Alison Phipps አሊሰን
@alisonphipps.bsky.social
UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Education, Languages & Arts at University of Glasgow
In a week when The National reported that Scottish educators are seeking legal advice over a “smear campaign” by pro-Israel group, it’s vital we understand what these moves are doing. My column for @scotnational.bsky.social this week www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
Reform have taken a propaganda lesson from the Israeli playbook
Far-right politicians and candidates in by-elections are suddenly making referrals to the police, such as complaints of 'hate crimes'
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Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Accusations framed with equivocations are designed to confuse. It’s good to see a strong rejection from EFP and comparison to teaching on Srebrenica, Holocaust and Rwanda as well as Gaza www.thenational.scot/news/2643600...
Pro-Palestine educators hit back at Israel-linked lawyers’ 'indoctrination' claims
A GROUP of Scottish educators have said they will “not be intimidated into silence” after pro-Israel lawyers accused them of the “political…
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Sarah Mansfield MP has made a little book about The Very Hungry Data Centre
Senior Iranian official says US will 'face serious risks and casualties' if naval blockade continues - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/senior-iranian-official-says-us-will-face-serious-risks-and-casualties
Senior Iranian official says US will 'face serious risks and casualties' if naval blockade continues
<article data-history-node-id="445463" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/senior-iranian-official-says-us-will-face-serious-risks-and-casualties" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/senior-iranian-official-says-us-will-face-serious-risks-and-casualties" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Senior Iranian official says US will 'face serious risks and casualties' if naval blockade continues</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Top military adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Mohsen Rezaei warned the US over its ongoing naval blockade against Iranian ports, saying its forces and vessels would face consequences. </p> <p>"If the blockade continues, American vessels and forces will face serious risks and casualties," he said in a post on X. </p> <p>"The U.S. must change its behavior — or we will not tolerate this. We will never permit the opening of a second corridor in the Strait of Hormuz."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">If the blockade continues, American vessels and forces will face serious risks and casualties. The U.S. must change its behavior — or we will not tolerate this. We will never permit the opening of a second corridor in the Strait of Hormuz.</p> — محسن رضایی (@ir_rezaee) <a href="https://x.com/ir_rezaee/status/2084372249461575696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>
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Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian land south of Nablus - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-set-fire-palestinian-land-south-nablus
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian land south of Nablus
<article data-history-node-id="445451" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-set-fire-palestinian-land-south-nablus" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-set-fire-palestinian-land-south-nablus" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian land south of Nablus</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers carried out attacks on Palestinians in an area south of Nablus on Monday night, setting fire to agricultural land in the town of Beita and attacking Palestinian vehicles with stones near the village of Burin.</p> <p>Local sources told Wafa news that several settlers attacked residents and their property under the protection of the Israeli army.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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On LBC News, I asked why Chris Philp was being allowed to get away with repeated, deliberate lies about migrants and UK migration policy [at 3h 50 min]. www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbcn...
Pip Tomson - Catchup Episode | Global Player
Where the news never stops. Pip Tomson has the latest from LBC News reporters across the UK and around the world.
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“A United Nations Inquiry found in September last year that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.” Scottish educators seek legal advice over 'smear campaign' by pro-Israel group www.thenational.scot/news/2642831...
Scottish educators seek legal advice over 'smear campaign' by pro-Israel group
A GROUP of Scottish educators advocating for peace in Palestine have been forced to seek legal advice after a targeted campaign by a pro-Israel…
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As Shahram Khosravi wrote on another app, "The question is not why people crossed the border. The real question is why Spain's border is in Morocco."
“And there is absolutely no doubt how connected all this is to global warming—that is, to our longstanding habit of burning coal and gas and oil” open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
High Heat, High Drama
Europe is starting to provide some answers about the next step in the climate fight
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As the UN Secy General says, the Euro wildfires are just an opening act to the El Nino bearing down on planet earth. It's time for smart politicians to stop climate hushing and start getting ahead of the heat. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
High Heat, High Drama
Europe is starting to provide some answers about the next step in the climate fight
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So a whole lot of my talented Humanities colleagues are now unemployed as of today. A lot of understandable concern over Exeter. But for over two decades my Hums colleagues were in the top quartile for their research contribution to society. History top 10. Now gone with only a national whisper.
Strikes hit Gaza homes after the US unveiled plan for Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawal.
Israel kills five in Gaza despite Trump's Hamas disarmament plan
Strikes hit Gaza homes after the US unveiled plan for Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawal.
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10 more US refuelling planes to join 30 already stationed in Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/10-more-us-refuelling-planes-join-30-already-stationed-israel
10 more US refuelling planes to join 30 already stationed in Israel
<article data-history-node-id="445367" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/10-more-us-refuelling-planes-join-30-already-stationed-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/10-more-us-refuelling-planes-join-30-already-stationed-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">10 more US refuelling planes to join 30 already stationed in Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The US military is expected to deploy about 10 additional aerial refuelling aircraft to Israel in the coming days, Israeli media has reported. </p> <p>The aircraft will join more than 30 refuelling planes already stationed at the Ben Gurion airport in the country’s capital, according to Israeli news outlet Ynet.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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💢 An Israeli airstrike destroyed a medical supplies warehouse beside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, according to Healthcare Workers Watch. Vid showed extensive damage to the facility, which stood next to a displacement camp west of the hospital. UNRWA earlier warned...
PODCAST: Inside Meta’s war on Palestinian content A new report by @7amleh.bsky.social examined over 3,500 cases of digital censorship relating to Palestine. Nadim Nashif explains what they discovered. www.972mag.com/podcast-meta...
PODCAST: Inside Meta’s war on Palestinian content
A new report by 7amleh examined over 3,500 cases of digital censorship relating to Palestine. Nadim Nashif explains what they discovered.
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70 organisations unite as Mull and Iona reject hate after Pride online abuse www.thenational.scot/news/2642842...
70 organisations unite as Mull and Iona reject hate after Pride online abuse
MORE than 70 businesses, organisations and community groups across Mull and Iona have issued a rare joint statement condemning hate and affirming…
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“We are here to stay. Their violent, hateful movement, will fail.” @lauraewebster.bsky.social on refusing the fear and hate. The far-right want to silence The National. We won't let them win www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
The far-right want to silence The National. We won't let them win
How many times do you need to be called a "c***", "scum", "traitor" or "stupid bitch" before it becomes…
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Tomorrow's front page 🗞️ Reform UK councillor 'advised' far-right vigilante group
Once more, for those at the back, racism Is not a protected characteristic.
Burnham: "Social care in England is as unfair as American healthcare." It's a very good line.
‘The war caused this’: Miscarriages soar in Gaza amid Israeli bombing and siege - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-caused-miscarriages-soar-gaza-amid-israeli-bombing-and-siege
‘The war caused this’: Miscarriages soar in Gaza amid Israeli bombing and siege
Doctors say miscarriage rates have more than tripled since October 2023 as pregnant women continue to face hunger, displacement and distress
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...Samira wrote about this for our summer double issue. Here's a link to the original piece, where she describes how the Home Secretary can revoke citizenship "at the stroke of a pen" /2 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uk/...
Britain’s citizens of nowhere
Hundreds of UK nationals have been made stateless, and left trapped in squalid refugee camps, without being convicted of any crime
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It's @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day and this week @samirashackle.bsky.social joins us how in recent years the UK government has increasingly stripped people of their citizenship— effectively leaving many stateless... /1 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...
Stateless: How the UK government strips citizenship—and why it matters
Britain has been quietly removing citizenship from hundreds of people. In doing so, it has created a two-tier system
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US prosecutor who helped ICC's Karim Khan seek Israeli arrest warrants breaks her silence - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-prosecutor-who-worked-karim-khan-breaks-silence-netanyahus-arrest-warrants
US prosecutor who helped ICC's Karim Khan seek Israeli arrest warrants breaks her silence
Brenda Hollis, who supervised the team that built war crimes cases against Israeli and Hamas leaders, defends Khan's handling of the Palestine file
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This month marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, a landmark commitment to protect people forced to flee persecution. That commitment matters as much as ever. As a University of Sanctuary, we're proud to support forced migrants from around the world to access higher education.
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
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