Dr Mai Musié (ሙሴ)

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All hail our Nubian Queen! X

Oh my! Thanks so much! I also wanted to say how your previous newsletter, which came out the day before my birthday, gave me so much joy 🤩!

The Optimism of Uncertainty - Howard Zinn By Howard Zinn. Article. ZCommunications. September 30, 2004. The Nation. September 20, 2004. In this awful world where the efforts of caring people often pale in comparison to what is done by those w...

… Ian Kuijt, Rita Freed, Isabelle Torrance, Ferdia Lennon, James Zainaldin, @flintdibble.bsky.social @drmaimusie.bsky.social , Jane Masséglia, Brent Shaw, Rose MacLean, Frantz Grenet, Hannah Čulík-Baird, Elke Nash, and many more. Thank you. 🙏 www.howardzinn.org/collection/t...

Thanks to @acls1919.bsky.social Joy Connolly & Stephanie Wong for edits and aid this week! Shout outs to: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Barbara Rossi, Tony Fitzpatrick, Whitney Bradshaw, Paul D’Amato, Dawoud Bey, Matthew Girson, Alice Tippit, Hans-Josef Klauck, Howard Zinn, Margaret Atwood, Russell McCutcheon…

Then, an open access book on mummy portraits, a newly discovered Arabic document may confirm the existence of the Nubian King Qashqash, recovering the psychedelic fungi likely used for the Eleusinian Mysteries, new ancient world journals from @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more. Let's get to it

Pasts Imperfect (3.5.26) Across the world—from the United States to Canada to Australia—departments and museums within higher education are closing. This week, ancient historian Geoffrey Greatrex discusses the suspension of t...

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out, focused on the closing of humanities depts. & museums. @otavano.bsky.social discusses the U. of Ottawa, @mokersel.bsky.social on the DePaul Art Museum, @meirazk.bsky.social & @vox-magica.bsky.social on shuttering religious studies depts, & Justin Vorhis on U. Iowa.

On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.

But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.

WCC and Me - Dr Irene Salvo - WCC-UK As part of our tenth anniversary celebrations, we are writing a series of blog posts in which members tell us about their experiences with the WCC UK. Our first interviewee is Dr Irene Salvo. Irene Sa...

As part of our 10th anniversary celebrations we are starting a new series called “WCC and Me” where members share their experiences with the WCC UK over the years 🏛️
The first one is now live! Check it out below!!

wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/20/w...

Guns, Germs and Steel in Africa: Jared Diamond and the limits of Geographic Determinism “African prehistory is a puzzle on a grand scale, still only partly solved.”

The terms ‘Khoe-San’ and ‘Bantu’ are both artificial words coined by linguists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to classify African languages

They were later institutionalized and racialized through colonial administration in South Africa
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/guns-germs...

Massive hats off to everyone who dedicated their energy in the months after October 7th to attacking the UNRWA, discrediting the UN, and dismissing, sanctioning, intimidating the ICJ and ICC. Amazing work.

This isn't a board of peace, it's a legion of doom.

Nervous rex: the Davos elite brace for Trump and his dinosaur diplomacy Leaders of EU, France and Canada stake out positions on Greenland ahead of US president’s speech to World Economic Forum

This was our overnight piece on the mood here in Davos as we await Trump - props to the headline writer 🦖 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Speech by President von der Leyen at the EP Plenary debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 18 December 2025 and a stronger and more sovereign Europe amid rising geopolitical tens... “Check against delivery” \n \nThank you, Madam President, dear Roberta,\nPresident Costa, dear António,\nHonourable Members,\nLet me start by conveying my deepest condolences to the families and frien...

absolutely seismic shifts, with von der leyen also declaring the old world order dead
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Mark Carney's speech boils down to "we always knew but we never said it out loud because it served us well too, until it doesn't"
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

It will be fun to see them print Nigel or Boris tomorrow saying "Actually, can we just kneel down comfortably and..."

Membership is invitation-only, states don't get in through equal process. The term limits are three years, unless a state drops $1 billion in year one. The voting provisions are basically theatre.

If your peace plan includes Vladimir Putin and excludes actual allies, it’s not peace. It’s submission.

“Let’s employ Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon in the criminal justice system” is a direction I hadn’t anticipated for this government but sure

It takes a heck of a lot of words to say “Who’s King?”

Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake-up call for Britain For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president

There is a lot I disagree with Zack Polanski when it comes to national security, but he presents a rather more nuanced outline of Green foreign and defence policy in the New Statesman here. Note the rather Gaullist emphasis on a European defence alliance
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Judith Butler sussed people like Burchill out long ago…

Didn’t believe this was true but have checked and am told it was sent to the Norwegian government yesterday.

Minneapolis protests: 'I want ICE out of my city and out of my country' | The News Agents Lewis Goodall speaks to ICE protesters on the streets of Minneapolis, with claims some would "die" for the cause, and wanting to "kill" Trump's law enforcement officers.

"People are scared, terrified, they're not leaving their homes, they have to deliver groceries to their neighbours."

Lewis Goodall meets anti-ICE protesters on the streets of Minneapolis, where tensions remain high after the killing of Renee Nicole Good

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/minn...

Radical Synergies Three of our past and present editors reflect on the ways in which History Workshop Journal has influenced and inspired their practice during their time on the History Workshop collective.

"What kinds of histories and stories might be useful for radical social movements and political struggles today, to overcome the enormous challenges that we face?"

Current and former History Workshop editors reflect on the 50th anniversary of the History Workshop collective.

Rep. Angie Craig: "There's no way in hell I'm voting to give one cent to Trump and Kristi Noem's ICE. I won't send one penny to these people who are terrorizing the people of Minnesota. We also should pass a bill that will prevent them from going onto schools, into church, into daycares ... "

Women of the Roman Arena Join ancient historian Alexandra Sills as she uncovers the forgotten story of female gladiators in Rome's most masculine arena.

A few tickets are still available for my talk in Chester this Thursday - join me as I discuss the myths and realities of women in the Roman arena: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-of-t...

National Review article excerpt. It reads: "On the other hand, when I hear some people accuse immigrants of destroying the American economy and culture and stealing jobs from American citizens, it stirs my anger, too. I can’t stand to hear immigrants described in terms more appropriate to a plague of locusts than human beings. And although I believe they are a small minority, I begin to wonder if some of the people who speak so disparagingly about immigrants would be just as worked up if most of them were coming from Canada."

Marco Rubio, June 2012.

Kilder til DR: Danmark sender militære forstærkninger til Grønland En fortrop fra Forsvaret er ankommet til Grønland, erfarer DR.

Danish troops to Greenland to defend it against American aggression. The previously unimaginable now happening every day. The UK state must do now what it failed to do between 2008 and 2022: drop other spending ambitions and rearm as quickly as possible.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

#CurrentlyReading
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
By Maria Ressa

Democracy is fragile. An urgent cry for readers to recognize & understand the dangers to our freedoms. In telling her courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?

#booksky