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The Lords’ Work? How Tory Shadow Ministers Are Cashing In Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise.

🔴 MPs are banned from been paid to give 'political advice' - but Lords can.

And guess what? Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid by the industries they’re meant to scrutinise.

New on Democracy for Sale

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Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows Analysis of England and Wales units also finds 63% higher risk to babies whose mothers live in most deprived areas Babies born to black mothers in England and Wales and those from the most deprived areas are significantly more likely to die while in neonatal units, according to analysis revealing the “deeply concerning” figures. The study, led by academics at the University of Liverpool, examined data on more than 700,000 babies admitted to an NHS neonatal unit across England and Wales between 2012 and 2022. Continue reading...

Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows

Listening now. Thanks prof back for sharing.

I really loved being interviewed for this edition, Spare a Thought on Stuart Hall and the historic Open Door episode It Ain’t Half Racist Mum spareathought.podbean.com/e/it-aint-ha...

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'How different opinions in Black Lives Matter (#BLM) regarding the notion of ally shed light on social movement and ally studies'

From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, by Yannicke de Stexhe

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Image text: Book now for ‘Feeling and Living Nature: A Relational Ontology’, a free online event run by the BSA New Materialisms Study Group, 3 November https://tinyurl.com/yhrerhb6 #sociology

Book now for ‘Feeling and Living Nature: A Relational Ontology’, a free online event run by the BSA New Materialisms Study Group, 3 November tinyurl.com/yhrerhb6 #sociology

To mark #BlackHistoryMonth, Identities presents a curated selection of articles that illuminate Black histories and lived experiences across the Black Atlantic.

Read the collection with #FreeAccess:
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Excellent, that’s going to be an interesting convo. Can’t wait. Rewatching it ain’t hot. Thanks Prof Les.

We are heartbroken to emerge from Yom Kippur into news of the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester. No one should face violence for attending synagogue services and our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time. For many in our community, this news may only just be reaching you after a day spent in prayer, reflection, and fasting. To be confronted with such awfulness in this moment is particularly painful: please know that you are not alone.

In moments like this, it is vital that our communities - Jewish and non-Jewish alike hold one another close. Our safety and liberation depend on solidarity between all those who are marginalised and targeted, and we must not allow those who seek to divide us to succeed. Every person deserves to live, gather, and worship in safety and dignity. We condemn this act of violence unequivocally, and restate our commitment to building a world where this kind of horror is no longer possible.

Our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.

Manchester synagogue attack: What we know so far Two Jewish people died in a car and stabbing attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.

Tragic scenes at Heaton Park Synagogue and loss of life there, and the need in our time for vigilance against all forms of racism and violence www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My commentary on Brazil's Supreme Court decision to convict Bolsonaro. I am cautiosly optimistic - we did what the US should have done with Trump. However, this came before the vote for the "Amnesty" bill in the congress, which further complicates the political landscape.

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Only read one thing on your phone today trans friends & make it this. Ruth’s writing is a gift & this essay is a little parcel of hope & possibility (wrapped in a bow of grief because it’s still a trans essay). I read it on my phone & now I’m putting my phone down. Think about how we create together

This is a brilliant easy on empire loyalism, multicultural drift and dispossessed whiteness in outer south London.

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Canadian softwood producers hit with new 10% tariff on lumber shipments into U.S. Trump issued a proclamation Monday night, imposing a new tariff on imports of softwood from Canada and other countries, effective Oct. 14

So Trump is imposing new tariffs on Canadian lumber & on films produced outside the US.

*Notice that the one industry he is leaving unharmed is oil & gas?*

It's a tell...🧵

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New Storytellers - Remembering the New Cross Fire - BBC Sounds Commemorating the 1981 New Cross fire that killed 13 black teenagers at a birthday party.

Wonderful surprise to hear from a friend that this student powerful radio project by former Goldsmiths student Magdalena Moursy was broadcast on Radio 4 yesterday. Always say ‘yes’ to students because they are the makers and shakers of tomorrow www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

New from The #Identities Podcast!

Episode 7: On The Unfinished Politics of Race

With Les Back, John Solomos, Michael Keith, Anya Ahmed & Trishauna Stewart

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Current state of UK political discourse.

The new podcast from @identitiesjournal.bsky.social is out now, with contributions from Michael Keith, Anya Ahmed, Trishauna Stewart, @baggieyiannis.bsky.social and our own @academicdiary.bsky.social.

#ICYMI: watch Writing About Activists, our recent Conversations series event chaired by @academicdiary.bsky.social and featuring scholars Hannah Ishmael, John Narayan & A.S. Francis.

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🎧 Listen to our #podcast mini-series Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism buff.ly/EUCdEHZ

This is worth continually reposting.

The first of our autumn event series is now open for registration!

'Race, Gender and Misogynoir Stereotypes within the Constructions of Digital Women Footballers​'

With Anika Leslie-Walker, @drpauliancampbell.bsky.social & @marcusjmaloney.bsky.social

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The truth in Diane Abbott’s ill-judged remarks Politicians need to find better of ways of thinking about racism—and of acting against it

New piece in @prospectmagazine.co.uk with @davidfeldman.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social (@bisa-bkk.bsky.social) on recent comments on antisemitism and racism.

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(Thank you to @aloner.bsky.social for such great editing.)

I live in Britain; I grew up in Israel. It’s painful to say, but we need real UK sanctions to save Gaza | Yair Wallach Symbolic gestures and empty statements are no longer enough. In Israel’s globalised economy, here’s what will shift public opinion, says says senior lecturer in Israeli studies Yair Wallach

By continuing business as usual, Israel’s international partners are allowing the Israeli government to continue with its genocidal campaign with no consequences beyond symbolic gestures of disapproval and statements.
The time to act is now - me @theguardian.com

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Famine au Soudan : le cri d'alerte des collectifs d'urgence à El Fasher Le 25 juillet, la coordination des collectifs d'urgence du Darfour Nord a publié un communiqué alertant de l'état de famine généralisé dans la ville d'El Fasher, assiégée par la milice des Forces de …

While all eyes are now rightly on Gaza, please don’t forget #Sudan, where starvation is also being used as a weapon of war.

Local collectives in N #Darfur issue call on critical situation in El Fasher, which has been besieged by RSF since May 2024.

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A hostile environment: language, race, surveillance and the media A hostile environment: language, race, surveillance and the media is the second of two reports analysing parliamentary and media debates from 2010-2024, and shows how large sections of these debates encouraged widespread hostility to migrants.

In the words of our CEO @shabna.bsky.social: "We all deserve better than this pantomime politics that offers us easy villains but deals with none of the urgent economic issues that are the real cause of hardship and inequality.”

Read the full report on our website 👉 www.runnymedetrust.o...

Episode 7: On The Unfinished Politics of Race The Identities Podcast · Episode

New from The #Identities Podcast!

Episode 7: On The Unfinished Politics of Race

With Les Back, John Solomos, Michael Keith, Anya Ahmed & Trishauna Stewart

open.spotify.com/epi...

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The Identities Newsletter - Summer 2025 Edition Welcome to the Summer 2025 edition of The Identities Newsletter, spotlighting the latest activities from the journal, Identities.

Have you browsed the latest #Identities Newsletter?

Spotlighting activities including one year of our podcast, our most read & trending articles, & our latest events and blog posts.

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YouTube video by Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism Is Antisemitism a form of Racism? And what does the answer mean for Anti-racism?

This talk I gave at @bisa-bkk.bsky.social a couple of months after her letter uses it as a starting point for thinking about antisemitism as a form of racism. youtu.be/Iq8VbAXbfgc?...