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Dr Özge Onay

@ozgeonay.bsky.social
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Sociologist @camsociology.bsky.social, Istanbulite, currently researching the intersection of environmental racism and Islamophobia. Posting both in Turkish and English.

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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Race, Class and Conviviality in Changing Times Free event at @ucl.ac.uk from the @sprc-ucl.bsky.social 📆 12th November 6-7.30pm With @alexkelbert.bsky.social Sita Balani & Malcolm James discussing conviviality 20 years on from the publication of After Empire www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/race-class...
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Claire Blencowe @claireblencowe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
hdfst.uk/e163165 Book talk coming up at East Bristol Books, in conversation with the wonderful human that it Michael Malay. Oct 4th
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EBB Climate Talks: Claire Blencowe *Spirits of Extraction* w. Michael Malay at East Bristol Books
Join us at EBB for an evening of discussion around Claire Blencowe's *Spirits of Extraction: Christianity, Settler Colonialism and the Geology of Race*, published by Manchester university Press. The a...
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Delighted to see this new edition of The Sociological Review, including a special section on Sociology in the Times of Genocide, co-edited by our own @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social
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Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Climate Crisis & Democratic Disaster 📆 30th October, 10.45am - 3.30pm 📍Balham On climate crisis, eco-fascism, the far-right and cars, AI + more @bekadiski.bsky.social @zetkincollective.bsky.social @pulltheplug-ai.bsky.social @sprc-ucl.bsky.social Free tix ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-cr...
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Julian Go @juliango.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Everyone assumes “sociology” (as if it is homogenous) is more ’politicized’ than economics. But is that so? Or is it that economists’ politics go unrecognized because they are built into the very assumptions of the entire discipline & and its formal models? 1/3
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 04/08/2026
Sociological Perspectives on the Far Right: call for expressions of interest for a forthcoming Special Section of The Sociological Review journal. Deadline: 13 August 2026 Editors: @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mirandaioss.bsky.social @jandob.bsky.social Apply now: buff.ly/8O8vYHu
Sociological Perspectives on the Far Right
Journal Special Section 
Call for Expressions of Interest
Apply by 13 August 2026
The Sociological Review
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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Climate change is an affordability issue. A burning planet means more drought. More drought means fewer crops. Fewer crops means higher food prices.
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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm quoted in this article in The New Arab: Labour's 'Burnham bounce' sees press rummage for 'Muslim links' Wan Taufiq 28 July, 2026 @lancasteruni.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social @sosslancaster.bsky.social www.newarab.com/news/labours...
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Labour’s ’Burnham bounce’ sees press rummage for ’Muslim links’
As Andy Burnham’s Labour enjoys a poll boost, Britain’s right-wing press has revived claims about ministers’ "Muslim links", reopening an old political playbook
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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
New issue of Sociological Research Online journal is now out! The June issue has articles on neighbourliness in residential compounds, cultural omnivorousness, oppositions to performative politics, and more. Read the full issue below. journals.sagepub.com/toc/SRO/30/2
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
c.org/jLYD9TMpTP solidarity with the amazing colleagues at Exeter uni, stop the redundancies
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 18/06/2026
How do second-generation British Turks negotiate identity and belonging? @ozgeonay.bsky.social @camsociology.bsky.social on the concept of “floating habitus”, racialisation and the feeling of being caught between two worlds. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/NZVEdox
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‘Home but not quite’: Islamophobia and gurbetçi identity in the ‘floating habitus’ of British Turks
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Dr Özge Onay @ozgeonay.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... This one means a lot to me. My article, 'Home but not quite': Islamophobia and gurbetçi identity in the 'floating habitus' of British Turks', is out today in The @thesociologicalreview.org Review Foundation, fully open access.
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‘Home but not quite’: Islamophobia and gurbetçi identity in the ‘floating habitus’ of British Turks - Özge Onay, 2026
This article examines how second-generation British Turks negotiate identity and belonging across the UK and Turkey through a Bourdieusian framework of habitus ...
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
OMG I’ve just tried to turn a page in a physical book by tapping it.
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Cameron @cameronboyle95.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Starmer said Israel has the right to cut off water and electricity to Gaza. Now he's lecturing on who is and isn't fit to lead a party? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Starmer says Polanski ‘is not fit to lead a political party’ after Golders Green police criticism
PM said post shared on X was ‘disgraceful’ after Green leader apologised and said he had reposted it ‘in haste’
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Sociology and the new materialisms @socnewmat.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Last chance to submit an abstract for the 22 June 2026 BSA New Materialisms one-day conference 'Matter, Rhizomes and More-than-Human Sociology'. Submissions close on Fri 1 May. We welcome contributions that engage with the conference themes. See flyer for how to submit abstract and/or register.
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Dr Özge Onay @ozgeonay.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
My first blog for my favourite website: Impunity Has a Carbon Footprint criticallegalthinking.com/2026/04/27/i...
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Impunity Has a Carbon Footprint
A fuel handler refuels an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft on deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA. A single F-35 fighter jet burns through roughly 5,600
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Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge @camsociology.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Our Y10-13 school photography competition is open to entries! Win £100 for yourself, £100 for your school and an invite to visit @cam.ac.uk 🏆 ➡️ This year's theme: take an original photo that tells a story about (in)tolerance ➡️ Deadline: 8 May 2026 🔗 Enter: www.sociology.cam.ac.uk/photo-compet...
Enter the Cambridge Department of Sociology's Photo Competition. Students in Yrs 10-13 - in the UK and abroad - can enter to win £100 for themselves, £100 for their school, and an invite to visit University of Cambridge! This year's theme is "(in)tolerance". Can you take a photo that tells a story about (in)tolerance? You’re welcome to submit a paragraph alongside it explaining the thinking behind your image. Your picture should be your own original work. Closing date: Friday, 8 May 2026
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 01/03/2026
The racialisation of the working class has always been core to reactionary politics E.g. mainstream elites were quick to blame/praise the white WC for both Trump & Brexit despite data providing a different picture @aaronwinter.bsky.social and I explored it here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Whiteness, populism and the racialisation of the working class in the United Kingdom and the United States
The election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote were widely hailed as examples of (white) working class revolts. This article examines the populist racialisation of the working class as white and ...
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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 26/02/2026
✨ From silent histories to powerful voices ✨ This #BlackHistoryMonth, explore books that shape our understanding and amplify Black experiences. Titles include 'Sweet Home Feliciana' and a forthcoming Cambridge Companion celebrating composer Florence B. Price. Read more 🔗 cup.org/3OwRf2A
Text reads: "From silent histories to powerful voices."  above a shield shaped design in orange and red hues symbolizing Black History Month. The image shows the cover of the book "Sweet Home Feliciana" by Rashauna Johnson. The cover features an old wooden cabin surrounded by trees, with a rustic and historical aesthetic.A person sits at a piano with sheet music in front, appearing to play. A cover overlay reads "The Cambridge Companion to Florence B. Price," edited by Samantha Ege and Alexandra Kori Hill. A maroon background with a gold-accented red crest is present.Cover of the book titled "Which Lives Matter? Factors Shaping Public Attention to and Protest of Officer-Involved Killings" by Traci Burch. The background features a vibrant abstract design in red, blue, and yellow. The text is part of the Cambridge Elements series on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.
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University of Manchester Sociology Department @uomsociology.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
VACANCY: 2 x Lecturer in Sociology with a focus on... 1. 'race' & anti-racism 2. political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class) £42-58k, apply by 3 March. www.linkedin.com/posts/the-un...
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Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge @camsociology.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Tomorrow! Join us for our first Lent Term seminar, with @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social as our guest speaker, talking on her book 'Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century'. Location 📍: Sociology Seminar Room Time ⏰: Tuesday 17 February, 12:30 - 2pm
A poster for a talk by Ece Temelkuran on her book 'Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century'. This talk will take place on Tuesday 17 February, in the Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology on Free School Lane, Cambridge. The talk will be chaired by Dr Zeina Al Azmeh and Dr Tobias Muller.
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
CRASSH is inviting scholars from the Global South to apply for funded Visiting Fellowships in Cambridge in Spring 2027 The fellowship theme is 'Enslavement: histories, legacies and afterlives' ⏳ Apply by 16 Feb 2026 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/global-south-fellowships
Fellow giving a presentation.
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Simone Varriale @simov.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I’m really happy to see this open-access article finally out doi.org/10.1111/anti... It explores ‘varieties of racial capitalism’ through the experiences of Black and Muslim Italians who moved to Britain during the 2010s and sometimes returned to Italy (or moved elsewhere) 1/5
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Varieties of Racial Capitalism: Black and Muslim Italians' Unequal Migrations Between Italy and Post‐Brexit Britain
This article advances debates on racial capitalism by reconceptualising it as globally connected yet regionally uneven, and as negotiated and resisted through unequal migrations. Drawing on interview...
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 12/01/2026
#ERSNew 🐣 Who truly shapes a city? New research on immigrant Muslim women in Helsinki shows their powerful place-making through faith & community. They're not just visible, they're actively producing the urban space. Check out this new study: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
⚧️ A networking event for Cambridge scholars who study gender and sexuality, featuring speed networking sessions and informal discussions to help build connections and explore potential collaborations 30 Jan from 5pm Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP bit.ly/4j51yGj
Building Connections: A networking event for gender and sexuality early-career scholars at Cambridge
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 14/11/2025
"Our method shows that we can recover it from everyday waste and reuse it directly.” Leverhulme Research Project Grantee Dr Erli Lu @unibirmingham.bsky.social on turning a disposal problem into a resource opportunity, working along with scientists @sciencesncl.bsky.social. 👉 tinyurl.com/3sw7zza5
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Scientists discover clean and green way to recycle Teflon® - University of Birmingham
New research demonstrates a simple, eco-friendly way to break down Teflon® – one of the world’s most durable plastics – into useful chemical building blocks.
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 10/11/2025
#ERSNew 🐣 Mehmetali Kasim argues that China’s #Xinjiang policies use birth suppression, child separation & cultural assimilation to dismantle #Uyghur continuity, echoing genocidal patterns. Check out this study here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...
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Digdem Soyaltin Colella @digdemsoyaltin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
As the convenors @aykutozturk.bsky.social we are happy to share the Autumn 2025 program for the PSA Turkish Politics Online Workshops (TPOWs) @psaturkish.bsky.social The registration information for the TPOWs will be here soon. psaturkishpolitics.uk
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
“This is my home. I'm raising my three-year-old, I'm looking for a school for her, and now I'm more worried because she's obviously my skin colour, and I'm worried about her safety. I'm worried about my safety." Nish, Youth Organiser at Praxis www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'I'm looking over shoulder for fear of racism after Farage's disturbing plan'
Two women who have lived in the UK for years are now looking over their shoulder for fear of racism amid Nigel Farage’s targeting of migrants
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2025
The world is hot — and only getting hotter. Here's what places around the globe are doing to keep cool, from repainting surfaces and installing outdoor showers to planting trees and going underground. nyti.ms/46CXyqn
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 18/09/2025
Sheffield Hallam management: There's no money, we're going to have to axe hundreds of staff. Also, Sheffield Hallam management: We're spending £140m on a new campus. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New Sheffield Hallam University campus opens - BBC News
Buildings are eco-friendly but university has been criticised over redundancies and pay freezes.
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 13/09/2025
#ERSNew 🐣🔓 This article explores how Palestinian university students in the West Bank narrated the precarity of life under Israeli occupation. Article by Aisha Phoenix: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2552386
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 14/09/2025
#ERSNew 🐣🔓 This paper explores what happened after police were “removed” from Manchester’s schools—and why it wasn’t what it seemed. Article by Remi Joseph-Salisbury: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2552383
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 12/09/2025
Claire Blencowe’s Christianity, Settler Colonialism and the Geology of Race explores how the revivalist evangelical movements of the 19th century bound to the biopolitical economy of race. Review by: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2557437
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Dr Özge Onay @ozgeonay.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Full article: Mining the Margins: Racial Capitalism and the Dispossession of Türkiye’s Ethnic Minorities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Mining the Margins: Racial Capitalism and the Dispossession of Türkiye’s Ethnic Minorities
This paper investigates a gold mining project in Türkiye's Mount Ida, ancestral lands of Indigenous ethnic groups such as the Tahtacı Alevis, to expose how environmental destruction intersects with...
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 19/06/2025
📢 FINAL CALL FOR RESPONDENTS Please see below for a research opportunity exploring the career experiences of Black, Asian & minority ethnic prison educators. 🗓 Interviews running throughout June 💰 £30 voucher for participants Please share this with your networks 🙏
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Big Immigrant Naturals. @shinery.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I'm done asking the white male citizens in my life to show more than the bare minimum of performative support. Every single time I talk about what it's like to be an immigrant, all I get is "that's awful" or "oh my goodness". Sometimes a pat on the arm if I'm lucky. I'd prefer nothing to that.
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Begum Zorlu @begumzorlu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Images from the solidarity march in London in response to the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu
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Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Resistance for democracy in #Turkey… #Manchester
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Dr Özge Onay @ozgeonay.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
'But what matters now is not a question of profitability, not a question of increased productivity, not a question of production rates. No, it is not a question of back to nature. It is the very question of not dragging a man in directions which mutilate him-
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Begum Zorlu @begumzorlu.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Istanbul.
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Dr Özge Onay @ozgeonay.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🫣🍾❤️ #islamophobia
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Line Nyhagen @linenyhagen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/new... A fantastic opening of the Five Pillars: Lived Experiences, New Futures exhibition @lborouniversity.bsky.social The exhibition is free and open to all, 10 March - 3 April 2025.
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Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Growing Up Godless is now available for preorder, and there's a chunky discount if you use code P327 when ordering from press.princeton.edu And do get in touch if you'd like me to come and give a talk about the book! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Growing Up Godless
How children’s non-belief and non-religion are formed in everyday life
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 21/02/2025
NEW: Research Staff Manifesto 👇 New data confirms 65% of research staff are on fixed-term contracts 🚨 It is scandalous that most of the staff who actually do the work behind the UK's world-leading research output are denied secure jobs 🗣️ @drjogrady.bsky.social
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Manifesto launched as data shows over 6 in 10 university research staff denied permanent jobs
UCU launched its 'Research Staff Manifesto' as new data confirms more than six in ten (65%) university research staff are employed on fixed-term contracts, some less than a year in length.
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Dr Özge Onay @ozgeonay.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
My book is almost here 📍🧿📝
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Devrim Yavuz @devrimyavuz.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
In political sociology I used to compel students to critically think. It wasn't enough to say that 'capitalists had power' I told them, 'you could think of the ways they exercise power, there's the Miliband-Poulantzas debate, and don't forget Weber and status'. Musk ruined my ability to teach.
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Yasin Duman @yasinduman.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
📣 Social Identity Summer School at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social - Submission deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025 #socialpsychology #socialisentity #leuven #summerschool www.kuleuven.be/english/summ...
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The Second Social Identity Summer School 2025
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The government could have finally brought Royal Mail into public ownership. It sold it to a Czech billionaire instead. We are being ripped off. It’s time to put Royal Mail back where it belongs: in public hands. bbc.in/49BZTmP
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Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire approved
The £3.6bn deal by Daniel Kretinsky is given the go-ahead after agreeing
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Dr Özge Onay @ozgeonay.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
“long-term parking”, #armandpierrefernandez (1982) ‘nouveau réalism’
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