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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

UN Human Rights issues an update of the database of businesses involved in activities in relation to illegal Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank, Palestine. A total of 214 companies from 11 countries are listed. share.google/KihrES5VZ8ET...

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UN Human Rights updates list of companies involved in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory

GENEVA – The UN Human Rights Office today issued an

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“how can I believe what you say when, I see what you do?” - James Baldwin.

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solomonhughes.bsky.social @solomonhughes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lisa Nandy siding with Ed Sheeran when all his support bands walk out against censorship of Gaza on his tour - Nandy is a sort of Ed Sheeran of politics, wants a veneer of credibility but thinks "don't protest, don't speak out, shut up and take the cash" www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

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Lisa Nandy says Ed Sheeran in an ‘impossible position’ over Macklemore Gaza row

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"In Israeli academia, it plays quite the opposite role: institutions have turned themselves into bodies policing private political expression, deciding which expressions of identity, religion, solidarity, and criticism are legitimate, and which are not."

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martafmorales.bsky.social @martafmorales.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I invite you to discover the interesting articles in English in this issue of ATLÁNTICAS (published by @udc.gal) that I have co-edited. @tanyaserisier.bsky.social, Isabel Marqués and María Herrera on narratives of sexual violence: revistas.udc.es/index.php/ATL

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Atlánticas. Revista Internacional de Estudios Feministas

Atlánticas. Revista Internacional de Estudios Feministas es una revista académica de investigación sobre teoría feminista y estudios de género, que publica artículos revisados por pares de doble ciego...

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Tanya Serisier 🇵🇸 @tanyaserisier.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Finished season 2 of rivals over the long weekend. I would have thought killing off the main lesbian-coded character in order to further a hetero romance plot was a little passé. Apparently not.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Any environmental credentials Andy Burnham had are fast disappearing - drilling, arms supply, water nationalisation, data centres policies all designed to enrich fossil fuel, weapons & tech billionaire climate mass murderers "Labour - for carbon emissions, droughts and tech bros." via Zack Polanski

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Good luck to everyone getting their A levels today and remember, if you don’t get the grades you’d hoped for, all is not lost. For example, Prince Edward got a C and 2 Ds and was immediately accepted by Cambridge University.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Gaza death toll rises to 73,386

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 06/08/2026

The EHRC Code of Practice comes into force this week. This is an attack on trans+ people. It is guidance, not law. It does not remove rights or make harassment legal. UCU stands in solidarity with the trans+ community. Join the lobby for trans equality, 9 September with Trans+ Solidarity Alliance

The EHRC guidance and Code of Practice comes into force this week. This is an attack on trans+ people.
These changes will make trans+ people's lives harder.
They will not make women safer.

As a result of this we are likely to see greater exclusion from everyday spaces, increased scrutiny and harassment, and institutions rushing through damaging policy changes.
Let's be clear, it does not:
• Permit harassment or discrimination.
• Remove anyone's legal protections.
• Justify rushed, intrusive policy changes.

What you can do:
• Look out for each other, solidarity is practical, not just a post.
• Report harassment, it is still illegal and your union will back you.
• Push your institution to protect every student and member of staff.
• Join us in Parliment for a mass rally on September

Violence against women is real, and it is serious. It is also being used to justify this attack on trans people.
This guidance will not prevent it.
The dangers women face do not come from trans people sharing a bathroom.
UCU sends solidarity to the trans+ community. We will keep fighting for trans+ inclusion, and against the misuse of the EHRC Code of Practice.

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

A judge is moving to sentence 5 protesters who spray-painted a Barclays branch as terrorists, despite not having been charged with terror offences & the jury not being told that they could face terrorism-related sentences if convicted of criminal damage. uk.news.yahoo.com/five-palesti...

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Five Palestine Action activists could face sentencing as terrorists

A GROUP of Palestine Action activists could be sentenced as terrorists after a protest that caused more than £200,000 worth of damages, it has emerged.

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Labour imposes ban on working with Greens, forces Labour councillors to partner with Tories.

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The UK Government’s new Code of Practice offers cruelty, not clarity. Despite promises and spin to the contrary, this is a bathroom ban and a huge rollback for human rights in the UK. Read now: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/05...

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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 11/05/2026

Harriet Harman apparently mixing up DMs with tweets this morning (now deleted).

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence @tvce.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Symposium 2026 OPEN CALL Theme: Existing Otherwise. Inviting proposals exploring transdisciplinary and intersectional approaches to Trans+ research and practice. Hosted at Birkbeck University of London. More information: tvce.cargo.site/existing-oth... 🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #EduSky #EdChat #Trans #LGBTQ

Decorative promotional image for the TVCE x BIGS symposium event with a Trans Flag filter.

Overlaid bold white text reads 'Open Call for July Symposium 2026.'

In the background is a lively campus scene with people sitting and walking outside featuring Birkbeck, University of London.

Branding logos for Birkbeck and the TVCE are at the bottom of the image.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🧵 As part of Irish education, kids are taught about discrimination, either based on nationality or religion. The British publication Punch is used to illustrate Hibernophobia. The British media are still at it. If you are a left wing or centrist activist you will be described as ‘antisemitic’ - [1]

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Among the myriad of Labour's inhumane and disgusting anti-asylum policies cutting leave to remain for those seeking safety is one of the most abhorrent. It leaves people in limbo, fearful, and in precarious positions which leaves them at more risk of exploitation. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Sudanese asylum seekers challenge Home Office rule changes for refugees

Shabana Mahmood has announced plan to cut leave to remain from five years to 30 months, to concern of UN’s refugee agency

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Injured, detained, and left without passports or phones, flotilla participants are now grappling with trauma after their interception in international waters:

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Flotilla members recount harrowing details of Israeli detention

Injured, detained, and left without passports or phones, flotilla participants are now grappling with trauma after their interception in international waters

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

How about voting Green and not getting concentration camps in any areas?

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Antisemitism and Jewish safety is not some abstract concept for me. In fact, in the last 6 weeks alone 2 people have been arrested in relation to antisemitic actions towards me and yesterday the Times newspaper published a vile antisemitic cartoon.."

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 29/04/2026

14 Labour MPs defied the whip last night, 54 abstained. The rest all got on their knees.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 20/04/2026

Worth noting that while Keir Starmer is being very indignant over proper appointment procedures, he appointed the current cabinet secretary through an expedited process *in the middle of the Mandelson scandal*.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 17/04/2026

Are we really going to hold a public inquiry into whether doing the vetting after the prime minister publicly announces the appointment is a bad idea?

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 23/03/2026

Most European leaders have refused to outright condemn or support the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, instead opting for "ambiguity" that is "basically another nail in the coffin of [European] credibility," says international affairs scholar @nathalietocci.bsky.social.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

So, the easiest way to achieve the main goal of the war would have been not to start the war

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Labour in a nutshell

Left: Yvette Cooper poses with Afghan girls saying she wants to help them on
#IWD
Right: Shabana Mahmood blocks an Afghani girl who has a scholarship from studying in the UK, abandoning her to the Taliban
Labour saying one thing then doing another - just like the Conservatives

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

David Lammy announces a new plan that will "clamp down on extremist influence in institutions, such as charities & universities" From an authoritarian govt thats attacking our basic civil rights this is clearly just another vehicle to target critics of the state.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers. This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight. (🎥 Vahid Online)

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

A reminder. Israel currently stands accused of a genocide in Gaza, an illegal war in Iran, mass displacement in Lebanon and attacking Syrian sovereignty. Is this designed to be the new norm? Shifting focus away from Gaza into more widespread chaos and instability?

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

What people in Tehran woke up to. They are breathing this now. This war has to end before it’s too late for all of us.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I too remember the earlier, woke wars. tons of spent microaggression munitions strewn about everywhere, friends crying out for God as they were slowly cancelled...look, if you weren't there, you'll never understand

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The majority of people in this country do not want us to be involved in this war. Keir Starmer of a few years ago wouldn't have supported this war. The only reason he does now is he will do anything Donald Trump wants - and it makes us all less safe.

No more illegal wars. Introduce a prevention of military intervention act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice.

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Not a new insight, but it's truly something to see how many Westerners have internalised that the people we are supposedly freeing through our imperial warfare don't have to be alive to be free.

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

An open letter to @theguardian.com about their article last week about the Crown’s Silence, requesting that the Black scholar of Caribbean heritage who did the years of archival research behind this claim, and published it in 1979, Roger Norman Buckley, be acknowledged as the source of this reveal:

OPEN LETTER TO THE GUARDIAN
Dear Editors,
We write in reference to a recent article published in the UK online edition of The Guardian on Friday, 23 January 2026, which carried the following misleading headline: "British crown was world's largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals."
The article in question, by Chris Osuh, showcases a new book by Dr. Brooke Newman, The Crown's
Silence: The Hidden History of Slavery and the British Monarchy (Harper Collins, 2026). But Newman's book is not the original source of that claim. That claim derives from earlier scholarship, the painstaking archival work of a Black historian of Caribbean heritage: the late Roger Norman Buckley.
It is unfortunate that the silencing of his original scholarship appears in the profiling of a book advertised as uncovering silences. While it is great to see public attention brought to the history of the Crown's involvement in slavery through the new book and its profiling in The Guardian, the headline compromises The Guardian's efforts to address the legacies of slavery generally and its own institutional links when it extracts and reframes earlier work by a Black scholar as a revelation new to this book.
The relevant passage in The Crown's Silence draws on original scholarship by Roger Norman
Buckley in Slaves in Red Coats: The British West India Regiments, 1795-1815 (1979). Dr. Brooke Newman repeats Buckley's figures, which she cites (referencing page 55 of Buckley's book, see attached) while changing his "British government" to "Crown." She then converts his careful "perhaps the largest individual buyer" to a more conclusive claim, changing his "British government" to "king" but without citing Buckley for that claim which is on page 56 of his book (see attached) and which, uncited in Newman's book, is the Guardian headline.
There is room for popular histories that rely largely on the secondary scholarship of other historians. But other historians have not been silent.

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Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I mean, who but the racists is this even for?

Did someone say “Mahmoodian”? But beyond the numbers is a flashy new announcement bound to make those of a socially liberal persuasion uncomfortable (plus ça change). The department is launching a TikTok account this morning aimed at showing the public it’s acting on migration — and at warning those who might be considering a trip across the Channel in a small boat themselves.

Tok the boats: The new “Secure Borders U.K.” account will be live shortly after this email goes out — and Playbook has seen some of its planned content. Mostly accompanied by unsettling music, samples include vids of migrants with blurred faces being frog-marched onto planes or into detention centers. In another example, a topless alleged people smuggler is handcuffed and bundled into a police car. One official described the content as “pretty hardcore.”

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Sexual abuse of Palestinians witnessed at Sde Teiman prison isn’t an anomaly, it's how Israel maintains a system of fear and domination, writes Omar Shabana. Full piece🔗 www.newarab.com/opinion/isra...

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