Mondon Aurelien. 2026. ‘The far right isn’t populist – they’re not even popular’, Good Law Project, 12 May. https://goodlawproject.org/aurelien-mondon-the-far-right-isnt-populist-theyre-not-even-popular/

Mondon Aurelien. 2026. ‘Elections are not democratic’, Red Lines, 5 May. https://reacpol.net/elections-not-democratic/

Mondon Aurelien. 2026. ‘Why we need Red Lines’, Red Lines, 23 February. https://reacpol.net/why-red-lines/

Mondon Aurelien. 2025. ‘In the fight against fascism, the middle ground is not an option’, Red Lines, 17 November. https://reacpol.net/fascism-no-option/

Mondon Aurelien. 2025. ‘Marine Le Pen’s victim narrative is already being constructed – but there are ways to stop her criminal conviction benefitting her’, The Conversation, 31 March. https://theconversation.com/marine-le-pens-victim-narrative-is-already-being-constructed-but-there-are-ways-to-stop-her-criminal-conviction-benefitting-her-253469 (also translated in Spanish and Greek)

Mondon, Aurelien and Mohamed, Edna. 2025. ‘The UK’s ruling Labour government ‘paved the way for Reform to rise’’, Al Jazeera, 2 February. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/11/the-uks-ruling-labour-government-paved-the-way-for-reform-to-rise

Farkas, Johan and Mondon, Aurelien. 2025. ‘Why It’s Time to Fight Back Against the Dystopian Tech-Trump Oligarchy’, ByLine Times, 26 January. https://bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/the-tech-trump-alliance/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2025. ‘Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his extremist far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France’, The Conversation, 7 January. https://theconversation.com/jean-marie-le-pen-died-knowing-his-extremist-far-right-politics-have-been-successfully-mainstreamed-in-france-246820

Mondon, Aurelien. 2024. ‘Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned’, The Conversation, 17 June. https://theconversation.com/another-election-another-round-of-nigel-farage-hype-with-no-lessons-learned-232559

Yates, Alex and Mondon, Aurelien. 2024. ‘The word ‘populism’ is a gift to the far right – four reasons why we should stop using it’, The Conversation, 28 February. https://theconversation.com/the-word-populism-is-a-gift-to-the-far-right-four-reasons-why-we-should-stop-using-it-224488

Mondon, Aurelien and Glauco Faria. 2023. ‘É preciso chamar a extrema-direita pelo nome’, Outras Palavras, 29 November, https://outraspalavras.net/direita-assanhada/e-preciso-chamar-a-extrema-direita-pelo-nome/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2023. ‘Look to the mainstream to explain the rise of the far right’, The Conversation, 24 November. https://theconversation.com/look-to-the-mainstream-to-explain-the-rise-of-the-far-right-218536 (republished in the Irish Examiner, London Economic, Wire.in and translated into Italian).

Mondon, Aurelien. 2023. ‘Right-Wing Grifters Love to Say They’re “Canceled” — but Get All the Elite Support They Want’, Jacobin, 10 May. https://jacobin.com/2023/05/right-wing-media-platform-elite-support-grift

Mondon, Aurelien and Amery, Fran. 2023. ‘How Transphobic Moral Panics Fuel Authoritarian Politics’, Jacobin, 13 March. https://jacobin.com/2023/03/uk-liberal-transphobia-mainstream-media-far-right-politics-moral-panic

Mondon, Aurelien. 2022. ‘La République réactionnaire et la normalisation de l’extrême droite’, AOC, 3 October. https://aoc.media/analyse/2022/10/03/la-republique-reactionnaire-et-la-normalisation-de-lextreme-droite/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2022. ‘The mainstreaming of the far and extreme right in the French presidential election’, E-Extreme, https://issuu.com/extremism-and-democracy/docs/2022-23-01-eextreme-newsletter

Mondon, Aurelien and Smith, Evan. 2022. ‘The Problem Isn’t “Polarization” — It’s Right-Wing Radicalization’, Jacobin, 23 September. https://jacobin.com/2022/09/trump-maga-far-right-liberals-polarization

Mondon, Aurelien. 2022. ‘Le Pen Lost – But the Far Right Didn’t’, Novara, 25 April. https://novaramedia.com/2022/04/25/le-pen-lost-but-the-far-right-didnt/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2021. ‘The Winner in France’s Regional Elections Was Abstention’, Jacobin, 21 June. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/france-regional-election-2021-abstention-nonvoters-political-media

Mondon, Aurelien. 2021. ‘France’s Far Right Is Setting the Agenda Because the Mainstream Allows It To’, Jacobin, 11 April. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/04/french-2022-elections-macron-le-pen-normalize-far-right-rassemblement/  

Mondon, Aurelien and Smith Evan. 2020. ‘From football hooligans to ‘one of us’: a short history of reaction’, Open Democracy, 10 December. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/from-football-hooligans-to-one-of-us-a-short-history-of-reaction/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2020. ‘French Republican hypocrisy and the long slow descent into reaction’, Open Democracy, 30 November. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/french-republican-hypocrisy-and-long-slow-descent-reaction/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2020. ‘The Left Must Stop Buying the Right’s Lie That They’ve Won the Working Class’, Novara, 30 November. https://novaramedia.com/2020/11/30/the-left-must-stop-buying-the-rights-lie-that-theyve-won-the-working-class/

Mondon, Aurelien and Winter, Aaron. 2020. ‘Whiteness, populism and the racialisation of the working class in the United Kingdom and the United States – 2020 election update’, Identities, 10 November. https://www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-articles/whiteness-populism-and-the-racialisation-of-the-working-class-in-the-united-kingdom-and-the-united-states

Mondon, Aurelien. 2020. ‘Another British scandal, a sleight of hand and the same old story’, Al Jazeera, 24 May. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/british-scandal-sleight-hand-story-200524115826695.html

Mondon, Aurelien. 2020. ‘Populism’s usefulness has expired, it’s time to move on’, The London Economic, 5 May. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/populisms-usefulness-has-expired-its-time-to-move-on/05/05/

Mondon, Aurelien and Winter, Aaron. 2020. ‘Coronavirus killed populism. Now the only choice is between left and right’, The Independent, 29 April. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-populism-trump-left-right-liberalism-politics-a9486326.html

Brown, Katy, Mondon, Aurelien and Aaron Winter. 2019. ‘‘Populist’ can be a weasel word for ‘racist’, and that’s dangerous’, Open Democracy, 16 October. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/populist-can-be-a-weasel-word-for-racist-and-thats-dangerous/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2019. ‘After Christchurch, the political class must stop positioning racism as a democratic demand’, Open Democracy, 20 March. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/after-christchurch-political-class-must-stop-positioning-racism-democratic-demand/

Winter, Aaron and Mondon, Aurelien. 2018. ‘Auschwitz and anti-racism: the past (and racism) is another country’, Open Democracy, 22 October. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/auschwitz-and-anti-racism-past-and-racism-is-another-country/

Mondon, Aurelien and Winter Aaron. 2018. ‘Understanding the mainstreaming of the far right’, Open Democracy, 27 August. https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/aurelien-mondon-aaron-winter/understanding-mainstreaming-of-far-right

Mondon, Aurelien. 2017. ‘The Mélenchon Factor’, Jacobin, 18 April. https://jacobin.com/2017/04/jean-luc-melenchon-france-insoumise-elections-socialist-party-fn-le-pen 

Costas Batlle, Ioannis and Mondon, Aurelien. 2018. ‘University strikes: Reclaiming a space for emancipatory education’, 6 March. Discover Society. https://archive.discoversociety.org/2018/03/06/university-strikes-reclaiming-a-space-for-emancipatory-education/

Mondon, Aurelien and Winter, Aaron. 2017. ‘Reading Mein Kampf, Misreading Education’, Discover Society, 6 December. https://archive.discoversociety.org/2017/12/06/reading-mein-kampf-misreading-education-the-reactionary-backlash-goes-back-to-school/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2017. ‘The French election shows the democratic limits of the country’s presidential system’, The Conversation, 4 May. https://theconversation.com/the-french-election-shows-the-democratic-limits-of-the-countrys-presidential-system-77114

Mondon, Aurelien. 2017. ‘The rise of the far right: a symptom of a deeper crisis’, Das Progressive Zentrum, 25 January. http://countering-populism.eu/dies-ist-ein-beitrag-b-nicht-versteckt/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2016. ‘France is paying the price for normalizing Islamophobia’, CNN, 25 November. http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/21/opinions/france-new-racism-opinion-mondon/index.html

Mondon, Aurelien. 2016. ‘Defending the indefensible: France, the burkini affair and the further mainstreaming of racism’, Open Democracy, 1 September. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/defending-indefensible-france-burkini-affair-and-further-mainstre/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2016. ‘Refocusing anti-racism: delineating and combatting opportunistic racism in the mainstream’, Open Democracy, 22 June. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/refocusing-anti-racism-delineating-and-combatting-opportunistic-racism-in-mainstr/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2016. ‘Whatever the result, the referendum will further take us away from politics and hope’, Open Democracy, 8 June. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/whatever-result-referendum-will-further-take-us-away-from-politic/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2016. ‘Is Marine Le Pen Really the Candidate to Beat in the French Election?’, Newsweek, 12 May. https://www.newsweek.com/marine-le-pen-francois-fillon-french-elections-2017-national-front-526747

Mondon, Aurelien. 2016. ‘What Dutch Politician Geert Wilders’s Trial Says About the Far-Right in Europe’, Newsweek, 11 January. https://www.newsweek.com/geert-wilders-trial-netherlands-hate-speech-freedom-speech-far-right-europe-515841#link_time=1478023731 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2015. ‘The rise of the Front National is only part of the problem’, Open Democracy, 7 December. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/discreet-charm-of-front-national/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2015. ‘Hollande declaring war will not rid Europe of terror’, The Conversation, 17 November. https://theconversation.com/hollande-declaring-war-will-not-rid-europe-of-terror-50861

Mondon, Aurelien. 2015. ‘Ne tombons pas dans le piège de peur et d’exclusion tendu par Daech’, The Conversation, 15 November. https://theconversation.com/ne-tombons-pas-dans-le-piege-de-peur-et-dexclusion-tendu-par-daech-50708

Mondon, Aurelien. 2015. ‘Divided we stand: Nationalism on march across Europe’, CNN, 6 May. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/30/opinions/uk-election-nationalism/index.html

Mondon, Aurelien. 2015. ‘Could the Le Pen family feud be a cunning political ploy?’,  The Conversation, 10 April. https://theconversation.com/could-the-le-pen-family-feud-be-a-cunning-political-ploy-39980

Mondon, Aurelien. 2015. ‘UKIP-like parties only thrive when the mainstream allows them to’, Open Democracy, 11 March. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/ukiplike-parties-only-thrive-when-mainstream-allows-them-to/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2015. ‘Charlie Hebdo attack: this is not a clash of civilisations’, The Conversation, 8 January. https://theconversation.com/charlie-hebdo-attack-this-is-not-a-clash-of-civilisations-36030

Mondon, Aurelien. 2014. ‘O λαϊκισμός δεν είναι εγγενώς θετικός ή αρνητικός’, Chronos Magazine, 14 November. http://chronosmag.eu/index.php/index.php/a-mondon-o-ls-e-gg-th.html

Mondon, Aurelien. 2014. ‘Creating the people: an interview with Aurelien Mondon on populism’, Open Democracy, interviewed by Antonis Galanopoulos, 26 September. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/creating-people-interview-with-aurelien-mond/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2014. ‘Nuancing the right-wing populist hype’, Policy Network, 26 August. http://www.policy-network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=4719&title=Nuancing-the-right-wing-populist-hype

Mondon, Aurelien. 2014. ‘Front National’s victory will have a serious impact on both France and the future of Europe’,  The Conversation, 26 May. https://theconversation.com/front-nationals-victory-will-have-a-serious-impact-on-both-france-and-the-future-of-europe-27201

Mondon, Aurelien. 2014. ‘Distrust of the political system, not the far right, is real threat to our European future’, The Conversation, 14 May. https://theconversation.com/distrust-of-the-political-system-not-the-far-right-is-real-threat-to-our-european-future-26662

Mondon, Aurelien. 2014. ‘La crise de la démocratie n’est pas celle que l’on croit’, Mediapart, 21 May. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/nouvelle-gauche-socialiste/blog/210514/la-crise-de-la-democratie-n-est-pas-celle-que-l-croit

Mondon, Aurelien. 2014. ‘Le Pen and FN won only 7% of votes – this is not an earthquake’, The Conversation, 25 March. https://theconversation.com/le-pen-and-fn-won-only-7-of-votes-this-is-not-an-earthquake-24810

Bowman, Benjamin and Mondon, Aurelien. 2014. ‘Could the youth of Britain and France swing to the far right in big numbers?’, The Conversation, 24 March. https://theconversation.com/could-the-youth-of-britain-and-france-swing-to-the-far-right-in-big-numbers-24375

Mondon, Aurelien. 2014. ‘France’s European Spleen’, Open Democracy, 21 January. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/frances-european-spleen/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2013. ‘The Front National is still an extreme right party’, The Conversation, 5 December. https://theconversation.com/the-french-front-national-is-still-an-extreme-right-wing-party-20983

Mondon, Aurelien. 2013. ‘Populism or the fear of democracy’, Open Democracy, 23 July. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/populism-or-fear-of-democracy/

Mondon, Aurelien and Startin, Nicholas. 2013. ‘Far-right earthquake could be bigger than 2002 for France’, The Conversation, 2 July. https://theconversation.com/far-right-earthquake-could-be-bigger-than-2002-for-france-15629

Mondon, Aurelien. 2013. ‘French reactionary hypocrisy – the hijab, gay marriage and secularism’, Open Democracy, 2 May. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/french-reactionary-hypocrisy-hijab-gay-marriage-and-secularism/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2013. ‘Mainstreaming the brown spectre haunting Europe’, Open Democracy, 13 March. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/mainstreaming-brown-spectre-haunting-europe/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2013. ‘The far right in France is now mainstream, and the French only have themselves (and Sarkozy) to blame’, The Independent, 11 February. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-far-right-in-france-is-now-mainstream-and-the-french-only-have-themselves-and-sarkozy-to-blame-8490570.html

Hoffstaedter, Gerhard and Mondon, Aurelien. 2012. ‘When the possible death of humanities is a progressive development’, OpenDemocracy, 11 December. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/when-possible-death-of-humanities-is-progressive-development/

Mondon, Aurelien and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard. 2012.  ‘Could online courses be the death of the humanities?’, The Guardian, 7 December. https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2012/dec/07/online-course-death-of-humanities

Mondon, Aurelien. 2012.  ‘So, is Tony Abbot, the leader of the Australian opposition, a sexist? PM Julia Gillard thinks so’, The Independent, 12 October. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/so-is-tony-abbot-the-leader-of-the-australian-opposition-a-sexist-pm-julia-gillard-thinks-so-8209613.html

Mondon, Aurelien. 2012. ‘Le Pen’s attacks on Islam are no longer veiled’, The Independent, 27 September. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/le-pen-s-attacks-on-islam-are-no-longer-veiled-8181891.html

Mondon, Aurelien and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard. 2012.  ‘Politics without passion: NT election another act in an uninspiring policy circus’, The Conversation, 31 August. https://theconversation.com/politics-without-passion-nt-election-another-act-in-an-uninspiring-policy-circus-9153

Mondon, Aurelien. 2012. ‘France 2012: Sarkozy’s battle with the right hands Hollande the presidency’, The Conversation, 7 May. https://theconversation.com/france-2012-sarkozys-battle-with-the-right-hands-hollande-the-presidency-6877

Mondon, Aurelien. 2012. ‘Sarkozy may be doomed, but Hollande faces an unenviable challenge’, The Conversation, 24 April. https://theconversation.com/france-2012-sarkozy-may-be-doomed-but-hollande-faces-an-unenviable-challenge-6612

Mondon, Aurelien. 2012.  ‘Sarkozy’s Ugly Campaign’, The Conversation, 20 April. https://theconversation.com/france-2012-sarkozys-ugly-campaign-6465

Mondon, Aurelien. 2012.  ‘The French election – the advanced symptoms of a sick democracy’, Arena Magazine, April. https://arena.org.au/informit/the-french-election/ 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2012.  ‘2012 – The Year of the Front’, Z Magazine, March.

Mondon, Aurelien. 2012.  ‘France’s Sombre Destiny’, OpenDemocracy, 16 February (and Politico, 17 February). https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/frances-sombre-destiny/ 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2012.  ‘Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better’, Overland, 5 January. https://overland.org.au/2012/01/ever-tried-ever-failed-no-matter-try-again-fail-again-fail-better/ 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011.  ‘Violent Ideals or Populist Strategy?’, Re-Public, 15 December.

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011. ‘Not All Feminists are Equal’, Overland, 30 November. https://overland.org.au/2011/11/not-all-feminists-are-equal/ 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011. ‘2012 French elections: Sarkozy’s tough road ahead’, The Conversation, 17 October. https://theconversation.com/france-2012-sarkozys-tough-road-ahead-2607 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011. ‘What makes people so scared of free education ?’, ABC The Drum,  14 October. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-14/mondon-what-makes-some-people-so-scared-of-free-education/3570450 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011. ‘Who is really stifling freedom of speech?’, ABC The Drum, 19 September. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-19/mondon-who-is-really-stifling-free-speech/2906420

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011. ‘Less than a year to go and the French elections have never seemed so undecided’, OpenDemocracy, 14 September. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/less-than-year-to-go-and-french-elections-have-never-seemed-so-undecided/ 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011. ‘A Lesson in Populist Rhetoric’, Arena Magazine, No.113, August-September, pp.13-14 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011. ‘Strauss-Kahn: where have all the progressives gone?’, OpenDemocracy, 15 July. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/strauss-kahn-where-have-all-progressives-gone/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011.  ‘The plight of the powerless pawn’, ABC The Drum, 6 July. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-06/mondon/2784522

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011. ‘Democratic by name, not by nature’, The Punch, 29 June. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/democratic-by-name-not-by-nature/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2011. ‘Reason and Instinct Do Battle in an Uncertain World’, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 May. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/reason-and-instinct-do-battle-in-an-uncertain-world-20110527-1f81v.html

Mondon, Aurelien. 2010. ‘French protests a rejection of Sarkozy’s politics of blame’, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 October. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/french-protests-a-rejection-of-sarkozys-politics-of-blame-20101024-16z3w.html 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2010. ‘Do people really want what politicians are offering?’, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 July. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/do-people-really-want-what-politicians-are-offering-20100707-100ff.html 

Mondon, Aurelien. 2010. ‘A Free University for Melbourne’, Arena Magazine, No.106, July. https://arena.org.au/informit/a-free-university-for-melbourne/

Mondon, Aurelien. 2010. ‘Education is not just about getting a job’, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/education-is-not-just-about-getting-a-job-20100604-xk0e.html  Mondon, Aurelien. 2010. ‘Manipulating the nation on Anzac Day’, Eureka Street, Vol.20, No.8, 23 April. https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/manipulating-the-nation-on-anzac-day