Aurelien Mondon is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Bath University. Working with Aaron Winter, his work looks at the relationship between the far right and the mainstream, with a particular focus on racism. Their most recent article is 'Articulations of Islamophobia: from the extreme to the mainstream?' in Ethnic and Racial Studies (2017).
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Populist’ can be a weasel word for ‘racist’, and that’s dangerousFlawed use of the word ‘populist’ to describe politics beyond the mainstream right is legitimising racism. Academics...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAfter Christchurch, the political class must stop positioning racism as a democratic demandPoliticians, media and some academics have spent years peddling narratives that racism and Islamophobia are the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAuschwitz and anti-racism: the past (and racism) is another countryIt is in the here and now that UK racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, far-right and mainstream, are situated,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Understanding the mainstreaming of the far rightIt is essential to move beyond electoral politics to understand the way the far right is being mainstreamed. It...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Defending the indefensible: France, the burkini affair and the further mainstreaming of racismListening to these women is unnecessary; the country of the Rights of Man knows best what's best for them.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRefocusing anti-racism: delineating and combatting opportunistic racism in the mainstreamThe creeping acceptance of racist arguments and language into our political conversation has to be challenged in new ways.