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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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Michael Eades @drmichaeleades.bsky.social · 11h

Heartbreaking piece here on the closure of the University of Essex’s Southend campus. Unlike much that’s written about universities, it really captures the deep emotional connection between university and place, and what it means when that’s lost: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

www.theguardian.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11h

Israel suspends evacuation of patients via Rafah crossing: Red Crescent https://aje.news/qx8xy1

Israel suspends evacuation of patients via Rafah crossing: Red Crescent

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22h

Trump to Kaitlan Collins after she pressed him on getting justice for Epstein survivors:

"No wonder CNN has no ratings because of people like you. You know, she‘s a young woman. I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen you smile. I‘ve known you for 10 years. I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen a smile in your face."

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23h

Al-Shifa Hospital director says blocking medical evacuations through Rafah crossing could be 'death sentence' for many https://aje.news/s1x9ou

Al-Shifa Hospital director says blocking medical evacuations through Rafah crossing could be 'death sentence' for many

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 23h

You guys literally will believe a dead pedophiles emails before you believe the women who survived him.

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 1d

1000s of women gave repeated testimony of how a wealthy group of predators raped and abused them. And when the files to prove it come out, society gives all the credit to conspiracy theorists “for being right.”

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

Medical evacuees from Gaza entered Egypt on Monday as the Rafah border crossing reopened, marking a key step in the weak Israel-Hamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic one

First medical evacuees leave Gaza for Egypt as Rafah crossing reopens

www.thenational.scot

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

JUST IN | Israeli forces detonated & destroyed the Morag Water Station in Rafah today, a facility that supplied water to roughly one-third of the city’s residents before the war, Palestinian investigative journalist Younis Tirawi Reuters w/ footage purportedly circulated by Israeli soldiers. The...

JUST IN | Israeli forces detonated and destroyed the Morag Water Station in Rafah today, a facility that supplied water to roughly one-third of the city’s residents before the war, Palestinian investigative journalist Younis Tirawi Reuters with footage purportedly circulated by Israeli soldiers. The station, inaugurated in 2010 with funding from the Turkish Red Crescent, served around 70,000 people and has been assessed for urgent repairs by Oxfam and Gaza’s water utility in February 2025.

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Israeli troops blew up the Morag Water Station today, which according to Gaza’s water utility supplied water to roughly one-third of Rafah’s residents prior to the war.

Soldiers captioned it :

“We specialize in paint jobs, and small renovations. Details on DM"

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Chris Chang-Bacon @chrischangbacon.bsky.social · 2d

Calling all researchers and practitioners in multilingual education. RJME would love to see your work! Check out Rjme.org to see the range of pieces we're interested in (we accept a variety of formats). Feel free to reach out to me or the other co-editors with questions! @rjme-journal.bsky.social

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 2d

Our statement on the Government’s immigration proposals @uofgunescoriela www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

UNESCO RIELA statement - re: 'earned settlement'

‘Earned settlement’? Another dangerous shift away from protection

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 2d

Rough translation: "Too many powerful people are suspects - including my bosses - so, we're not going to investigate. To hell with the victims. To hell with justice."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’

Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’

www.theguardian.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Israel has murdered more than 500 Palestinians in Gaza since it signed the so called ceasefire. One of the latest is a 3 year old child.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

What do we want? Care or fascism? That's the economic choice we now face youtu.be/eBEahWrzEr0?...

What do we want? Care or fascism? That's the economic choice we now face

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

"Israel has set the initial daily limit for individuals leaving Gaza through the crossing at about 150 people, but around 22,000 sick and wounded Palestinians are still in desperate need of treatment abroad"

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

This is heartbreaking.

"Dr. Hossam’s lawyer warns: his heart is exhausted, his body shattered from continuous torture, and the freezing temperatures in his cell are worsening his suffering.
Between cold walls, the doctor who saved hundreds of children and the wounded is left with no adequate food,

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

This new graphic from @thenerve.news could be so much bigger but we wanted to show 3 essential nodes in Peter Thiel’s sphere of influence: Silicon Valley, Washington & the UK.

In Britain, our govt is so naive about Thiel & what his company Palantir really is.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve put TECHNOFASCISM in all caps because it’s a new form of power, repression & political control.

We have to understand the stakes. And that this is a whole new level of threat.

Please read & share 🙏
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: What’s happening in the US is TECHNOFASCISM.

It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line.

My latest for @thenerve.news
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www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...

What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here

Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be next

www.thenerve.news

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 3d

Isn’t campaigning on Gaza divisive?, asks Laura K.

Divisive’ is just code for people investing in the arms trade and profiting from genocide not wanting to be scrutinised or lose their impunity.

Gaza is not divisive. It unconceals @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Zack Polanski on Laura K this morning:

"Gaza is only a divisive subject if you're taking money from arms dealers..."

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@hughfoy @hughfoy.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/fe...

Anglican clergy in London to be asked to promote antiracism in sermons

Exclusive: Thousands of pounds unlocked to fund more diversity initiatives in diocese of capital

www.theguardian.com

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Zack Polanski on Laura K this morning:

"Gaza is only a divisive subject if you're taking money from arms dealers..."

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 3d

One of the most disgusting, brutal and unpunished child‑abuse networks in the world…

And the usual voices who claim to care about ‘women and girls’ have nothing to say.

We see you.

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Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights @lphr-lawyers.bsky.social · 3d

US envoys to Israel blocked warning to senior officials in Biden’s administration in early 2024 that Northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire shortages of food and medical aid www.reuters.com/world/early-...

US envoys to Israel blocked early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza

U.S. Agency for International Development staffers in early 2024 drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden’s administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire...

www.reuters.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3d

Israel is limiting the number of people who can enter & leave Gaza through the Rafah crossing. 150 exiting & 50 entering

Its reported there are 17,000 people who need to leave Gaza to receive medical treatment abroad. And notice how 3 times as many are allowed to leave as return

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Calls grow in Iran for independent inquiry into protest death toll

Calls grow in Iran for independent inquiry into protest death toll

Pressure mounts after government said it would publish names of those killed during recent unrest Calls are growing inside Iran for an independent inquiry into the number of people killed during recent protests after the government said it would oversee the publication of the names of the deceased. The highly unusual government move, announced on Thursday, is designed to head off claims that crimes against humanity have been committed and that as many as 30,000 Iranians have been killed. Iran’s official death toll released by the Martyr’s Foundation is 3,117, including members of the security services. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 3d

A rerendering of the Caim of Protection - a spell, an incantation from the heart of lamentation, as kept alive by women who know the power of words in the face of atrocity, and collected by Alexander Carmichael.

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 3d

Nor shall the moon bleach me
Nor river drown me
Nor salt wave drown me
Nor flood drown me
Nor water drown me.
Nightmare share not lie on me
Nor the black sleep lie on me
Spell sleep shall not lie on lie on me
And the Rowan shall protect me
I am under the fostership of Brigit.

(Caim of Protection)

Snowdrops through leaves

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

Key Rafah border crossing with Egypt to be reopened after nearly two years for only 'limited movement of people'.

Israel to partially open Rafah crossing in Gaza as dozens killed in attacks

Key Rafah border crossing with Egypt to be reopened after nearly two years for only 'limited movement of people'.

www.aljazeera.com

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 3d

I just joined the #QuitGPT boycott. OpenAI execs are Trump's biggest donors. It's time to quit. Join us: quitgpt.org

QuitGPT — OpenAI Execs are Trump's Biggest Donors

Join the movement. Delete ChatGPT. Cancel your subscription. It's time to quit.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

"The world isn’t ending. A world is ending. Our job is to midwife the next one."