Sébastien Bachelet
@sebbachelet.bsky.social
Anthropologist & migrant https://sebastienbachelet.com/crimes-of-solidarity
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NEW BOOK - Very happy to announce that today is the publication date for my monograph: "'The Adventure': violent borders, illegal migration, and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco" An open-access copy is available here www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
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This wee mite would have grown up with all the potential to be an asset to society here.
The UK is not 'full',
It has been broken by cruel and poor political decisions at Westminster: years of austerity and Brexit.
The UK is not 'full',
It has been broken by cruel and poor political decisions at Westminster: years of austerity and Brexit.
This is a “success” story of immigration policy. Not mentioned in the “who should get credit for bringing down migration” debate this morning.
She would be fleeing a climate disaster. So if you’re wondering how we’ll deal with that in future, it’s this x500 million.
She would be fleeing a climate disaster. So if you’re wondering how we’ll deal with that in future, it’s this x500 million.
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This wee mite would have grown up with all the potential to be an asset to society here.
The UK is not 'full',
It has been broken by cruel and poor political decisions at Westminster: years of austerity and Brexit.
The UK is not 'full',
It has been broken by cruel and poor political decisions at Westminster: years of austerity and Brexit.
It was an honour to launch my monograph The Adventure: Violent borders, illegal migration & the uncertain quest for life in Morocco. Special thanks to Prof. Hage, Dr. Obeid & Dr Zagaria for acting as discussants. I am very humbled by their generous comments.Open access eBook: tinyurl.com/4rnand8n
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It was an honour to launch my monograph The Adventure: Violent borders, illegal migration & the uncertain quest for life in Morocco. Special thanks to Prof. Hage, Dr. Obeid & Dr Zagaria for acting as discussants. I am very humbled by their generous comments.Open access eBook: tinyurl.com/4rnand8n
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This is about the best breakdown on the restrictions of foreign reporters into Gaza, and how outlets like NPR report the conflict: with the excellent, tireless work of our Palestinian reporter, Anas Baba.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Barred from Gaza for 2 years, international journalists are still fighting for access
Israel's Supreme Court has again pressed the government to explain why, more than two years into the war, it still bars independent journalists from entering Gaza.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is about the best breakdown on the restrictions of foreign reporters into Gaza, and how outlets like NPR report the conflict: with the excellent, tireless work of our Palestinian reporter, Anas Baba.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
This Saturday in Manchester - The Group for Debates in Anthropological Theory debates the motion: Theorising the future is the future of anthropology.
[November 29th 2-6pm, Alexander Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building]
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/social-anthr...
[November 29th 2-6pm, Alexander Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building]
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/social-anthr...
![This Saturday The Group for Debates in Anthropological Theory debates the motion: Theorising the future is the future of anthropology.
[November 29th 2-6pm, Alexander Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building.]
Ghassan Hage and Rebecca Bryant (Utrecht) will be proposing the motion. Stef Jansen (Sarajevo) and Basak Sarac-Lesavre (Sciences Po) will be opposing the motion. Pizzas and drinks at Sandbar afterwards. This event is supported by the Association of Social Anthropologists and the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wsf6vnlwarfzq7hxezs43uzu/bafkreiaqjzw57ebrc7tmhnoxu4jc6n5uhsr5vu477jczpuu4cfgnsr7yoy@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This Saturday in Manchester - The Group for Debates in Anthropological Theory debates the motion: Theorising the future is the future of anthropology.
[November 29th 2-6pm, Alexander Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building]
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/social-anthr...
[November 29th 2-6pm, Alexander Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building]
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/social-anthr...
Tomorrow in Manchester (5pm): book launch for my monograph "The Adventure: violent borders, illegal migration and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco” Discussants: Ghassan Hage, Michelle Obeid and Valentina Zagaria. Open access e-book : tinyurl.com/4rnand8n
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Tomorrow in Manchester (5pm): book launch for my monograph "The Adventure: violent borders, illegal migration and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco” Discussants: Ghassan Hage, Michelle Obeid and Valentina Zagaria. Open access e-book : tinyurl.com/4rnand8n
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Mais comment on laisse faire ça? Dans quel système on vit? (questions rhétoriques)
(publication Elena Mistrello sur IG)
(publication Elena Mistrello sur IG)
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Mais comment on laisse faire ça? Dans quel système on vit? (questions rhétoriques)
(publication Elena Mistrello sur IG)
(publication Elena Mistrello sur IG)
on the transgression of the civilian–combatant divide: 'colonial genocide is not a reactive counterpart to anticolonial indistinction but a structural potential of colonial domination, while anticolonial indistinction represents a liberatory ethos challenging the colonial order of violence' PERUGINI
Check out the recent #OpenAccess current debate 'Between Anti-Colonial Resistance and Colonial Genocide: Gaza at the Limits of International Law' by Nicola Perugini: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Between Anti-Colonial Resistance and Colonial Genocide: Gaza at the Limits of International Law
Amid Israel's war of annihilation in Gaza, which began in 2023, this article interrogates the tension between anticolonial and colonial indistinction. By indistinction, I refer to the transgression...
doi.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
on the transgression of the civilian–combatant divide: 'colonial genocide is not a reactive counterpart to anticolonial indistinction but a structural potential of colonial domination, while anticolonial indistinction represents a liberatory ethos challenging the colonial order of violence' PERUGINI
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Que maudite soit la guerre
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Que maudite soit la guerre
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My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
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Ethnonationalism just keeps on accidentally happening in British politics these days…
Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ethnonationalism just keeps on accidentally happening in British politics these days…
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🔴 C’est au tour de la porte-parole @attac.org d’être convoquée par la police ce jour ! La fédération #SUDRail apporte son soutien aux militant•es activistes intimidé•es.
✊ Arrêt immédiat de cette procédure … et les autres ! Nous riposterons ensemble car c’est le mouvement #social qui est attaqué !
✊ Arrêt immédiat de cette procédure … et les autres ! Nous riposterons ensemble car c’est le mouvement #social qui est attaqué !
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🔴 C’est au tour de la porte-parole @attac.org d’être convoquée par la police ce jour ! La fédération #SUDRail apporte son soutien aux militant•es activistes intimidé•es.
✊ Arrêt immédiat de cette procédure … et les autres ! Nous riposterons ensemble car c’est le mouvement #social qui est attaqué !
✊ Arrêt immédiat de cette procédure … et les autres ! Nous riposterons ensemble car c’est le mouvement #social qui est attaqué !
Upcoming book launch for my monograph "The Adventure: violent borders, illegal migration and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco” ( @manchesterup.bsky.social ). MCR 25/11 5pm @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social more info about the book: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177681/
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Upcoming book launch for my monograph "The Adventure: violent borders, illegal migration and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco” ( @manchesterup.bsky.social ). MCR 25/11 5pm @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social more info about the book: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177681/
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Mais où on va si on ne peut plus se laisser corrompre tranquille, s'interroge Bouzou, l'économiste en solde qui a touché 10 000 euros d'Uber pour chanter les louanges de la boîte et promouvoir le business-model de la turbo-exploitation et de l'évasion fiscale.
Une pensée pour tous ces malfaiteurs qui vont devoir changer de carrière
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Mais où on va si on ne peut plus se laisser corrompre tranquille, s'interroge Bouzou, l'économiste en solde qui a touché 10 000 euros d'Uber pour chanter les louanges de la boîte et promouvoir le business-model de la turbo-exploitation et de l'évasion fiscale.
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Wasafiri remembers Zoë Wicomb, who passed away recently on 13 October, 2025. In celebration of her life and work, we are making her short story, 'In Search of Tommie', from our 25th anniversary issue, free to access until the end of the month.
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wasafiri remembers Zoë Wicomb, who passed away recently on 13 October, 2025. In celebration of her life and work, we are making her short story, 'In Search of Tommie', from our 25th anniversary issue, free to access until the end of the month.
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
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South African Author Zoë Wicomb, born in 1948, died last week in Glasgow, Scotland, at the age of 76.
Obituary: Farewell Zoë Wicomb, the vivid voyager who wrote SA into the world
www.dailymaverick.co.za
October 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
South African Author Zoë Wicomb, born in 1948, died last week in Glasgow, Scotland, at the age of 76.
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Given the apartheid system that Israel presides over - as documented at length by the world's leading human rights organisations - I'm struggling to think of a non-racist way to describe Israel meaningfully as a democracy. Are Palestinians not people?
Peston is aghast that @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs a sporting boycott of Israel, saying, its a democracy!
Israel has been engaged in a brutal occupation & apartheid for decades & denies millions under its control their basic civil rights. Was apartheid South Africa a democracy too?
Israel has been engaged in a brutal occupation & apartheid for decades & denies millions under its control their basic civil rights. Was apartheid South Africa a democracy too?
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Given the apartheid system that Israel presides over - as documented at length by the world's leading human rights organisations - I'm struggling to think of a non-racist way to describe Israel meaningfully as a democracy. Are Palestinians not people?
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Sébastien Lecornu REnommé à Matignon : le message d’Emmanuel Macron à tous les Français.
Dessin d’ @allanbarte.bsky.social pour Bon Pote
Dessin d’ @allanbarte.bsky.social pour Bon Pote
October 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sébastien Lecornu REnommé à Matignon : le message d’Emmanuel Macron à tous les Français.
Dessin d’ @allanbarte.bsky.social pour Bon Pote
Dessin d’ @allanbarte.bsky.social pour Bon Pote
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Le saviez-vous ? Un Français passe en moyenne 5 ans de sa vie à apprendre la nomination de Sébastien Lecornu.
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Le saviez-vous ? Un Français passe en moyenne 5 ans de sa vie à apprendre la nomination de Sébastien Lecornu.
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Kemi Badenoch: let's do this in Britain
October 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Kemi Badenoch: let's do this in Britain
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Ça va être un choc énorme quand il va découvrir qu'il y a des femmes en politique.
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Ça va être un choc énorme quand il va découvrir qu'il y a des femmes en politique.
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The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
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Protests in Morocco have entered their sixth day after three people were killed near Agadir.
The youth-led movement Gen Z 212 is demanding the government resign, release detained protesters, and invest in healthcare and schools instead of stadiums for upcoming tournaments.
The youth-led movement Gen Z 212 is demanding the government resign, release detained protesters, and invest in healthcare and schools instead of stadiums for upcoming tournaments.
October 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Protests in Morocco have entered their sixth day after three people were killed near Agadir.
The youth-led movement Gen Z 212 is demanding the government resign, release detained protesters, and invest in healthcare and schools instead of stadiums for upcoming tournaments.
The youth-led movement Gen Z 212 is demanding the government resign, release detained protesters, and invest in healthcare and schools instead of stadiums for upcoming tournaments.