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Martijn Hesselink

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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 25/11/2025
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Uitstekend proefschrift van Eva Vermeulen. Voor wie nu even geen tijd heeft om het te lezen: in dit interview legt ze zelf glashelder uit waarom we ons eigendomsbegrip nodig moeten herzien. www.volkskrant.nl/economie/won...
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Woningcrisis oplossen? Kijk anders naar het koophuis, zegt deze onderzoeker. ‘Eigendom is niet heilig’
Alleen maar bouwen is niet genoeg om de woningcrisis op te lossen, zegt onderzoeker Eva Vermeulen. Door te sleutelen aan ons eigendomsbegrip kan woonruimte eerlijker worden verdeeld. ‘Het is tijd voor...
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up. www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
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LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse
Statement on the Planned Event “The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia” at LMU Munich
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Leo Lucassen @leol.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
In hun ijver de 'asielstroom' te willen beperken, vergeten veel politici dat: 1) de aantallen voortdurend op en neer gaan en de laatste 40 jaar geen opgaande trend laten zien; 2) de aantallen primair worden bepaald door wat er in conflictgebieden gebeurt (hier met Syriërs als voorbeeld).
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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
⏰ The deadline to apply for #EUI postdoctoral fellowship programmes is fast approaching! Don't miss out on the chance to become part of a world-class academic community 👥📚 Apply now at: loom.ly/WmotZrE
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
poster announcing general strike in Italy today in support of the flotilla for Gaza
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
De Italiaanse Grondwet (1948) is uitdrukkelijk antifa: "Het is verboden om de ontbonden fascistische partij in welke vorm dan ook te reorganiseren. (…)" (XII overgangs- en slotbepaling van de Grondwet van de Italiaanse Republiek)
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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Het echte schandaal is de strafbaarstelling van ongedocumenteerden. Achter die woorden schuilen mensen van vlees en bloed die systematisch worden opgejaagd, ontmenselijkt en uitgewist. Niet hun bestaan is het probleem, maar een politiek die menselijkheid criminaliseert.
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
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Third academic year into a genocide – where was the UvA?
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
it’s this thursday-friday at the eui: 50 speakers on ‘law & revolution: prefiguration or abolition?’ we’re very excited!!
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The future of Gaza should be decided by the population of Gaza. Anything else is colonialism www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tony Blair attends White House meeting with Trump on postwar Gaza
Former prime minister in Washington DC on Wednesday for talks that reportedly also included Jared Kushner
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
eindelijk Anton de Kom gelezen. wat een indrukwekkend boek! onbegrijpelijk – en veelzeggend – dat je dat niet gewoon op school krijgt of tijdens de rechtenstudie. gaat ook over wat eigendom en contractenrecht deed – en deels nog steeds doet
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 28/07/2025
‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’ Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action?
I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 17/07/2025
Open Letter to Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens #Refugees
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Open Letter to Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens • Sea-Watch e.V.
Dear Mr. Leijtens, Frontex is once again obstructing democratic scrutiny. Your agency is demanding that we — a civil society organisation — pay €11,093.32 in court costs, for a legal case that arose because Frontex refused to release documents related to a clear human rights violation. This demand is an act of institutional intimidation designed…
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Ralf Michaels @ralfmichaels.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Man kann in den USA ganz konkret sehen, wie die erfolgreiche Verhinderung einer Berufung eines unzweifelhaft qualifizierten Vorschlags (Merrick Garland) in den Supreme Court die Politisierung und Radikalisierung für die Zukunft erhöht hat. www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/u...
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Shadow of Merrick Garland Hangs Over the Next Supreme Court Fight (Published 2020)
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
grammar pedantism is particularly pervasive among law teachers and scholars, esp in europe. while often expressing classist elitism, it is frequently based also on the erroneous assumption that legal analysis should be v much about language
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
"Forest Park is a garden for those who don't have one" www.brusselstimes.com/1648066/icon...
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Iconic Forest Park in Brussels finally completes lengthy renovation
"Forest Park is a garden for those who don't have one."
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
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Julia Emtseva @jemtseva.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Sometimes, universities can be different spaces and the EUI was this in the past two days. Very grateful for those who made the conversations possible 🙏
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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The conference 'An academic dilemma?' has come to an end! 🎓 Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
closes tomorrow(ish)!
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Peter Ullrich @textrecycling.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Wie haben uns in Verteidigung der Jerusalemer Erklärung und des Beschlusses der Linken zu Wort gemeldet: "Antwort auf die Mängel“ der IHRA. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
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Wissenschaftler bekennen sich zu Jerusalemer Erklärung zum Antisemitismus: „Antwort auf die Mängel“
Stellungnahme von 53 Forschenden zur Jerusalemer Erklärung zum Antisemitismus
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Stop the Genocide: EU Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions now!
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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Even the Dutch government is now implicitly agreeing that Israel's planned starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza cannot be tolerated by any state remotely claiming to stand for the rule of international law.
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
“UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor has called on “all EU states” including Ireland to challenge Israel‘s refusal to provide travel documents to Palestinian activist due to speak in Dublin this month.” www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
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Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti prevented from travelling to speak at Dublin festival
Activist
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“It is crucial that the world hears the voice of people such as Mr Barghouti who has struggled with his many colleagues in the nonviolent global BDS movement to end international state, corporate and institutional complicity in Israel’s grave human rights violations.” labour.ie/news/2025/04...
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Israel must lift travel ban on Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti to attend Robert Tressell Festival in Dublin - The Labour Party
Israel must lift travel ban on Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti to attend Robert Tressell Festival in Dublin - The Labour PartyThe Labour Party has condemned the de facto travel ban be...
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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🎉 Congratulations to 🎓 Dr. @raghavivis.bsky.social, recipient of the 2025 Antonio Cassese Prize for the Best EUI Doctoral Thesis in International Law!
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Salomé Viljoen @salome.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Smuggling in unpasteurized ideas from France
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Join our fantastic confirmed speakers Amna Akbar, Rob Knox, Ruth Kinna and Daniel Lock, and come present at our conference: ‘Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?’ at the EUI in Florence: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
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Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?
This event explores the complex and contested role of law in revolutionary politics, asking whether law can prefigure the future we seek - or whether it must be abolished to make it possible. Drawing ...
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Note to Columbia University: This is how you do it. www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
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University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...
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Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters - my latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
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Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.
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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
having spoken to friends and comrades who are both anxious about travelling to the US for the LSA, and unable to withdraw for a number of reasons, we have drafted this letter. docs.google.com/forms/d/1O2F...
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Open Letter to the LSA
We, the undersigned, urge you to (1) allow for hybrid participation at this year’s Annual Meeting; (2) to approve full reimbursement of conference fees for those who no longer feel able to participate...
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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night. Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I was meant to visit Columbia next month but I cancelled today. In this letter I state my reasons. Strong solidarity with everyone at Columbia affected by these appalling repressive measures!
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
the people of Gaza are once again under murderous attack. they need our support now more than ever. let’s not be silenced by the bullies
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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URGENT ACTION ALERT: Over 400 Palestinians murdered overnight as Israel and the US intensify their genocide in Gaza.
Mass Mobilizations and Pressure Campaigns. Organize now!
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
“I’m fearful that even the most low-level political speech or just doing what we all do — like shout into the abyss that is social media — can turn into this dystopian nightmare where somebody is calling you a terrorist sympathizer and making you fear for your safety” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/n...
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How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her
Ranjani Srinivasan’s student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities. That was just the start of her odyssey.
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Draft Muslim Ban 4.0.
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
“Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable, but, as the Columbia case suggests, it’s not working. Columbia’s leadership made repeated concessions to right-wing critics, only to be the first to come under attack.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“We are profoundly concerned about the online targeting and harassment of the LPE Project’s Deputy Director, Helyeh Doutaghi. This is part of a broader environment of speech repression, particularly of anti-war and pro-Palestinian views” lpeproject.org/blog/stateme...
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Statement on Recent Events
The online targeting and harassment of the LPE Project’s Deputy Director, Helyeh Doutaghi, is part of a broader environment of speech repression, particularly of anti-war and pro-Palestinian views.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
At this fantastic event today, Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau reminded us that racism – not just authoritarianism –is at the heart of all the far-right movements gaining power today
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Lisa Poettinger @lisapoettinger.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Es ist offiziell: Ich habe ein #Berufsverbot bekommen (Auszüge⬇️). Weil ich eine marxistische Analyse der #Klimakrise vertrete. Ich stehe dazu: Die Wirtschaft muss demokratisiert werden, damit nicht einige wenige Superreiche für ihre Profite den Planeten zugrunde richten können.
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
“The Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement is the best way to show solidarity with our liberation struggle.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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To stop Trump’s Gaza plans, Palestinians need solidarity and support | Omar Barghouti
The Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement is the best way to show solidarity with our liberation struggle
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Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
On this day in 1961, Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Congo, was murdered by Belgian colonial forces less than seven months after the nation gained independence.
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European Law Open @europeanlawopen.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We're experimenting a new marketing technique- sending out notice of our latest issue to zero followers. What can go wrong? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Latest issue | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
European Law Open
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Martijn van den Brink @martijnvandenbrink.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
A new scholarly society focusing on European Law and Law in Europe has been launched. See below for a save the date for the ELU-S inaugural conference A call for papers and panels will be opened soon! Please share this information and follow the ELU-S Bluesky page for updates.
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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Enzo Rossi and Uğur Atcay with a message. #WOinActie #StopDeBezuinigingen #EppoCiao
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Martijn Hesselink @martijnhesselink.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
“Het Int. Strafhof vaardigde donderdag een arrestatiebevel uit tegen Israëlische leiders wegens oorlogsmisdaden. Juist nu zou de NL staat navolging moeten geven aan het vonnis van het Hof in DH, dat een exportverbod legde op levering van F-35-onderdelen aan Israël.” www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b27e7872/
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Nederland is geen voorvechter, maar ondermijner van de mensenrechten
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