Harry Stopes
@harrystopes.bsky.social
Historian and journalist. Writing a book on the history of prison. Mancunian in Berlin. www.harrystopes.com for work, and www.harrystopes.substack.com for somewhat work-related musings.
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Another international human rights organisation (this time UNOHCHR) criticises Germany for the criminalisation and police violence to which Palestine activists are subjected
UN experts urge Germany to halt criminalisation and police violence against Palestinian solidarity activism
GENEVA – UN experts* today urged Germany to stop criminalising, punishing, and suppressing legitimate Palestinian solidarity activism.“We are alarmed by the persistent pattern of police violence and a...
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/un-experts-urge-germany-halt-criminalisation-and-police-violence-against#:~:text=“We%20are%20alarmed%20by%20the,assembly%20for%20everyone%20without%20discrimination
I’m going to be writing about police violence against #Palestine demos in #Berlin for the LRB. I’m keen to speak to anyone who has been effected, or who has other insight or expertise they wish to share (lawyers, court observers, etc)
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
German journalists always seem to show them themselves up when they write about foreign countries. The plonker responsible for this article (and presumably their editors) thinks that Cornell University is in New York. It’s fine not to already know that obviously, but maybe do your research next time
First we take berlin mit unserem "everyone is hamas" krempel, and now tagesspiegel wants to take manhattan?
www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...
www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...
Emigrieren Juden nach Mamdanis Sieg?: Zum ersten Mal ist da der Gedanke, New York zu verlassen
Schon lange fällt New Yorks neuer Bürgermeister mit Israelkritik auf. Zwei Jüdinnen erzählen, wie sie seinen Wahlerfolg erlebt haben – und welche Konsequenzen sie ziehen.
www.tagesspiegel.de
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
German journalists always seem to show them themselves up when they write about foreign countries. The plonker responsible for this article (and presumably their editors) thinks that Cornell University is in New York. It’s fine not to already know that obviously, but maybe do your research next time
I would take Ronay seriously on this if he hadn’t, repeatedly, (articles on Lineker and Maccabi 2x) refused to actually speak about specifics when it comes to Israel. Here it’s - accurately - massacres, starvation, slaughter etc, but in the other case it’s his usual vague sophistry & wordplay.
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I would take Ronay seriously on this if he hadn’t, repeatedly, (articles on Lineker and Maccabi 2x) refused to actually speak about specifics when it comes to Israel. Here it’s - accurately - massacres, starvation, slaughter etc, but in the other case it’s his usual vague sophistry & wordplay.
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It isn't a problem you can triangulate round. if a not-anywhere-near-radical enough climate plan is too out there to win power in your political system, then your options are kill the planet or kill the political system. There's nothing else
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It isn't a problem you can triangulate round. if a not-anywhere-near-radical enough climate plan is too out there to win power in your political system, then your options are kill the planet or kill the political system. There's nothing else
Ronay effectively doubling down on his original comment piece on this match, pretending the leaked police intelligence report never happened.
Fraught, tense and visceral: there’s never been a football match quite like Maccabi’s visit to Aston Villa | Barney Ronay
Undeniably strange and redolent of wider horrors at one remove, this Europa League tie was a groaning platter of geopolitics with a tiny little sprig of sport dusted across the top
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Ronay effectively doubling down on his original comment piece on this match, pretending the leaked police intelligence report never happened.
Read this
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Read this
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The Taz alleges that during sweeping budget cuts, Berlin's CDU directed taxpayer money for "fighting antisemitism" to a real estate company led by the German equivalent of "John Doe" registered as business number 12345 with a tax number of 123456789.
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Taz alleges that during sweeping budget cuts, Berlin's CDU directed taxpayer money for "fighting antisemitism" to a real estate company led by the German equivalent of "John Doe" registered as business number 12345 with a tax number of 123456789.
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My debut novel, Poor Ghost! is out today with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
It’s about class, mourning, love, fathers, Manchester, and lots of other stuff.
I’m proud of it and I hope you’ll enjoy it too.
It’s about class, mourning, love, fathers, Manchester, and lots of other stuff.
I’m proud of it and I hope you’ll enjoy it too.
May 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My debut novel, Poor Ghost! is out today with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
It’s about class, mourning, love, fathers, Manchester, and lots of other stuff.
I’m proud of it and I hope you’ll enjoy it too.
It’s about class, mourning, love, fathers, Manchester, and lots of other stuff.
I’m proud of it and I hope you’ll enjoy it too.
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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Der @spiegel.de redet Mamdanis Ergebnis schlecht mit Verweis darauf, er habe nur 50% der Stimmen geholt. Dabei wird komplett ignoriert, dass Mamdani als erster Kandidat seit 1969 mehr als eine Millionen Stimmen holt und anders als die Demokraten bei den letzten Wahlen zwei Gegenkandidaten hatte.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Der @spiegel.de redet Mamdanis Ergebnis schlecht mit Verweis darauf, er habe nur 50% der Stimmen geholt. Dabei wird komplett ignoriert, dass Mamdani als erster Kandidat seit 1969 mehr als eine Millionen Stimmen holt und anders als die Demokraten bei den letzten Wahlen zwei Gegenkandidaten hatte.
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In what a former finance senator called “a party-political misuse of taxpayer money,” the Berlin CDU allegedly forced its former and current culture senators to distribute funds according to its own agenda “against repeated documented objections” of administrative employees.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
In what a former finance senator called “a party-political misuse of taxpayer money,” the Berlin CDU allegedly forced its former and current culture senators to distribute funds according to its own agenda “against repeated documented objections” of administrative employees.
archive.ph/Ppcmo
archive.ph/Ppcmo
he is so, SO good. (in this instance I don't mean his politics, though that too in general)
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
he is so, SO good. (in this instance I don't mean his politics, though that too in general)
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on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
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November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
1x Fahren ohne Fahrschein = 60€
2x = 60€ und interne Meldung
3x = Anzeige
4x = Geldstrafe
5x = Bewährungsstrafe
6x = Gefängnis
1x Parken ohne Parkschein = 20€
2x = 20€
3x = 20€
4x = 20€
5x = 20€
6x = 20€
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10x = 20€
2x = 60€ und interne Meldung
3x = Anzeige
4x = Geldstrafe
5x = Bewährungsstrafe
6x = Gefängnis
1x Parken ohne Parkschein = 20€
2x = 20€
3x = 20€
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Extract from more recent Goodwin post. He really should never be allowed on the BBC - or any other reputable broadcaster - again.
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Extract from more recent Goodwin post. He really should never be allowed on the BBC - or any other reputable broadcaster - again.
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Das permanente Gerede über so genannte „Tabus“, die jetzt endlich gebrochen werden, geht an der Realität komplett vorbei. Als würde nicht permanent über angebliche Gefahren der Migration debattiert werden. Als wäre Rassismus nicht längst hoffähig geworden in diesem Land.
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Das permanente Gerede über so genannte „Tabus“, die jetzt endlich gebrochen werden, geht an der Realität komplett vorbei. Als würde nicht permanent über angebliche Gefahren der Migration debattiert werden. Als wäre Rassismus nicht längst hoffähig geworden in diesem Land.
Zohran is cooked! he has no chance against the ELECTRIC CHARISMA and good with talking words ability of Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries says Zohran Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic Party.
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Zohran is cooked! he has no chance against the ELECTRIC CHARISMA and good with talking words ability of Hakeem Jeffries
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Featured story: His wife visited him in ICE detention on his 50th birthday. She couldn’t even bring him the card she’d made. They could only speak through a phone, divided by a thick pane of glass. It was one of few times she’d ever seen him cry.
Trump's ICE Arrested a Whistleblower Who Exposed Sexual Assault in Detention. Now, He’s Left the Country.
Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.
www.texasobserver.org
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Featured story: His wife visited him in ICE detention on his 50th birthday. She couldn’t even bring him the card she’d made. They could only speak through a phone, divided by a thick pane of glass. It was one of few times she’d ever seen him cry.
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One thing AI is genuinely good at reproducing accidentally is the very strange feeling in dreams where the normal logic is off by varying degrees at a time
AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
One thing AI is genuinely good at reproducing accidentally is the very strange feeling in dreams where the normal logic is off by varying degrees at a time
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According to German politicians and journalists both German and British national media are secretly run by Hamas
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
According to German politicians and journalists both German and British national media are secretly run by Hamas
Omar El Akkad never heard of Die Zeit
October 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Omar El Akkad never heard of Die Zeit
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Deutschland hat ein schlechtes Stadtbild, weil jahrzehntelange systematische Unterinvestitionen das Land langsam von innen heraus zerfressen haben. Alle Probleme Deutschlands sind auf Sparmaßnahmen und Rassismus zurückzuführen.
October 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Deutschland hat ein schlechtes Stadtbild, weil jahrzehntelange systematische Unterinvestitionen das Land langsam von innen heraus zerfressen haben. Alle Probleme Deutschlands sind auf Sparmaßnahmen und Rassismus zurückzuführen.
It’s striking that when students chant “From the river to the sea” professor of semiotics Jon Lovett says it’s definitively an antisemitic call to kill and/or expel Jewish Israelis, but when a bloke has a Totenkopf tattoo its 🤷🏼♂️
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It’s striking that when students chant “From the river to the sea” professor of semiotics Jon Lovett says it’s definitively an antisemitic call to kill and/or expel Jewish Israelis, but when a bloke has a Totenkopf tattoo its 🤷🏼♂️