Pinned
When fatigue & utter rage are cohabitating, endurance becomes both resistance and rebellion.
He IS a racist. Why are we focusing on him publicly admitting or not & not on fact that many share his views? They will try and get him elected based on his (not at all hidden) racist views. So will the silent, (not really) on the fence group of people who will also vote for him.
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
He IS a racist. Why are we focusing on him publicly admitting or not & not on fact that many share his views? They will try and get him elected based on his (not at all hidden) racist views. So will the silent, (not really) on the fence group of people who will also vote for him.
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Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa: 'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social buff.ly/WGsMVlg
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa: 'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social buff.ly/WGsMVlg
Les Republicains - Pact: that's how their previous iteration was able to win the presidential elections. They have always made side deals with the far right.
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far-right takeover of the country | Paul Taylor
In trying to woo Le Pen’s voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Les Republicains - Pact: that's how their previous iteration was able to win the presidential elections. They have always made side deals with the far right.
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Also, 'destroy the Gaulliste legacy': shaking head in irony. Zarma ! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you are in Lisbon next week, join me!
I'll expand in some themes from my book
#AfricanEuropeans
www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/pa...
I'll expand in some themes from my book
#AfricanEuropeans
www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/pa...
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If you are in Lisbon next week, join me!
I'll expand in some themes from my book
#AfricanEuropeans
www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/pa...
I'll expand in some themes from my book
#AfricanEuropeans
www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/pa...
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"If the BBC does settle, how would it sell to the licence-fee payer that we have made Donald Trump richer?"
"Fearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
"Fearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
'If the BBC backs down to Trump, it doesn’t deserve to survive’ | The News Agents
What’s the next move for the BBC, after Donald Trump’s threat to sue the broadcaster for a billion dollars – and why what it decides will influence much more than its own future.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"If the BBC does settle, how would it sell to the licence-fee payer that we have made Donald Trump richer?"
"Fearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
"Fearless journalism is what terrifies politicians, and it must not be cowed"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-t...
London last night, Booker Prize Ceremony, red carpet, great fun and meaningful as always. Congratulations to David Szalay, the 2025 winner for his novel *Flesh*. Also, an opportunity to catch up with many friends 💛
photo credit: the group one from the magnificent Selina Brown.
photo credit: the group one from the magnificent Selina Brown.
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
London last night, Booker Prize Ceremony, red carpet, great fun and meaningful as always. Congratulations to David Szalay, the 2025 winner for his novel *Flesh*. Also, an opportunity to catch up with many friends 💛
photo credit: the group one from the magnificent Selina Brown.
photo credit: the group one from the magnificent Selina Brown.
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Wonderful to be at @thebookerprizes.com dinner yesterday and it is always a treat to bump into the amazing Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wonderful to be at @thebookerprizes.com dinner yesterday and it is always a treat to bump into the amazing Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social
If you are free this Friday.
www.vam.ac.uk/event/WdP0YG...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/WdP0YG...
Ornamental Blackness: The Black Figure in European Decorative Arts - Talk at
V&A South Kensington · V&A
Join curator and art historian Adrienne L Childs PhD, in conversation with V&A curator Dr Madeleine Haddon, as they explore how decorative arts shaped ideas of Blackness in 18th to 19th-century Europe...
www.vam.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If you are free this Friday.
www.vam.ac.uk/event/WdP0YG...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/WdP0YG...
'Immigrants, we get the job done'!! 🎶
youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds?...
youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds?...
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
'Immigrants, we get the job done'!! 🎶
youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds?...
youtu.be/6_35a7sn6ds?...
The death toll is going up as I write this. Bodies being found. Videos from my friends in Rio shared (I can't beat to watch anymore). So many young people. 💔
What a governor would to on the eve of elections ...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
What a governor would to on the eve of elections ...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Brazil: at least 64 reported killed in Rio’s worst day of violence amid police favela raids
Governor says city ‘at war’ after gunfights between troops and Red Command drug traffickers who reportedly used weaponised drones
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The death toll is going up as I write this. Bodies being found. Videos from my friends in Rio shared (I can't beat to watch anymore). So many young people. 💔
What a governor would to on the eve of elections ...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
What a governor would to on the eve of elections ...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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“It’s helpful for Farage to have someone pushing at the door of racism... this is how they work out where the public is.”
Is Reform using their MP Sarah Pochin to test how far they can go with their rhetoric?
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
Is Reform using their MP Sarah Pochin to test how far they can go with their rhetoric?
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“It’s helpful for Farage to have someone pushing at the door of racism... this is how they work out where the public is.”
Is Reform using their MP Sarah Pochin to test how far they can go with their rhetoric?
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
Is Reform using their MP Sarah Pochin to test how far they can go with their rhetoric?
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
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"Is the Nazi MP who says she's driven mad by TV adverts full of Jews a racist or realist? How many people of Jewish heritage would the German National People’s Party expel? And should Germany be selling tanks to Yugoslavia?"
Join LIVE from the Weimar Republic in the year 1931 🇩🇪
Join LIVE from the Weimar Republic in the year 1931 🇩🇪
Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?
Join LIVE at 9PM on X & YouTube or on ITV1 at 1045PM 📺
#Peston
Join LIVE at 9PM on X & YouTube or on ITV1 at 1045PM 📺
#Peston
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"Is the Nazi MP who says she's driven mad by TV adverts full of Jews a racist or realist? How many people of Jewish heritage would the German National People’s Party expel? And should Germany be selling tanks to Yugoslavia?"
Join LIVE from the Weimar Republic in the year 1931 🇩🇪
Join LIVE from the Weimar Republic in the year 1931 🇩🇪
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Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
The debate about the ILR might be the goutte d'eau for us. For the first time, the man is not shutting down a discussion about not living in the UK. Even racist France looks appealing to him right now. Le sigh.
October 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The debate about the ILR might be the goutte d'eau for us. For the first time, the man is not shutting down a discussion about not living in the UK. Even racist France looks appealing to him right now. Le sigh.
Let's put the same manhunt energy as was put to catch the horrible predator (you know, the one called 'asylum seeker' as if not being an a.s would have made him less of a predator) who was accidentally let out days ago.
www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-mi...
www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-mi...
We need to find this man after the racially aggravated rape of a woman in Walsall
We need to find this man after the racially aggravated rape of a woman in Walsall
www.westmidlands.police.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Let's put the same manhunt energy as was put to catch the horrible predator (you know, the one called 'asylum seeker' as if not being an a.s would have made him less of a predator) who was accidentally let out days ago.
www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-mi...
www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-mi...
