Mike
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“Racism arises in different ways for different groups, but it’s abhorrent in all cases for the same reasons. Once we see this, we can see that our efforts to combat antisemitism should be allied to 360-degree anti-racism”
This is such a great interview with @dmf101.bsky.social in the Guardian.
This is such a great interview with @dmf101.bsky.social in the Guardian.
Tuesday briefing: Why efforts to tackle Britain’s long history of antisemitism have fallen short
In today’s newsletter: A scholar of antisemitism on how we define it, how it has operated in Britain, and what can be done
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:27 AM
“Racism arises in different ways for different groups, but it’s abhorrent in all cases for the same reasons. Once we see this, we can see that our efforts to combat antisemitism should be allied to 360-degree anti-racism”
This is such a great interview with @dmf101.bsky.social in the Guardian.
This is such a great interview with @dmf101.bsky.social in the Guardian.
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A real honour to attend a Memorial Service marking the 45th anniversary of the New Cross Fire at St Andrew’s church, Brockley yesterday. A beautiful service honouring the 14 lives lost to this still unresolved tragedy, and the dignity and resilience of all those impacted by it.
January 19, 2026 at 11:37 AM
A real honour to attend a Memorial Service marking the 45th anniversary of the New Cross Fire at St Andrew’s church, Brockley yesterday. A beautiful service honouring the 14 lives lost to this still unresolved tragedy, and the dignity and resilience of all those impacted by it.
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A small pilgrimage and a prayer for the victims of the New Cross massacre on my way to the event for LKJ tonight. Not forgotten.
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A small pilgrimage and a prayer for the victims of the New Cross massacre on my way to the event for LKJ tonight. Not forgotten.
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This is a wonderful converqtion with te Surviving Society podcast cihttps://open.spotify.com/episode/1PJcY7jlf7WLvdXLOtYPAB?si=caRZeSJoTAObpdXkpdygjgh
E023 Les Back: Migrant City
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January 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is a wonderful converqtion with te Surviving Society podcast cihttps://open.spotify.com/episode/1PJcY7jlf7WLvdXLOtYPAB?si=caRZeSJoTAObpdXkpdygjgh
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Nigel Farage’s announcement that Laila Cunningham will be Reform UK’s candidate for London mayor in 2028 has triggered an immediate split on the British far right.
The decision has divided Reform’s own base and is likely to sharpen its rivalry with Ben Habib's Advance UK.
Read more here:
The decision has divided Reform’s own base and is likely to sharpen its rivalry with Ben Habib's Advance UK.
Read more here:
Farage splits far right with London mayor candidate | Searchlight
Laila Cunningham announces her bid to become London mayor Nigel Farage’s announcement that Laila Cunningham will be Reform UK’s candidate for London mayor i ...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Nigel Farage’s announcement that Laila Cunningham will be Reform UK’s candidate for London mayor in 2028 has triggered an immediate split on the British far right.
The decision has divided Reform’s own base and is likely to sharpen its rivalry with Ben Habib's Advance UK.
Read more here:
The decision has divided Reform’s own base and is likely to sharpen its rivalry with Ben Habib's Advance UK.
Read more here:
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"We will not let this horror be weaponized to justify crackdowns on Palestine solidarity movements or violent retribution against Muslim communities".
This is such a great piece by @emhilton.bsky.social. Worth your time. www.972mag.com/bondi-massac...
This is such a great piece by @emhilton.bsky.social. Worth your time. www.972mag.com/bondi-massac...
After the Bondi massacre, we don't have the luxury to grieve silently
Before the blood had dried, the deadliest attack on Australian Jews was being used to justify repressing Palestine solidarity and retribution against Muslims.
www.972mag.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"We will not let this horror be weaponized to justify crackdowns on Palestine solidarity movements or violent retribution against Muslim communities".
This is such a great piece by @emhilton.bsky.social. Worth your time. www.972mag.com/bondi-massac...
This is such a great piece by @emhilton.bsky.social. Worth your time. www.972mag.com/bondi-massac...
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Update on this. A friend who does anti fascist work found this posted on social media. The SS flag is clearly visible and they also seem to claim affiliation with @raithroversfc.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Update on this. A friend who does anti fascist work found this posted on social media. The SS flag is clearly visible and they also seem to claim affiliation with @raithroversfc.bsky.social
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Have you watched the recording of our October #IdentitiesEvent?
'From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness' with Dr Jamella N. Gow
youtu.be/ZDg4dB22nqM
@aaronwinter.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @jamellag.bsky.social
'From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness' with Dr Jamella N. Gow
youtu.be/ZDg4dB22nqM
@aaronwinter.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @jamellag.bsky.social
From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global Blackness
In this talk, Dr Jamella N. Gow examined how global racial hierarchies rooted in histories of racialized Black labour under capitalism define Caribbean nations as Black. Tracing the global historical processes of colonialism, imperialist underdevelopment, and neoliberalism in the Caribbean, she show
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December 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Have you watched the recording of our October #IdentitiesEvent?
'From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness' with Dr Jamella N. Gow
youtu.be/ZDg4dB22nqM
@aaronwinter.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @jamellag.bsky.social
'From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness' with Dr Jamella N. Gow
youtu.be/ZDg4dB22nqM
@aaronwinter.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @jamellag.bsky.social
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The sentence 'IQ is 50% genetic' is meaningless.
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The sentence 'IQ is 50% genetic' is meaningless.
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🚨 Hot off the press!
New article on urban leadership & climate change from our own @davidwglasgow.bsky.social & @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk-based @gjallan.bsky.social & @graemeroy.bsky.social 🤓
Read #OpenAccess in @regionalstudies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article on urban leadership & climate change from our own @davidwglasgow.bsky.social & @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk-based @gjallan.bsky.social & @graemeroy.bsky.social 🤓
Read #OpenAccess in @regionalstudies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🚨 Hot off the press!
New article on urban leadership & climate change from our own @davidwglasgow.bsky.social & @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk-based @gjallan.bsky.social & @graemeroy.bsky.social 🤓
Read #OpenAccess in @regionalstudies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article on urban leadership & climate change from our own @davidwglasgow.bsky.social & @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk-based @gjallan.bsky.social & @graemeroy.bsky.social 🤓
Read #OpenAccess in @regionalstudies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Why is support for the @greenparty.org.uk growing among British Jews and how do we understand this? A letter by @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and me for the Guardian. 1/5
The Green party’s policies on Israel are appealing to young British Jews | Letter
Letter: Prof David Feldman, Dr Ben Gidley and Dr Brendan McGeever from the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism say it is wrong to characterise Jewish support for the Greens as ‘paradoxica...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Why is support for the @greenparty.org.uk growing among British Jews and how do we understand this? A letter by @dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social and me for the Guardian. 1/5
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We then stuck with open-ends but changed the question a little.
Most pollsters ask about issues facing the country.
When we ask about people's day-to-day lives, the change is starkly different.
Immigration is only mentioned in a tenth of results. A majority mentioned the Cost of Living.
Most pollsters ask about issues facing the country.
When we ask about people's day-to-day lives, the change is starkly different.
Immigration is only mentioned in a tenth of results. A majority mentioned the Cost of Living.
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
We then stuck with open-ends but changed the question a little.
Most pollsters ask about issues facing the country.
When we ask about people's day-to-day lives, the change is starkly different.
Immigration is only mentioned in a tenth of results. A majority mentioned the Cost of Living.
Most pollsters ask about issues facing the country.
When we ask about people's day-to-day lives, the change is starkly different.
Immigration is only mentioned in a tenth of results. A majority mentioned the Cost of Living.
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🔴 MPs are banned from been paid to give 'political advice' - but Lords can.
And guess what? Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid by the industries they’re meant to scrutinise.
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-...
And guess what? Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid by the industries they’re meant to scrutinise.
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-...
The Lords’ Work? How Tory Shadow Ministers Are Cashing In
Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise.
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🔴 MPs are banned from been paid to give 'political advice' - but Lords can.
And guess what? Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid by the industries they’re meant to scrutinise.
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-...
And guess what? Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid by the industries they’re meant to scrutinise.
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-...
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Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows
Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows
Analysis of England and Wales units also finds 63% higher risk to babies whose mothers live in most deprived areas
Babies born to black mothers in England and Wales and those from the most deprived areas are significantly more likely to die while in neonatal units, according to analysis revealing the “deeply concerning” figures.
The study, led by academics at the University of Liverpool, examined data on more than 700,000 babies admitted to an NHS neonatal unit across England and Wales between 2012 and 2022. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows
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I really loved being interviewed for this edition, Spare a Thought on Stuart Hall and the historic Open Door episode It Ain’t Half Racist Mum spareathought.podbean.com/e/it-aint-ha...
It Ain't Half Racist Mum | Spare a Thought
In today’s episode Tom speaks to Professor Les Back, a lecturer of Sociology at the University of Glasgow about 1979 TV episode of Open Door called It Aint Half Racist Mum.
Together Tom and Les discus...
spareathought.podbean.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I really loved being interviewed for this edition, Spare a Thought on Stuart Hall and the historic Open Door episode It Ain’t Half Racist Mum spareathought.podbean.com/e/it-aint-ha...
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'How different opinions in Black Lives Matter (#BLM) regarding the notion of ally shed light on social movement and ally studies'
From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, by Yannicke de Stexhe
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, by Yannicke de Stexhe
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
October 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'How different opinions in Black Lives Matter (#BLM) regarding the notion of ally shed light on social movement and ally studies'
From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, by Yannicke de Stexhe
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, by Yannicke de Stexhe
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
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Book now for ‘Feeling and Living Nature: A Relational Ontology’, a free online event run by the BSA New Materialisms Study Group, 3 November tinyurl.com/yhrerhb6 #sociology
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Book now for ‘Feeling and Living Nature: A Relational Ontology’, a free online event run by the BSA New Materialisms Study Group, 3 November tinyurl.com/yhrerhb6 #sociology
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To mark #BlackHistoryMonth, Identities presents a curated selection of articles that illuminate Black histories and lived experiences across the Black Atlantic.
Read the collection with #FreeAccess:
www.tandfonline.com/...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Read the collection with #FreeAccess:
www.tandfonline.com/...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
To mark #BlackHistoryMonth, Identities presents a curated selection of articles that illuminate Black histories and lived experiences across the Black Atlantic.
Read the collection with #FreeAccess:
www.tandfonline.com/...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Read the collection with #FreeAccess:
www.tandfonline.com/...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.
October 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.
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Tragic scenes at Heaton Park Synagogue and loss of life there, and the need in our time for vigilance against all forms of racism and violence www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Manchester synagogue attack: What we know so far
Two Jewish people died in a car and stabbing attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Tragic scenes at Heaton Park Synagogue and loss of life there, and the need in our time for vigilance against all forms of racism and violence www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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My commentary on Brazil's Supreme Court decision to convict Bolsonaro. I am cautiosly optimistic - we did what the US should have done with Trump. However, this came before the vote for the "Amnesty" bill in the congress, which further complicates the political landscape.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My commentary on Brazil's Supreme Court decision to convict Bolsonaro. I am cautiosly optimistic - we did what the US should have done with Trump. However, this came before the vote for the "Amnesty" bill in the congress, which further complicates the political landscape.
t.co/tZ5IKjkucz
t.co/tZ5IKjkucz
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Only read one thing on your phone today trans friends & make it this. Ruth’s writing is a gift & this essay is a little parcel of hope & possibility (wrapped in a bow of grief because it’s still a trans essay). I read it on my phone & now I’m putting my phone down. Think about how we create together
New essay: REJECT TRANS DOOM-POSTING.
It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment.
It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.
It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment.
It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.
Reject Trans Doom-Posting
This week I took the long train down to the south of England for my friend Robyn’s funeral. She died very suddenly three weeks ago, aged just 32. Robyn gave so much love to the world, and was so lo…
ruthpearce.net
September 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Only read one thing on your phone today trans friends & make it this. Ruth’s writing is a gift & this essay is a little parcel of hope & possibility (wrapped in a bow of grief because it’s still a trans essay). I read it on my phone & now I’m putting my phone down. Think about how we create together
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- 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University
- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant
But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?
Please read 👇
Sign the petition 👇
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- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant
But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?
Please read 👇
Sign the petition 👇
chng.it/7F52bThYqn
Sign the Petition
Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
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July 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
- 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University
- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant
But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?
Please read 👇
Sign the petition 👇
chng.it/7F52bThYqn
- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant
But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?
Please read 👇
Sign the petition 👇
chng.it/7F52bThYqn