultures and social worlds. All views personal.
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Joined March 2011
I'm looking forward to my first #criminology class for this year in MSc #Cybercrime and Digital Investigations at #Middlesex. Today we start by looking at the difference between Cybercrime and #ComputerSecurity. The question we will explore: What is #KKPark ? @MiddlesexUni
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We really must defend #libraries and the freedom to #read and #imagine. Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
theguardian.com
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
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UK has #YouthMobility schemes with Canada, SouthKorea, #Australia, etc. But not #EU. Has rejected #Erasmus #student mobility. There is an opportunity here for #Labour to stand for something. EU pushes Keir Starmer to open door to youth mobility scheme.
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European politicians said to believe such a scheme would be a ‘token of good faith’ in EU-UK relationship
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Applications for #ESRC #PhD #research #studentships
@MiddlesexUni are now open to UK and international students! Ambitious programmes of research linked to dynamic interdisciplinary research clusters. Further information & apply by 15 January 2025: https://t.co/9NekDvCW2v
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#Labour - If true, such closure of #imagination and failure of #courage. UK ministers rule out joining youth mobility scheme with EU
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Report that EU proposal on work and study for under-30s could be revisited is denied by government
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Not #MindlessThuggery nor fear of uncontrolled #migration. Increasing numbers are caught up in world of #ConspiracyTheories, hidden and revealed, contamination & disorder, evident in racist imaginary of #dirty and #4chan-invented #pedos, nourished by online modern #nazism.
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#FarRight #conspiracy and #FakeNews actors setting out to benefit from terrible human tragedy. Fearful #PostTruth mobilisations setting out to destroy our shared world and our capacity to share the suffering of others.
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Police address falsehoods including ‘incorrect’ name as far-right activists and conspiracy theorists share content
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Can we have an answer? Will #Labour review draconian #AntiDemocratic law designed to suppress #protest ? Not acceptable in a democracy’: UN expert condemns lengthy #JustStopOil sentences
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Michel Forst, UN special rapporteur, joins growing chorus of voices criticising jail terms handed to five defendants
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#Violence against political candidates is increasing in both #USA and #Europe as well. Less structured by #ideologues, more by immersion in #Conspiracy imaginaries of #left and #right. It is a real threat to #democracy today.
theguardian.com
Suspected shooter and one rally attendee dead, says Butler county district attorney – here’s what else we know about the situation
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Three undergraduate #Sociology essay questions: (1) Why is fear of #migration greatest in areas with fewest migrants? (2) When we #fear migration, what do we fear? (3) Will reducing migration reduce fear of migration ?
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Exclusive: former PM says immigration benefits UK but controls are needed to ‘close off avenues’ for populists
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Very good news for #France and for #Europe. Next step - construct a credible #PoliticalProgramme. This is what is needed to respond to the #FarRight – via @LaMatinale_M
lemonde.fr
Arrivée en tête du second tour, l’alliance de gauche est mise au défi de s’accorder et de dialoguer avec les autres forces politiques pour convertir cette première place en majorité de gouvernement.
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#CovidConspiracies and #CrisisOfMasculinity - are these to be the building blocks of reconstructing the #FarRight after the #UK #GeneralElection? Farage says he is part of ‘similar phenomenon’ to Andrew Tate among young men.
theguardian.com
Reform UK leader claims rise of misogynist influencer has been due to a society that creates feelings of ‘emasculation’
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For researchers working on the current reconfiguration of #ViolentExtremism and #radicalisation - an important resource.
🚀 The launch conference for the new EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation takes place this Monday in Brussels. 🔗 Learn more about the conference and the Hub here 👉 https://t.co/aatC3mJoG0
#SecurityEU
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Great shame that #UK citizens no longer part of democratic process deciding future of #Europe, shaping #GreenDeal, #DigitalServices, #Erasmus youth & culture exchanges. As Britain becomes poorer & more isolated, hundreds of millions head to polls. #Brexit
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Voters in most EU member states called to polls on Sunday, as far-right parties expected to gain record number of seats
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Three days with great colleagues at the European Experts Network on Terrorism Issues in #Brussels. I’ve been presenting work on #extremism from our @ParticipH2020 project. An extra bonus - an extraordinary sunset over the city this evening.
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My friend & former colleague @SociologyGold , @Profseidler was @MiddlesexUni yesterday to present his latest book on #COVID & its impact, exploring #inequalities, #remembering, #grief. A wonderful #Sociology of shared #vulnerability, and its refusal.
routledge.com
This timely and powerful autoethnography traces the spread of and responses to Covid-19: from the uncertainty surrounding its outbreak, to its devastating and continued aftermath. Following the virus...
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Colleagues and former students of Vincenzo Ruggiero came together last week to celebrate his life and contribution to @MiddlesexUni, to #Criminology, and to efforts to build a more just and democratic world.
mdx.ac.uk
Criminologists and graduates herald ‘visionary’ MDX academic Vincenzo Ruggiero at inspiring memorial
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The opportunity to work or study in other countries is a chance to see the world through the lives of others. In #UK, #students have the chance to explore ideas with people from other cultures. #Brexit wants to close this down. Sadly, so too does #Labour.
theguardian.com
Labour also turns down European Commission’s proposal, which would have allowed young Britons to live, study and work in EU
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Vincenzo Ruggiero - a creative, passionate and generous colleague, a major contributor to reinventing #CriticalCriminology for the #21Century. A passionate believer that universities and ideas can build a more just world. A great colleague and friend.
theguardian.com
Other lives: Expert in critical criminology who advised the United Nations on organised crime and human trafficking
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