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“We’re locked up in 1000 ft2 cages. There are 32 people in each cage, and 8 cages inside the tent. The lights are like stadium lights; they’re always on, they’re never turned off or even dimmed. It’s very cold, the air conditioning is very strong. There are a lot of mosquitos.”197 Individual previously detained at “Alligator Alcatraz” “We didn’t have access to any sort of media. There are no televisions or newspapers. We didn’t have the ability to practice our religion; there are no bibles. We were locked up in the cages for almost 24 hours a day. We couldn’t have any visits, not even our lawyers or family members.”198 Individual previously detained at “Alligator Alcatraz”

From Amnesty International:

You’ve given me lots of new music to listen to, thanks!

K&D are on a year tour for the 25th anniv. of their album ‘K&D sessions’, but now with a full band. Might be some videos from the tour to see if it is up your alley. In Frankfurt, everyone sat quietly/respectfully; the Beacon was the exact opposite.

Maalouf is soo good! Glad you are enjoying ☺️

Waiting for your tour to come to Bristol 🤞

My top 5 picks:

Kruder and Dorfmeister (Alte Oper, Frankfurt)

Sambroso Allstars do Buena Vista Social Club (Strange Brew, Bristol)

Ibrahim Maalouf (O2 London)

Kruder and Dorfmeister (Beacon, Bristol)

Sault (All Points East, London)

Trump is fighting the Institute of Peace in court. Now, his name is on the building The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump, despite an ongoing fight over the institute's control.

The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump, despite an ongoing fight over the institute's control. n.pr/48Oegp8

So the Daily Mail owner's wife has just given £50,000 to Nigel Farage's Reform UK

Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives

Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand

This is not normal

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David talks to novelist Ian McEwan, who was our first ever guest on PPF, about how the future will view our present once the disasters we are brewing come to pass. A wide-ranging conversation about how past, present and future co-exist in time.

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Thank you! It still hasn’t totally sunk in 🙏🖖

Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World by Marc-William Palen

Marc-William Palen

Congratulations to @mwpalen.bsky.social, whose book Pax Economica won the Peace History Society's Elise M. Boulding Prize! This award honors an outstanding English-language nonfiction book that has substantial bearing on the field of peace history.

Explore this exceptional work: hubs.ly/Q03VZ0VV0

Trump Envoy Has Financial Ties With Former Adviser to Putin’s ‘Money Man’ Now Leading Kremlin Peace Talks Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations

🔴Trump Envoy Has Financial Ties With Former Adviser to Putin’s ‘Money Man’ Now Leading Kremlin Peace Talks

Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations

ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World by Marc-William Palen

Now in #paperback, @mwpalen.bsky.social's Pax Economica shows that free trade and globalisation in fact have roots in nineteenth-century left-wing politics.

Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#Economics #ReadUP

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Today’s episode is the second part of David’s conversation with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social about the life and legacy of Margaret Thatcher. What is the meaning of Thatcherism in the twenty-first century?

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‘Doing the Readings’ Dr Will Pooley (Associate Professor in Modern History), University of Bristol The students, we often grumble, don’t read the secondary readings we set for class. Every year, we find ourselves press…

“Scholarly effort is in decline everywhere as never before. Indeed, cleverness is shunned at home and abroad. What does reading offer to pupils except tears?”

this guy has his finger on the pulse amirite

www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p... 🗃️

Guide for Members - RHS On 18 November 2025, the Society releases its new Guide for Members to highlight the benefits available to current Fellows and Members. The Guide provides information relating to the following areas o...

Applications are invited at any time. The next closing dates, for Fellowship and all other categories of membership, are 15 December and 9 March 2026.

We've recently published a new Guide for Fellows and Members of the Society listing the many benefits of belonging to the RHS bit.ly/485xFSn 2/2

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Today’s ep in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social looks at the life & legacy of Margaret Thatcher 100 years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician?

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1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:

But is there a mouse worthy enough to wear it?

Prime Minister Carney announces new measures to protect and transform Canada’s steel and lumber industries Canada’s new government has moved quickly to protect and strengthen the sectors most affected by U.S. tariffs – introducing new measures to help workers gain new skills, support businesses as they mod...

"Prime Minister Carney announces new measures to protect and transform Canada’s steel and lumber industries"

One item on the list:

"Canada will impose a global 25% tariff on targeted imported steel-derivative products such as wind towers, prefabricated buildings, fasteners, and wires."

The front cover of the book: 'Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire'

For those who enjoy ebooks on Kindle, it seems that 'Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire' is *massively* discounted today down to $1.99 in the US and £7.99 in the UK. Which feels like a pretty good deal really.

US: www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Ri...

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Ri...

Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...

Pro Publica: Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
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Marc Palen on Peace Economics and Trade

I joined the IMF podcast to discuss trade’s complex historical relationship to globalization, economic crisis, imperialism, and war. www.imf.org/en/news/podc...

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$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms

"If business-as-usual policies worked, America would not be reliant on foreign countries for critical minerals, semiconductors and other products that are key for our national and economic security."

@anaswanson.bsky.social goes deep on the new state capitalism.
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“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...

Thank you to @carloscorrochano.xyz for the great questions in this interview for @eldiario.es about Pax Economica

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Thank you to @carloscorrochano.xyz for the great questions in this interview for @eldiario.es about Pax Economica

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"El libre comercio era una pieza esencial en su cosmovisión feminista de un mundo sin guerras ni escasez: había alimentos suficientes para todos, siempre que se distribuyeran libre y equitativamente."

"La guerra comercial abre la oportunidad para que la izquierda redescubra el potencial del libre comercio" Frente a la idea dominante que lo identifica con el colonialismo y el neoliberalismo, el historiador Marc-William Palen reconstruye en su libro 'Pax Economica' la idea del librecambismo como proyecto ...

Entrevisto en @eldiario.es a @mwpalen.bsky.social, cuyo libro «Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World» (@princetonupress.bsky.social), reconstruye cómo las izquierdas han lidiado históricamente con el libre comercio, con todos sus límites y tensiones. www.eldiario.es/internaciona...