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Just landed in London bookshops: Resisting Erasure. A radical critique of Israel's settler-colonial capitalism and empire. by @AdamHanieh @pashukanist.bsky.social and myself. Preorder link live too www.versobooks.com/products/341...

12.07.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
5 copies of the book Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine.

5 copies of the book Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine.

Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.

If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

11.07.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israelโ€™s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...

New forum in Geopolitics: Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza
How is infrastructure weaponised in Israel's settler colonial warfare and how is it being disrupted by transnational solidarity? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

04.06.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israelโ€™s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...

Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: how infrastructure underpins settler colonialism & global complicity in Gaza genocide. New essays by me, Christian Henderson, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Sharri Plonski, Charmaine Chua, Riya Al Sanah & Elia El Khazen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

05.06.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israelโ€™s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...

New forum in Geopolitics: Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza
How is infrastructure weaponised in Israel's settler colonial warfare and how is it being disrupted by transnational solidarity? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

04.06.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We are honored to invite you to our 5th workshop4sudan with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Robyn Maynard to discuss Leanneโ€™s new book A Theory of Water. Sign up here and please share widely:

chuffed.org/project/work...

23.05.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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77 years of Ongoing Nakba. From Jenin to Jabalia, despite bombs and bulldozers, we are still here. Nakba is not a past event. It is a structure - expanding, brutal.
But the promise of return endures. We remember, and we will return. #Nakba77 #OngoingNakba #Palestine #RightOfReturn #WeWillReturn

15.05.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not every US president gets a free private jet, but the Gulf states have boosted US economic dominance for decades Oil money from the Middle East often goes straight to the US.

'Not every US president gets a free private jet, but the Gulf states have boosted US economic dominance for decades' latest from @AdamHanieh in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/not-every-us...

15.05.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

These are all open access. If youโ€™re a scholar @rafeefz.bsky.social on unis & values based neutrality couldnโ€™t be clearer, Aseel & @cairsti.bsky.social document the emotional impacts of Gaza in the West Bank & Michael Burawoy gives a comparative analysis of apartheid in South Africa & Palestine

15.05.2025 07:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Register for Free โ€“ Palestine: A Sociological Issue โ€“ Zoom In the second of the Sociological Review Foundationโ€™s Conversations series, we put a sociological lens on the most urgent issue...

Today 18:30 BST Iโ€™ll be speaking on Palestine: A Sociological Issue alongside Ashjan Ajour & Cairsti Russell, chaired by Yasmin Gunaratnam. Weโ€™ll discuss Gaza, genocide, and what sociology can โ€” and cannot โ€” do in the face of settler colonialism. Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso...

08.05.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The comrades at Workers in Palestine and We Smell Gas have organised a fantastic day school in London for activists and organisers to strategise for energy justice and Palestinian liberation. Events like this are essential for all of us to learn, organise and fight back -- make sure you register ๐Ÿ‘‡

07.05.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy **NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

๐Ÿ“ข Join us in London on 18 May for โ€œEnergy, Extractivism & Empireโ€ โ€” a political day school to strategise for energy justice and Palestinian liberation.
Register now ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/...
#FreePalestine #StopArmingIsrael #WorkersInPalestine

07.05.2025 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy **NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

๐Ÿ“ข Join us in London on 18 May for โ€œEnergy, Extractivism & Empireโ€ โ€” a political day school to strategise for energy justice and Palestinian liberation.
Register now ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/...
#FreePalestine #StopArmingIsrael #WorkersInPalestine

07.05.2025 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy **NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

On Sunday 18 May, join us for day of workshops + discussion on Energy, Extractivism & Empire.
Bringing together activists, artists + organisers across movements.
๐Ÿ”— www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/...
๐Ÿ•™ 10amโ€“5pm
๐Ÿ“Full programme soon!

06.05.2025 08:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy **NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

๐Ÿ“ข Energy, Extractivism & Empire โ€” Day School
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 18 May 2025 | ๐Ÿ“London
Join @WorkersInPal + @WeSmellGas for a day of workshops + strategy against energy imperialism from Palestine to public housing.
Register & Share : www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/... #FreePalestine #ClimateJustice

01.05.2025 07:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Palestine: A Sociological Issue Cairsti Russell, Rafeef Ziadah, Ashjan Ajour and Yasmin Gunaratnam in conversation Part of The Sociological Review Foundationโ€™s Conversations series, this 8 May 2025 event explored the role of sociology in responding to genocide in Gaza, student resistance, campus securitisation, an...

๐Ÿ“ฃ Palestine: A Sociological Issue
8 May, 18:30 Rafeef Ziadah, Ashjan Ajour, Cairsti Russell & Yasmin Gunaratnam on #GazaGenocide, resistance & reclaiming campuses.
Hosted by @TheSocReview + SISP
Register: thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
#FreePalestine #Sociology #AcademicSolidarity

01.05.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy **NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

On Sunday 18 May, join us for day of workshops + discussion on Energy, Extractivism & Empire.
Bringing together activists, artists + organisers across movements.
๐Ÿ”— www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/...
๐Ÿ•™ 10amโ€“5pm
๐Ÿ“Full programme soon!

06.05.2025 08:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I'm new on the butterfly app - so any help spreading the word about this event would be much appreciated. these spaces to discuss Gaza are being actively shut down, so want to make sure we insist on them!

01.05.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Palestine: A Sociological Issue Cairsti Russell, Rafeef Ziadah, Ashjan Ajour and Yasmin Gunaratnam in conversation Part of The Sociological Review Foundationโ€™s Conversations series, this 8 May 2025 event explored the role of sociology in responding to genocide in Gaza, student resistance, campus securitisation, an...

๐Ÿ“ฃ Palestine: A Sociological Issue
8 May, 18:30 Rafeef Ziadah, Ashjan Ajour, Cairsti Russell & Yasmin Gunaratnam on #GazaGenocide, resistance & reclaiming campuses.
Hosted by @TheSocReview + SISP
Register: thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
#FreePalestine #Sociology #AcademicSolidarity

01.05.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy **NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

๐Ÿ“ข Energy, Extractivism & Empire โ€” Day School
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 18 May 2025 | ๐Ÿ“London
Join @WorkersInPal + @WeSmellGas for a day of workshops + strategy against energy imperialism from Palestine to public housing.
Register & Share : www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/... #FreePalestine #ClimateJustice

01.05.2025 07:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is today. Still time to register!

16.04.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ PALESTINE: A Sociological Issue ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ

Join us for the second in our Conversations series as we put a sociological lens on the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

๐Ÿ‰ Thu 8 May 18.30-20.00 UTC+1 online
๐Ÿ‰ Ashjan Ajour, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Cairsti Russell & Rafeef Ziadah
๐Ÿ‰ Register: buff.ly/xE1NHos

14.04.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

โ€˜Reflecting on the genocide in Gaza and settler occupation in Palestine, the speakers will explore the role of sociology in intervening, and how the tools of our craft might offer insight, as well as their limitationsโ€™

Come join us 8th May

14.04.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join myself and other speakers at USC this Wednesday for a panel on academic freedom and the history of campus protest and free speech, as well as their repression, from the Cold War and Vietnam War to Palestine and Gaza.

RSVP here: forms.gle/AZXtLdTAn7wb...

14.04.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK Artists, cultural workers, and creative organisers: you are invited to a special workshop designed to strengthen our collective power in support of Palestine

Register tinyurl.com/2v5zfex6

Hosted by White Kite Collective and Workers In Palestine

Facilitated by @rafeefz.bsky.social

14.04.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beirut Urban Lab - Call for Applications: Winter Institute on โ€œUrban, Ecological and Infr

The Urban Political SWANA Research Network invites applications for its inaugural Winter Institute โ€” a space for critical scholarship, mentorship, and collaborative writing.
We're especially excited to hear from scholars of and from the SWANA region. Deadline 28 April. Details: tinyurl.com/47taxh8f

09.04.2025 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beirut Urban Lab - Call for Applications: Winter Institute on โ€œUrban, Ecological and Infr

๐ŸŽ“ Call for Applications
Are you a doctoral or early career researcher working on urban, ecological, or infrastructural politics in the SWANA region? Apply to join our Winter Institute in Beirut! ๐Ÿ™๏ธ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒ
Deadline 28 April. Details: tinyurl.com/47taxh8f
๐Ÿ“ Hosted by @BeirutUrbanLab at @AUB_Lebanon

09.04.2025 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beirut Urban Lab - Call for Applications: Winter Institute on โ€œUrban, Ecological and Infr

๐Ÿ“ฃ Call for Applications
Join the Winter Institute on Urban, Ecological & Infrastructural Politics in SWANA.
For PhD & early-career researchers. Travel + accommodation covered. Deadline: April 28, 2025

๐Ÿ”— Details: tinyurl.com/47taxh8f

#SWANA #UrbanStudies #Ecology #Infrastructure

08.04.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beirut Urban Lab - Call for Applications: Winter Institute on โ€œUrban, Ecological and Infr

๐Ÿ“ฃ Call for Applications
Join the Winter Institute on Urban, Ecological & Infrastructural Politics in SWANA.
For PhD & early-career researchers. Travel + accommodation covered. Deadline: April 28, 2025

๐Ÿ”— Details: tinyurl.com/47taxh8f

#SWANA #UrbanStudies #Ecology #Infrastructure

08.04.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Webinar poster announcing an event titled 'Dockworkers in Solidarity โ€“ Organising Lessons from Workers Taking Action for Palestine.' The event is scheduled for Wednesday, 16 April 2025, at 6:30 pm (GMT). The speakers listed include Erik Helgeson (National Vice-Chair, Swedish Dockworkers Union), Anthony Tetard (Coordinator, European Dockworkers Council and CGT Docks and Ports Federation member), a representative from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10, and Workers in Palestine representatives. A QR code is present at the bottom for registration. The background image is a faded photograph of cranes and shipping containers at a dock.

Webinar poster announcing an event titled 'Dockworkers in Solidarity โ€“ Organising Lessons from Workers Taking Action for Palestine.' The event is scheduled for Wednesday, 16 April 2025, at 6:30 pm (GMT). The speakers listed include Erik Helgeson (National Vice-Chair, Swedish Dockworkers Union), Anthony Tetard (Coordinator, European Dockworkers Council and CGT Docks and Ports Federation member), a representative from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10, and Workers in Palestine representatives. A QR code is present at the bottom for registration. The background image is a faded photograph of cranes and shipping containers at a dock.

๐Ÿšจ DOCKWORKERS IN SOLIDARITY โ€“ ORGANISING LESSONS FROM WORKERS TAKING ACTION FOR PALESTINE ๐Ÿšจ

Speakers from @SDU_Sverige, @CGT_France, @ILWU & more.

๐Ÿ”— Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#WorkersInPalestine #UnionSolidarity

31.03.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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