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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
We love y'all! mailchi.mp/uucsj/final-...
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UUCSJ’s Final Newsletter 2025
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I talked with @astra.bsky.social about the apocalyptic politics of Christian Nationalists and tech oligarchs, how AI is capturing and altering us toward fascist ends, and how we can fight "end times fascism." Audio + transcript:
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Traitors to the Earth: Fascism, Christian Nationalism, and the Tech Elite
“They understand that what they’re doing is devastating, and they’re doing it anyway,” says Astra Taylor.
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Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Revival Network @uu-yarn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
On this day, June 26, we honor love’s triumph and the Unitarian Universalist commitment to the inherent worth and dignity of every person across identities and orientations. Marriage equality is not simply law, it's an affirmation of justice, joy, and sacred belonging. 💗
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Re: Skrmetti and the ongoing attacks on trans youth and gender-affirming care, including in media outlets like NYT: This has never been about care or concern for young people. Re-sharing our resource, We Must Fight In Solidarity With Trans Youth: bit.ly/SolidarityWithTransYouthBrief
Black text on a beige background, decorated with pale pink at the top and a sliver of pale blue at the bottom: "The attacks on trans youth and gender-affirming care have never been about care for young people. This is about enforcing racialized, gendered, cisheteronormative hierarchies through state-sanctioned and extralegal violence, all part of a white supremacist agenda.

—From 'We Must Fight in Solidarity with Trans Youth'"
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The world’s richest 1 percent of people increased their wealth by $33.9 trillion over the past decade, according to anti-poverty group #OxfamInternational ...This system still extracts wealth from the Global South to the superrich 1% in the Global North at a rate of US$30million an hour.
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Stop the Money Pipeline @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Join us July 2nd at 7:00 p.m. ET | 4:00 p.m. PT for our final #ImmigrationJustice workshop! Our friends at @ndlon.bsky.social will lead this workshop with a focus on how to launch an ICE OUT! campaign in your community. Register here 🔗: stmp.link/immigrationj...
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
"Conceding ground to attacks on trans people expands opportunities for increased surveillance, policing, and criminalization across the board, and the acceleration of white supremacist agendas. This fight belongs to all of us." @interruptcrim.bsky.social #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Solidarity
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
"That’s why challenging criminalization rather than participating in it is essential to effective resistance. In other words: criminalization got us here, criminalization is keeping us here, criminalization is definitely not going to get us out of here." @interruptcrim.bsky.social #AbolitionNow
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Al Otro Lado @alotrolado-org.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🙏🏽 @wola-org.bsky.social for having our LGBTQ+ program coordinator Brigitte Lujano on your podcast! Tune in as she discusses how current immigration policies are creating life-or-death situations for LGBTQ+ migrants + what Al Otro Lado is doing to meet the moment. www.wola.org/multimedia/l...
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LGBTQ+ Migrants in the Crosshairs - WOLA
In the wake of escalating immigration enforcement targeting vulnerable migrant communities, this Pride Month episode brings essential perspective from the frontlines. We sit down with Brigitte Baltaza...
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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 20/06/2025
On #WorldRefugeeDay, we honor displaced peoples worldwide. Indigenous refugees face unique struggles—losing not just homes but ancestral lands. Hear their voices in #CulturalSurvival’s June #IndigenousRightsRadio newsletter: mailchi.mp/culturalsurv...
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
"Instead, we must expose and dismantle the supposed moral frameworks of the death-makers. We must craft our own narratives and uplift our own frameworks, which implicate the system itself" @prisonculture.bsky.social @mskellymhayes.bsky.social #LetThisRadicalizeYou Chapter Six
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
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Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
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Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Revival Network @uu-yarn.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Hey all! If you are registered for the Online General Assembly, take a look! Here's the schedule for Emerging & Young Adults 💗
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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 13/06/2025
🌈 Ready to renew your welcome? Many UU congregations haven’t revisited their Welcoming work in years. The Five Practices of Welcome Renewal help us reconnect, recommit, and grow. 💛 Deepen your welcome. Start here: bit.ly/4mShBZj
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LGBTQ+ / TGQNB Welcoming Congregations*
Five Practices of Welcome Renewal

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Become a Welcoming Congregation

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All of who you are is sacred.
All of who you are is welcome.

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*TGQNB – Transgender, Genderqueer, Non-Binary
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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 12/06/2025
💜 New from the JUUst Breathe Podcast💜 What does it mean to center love in UU faith? Hear from Avery Miller-Fabregas and UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt in the season finale. 🎧 Watch now: youtu.be/YYnvaK4vkEo?... #JUUstBreathe #UUSharedValues #LoveAtTheCenter
A promotional graphic for the JUUst Breathe podcast. The background is light with bold text at the top reading “JUUst Breathe Podcast.” The word “Podcast” is in a flowing, handwritten-style orange font. Below that, smaller black text reads “Episode 9 – Love.”

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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"While the expansion of electric vehicles (EVs) is often championed as a critical step toward decarbonization, the environmental cost of nickel extraction, particularly in regions like Halmahera, raises profound questions." #JustTransitions #ClimateJustice
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Call to Action: "The US must immediately reverse its humanitarian aid cuts and urgently reinstate humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable people in Myanmar, including the Rohingya, other internally displaced populations, and those affected by the earthquake." brouk.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"Our asylum statute, which was first enacted as part of the 1980 Refugee Act, expressly provides that “[a]ny [noncitizen] who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States...irrespective of such [noncitizen’s] status, may apply for asylum” @alotrolado-org.bsky.social
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Tomorrow at 2:30-4 PM ET, our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social will be in conversation with our Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social for the closing keynote address of the 2025 Critical Pedagogy Symposium. Register to join—it’s virtual and free: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-criti...
Event graphic with black text on a white background and color photos of Mariame Kaba and Lewis Raven Wallace, in a colorful graphic frame. “Mariame Kaba in conversation with Lewis Raven Wallace. Thursday, June 12, 2025 | 2:30-4 PM ET. Critical Pedagogy Symposium. Join hundreds of information service providers, scholars, and thought leaders for this Closing Pedagogy Symposium”
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
If you work with young people, or will be doing so this summer, join us on June 18th online for a deep dive into abolitionist resources that can take your summer youth programming to the next level! We’ll be walking you through our new compilation resource to use for political education with youth ⬇️
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
"... historians say that the deployment of active duty Marines against Americans is unprecedented, and an escalation of anti-protest tactics at a time when Trump is grasping at every opportunity to seize power, suppress dissent and push the U.S. toward martial law." @sharonzhang.bsky.social
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Truthout | Fearless Independent News & Analysis
Explore progressive perspectives and stay informed on social justice, activism, and politics at Truthout.org. Uncover truth, spark change.
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
"We push back against state violence not simply to defeat fascist advances but to build a world of collective liberation." @uusc4all.bsky.social www.uusc.org/press/defend...
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Defending Democracy and Civil Liberties Against Escalating Attacks
For Immediate Release June 6, 2025 Contact: Eric Grignol, media@uusc.org This past weekend’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and Trump’s subsequent deployment of the national guard hav...
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"It is about dis-investing in desires for unrestricted autonomy, authority, certainty, control, protagonism, purity, popularity, superiority and validation to create space for acccountabilities, for response-abilities, for exiled capacities and for deeper intimacies" - #GTDF decolonialfutures.net
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Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures
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The Sanders Institute @sandersinstitute.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The budget bill is anything but beautiful. @stephaniekelton.bsky.social
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Lauren Woolsey @cgsunit.com · 09/06/2025
Be careful, friends, when you read accounts of what is happening in LA. We will hear a lot about violence, and it is essential to remember who is defining that term. "When state actors refer to peace, they are really taking about order..." (@prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social)
A page from Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes, the chapter called "Violence" in Social Movements, page 111. Under the heading "They Will Call You Violent" the text reads:

If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because violence is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as "peaceful" are, in reality, quite violent. Even as people experience the violence of poverty the torture of imprisonment, the brutality of policing, the denial of health care, and many other violent functions of this system, we are told we are experiencing peace, as long as everyone is cooperating. When state actors refer to "peace," they are really talking about order. And when they refer to peaceful protest, they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state. The more uncooperative you are, the more you will be accused of aggression and violence. It is therefore imperative that the state not be the arbiter of what violence means among people seeking justice.
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"We continue to question traditional hierarchies of knowledge and cultivate an evaluative culture rooted in care, #solidarity, and justice..." www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/cross-p...
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Cross-pollinating knowledge: Feminist funds redefine what counts - Alliance magazine
What happens when feminist funds rooted in the Global South come together—not just to exchange knowledge, but to radically reimagine how it is created, valued, and used for accountability and learning...
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"At its heart the Trump Administration is violently divisive, isolationist, and segregationist, and solidarity is our first duty and most profound rejection of that agenda." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social #SolidarityPractice #PracticeSolidarity
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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 05/06/2025
🎉 Happy 75th to LREDA! 🎉 For 75 years, LREDA has supported UU religious educators with resources, connection, and a commitment to justice and shared ministry. If you’re at GA, stop by their booth, in person or online in Whova! #FaithDevelopment #BelovedCommunity #UUAGA #UU
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Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice @uusj.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Building a Community of UU Democracy Leaders Hosted by UUSJ Thursday, June 19 1:00 p.m. ET • Noon CT • 11:00 a.m. MT • 10:00 a.m. PT RSVP: uusj.salsalabs.org/ga2025_commu... 2/2
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GA2025: Encounter UUSJ - Democracy Action Team
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Interfaith Alliance @interfaithalliance.org · 05/06/2025
Religious Americans who support LGBTQ+ equality are the majority explains our President & CEO Rev. @raushenbush.bsky.social. Nearly 3,000 of you have signed on to the pledge to #RecommitToPride. Join us! Add your name here: www.interfaithalliance.org/recommittopr... #WorldPride #WorldPrideDC
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Abolition IS a project of becoming. #LearningFromTheAncestors #BecomingAbolition @clfuu.bsky.social
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Wednesday, June 18 at 4-5:30 PM ET: ☀️ Are you working with young people this summer? Join us for a session where we will share a new resource that compiles abolitionist activities and tools to use with young people! Learn more and register to join here: bit.ly/ICNews45
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"Genocide is a process, not a single act," Albanese added. "A collective act. A criminal venture. To end it, we must first be willing to see it."
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"thirteen principles for supporting people’s agency, self-determination, dignity of risk, and general well-being." #ResistCriminalization #AbolitionNow
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"After hundreds of people had entered, soldiers opened fire on the crowd, killing 31 people and wounding 200 others with live ammunition, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday." #WarCrimes #CollectivePunishment #FreePalestine
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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 03/06/2025
🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQIA+ people are powerful, cherished, and vital to our UU community. This month—and every month—we celebrate your brilliance and recommit to building a world where all people are safe, free, and loved. #PrideMonth #UU #BelovedCommunity
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
"Some 70 days after the Israeli military halted the entry of food, water, medicine and all other life-saving supplies into Gaza, the report said “goods indispensable for people’s survival are either depleted or expected to run out in the coming weeks”. #FreePalestine #ThisIsGenocide
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Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Revival Network @uu-yarn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
We've reached the middle of the week! What's in your heart? This time, we share a prayer inspired by Saint Francis and UU Values.
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"We loved to joke that when you bring a UU and a Fran- ciscan together you get a Fool." -Carmen Barsody www.faithfulfools.org/fools-fables #FaithfulFools #FaithFormation #CollectiveDignity
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FOOLS FABLES | Faithfulfools
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
At the same time, I want to share a deep longing from my heart: I want to look around those hearing rooms and see just as many white folks as BIPOC folks. Just as many cis folks as trans folks and their families. -Michelle Venegas-Matula (she/Ella) #DRUUMM drive.google.com/file/d/1Ybar...
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
From #SideWithLove: "Friends, now is the time. Please take a few minutes right now to sign the pledge, make a call to Congress, put a note in your congregational newsletter, and call or text 3 beloveds." sidewithlove.org/ourstories/2... Pledge: defendandrecruit.org/stopavelo/ #TheGathering @uua.org
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Together, We Will Resist ICE – Resources and Links from The Gathering on May 12, 2025 — Side With Love
We lead the Gathering to offer you spiritual and political handholds for your actions toward liberation. We care about the work you are doing right there in your community. We hope that this month’s...
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Skills for #ArtfulActivism with @backbonecampaign.bsky.social 🧡 www.backbonecampaign.org/diy_tactics
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D.I.Y. Tactics
We support the grassroots with bold, creative, and effective Artful Activism.
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Happening NOW: The Gathering May 12, 2025 8:00 PM - 9:15 PM ET -Online Join us for The Gathering, a monthly virtual event from Side With Love designed to offer: Spiritual Grounding – Strengthen your heart and spirit for the work ahead. sidewithlove.org/allevents #SideWithLove
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
“The administration is eroding the information environment in ways this country has never seen,” Harper wrote. pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/in-100-...
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In 100 days, a laundry list of attacks on the media
From limiting media access to investigating journalists, the Trump administration’s first 100 days have targeted the media on multiple fronts
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Du Bois here provides a key bridge between #abolition past—the abolition of slavery—and abolition present: the racialized apparatus of carceral power that emerged after the Civil War .... abolitionjournal.com/2025/04/29/a...
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ABOLITION IS A BRICK: on the origins of the DU Bois Movement school
“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.” —Deleuze & Guattari // Abolition is a brick—but does that mean it’s for building,…
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
UU College of Social Justice General Assembly 2025 newsletter edition! #UUAGA mailchi.mp/uucsj/ga-202...
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UUCSJ’s General Assembly Edition Newsletter 2025
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
#GratitudePractice secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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Thank you, Mayor Baraka
He stood up to Trump and ICE -- and they arrested him! Let's flood Mayor Baraka with gratitude for his courage.
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UU College of Social Justice @uucsj.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
#UUMASSAction invites you to join in the effort to Pass the Prison and Jail Construction Moratorium Bill and Stop the New Women's Prison, part of the larger movement to end the incarceration of women and girls...Learn more at: bit.ly/nonewprisonvolunteer
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Join us for an event! Pass the Prison and Jail Construction Moratorium Bill NOW!
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