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Alison Phipps አሊሰን
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UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Education, Languages & Arts at University of Glasgow

Alison Phipps OBE FRSE FRSA FAcSS a University of Glasgow professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies and holds the first UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts. She has been awarded the Minerva Medal of the Royal Philosophical Society and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. .. more

Political science 27%
Art 20%

In the company of great writers and thinkers tomorrow including @foreigncorr1.bsky.social @bellacaledonia.bsky.social in @scotnational.bsky.social
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org

CW: Shooting, murder.

This is an execution in the street by ICE.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

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History teaches the warning signs and also how to respond, again and again. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/01/10-r...

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Probably the most important Rachel Maddow I have seen.

youtu.be/4Ympb23h1pE?...
BREAKING: Furious Trump Forced Into Retreat on Greenland While Mark Carney Delivers a Davos Knockout
YouTube video by Axis & Allies
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When the people of Glasgow worked together to Stop Dawn Raids many of these were the tactics in Kingsway and Kenmure Street

“These are our Neighbours. Let them Stay”

www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now

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That's why the response teams are hyperlocal. One single block might have a signal loop with every person on the street on it.

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Essentially, what stops abductions is when crowds outnumber the masked kidnappers. When people aggressively follow ICE with whistles and horns, crowds are ready to show up. If they show up fast enough, ICE leaves and a family is not broken. (People here understand the stakes).

More excellent news

Oh Alasdair heartfelt congratulations. I’m so thrilled for you and so many others yoir work serves

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CND is calling on the US and Russia to immediately begin discussions on a temporary extension to New START and to allow UN weapons inspections at their nuclear facilities.

Lobby the Foregin Secretary today, urging the British government to support this: cnd.eaction.org.uk/RenewNewStar...

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Professor James Hathaway author of "The Rights of Refugees" and, with Michelle Foster, "The Law of Refugee Status" is made an honorary KC
www.gov.uk/government/n...
New King’s Counsel and Honorary King’s Counsel welcomed by Lord Chancellor
His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of 96 new King’s Counsel and the award of 8 new Honorary King’s Counsel.
www.gov.uk

Invitation list
To the Carving Board of Piece
And real estate crimes
On Thursday, Donald Trump formally announced his so-called “Board of Peace” during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The body has been widely criticized as an attempt by Trump to undermine the UN and 'takeover the world order.'

mondoweiss.net/2026/01/trum...

#Palestine #Israel
Trump unveils so-called “Board of Peace”
On Thursday, Donald Trump formally announced his so-called “Board of Peace” during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The body has been widely criticized as an attempt by Trump to undermine...
mondoweiss.net

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Israeli strategy for Gaza caught between settlements and security zones, as it continues to kill Palestinians.
Feet dragging, division and obstruction: What Israel really wants for Gaza
Israeli strategy for Gaza caught between settlements and security zones, as it continues to kill Palestinians.
www.aljazeera.com

“He’s inviting countries to join the board for a three-year term, but they can extend their tenure by paying $1 billion.”
On Thursday, Donald Trump formally announced his so-called “Board of Peace” during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The body has been widely criticized as an attempt by Trump to undermine the UN and 'takeover the world order.'

mondoweiss.net/2026/01/trum...

#Palestine #Israel
Trump unveils so-called “Board of Peace”
On Thursday, Donald Trump formally announced his so-called “Board of Peace” during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The body has been widely criticized as an attempt by Trump to undermine...
mondoweiss.net
“Sweden’s largest private pension fund has divested $8.8 billion in US Treasuries, the most significant withdrawal yet from American government bonds since Trump’s Greenland crisis erupted, citing “increased risk and unpredictability in US politics,”

thedeepdive.ca/swedens-larg...
Sweden's Largest Pension Fund Dumps $8.8B in US Bonds | the deep dive
Sweden’s largest private pension fund has divested up to $8.8 billion in US Treasuries, marking the most significant withdrawal yet from American government bonds since President Donald Trump’s Greenl...
thedeepdive.ca

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US president says 'big force going towards Iran' but he would 'rather not see anything happen' amid tension with Tehran.
Trump says US still ‘watching Iran‘ as ‘massive' fleet heads to Gulf region
US president says 'big force going towards Iran' but he would 'rather not see anything happen' amid tension with Tehran.
www.aljazeera.com

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On Thursday, Donald Trump formally announced his so-called “Board of Peace” during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The body has been widely criticized as an attempt by Trump to undermine the UN and 'takeover the world order.'

mondoweiss.net/2026/01/trum...

#Palestine #Israel
Trump unveils so-called “Board of Peace”
On Thursday, Donald Trump formally announced his so-called “Board of Peace” during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The body has been widely criticized as an attempt by Trump to undermine...
mondoweiss.net
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.

This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.

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Help us make hope normal again.

Join the Green Party now.

Am just finishing an article for National on this

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Israeli forces are massacring Palestinian journalists - committing war crimes on a scale that would normally make headline news - and yet Western media are still calling this a "ceasefire". Pure propaganda.

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From last week: Limited further details on new asylum and immigration appeal system emerge | Colin Yeo
Limited further details on new asylum and immigration appeal system emerge - Free Movement
The Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has disclosed some further details on the new immigration and asylum appeal body. The plans are contained in a letter to
freemovement.org.uk

Destituting the systems of violence of their constituent power and restoring life in its messy yet glorious fullness is now the task of protest, solidarity and resistance.

The English electorate under first past the post and Government in Westminster are clamouring for the same for themselves - for children to be detained and deported; for security firms to make even further off-shorable profits from camps and (in)security apparatus; for rights to be erased.