#aloka the peace dog looks so thin and has recently had surgery..it feels awful that he's being asked to walk as he is

Trump veut forger un nouvel axe du lithium en Amérique latine La Maison-Blanche a-t-elle un plan pour sortir de la tenaille chinoise ?

L’Argentine, la Bolivie et le Chili détiennent plus de la moitié des réserves d’une ressource décisive—et sont désormais tous gouvernés par la droite.

Donald Trump a-t-il un plan pour sortir de la tenaille chinoise ?

@triofrancos.bsky.social à lire absolument.

More on the state of British academia.

Such cruelty and brutalisation effected through these processes that are dismantling disciplines and universities in the face of governmental indifference

It's not synced up well

Sign the Open Letter on Student Visa Restrictions We, the undersigned, academics, students, and members of the public in the UK, write to express our serious concern regarding the reported introduction of an “emergency brake” on student visas for app...

docs.google.com/forms/d/1cB6...

Apologies here's the signing link:

docs.google.com/forms/d/1cB6...

Should have a link into the Google doc : docs.google.com/forms/d/1cB6...

Sudanese refugees trapped between borders and bureaucracy in Morocco A growing number of Sudanese refugees are arriving into Morocco after fleeing war, but find themselves stuck.

Ali’s story isn’t just his; it could be any 17-year-old fleeing war.
What does that say about our asylum systems? Signing the 1951 Refugee Convention isn’t enough when people still face pushbacks, detention and no access to healthcare or work.

Friends.... If you are an academic at a UK university please consider signing this re the ban on student visas for folks from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan : docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

Three year postdoc going at @qmulsse.bsky.social working with @karlpike.bsky.social on ‘Politics and mythmaking: disentangling myth from ideology’, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Details here:

The Jerusalem Cross is a symbol of the Crusades. Disingenuous people argue it’s “just a representation of Christianity and not bigoted”

But we all fucking know the Crusades was about massacring anyone that wasn’t Christian.

Pete Hegseth has a HUGE one tattooed on his chest

It’s a symbol of hate.

Economics can either enable the slide toward fascism, or defend affordability, dignity, and democracy.

I wrote ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS with my baby by my side—a constant reminder that the future should be livable for all.

Out in October with Random House.

When DT ‘offshored’ ( loathe the term) migrants, the world was horrified or was it? EU ‘return hubs’ are being hailed as an ‘innovative solution’. How about US/EU stop leeching off the global south resources? Remember, our comfort in the global north is built on the backs of folks from the south.

Gaza reconstruction to cost more than $70bn, officials say First damage assessment since US-backed ceasefire comes as progress on peace plan stalls during Iran war

Gaza reconstruction to cost more than $70bn, officials say

www.ft.com/content/9bc4...

Volume 27, Issue 5 is available online — International Feminist Journal of Politics You can now read the latest issue of IFJP . It’s a Special Issue titled "Feminism(s) and Authoritarianism(s) in the Middle East and North Africa: Contending with the State", edited by Rola El-Hussei...

#latepost Volume 27, Issue 5 is available online

It’s a Special Issue titled "Feminism(s) and Authoritarianism(s) in the Middle East and North Africa: Contending with the State", edited by Rola El-Husseini, Nermin Allam & Lihi Ben Shitrit.

www.ifjpglobal.org/journal-news...

Volume 28, Issue 1 is available online — International Feminist Journal of Politics You can now read the latest issue of IFJP . The issue includes 8 research articles, 2 conversation articles, 1 review essay, and 3 book reviews, in addition to editorials from the new editorial team...

Volume 28, Issue 1 is available online

The issue includes 8 research articles, 2 conversation articles, 1 review essay, & 3 book reviews, in addition to editorials from the new editorial team, the outgoing Conversations Editors, & the Book Review Editors.

www.ifjpglobal.org/journal-news...

Western Christians could give less of a shit about indigenous Christians of the East because we don't fit into their Eurocentric model of Christianity, especially when it comes to eschatology or politics

For those of you blessedly free of knowing what "force majeure" is - Kuwait is declaring its oil contracts unfulfillable within agreed timescales (without liability) due to events beyond its control.

Basically, despite the Strait being "open" the Strait is blocked so they can't get their oil out.

Cover with an abstract black and orange smoky image with superimposted text in bright yellow. On the top, the title and issue details, below the theme: After Representation and list of contributors

The Jhalak Review Spring 2026 issue marks 10 years of the #JhalakPrize and imagines the paths into the future. Join the editor Guy Gunaratne, me and some of the contributors to explore how literature can rise to challenges of our times and build a better future.
Link to book in reply

“Rather than leading to better decision-making by the Home Office, panic over fake claimants could create a harsher atmosphere where those with well-founded fear of persecution may find it even harder to be protected.”

Seeking asylum is physically and emotionally demanding. We must make it easier.

Thank you so much for writing this !!!

Ach sorry. Have you fwded to your ucu

There is something wrong with the asylum process for LGBTQ+ people – but it’s not fake claimants A new investigation is likely to cast suspicion over LGBTQ+ claims more broadly.

Great to write with @raawiyah.bsky.social and Calogero Giametta on the realities of LGBTIQA+ asylum following the BBC's deeply misleading and harmful reporting last week.

theconversation.com/there-is-som...

Cannabis in Traditional Indian Alchemy Buried within the Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893-1894, is a brief report in which G. A. Grierson explores references to hemp in Sanskrit and Hindi literature, specifically the terms ...

Happy 420. Here’s an article I wrote on cannabis in Sanskrit medical literature, with a little sidebar on jazz terms for the gañj. www.academia.edu/119332545/Ca...

Screenshot of event link.

My fantastic former PhD student, Dr Cathy Jaquiss, is presenting her doctoral research on litigating LGBTQ+ asylum claims on 13th May (online and in person). Dr Jaquiss uses space and emotion to show how we can better support for people in need of refuge.

See here: www.outsavvy.com/event/35506/...

Me: lala, making my way through all the things I have to write, getting stuff done.

@kevinhargaden.bsky.social : I have a GREAT idea.

But they have also argued that it was President Trump’s decision to attack Iran that entangled their country in a destructive conflict whose effects may not be over, some of the officials said. Emirati officials told the U.S. officials that if the U.A.E. runs short of dollars, it may be forced to use Chinese yuan or other countries’ currencies for oil sales and other transactions, some of the officials said.

Emiratis are threatening to use petroyuans.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

A good question for @ucu.org.uk . The investigation notes that : 440,000 pounds ($594,000) was paid to Horus by these universities..at a time when staff are being cut and departments closed down. So how many staff were axed so unis could surveil students?

British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students Investigation reveals how Horus, a company led by ex-military intelligence officials, was hired during protest movement.

This is outrageous:

British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

Call for papers! The fourth issue of the Community Development Journal's 60th year will feature a special section that imagines how community development can
contribute to a just future.

Perhaps you could write an essay on this topic for us?