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PhD candidate @StAndrewsIR and صايع سابق. Geopolitics (WANA); migration; postcolonialism and decoloniality; translation Eng-Ar; Scottish news in Arabic: https://scotlandinarabic.home.blog/

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Sep 3

In light of the Scottish Parliament's vote to adhere to the demands of BDS, here is my article I wrote on the very topic last year: scottishleftreview.scot/is-scotland-...

Is Scotland Pro-Palestine?

Scotland can be an ally of Palestine even without statehood of its own, explains Ryan Swan.

scottishleftreview.scot

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · 6d

If the Israeli state decides to stop breaking the ceasefire (it already has), then Gaza can enter its new phase where the surviving population will be occupied in part by the Blair Mandate Inc.

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · 6d

Tony Blair isn’t just an advisor to dictatorial regimes & evader of justice. TB Institute works closely with (some might say ‘for’) Oracle, whose owner, Larry Ellison, is an ally of Netanyahu. A country needing rebuilding is the perfect investment for big tech to be part of the infrastructure.

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · 7d

Important Black History Month event today at 2pm (2 hrs from now!): tockify.com/sgsah/detail...

A session on a multimodal embodied liberatory approach to 'researching' the early years by my friend @sarmapavithra.bsky.social

SGSAH/SGSSS Black History Month Event - Unarchigal

Wed 8 Oct, 14:00 - 15:00 [BST]: Together with SGSSS, we are delighted to announce a special interactive session to mark Black History Month 2025. This free, online and open-to-all session will be pres...

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Dundee-Nablus Twinning Association رابطة توأمة دندي نابلس @dundee-nablus.bsky.social · 21d

Upcoming talk:
Life in Bethlehem Under Occupation by Kate Khair from University of St Andrews.

The talk will be followed by a Q&A.

⏰ Thursday 25th of Sep, 6pm.

📍Online – Zoom.

Please register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (free to members and non-members)

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Zoom with Kate Khair. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Kate is a member of DNTA from Bethlehem. Currently a student at St Andrews University she will talk about life in Bethlehem and answer your questions.

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · 24d

It’s absolutely unthinkable that a western state would be asked – or even expected – to remain a neutral referee after being bombed by a party it was to mediate. This request by the US is diplomat-speak for ‘sit down and shut up’.

www.newarab.com/news/rubio-a...

Rubio asks Qatar to stay as mediator after Israel strike

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Qatar on Tuesday a week after an Israeli strike on the Gulf state targeting leaders of Hamas.

www.newarab.com

Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · 27d

September has been an interesting month for street politics so far.

Over 110k British nationalists descend on London, with many assaulting police, resulting in serious injuries. 24 arrested.

1500 peacefully show support for a non-violent Palestine solidarity group. 857 arrested.

Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Sep 14

I’ve always found it suspect when people would claim community successes in defending refugees were the 'real values’ of Britain. 110k assorted racists, fascists & far right flooding London is an expression of real British values. Their aim is to bring violent borders to the streets & end migration.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 8

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has announced a series of measures to apply pressure on Israel to end the genocide in Gaza, including a law to enforce Spain’s arms embargo and additional restrictions on aircraft and shipping.

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Sep 7

It's shocking to me that any research would take as its point of departure that the British Labour are 'social democratic'. They haven't shown any semblance of having such priniciples or values since the early 1990s (if they ever did).

Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Sep 3

In light of the Scottish Parliament's vote to adhere to the demands of BDS, here is my article I wrote on the very topic last year: scottishleftreview.scot/is-scotland-...

Is Scotland Pro-Palestine?

Scotland can be an ally of Palestine even without statehood of its own, explains Ryan Swan.

scottishleftreview.scot

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Sep 3

I didn't think they'd actually do it. This should mean that those working on BDS in local government, universities and civil society will have the support of the Scottish Gov.

This is a sea change if it is to be followed through.

www.thenational.scot/news/2543951...

Scottish Parliament votes for immediate boycott of Israel

MSPs have voted for a full boycott of the state of Israel and companies complicit in genocide following a debate in the Scottish Parliament.

www.thenational.scot

Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 30

But Turkiye announced that it ceased trade with the Israeli state over a year ago.

web.archive.org/web/20240503...

Surely it's not possible that that was just rhetoric?

Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 24

The place was crawling with types like that. I hope you got home alright.

Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 23

Today was a success for anti-racist organising, but mobs attempting to besiege hotels will continue. This is a real emergency which demands commitment to solidarity.

Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 23

They were outnumbered from the start (2-1) and our opposition saw them off.
As they left, a few lashed out & tried to hit some people, but failed.

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 23

Today in Perth, racists gathered to intimidate & insult asylum seekers at a hotel, for several states reasons, none of which of course explicitly mention race.
They were aggressive, some came around the back & side of our group as most people were focused towards the door of the hotel.

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 22

A racist mob plans yet again to surround a hotel housing asylum seekers.

Come to Perth this Saturday at 10am to stop them.

Details 👇

Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 20

A very candid and timely article on academia in The Only Democracy In The Middle East.

Uri Horesh @urihoresh.bsky.social · Aug 18

About my personal·experience of repression at the hands of an Israeli academic institution – just published in the magazine _Jewish Socialist_

drive.google.com/file/d/1KuHM...

Horesh2025JS.pdf

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 19

Oh look, a white supremacist did a speech too.

Source: The National

Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 17

This seems to be a nationally-organised protest, where they target a different town/city each Saturday.

Some good coverage here:
www.thenational.scot/news/2539589...

One man arrested at Falkirk asylum seeker hotel protests

One man was arrested in Falkirk on Saturday, as two opposing protests took place outside of a hotel housing asylum seekers

www.thenational.scot

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 17

In Falkirk yesterday hundreds protested against what they’ve called ‘illegal’ immigrants.

Then we see a call to kill asylum seekers and the fascist salute. It’s almost as if it wasn’t about the law in the first place.

Anti-racist groups were vastly outnumbered. This is an emergency.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our esteemed expert here appears to have gone from just innocently asking (in 2018) “Is Rising Ethnic Diversity a Threat to the West?” to answering (in 2025) that yes, the degenerate races pose an terrible threat to the herrenvolk and should be driven out en masse.

Its not 'a grift'. Its who he is.

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 15

While this reporting is correct, it's important to emphasise that the Zionist movement – whether Labour or Revisionist strands – has *always* sought to colonise countries in the Middle East. Netanyahu is just one figure in a long line of proponents of expansion

www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanya...

Netanyahu says he backs 'Greater Israel', which includes parts of Jordan and Egypt

Israeli PM says he is 'very' connected to the expansionist vision encompassing parts of Palestine and several Arab states

www.middleeasteye.net

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Ryan Swan ريان سوان @ryanswan.bsky.social · Aug 13

People at Uni of St Andrews, please sign and share!

As the First Minister and the previous First Minister of Scotland acknowledge the genocide in Palestine, it's important we keep up the pressure on our HE institutions.

www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...

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End Links With Hebrew University — UCU St Andrews

www.ucustandrews.org

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