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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 12h

"We find accepting the Dan David Prize especially in 2025, during the height of Israel's unrelenting bombardment and siege of Gaza, to be bewildering and unconscionable."

www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2025/10...

The Dan David Prize Amid a Genocide? — Critical Ethnic Studies

October 4, 2025 Headquartered at Tel Aviv University, the Dan David Prize is one of many Israel-based awards that attempt to legitimize the Israeli state and its policies on a world stage. Along wit...

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 12h

"A drone and artillery attack killed at least 60 people at a displacement camp in Sudan's El-Fasher on Saturday, activists said, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies its assault on the besieged western city."

www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

RSF drone strike kills at least 60 in Sudan displacement camp

A drone and military attack killed at least 60 people at the Dar al-Arqam displacement camp in Sudan's El-Fasher on Saturday as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies its assault on…

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 12h

"Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that at least 135 bodies were recovered on Saturday.

"Separately, medical officials said another 19 people were killed in Israeli air strikes on Friday, while one person succumbed to earlier injuries."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Palestinians search Gaza rubble for loved ones in ceasefire, return home

Displaced Palestinians return to the ruins of homes, driven by loss, defiance and the will to rebuild.

www.aljazeera.com

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 13h

"This war broke us. It damaged our souls. We need decades to heal, and we need even more decades to rebuild our homes. But we will do it."

mondoweiss.net/2025/10/gaza...

Gazans march north again, returning to homes made of rubble

As Palestinians return to the rubble of their homes, the effects of the genocide are being felt amid heightened social unrest. “This war broke us,” one returnee to Gaza City told Mondoweiss. “It damag...

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 13h

"Residents of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca, demanded the unconditional freedom of community defender [and anarchist] Miguel Ángel Peralta Betanzos, considering his case to be one of political and legal persecution driven by local authorities."

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Pobladores de Eloxochitlán exigen libertad absoluta para Miguel Ángel Peralta

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 1d

"All [13 people arrested in Boston on Oct 7] were to be charged with inciting a riot, a felony charge that is also known as 'promotion of anarchy,' with origins in early 20th-century fears of anarchist violence. If convicted, they could face up to 3 years in prison."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Boston Prosecutors Invoke Law Used Against Anarchists to Charge Protesters

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 1d

"At least 36 people, including journalists, were injured in attacks by Israeli military forces and illegal settlers in towns near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Attacks by Israeli army, illegal settlers injure 36 in occupied West Bank

Journalists among the dozens of Palestinians wounded amid escalation in Israeli violence during olive harvest season.

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 1d

"The UN’s child protection agency, Unicef, cited Gaza health ministry statistics from early September, recording 2,596 children who had lost both parents, and a further 53,724 who had lost either their father (47,804) or mother (5,920)."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

No family, no stability, no social fabric: the anguish of Gaza’s wounded orphans

As the number of WCNSFs – wounded child no surviving family – grows, charities struggle to find adults to look after them

www.theguardian.com

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 2d

"Doctors at Adventist Health White Memorial hospital in Boyle Heights told LAist that hospital administrators are allowing federal immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and block doctors from properly treating detainees who need emergency care."

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At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say

Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 2d

"As Trump hailed the ceasefire deal, Israeli forces continued to attack areas of Gaza. At least 10 Palestinians were killed and 49 others were wounded in Israeli attacks, the enclave’s Health Ministry said on Thursday."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Israel confirms signing phase one of Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas

Ceasefire to go into effect within 24 hours of Israel's cabinet ratifying the deal tonight, says Israeli government.

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 2d

"Almost 55,000 children under the age of six in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished, far more than have so far been identified as victims of the potentially lethal condition, a study published in the Lancet has revealed."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Almost 55,000 preschool children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates

Study shows clear link between Israeli aid restrictions and malnutrition among children aged between six months and five years

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 2d

"We are waiting for a new stage of this war. The stage where we’re allowed to live with our sadness. Once the war ends, people will be able to weep."

mondoweiss.net/2025/10/once...

‘Once the war ends, we’ll be able to weep’: joy and trepidation in Gaza as ceasefire goes into effect

Gaza erupted in celebration as a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was reached on Thursday. But while there has been an outpouring of joy over the prospect of an end to the genocide, many a...

mondoweiss.net

Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 3d

Last month, I had the opportunity to chat with @lucystag.bsky.social of @nonserviammedia.bsky.social for a bit and it's now available as a podcast here:

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Or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Check it out if you'd like, and I welcome feedback!

Non Serviam Podcast #70 - Anti-Colonial Meditations with Scott Campbell

For NSP 70 we spoke with anarchist, writer, and translator Scott Campbell about resistance, decolonialism, academia, Palestine, Mexico, lessons from Occupy, and more. Scott Campbell (he/him) is an an

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 3d

"At least eight Palestinians have been killed and 61 others injured in new Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hour reporting period, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

‘Horrific trauma patients’: WHO details harrowing scenes from Gaza

Just 14 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are partially functioning, WHO says, as Israel continues to bomb amid ceasefire talks.

www.aljazeera.com

Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 3d

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children killed in Gaza

Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the genocide's many indirect victims

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

A chart titled “More than 973 infants under a year old have been killed.” Each bar is composed of small red circles, with each circle representing one child. The chart says over 973 infants under one year old, 1,007 five-year-olds, 934 ten-year-olds, and 1,255 sixteen-year-olds killed. Source: The Guardian, based on Gaza’s Ministry of Health data.

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 3d

"Members of the Madres en Resistencia Chiapas collective reported that during their ongoing protest in front of the State Attorney General's Office, they were threatened and assaulted by municipal police officers from Tuxtla Gutiérrez."

aristeguinoticias.com/081025/mexic...

Policías amenazan y agreden a madres buscadoras durante manifestación en Chiapas

Las madres y otros familiares de víctimas de feminicidio y desaparición mantienen un plantón frente a la fiscalía del estado.

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 3d

"After two years of genocide in Palestine, a massive demonstration converged in Mexico City to demand that the government sever ties with Israel. The march was blocked by police, who assaulted and arbitrarily detained protesters and members of the press."

piedepagina.mx/2-anos-de-ge...

2 años de genocidio, un grito en México - Pie de Página

A dos años del genocidio en Palestina, una multitudinaria movilización convergió en la Ciudad de México para exigir al gobierno la ruptura de relaciones con Israel. La marcha sufrió la interrupción de...

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 4d

Two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza: By the numbers

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza: By the numbers

Israel has killed or injured more than 10 percent of Gaza's population over the past 24 months.

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 4d

"In the end, October 7 inhabits us less as a date than as a structure: the interruption that refuses to disappear. To live through it is to learn that history itself is unsettled — that genocide remains open, that resistance remains without guarantee."

mondoweiss.net/2025/10/reme...

Remember to forget October 7

Two years on, the memory of October 7 returns as both catastrophe and possibility, reminding us that both resistance and surrender are choices haunted by loss. But two years on, we also learned someth...

mondoweiss.net

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 6d

Peas in a fascist pod:

"Tommy Robinson accepted the invitation from Amichai Chikli, Israel’s minister for the diaspora and combating antisemitism."

www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

Israeli minister invites English far-right leader, sparking outrage among U.K.'s Jewish community

Tommy Robinson, a convicted fraudster with a violent criminal record, is well known for inspiring rallies of mostly white, mostly male followers shouting soccer-style chants against Islam and immigrat...

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 6d

"In actuality, the Trump administration and the Israeli government are operating from the same playbook to realize their vision of ethnic or racial supremacy."

truthout.org/articles/ice...

ICE and the Israeli Military Are 2 Sides of the Same Coin — We Must Resist Both

Opposing ICE in the US while backing genocide in Gaza is senseless. These struggles are intertwined.

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 6d

"Nearly half of the 73 political prisoners that human rights groups have officially documented in Nicaragua appear in no public court database. They have had no contact with their families, and the crimes they were charged with are unknown."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

A Chilling New Tactic in Nicaragua: Arrest, Then Silence

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 6d

"Immigration raids are straining mental health among children and school communities across California, a state where about 1 million children have a parent who is undocumented and about 300,000 students are undocumented themselves."

www.latimes.com/california/s...

‘Can I just be a kid?’ Students shaken by immigration raids seek help from school counselors

Immigration raids are straining school communities across California, where about 1 million children have a parent who is undocumented and about 300,000 students are undocumented themselves.

www.latimes.com

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 6d

"International activists deported from Israel after joining an intercepted Gaza aid flotilla have given further accounts of mistreatment by guards during their detention."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

More Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment in Israeli detention

Activists deported from Israel following their arrest in the aid flotilla to Gaza say they were treated 'like monkeys'.

www.aljazeera.com

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 6d

"Israel continues striking the Gaza Strip, killing 63 people in the last 24 hours."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel continues Gaza bombardment as Trump plan negotiators arrive in Cairo

Talks on Monday expected to focus on release of hostages and end to war, after Israel kills 63 people in Gaza in past day

www.theguardian.com

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