celebrating the most draconian anti-trans laws in western Europe. declaring a state of mourning for a racist paedophile. driving a black academic to death after being tipped off by nazis. quite a month for the british press and it's only the 15th
Marina Veličković
@marinavelickovic.bsky.social
international law & marxism free free palestine!
I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.
New substack dropped, this time on immigration costs and who bears them. ‘What I (and many migrant friends) have found out over the years is that even in progressive, lefty, comradely spaces, visa and immigration issues are just not a thing that is talked about.’ open.substack.com/pub/findingw...
On being a migrant-staff member at a UK university
Imagine getting a permanent academic job (in this economy)!
open.substack.com
Á propos nothing and no one in particular but like personally if reform uk felt the need to defend me because my transphobic views aligned with their politics *so* closely I’d probably like idk reflect
Will there be fewer staff teaching students? *does three verbal summersaults to avoid saying - yes*
QM_UCU@qmucu.bsky.social · 2mo agoAny parent and applicant planning to attend the Sussex University Open Day today, we can save you the trouble: these are the non-answers staff is told to give you. To send your staff out with this nonsense and treat visitors to this ChatGPT approach is disrespectful to all.
The student-led movement, which began after the Novi Sad disaster in November 2024, is pushing for early elections.
Tens of thousands rally in Serbia for antigovernment demonstrations
The student-led movement, which began after the Novi Sad disaster in November 2024, is pushing for early elections.
aljazeera.com
a little reflection on the online rape academy and just like, men generally open.substack.com/pub/findingw...
Yes all men
On the rape academy and the myth of good men
open.substack.com
I think about “normal to want and possible to achieve” all the time
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 5mo agoOK for fun: top funniest tweet ever? I am torn between "moon's haunted" and "Denise I was at your wedding."
*Government deliberately makes safe routes more and more difficult to access, forcing people to get into dinghies to reach the UK, and then decide to blame and imprison a child (in adult prison) for their own deathly policies No to criminalising migration. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Child charged with endangering lives in Channel crossing under controversial new law
The child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, allegedly piloted a small boat during a Channel crossing
independent.co.uk
Live your life so someone writes of you like this. So much love, so much wisdom. And unexpectedly, so much hope. Lorna Finlayson on Basim Musallam for @newleftreview.bsky.social.
i do like the idea that what will bring the empire down is just overflowing shit www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Fire damage, clogged toilets, and sinking morale: USS Gerald R Ford to set sail for repairs in Crete
Aircraft carrier has been participating in strikes on Iran, after previously taking part in the operation to seize Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro
theguardian.com
The UK Govt is so concerned about being labelled as led by a human rights lawyer that it performatively pushes prosecutiona and endlessly appeals setbacks. It needs to stop trying to look tough, because it's ending up a laughing stock: www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
‘I’m a free mawn’: Kneecap rapper will not face new terror trial
Liam Og Ó hAnnaidh, who performs as Mo Chara, was accused of displaying a flag in support of Hizbullah at a gig
irishtimes.com
This is most excellent
Marina Veličković@marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew substack dropped - this time on the possibility of teaching as a radical activity (in the context of the hellscapes that are neoliberal universities) Share / like / subscribe / or do all of the above findingwordsforthoughts.substack.com/p/teaching-a...
New substack dropped - this time on the possibility of teaching as a radical activity (in the context of the hellscapes that are neoliberal universities) Share / like / subscribe / or do all of the above findingwordsforthoughts.substack.com/p/teaching-a...
Teaching as a revolutionary activity
Neoliberal universities as a place where radical thoughts come to wither away
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AI is going to take you job well ai did take someone's job and sent hundreds of rejection emails by accident and then the uni in question had to email all of us again to be like... oh sorry, you're not actually rejected, we're still deciding
i like the verbal gymnastics here and the implication that low paid migrant workers are not contributing enough (because for migrants the only contribution that counts is money and not labour) but that low income Brits are contributing enough because they’re hardworking
Ellie Chowns asks the PM if he'll publish the legal advice the govt received on the initial US/Israel attack on Iran. Keir Starmer says no, he won't.
Keir Starmer is just like a temu version of Tony Blair
No, Shabana Mahmood, people seeing failing state support and crumbing infrastructure don't have either legitimate concerns or a legitimate grievance against immigrants, refugees or asylum seekers. They have a legitimate grievance against governments.
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:
I just keep thinking how the taxes that my immigrant self pays every month are funding Starmer’s little pet project of sending military support to Israel and the US but don’t get me access to benefits 🫠🫠🫠
Apparently Israel/US are targeting Iranian lefties' homes, so as to leave no opposition to the princeling.
In the days leading up to today's attacks, the CIA "assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he could be replaced by hardline figures from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)." www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei could be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say
In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would...
reuters.com
At this point, it’s a conscious choice to ignore the harm their policies are doing, both to migrant communities and to their electoral prospects - suggesting it’s an ideological commitment, at least for Mahmood. Also disingenuous to conflate the planned change to settlement with ‘illegal migration’
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6mo agoShabana Mahmood vows to stick with hardline migration policies after byelection defeat
is it called operation lion’s roar because trump is the same deep orange shade as scar from the lion king
The precise relationship btw US imperial interests and Israeli territorial expansion and regional hegemony is often complex and then, sometimes it’s v clear
imo everyone should read the essay from Salvage in the tweet below and also read this longer essay about opposition to war: www.academia.edu/64028197/Int... I totally understand the impulse to point to elite illegality but Rob lays out why that isn't as effective as it feels like it is/should be.
Nate Holdren@nhold.bsky.social · 8mo agore-upping this Rob Knox essay re: how little is actually accomplished by going 'b-b-but that's ILLEGAL' salvage.zone/the-right-ag...
The Israeli military says it’s attacking Hezbollah sites but civilians and infrastructure have been repeatedly targeted
Israel attacks southern Lebanon in latest ceasefire violation
The Israeli military says it is attacking Hezbollah sites but civilians and infrastructure are repeatedly targeted.
aljazeera.com