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Alison Phipps አሊሰን

Alison Phipps አሊሰን

@alisonphipps.bsky.social

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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

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4h

Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."

Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?

When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 4h

The two child benefit cap is the biggest single driver of child poverty.

It imposes hardship on kids, ignores changing family circumstances - and as the research shows, has no impact on family size.

Labour were forced to drop it - because people fought for it.

Pressure works!

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 5h

Israel to bring 5,800 Bnei Menashe Jews from India for settlement in occupied Palestine - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bring-5800-bnei-menashe-jews-india-settlement-occupied-palestine

Israel to bring 5,800 Bnei Menashe Jews from India for settlement in occupied Palestine

<article data-history-node-id="432001" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bring-5800-bnei-menashe-jews-india-settlement-occupied-palestine" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bring-5800-bnei-menashe-jews-india-settlement-occupied-palestine" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel to bring 5,800 Bnei Menashe Jews from India for settlement in occupied Palestine</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel is <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/israel-approves-proposal-to-bring-all-remaining-5800-jews-from-indias-northeast/article70321468.ece#:~:text=Israel's%20government%20has%20approved%20a,over%20the%20next%20five%20years.">reportedly </a>set to bring more than 5,800 Jewish community members from India to Israel for settlement in the Galilee region of the northern part of the occupied Palestinian territories. </p> <p>The Jewish Agency for Israel, an organisation that promotes Zionism globally has said that the Israeli cabinet has approved the proposal.</p> <p>The Bnei Menashe Jewish community is an ethnic community from the northeastern Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur. </p> <p>The report said that the plan was submitted by Immigration and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer.</p> <p>A large delegation of rabbis is expected to depart for India in the coming days and the plan is expected to require a special budget to cover conversion classes, housing, and Hebrew instruction. </p> </div> </div> </article>

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 6h

Israel renews air strikes on Rafah as army demolishes homes in Khan Younis - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-renews-air-strikes-rafah-army-demolishes-homes-khan-younis

Israel renews air strikes on Rafah as army demolishes homes in Khan Younis

<article data-history-node-id="431996" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-renews-air-strikes-rafah-army-demolishes-homes-khan-younis" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-renews-air-strikes-rafah-army-demolishes-homes-khan-younis" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel renews air strikes on Rafah as army demolishes homes in Khan Younis</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Palestinian media on Thursday reported renewed Israeli air strikes on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.</p> <p>The Israeli army also carried out a demolition operation with heavy gunfire from its helicopters behind the yellow line east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported. </p> <p>The report added that the forces carried out air strikes on areas beyond the yellow line east of Gaza City in the central Gaza Strip. </p> </div> </div> </article>

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you Alison for your tireless campaigning on this. It’s too late for my family but this doesn’t diminish this landmark - the rape clause was monstrously unjust to women and children alike. It’s gone.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 9h

Addressing the history of the Commonwealth Games and its roots in the British Empire is 'high on the agenda' for Glasgow 2026 and beyond, the Commonwealth Sport president has said

Commonwealth Games history 'high on agenda' for Glasgow 2026, says president

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 9h

To reintegrate Syria in the region, acting president Ahmad al-Sharaa must accept that Israel is the master of the house, and that Syria's control over its energy resources will be subject to the will of the Arab Gulf states and the U.S. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/the-...

The price of reintegrating Syria? Become Israel and America’s slave.

To reintegrate Syria in the region, acting president Ahmad al-Sharaa must accept that Israel is the master of the house, and that Syria’s control over its energy resources will be subject to the will…

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Alastair McIntosh @alastairmci.bsky.social · 11h

“Genocidal acts”, “apartheid” and “ethnic cleansing” … “it gives me no joy whatsoever to use these words [but] what other words do you use” to describe the West Bank? “This is the actions of the Israeli state. This is not about Judaism.”

- the Archbishop of York in Church Times

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12h

£15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds

£15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds

The Footnote x Counterpoints prize is intended to uncover new literary voices whose work reflects the experiences of migration Footnote Press and Counterpoints Arts have announced a new fiction award celebrating writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds, offering a £15,000 prize and a publishing deal for the winner. The Footnote x Counterpoints prize for fiction, launching on Thursday, marks the second time the two organisations have collaborated on a prize. In 2023, writers were invited to submit narrative nonfiction, but now the prize will focus on fiction for the first time. Continue reading...

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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 12h

New online: my essay on Italian psychiatrist and polymath Roberto Assagioli's conviction that "we suffer from a repression of the sublime."

hedgehogreview.com/web-features...

via @hedgehogreview.bsky.social #psychology #poetry #meditation #spirituality

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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 12h

Scrapping the two child limit and the rape clause has been a ten year fight, with many folk involved. This will help so many families who have been struggling, and I'm glad for them today.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 12h

Israel carrying out air strikes on Gaza City, Rafah - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-carrying-out-air-strikes-gaza-city-rafah

Israel carrying out air strikes on Gaza City, Rafah

<article data-history-node-id="431992" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-carrying-out-air-strikes-gaza-city-rafah" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-carrying-out-air-strikes-gaza-city-rafah" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel carrying out air strikes on Gaza City, Rafah</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel is carrying out heavy overnight strikes on parts of Gaza City in the north, and Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, local media are reporting. </p> <p>Israel has already violated the 10 October ceasefire more than 500 times, officials in Gaza have said. </p> </div> </div> </article>

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 13h

The BBC has already decided which way this case is going, I see

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 14h

Part of my evidence put before the court today attests to the unique nature of the proscription based on some research I conducted, and part speaks to the chilling effect on academic teaching and research in the area

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Palestine Action like the Suffragettes, court told

Lawyers for the group say the government's ban is unprecedented, as they launch a legal challenge.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

UK's Reeves scraps two-child welfare cap to cut poverty reut.rs/4p46zRD

UK's Reeves scraps two-child welfare cap to cut poverty

Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday a two-child limit on welfare payments would be scrapped in April to help reduce child poverty rates, a move estimated to cost 3.1 billion pounds ($4 billion) by 2029-30.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 19h

The UK’s new immigration plan is a profound retreat from the humane approach Labour promised voters. Labour should recognize the enormous contributions refugees make, and the moral and legal obligation to provide protection. ✍️ HRW's @yasmineahmed.bsky.social

Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ

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Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social · 21h

Great to hear Rachel Reeves acknowledge that "there are many reasons why people choose to have children then find themselves in difficult times. The death of a partner. Separation. Ill health. A lost job. I don’t believe that children should bear the brunt of that."

So why should migrant children?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.

How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?

They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Best understood, Labour's attack on juries, as a further lurch towards authoritarianism. Who, now, will stand in the way of a State that wants to imprison its opponents?

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Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights @lphr-lawyers.bsky.social · 1d

‘It was not until Sunday, six days after his arrest, that Ghrayeb was first interrogated, and even then only on the vague suspicion of “incitement.”… Ghrayeb is now being held in Megiddo Prison, where at least seven Palestinians have died since October 2023.’ www.972mag.com/ayman-ghraye...

At settlers’ bidding, Israel arrests prominent Palestinian activist

Relatives say the detention of Ayman Ghrayeb, known for documenting forcible displacement across the West Bank, is intended to quell his activism.

Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy, Alison Phipps

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case

‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case

The CMP system means Huda Ammori will not be allowed to know what allegations were made against her

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

"More winter rain has flooded makeshift tents housing displaced families in Gaza as Israel continues to restrict the entry of aid into the strip"

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Excessive restraint in immigration detention centres ‘deeply concerning’, report finds

Excessive restraint in immigration detention centres ‘deeply concerning’, report finds

Watchdog says force being applied ‘inconsistently, disproportionately, and without adequate justification’ Home Office contractors are over-using restraint in immigration detention centres and failing to tackle the toxic culture behind bars, according to the findings of a new watchdog report described as “deeply concerning”. By Force of Habit: How the Use of Force in Immigration Detention Has Lost Sight of Necessity and Dignity was published by the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB), which examines conditions in prisons and immigration detention centres. The findings revealed force being applied inconsistently, disproportionately, and without adequate justification, which it said undermined the dignity and welfare of highly vulnerable individuals. Continue reading...

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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli group B’Tselem notes that, since a supposed “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel has:

* killed 345 Palestinians,

* denied food to 70% of the population who need it,

* demolished a further 1,500 buildings.

All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.

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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 1d

The people powerful enough to make heads roll at the BBC are also telling us the BBC is anti-Israel. It isn't. It's vigorously anti-Palestinian, as film-maker Richard Sanders explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ROB...

Israel Lobby EXPOSED: What REALLY Happened at the BBC

YouTube video by Double Down News

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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer's government redefines "terrorism" to include for the first time civil disobedience and protest.

Then it declares it's scrapping the ancient right to trial by jury (because juries too often acquit protesters).

In a rigged justice system, injustice is assured.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

Concerns have been raised after the judge who was due to hear a legal challenge to the ban on Palestine Action was removed from the case at the last minute

'A stitch-up': Judge for Palestine Action legal ban challenge removed at last minute

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 1d

Me about to piss off the capitalists even more: I actually think investing money in genAI and all its data centres should be banned until it proves it does not harm the environment (spoiler, it will not) and also proves it is actually useful (spoiler, it is not).

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 1d

In England

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases

MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases

The radical plan from David Lammy has been criticised by senior lawyers, who say it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’ Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy. In proposals that drew a swift backlash from senior lawyers, who said that they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”, the justice secretary has proposed that juries will only pass judgment on public interest offences with possible prison sentences of more than five years. Continue reading...

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

UN says Gaza reconstruction to cost $70bn over decades - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-gaza-reconstruction-cost-70bn-over-decades

UN says Gaza reconstruction to cost $70bn over decades

<article data-history-node-id="431943" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-gaza-reconstruction-cost-70bn-over-decades" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-gaza-reconstruction-cost-70bn-over-decades" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN says Gaza reconstruction to cost $70bn over decades</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>The UN has said that reconstruction of the Gaza Strip will cost $70bn over the coming decades, while warning of imminent economic collapse in the occupied <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian </a>territories</p> <p>The report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) said <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>'s bombardment of the enclave had created a "human-made abyss" in Gaza, with the economy contracting by 87 percent over the course of 2023-2024.</p> <p>Israel's systematic destruction and economic siege has left its GDP per capita at just $161, among the lowest in the world.</p> <p>Meanwhile, repeated attacks by soldiers and settlers in the occupied West Bank were also plunging the Palestinian territories into crisis.</p> <p>The UN said decades of economic progress had been wiped out in Palestine.</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-reconstruction-gaza-cost-70bn-over-decades">UN says Gaza reconstruction to cost $70bn over decades</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

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