Reposted by Chris HaleMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026Moed Tov! Суккот муборак! Today I joined Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov in Kew Gardens to distribute free food to New Yorkers in honor of Sukkot. Thank you to Rabbi Nisanov for the reminder that community and service deepen our most joyful holidays. 514282661
Reposted by Chris HaleMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. 293142162790
Chris Hale @chrishalemedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only OnceThe film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice. 000
Chris Hale @chrishalemedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Superb series www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukBritain's Forgotten Slave Owners - 1. Profit and LossDocumentary about the abolition of slavery. Huge sums of money were paid out in compensation, not to slaves, but to slave owners. 000
Reposted by Chris HaleAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Evidence from Australia suggesting the Tories’ latest scheme to punish further the poorest people won’t work. Mixed results for Australia’s experiment of restricting welfare www.thetimes.com/article/765d...thetimes.comMixed results for Australia’s experiment of restricting welfareSchemes mostly affecting impoverished Aboriginal people blocked spending of benefits on alcohol and tobacco but critics claim it has harmed families 2113
Reposted by Chris HaleAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Why Reform UK's increasing embrace of the 'blackshorts' is likely to kill off Nigel Farage's last remaining hopes of ever becoming Prime Minister adambienkov.substack.com/p/how-the-fa...adambienkov.substack.comHow the Fascist ‘BlackShorts’ Will Bring Down Nigel FarageReform’s embrace of this new violent racist street movement risks ending Farage’s last remaining hopes of ever becoming Prime Minister 26375110
Reposted by Chris HaleSara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He imposed Shania Law 14975261450
Reposted by Chris HaleAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I recommend this superb account of what is at stake when we in the West allow authoritarian, racist leaders to hide the traces of the past. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgWhite Minority Rule in Rhodesia Reexamined: Urgent Lessons from the Past | African Studies Review | Cambridge CoreWhite Minority Rule in Rhodesia Reexamined: Urgent Lessons from the Past 0189
Reposted by Chris HaleAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Well said: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Let’s tell the truth’: Smithsonian head given standing ovation as he hits back at Trump attacksOutgoing secretary Lonnie Bunch rejects claims the institution is unpatriotic, telling audience ‘You cannot understand all without illuminating the dark corners’ 12811
Reposted by Chris HaleAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In our debate on British reparations for slavery last night Nigel Biggar preferred to deflect to the “Arab” slave trade & castration. It’s gruesome but here’s a useful study of castration - widespread in Christian, Chinese, & other Eurasian societies too: www.frontiersin.org/journals/env... 1141
Reposted by Chris HaleThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/09/2026In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Fuel prices are surging. Trump’s Iran war has spread to Yemen and the Red Sea. Russia is engaging in so-called gray-zone attacks in Europe,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes. “Yet for many of these problems, the United Nations is becoming almost irrelevant.”nyti.msOpinion | The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges. 125318
Reposted by Chris HaleAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comOleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and waterThe BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled". 7418871161
Reposted by Chris HaleLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Exclusive: I asked Andy Burnham about the gangs of masked thugs marauding around parts of our country and asked if he and his government should be doing more to call out their actions He called them ‘poisonous’ amongst other strong words. His condemnation was unequivocal. Full story here 👇liverpoolecho.co.ukBurnham slams 'poisonous' masked gangs & praises Liverpool solidarityThe Prime Minister was unequivocal in his condemnation of those sowing intimidation and division on the south coast as he arrives in his Liverpool, which he says has a proud history of fighting discri... 109432132
Reposted by Chris HaleAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'. 1981880403
Reposted by Chris HaleMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026Tonight, we are mourning the loss of one of our own after NYCHA employee, Leighton Brown, died while at Cypress Hills Houses in Brooklyn. My thoughts are with his entire family as they deal with this unimaginable loss. May he rest in peace, and may his service to our city never be forgotten. 565617593
Reposted by Chris HaleJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Shameful and saddening from Simon Schama. What is happening in Gaza is not the Holocaust. But it *is* genocidal, perpetrated by an explicitly and openly genocidal government, and he knows that. This denialism demeans him and his record as a great historian. www.jewishnews.co.uk/simon-schama...jewishnews.co.ukSimon Schama: Anybody accusing Israel of committing genocide should be ashamed - Jewish NewsIn speech at HET appeal dinner, the historian and professor says 'We, the victims of the greatest genocide the world has ever seen, are being called perpetrators of genocide' 29394124
Reposted by Chris HalePeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Not quite Simon Schama, is it? 4335
Reposted by Chris HaleStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Great documentaries, like life, happen while the director is busy making other plans. I’ve written a little bit about Up in the FT Weekend:ft.comThe ‘7 Up’ series: didactic social history as masterpieceThis vivid and complex account of life as it is lived has proved to be one of the great happy accidents of television 610623
Reposted by Chris HaleStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Which of Gatwick or Heathrow should be London's hub airport, a debate on which one side you have: Gatwick has more land that it owns, is cheaper, already has direct rail links to the South outside London, is less a logistical nightmare versus Heathrow is older 6916519
Reposted by Chris HaleLaleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It is extraordinary that Netanyahu mentioned Hassan Piker and Mamdani in his speech; in a speech in which he also held up a pager... A deranged and utterly shameless genocidaire who has been basically given a carte blanche by the US and Europeans. 519644
Reposted by Chris HaleJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A lot of the lobbying has talked about how important it is for Heathrow to be a hub aiport, and it has never been adequately explained to me why this should matter to anyone who does not own Heathrow 3629154
Reposted by Chris HaleSascha Schmidt @saschaschmidt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Diese Abstimmung ist ein Skandal. Und vor dem Hintergrund der - zum Teil berechtigten - Vorwürfe der CDU in Bezug auf Antisemitismus in der Linken, umso mehr. Die CDU sollte auch den Antisemitismus in den eigenen Reihen angehen. 37322
Reposted by Chris HaleInternationales Auschwitz Komitee @auschwitz.info · 24/09/2026Heidenau: AfD und CDU wollen Stolpersteine aus dem öffentlichen Raum verbannen und das Gedenken auf den Friedhof verlagern. Ein durchsichtiger und schäbiger Versuch, die Opfer der Nazis erneut aus der Stadt hinauszuwerfen. Dass CDU-Abgeordnete der AfD dafür die Hand reichen, ist ein Skandal. 25583259
Reposted by Chris HaleBill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When Benjamin Netanyahu berates New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his UN address for calling him a war criminal, it will only increase Mamdani's popularity. The overwhelming majority of the democratic free world wants to see Netanyahu face trial in The Hague. 31514135
Reposted by Chris HaleMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 685248905504
Reposted by Chris HaleGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925171712
Reposted by Chris HaleHurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You can sample @caitjan.bsky.social's new book 'Healthy Scepticism' here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr3fakd7 Use code SCEPTICISM20 to get 20% off 001
Reposted by Chris HaleKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I know we're all* numb to this by now, but it really needs to be said that any one of the batshit insane tyrant tweets from our special little boy would've led to swift efforts to remove any other previous president. 34667521529
Reposted by Chris HaleAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position 4031410315
Reposted by Chris HaleMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026The challenges facing our cities may span borders, but so do the ideas that can solve them. 15386161822
Reposted by Chris HaleKim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is a genuinely incredible post: comparing slavery to the liberation of the Netherlands during WWII effectively reduces Britain's centuries-long involvement in slavery and the slave trade to the act of abolition. The real problem about the legacies of empire is apparently a lack of gratitude 1416024
Reposted by Chris HaleAnthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The major problem with this reporting - beyond its fundamental inaccuracy - is that when arrests are eventually made there will be no proper context and therefore it will seem like the state is smothering free expression. 11443105
Chris Hale @chrishalemedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Remarkable narrative www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukRichard Lloyd Parry · Keeping up with the KimsFor the Kims, nuclear weapons have never been an end in themselves; they are an insurance policy against attack by their... 000
Reposted by Chris HaleAsian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026📰 Today in the ARB: Peter Gordon reviews “The British Indian Ocean Territory: A Secret and Strategic Cold War History” by Samuel Bashfield @hurstpublishers.bsky.social buff.ly/EYSS1zfbuff.ly“The British Indian Ocean Territory: A Secret and Strategic Cold War History” by Samuel Bashfield“The British Indian Ocean Territory: A Secret and Strategic Cold War History” by Samuel Bashfield is a blow-by-blow account of the secretive origins of this former imperial outpost. 032
Reposted by Chris HaleHurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Pick up your advance copy at 30% off with code BIOT30 ➡️ tinyurl.com/9ezef6sd 001
Reposted by Chris HaleThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW: A far-right anti-immigration protest due to take place in Edinburgh this week is set to be met by counter protesters www.thenational.scot/news/2... 1145
Reposted by Chris HaleDr Zena Assaad @zenaassaad.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This blog post by @jessicadorsey.bsky.social & Taylor Woodcock analyses the growing information around the Minab school bombing and highlights the issues with this attack in the context of IHL ➡️ opiniojuris.org/2026/07/17/a...opiniojuris.orgAI-Enabled Targeting and the Structural Strain on International Humanitarian Law[Taylor Kate Woodcock is a researcher in public international law at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and Jessica Dorsey is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Utrecht University School of Law… 042
Chris Hale @chrishalemedia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026He’s right I’m afraid… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comDon’t discount Reform because it's had a bad year. In our angry, fragile democracy, anything can happen | John HarrisNigel Farage’s tactics are to play up the anxiety and resentment that people feel. Labour’s job is simple: to offer hope and change, says Guardian columnist John Harris 068
Reposted by Chris HaleMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/09/2026To the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly: Welcome to the world’s city. 189100971911
Reposted by Chris HaleAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...app.prospectmagazine.co.ukFarage and the £130m even his detractors have missedGB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing 351311650
Reposted by Chris HalePeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance toolExclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot. 331216600
Reposted by Chris HaleNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips. 341530327
Reposted by Chris HaleAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving? 5253369721
Reposted by Chris HaleDave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Kemi Badenoch thinks she's on to a grave injustice, complaining that Tory-run Wandsworth has no choice but to raise its Council Tax by a huge amount. But there's a bit of history to consider. It's all here, plus lots of other stuff: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-... #london #counciltaxdavehillonlondon.substack.comOn London Extra: Wandsworth, elections and Council TaxTories are complaining of injustice, but are they just getting an overdue comeuppance? Plus something for everyone in Holborn & St Pancras, school closures trauma and more 374
Chris Hale @chrishalemedia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026OBSCENE Why Israel Wants More One-Ton Bombs From the U.S. and Why the Sale Is Controversial www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...nytimes.comWhy Israel Wants More One-Ton Bombs From the U.S.The Trump administration plans to deliver 60,000 of the powerful munitions at a time when opposition is growing in Washington to arms sales to Israel. 000
Reposted by Chris HaleHurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Available now ⬇️ ‘A nuanced and important contribution.’ — Robert Lyman 'Punishment: Behind Japanese Military Brutality' by Danny Orbach is the chilling exploration of how Imperial Japan framed war as justice. Get 20% off w/code ORBACH20 and read an excerpt ➡️ tinyurl.com/4v7wh593 041