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Constance Bantman
@constancebantman.bsky.social
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Prof. in French, U.of Surrey, UK. Views own.

Transnational anarchism & print culture (19thC); Anglo-French exile & migration; women & feminism. Posts in 🇫🇷&🇬🇧.

"Un premier exil libertaire" (Libertalia, 2024); “Femmes de révolution” (Seuil, 2025) .. more

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Constance Bantman @constancebantman.bsky.social · 8h
And I’m yet to see a single instance when it’s benefitted the Left electorally or ideologically to pander to the far right’s ’legitimate concerns’.

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Constance Bantman @constancebantman.bsky.social · 8h
Heartbreaking and deeply worrying to see Reform UK’s grifters continue to threaten and attack vulnerable people and those assisting them without any consequences.
The two-tier rhetoric of ‘legitimate concerns’…

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Nandita Sharma, Richard S.J. Tol , and 20 more

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 1d
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.

A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

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Constance Bantman @constancebantman.bsky.social · 1d
Ca me rappelle toujours le guide conso du Financial Times, qui s'appelle How to Spend It (réponse dans 99% des cas: n'importe comment, mais surtout pas pour le bien public et les plus démunis).