Chris Rossdale

We have had a report saying two women walking up to a protest today at BAe Samlesbury were stopped by Lancashire Police and advised to remove their t-shirts that say 'Free Palestine', as it may "breach the proscription order".

And so it begins.

2/2 @palaction.bsky.social follow in a proud tradition of anti-militarist direct action, while setting new standards for a relentless assault on the war machine. Whatever happens today and over the next weeks, that legacy will live on.

1/2 It's worth reflecting on the fact that the proscription of @palaction.bsky.social comes not because the state is strong, but because it is weak. The established methods of repression and criminalisation have not stood up to the bravery and commitment of activists.

Sounds good - I guess it shifts depending on what we mean by war, but a few others that jump to mind are dehumanisation, orientalism, protection myth, patriarchy, continuum of violence, and of course, for @furtadoht.bsky.social ontological militarism

Depends how broad you want to go, but policing, pacification, counter-insurgency, racialisation, securitization?

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In the current geopolitical and higher ed context, the publication of this special forum on "technologies of armed violence" is very dear to my heart: academic.oup.com/isagsq/issue... /1

The piece is part of a brilliant special issue on Technologies of Armed Violence, edited by @annastavrianakis.bsky.social

Racial Capitalism Must Be Defended: Reading the Arms Trade through Critiques of Policing Abstract. As the beating heart of global circuits of violence, arms companies face a constant crisis of legitimation. Tracing how these companies seek legi

Brand new article, in which I examine how arms companies - Thales in particular - try to legitimate themselves through policing discourses, and think about what it means to situate the arms trade as an integral component of global policing.

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Here's a beautiful edit of one of our actions at ISA! #EndScholasticide #EndGenocide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress

No conferencing as usual during genocide!
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress

No conferencing as usual during genocide!
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress

It's remarkable how little interest there has been in the legacy media about the police moving from the crack down on Palestine direct action and student encampments that it ignored, now to negotiated, usually very cooperative, A-B demonstrations.

This is how state repression spreads.

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My friend Linka is housebound, and is trying to raise £ for a wheelchair that would change her life. It's obviously extremely messed up that she has to fundraise for this herself, but such is the UK in 2025. Please give something if you're able x

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'How did this happen?' asks The Times, which has run thousands of pieces inciting hatred of trans people.

Why doctors are willing to go to prison to protest the climate crisis Serving GP Dr Patrick Hart was jailed after a peaceful protest against the climate crisis. Here's why professionals are taking action.

"I damaged the petrol pump screens as an act of care, because in times of great peril, a caring person has to stand up for what is right. My actions have already cost me greatly. But I regret nothing." - @ritaissa.bsky.social for @bigissue.com
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From the intro of my forthcoming book (May 2025): *Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea*: "Maritime escape was a long, slow-moving, and unstoppable oceanic wave of resistance, bigger and more powerful than we have ever known."
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Repression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the world Our new research identifies four ways these protests are being criminalised and repressed.

A Conversation piece about our recent report @crossdale.bsky.social @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social @uob-policystudies.bsky.social theconversation.com/repression-o...

The man known for “The soul of soul” which he said about his murdered granddaughter got killed today. The soul of the soul was killed. And the soul is now killed too.

Sanctimonious lectures about violence from a class of people who have spent the last year excusing, justifying and outright supporting some of the most heinous political violence the world has ever seen.

Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate

Happy to have worked on this with @berglundoscar.bsky.social @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social Tie Franco Britto and Christina Pantazis.

UK leads on arrests, but bigger story is the global elite consensus on repressing activism to avoid real action on climate change.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It is shocking that Turkey’s attacks on the Kurds and the autonomous area of North East Syria are treated as kind of footnote to the Syria story. Be clear: a region of Syria is under major assault; the war is NOT over.

Foreign Secretary in Parliament castigating Assad as a dictator; PM in Saudi Arabia stepping up military relations. Both reported on the same live feeds without a shred of awkwardness or irony.

A lot of ignorance being displayed by the commentariat about North East #Syria (known by the Kurds as 'Rojava'). It is a self-governing, multi-ethnic (not just 'the Kurds'), woman-led democracy. It is extraordinary and must be protected.

How long is too long to wait for the International Studies Association to make a statement on the almost certain return of a travel ban affecting colleagues for our 'global' gathering in Chicago in Feb-March 2025?

The deadline to withdraw without penalty is less than a week away. Not a peep AFAICT.