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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler)
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Writer. Fellow, Royal Historical Society. Coming Up: "Prisoners of Colonialism" (Hurst, 2025); Previously"AcrossTheLakes", "RepresentationsOfIndia,1740-1840", "WritersOnWriting"; plays, Tutor,MSt Creative Writing,Oxford Uni.; Migrant, grumbler
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 1h
This is f*cking ridiculous, especially coming from a government that doesn't know the meaning of 'dog-whistle' and thinks its 'Island of Strangers' is a context free … dog whistle. Bampots at best, the lot of them.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2h
🌹After 21 Years Behind Bars, a Palestinian Novelist Who Helped Redefine Palestinian Prison Literature Steps Into Freedom

“Peace be upon Gaza, on the day it fights, endures, and resists this colonialism,” said novelist Bassem Khandaqji yesterday, in his first public comments after being released...
🌹After 21 Years Behind Bars, a Palestinian Novelist Who Helped Redefine Palestinian Prison Literature Steps Into Freedom “Peace be upon Gaza, on the day it fights, endures, and resists this colonialism,” said novelist Bassem Khandaqji yesterday, in his first public comments after being released and deported to Egypt under the Gaza ceasefire and captive exchange agreement. Born in Nablus in 1983, Khandaqji was arrested in 2004 during his final year at university and later sentenced to three life terms by an Israeli military court. Israel accused him of belonging to a Fatah-linked cell allegedly involved in the Carmel Market bombing in Tel Aviv, which killed three Israelis and injured more than fifty. He denied any part and there is no public evidence of his participation in the attack. His arrest and sentencing came during a broader wave of detentions during the Second Intifada, when Israel frequently charged Palestinians under sweeping “security” laws. For over two decades, Khandaqji was held in various Israeli prisons, including high-security facilities like Gilboa, Hadareem, and Megiddo. He used that time to transform his cell into what friends called a “cultural operations room,” producing novels and poetry that helped redefine Palestinian prison literature, Al Jazeera Arabic reports. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he avoided autobiographical accounts of captivity, believing that literature endures beyond politics and circumstance. In 2022, he penned a novel called, “A Mask Dyed the Color of the Sky” about Nur, a Palestinian archaeologist living in a refugee camp near Ramallah who discovers a blue Israeli identity card in the pocket of an old coat. Over time he assumes the identity of the card’s owner, “Ur,” in order to infiltrate Israeli-controlled spaces. Friends in France translated and published his books including his 2022 novel while he was still imprisoned, and his family signed novels at launch events in Ramallah on his behalf. In 2024, Bassem Khandaqji was awarded the International Prize for Arabic Fiction—often called the “Arabic Booker.” (Based on information reported by Al Jazeera Arabic. Picture taken upon his release in Egypt.)
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 3h
On Monday, the Israeli military released 250 Palestinian political prisoners, along with over 1,700 Palestinians who had been held hostage by the Israeli military in detention without charge.
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 9h
And more white-wing intimidation. It's the new normal.
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NL Times @nltimes.nl · 10h
Riot police intervene in anti-asylum protests in Houten & Uithoorn; At least 7 arrested
Protests surrounding the potential arrival of asylum shelters in Houten and Uithoorn devolved into riots on Tuesday evening.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 23h
Israel has destroyed the "ceasefire" in hours.

It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.

Not a ceasefire.

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Israel destroys ceasefire in hours
Today, Israel slaughtered Palestinians and resumed siege. Not a "ceasefire"
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 10h
Well, it's not like it's an autocracy or anything, is it?

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US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk
State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 10h
Making life more difficult for migrants helps nobody.
Making it harder for people fleeing war and persecution to find safety helps nobody.
Labour pushing xenophobia as policy helps nobody.
Pandering to far right politics doesn't combat far right rhetoric or "build trust in politicians"
#r4today
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d
We can all bitch and moan and call out the utterly contemptible policies suggested by the likes of Reform and the Conservatives, but if that same condemnation is not applied to Labour then it shows it is not about supporting migrants, it is about being party political. 2/
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 1d
🌟 We're recruiting! Join our dedicated team and help create positive change for people seeking safety in Scotland. We're currently recruiting for a Community Development Officer (maternity cover) based in Glasgow. Find out more and apply>> scottishrefugeecounc...
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 1d
Not that he usually tells ...not truths.
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NL Times @nltimes.nl · 1d
No indications of extra threats to Geert Wilders, Dutch police say
The Dutch authorities have no indications of an additional threat against Geert Wilders.
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 1d
"Why do some former colonies fail, staggering from crisis to crisis, while others recover? ..these ‘failures’ are underpinned by persistent, robust colonial structures which preserve and reproduce the oppressive, exploitative systems of the past."
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/prisone...
Prisoners of Empire | Hurst Publishers
A compelling social and political balance-sheet of empire, revealing how former colonies worldwide are still shackled by the legacies of colonial oppression.
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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 2d
If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d
Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 2d
Kidnapped and held for decades.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d
‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home
‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home
Nearly 2,000 prisoners and detainees – including about 1,700 people seized from Gaza and held without charge – set free from Israeli jails
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Annette van Bolhuis @annettevanbolhu.bsky.social · 2d
Media: "Anti-migratie demonstratie", "rustige demonstratie", "bezorgde burgers".
In werkelijkheid: een manifestatie waarin haat, dreiging en fascistische symboliek openlijk aanwezig zijn.
De media vergoelijken. Hoe ver zijn wij al afgegleden in onze tolerantie voor intolerantie?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 3d
“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

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Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs
What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 3d
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Amsterdam expands security zone ahead of anti-immigration protest
Amsterdam authorities have declared a large portion of the city center a security risk area ahead of an anti-immigration demonstration planned for Saturday afternoon at Museumplein, RTL reported.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 3d
"London reported the lowest number of homicides of under-25s for more than two decades. Overall, murders are at a five-year low, and the rate is much lower than in other international cities such as New York, Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Madrid" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘London has turned into something crazy’: is the city in the grip of a crime wave?
Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 3d
In every possible way Labour's changes to immigration rules are profoundly stupid and damaging.
Not only will they ruin lives of migrants, they will cripple the economy, cost jobs, undermine crucial infrastructure etc etc. Everyone suffers with anti-immigration policies.
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'Visa changes will make it worse for my business'
Aneesa Khan says she hires chefs from South Asia to meet her restaurant's need for skilled workers.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3d
UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

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Victor Shammas @victorshammas.com · 3d
“In Spain, where the Socialist prime minister has insisted that migration is an opportunity, a surge in arrivals has helped to make the country a bright spot among Europe’s plodding economies.”
‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 3d
You have to admire the courage of Western champions of democracy calling out the actions of autocrats, and their oppression. Not. No-one is calling out this, which is now every day

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'They treated us like animals' - Inside the epicentre of deportations in New York City
Chaotic scenes have become routine in a federal immigration court in Manhattan.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d
The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 3d
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De borreltafelpraat van Timmermans deed me de das om
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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 4d
Qatar gave Trump a $55B golf deal, a golden flying palace, laughed at his jokes and told him he's pretty, and now in payback he's letting them build a Qatari military base on US soil? Ohhhh, can you imagine another president doing this and the GOP not completely losing their shit? I can't.
Trump critics fume over latest Qatar deal: ‘The corruption is so blatant’
Qatar will have an "air force facility" at an Idaho military base, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d
Judge "You are going to jail"
"I'm rich."
Judge "Why didn't you say before! We can't have you going to jail, nudge, nudge, wink, wink"
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 3d
There's prizes and there's dynamite.