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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

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month The Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month. It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 7h

He says: "such a statement portends a push for “bothsidesism” and arguments reliant on false equivalences. There can be no equivalences drawn between the two political extremes in this country....

That deal and the hiring of Weiss signals to everyone, especially to the man in the Oval Office, that CBS is no longer independent, but under the tutelage of a conservative billionaire who is putting more than his thumb on the scale.

Another example came last month when, after complaints from the White House about an interview with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on “Face the Nation,” CBS agreed not to edit taped interviews on the show.

The American people will pay the price for this move, as will the journalists of CBS News who can no longer credibly serve as watchdogs because the ones they are meant to hold to account are signing their paychecks and hobnobbing with the president.

Rather than doing their jobs as sentinels of democracy, who independently cover the news and hold the powerful accountable, they now have to be concerned about how their pitches, their stories, and their scripts will be received by someone with a clear political agenda. They will be dogged by worry that anything they do, any question they ask, will be scrutinized to ensure that it suits the political powers.

Anything that runs afoul of Trump’s agenda may be flagged and is unlikely to be aired unaltered, if aired at all. No journalist or their work can remain unaffected by toiling in such an environment.

The ones who remain at CBS will work hard and do the best they can under the circumstances. But they now are being forced to deal daily with this new reality.

I wish I had been wrong decades ago when I warned about the corporatization and politicalization of the news media

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 7h

With tickets going by fast, this year's online Spring School is approaching with only 2 more weeks to go!

Link to tickets and full programme on our Linktree!

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 7h

A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰

How genocide happened

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7h

BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 8h

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 8h

Nothing is gained. Everything is lost

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 8h

No words left to describe this ordeal layered on a genocide

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 8h

And salt the earth

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Al Quds News Network @alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social · 8h

Breaking | Israeli-backed gangs execute Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jaafrawi in Sabra neighborhood, Gaza City.

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 9h

The voice of Gaza. He was continually banned from social media and the evil occupation continued to target him and spew propaganda about him so they can murder him. Yet his voice still reached the world. Glory be to our martyrs.

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 10h

The beloved Saleh Al-Jafarawi has been murdered. We are absolutely devastated. For 2 years he reported on the genocide of his people, just for him to be murdered during the ‘ceasefire’

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 10h

I honestly cannot for the life of me understand this

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 11h

Israeli officials won't attend Egypt peace summit - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-officials-wont-attend-egypt-peace-summit

Israeli officials won't attend Egypt peace summit

<article data-history-node-id="430045" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-officials-wont-attend-egypt-peace-summit" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-officials-wont-attend-egypt-peace-summit" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli officials won't attend Egypt peace summit</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>No Israeli representative will participate in the peace summit for Gaza hosted by Trump and el-Sisi in Sharm el-Sheikh.</p> <p>“No Israeli official will attend,” Shosh Bedrosian, a spokeswoman for Netanyahu, told reporters on Sunday.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 11h

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 Thank you, Ambassador Zomlot.

Scotland will always proudly stand with the people of Palestine, in the pursuit of peace, justice and a lasting two-state solution.

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 12h

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Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK

Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 18h

Too good

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18h

Priti Patel smears the hundreds of thousands who marched in London yesterday in support of the Palestinians & against our govts complicity in Israels genocide.

Patel also claims people are burning copies of the Torah on the pro Palestinian protests. Which is a lie of course

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 18h

Trump and al-Sisi set to chair Gaza peace summit on Monday - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-and-al-sisi-set-chair-gaza-peace-summit-monday

Trump and al-Sisi set to chair Gaza peace summit on Monday

<article data-history-node-id="430024" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-and-al-sisi-set-chair-gaza-peace-summit-monday" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-and-al-sisi-set-chair-gaza-peace-summit-monday" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Trump and al-Sisi set to chair Gaza peace summit on Monday</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are set to co-chair a Gaza peace summit in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to discuss Trump's proposal to end Israel's genocide in Gaza.</p> <p>The Egyptian presidency said that the summit aims to "end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East, and usher in a new era of regional security and stability".</p> <p>Some 20 heads of state are set to attend, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as well as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.</p> <p>Axios is reporting that leaders or foreign ministers from Germany, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Indonesia are also set to attend. It is currently unclear whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will participate, Hamas is also yet to confirm if any of the group's representatives will attend.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18h

Priti Patel is asked if she condemns Netanyahu saying there will never be a Palestinian state. Patel says we've moved on from what was said in the past.

#bbclaurak points out Netanyahu said it only a few days ago.

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 18h

🔴 NEW: Lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and the Outer Hebrides are among waters containing high levels of toxic pollutants with health risks known as ‘forever chemicals’.

Our latest investigation: theferret.scot/orkne...

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 19h

Returning Peace

Returning Peace

In their thousands
In their millions
into the rubble
the blood and bones
are returning Palestinians

A sacred rite
a rite of return

The living steps
of justice
in a right to real peace.

The land knows.
The courts will know too.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 20h

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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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 21h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 21h

"The chancellor approved it"

🫧 Spark Elation 🫧 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 21h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“a supply chain attack”

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Sídhe Press @sidhepress.bsky.social · 21h

Join us on 2nd November at 7 pm GMT. #WeKeepTelling
We are raising funds for wonderful people & projects in Gaza while celebrating Palestinian poetry. Now, more than ever, we keep telling, sharing, giving. Please do what you can- and join us!
buytickets.at/sdhepress/18...

Title: “We Keep Telling: a reading series for Gaza.” Text: “Online on Zoom. 2 November, 7pm GMT, tinyurl.com/wekeeptelling.” In the background is a painting of a dancing Palestinian woman in a white, short-sleeved thobe with red tatreez and a keffiyeh tied around her waist. Her long black hair is swirling around her and covering her face. A dove stands on one of her outstretched hands, and another dove dances around her other hand. In the lower left, the painting is signed “Marah.”

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Disturbing scenes out of Portland, 2025 — authorities warn the situation could escalate.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

Drop Site’s @ryangrim.bsky.social spoke to Al Jazeera's The Listening Post (@AJListeningPost, X) about how billionaire Larry Ellison (Oracle founder & a top donor to Israel’s military) is buying up US media outlets to reshape coverage of Gaza and shore up Israel’s collapsing image among Americans.

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

1.5 million Gaza residents lost their home, Palestinian NGO network says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/15-million-gaza-residents-lost-their-home-palestinian-ngo-network-says

1.5 million Gaza residents lost their home, Palestinian NGO network says

<article data-history-node-id="430008" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/15-million-gaza-residents-lost-their-home-palestinian-ngo-network-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/15-million-gaza-residents-lost-their-home-palestinian-ngo-network-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">1.5 million Gaza residents lost their home, Palestinian NGO network says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Head of the Palestinian NGO Network in Gaza on Saturday said that an estimated 1.5 million residents of the enclave have lost their homes, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. </p> <p>"It is estimated that 1.5 million residents of the Gaza Strip have lost their homes. We have contacted UN agencies to provide urgent needs," </p> </div> </div> </article>

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

Video: Abdel Qader Sabbah (@AbdelSabbah91 on X)