by RPRN | Oct 12, 2026 | Publications, Red Lines
Reactionary actors often claim to represent “ordinary people” against the “treacherous elites”. While they frame “the people” largely in ethnonationalist terms, there is also a more or less explicit socioeconomic dimension to it – in particular, the idea that... 
by RPRN | Sep 8, 2026 | Publications, Red Lines
Reading through European reactions to the Ceuta-crossing, one issue stood out to me. There was a fundamental problem with much of the analysis and commentary on the situation; they were dominated by centralised, top-down, and Eurocentric explanations. There was, and... 
by RPRN | Jun 26, 2026 | Publications, Red Lines
Problem of Resistance Under Capitalism American activist, radical feminist, and author Audre Lorde powerfully stated, “For the master’s tool will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable... by RPRN | Jun 24, 2026 | Publications, Red Lines
Women’s shelters? We should abolish them! For the same reason U.S. neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky once suggested we should abolish the criminal justice system: On the greater scheme of things, they do not make sense. Not if our goal is to end violence against... by RPRN | Jun 8, 2026 | Publications, Red Lines
George Newth, University of BathThe murder of student Henry Nowak on December 3 2025 shocked the UK. Now the case has also become a pretext for attempts by some on the right to divide communities with demands for “common sense”. It leaves the Labour government with an... by RPRN | May 21, 2026 | Publications, Red Lines
In October 2025, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was criticised for stating that a “problem in the cityscape” could be, and would be, solved by deporting immigrants. Merz has long normalised anti-migratory, Islamophobic ideas and it is therefore unsurprising that he...