Category: Books
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Media Bits on history of fascism and anti-fascism in australia
Over the holiday break, our book, Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia, was published. Last week there were two bits of media coverage relating to the book. The first was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Hartcher on the history of Australian fascism, including a few quotes from me. The second…
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CFP: The British Far Left from 1956 (new volume)
CALL FOR PAPERS: THE BRITISH FAR LEFT FROM 1956 (NEW VOLUME) It has been five years since we published Waiting for the Revolution: The British Far Left from 1956 and the scholarship on the history of the British left has grown considerably in this time. We are also starting to see historical analysis of the…
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New book on history of fascism and anti-fascism in Australia is now ready for pre-order
This is just a quick announcement that the book that I have co-edited with Jayne Persian and Vashti Jane Fox, Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia, is now available for pre-order. The book is part of Routledge’s Fascism and the Far Right series and will be out in December 2022. If you order at…
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Collected reviews of ‘No Platform’ book
My book, No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech, has been out for a year and has been reviewed in several publications. I thought I’d collect them here, particularly as they’re an easy reference point for me then. Review by Nick Hillman in Times Higher Education. Mike Makin-Waite, ‘Controversial…
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Review of ‘No Platform’ in Full Stop Mag
It is very exciting to see a review essay by Shane Burley (author of Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It) for Full Stop magazine on recent anti-fascist scholarship, including my book. You can find the review here. The other two books are Stanislav Vysotsky’s American Antifa and Devin Zane Shaw’s Philosophy…
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Buy two of my books and get 25% off
Routledge are having a sale at the moment and the deal is buy one book and get 20 per cent off, buy two and get 25 per cent off. So you could buy two of my books, No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech and The Far Left in…
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Review of ‘No Platform’ in Twentieth Century British History
I am excited that my book has had its first review in an academic journal, Twentieth Century British History, and can report that it is very positive! The review, by Hallam Roffey at the University of Sheffield, concludes with the following: This is, though, a crucial intervention and an imperative text for those interested in…
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Chapter 1 of the ‘No Platform’ book free to download
For those who are interested in my book, No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech, but haven’t picked up a copy yet, you can freely download the (quite lengthy) first chapter of the book from here. Just click on the ‘preview PDF’ button on the right hand side. And you…
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‘No Platform’ is ‘book of the week’ in Times Higher Education
I am delighted that Times Higher Education has nominated my book to be ‘book of the week’ in its latest edition. It features a lengthy and critical review of the book by Nick Hillman from the Higher Education Policy Institute, as well as short profile of me at the end. You can read it here.
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Me on the Bunker Daily podcast
Yesterday I was interviewed by Dorian Lynskey for the Bunker Daily podcast about my book and the history of ‘no platforming’. You can listen to me talking here.
New Historical Express 