Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026e.g. from Berlin - docs.google.com/document/d/1... "The constant accusations of antisemitism against the left are not only cynical political weaponisation, but they also conflate nearly any criticism of Israel with antisemitism [...] to stifle dissent and the protection of international law."docs.google.comOffener Brief: Berliner Jüdinnen und Juden für eine soziale und sichere StadtOffener Brief: Berliner Jüdinnen und Juden für eine soziale und sichere Stadt English below Berlin, den Tag nach der Wahl Wir sind Berliner Jüdinnen und Juden und kommen aus unterschiedlichen Milieus;... 000
Reposted by Giovanni PickerMolly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Anyone who claims that "the Jewish community" in America says any particular thing is by definition lying, since the millions of Jewish people in this country have never agreed on anything. If you say "the Jewish community of X European city" says something, you really mean "Steve said it" 39117
Reposted by Giovanni Picker@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 24/09/20261/ A slightly strange and lovely thing to be able to say, my book The Social Life of Justice is published tomorrow... www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... 53418
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Liberal democracies function also through local dynamics of value allocation, where visions of the future set conditions which benefit some lives more than -or instead of- others. Some of these dynamics follow deep-rooted racial logics in #Rome, Europe's birthplace of civic values. My latest article 011
Reposted by Giovanni PickerMatthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This incredible and important edited volume on the centrality of empire and colonialism in the history of policing from @dukepress.bsky.social comes out on November 3. I have a chapter in it about the colonial and international origins of fingerprinting. www.dukeupress.edu/imperial-ent... 211150
Reposted by Giovanni Picker@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Behold, the Master Race... bsky.app/profile/pete... 163
Reposted by Giovanni PickerDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The Weekly Read is "Reparative Democracy" by Wendy Brown. The article is featured in Climate Crisis Politics, a special double-issue of the open access journal Critical Times. Read it for free: buff.ly/E4tofly 0115
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Nico Williams —his assist made the difference. There’s a world in that gesture. 000
Reposted by Giovanni PickerBend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026“...different parts of the community, different denominations, folks who have, I would say, differences in other political views but are able to really be together here today.” —@jamieberan.bsky.social, our CEO, on participation in yesterday's Jews Demand: ICE OUT Day of Actionjta.orgRabbis arrested during Jewish-led anti-ICE protest in NYC - Jewish Telegraphic AgencyThe rally included a wide range of Jewish organizations that do not always work together, particularly as debates over Israel have divided Jewish progressives. 0229
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Each goodbye to Berlin is harder than the last. Bis bald. 000
Reposted by Giovanni PickerMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/04/2026Happy Passover, Chag Pesach Sameach, and a Zissen un Koshern Pesach! 332924375
Reposted by Giovanni PickerASA Theory Section @asatheory.bsky.social · 29/03/2026📖 New publication Congratulations to Julian Go (@juliango.bsky.social) and Anaheed Al-Hardan for the ed vol., Anticolonialism and Social Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2025). It covers dissident traditions from Palestine, India, South Africa, and beyond. www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...cambridge.orgAnticolonialism and Social ThoughtCambridge Core - History of Ideas - Anticolonialism and Social Thought 073
Reposted by Giovanni PickerMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/03/2026ICE doesn’t belong at our airports. Our Office of Immigrant Affairs has updated guidance and you can call their legal hotline at 800-354-0365. 303234655
Reposted by Giovanni PickerGiovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Postgraduate Summer School on Anti-Racism, Social Justice and the European City - Padua, July 6-11. - Scholarships available - Application deadline March 15, 2026 - Queries arjec2026@gmail.com 033
Reposted by Giovanni PickerGerry McCartney @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social · 24/02/2026New @sgsss.bsky.social funded #PhD opportunity to undertake an #ethnography at #galgael in Glasgow with @giopicker.bsky.social and myself. This is a fully funded #Scholarship / #Studentship, which includes a stipend, fees and research expenses. Closes 24th March. www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...sgsss.ac.ukMirroring GalGael: An Ethnography of Repair and Belonging - Scottish Graduate School of Social ScienceRepair can be understood as a civic practice and an essential form of care, particularly in the face of ecological crises and the need to move towards a circular economy. Most research on repair tends... 013
Reposted by Giovanni PickerJewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 10/02/2026"Sanctuary has never arrived as a gift from the benevolent liberal state to immigrant peoples. Rather, true sanctuary, one that ensures protection for all seeking refuge from harm, has only ever manifested itself in the practice of migrant movements."jewishcurrents.orgFugitive SanctuariesIt has only ever been migrant movements, rather than benevolent states, that have granted true safety for the endangered. 0114
Reposted by Giovanni PickerMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Frederick Wiseman appreciations: @daveyjenkins.bsky.social: lwlies.com/in-praise-of... @alissawilkinson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m... Philip Concannon: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fre... @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/tributes/fre...rogerebert.comThe Eye of a Camera: Frederick Wiseman (1930-2026) | Tributes | Roger EbertA legendary documentarian is gone. 183
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Rest in power, Frederick Wiseman, moving-image poet of human conditions. 010
Reposted by Giovanni PickerManuela Boatcă @manuelaboatca.bsky.social · 14/02/2026This looks like a fantastic issue and a very rich introduction that couldn't come at a better time! 163
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Important action to supoort Gazan students. Please consider signing this petition. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Grant visas & scholarships for Palestinian students, collaborate with Gazan UnisWe demand that the Government extend the Gazan student evacuation policy that ended on the 31st December 2025 indefinitely, grant further scholarships for studies and facilitate twinning partnerships ... 022
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Postgraduate Summer School on Anti-Racism, Social Justice and the European City - Padua, July 6-11. - Scholarships available - Application deadline March 15, 2026 - Queries arjec2026@gmail.com 033
Reposted by Giovanni Picker@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Thanks to colleagues at the Universities of Brighton and Surrey for curating this Race, Ethnicity and Antiracism Learning (REAL) resource bank for the social sciences in higher education: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/realresource...blogs.brighton.ac.ukThe REAL Resource Bank: Race, Ethnicity and Antiracism Learningfor the Social Sciences in Higher Education 086
Reposted by Giovanni PickerSociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Details below of a Summer School on Anti-Racism, Social Justice and the European City taking place in Padua this July. The summer school is an independent, collaborative platform bringing together postgraduate students, activists and scholars, including our own @giopicker.bsky.socialeur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.comarjec 2026 043
Reposted by Giovanni PickerMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/01/2026Last week, we announced a plan to make child care universal. Today, applications are open for pre-K & 3-K. If your child is turning 3 or 4, apply now for the fall at: myschools.nyc 163102531830
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Wednesday, 21 January 2026 University of Glasgow Racial Justice Lecture Series Policing #Race: #Militarization and the Imperial Boomerang in #Britain and the United States. By @juliango.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/vi... cc @uofgsociology.bsky.socialgla.ac.ukWhat’s On? | The Hunterian | University of GlasgowExplore our calendar of events, exhibitions, talks and tours! 042
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Starting 2026 with inspiring ideas. Thanks @mollycrabapple.bsky.social for drawing the connection. Cultural archives may disclose generative and unexpected perspectives, especially on the urban. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThey tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly CrabappleWhen I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York 020
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Please consider donating to University of Glasgow’s masters student from #Gaza, Shadi Salem. His wife and two children are trying to survive the winter, housed in the tent pictured below gofund.me/844f1aa10gofund.meDonate to Reunite a Father with His Wife and Two Children from Gaza, organized by Shadi SalemI am a Palestinian student and father currently living in the UK… Shadi Salem needs your support for Reunite a Father with His Wife and Two Children from Gaza 000
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 17/12/2025I have just signed this petition. actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...actionnetwork.orgReinstate Melanie Goldberg at the Holocaust Memorial Day TrustWe call on HMDT to reinstate Melanie to her role. 000
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Four of my family members, upon the Nazi invasion of Hungary, managed to flee to Australia. A mother and three daughters. The husband/father, after helping them escape, was deported to Auschwitz, dehumanized and killed. It is hard, right now, not to hear echoes of the past. Ah Freilechen Hannuakkah. 000
Reposted by Giovanni PickerGiovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Please consider donating to University of Glasgow masters student Shadi Salem’s family from Gaza. His wife and two children are trying to survive the winter, housed in the tent pictured below — gofund.me/844f1aa10gofund.meDonate to Reunite a Father with His Wife and Two Children from Gaza, organized by Shadi SalemI am a Palestinian student and father currently living in the UK… Shadi Salem needs your support for Reunite a Father with His Wife and Two Children from Gaza 011
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 03/12/2025This will be of interest to many in our community - @uofgsociology.bsky.social @ucuglasgow.bsky.social ky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social - December 10, 15:30-17:00. 044
Reposted by Giovanni PickerManuela Boatcă @manuelaboatca.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Our Winter School "Inherited Futures: Ruptures and Contestations" is starting tomorrow in Basel! It's part of a EUCOR partnership between the universities of Basel, Strasbourg, and Freiburg, but everyone is welcome to the public sessions. Please contact the Basel organizers here tinyurl.com/bdfx8cj8 054
Reposted by Giovanni PickerFXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 24/11/2025📣 Live now! FXB's Roma Program Director, Dr. @magdamatache.bsky.social has just launched her new book, The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences" during the MEMOROBIA conference: tinyurl.com/6w9bj9wt More information about the book: tinyurl.com/5v6hwuxhtinyurl.comThe Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered SentencesAnti-Roma racism, one of Europe’s oldest and most enduring racisms, has been neglected in mainstream theories and discourse. This book situates anti-Roma racism within national and intra-continental h... 053
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Please consider donating to University of Glasgow masters student Shadi Salem’s family from Gaza. His wife and two children are trying to survive the winter, housed in the tent pictured below — gofund.me/844f1aa10gofund.meDonate to Reunite a Father with His Wife and Two Children from Gaza, organized by Shadi SalemI am a Palestinian student and father currently living in the UK… Shadi Salem needs your support for Reunite a Father with His Wife and Two Children from Gaza 011
Reposted by Giovanni PickerBilge Serin @noxyin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Join the seminar: Reclaiming Spatial Justice - The Emancipatory Power of Commoning Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures. Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming... 142
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Al Chet additions for 5786 (some, only): Al Chet for the sin of stealing another’s land. Al Chet for the sin of bringing death and devastation upon our neighbor. Al Chet for the sin of starving people, especially innocent children. Al Chet for the sin of indifference and blindness. #yomkippurforward.com'For the sins we have committed': Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 worldHovering over this 5786 holiday season is a sense of moral and spiritual crisis that calls out for liturgical innovation. 000
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 07/10/2025"As Jews we beg you: do not let the Manchester attack be weaponised" - A forceful statement. archive.ph/BRTCY#select...archive.ph 000
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 01/10/2025As authoritarian politics tighten their grip across the globe, we need to allow ourselves to press pause and collectively analyze the current conjuncture. Come discuss with @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, in conversation with Engin Isin, on her Making Sancturay Cities (Stanford 2025). Details below 021
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 01/10/2025“In the face of ongoing authoritarian repression in the United States, the SSJ Open University initiative aims to build independent sites of study, collaborative engagement, and intellectual community.” See the various calls- www.scholarsforsocialjustice.com/ssj-open-uni...scholarsforsocialjustice.comServices 1 — Scholars For Social Justice 010
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 26/09/2025If you are an academic based in the UK, please consider signing and circulating this letter. It's important. cc @ophiragamliel.bsky.social @cairsti.bsky.social @erdemavsar.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.socialdocs.google.comAcademic Sign-On Letter: Support for Gazan Students with UK University OffersThis form is to collect signatures from academics at UK universities in support of an urgent open letter addressed to the UK government. The letter highlights the critical and ongoing barriers faced b... 002
Reposted by Giovanni PickerErdem Avşar @erdemavsar.bsky.social · 23/09/2025"I trust that the UK Government will take the right decision. Please, don't let me choose between my family and my education, because it's impossible for me to be separated from them." www.thenational.scot/news/2548316...thenational.scotGaza student hoping for Glasgow PhD in urgent plea as family blocked from entering UKA student from Gaza hoping to study in Scotland has issued a plea to the UK Government urging them not to "make her choose" between her… 164
Giovanni Picker @giopicker.bsky.social · 13/09/2025"We’ve been a place where controversial public issues can be freely debated. We have different views on Israel-Palestine. We need to hear them even when they upset us. That is the spirit of the place that I have been championing and affirming for 30 years.” Prof Judith Butleraurdip.orgUC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move – Aurdip 030
Reposted by Giovanni PickerBilge Serin @noxyin.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Just City by the Med Research Network connects researchers investigating social justice and inequality in cities and exploring pathways towards just urban futures, through the context of the Mediterranean. Check justcitymed.org for details 👇justcitymed.orgJust City by the MedResearch network exploring social justice and inequality in Mediterranean urban contexts. 154
Reposted by Giovanni PickerOphira @ophiragamliel.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Help Sajida Umm Tulin and her family survive and rebuild in Gaza chuffed.org/project/1274...chuffed.orgHelp Sajida Umm Tulin and her family survive and rebuild in GazaHi, My name is Avigail, I'm a US citizen, organizing this fundraiser on behalf of my friend Sajida who is raising funds to support her family in Gaza. Here are her words: 001
