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I am pleased to share long-time antifascist scholar-activist David Renton’s review of The Ethics of Researching the Far Right. I am grateful that Renton appreciated my chapter on the ethical problems involved in trusting and amplifying the narratives of former members of far-right movements: “Joan Braune’s contribution – for me, the highlight of the bookContinue reading “David Renton Reviews “Ethics of Researching”!”

I enjoyed doing this interview over the summer with philosopher Aaron Rabinowitz on his podcast Embrace the Void. Needless to say, my book Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements: From Void (!!!) to Hope was a natural fit, arguing in fact that a kind of void-embracing is necessary in the struggle against fascism. Listen here: https://www.voidpod.com/podcasts/2024/8/3/understanding-and-countering-fascist-movements-with-joan-braune.

Work on the new co-edited volume against Christian nationalism is proceeding nicely, and we’ve already received most of the contributors’ chapters. I got to meet my co-editor David Gides in person for the first time at the Westar Institute conference in Utah, where I got to meet some cool people, including Rev. Liz Theoharris fromContinue reading “June Updates”

I really enjoyed talking with Andrew Tonkovich on his podcast Bibliocracy about Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements. (I will have to read Gore Vidal’s novel Kalki now!) You can listen to the podcast episode here: https://www.bibliocracyradio.org/episodes/ttnrwcf3w9t7reh-wxmnj-lc6zh-a38sg-kt8xz-g3p77-4rblf-f94r7.

The Ethics of Researching the Far Right: Critical Approaches and Reflections, edited by Antonia Vaughan, Joan Braune, Meghan Tinsley, and Aurelien Mondon, is out now through Manchester University Press. Table of contents and more info: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173874/. Very excited about this excellent collection that is more than a primer, but raises important critical questions that theContinue reading “Out Now: The Ethics of Researching the Far Right”

I am pleased to share this new review of Marcel Stoetzler’s volume Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism (Bloomsbury 2023), in which I have a chapter. In the review, Mike Makin-Waite writes: Amongst the chapters in the second part of the volume, which ‘extend the Frankfurt School-inspired perspective to a range of contemporary matters’,Continue reading “Aliens and Antisemitism”

I am pleased to share two recent podcast interviews about my new book:

I am excited to report that David Gides’s and my co-edited volume On Christian Nationalism: Critical and Theological Perspectives is now under contract with Routledge Press’s series Studies on Fascism and Far Right. With over a dozen contributors lined up, we are in the process of finalizing the line-up, currently recruiting a few more chaptersContinue reading “Christian Nationalism book under contract”

I am so excited that my book Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements: From Void to Hope is available for purchase and officially out tomorrow. You can order it directly from the publisher at this link. It was a pleasure to return to one of my favorite antifascist podcasts, Yeah Nah Pasaran, for an interview aboutContinue reading “My book is out! And I talk about it in my latest interview”

It’s not too late to register for the PJALS (Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane) annual conference, which is available in a hybrid format. Registration/info available here. The conference starts the evening of Thursday, September 28 with a panel on progressive approaches to combating antisemitism with speakers Shane Burley and Ben Lorber. There’s aContinue reading “2023 PJALS Peace and Action Conference”