Giada

PhD Candidate in Political Science @Konstanz_Pol_PA
Populism & International Solidarity
@UniKonstanz

[Andy Sharp @sharp_writing]

Nikkei writes that Sanseito is following Europe’s far-right, anti-immigration, populist, nationalist, anti-globalization playbook.

Like the AfD, Le Pen and Austria’s Freedom Party, they are gaining support using street speeches and social media.

Yet none of these parties have taken power yet in Europe. Strong opposition from the centre.

Link in next tweet.

[Thomás Zicman de Barros @bolandeira]

📢 PUBLICATION ALERT

New article with @TheoAiolfi in @JournalCES!
Can left populism embrace anti-racism & queer politics—or must it stick to patriotism to reach “the people”?

We reply to @mazzuele, Rojas-Andrés & @JacopoCustodi with a French case: the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.👇

[Giada @giadapax]

Wrapped up a fantastic week at the #ECPR Joint Sessions—grateful for the inspiring conversations and brilliant colleagues. Big thanks to Lizbeth Zimmermann and Raffaele Mastrorocco for organizing a great workshop on the international politics of the far right. @ECPR

[Tom Nuttall @tom_nuttall]

So we might actually get a new Pope before a new Bundeskanzler

[Giada @giadapax]

Branded as undemocratic, the #AfD now flips the populist script exploiting Merz's failed vote to frame CDU and SPD as the real enemies of the people.
Celebrating a democratic deadlock as a response to anti-democratic criticism.

[Alice Weidel @Alice_Weidel]

#Merz ist der erste Kanzlerkandidat der Bundesrepublik, der im ersten Wahlgang gescheitert ist. Das zeigt, auf welch schwachem Fundament die kleine Koalition aus Union und von den Bürgern abgewählter SPD gebaut ist.

[Cecilia Sala @ceciliasala]

La giornalista ucraina Victoria Roshchyna, rapida dai servizi segreti russi, morta in carcere, è stata riconsegnata alla Croce Rossa in un sacco di plastica bianco con la testa rasata, le ustioni sul corpo, i segni delle scosse elettriche, e senza tre organi: il cervello, gli occhi e la laringe. L'ipotesi è che siano stati asportati per cancellare altri segni delle torture che ha subìto in cella. C'è un'inchiesta collettiva che lo ricostruisce: https://t.co/AFoaDHyRTo

[Théo Aiolfi @TheoAiolfi]

In addition to these idiosyncratic elements, other contextual factors affected the use of the populist style, including gender norms.

This explains why Trump embodied macho aggressivity while Le Pen embodied hybrid femininity as part of her ‘de-demonisation’ strategy.

17/25

[Théo Aiolfi @TheoAiolfi]

(c) And finally, populism relies on performing crisis. The argument here reverses the position that populism emerges in times of crisis, stating instead that it is populism that produces crisis.

For an issue to become a crisis, it has be performatively framed as a crisis.

10/25

[Théo Aiolfi @TheoAiolfi]

I more specifically defend the idea that populism relies on three performative clusters: performances of (a) identity, (b) transgression and (c) crisis.

(a) I divide populist performances of identity into two levels: collective and individual.

6/25

[Théo Aiolfi @TheoAiolfi]

Understanding populism as a style challenges the mainstream perspective that it is a set of ideas or beliefs.

Instead, I argue that populism is a matter of form rather than content, a specific way to articulate ideology rather than a well-defined ideology itself.

4/25

[Théo Aiolfi @TheoAiolfi]

My first book, The Populist Style, is finally out! 🎉✨

It is available in open access (DL link here: https://t.co/MIvFg1fbn4) and there is a 30% discount code (NEW30) for those who want to get a hardback copy (https://t.co/S5OLO32aPj)

Here's a summary of the book:

(1/25)

[Anna Matson @AnnaRMatson]

Here we go. Here is a thread of all of President Trump’s Executive Orders he signed on his first day.

Tell me your favorite at the end!

👇

[Giada @giadapax]

So it happened, now who is next in the line?
Meloni? Wilders? Le Pen? Now that Trump has normalized the withdrawal from IOs, we could expect that more populists will claim the same, supported by their audience already critical towards international governance.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: What is this one?

“Withdrawing from the World Heath Organization”

Trump: Ohhh

[Lisa Zanotti @LisaZanottiPhD]

📢 New OA publication alert! 🚨

1/3 How do far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterparts? My latest article with @ABorgesUnB in @PolStudies assesses the far right in a region where immigration is not a central issue.
https://t.co/ys9I1qDsXZ

[Yejin Gim @gimyejin]

I'm a South Korean journalist based in New York City. This is a thread about what's happening in South Korea right now after the president declared emergency martial law.

[Giada @giadapax]

Elon #Musk head of the Doge
Me: Head of a Meme?

Elon Musk new slogan:
Make Memes Great Again

[Giada @giadapax]

It's beginning to feel like France in 2015, with the start of the dédiabolisation of MLP.
Mainstreaming RRPP positions for the next German elections: work in progress (?)

[Giada @giadapax]

Yesterday was just the best day for memers

[Giada @giadapax]

I guess we are also skipping the Demure Autumn, directly to "Trump memes" Winter, aka "I laugh but I actually want to cry" season.