Jas Nijjar
@jasnijjar.bsky.social
Teacher, reader, reluctant writer.
"The (Presidential) Liar's in the house. Bono’s in the house! We’re DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED!"
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Superbowl Patriot XXXVI
YouTube video by Propagandhi - Topic
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February 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
"The (Presidential) Liar's in the house. Bono’s in the house! We’re DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED! FUCKING DOOMED!"
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In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:50 PM
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
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Download the full report here:
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Policy and prosecutorial responses to the summer 2024 riots risk fuelling a cycle of racist violence - Institute of Race Relations
Policy and prosecutorial responses to the summer 2024 riots delink the violence from racism, paving the way for anti-immigration and Islamophobic protests and far-right vigilantism to form an infinite...
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January 19, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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"Jon Burnett studied a sample of court cases related to the riots. He found that the Conservative PM Rishi Sunak’s “stop the boats” slogan & the policy framework around it..“was repeatedly echoed (either by defendants or by broader mobilisations they were among)”"
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Response to 2024 summer riots failed to address root causes and links to racism, report says
Institute of Race Relations says violence in Southport and elsewhere often reduced to ‘mindless’ thuggery
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:50 AM
"Jon Burnett studied a sample of court cases related to the riots. He found that the Conservative PM Rishi Sunak’s “stop the boats” slogan & the policy framework around it..“was repeatedly echoed (either by defendants or by broader mobilisations they were among)”"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"We must defame, defund, and abolish these systems. We must empty all the cages, kick dirt over made-up borders, and fund the things that help us thrive, imagine, create. Free us all."
truthout.org/articles/we-...
truthout.org/articles/we-...
We Can Honor Renee Nicole Good’s Life by Abolishing Death-Making Institutions
Those of us who see ourselves in Renee Good can take this moment to deepen our solidarities with all who are policed.
truthout.org
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"We must defame, defund, and abolish these systems. We must empty all the cages, kick dirt over made-up borders, and fund the things that help us thrive, imagine, create. Free us all."
truthout.org/articles/we-...
truthout.org/articles/we-...
"The government must engage with the issue and examine the arguments for bail and the questions around prison communication. At present it looks dangerously complacent, given the prisoners’ rapidly deteriorating health."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on the Palestine Action hunger strikers: the government is trying to ignore this protest | Editorial
Editorial: Doctors have warned that the lives of these prisoners are now in danger. Pretending this is not happening is not good enough
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"The government must engage with the issue and examine the arguments for bail and the questions around prison communication. At present it looks dangerously complacent, given the prisoners’ rapidly deteriorating health."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Israeli forces have killed seven more Palestinians in Gaza in Israel’s latest violation of the ceasefire declared nearly two months ago ... Officials in Gaza report 366 Palestinians have been killed & 938 injured by Israeli forces since the Oct 10 ceasefire"
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/4/he...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/4/he...
Israeli Forces in Gaza Kill Seven Palestinians in Latest Violation of October Ceasefire
Israeli forces have killed seven more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in Israel’s latest violation of the ceasefire that was declared nearly two months ago. Among the dead are five members of a single ...
www.democracynow.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"Israeli forces have killed seven more Palestinians in Gaza in Israel’s latest violation of the ceasefire declared nearly two months ago ... Officials in Gaza report 366 Palestinians have been killed & 938 injured by Israeli forces since the Oct 10 ceasefire"
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/4/he...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/4/he...
"Products provided by Big Tech are so integral to Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine that the mass killings and near-total destruction of infrastructure in Gaza are often described as “the first AI-powered genocide.”"
truthout.org/articles/mic...
truthout.org/articles/mic...
Microsoft Faces Reckoning for Assisting Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
The tech giant could face legal liability for aiding and abetting “atrocity crimes” in Palestine, legal groups say.
truthout.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"Products provided by Big Tech are so integral to Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine that the mass killings and near-total destruction of infrastructure in Gaza are often described as “the first AI-powered genocide.”"
truthout.org/articles/mic...
truthout.org/articles/mic...
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The racial politics of police warfare by Jas Nijjar for @manchesterup.bsky.social with a foreword from David Theo Goldberg will be must read/must teach for anyone interested in race, racism and/or policing!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/
Manchester University Press - The racial politics of police warfare
The racial politics of police warfare - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The racial politics of police warfare by Jasbinder S. Nijjar
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The racial politics of police warfare by Jas Nijjar for @manchesterup.bsky.social with a foreword from David Theo Goldberg will be must read/must teach for anyone interested in race, racism and/or policing!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/
My first book, The Racial Politics of Police Warfare, with a foreword by David Theo Goldberg and cover art by Eric Drooker.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/
Manchester University Press - The racial politics of police warfare
The racial politics of police warfare - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The racial politics of police warfare by Jasbinder S. Nijjar
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My first book, The Racial Politics of Police Warfare, with a foreword by David Theo Goldberg and cover art by Eric Drooker.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174420/
"At Friday’s demo, there was anger as locals and civil rights activists denounced what they called a massacre targeting the deprived favelas, that have predominantly black populations" - Thousands join protests in Rio favela after deadliest ever police raid
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Thousands join protests in Rio favela after deadliest ever police raid
Demonstrators demand inquiry after operation on Tuesday in which at least 121 people were killed
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"At Friday’s demo, there was anger as locals and civil rights activists denounced what they called a massacre targeting the deprived favelas, that have predominantly black populations" - Thousands join protests in Rio favela after deadliest ever police raid
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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This is a useful book for connecting past to present, relating the various struggles materialising today, and for building a unified movement towards a more humane future.
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(PDF) Book Review: Our History Has Always Been Contraband by Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
PDF | On Feb 12, 2024, Jasbinder S. Nijjar published Book Review: Our History Has Always Been Contraband by Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | Find, read and cite all t...
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October 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This is a useful book for connecting past to present, relating the various struggles materialising today, and for building a unified movement towards a more humane future.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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"The United Nations has released a report, revealing that more than 150 companies, including Airbnb, Booking[dot]com, Expedia and TripAdvisor, are profiting from Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied West Bank."
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September 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"The United Nations has released a report, revealing that more than 150 companies, including Airbnb, Booking[dot]com, Expedia and TripAdvisor, are profiting from Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied West Bank."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...
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"ICE placed more than 10,000 ppl in solitary confinement between April 2024 & May 2025 ... Immigrants, inc those experiencing medical & mental health crises, are placed in isolation for days, weeks &, in some cases, months, which U.N. says amounts to torture"
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/19/he...
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/19/he...
Report: ICE Placed More Than 10,000 People in Solitary Confinement
A new report from the Physicians for Human Rights, the Peeler Immigration Lab, and Harvard Law School experts has found ICE placed more than 10,000 people in solitary confinement between April 2024 an...
www.democracynow.org
September 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"ICE placed more than 10,000 ppl in solitary confinement between April 2024 & May 2025 ... Immigrants, inc those experiencing medical & mental health crises, are placed in isolation for days, weeks &, in some cases, months, which U.N. says amounts to torture"
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/19/he...
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/19/he...
This is a piece I wrote for PhD students on strategies for doing doctoral work committed to political consciousness, anti-racism and social transformation.
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(PDF) Resisting Neoliberalism's War on the Sociological Imagination: Reflections on PhD Work as Anti-Racist Practice
PDF | This article reflects on undertaking PhD work as a form of anti-racist practice from an angle with significant promise for sociology and the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
September 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is a piece I wrote for PhD students on strategies for doing doctoral work committed to political consciousness, anti-racism and social transformation.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
"This is what the United industrial complex has always demanded: more turmoil, more upheaval, more bloated failure and waste matter for the detritivores of the MUFC cinematic universe to consume."
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Grimsby deepen ridicule for Ruben Amorim as he ploughs on with flawed, final stand | Jonathan Liew
Carabao Cup humiliation is the latest setback for a coach who may actually be the last real thing at Manchester United
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August 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"This is what the United industrial complex has always demanded: more turmoil, more upheaval, more bloated failure and waste matter for the detritivores of the MUFC cinematic universe to consume."
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
"Our foreign secretary no doubt believes that the impunity traditionally enjoyed by western leaders and Israel itself will protect him and his colleagues for ever. That assumes the winds will never change ... That is quite the bet."
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British ministers are betting they won’t face justice for complicity over Gaza. It’s a big risk to take | Owen Jones
David Lammy seemingly believes Israel and its supporters will always be able to act with impunity – but the status quo surely cannot hold, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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August 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Our foreign secretary no doubt believes that the impunity traditionally enjoyed by western leaders and Israel itself will protect him and his colleagues for ever. That assumes the winds will never change ... That is quite the bet."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"IPC had warned that Gaza was on the verge of famine, but now says for the first time that the events of the past few months – new Israeli offensive, increased displacement & weeks of total Israeli blockade of the territory – have made famine a reality in Gaza"
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What has led to a famine being confirmed in Gaza?
The UN-backed IPC has found that Gaza now faces famine after 22 months of Israel’s war on the Palestinian territory.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"IPC had warned that Gaza was on the verge of famine, but now says for the first time that the events of the past few months – new Israeli offensive, increased displacement & weeks of total Israeli blockade of the territory – have made famine a reality in Gaza"
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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"The Atomic Bowl" filmmaker Greg Mitchell calls Gaza a "slow-motion Nagasaki." www.democracynow.org/2025/8/6/hir...
August 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"The Atomic Bowl" filmmaker Greg Mitchell calls Gaza a "slow-motion Nagasaki." www.democracynow.org/2025/8/6/hir...
"We must not allow the hell of the atomic bombing to be recreated. I feel a sense of crisis" - Hiroshima, never forget, never again.
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'Atomic bomb hell can't be repeated' say Japan's last survivors
Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki believe their horrific past must act as a warning for the future.
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August 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"We must not allow the hell of the atomic bombing to be recreated. I feel a sense of crisis" - Hiroshima, never forget, never again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My new article for Sociology on how PhD work, in resisting the neoliberalism of HE, may salvage an insurgent sociology. The piece reflects on my time completing a PhD committed to anti-racism, prompted by Mark Duggan's killing, the anniversary of which is today.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Sociology 1 -18 Resisting Neoliberalism's War on the Sociological Imagination: Reflections on PhD Work as Anti-Racist Practice
PDF | This article reflects on undertaking PhD work as a form of anti-racist practice from an angle with significant promise for sociology and the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
August 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My new article for Sociology on how PhD work, in resisting the neoliberalism of HE, may salvage an insurgent sociology. The piece reflects on my time completing a PhD committed to anti-racism, prompted by Mark Duggan's killing, the anniversary of which is today.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
"I'm proud and ashamed
Every fourth of July
You got to know the truth
Before you say that you got pride"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykcs...
Every fourth of July
You got to know the truth
Before you say that you got pride"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykcs...
'Merican
YouTube video by Descendents - Topic
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July 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"I'm proud and ashamed
Every fourth of July
You got to know the truth
Before you say that you got pride"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykcs...
Every fourth of July
You got to know the truth
Before you say that you got pride"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykcs...
"We shouldn’t forget the real purpose of the action at Brize Norton – to draw attention to British military collaboration with the Israeli govt..British complicity in Israel’s war is a matter of public interest that is too often either ignored or under-reported"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Palestine Action is part of Britain's proud history of protest. Proscribing it is an assault on democracy | Suresh Grover
Through decades of anti-racist campaigning, I have seen that peaceful, direct action can be the only way to get results, says campaigner Suresh Grover
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"We shouldn’t forget the real purpose of the action at Brize Norton – to draw attention to British military collaboration with the Israeli govt..British complicity in Israel’s war is a matter of public interest that is too often either ignored or under-reported"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"We understand colonialism and we understand how important it is to support each other internationally"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kneecap hit back at Starmer in highly-charged Glastonbury set
The Irish-language rap trio play to a packed crowd, despite calls for their performance to be banned.
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June 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"We understand colonialism and we understand how important it is to support each other internationally"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...