Aaron Winter

Aaron Winter (@aaronzwinter) is senior lecturer in sociology and director of the Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities at Lancaster University. He is also co-editor of the journal Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power and co-author of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream

Conflating antisemitism and anti-zionism emboldens the far right

Antisemitism and other racisms are on the rise. A focus on pro-Palestine activism undermines the fight against these

By Aaron Winter

/ 19 Dec 2023

Conflating antisemitism and anti-zionism emboldens the far right

‘Populist’ can be a weasel word for ‘racist’, and that’s dangerous

Flawed use of the word ‘populist’ to describe politics beyond the mainstream right is legitimising racism. Academics and journalists are ignoring the evidence staring us in the face.

By Aurelien Mondon, Aaron Winter and Katy Brown

/ 16 Oct 2019

‘Populist’ can be a weasel word for ‘racist’, and that’s dangerous

After Christchurch, the political class must stop positioning racism as a democratic demand

Politicians, media and some academics have spent years peddling narratives that racism and Islamophobia are the ‘will of the people’, but the facts tell a very different story.

By Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter

/ 20 Mar 2019

After Christchurch, the political class must stop positioning racism as a democratic demand

Auschwitz and anti-racism: the past (and racism) is another country

It is in the here and now that UK racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, far-right and mainstream, are situated, embedded, and do harm. It should be tackled, not displaced and denied.

By Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter

/ 22 Oct 2018

Understanding the mainstreaming of the far right

It is essential to move beyond electoral politics to understand the way the far right is being mainstreamed. It involves asking, “ is there any such thing as public opinion” ?

By Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter

/ 26 Aug 2018

Understanding the mainstreaming of the far right

It is essential to move beyond electoral politics to understand the way the far right is being mainstreamed. It involves asking, “ is there any such thing as public opinion” ?

By Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter

/ 26 Aug 2018

Charlottesville, far-right rallies, racism and relating to power

The term 'alt-right' is appropriate for a loose movement able to mainstream white nationalism and fascism and make them part of popular culture, the media landscape and the national dialogue.

By Aaron Winter

/ 17 Aug 2017

Island retreat: on hate, violence and the murder of Jo Cox

Racists have been emboldened and hatred has been normalised.

By Aaron Winter

/ 20 Jun 2016

'White Terror': racism and the racialization of violence

It is important that people are highlighting not only the racist profiling, double standard and demands placed on Muslims, but also correct perceptions about the identities of terrorist threats.

By Aaron Winter

/ 8 Dec 2015