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Victor Malm @victormalm.bsky.social · 8d

En skarp och fin artikel av Leo Sokolow Romin.

LEO SOKOLOW ROMIN: Min pappa är israelvän – min mamma israelkritiker

Bilden av Israel är rekorddårlig – bland legitim kritik delas inlägg som ekar Hamas slagord. Leo Sokolow Romin skriver om hur det är att vara judisk och sekulär i Sverige i dag.

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 20d

I'm happy to disagree with people, but when they use their power to put other people in danger I'm not sure I've gotta love them anymore in the name of civility.

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 20d

Emma Watson on Rowling - she seems incapable of understanding the difference between intellectual disagreement and a person using their position of power to strip the rights of an already marginalised group.

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 27d

fair enough

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks, that's interesting. It's slightly jarring how often 'migrant' is used when it is not necessary to convey that the people in question are seeking to migrate.

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 27d

See, these questions read so much more humanising because people are referred to as people.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27d

There is a compassion first base. More legal routes for asylum has 41% - a plurality: most Labour, LibDem voters, Remain voters, but it fails on the right.

That we were right to resettle Afghans, welcome Hong Kongers + house Ukranians * and should do it in future too* has a plurality too

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 27d

Interesting results, but what would happen if you changed 'migrants' to 'people'?

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27d

We've tracked via Ipsos sympathy for those crossing Channel in boats for the last 5 years:

- those with 'no sympathy at all' are up to a quarter: visible, vocal + mobilised.
- those with 'a lot of sympathy' now a sixth (from a quarter
- But most people are still balancers, despite tougher climate

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 28d

Läs gärna den policy-rapport jag och en kollega skrivit om den psykiska stress som asylsystemet innebär och hur det kan påverka minnet. Vi fokuserar på Storbritannien men det är lika relevant i Sverige.

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 28d

Aron Verständig säger det som behöver sägas - tiden för demonstrationen verkar vara illa vald. Platsen för eventet likaså. Politikernas språkbruk - oacceptabelt.

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Aron Verständig: “Olämpligt av Bajit att stå värd för IDF-soldat” | Alkompis - Artiklar på svenska

Skarp kritik mot organisation som bjöd in IDF-soldat på föreläsning

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Nathan Hamelberg @nathanhamelberg.bsky.social · 28d

Undrar om det ingår i vår kulturkanon att kalla judar som står med skyltar "alla barn är lika värda" för odjur och säga att de inte hör hemma i Sverige, så som vår utrikesminister gjort, eller om det räknas som bristande vandel? #sakervialdrigkommerfåsvarpå #denhycklanderegeringen

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 28d

Ni förstår vart jag vill komma. Att bara upprepa frasen "Israel har en rätt att existera" är liksom helt meningslöst. Det betyder ingenting. Det löser noll av frågorna som står på spel.

Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 28d

Och de har verkligen ingen rätt till vilket territorium de vill. Många anser att grupper som vill vara politiskt självständiga har en rätt att vara det om de uppfyller vissa kriterier och om det finns ett lämpligt territorium.

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · 28d

Ett av mina forskningsområden är kollektivt självbestämmande och staters rättigheter över territorium. Det finns stora skillnader mellan vad politiska teoretiker har att säga om detta, men ingen tycker att stater har en villkorslös rätt att existera.

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Charlotte Nichols MP @charlotte2153.bsky.social · Sep 14

It melts my head that X is still used for official Government communications, and, catching up on today's news and the fact we have a foreign billionaire inciting violence on our streets, it's clearer than ever that this should end.

I raised this in Parliament last week 👇

Question from me: "I warmly welcome the Leader of the House to his new role and associate myself with the support across the House for my hon. Friend the Member for Washington and Gateshead South (Mrs Hodgson). Members have raised many times the unacceptable level of threats that we face. Increasingly, abuse and threats are being driven and whipped up by one platform in particular, X, previously known as Twitter, which has become a sewer of antisemitism, racism, misogyny and dangerous conspiracy theories. Its owner has specifically targeted Members of this House. With a new director of communications in No. 10 and a refreshed Front Bench, may we have a debate in Government time on whether it is appropriate for that platform to continue to be used for official Government communications?"

Answer from Sir Alan Campbell, Leader of the House: "What my hon. Friend says about X is truly shocking. We are very much in favour of free speech, but we are also against incitement to violence. We have delivered the Online Safety Act 2025 to seek to strike the balance between user protection and freedom of speech. On the matter of the Government’s use of X, it is right that the public are kept up to date with information and a number of people still use X, although of course many are moving to other platforms. I am sure that the Government will take that into account in our deliberations in future, and we also keep our wider social media practices under review."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 14

Yes, Charlie Kirk called for President Biden to be imprisoned and put to death, but he was so well-groomed when he said it so ...

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · Sep 14

1/2. Charlie Kirk frequently called for other people to be killed.

Remember that time when Charlie Kirk called for Joe Biden to be executed? I do.

He didn't even bother to posit any particular crime.

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · Sep 15

Har Liberalerna sagt någonting om jämställdhet senaste 10 åren som inte är relaterat till hederskultur?

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Alex Voronov @alexvoronov.bsky.social · Sep 14

”…vi har kortat tiderna för etablering på arbetsmarknaden som tidigare var 7–9 år till nuvarande 3–4 år. Av de stora antal ensamkommande barn Sverige tog emot…hade av de som var kvar i landet år 2023 hela 8 av 10 ett jobb.”
2015 har lett till en kris för den demokratiska anständigheten, inget annat.

DEBATT: Flyktingkrisen 2015 var ingen kris för oss

Det är hög tid att revidera bilden av 2015 års stora mottagande av människor på flykt som en kris eller katastrof för Sverige. Låt oss få känna en stolthet över den insats vi samlat gjorde och ville g...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Sep 11

people pretend that debate signals and defends a commitment to high minded politics. what it elevates instead is performative dishonesty as a basic mode of politics

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · Sep 3

Labour's new changes to asylum policies is causing and will cause enormous stress among people seeking asylum. The system is already doing this, as Katherine Puddifoot and I write in this report where we also show that this impacts people's memories.

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

New report highlights how UK asylum system can distort memory through trauma

The report, based on a peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of Social Philosophy, is authored by Clara Sandelind, Lecturer in Political Theory within The University of Manchester Department of Politics,...

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Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here is our guide to making refugee family reunion applications: freemovement.org.uk/refugee-fami...

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · Sep 3

Så Sveriges kulturkanon slutar 1975? Ahahahahaha.

Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · Sep 3

Labour's new changes to asylum policies is causing and will cause enormous stress among people seeking asylum. The system is already doing this, as Katherine Puddifoot and I write in this report where we also show that this impacts people's memories.

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

New report highlights how UK asylum system can distort memory through trauma

The report, based on a peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of Social Philosophy, is authored by Clara Sandelind, Lecturer in Political Theory within The University of Manchester Department of Politics,...

www.manchester.ac.uk

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University of Manchester School of Social Sciences @uomsoss.bsky.social · Sep 2

🧠 A new report from @sandelind.bsky.social of @uompols.bsky.social & Dr Katherine Puddifoot of @durham-university.bsky.social shows how trauma from the UK asylum system can distort memory leading to unfair outcomes, & calls for reforms to protect mental health & dignity.

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New report highlights how UK asylum system can distort memory through trauma

The report, based on a peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of Social Philosophy, is authored by Clara Sandelind, Lecturer in Political Theory within The University of Manchester Department of Politics,...

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · Aug 27

The paper it is based on (open access): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Knowing your past: Trauma, stress, and mnemonic epistemic injustice

Click on the article title to read more.

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Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social · Aug 27

Based on our research on how the asylum system negatively impacts people's memory, and penalises people for disorganised memories, Katherine Puddifoot and I have written this short policy report.

research.manchester.ac.uk/files/144572...

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