Opportunity: For an early-career researcher, passionate about economic justice, to assist on a UK-wide research study exploring how wealth taxation narratives can build multi-ethnic class solidarity. 1 year stipend, apply by 14 Sept. taxjustice.uk/research-fel...

We're recruiting: Research Fellow, Immigration vs Tax Narratives project

Are you a qualitative researcher passionate about economic justice and community-driven research? As a Research Fellow, you will assist in fieldwork for an ambitious UK-wide study exploring how narratives on wealth taxation can build multi-ethnic class solidarity and counter division. Working directly with grassroots partners across the country, you will build relationships with local groups and co-design a community researcher model to ensure the project is deeply rooted in the places we study.

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So the department at the prestigious Belgian university where Cofnas was hired wrote a detailed statement raising concerns about his appointment process, and then had their concerns censored 👇

Pieter T. L. Beck@ptrbck.bsky.social · 2mo ago

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/t47r5... Statement of the department. Has been taken offline due to complaint of the prof who hired Cofnas

We all know there are countless academics still in post — OK maybe they had to take a sideways promotion — who have sexually harassed colleagues and students and well you’d never know it from the press… because only some transgressions matter by some people.

"Bei jedem fünften Empfänger fehlt der Arbeitswille komplett." Framing ist alles, hier mal wieder denkbar beschissen gesetzt vom Focus. Solche Hedalines produzieren nichts als Hass&Häme. Teilnehmende der Studie waren 365 Langzeitarbeitslose im SGB-II-Bezug mit gesundheitlichen und komplexen 1/2

Anzahl Überreiche in 🇩🇪 2019: 2.400 2025: 5.000 Erhobene Vermögensteuer 2019: 0 € 2025: 0 € 🔥TAX THE RICH!🔥

"All diese Leute sind von Grund auf davon überzeugt, dass sie die Guten sind. Sie sind empört und verärgert, wenn man ihnen Rassismus vorwirft, und weisen dann auf all die „guten“ Dinge hin, die sie für die deutsche Gesellschaft getan haben.

really something to see tech YouTuber types calmly discussing the latest Tesla or SpaceX business news without once mentioning Elon’s 50 Day of the Rope posts per day or his murdering 700,000+ people

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 4mo ago

X owner Elon Musk indicates he would prioritise political violence (assassination of pro-migration politicians is the common sense meaning) over violence against "invaders" (refugees, asylum seekers, maybe ethnic minorities generally) while endorsing call for violence (killing) against both groups

Jesse Owens enraged Adolf Hitler in 1936 when he won 3 Gold Medals and refused to Heil Hitler. I hope we get another moment like this at the World Cup for the Orange Fascist.

New report based on interviews with those sanctioned for their work with the ICC—including individuals in The Hague who now can’t book flights or hotels, and a Palestinian human rights organisation whose website and social media accounts were shut down. coalitionfortheicc.org/news/cicc-la...

Gewonnen! Das Verwaltungsgericht hat im Eilverfahren entschieden, dass der Görli nachts wieder geöffnet werden muss. Der Senat habe die Sache rechtswidrig an sich gezogen. Er habe den Bezirk Fhain-X-Berg zu einer Schließung angewiesen, obwohl diese damals "offensichtlich rechtswidrig" gewesen wäre.

@goerlizaunfrei.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wir haben vor dem Verwaltungsgericht gewonnen, Details folgen in Kürze auf unserem Blog! Heute Abend Party im Görli, ab 20 Uhr in der Kuhle!

A. lived in Germany since he was two months and last year gained German citizenship. Now he’s been stripped of it because of pro-Palestinian Instagram posts, in a disturbing legal case that points to the rise of citizenship-on-probation. My latest @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/05/germ...

Abdallah A., a Nonperson Because of His Instagram Posts

Abdallah A. lived in Germany since he was two months old and last year gained German citizenship. But now he’s been stripped of it because of pro-Palestinian Instagram posts, in a disturbing legal cas...

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We look forward to engaging events with the thriving ECR community at #EISAPEC26! @tasniemanwar.bsky.social @francakappes.bsky.social @marionfoster.bsky.social @mcianforlini.bsky.social #JustinasLingevicius #ItsasneAllendeSopelana @leoniefelicitas.bsky.social

European International Studies Association (EISA)@europeanisa.bsky.social · 7mo ago

✉️ Check your inboxes! Decision emails for #EISAPEC26 were sent yesterday, and registration for participants is now open. 🗓️ Register by: 29 April 🔗 Guidelines: buff.ly/W78yOvD

Life atm: are these authors real? Is this university real? Is this dataset real? Are these citations real?

4/4 As the genocide against Palestinians and the occupation of large parts of Lebanon are ongoing, we call on you to sign this petition, demanding an immediate termination of the EU-assocication agreement with Isreal. 280.000 signatories are still missing: eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...

@frontex.bsky.social found that Greece uses Afghan paramilitaries to torture and push back asylum seekers to Turkey. Article 46(4) requires it to end its operations in Greece, as recently affirmed by @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social. But Frontex still refuses to act. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Ffffffuuuuu…

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

just plainly evil.

Wie eine Krisendeutung aussieht, die statt Migranten oder Transferempfängern die eigentlichen Schuldigen für die sinkende Kaufkraft identifiziert und probate politische Antworten anbietet, demonstriert der... Sprecher des Tankstellenverbands?

This #InternationalWomensDay, I'm thinking of the mothers keeping their families together as they flee south Lebanon. I'm thinking of the preteens getting their periods for the first time in Gaza amid blockade. I'm thinking of the 165 Iranian schoolgirls killed in Minab who deserved better from us.

the fact that most who have died in the gulf so far are either stateless or migrant tells you everything

The DFG (German Research Foundation) has a programme funding stays of up to three months at German academic institutions for researchers in early career phases and of all disciplines from MENA (www.dfg.de/en/news/news...) and Sub-Saharan Africa (www.dfg.de/en/news/news...).

TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme

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I would like to believe that the gulf learns from this lesson that US is not something you should bootlick, but we have the example of Europe forgetting this fact in like 3 weeks recently so am not optimistic

Was macht die SPD eigentlich angesichts des neuen Kriegs? Sie "warnt vor Flüchtlingen". Danke für nichts.

🚨Deadline coming 🆙 Join the #EISA Early Career Development group and connect with the core of #EISA’s vibrant ECR community. We look forward to hearing from you!✨

ECD Group/ EISA@ecdeisa.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🔈Apply now to join the #EISA Early Career group. We are looking for 3 new members to join our group. The voluntary position is for a 2 yr term. Together we organize activities to build a thriving ECR community! Deadline: 5 March 2026 More info: eisa-net.org/early-career...

📄💡 Ecowas without the Sahel states? @franziscaz.bsky.social, Amanda Bisong and @leoniefelicitas.bsky.social discuss how the Sahel states' split from Ecowas impacts migration and free movement, all while Ecowas struggles with a growing legitimacy crisis. theconversation.com/ecowas-witho...

Ecowas without the Sahel states: how the split is testing free movement and regional legitimacy

Beyond the rights to free movement, the AES withdrawal has real effects on Ecowas in terms of its legitimacy, strength and migrant rights.

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We've just posted our initial reflection on the EU Migration and Asylum Strategy. Head to our feed 👉 bit.ly/4a9rqwt

ECRE (@theecre.bsky.social)

🧵A few initial reflections from ECRE on the European Commission's European Asylum and Migration Strategy

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Magnus Brunner@magnusbrunner.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The reforms that we are putting in place give us the momentum to prepare for a new chapter of European Migration and Asylum policy. With today’s strategy we shift the order of our priorities: stepping up migration diplomacy and working along the routes. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

Are the EU's border policy plans similar to the US? Listen in as Statewatch journalist Frey Lindsay shares the answer on Lagos Talks radio. Want to help change the direction? Follow our bulletin, Outsourcing borders, here: buff.ly/8qfXgJa Speaker: @freylindsay.bsky.social

Patrice Lumumba wird als Tasumbu Tawosa in der damaligen Kolonie Belgisch-Kongo geboren. Er arbeitet als Postbeamter, engagiert er sich aber journalistisch und politisch für die Unabhängigkeitsbewegung. #AnDiesemTag 🧵

The German Research Foundation, possibly the most important funding body for academic research in Germany, is now not only allowing the use of AI to write applications, they‘ll also allow it to evaluate said applications. Only prerequisite is that one makes this transparent. It‘s a farce.

Dealing w/ academic precarity as an ECR? 👉🏽Mark your calendar for our upcoming online event! 🗓️ 22.01.2026 18:00-19:30 CET, Zoom 🔗 Description & registration: buff.ly/MWB1GbQ @marionfoster.bsky.social @mcianforlini.bsky.social @europeanisa.bsky.social

Next Tuesday (13 Jan, 17-18.30 London time) Mona Damulji (UCSB) will present on "The Cultural Infrastructure of Oil in Iran and Iraq" to our virtual seminar series. For details and to register go to: www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... The remainder of the presentations are scheduled as below.