Good thread by Runnymede Trust, a necessary and also thoughtful anti-racist response to recent anti-Jewish attacks in the UK:

And re-upping this, which is tomorrow because Jelena is also an amazing scholar that I’ve learned a lot from:

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Just re-upping this for a Monday even though I hate my voice, because it was such an interesting and enlightening conversation:

What Can Antifascists in the UK Learn From Antifa in the US? | Dan Clayton Christopher Mathias’s new book To Catch a Fascist tells the story of a hidden war waged by antifa against the far-right in the US, and there are valuable lessons for antifascists here in Britain, writ...

Excellent article by @danc.bsky.social in @novaramedia.com based on his interview with US antifascist researcher @letsgomathias.bsky.social, drawing out the lessons for UK anti-fascism. Key point is that we need to maintain the social cost of holding fascist beliefs.

novaramedia.com/2026/04/16/w...

the video of our webinar with 3 brilliant scholars @terezahendl.bsky.social, Yudit Namer & @annaziel.bsky.social — on antisemitism, inter-imperiality & anti-Slavic racism in Germany & beyond, and what a non-carceral anti-antisemitism & real anti-fascism would be like

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Commonwealth leaders vow to keep seeking reparations after Reform UK plan to halt visas Politicians warn party’s pledge to ‘punish’ countries seeking justice for slavery will harm and isolate Britain

Clive Lewis: “We confront [the history of slavery] honestly not as an act of self-flagellation but because the alternative – the insistence that power never has to account for itself – is exactly the logic that makes atrocities possible in every generation.”

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Nancy Foner on when “White” didn’t include Jews and Italians in the USA open.substack.com/pub/futureso... (from @fod-soc.bsky.social, to which you should subscribe)

#serbia #sorbonne #france #education | Milan Vujić Today, police occupied the Rectorate of the University of Belgrade. It is now a new front in a mass uprising led by students, one that began after the deadly Novi Sad canopy collapse in November 2024...

In Serbia: Armed police occupied Belgrade university yesterday. Rector and students stood up to state aggression as social struggle escalates www.linkedin.com/posts/milan-...

Watch/listen: Ukrainian Marxist-feminist Oksana Dutchak in conversation with @danielmang.bsky.social on War, Austerity and Care

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@ukrainesol.bsky.social

#liminalwaterwaycountercultures #photovoice #photovoice #participatoryresearch #liverpool #currentsofchange #liminalwaterwaycountercultures #museumofliverpool | Daniella Shaw, PhD TL;DR: 'Currents of Change' brought together residents in Liverpool to explore how water shapes lived experience, through photography. Via the method based of Photovoice, participants controlled what ...

Currents of Change: Lived Histories of Liverpool's Waterfront

Daniella Shaw @drdaniellashaw.bsky.social reflects on her #Liverpool #Photovoice project

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Joining details for our first lunchtime work in progress seminar in April.

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🎨Poster design: @raquelcarvalheira.bsky.social

🧑‍🎓Zagreb team leadership: @mylcs.bsky.social

📸Coming up in May: @drdaniellashaw.bsky.social on PhotoVoice in Liverpool

New on the #LeftRenewal blog:

Terra Invicta: Ukrainian Wartime Reimaginings for a Habitable Earth, edited by @eevakheev.bsky.social

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#LeftRenewal blogunda yeni yazılar:

Anti-genderizm tüm dünyada ittifaklar kuruyor : @saryatoprak.bsky.social’ın @jennifervevans.bsky.social ile yaptığı röportaj leftrenewal.org/tr/interview...

Nice article by @rsmsflschr.bsky.social on how the left in 1864 faced some of the same divisions over Russian imperialism in Poland as it does over Russian imperialism in Ukraine today (and why Marx was on the correct side then).

Join us at the first #LiminalWater webinar

Liminality and Decolonization in
Adriatic Philology and Early Balkanology
Lessons from the Pre-1941 Period

Speaker: Jelena Lalatović
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
21 April | 13h CET

liminalwater.uni-graz.at/en/events/

I was a teenage anti-racist/anti-fascist activist in Exeter in the late 1980s. A small number of uni students were central in a number of anti-racist groups. If the Exeter Flying Post (1976-2012) is archived or digitised somewhere that would be a great source; or happy to talk about this if helpful.

Futures of Difference | Substack Futures of Difference explores how social categories — race, gender, migration — are transforming. Essays & conversations with 30+ leading scholars. A scholarly platform from the Max Planck Institute,...

I've always shied away from social media – but current times have changed this. The categories shaping our lives are being challenged rapidly & profoundly. That's why I've launched FoD: to explore where these trends are leading.The future of difference isn't predetermined - join the conversation

Arrived today from across the Atlantic, by @billfletcherjr.bsky.social

Thank you!

Selig Brodetsky Memorial Lecture 2026 For this year's Selig Brodetsky Memorial Lecture, we welcome Dr Ben Gidley who will ask the question 'Is antisemitism rising in the UK?'.

Here’s the registration link for my talk on Tuesday in Leeds. I think it’s possible to join on line - email or message me for link

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Sadly, I found this pretty mediocre, despite being a fan of the boss. I prefer him when he is more restrained, but this rocks out a bit too much. The Qawwali vocals on “Worlds Apart” (by Asif Ali Santoo Khan) are quite interesting though.

Have been re-listening and so far I like “The Fish” and “Mood for the Day” but yep long instrumental passages don’t do it for me. I do however appreciate the prominence of the bass. Will listen to their earlier work!

Maybe I need to listen again. I was OK with “Roundabout” but cumulatively track after track wore me down. I wonder if I’ve been retrained by streaming, as one thing I’ve realised listening to these LPs so far is that any band is interesting for 3 minutes and very few are interesting for 50 minutes.

Was intrigued to listen to this as it’s a band I’ve never spent any time with, but found it hard to wade through: tedious and pretentious. Fun fact: my sister used to work as a cleaner for the guy that designed the album cover.

Our interview with @billfletcherjr.bsky.social now online!

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In Marseille for a @liminalwater.bsky.social meeting.

This is the first one I’ve had which I have actually listened to as an album. It’s sheer perfection — easily his best. Every track is a gem but the standout for me is probably “State Trooper”.

My heart sank when I saw I had to do more early 80s hard rock, but I actually enjoyed this and really energised me soundtracking a day of typing to meet a major deadline.

To be honest I struggled with this one. I recognise the amazing musicianship, and the (right-wing libertarian?) lyrics are interesting, but this is so not my thing.

Real pleasure and huge honour to interview the great @billfletcherjr.bsky.social for the #LeftRenewal podcast series. Watch this space for the video coming soon!