Pratibha Parmar
@pratibha.bsky.social
Writer. Director Film & TV (feature docs: My Name Is Andrea, Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth - T.V.- Queen Sugar, Law&Order: SVU
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Pratibha Parmar
@pratibha.bsky.social
· Sep 18
It is an honour to be asked to give the Annual Maud Sulter lecture.
Friday 31 October, 4.30 - 6pm
Glasgow School of Art, Reid Building
🎟 Free, open to all
Friday 31 October, 4.30 - 6pm
Glasgow School of Art, Reid Building
🎟 Free, open to all
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Brett Ratner outed Eliot Page as gay (before Page came out as a trans man,” is accused by six women of sexual assault and harrassment, and in 2018 lost all his deals with WB. Now Trump and his fellow rapists and rape apologists are demanding Ratner be fully funded to make movies.
its so weird how everyone connected with trump has SA allegations in their history
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Brett Ratner outed Eliot Page as gay (before Page came out as a trans man,” is accused by six women of sexual assault and harrassment, and in 2018 lost all his deals with WB. Now Trump and his fellow rapists and rape apologists are demanding Ratner be fully funded to make movies.
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How the UK Destroyed Palestine. A review of Peter Oborne’s Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza, by Rebecca Ruth Gould, PhD.
How the UK Destroyed Palestine
A review of Peter Oborne’s Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza
medium.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
How the UK Destroyed Palestine. A review of Peter Oborne’s Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza, by Rebecca Ruth Gould, PhD.
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Jimmy Cliff’s charisma and fearless creativity expanded the horizons of reggae | Lloyd Bradley
Jimmy Cliff’s charisma and fearless creativity expanded the horizons of reggae | Lloyd Bradley
Cliff, who has died aged 81, took every opportunity that he was presented with, and created plenty more himself. It resulted in a career path like no other
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Jimmy Cliff’s charisma and fearless creativity expanded the horizons of reggae | Lloyd Bradley
On the train up north to Bradford for the Bradford Queer Film Festival. #filmmakerinfocus Blue skies. Icy cold weather. Sharp sunshine. bradfordqueerfilmfestival.uk/new-page
Filmmaker In Focus — Bradford Queer Film Festival
bradfordqueerfilmfestival.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
On the train up north to Bradford for the Bradford Queer Film Festival. #filmmakerinfocus Blue skies. Icy cold weather. Sharp sunshine. bradfordqueerfilmfestival.uk/new-page
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Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi:
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi:
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
Almost 79 million Americans voted for this man.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Almost 79 million Americans voted for this man.
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Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers behind the Riyadh Metro system subjected to decade of devastating abuse www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers behind the Riyadh Metro system subjected to decade of devastating abuse
Migrant workers who travelled to Saudi Arabia to work on the Riyadh Metro project were forced to pay exorbitant recruitment fees, worked in dangerous heat and earned pitiful wages during a decade of s...
www.amnesty.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers behind the Riyadh Metro system subjected to decade of devastating abuse www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Sally Rooney says UK prisoners linked to Palestine Action face ‘shocking mistreatment’
Sally Rooney says UK prisoners linked to Palestine Action face ‘shocking mistreatment’
Exclusive: author urges ministers to engage with those on hunger strike, who want better conditions, bail and lifting of ban
Sally Rooney has pleaded with the UK government to address the “shocking mistreatment” of Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners who are on hunger strike, saying she fears for their welfare.
Six prisoners awaiting trial are refusing food, including two who have been on hunger strike for more than two weeks and are already said to have lost considerable weight and be struggling physically. Their demands include improved jail conditions, release on bail and lifting the ban on Palestine Action. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Sally Rooney says UK prisoners linked to Palestine Action face ‘shocking mistreatment’
The heinous desperate acts of a dying @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister- UK government sinks even lower!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The heinous desperate acts of a dying @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Please join me in donating to 'Camp for Gaza' chuffed.org/project/chil...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Please join me in donating to 'Camp for Gaza' chuffed.org/project/chil...
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"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
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"I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body. So yes- dangerous."
- Jeffrey Epstein
- Jeffrey Epstein
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body. So yes- dangerous."
- Jeffrey Epstein
- Jeffrey Epstein
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This is from 2019.
2019. NPR was telling us that multiple mainstream media organizations (e.g., The New York Times, Vanity Fair) were holding on to information about Jeffrey Epstein in 2019.
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
2019. NPR was telling us that multiple mainstream media organizations (e.g., The New York Times, Vanity Fair) were holding on to information about Jeffrey Epstein in 2019.
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
A Dead Cat, A Lawyer's Call And A 5-Figure Donation: How Media Fell Short On Epstein
Why did it take some of the nation's biggest news organizations so long to take seriously the accusations against the late Jeffrey Epstein? Allegations about his behavior go back more than a decade.
www.npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is from 2019.
2019. NPR was telling us that multiple mainstream media organizations (e.g., The New York Times, Vanity Fair) were holding on to information about Jeffrey Epstein in 2019.
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
2019. NPR was telling us that multiple mainstream media organizations (e.g., The New York Times, Vanity Fair) were holding on to information about Jeffrey Epstein in 2019.
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
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No biggie. Just the former Prime Minister of Norway, and the head of the European Commission which focuses on human rights, acting as a middle man between Jeffrey Epstein and Putin, in 2018, 10 years after his first conviction. As one does.
www.politico.eu/article/jeff...
www.politico.eu/article/jeff...
Epstein emails expose contact between former Council of Europe chief and pedophile
Europe’s top human rights organization appears in a trove of documents released by the U.S. House of Representatives. The body’s leader was discussing contacts with senior Russians.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
No biggie. Just the former Prime Minister of Norway, and the head of the European Commission which focuses on human rights, acting as a middle man between Jeffrey Epstein and Putin, in 2018, 10 years after his first conviction. As one does.
www.politico.eu/article/jeff...
www.politico.eu/article/jeff...
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The president is implicated in the crimes of his friend, the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and the Republican Party is protecting him
Nancy Mace is expected to pull her support for the petition to release the Epstein Files, the day before Adelita Grijalva is sworn in.
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The president is implicated in the crimes of his friend, the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and the Republican Party is protecting him
Congrats @suchmayer.bsky.social
Completely 🦇🦇 that in two months this has gone from red pencil to actual book with French flaps! Happy / stupidly emotional launch day to the little book that for the longest time couldn't & then could.
May that be a shift to remember for us all. BAD LANGUAGE, Peninsula Press, out now.
May that be a shift to remember for us all. BAD LANGUAGE, Peninsula Press, out now.
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Congrats @suchmayer.bsky.social
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BREAKING: At least two Palestinians, including a child, have been killed in an Israeli drone attack east of Gaza's Khan Younis, Al Jazeera’s team on the ground and Wafa are reporting.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/8wt2nx
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/8wt2nx
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
BREAKING: At least two Palestinians, including a child, have been killed in an Israeli drone attack east of Gaza's Khan Younis, Al Jazeera’s team on the ground and Wafa are reporting.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/8wt2nx
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/8wt2nx
#starmer is a moral failure.
Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer
Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer
UK expected to reduce contribution to Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 20%
A group of seven Labour MPs who served as ministers under Keir Starmer have written to the prime minister warning that an expected cut to UK funding for aid to combat preventable diseases would be both a “moral failure” and a strategic disaster.
With ministers and officials expected to decide the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria within days, the letter renews pressure on Starmer to pull back from an expected 20% cut. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#starmer is a moral failure.
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The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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Zohran's success will hinge equally on what he is ABLE to do and how effectively he messages to voters when the federal govt of wealthy interests / police, etc in NYC deliberately sabotage things.
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
1/
1/
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Zohran's success will hinge equally on what he is ABLE to do and how effectively he messages to voters when the federal govt of wealthy interests / police, etc in NYC deliberately sabotage things.
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
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This is the Cheney obituary to read. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is the Cheney obituary to read. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Horrifying
“The 460 patients and their companions were reportedly killed Tuesday at Saudi Hospital by fighters from the Rapid Support Forces in the city of el-Fasher…
…RSF fighters also went from house to house, beating and shooting at people, including women and children.”
“The 460 patients and their companions were reportedly killed Tuesday at Saudi Hospital by fighters from the Rapid Support Forces in the city of el-Fasher…
…RSF fighters also went from house to house, beating and shooting at people, including women and children.”
Sudan's paramilitary forces killed hundreds at a hospital in Darfur, residents and aid workers say
Sudan's paramilitary forces have reportedly killed hundreds at a hospital, including patients, after seizing the provincial capital of North Darfur.
apnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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This is an incredible & necessary scholarly project full stop, as well as a chance to support a Gazan translator. donate or share!
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I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
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I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
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October 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This is an incredible & necessary scholarly project full stop, as well as a chance to support a Gazan translator. donate or share!