Eric Kaufmann
Professor of Politics, Birkbeck University of London. Political and religious demography #ethnicity #nationalism. From Vancouver BC. (Ice) hockey player.Dad
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What next for Labour?
What is an election winning collation for the Labour party? After a fourth election defeat it is understandable that this should be a…
Flight 752: Canadians don’t believe full and accurate accounting of aviation tragedy will ever be revealed
Ukraine Airlines plane was shot down on takeoff January 8 killing 176, including 57 Canadians January 17, 2020 – In the wake of the devastating Ukraine International Airlines plane crash
Trump administration to target "birth tourism" in new immigration fight
It's one step in Trump's plans to make it harder for immigrants to benefit from birthright citizenship.
Your brain on culture
A recent study shows the power of cultural neuroscience, the growing field that uses brain-imaging technology to deepen the understanding of how environment and beliefs can shape mental function.
Megxit? It's Brexit all over again, claims TREVOR PHILLIPS
TREVOR PHILLIPS: I believe that in the rumbling argument over Harry and Meghan's future, the monarchy has become the vehicle for a proxy war over what kind of nation Britain wants to be.
We have to talk about these Pakistani gangs
The Manchester abuse scandal shows what a horrendous impact political correctness can have.
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It’s time for Boris to tackle the tyrannical silencing of free speech on our campuses
Academic freedom plays a pivotal role in the recent BBC series of His Dark Materials, adapted from the best-selling books of Philip Pullman.
What has the New York Times got against Britain?
America's most prestigious paper has since 2016 produced a string of absurd caricatures about the UK
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Parts of the NYT have shifted from newspaper to ‘viewspaper’, argues @DouglasKMurray, drawing on far-left writers willing to paint Britain as a nostalgic racist hellhole
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Where the Left goes Wrong on National Populism: A Reply to Jon Bloomfield
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Sebastian Kurz aims to ‘protect young girls’ from effects of immigration with headscarf ban
Austrian chancellor says controlling illegal immigration as important as tackling climate change.
Sanders Is Said to Have Told Warren That a Woman Could Not Win the Presidency
Bernie Sanders denied making the remark in a private 2018 meeting with Elizabeth Warren, accusing her campaign staff of “lying about what happened.”
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Warren campaign plays the woke card against Bernie. Misrepresentation to extract a sexism/racism interpretation is a stock tactic of the woke left
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Reflections on Intersectionality
Inspired by the fallout from a recent Twitter thread posted by Sarah Haider, I’d like to offer some passing thoughts on intersectionality. Originally conceived by Kimberlé Crenshaw as a way of highlighting bias against black women that did not fit...
Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite
To heal our deep social divisions, urban professionals must start sharing power with the working class.
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Excellent essay by Michael Lind, heralding his important new book on the rise of the new Managerial Elite
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The Great Awokening started a century ago
The 2020s are merely re-enacting the culture wars of the 1920s
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The US culture war of the 1920s revolved around the same issues as in the West today. However, the cultural left is far more powerful now, which suggests today’s culture war will burn hotter and longer than it did a century ago. My latest in @unherd
unherd.com/2020/01/the-gr… pic.twitter.com/NLBenDVadd
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Oikophobia, fear of the common people from one’s own group, manifests itself today in terms like ‘gammon’ and ‘white trash’, and had its first flowering in the US a century ago. My latest for @unherd
unherd.com/2020/01/the-gr… pic.twitter.com/Rada4OoDxk
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Anti-Jordan Peterson professor accused of abuse of power by former colleague, students
Professor McCoy said, "Peterson is basically espousing hate speech and he ought to be deplatformed in the strongest sense" according to a former student.
Labour’s task is not to make itself feel better – it’s to win power | Tony Blair
The party will stay in the wilderness until it understands the very real needs of voters
Forget interest rate decisions. Loonie traders are banking on immigration to Canada
Flood of immigrants and non-permanent residents to levels not seen in a century a main driver supporting Canada’s economic expansion
College Professor Out After Joke Suggesting Iran List U.S. Cultural Targets
Asheen Phansey is no longer employed by Babson College after joking that Iran should target Minnesota’s Mall of America and a home of the Kardashian family.