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Hilde Stephansen

@hildestephansen.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Westminster.

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Graphic with an image of a press photographer among rubble in Gaza.

Text reads:

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.

LET 
JOURNALISTS 
IN

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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ

Graphic with an image of a press photographer among rubble in Gaza. Text reads: REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. LET JOURNALISTS IN Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ

The Rafah crossing is expected to re-open.

Alongside the desperately needed aid, journalists must be allowed into Gaza.

Over 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza - but the crimes of the Israeli government and military must not go undocumented.

Let theΒ journalistsΒ in.

15.10.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 201    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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β€œWhy is it always hard choices for working-class communities β€” not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

09.10.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1035    πŸ” 339    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 33

Many thanks to my brilliant supervision team @hildestephansen.bsky.social @adameldridge.bsky.social and Paulina Tambakaki and examiners @benpitcher.bsky.social and @gypjh2000.bsky.social

18.09.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huge congratulations to @csjresearch.bsky.social doctoral researcher Ed Hadfield @ed1900and86.bsky.social who successfully defended his PhD thesis β€œPlace and publics: the role of social media in resistance to gentrification in London” today!

17.09.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Today, I've closed my Barclays account with hundres of others in protest at the bank's complicity in Israel's genocide against Palestinians. Join the campaign to #BoycottBarclays: palestinecampaign.org/boycott-barc...

24.07.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Never Again Is RIGHT NOW – The World Must Act The livestreamed genocidal horror of rolling massacres and induced starvation inflicted by apartheid Israel on millions of Palestinians in the illegally occupied Gaza Strip has reached a breaking poin...

Now is the time for lawful sanctions.

When thousands of our babies are looking death in the eye because the Israeli occupation is denying all goods from entering Gaza, including baby formula and essential medical supplies, NEVER AGAIN IS NOW!

#SanctionIsrael
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21.05.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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UCU Westminster notes with dismay that two senior professors from the University of Westminster delivered keynote addresses to a conference at Tel Aviv University last November.

Read out full statement on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DGK3ZMStqYU/
or here: westminsterucu.craft.me/YTKHiJYOa8r0OG

17.02.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate *CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...

On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...

16.02.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2023-2024 Westminster Sociology Anthology The Sociology team at Westminster are delighted to annouce that we’ve just published the seventh edition of the Westminster Sociology Dissertation Anthology! This is a double issue, bringing …

Hot off the press - the Westminster Sociology Dissertation Anthology 2023-24! sociologyatwestminster.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/2...

31.01.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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