Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti
@roxana-pessoa.bsky.social
Social scientist at the University of Bristol, migrant, feminist, mother, always on the side of the oppressed. Researching violence, policing, criminalisation, social movements, feminism, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-8603
As the U.S. expands criminalization, the situation is particularly dire for folks who struggle with mental illness. One study shows that forced hospitalizations double the risk of being charged with a crime and risk of death by suicide/overdose in the 3 months after discharge:
Advance article (open access): The tentacular violence of migration policies: The case of Latin American women living in the UK by Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social it has led to some street art (enjoyed by locals & tourists) as far as Brighton
Introducing the concept of tentacular violence to explain how immigration policies shape the lives of migrant women & families. I thank the participants who shared their experiences, and hope the paper contributes to document and resist injustices doi.org/10.1177/0261... @csp-journal.bsky.social
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Survivors of the Windrush scandal have been given memorials and apologies, but they're still being denied fair compensation and actual justice. Call for justice now - add your name! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
Honour Promises Made to Windrush Generations
Hey! 👋 Survivors of the Windrush scandal have been given apologies and memorials, but the reality is that many are still being denied fair compensation. 😔 On Windrush Day (22nd June) we're taking the ...
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The alarm has been ringing for a long time! ‘As the Earth continues to warm, extreme heat events historically confined to high summer will become more frequent, more intense and last longer… happening earlier and later in the year’ Act now
We must organise to reject racism, vigilantism and violence. Sign this statement by Migrant Rights Network docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... and say no to this violence: theconversation.com/belfast-viol...
Belfast violence: an uncomfortable reminder of the innocent people ‘burnt out’ during the Troubles
Families fled burning homes as violence flared in the city.
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Absolutely outrageous criminalisation of solidarity. Note also one officer covering his face, a practice I’ve been seeing in Brazil where police are responsible for mass atrocities and high levels of killings of racialised and marginalised people. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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🚨BREAKING -- The Court of Appeal has ruled that Mr Justice Johnson had no jurisdiction to refer Palestine Action barrister Rajiv Menon KC for contempt of court proceedings. These proceedings were brought against Menon after he reminded a jury earlier this year of its absolute right to acquit.
Sobering stuff about the secretive & unaccountable surveillance activities happening in Yorkshire… www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTsi...
Bradford City of Climate Culture - Accountability for Menwith Hill US Spy Base
YouTube video by Bradford 2025 City of Climate Culture
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Honoured to be taking part in this webinar, a rare opportunity for UK campaigners to hear direct from the Western Shoshone about the toxic ongoing legacy of British nuclear tests in Nevada, with new updates on contamination & the connection to AI #nukesky from-bombs-to-data-centres.eventbrite.co.uk
@csp-journal.bsky.social Absolutely excellent webinar today by the Critical Social #Policy collective, modelling deep democracy, solidarity and #decolonisation through action, writing, collaborative research practices and funding for amazing initiatives around the world. Thank you!
Building Knowledges of Solidarity for Critical Social Policy - website launch invitation
Building Knowledges of Solidarity for Critical Social PolicyFriday 8th May 202611am-1pm GMTOnline via ZoomRegister via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-knowledges-of-solidarity-for-...
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Extremist is the death and destruction that Benjamin Netanyahu government brings on a daily basis. Extremist is them introducing the death penalty for Palestinians. Extremist is this apartheid, genocidal Israeli Government that our Government shamefully supports.
New report shows worsening of racial bias in police practices - deeply concerning that Black children in England and Wales almost eight times more likely to be strip-searched than white peers – and over five times more likely than Asian children. www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/resource/pol...
Police powers and children – strip searching and use of force | Children's Commissioner for England
Few issues have defined my tenure as Children’s Commissioner so sharply as the strip searching of children by police. As a former teacher and headteacher
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We were never consulted on Palantir gaining access to our health data. But we've since made our views known. And in just 4️⃣ DAYS, MPs will debate activating the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. Tell you MP to do the right thing 👇 www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
Email your MP to demand no Palantir in our NHS
Palantir faces scrutiny for human rights abuses as MPs debate its £330m NHS data contract on 16 April. Urge your MP: no Palantir in our NHS. Act now.
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Excellent Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social interview with 'Empire of AI' author Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social – Especially insightful for Ireland, where abject political & media capitulation to misleading big tech & AI promises continues to be the norm. drilled.media/news/drillin...
Big AI Is Gambling with the Planet’s Chips
In their pursuit of scale and dominance, environmental destruction is a price today’s tech giants are willing to pay, Karen Hao warns in ‘Empire of AI.’
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AOC: Companies like Palantir are mining endlessly the data and privacy of the American people—keeping track of everything that they say and do. And sending it to a militarized government.
I’m excited to deliver this talk next week! Book to join us and think together about #Feminist #Cities for all.
Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research@thesccjr.bsky.social · 5mo ago👋Our next Justice Futures seminar is on Tues 24th at 12 noon (UK time). Online. The talk examines the lived experiences of feminist, Black, and LGBTQIA+ human rights defenders in Brazil as they navigate routine violence and shrinking democratic space. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sccjr-just...
👋Our next Justice Futures seminar is on Tues 24th at 12 noon (UK time). Online. The talk examines the lived experiences of feminist, Black, and LGBTQIA+ human rights defenders in Brazil as they navigate routine violence and shrinking democratic space. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sccjr-just...
Despite attempts by Trump to claim otherwise, the U.S. military was responsible for killing at least 175 in a strike on a school in Iran.
Pentagon Report: U.S. Military Fired Missile at Elementary School in Iran
A U.S. military “targeting error” triggered the killing of at least 175 at a school in Iran, the highest civilian death toll in Trump’s war.
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‘I stand with Iran. Unequivocally. Any regimes that need changing, including the US, Israel and ours, need to be changed by the people, not by some bloated, lying, cheating, greedy, resource-grabbing, bomb-dropping imperial power’ Arundhati Roy ✊ m.thewire.in/article/book...
I Am Ashamed of How Gutless, Spineless Our Government Has Been: Arundhati Roy on US-Israel War on Iran - The Wire
Any regimes that need changing, including the US, Israel and ours, need to be changed by the people, not by some bloated, lying, cheating, greedy, resource grabbing, bomb dropping imperial power and i...
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Obstinate clinging to counterproductive cruel policies. It’s not immigration that cripples public services, it’s ultra wealthy elites sucking up all resources for unbelievably gross luxury living. Immigration decline starving caring services of staff
Shabana Mahmood vows to stick with hardline migration policies after byelection defeat
Home secretary will defy ‘plain wrong’ calls from unions and leftwing MPs that she is alienating Muslim voters
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Immigration officers "conspired together to steal cash from migrants on small boats" and "worked together to take money and share it out". This is symptomatic of an immigration regime that encourages the degradation and exploitation of people seeking safety www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Border staff who 'stole cash from small boat migrants' are bailed
Officials appear in court charged with stealing from small boat arrivals and money laundering.
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Book to join us for the Bristol screening of 'No Release' on 18th March with @monish.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-release...
NO RELEASE: Immigration, Location Tracking and Control
The Social Harm, Crime and Violence Research Centre (School for Policy Studies) invites you to the screening of the film No Release.
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A new era of blatant white supremacist/fascist propaganda. Definitely has a terrifying/atrocity/demonic ring to it… How embarrassing for the American people to see more junk published by the “department of state”.
Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social · 6mo agoSo....the Fourth Reich?
Powerfully written! The sector is not just stretched, it’s rigged & dismantled- set up to fail families with extortionate rents & some profiting from the slow erosion of stability, dignity and childhood. Yes to social & affordable housing!
Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 6mo agoA 15 year old girl from Brighton is taking on the task of tackling homelessness in Brighton and Hove | Mick Channon
