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Alison Phipps አሊሰን

Alison Phipps አሊሰን

@alisonphipps.bsky.social

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UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Education, Languages & Arts at University of Glasgow

Alison Phipps OBE FRSE FRSA FAcSS a University of Glasgow professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies and holds the first UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts. She has been awarded the Minerva Medal of the Royal Philosophical Society and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. .. more

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 10h

🇺🇳 UN Secretary General’s Office:
“Over the past 24 hours, and despite the ceasefire, the UN has continued to receive reports of air strikes, shelling and gunfire in all 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip.”

(December 22, 2025)

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy

Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy

Some protesters are now seriously ill after weeks without food as justice secretary is urged to show some humanity * Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks? Families and supporters of Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers have pleaded with David Lammy to meet them in an attempt to end the impasse over the protest that has left some of them severely unwell. On Monday, as the protest reached a dangerous stage, lawyers for the hunger strikers sent a legal letter claiming that by refusing a meeting the justice secretary had failed to comply with the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ’s) own policy on handling of hunger strikes. Continue reading...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?

Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?

Seven prisoners have been taken to hospital since starting their strikes, with some claiming a lack of medical attention * Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy Eight prisoners have been on hunger strike while awaiting trial for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action before the group was banned under terrorism legislation. What do we know about the activists and their demands? Continue reading...

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 1d

Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics.

Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics

There have been growing concerns about the influence of foreign powers in our politics for some years now. Now the government has acted

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Kamran Ahmed and Amu Gib have been hospitalised as a rolling hunger strike that began 50 days ago raises alarm.

Two Palestine Action hunger strikers in UK prisons admitted to hospital

Kamran Ahmed and Amu Gib have been hospitalised as a rolling hunger strike that began 50 days ago raises alarm.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.

New clashes erupt on Thai-Cambodia border as ASEAN convenes peace talks

Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.

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Karin Goodwin @karingoodwin.bsky.social · 2d

You're too nice. Thanks for always being supportive and helping me with the work too.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Christmas past comes alive as Sheffield pubs, halls and theatre celebrate hyper-local carols

Christmas past comes alive as Sheffield pubs, halls and theatre celebrate hyper-local carols

Crucible’s production of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol incorporates festive songs from the area, where aural traditions stay strong

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 3d

“And yet, the IAF still talks about “values” and “ethos”. The pilots are the main arm of the genocide, but what matters is unauthorised alcohol consumption.”

Israel is imploding

Quietly, but steadily, the Israeli geopolitical clout is shrinking while the Israeli state is succumbing to dysfunction.

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 3d

Plea to stop using prehistoric monuments & peoples as a sub for present-day national identities. Past peoples are not ‘ancestors’, they had no idea of the concept of a nation-state & this archipelago has seen a lot of traffic since the last ice age

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 3d

‘Jesus was a refugee. As a child he had to go to Egypt for safety. So please: think what the message of Christmas really means’

The head of the Church of Scotland tells me Christmas is about welcoming the outsider as she speaks out against the hate growing in society

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

The Nativity, Frew says, is about “a refugee child who had to go to Egypt for safety'

The Rt Rev Rosie Frew has composed a special Christmas reflection for Herald readers. She talks to our Writer at Large about the need to love those…

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 3d

Mohammed was 17 years old when he was shot by an Israeli sniper in Bethlehem. Two years on, his family say there is no accountability for his death. Their story is one of dozens from communities across the West Bank

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Christine @xtien.bsky.social · 3d

Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen - Heinrich Heine

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you. Yes. Am reaching the same conclusions about the shattered structures of human personality, and returning again and again to Simone Weil - the middle range as common, acceptable depravity

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 3d

Tomorrow's front page 📰

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 3d

NGOs fear 'catastrophic impact' of new Israel registration rules - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ngos-fear-catastrophic-impact-new-israel-registration-rules

NGOs fear 'catastrophic impact' of new Israel registration rules

<article data-history-node-id="432870" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ngos-fear-catastrophic-impact-new-israel-registration-rules" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ngos-fear-catastrophic-impact-new-israel-registration-rules" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">NGOs fear 'catastrophic impact' of new Israel registration rules</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>New rules in Israel for registering non-governmental organisations, under which more than a dozen groups have already been rejected, could have a catastrophic impact on aid work in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, relief workers warn.</p> <p>The NGOs have until December 31 to register under the new framework, which Israel says aims not to impede aid distribution but to prevent "hostile actors or supporters of terrorism" operating in the Palestinian territories.</p> <p>Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism told AFP requests are rejected for "organisations involved in terrorism, antisemitism, delegitimisation of Israel, Holocaust denial, denial of the crimes of October 7".</p> <p>The NGOs barred under the new rules include Save the Children, one of the best known and oldest in Gaza, where it helps 120,000 children, and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).</p> <p>They are being given 60 days to withdraw all their international staff from the Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank and Israel, and will no longer be able to deliver any aid.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Israeli troops kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs

Israeli troops kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs

Attack brings total numbers of Palestinians killed by Israel to 400 since October ceasefire took effect Israel Defense Forces killed five Palestinians, including a baby, who were in a school that sheltered displaced people in Gaza City on Friday, hospital officials have said. The attack brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 400 since the October ceasefire took effect. Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line which they have withdrawn to, killing the Palestinians and wounding a number more, the Palestinian civil defence said in a statement. It added that it was only able to recover the bodies after coordinating with the UN, to ensure they did not also come under Israeli fire. Continue reading...

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 3d

My MP has signed - Has yours? Ask them.

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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 3d

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Gaza: The Reckoning

The debate on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while.

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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if you help spread it. These were painful, disturbing conclusions to reach. But inescapable…

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 3d

Far right scum have been out harrassing the homeless on the streets & they are proud of it.

The folks at @calaisappeal.bsky.social are doing everything they can to stand up to the hate 🙏 please stand with us 🙏
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Far Right SCUM harass the HOMELESS

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 4d

Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use

BORIS JOHNSON: If Labour
MPs try to reverse Brexit they will be walking into a hail of machine gun fire - and if that's the fight they want, bring it on! But they should heed my warning before things get bloody..

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d

US pushes for ceasefire in Sudan’s civil war as Kordofan violence escalates https://aje.io/f300ad

US pushes for ceasefire in Sudan’s civil war as Kordofan violence escalates

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 4d

Migrants often find themselves in places where the language is unfamiliar.

Warnings are hard to read. Help is hard to reach.

Civilians must be protected, wherever they go.

Migrants often find themselves in places where the language is unfamiliar. Warnings are hard to read. Help is hard to reach. Civilians must be protected, wherever they go.

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Meron Estefanos @meron.bsky.social · 4d

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has requested Ethiopian PM Abiy to contribute Ethiopian troops to the proposed International Security Force for Gaza.

Rubio: US must clarify mandate of Gaza force before we can expect countries to send troops

At wide-ranging press conference, top US diplomat appears to signal openness to Hamas keeping light weapons; also says UNRWA unsalvageable, US pressing Israel on settler violence

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 4d

Thank YOU for the prompt

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N 🌹 @nwylabour.bsky.social · 4d

I have my criticisms of *aspects* of the employment rights package, but this is an insane proposal, both in policy and party management terms

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Trump has now conducted 28 boat strikes, killing over 100 people.

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 5d

Many families & individuals seeking protection face unimaginable challenges.

They are rebuilding their lives after fleeing conflict & danger - often arriving with nothing but hope for safety.

Donate to our winter appeal today & help someone start again in safety.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 5d

Solutions to protect farm workers include
-Extend visa timeframes
-Ensure workers can switch employer
-Ban recruitment fees
-Better monitor recruitment & labour conditions
-Provide paths to visa renewal & settlement
-Grant access to public funds
& more...!
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Rooted in justice: Reimagining migration into UK agriculture

UK agriculture is deeply dependent on migrant workers to provide cheap, continual labour. The duty of care for these workers should be of key interest to a whole range of people from UK producers to o...

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