University of Liverpool. I tend to write about discourse, argumentation & racism. Editor of Critical Discourse Studies. I still 🌊 goodbye at the end of zoom calls.
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John E. Richardson
Racists in Belfast made at least 27 people homeless last night.
Please donate to this women’s collective that is helping these victims of fascism.
Fascists in Belfast set fire to buildings with people inside them. People of colour left work early to stay indoors.
This is being actively encouraged by the world’s richest man whose openly pro-white nationalist platform X is still used by the UK government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Great thread from @lauramca.bsky.social on some of the misconceptions amplifying the transnational radical right discourse on Belfast
Always good to put the rubbish in the bin.
What could possible go wrong?
Representing 🌍
Wishing the best of luck to all our players involved in the #T20WorldCup!
#FiredUp 🔥
“People in Northern Ireland have muscle memory of violence, murder and riots in our not-very-distant past. We also have muscle memory on how to organise and help each other through.
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We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
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The interesting yet disturbing dynamic i keep seeing on social media is the racist riots and pogroms in the North are fundamentally occurring - and being coordinating - in Loyalist areas and they are being cheered on by racists from the Republic of Ireland, not nationalists from the North.