Pratibha Parmar

Absolutely. We will never forget. #freepalestine

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

“The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.”

Prof Conor Gearty’s final essay in @lrb.co.uk is a painfully clear analysis of how the UK Supreme Court is depressing human rights norms.

Looking forward to this & being in Glasgow. #maudsulter

UK’s surveillance flights over Gaza raise questions on help for Israeli military Government says it controls what information is shared as critics question the role of intelligence gathering

Just watched an English VoxPop & what was striking was that a number of respondents genuinely believed the UK has nothing to do with the Israel-Palestinian conflict. In fact the UK is part of the military attack on the Gaza Strip & its political & military leaders at risk of ICJ & ICC prosecution:

Beautiful advance copies of The Word for World: The Maps of @ursulakleguin.com! Edited by Sarah Shin and @suchmayer.bsky.social. Publishing 21 October. Use the code LEGUIN for 10% off when you pre-order here: www.silverpress.org/collections/...

I keep saying to anyone in earshot that every single Labour policy & pronouncement is Palantir-servicing. ID cards, transphobia+, deportation, AI caving on copyright, data centres. It's all Thiel. When you see this, everything lines up. Still feel sick but in a very linear way.

Fly high dear Assatta Shakur . You personified truth, grace and courage. It was an honour to meet you with Alice Walker & Angela Davis and feel the warmth of your smile. This photo and posting from Alice Walkers website.

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Feminist Legal Studies Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope Amidst continuing backlash against trans rights, recognition and inclusion, two recent decisions from the UK have substantially impacted not only trans people’s legal status but also legal and social narratives of sex, gender and identity. The narrative that trans inclusion has a chilling effect on the rights of others, particularly women, has been adopted uncritically by both the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland and the Office for Students in its finding that the University of Sussex’s trans-inclusion policy had a chilling effect on free speech. These cases highlight a backlash that has been ongoing for some time, and sparks debates and fear of what may lie in the near future for trans people and kin, as well as other gender-variant persons, not only in the UK, but across jurisdictions and in a global perspective. The discourse of the ‘gender critical’ movement is splintering both the feminist and LGBT+ movements globally, with some aligning politically with the Far- and Christian Right against trans rights, adopting their terminology of ‘gender ideology’ and potentially posing a wider threat to sexual and reproductive rights. While this a difficult situation for trans people, kin and allies, this special issue seeks to emphasise that legal battles – including battles (temporarily) lost – are also an opportunity to seek to reinforce old alliances and to form new ones, to find new legal frontiers and imaginaries, to reinforce the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of legal arguments as well as intergenerational memory of what feminist legal work is, has been and should be about. How, we ask, do these decisions (and those like them globally) reflect and reproduce structures of coloniality, heteronormativity and cisnormativity? What do these decisions add to critiques of legal feminism? What would be construct…

📣🏳️‍⚧️ Call for Papers

We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives.

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TIL that the Tony Blair institute has 900 employees, dwarfs all other UK thinktanks thanks to over £257 million from Larry Ellison, and is foisting Oracle’s AI on everything and everyone in the world while eyeing the NHS data bank. Blair seems owned and operated by Ellison at this point

Eurovision - Ban Israel now! More and more countries are calling for Israel to be banned. Join in this critical moment – and push Eurovision to act!

NO STAGE FOR WAR CRIMES: BAN Isr.ael #eurovision
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Starmer finally said it: ‘We recognise Palestine.’ But Gaza desperately needs action – where is that? | Nesrine Malik The British PM and others offered fine words, but after all the horror, many will say too little, too late. Palestinians need unfettered support – and now, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Starmer finally said it: ‘We recognise Palestine.’ where is the action? “a recognition that is not connected to anything, something that ends up being a fig leaf for western governments to say that they have taken big steps, and therefore catch a break.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’m a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE. An interview with Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic House candidate in Illinois, who was violently thrown to the ground twice at a peaceful protest in Illinois on Friday morning.

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

It is an honour to be asked to give the Annual Maud Sulter lecture.

Friday 31 October, 4.30 - 6pm
Glasgow School of Art, Reid Building
🎟 Free, open to all

Poached peaches, blended with cinnamon and cardamom, a touch of maple syrup = delish spread. To be eaten with cheese or hot buttered toast.

Congrats ! 🙌🏾

It was wonderful to contribute this week to this celebration of filmmaker @pratibha.bsky.social work at the ICA London.

A new book of essays by myself, Lola Olufemi, @alexispauline.bsky.social
& more is available; “a gift for any artist”researcher and activist

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Nigel Farage Is Promoting Free Speech In America – While Reform Bans Journalists In The UK "He should focus on getting his own house in order".

Is this the most far right thing today? I’m sure it’s not, but it does show that before they are elected they are all about ‘free speech’ to say what they ‘think’ about minorities. Once they’re elected they still say it, but you’re not allowed question it. Reform is his party.

FIFA ❤️ Israel? This brave group of Italian football coaches are speaking out against genocide and calling on FIFA to ban Israel from the World Cup. Join them here.

Please join me in signing this petition - "As citizens from around the world, we urge you to suspend Israel from participating in the World Cup until its government ends attacks on civilians in Gaza and fully complies with international humanitarian law." secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

‘Debilitating consequences’ in Uganda after USAID cuts – photo essay The hollowing out of USAID has far-reaching impacts in northern Uganda

‘Debilitating consequences’ in Uganda after USAID cuts – photo essay

Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.

She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
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Donate to Help Sahar and Issam live in Gaza, organized by Sarah El abbassi I am Sahar, a Palestinian from Gaza. After I had a beautiful life and my rosy d… Sarah El abbassi needs your support for Help Sahar and Issam live in Gaza

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Hi, I’m supporting this fundraiser on GoFundMe. For Sahar& Issam to live in Gaza. Ifyou can, please consider supporting by donating or sharing the link. Every bit of support makes a huge difference. #gaza

This Weekend, We Saw the UK Descend Into Censorship, Brutality, and Authoritarianism Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper's government arrested elderly protesters, a blind man using a wheelchair, and others – all in the name of providing diplomatic cover for a genocidal regime.

"This Weekend, We Saw the UK Descend Into Censorship, Brutality, and Authoritarianism"

Keir Starmer government arrested elderly protesters, a blind man using a wheelchair, & others – all in the name of providing diplomatic cover for a genocidal regime, writes @graceblakeley.substack.com for Zeteo.

“War criminals are not welcome!”

The BDS movement just launched an organizing toolkit to support businesses and civil society groups as they expand and strengthen the #NoRoomForGenocide campaign.

We call on supporters globally to escalate the No Room for Genocide campaign now!

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Two weeks ago, CPJ reported on Anas Al-Sharif getting threats from the IDF to cease reporting. He didn’t, and now he’s dead.

He’s not the only journalist getting threats from the IDF. We partnered with @theintercept.com to document this horrific practice.

Let UNRWA Aid Trucks Into Gaza The region’s most experienced aid agency could feed all of Gaza’s population for three months—if Israel would just let them do their job.

At this very moment, UNRWA alone has 6,000 trucks waiting just beyond the border with enough food to feed the entire population of Gaza for 3 mos

Why is Israel restricting UNRWA, and the UN, from doing the work they know best?

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WedAug6th @ICALondon is screening my film, Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth. Looking forward 2being in conversation with @nydiaswaby season curator my films as part of Connecting Thin Black Lines exhibition by artist Lubaina Himid.This clip-Alice Walker in Gaza in 2009 and on the Freedom Flotilla2011

I love this title so much. I have a litany of No’s from me and to me .. No as resistance but/and No as the sound of doors shutting.

Roles reversed: A veteran Gaza aid worker pleads for survival An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.

An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.

Must see exhibition @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social Spent a precious few hours with curator Dominic Johnson of Hamid Butt’s retrospective exhibition. Scandalous that his incredible work has not had the exposure it deserves. He was one of the most innovative artists of his generation #HamadButt