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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So how do you define socialism personally?

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For @prospectmagazine.co.uk, I write about how we should distinguish between the Israeli state and the Israeli settlers. That distinction is key to understanding the broader policy of ethnic cleansing at work: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...

Settler ‘rioters’ are Israeli state policy—through deniable means

The UK’s ‘reset’ on Israel penalises the settlements while leaving the government that protects and expands them largely untouched

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"...it’s the way paramilitaries are used in other places. The Israeli state does not need to coordinate the settlers too directly. It simply has to create the conditions that produce them" @danaelkurd.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...

Settler ‘rioters’ are Israeli state policy—through deniable means

The UK’s ‘reset’ on Israel penalises the settlements while leaving the government that protects and expands them largely untouched

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Ha! the trouble is, I don't love a Chocolate Orange !

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That’s obviously the most excellent bit

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America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.

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Wish me (and my other @prospectmagazine.co.uk colleagues who were short-listed for other PPA awards @kathrynschoon.bsky.social @davidmcallister.bsky.social) luck!

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A deeply reported longread about how and why Israel decimated Gaza. I spoke to Palestinians whose cities were systematically destroyed. One said of Rafah: “You can say you miss your city if it still exists. It’s gone, you know.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...

‘The directive was nothing left’: How Gaza’s cities were destroyed

Israel has razed large parts of the Gaza Strip since the war began in October 2023. The evidence points to systemic destruction

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A longread ahead of the Israeli elections, reported from Israel and the West Bank, with voices from across the spectrum, Kahanists to leftists to the centre and right-wing opposition offering professionalism but nothing approaching peace www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

Inside the battle to oust Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel is more divided than ever, perpetually at war, a global pariah— and it’s going to the polls. The alternatives may not offer that much hope

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PPA Independent Publisher Conference & Awards 2026 - Shortlist 2026

I've been short-listed for an award for the first time ever! It's "writer of the year" at the PPA awards. Here are the three pieces I submitted >>> ppaindpub.co.uk/2026/en/page...

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 08/10/2026

deep insight into the British id contained in this banknote poll result www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 08/10/2026

Yet again, the EU surrenders to Trump. After facing pressure from the US State Department, @kajakallas.bsky.social's EU foreign service pulled out of a conference this week at the last minute – because one of the panels dared to discuss American disinfo in Europe.

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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request

Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Will it convince British Jews to see clearly what is happening in the Jewish homeland they grew up idolising, and to push for change? Will it move Israelis to demand an end to occupation?" @aloner.bsky.social on the shallow social media politics of the Greens www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

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The Greens' Zionism vote was truly offensive – but it also seems pointless

If this was a moment for Polanski to show leadership, he has failed

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I know non- and anti-Zionists who it offended deeply, but thank you for your comment

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Archive of @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Stuart Hall is now live. Includes looking at his impact on the history of communication theory, culminating in the architecture of contemporary AI models www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Archive link: stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...

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Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online

Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture

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The Greens' Zionism vote was truly offensive – but it also seems pointless

Also, importantly, this was a moment for Zack Polanski to show leadership, in either direction. He could even have said "I agree with the motion", if he actually did. Something? Instead he left conference to campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

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If this was a moment for Polanski to show leadership, he has failed

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It is a reminder, too, that, three years on from Hamas's massacre and the start of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, we are still no nearer to changing the material reality for anyone living between the river and the sea

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This saga says much about the state of discourse on the left. It also says much about the difficult position of British Jews vis-à-vis the Jewish state, and at a time of rising antisemitism

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The Greens' Zionism vote was truly offensive – but it also seems pointless

Feeling moved to be back in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, and on the third anniversary of 7th October. I was working there then, and I remember covering the attack for the NS at the time... Today's column is about the Greens' Zionism is racism motion www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

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If this was a moment for Polanski to show leadership, he has failed

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Our new issue is out! With @naomialderman.bsky.social's wonderful diary, @kdenkwrites.com's shocking investigation into CSAM networks on TikTok, @benansell.bsky.social's week as a tax radical and @philipcball.bsky.social's cover essay on AI hype

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Invaluable piece. ‘… surely right to raise questions about the limited pathways towards recognition and self-esteem that British society offers.’

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you for writing this, Josie

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Israelis Refusing Silence Over Gaza: My latest for @prospectmagazine.co.uk As the 3rd anniversary of the October 7 attacks approaches, most Israelis are grieving. A small minority refuse to ignore the atrocities Israel inflicted on Gaza. [Gift Link] www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...