Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...

Trump has destroyed federal guardrails meant to ensure secure and fair elections.

Some fear his actions are aimed at making sure the upcoming midterms go his way.

UU STAFF & STUDENTS: Establish a Policy of Ethical Academic Ties *Svenska nedanför* Uppsala University currently lacks a central policy or designated body for assessing the ethical dimensions of its formal agreements with international partners. At present, these ...

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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.

British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students… Firm, has been paid at least 440,000 pounds ($594,000) by universities since 2022. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

War Pollutants May Be Poisoning a Generation of Mothers and Their Babies in Gaza The impact of war goes beyond immediate destruction, quietly shaping the health of future generations.

In Gaza, the effects of war do not end when the bombing stops. A silent health crisis is emerging among pregnant women and their children. Since the start of Israel’s assault, maternity wards have reported alarming increases in miscarriages, premature births, and rare congenital disabilities.

These images are deely shocking. Israel erases the roots and memories of countless families who have already been fragmented and dispersed by decades of violence. My village has not been detonated, but life has flown out of it. It's sad to a point no westerner understands. Entire worlds obliterated.

Israeli soldiers are detonating entire villages in South Lebanon while taking selfies. Ancient mosques, churches, cemeteries, schools, hospitals - all being obliterated by the genocidal regime

www.instagram.com/reel/DWrg5xi...

It is very rarely said but the easiest way to incentivize Iran to relent on its support for the Axis is to apply a reciprocal level of pressure onto Israel to no longer act in the ways which give the Axis its baseline level of legitimacy. In other words, end the occupation and wars of aggression.

Panelists sit behind a table at the first Ethnopolitics Specialist Group panel of the 2026 Political Studies Association Annual Conference

Panelists pose for a photo at the second Ethnopolitics Specialist Group panel of the 2026 Political Studies Association Annual Conference

Panelists sit behind a table at the third Ethnopolitics Specialist Group panel of the 2026 Political Studies Association Annual Conference

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our panels at @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #PSA26 earlier this week!

Wonderful panel on Ethnic Diversity and Conflict Management at #PSA26 organised by @psaethnopolitics.bsky.social Thanks to all the speakers and fabulous audience! @bizunehyimenu.bsky.social @muzafferkutlay.bsky.social

Second @psaethnopolitics.bsky.social panel of the day on Rethinking the Dynamics of Power-sharing in Deeply Divided Societies #PSA26. Fabulous discussion with @lpcooley.bsky.social @awraffoul.bsky.social @altingjeta.bsky.social and others!

Statements of "concern" or "condemnation" of Israel's war on Lebanon are utterly meaningless. The only meaningful action is to sanction Israel. We need economic boycotts.

Smotrich urges Israel to annex southern Lebanon as assault intensifies Israel's far-right finance minister says Litani River must be 'the new Israeli border', as attacks on Lebanon ramp up.

As long as we don't acknowledge Israeli expansionism, we won't understand the logic of its wars in the Middle East.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

🎙️ In a new episode for our pod Researching Peace, we discuss power-sharing as a tool for ethnic conflict management with @awraffoul.bsky.social, who recently defended his thesis on the subject. His data reveal some striking findings.

🎧 Podbean: researchingpeace.podbean.com/e/45-a-new-l...

Haunting footage of an Israeli aistrike taking down an entire building in Bashoura, Central Beirut.

Rachel Corrie - Wikipedia

As a reminder, 23 years ago Israel proved already that they will murder anyone opposing their ability to freely murder, rape, and maim Palestinians. They literally crushed Rachel Corrie (USA) with a bulldozer, and then IDF members made pancakes to mock her death.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_...

Israeli forces shot all four members of the Bani Odeh family in the head, including their 5yo and 7yo. The 7yo, Othman, was blind and had special needs. This comes a day after Israeli settlers shot 28yo Amir Moatasem Odeh and stabbed his father.

So @asanews.bsky.social emailed its membership its refusal to put a petition to Boycott, Divest, & Sanction Israel up to a vote, one that already had 438 signatures. This undemocratic decision, they wrote, is because they're worried about membership dropping.

Well do I have news for you.

Israel’s renewed war on Lebanon is about more than just Hezbollah After violating the ‘ceasefire’ 10,000 times, Israel is once again pounding Lebanon as its enduring thirst for war drives ever expanding ambitions.

My latest for @972mag.com on how Israel’s war is against Lebanon.

Not Hezbollah. Lebanon.

www.972mag.com/israels-rene...

Quoted @justinsalhani.bsky.social

Israeli map showing all of southern Lebanon in red with yellow arrows pointing to north of the Litani river

The IDF just ordered the *entirety of south Lebanon* to be forcibly displaced.

They are emptying the land of its population, creating a massive crisis, and will now proceed to further annihilate large parts of Lebanon.

The very nation state of Lebanon is being destroyed.

Why Some Power-Sharing Governments Sustain Peace – and Others Don't – Department of Peace and Conflict Research – Uppsala University

Here comes a short overview of my dissertation, with links to the comprehensive summary and the published articles. Possibly the first work on power-sharing citing Stengers!
www.uu.se/en/departmen...

“The purpose behind the release of herbicide on the villages remains unclear.”

Israel has been dumping herbicides throughout southern Lebanon as part of a concerted ecocide campaign to render the region uninhabitable. This has been going on for months with Lebanese journalists & environmentalists regularly reporting on it.

The BBC: we don’t know why the Israelis are doing it

How to Prevent Civil War Recurrence: Learning from Failure is finally available for pre-order at academic.oup.com/book/62306?s...

Cream coloured text on a rust red background. A crack cuts through the image halfway down. Text reads: END TIMES FASCISM AND THE FIGHT FOR THE LIVING WORLD NAOMI KLEIN & ASTRA TAYLOR Farrar, Straus and Giroux | U.S.A. Allen Lane | U.K. Knopf Canada

I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.

Activating Academia for an Era of Colliding Crises While there has been discussion for decades about the need to rethink the core purpose of academia to enable all to live well on a planet of finite resources, humanity’s present predicaments point to ...

My article on regenerative research was included in this Frontiers ebook on Activating Academia for an Era of Colliding Crises. It's all open access:
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

Sverige lever inte upp till internationella åtaganden att förhindra folkmord | Dagens Arena Det är vårt ansvar att yttra oss, skriver 122 experter.

122 experts in the peace and security sector: Sweden does not live up to its international obligation to prevent genocide in Gaza. www.dagensarena.se/opinion/sver...