Reposted by matthew herbertLauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Men will send me emails like this and then go rampaging on the streets of Dover and Portsmouth claiming they want to keep refugees out in order to “PROTECT OUR WOMEN!” Not a single one of the young male refugees I’ve worked with has ever spoken to me with such violent misogyny. 28961741246
matthew herbert @matthewherbert.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Sign up: National antiracist network to stop the far right. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...actionnetwork.orgSign up: National antiracist network to stop the far rightMasked far right gangs have mobilised in Dover and Portsmouth to physically blockade refugees from entering the country. This is a significant, organised and well-funded escalation. We need to get org... 011
Reposted by matthew herbertDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 21/07/2026Every now and then, it’s worth saying what ought to be obvious: trans people have always existed, and will exist as long as humans do. They’ve not done anything wrong by wanting their existence recognised, supported, and celebrated. The transformation of their existence into “an issue” is evil. 151102319
Reposted by matthew herbertJavi Pez @3ok.info · 12/07/2026Domingo Aniversario @matthewherbert.bsky.social #MusicSkymatthewherbert.bandcamp.comCafe de Flore (30th Anniversary Reissue), by Doctor Rockit6 track album 012
Reposted by matthew herbertYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Since Oct 7 2023, the Israeli military and settlers killed 240 Palestinian children and teenagers in the West Bank. Read the B'Tselem report. www.btselem.org/video/202606... 05234
Reposted by matthew herbertCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 06/05/2026twenty years ago people attacked universities by deriding “Mickey Mouse degrees” like media studies in favour of “proper” subjects like history, and now universities are skipping that step and simply abolishing everything that isn’t economics 1027098
Reposted by matthew herbertLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 29/04/2026‘The scale of the earthworks was so great that Israel’s two hundred bulldozers were not nearly enough – many were damaged by the Palestinian resistance – and Israel urgently needed two hundred more.’ Eyal Weizman on the demolition of Gaza. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukEyal Weizman · All they will find is sand: Gaza’s Yellow LineMost of the Gaza Strip – cities, refugee camps, schools, universities, mosques, the health infrastructure, agriculture... 12110
Reposted by matthew herbertLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 28/04/2026‘More than 780 Palestinians have been killed and 2200 injured in Gaza since the “ceasefire” last October. The bombing continues. “The massacres happen every day,” Bisan Owda reports from Gaza. “Nothing really changed.”’ @selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...lrb.co.ukSelma Dabbagh | DisplacedLast Wednesday, the reporter Amal Khalil and photojournalist Zeinab Faraj were on assignment in south Lebanon when... 1119
Reposted by matthew herbertJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/04/2026you know the way "why did the Roman Empire fall" and "what are the causes of the First World War" are big questions that sort of function like Rorsharch tests, allowing people to debate ultimately inexplicable moments in history? "Why did no one stop Trump" a decent future shout for the third. 481530304
Reposted by matthew herbertMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 27/03/2026It's just an objective fact that Republicans like it when mothers die. It's been a core policy plank of the GOP my entire life. 281066360
Reposted by matthew herbertTim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026A year of USAID was $32 billion. So roughly next Wednesday. Monsters. 031
Reposted by matthew herbertDan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 07/03/2026This FOl enquiry for the Guardian has taken up a great deal of my life for the past 2 years. (1/3) 10430172
Reposted by matthew herbertYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Given that the UK's position in the last 50 years is that settlements are illegal and Israel cannot annex the West Bank, banning trade with West Bank settlements is really the absolutely minimal ask. It's pathetic that it hasn't happened. 110228
Reposted by matthew herbertKristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I’m no expert but I’m pretty sure this is how you get 9/11: the sequel 2062183
Reposted by matthew herbertThe New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Yanar Mohammed is one of Iraq’s most prominent women’s rights activists and established the country’s first shelters for survivors of domestic violence and trafficking. She was assassinated outside her Baghdad home when two gunmen on motorcycles opened fire in the morning. 45152
Reposted by matthew herbertDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 01/03/2026The chairman of the Board of Peace bombed the Gandhi hospital. Process that. 581376527
Reposted by matthew herbertDeclassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 24/02/202660 years ago today, Ghana's military overthrew president Kwame Nkrumah. The UK Foreign Office conducted a covert propaganda campaign to help remove him, declassified files show. www.declassifieduk.org/top-secret-d...declassifieduk.orgTop Secret Document Exposes UK Role in Ghana CoupThe UK Foreign Office conducted a covert propaganda campaign to help remove Ghana’s president Kwame Nkrumah in 1966, declassified files show. 05733
Reposted by matthew herbertDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Labour has brought back section 28 against trans and non-binary individuals. I lived through section 28 last time. I suffered the harms of it. This will do the same thing. Not even allowing young people to socially transition is plain wrong. It prevents them finding their own identity. 321067
matthew herbert @matthewherbert.bsky.social · 07/02/2026pretty good petition this for the uk to rejoin the creative europe programme. www.openpetition.org/uk/petition/...openpetition.orgUnited Kingdom to join the Creative Europe programme from 2027 - Online petitionThis is a Europe-wide petition calling on the UK Government to formally declare the United Kingdom's interest in fully participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme (https://culture.ec.europa.eu... 020
Reposted by matthew herbertMark Agee @markagee.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll 123166615853
Reposted by matthew herbertShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 25/01/2026More than 36,500 people were killed during Iran’s January 8-9 crackdown on nationwide protests, making it the deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to classified government documents reviewed by Iran International. iranintl.com/en/202601255198iranintl.comOver 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents revealMore than 36,500 Iranians were killed by security forces during the January 8-9 crackdown on nationwide protests, making it the deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to documents re... 78538
Reposted by matthew herbertMargo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 23/01/2026It’s 1:04 am in Kyiv and siren went off because Russia is attacking us with drones . Hate the beginning of the siren , that loud first note and when it starts rising, crawling through your bones and muscles. it’s the most disgusting part. It gets under your skin. I was told once that it’s by design 35918
Reposted by matthew herbertBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 18/01/2026This took me about 45 seconds. 25727
Reposted by matthew herbertUMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 15/01/2026In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties. The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized. Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized. 12243522736
Reposted by matthew herbertDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 08/01/2026A hunger striker is said to be ‘at imminent risk of death’ due to 59 days without food while on remand in prison. Kamran Ahmed was transferred to hospital from HMP Pentonville in north London in the early hours of this morning metro.co.uk/2026/01/07/h...metro.co.ukHunger striker taken to hospital 59 days into Palestine protestKamran Ahmed is said to be at 'imminent risk of death'. 13628
Reposted by matthew herbertDana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I think analysts specifically, and society more broadly, underestimate how much white supremacy and belief in conquest and racial hierarchy motivate the decisions of this administration. Like yes its "neo-royalism," yes its oil, but also its white supremacy. 15914
Reposted by matthew herbertJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 03/01/2026fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US 4454251904
matthew herbert @matthewherbert.bsky.social · 15/12/2025good! www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...theguardian.comGovernment announces extra funding for safe housing for domestic abuse survivors – UK politics liveAs part of the violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy councils will receive a further £19m 030
Reposted by matthew herbertInstitute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 11/12/2025NEW: A Russian family whose son volunteered to fight in the Russian army against Ukraine recently adopted seven children from occupied Zaporizhia Oblast. 🧵(1/9) Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp... Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ 310460
matthew herbert @matthewherbert.bsky.social · 23/11/2025uk tour coming up this week with @momokogill.bsky.social london TONIGHT! then brum, bristol, sheffield 071
Reposted by matthew herbertThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNScnewyorkermag.visitlink.meThe Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of ThousandsThe short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes. 42892165980
Reposted by matthew herbertNnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant." SAY. THAT. SHIT! 3975431142
matthew herbert @matthewherbert.bsky.social · 27/10/2025a really awful story. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comAt least 49 relatives and colleagues of Afghans in data leak have been killed, study suggestsResearch also finds 200 of 231 people notified by MoD of breach reported threats to themselves or families 020
Reposted by matthew herbertMeron Estefanos @meron.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Remembering the 369 refugees who drowned in Lampedusa exactly 12 years ago today. I can never forget the 22 years old Yohanna who gave birth as she was drowning, her body was later found with an ombilical cord attached to her baby. #NeverForgotten #ForeverInOurHearts #PeopleNotNumbers #Lampedusa 15018
Reposted by matthew herbertheadfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 11/09/2025every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer 2274822267
Reposted by matthew herbertMaryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Israel starves 13 more Palestinians to death, kills 89 since dawn aje.io/5169f3aje.ioIsrael starves 13 more Palestinians to death, kills 89 since dawnIsraeli forces continue to attack people seeking food aid as the death toll from famine rises further in Gaza. 01719
Reposted by matthew herbertJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Israel bombed a hospital. Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded. Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV. Read that again. Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now. 602078869
Reposted by matthew herbertDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority". 4442671795
Reposted by matthew herbertGlobal Voices @globalvoices.org · 17/08/2025Israel’s destruction of the Hebron seed bank echoes centuries of settler-colonial tactics worldwide: erasing Indigenous food systems to dominate land, knowledge, and collective memory.globalvoices.orgIsrael destroys Palestine’s last surviving seed bank, echoing a colonial legacy of erasureIsrael’s destruction of the Hebron seed bank echoes centuries of settler-colonial tactics worldwide: erasing Indigenous food systems to dominate land, knowledge, and collective memory. 32124
Reposted by matthew herbertAndy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social · 11/08/2025"The most compelling thing about Momoko's voice for me is actually the way she builds and shapes her backing vocals. It’s like working with an orchestra rather than a soloist." New Herbert/ Momoko album is choice. open.substack.com/pub/andybeta... @matthewherbert.bsky.social @momokogill.bsky.socialopen.substack.comMatthew Herbert & Momoko GillAn interview with the iconic British electronic music producer and new collaborator on their primo downtempo new album, Clay 092
Reposted by matthew herbertFreq @freqzine.bsky.social · 04/08/2025@matthewherbert.bsky.social has joined forces with @momokogill.bsky.social to produce a warm and inviting collection of downtempo dancefloor-affiliated tunes that highlight the latter's inventive approach to percussion and her sensual, soothing voice. #electronica #musicreview t.ly/ETLM5 012
Reposted by matthew herbertYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 28/07/2025There's much talk of UK arms exports to Israel - which is of a very limited scope. There's no talk whatsoever of UK arms IMPORTS from Israel. In 2024, according to SIPRI, Israel was the second largest supplier of arms to the UK - 6.9% of total imports. 47927
Reposted by matthew herbertRockdelux @rockdelux.bsky.social · 27/07/2025En “Clay” @matthewherbert.bsky.social ha encontrado una forma de poner la electrónica al servicio de un propósito esencialmente orgánico, conectivo, que se pueda tocar, y en eso también tiene mucho que ver la presencia de Momoko Gill a la batería. ✍️ @drubiofps.bsky.socialrockdelux.comHerbert & Momoko 023
Reposted by matthew herbertYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 26/07/2025"The social breakdown that we are witnessing, the degrading of human beings, is not a byproduct of the harm that Israel is inflicting. That’s the central element of the crime: destroying Palestinian society." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIsrael’s food points are not just death traps – they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza | Alex de WaalWe saw famine in Biafra and Ethiopia. In the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s ‘aid distribution system’ we see an attempt to destroy a whole society, says academic and writer Alex de Waal 05223
Reposted by matthew herbertManners Faber @mannersfaber.bsky.social · 25/07/2025The #OST for ‘Hot Milk’, featuring original music by @matthewherbert.bsky.social is now available on all streaming platforms. The film starring Fiona Shaw, Emma Mackey and Vicky Krieps, is in cinemas across the UK, Latin America and Germany. #mannersfaber #musictalentagency #composer #filmmusic 031