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Pollyanna Ruiz

@profpol.bsky.social
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Professor at Sussex University researching media, protest, memory. Loves her allotment, walking, reading, swimming, throwing pots, practicing shodo.

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is fantastic news and a huge relief. Academic freedom is so important, and universities themselves are best placed to make sure it goes alongside policies to keep staff and students safe - something the OfS has failed to understand. I am thrilled this disproportionate fine has been quashed.
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University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk · 29/04/2026
Following our successful judicial review against the Office for Students (OfS) in the High Court, hear more from our Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Sasha Roseneil.
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A good decision for the University and for academic freedom. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Sussex University overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim
Ruling is blow to Office for Students after it issued record fine for allegations over professor’s trans rights views
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
In place for the SLSA Plenary Session with @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social and @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social !
Six people sit at the front of the room, they are smiling and waving at someone taking a photo.
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Habermas has died. apnews.com/article/juer...
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Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas has died at age 96. Habermas' work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figur...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Unanimous not guilty: All Extinction Rebellion ‘JP Morgan medics’ cleared A jury has delivered a unanimous not-guilty verdict to the six healthcare professionals from who cracked windows at JP Morgan Chase’s European HQ during the July 2022 heatwave. extinctionrebellion.uk/2026/02/19/i...
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IN CASE OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS - Extinction Rebellion UK
Unanimous not guilty: All Extinction Rebellion ‘JP Morgan medics’ cleared A jury has delivered a unanimous not-guilty verdict to the six healthcare professionals from Health for Extinction Rebellion w...
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University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk · 19/02/2026
Brighton Festival is back (1–25 May) & we’re the official Higher Education Partner once more! Explore our Festival of Ideas events led by Media, Arts and Humanities. Enter a world of magic, ask what AI means for the arts, & queer the archive: ow.ly/nAEl50YhxUE
Promotional image for Brighton Festival 60, Festival of Ideas, What we talk about when we talk about magic event. A person in a black sequinned jacket sits in a café holding an open yellow book titled “Inner Secrets of Card Magic” with a mug on the table. Brighton Festival logo and the dates “1–25 May 2026” with “brightonfestival.org” appear in a yellow banner at the bottom.Promotional image for Brighton Festival 60, Festival of Ideas, AI and the Arts event. A glitchy, pastel-tinted classical stone statue appears on the left, alongside a retro computer paint program window showing pixel art of a sunny landscape. Brighton Festival branding and the dates “1–25 May 2026” with “brightonfestival.org” sit in a yellow banner at the bottom.Promotional image for Brighton Festival 60, Festival of Ideas, Planting Seeds event. An illustration of a colourful board game with four playing pieces sits in the middle of a field of young green plants. Brighton Festival branding and the dates “1–25 May 2026” with “brightonfestival.org” appear in a yellow banner at the bottom.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
1/5 Yesterday a Stand Up to Racism stall in Crowborough which was trying to promote a message of solidarity with refugees and put out a message of compassion over hostility on Valentine's day with leaflets, cakes and music was shut down by the far right.
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Donate to Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers, organized by Aaron Stevens
Hi we are Supporters of Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers (SAMAS,) a… Aaron Stevens needs your support for Support for Arriving Migrants and Asylum Seekers
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
‘…The processes is the punishment…’
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American City Business Journals @bizjournals.com · 14/02/2026
Protesters called on Amazon to end its cloud contracts with the federal agencies.
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Seattle protesters rally against Amazon's ties to ICE, Border Patrol
Protesters called on Amazon to end its cloud contracts with the federal agencies.
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters
Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.
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COPS campaign @copscampaign.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A huge morning at the #spycops public inquiry where officer Jim Boyling has admitted there was an exchange of info about protesters between spycops & private corporations, & he excluded certain people from his reports if he didn't want them to be spied on as much www.youtube.com/watch?v=06HQ...
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Spycops inquiry reaction: morning of 10 Feb 2026 - HN14 Jim Boyling evidence (Day 2/4)
YouTube video by Cops Campaign
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I have a new chapter out in this book. It develops and extends my analysis of masking by examining citizen journalist’s use of Twitter as a technological mask in Reynosa, Mexico. www.routledge.com/Masks-and-Fa...
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Masks and Faces: Critical Perspectives Across Disciplines
Focusing on masks and faces as figures and objects that carry ethical and political meanings, this volume examines the scientific, cultural, visual, and philosophical histories and traditions in which...
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Good news www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
In the Bay Area, local prosecutors have charged student protesters who participated in pro-Palestine demonstrations with felony-level charges that critics are warning are setting a dangerous template for law enforcement responses. @psfrench.bsky.social reports on what's going on in this new piece:
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In Bay Area, Felony Charges Against Student Protesters Prompt Free Speech Concerns - Bolts
German Gonzalez grew up about an hour south of Stanford University, in a dusty California farming town where the apples for Martinelli’s sparkling cider are juiced and packaged. In high... Read More
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter By Jasmine English, Reed College, Ariel White, MIT, and Laurel Eckhouse, University of Denver As Black Lives Matter protests…
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How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter
How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter By Jasmine English, Reed College, Ariel White, MIT, and Laurel Eckhouse, University of Denver As Black Lives Matter protests swept across the United States in recent years, protesters encountered a mix of police reactions: Some news reports described police in military gear and widespread arrests, whereas others reported minimal police involvement.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The White House calls it a “meme”—when they altered an image to defame a protestor. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
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‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 04/02/2026
What really got to me in this essay, other than the horrible particulars and the inspiring details about the community response, was when she first looked into the protests, on October first, and learned it had already been going for 119 days
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Education is a public good. The cost of Universities closing will also be paid by the cities that surrounded them. Thr damage is already rippling out across the country. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
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Tristan Stewart-Robertson @srtristan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The BBC, still playing both sides, forgets everyone saw the video first. There are no two interpretations.
... Minneapolis is the subject of sharply contradictory narratives.

City leaders spoke of six masked agents pummelling a local man before shooting him multiple times and leaving him dead on the street.

Homeland Security officials maintain the man approached them brandishing a semi-automatic handgun, and that a border patrol agent fired in self-defence after attempts to disarm the man had failed. They say the victim was planning a "massacre" of local law enforcement agents.

Clearly frustrated by the fact that his deportation message is in danger of being drowned out by a steady stream of social media posts showing federal agents employing increasingly aggressive tactics against local protesters, President Trump sought this week to steer the narrative towards the dangers posed by those who enter this country illegally.

Whatever the circumstances surrounding today’s fatality, such a goal now seems increasingly ambitious.
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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 22/12/2025
From a place of protest and mourning to a living memorial with global significance, plans for George Floyd Square are moving forward. Shaped by years of care, conversation and shared hope, the City advances a community-led vision. Learn more minneapolismn.gov/38th-chicago
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Netpol @netpol.org · 08/10/2025
Yesterday's narrative of 7 October as ‘another 9/11’ – "yet another day torn free from any history or context" with only two sides – seeks to demonise all Palestine solidarity as "pro-terrorist." It is critical to understanding Britain's current crackdown on protest rights netpol.org/2025/10/06/a...
Protesters against the banning of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London, 4 October 2025.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 23/09/2025
VICTORY: citing "lack of evidence", prosecutors have dropped the trial against the Drax 15. They never had a case, but they kept defendants waiting for a year to somehow justify an astonishing £3 million police operation. This is yet another example of the repression of protest rights in Britain
Some of the Drax 15 defendants outside Leed Magistrates Court
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Whose Streets @mappingprotest.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Brighton people - please share this far and wide!
Poster for gathering to fight the far right
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I miss #hashtags.
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Elbit Systems in Bristol today, L3 Harris in Brighton tomorrow www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Israeli arms manufacturer closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action
Exclusive: Elbit Systems UK Bristol site was subject of protest days before direct action group was proscribed
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Hundreds of thousands supported Palestine in London today.
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Niall Winters @nwin.eurosky.social · 06/09/2025
Arrests at Palestine Action ban protest in London but article notes that “police forces in Edinburgh, Totnes, Derry and Kendall had all decided not to arrest sign-holders.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Police make arrests at London Palestine Action ban protest
More than 1,000 people have pledged to risk arrest in demonstration billed as largest since group was proscribed
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
BREAKING: Police start to arrest protestors under the Terrorism Act for holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" Over a thousand people are risking arrest today, despite the state's best efforts to deter us.
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Whose Streets @mappingprotest.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Archiving the map crowd sourcing memories of anti-fascist and anti-racist protest in Brighton and Hove begins!
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
My daughter graduating in style!
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Whose Streets talk in pictorial form!
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Summer days!
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Rob Sharp @robsharp.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Have a new publication published — re.: solidarity long-term re.: Ukraine (open access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
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Amy @amzomac.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
🚨🚨🚨 Help keep the 12 humanitarians on board the Madleen safe. Demand that BBC news covers the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social's life saving mission to Gaza. Demand they do their job & actually report the news!!! 📧 Email: bbcyourvoice@bbc.co.uk 📲 WhatsApp: +44 7980 682727 #FreePalestine🇵🇸
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Sanjit Singh Chudha 🏳️‍🌈 @sanjitchudha.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Thank you @alanlester.bsky.social. Bristol's Shed museum is screening a short documentary about the lead up and immediate aftermath of Colston's toppling. Context, and the cult of Colston. You can also see the toppled relic, graffiti and all, in a case at the end of our PROTEST Gallery too.
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
On the anniversary of the #BLM toppling of the Colston statue in Bristol, Roger Ball of Bristol Radical History Group looks at the mythologizing around Colston over the years. www.brh.org.uk/site/article...
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Myths within myths... - Bristol Radical History Group
In the light of recent moves to place a ‘corrective’ plaque on the statue of Edward Colston in the centre of Bristol and calls for it to be removed to a museum it seems the time is right to investigat...
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COPS campaign @copscampaign.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Disclosure: Unravelling the #Spycops Files. Kate Wilson's book tells her unique story of being deceived into a relationship then fighting a 10year legal battle to get 1000s of secret reports laying bare the shocking truth of our political secret police www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/kate-...
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Disclosure
'It was exciting when it started, then comfortable and domestic, and over time we grew apart. If it had been real, our relationship wouldn't have made a chap...
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
'Why do protestors use disruptive, confrontational tactics? New research shows they’re not just a last resort' New blogpost from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social & me, funded by @polpsyispp.bsky.social theconversation.com/why-do-prote...
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Why do protestors use disruptive, confrontational tactics? New research shows they’re not just a last resort
People who opt for disruptive protests are not acting out of desperation according to a new study.
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Whose Streets @mappingprotest.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Whose Streets?
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Look out for this amazing image from Erin James at Afrori Books in Brighton. It’s part of an exhibition marking five years since the killing of George Floyd.
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Whose Streets @mappingprotest.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Remembering George Floyd today
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Whose Streets @mappingprotest.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Weekly protest in support of Gaza easing the pain …
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Whose Streets @mappingprotest.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
This addition to the map really moved me.
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Final weekend of @mappingprotest.bsky.social at Brighton Museum - local history of protest
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Whose Streets @mappingprotest.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Add your memories of protest to the maps in Brighton Museum and Art Gallery!
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Whose Streets @mappingprotest.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Whose Streets is up and on the wall at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery - visit and add your memories!
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Whose Streets @mappingprotest.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Memories of protest in Brighton and Hove !
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Whose Streets @mappingprotest.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The map is growing…
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Pollyanna Ruiz @profpol.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Great to evening mapping protest memories in the museum!
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