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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 9h

Looking forward to The World Transformed Festival of radical politics, art and culture kicking off tomorrow...

I'm involved in two sessions, a panel looking at the power of Abu Dhabi in the UK/MCR + a walking tour of financialised MCR

More info here theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 1d

My Global Corridor newsletter #5 is out now

This issue features stories, data, opinion + academic work from Pakistani ports to Russia in Sudan to Middle Eastern railways to the longest film ever (on logistics)....

globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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Elisa Gambino @drelisagambino.bsky.social · 2d

The latest paper I wrote with Costanza Franceschini (Leiden), which came out on @ripejournal.bsky.social, inspired a piece for @theconversation.com 👌

You can now read it here:
theconversation.com/chinese-comp...

The original paper is open access at: doi.org/10.1080/0969...

Chinese companies are changing the way they operate in Africa: here’s how

African governments and other local actors have a crucial role to play in shaping the activities of Chinese firms.

theconversation.com

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 2d

It's our 10th Birthday!!!

As we enter Urban October we are pleased to share a series of events, gatherings and activities organised by the Urban Institute to celebrate ten years of urban research at the University of Sheffield.

sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

Ten Years of Urban Research – Happy Birthday to the Urban Institute

As we enter Urban October we are pleased to share a series of events, gatherings and activities organised by the Urban Institute to celebrate ten years of urban research at the University of Sheffield...

sheffield.ac.uk

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 2d

The UK Government is arming a genocide while closing down/criminalising any possibility to protest these war crimes. All for a foreign government that has killed at least 20,000 children...

Free Palestine because none of us are free until all of us are free

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 3d

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values

Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...

www.channel4.com

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Simone Vegliò @simoneveglio.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to share my new article just out in Urban Studies on the impacts of logistical and neo-extractive infrastructures in Buenos Aires! 🏗️ 🚢 Materiality + temporalities + environmental degradation + social struggles 🔥 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 5d

Manchester out today against the genocide in Gaza as it is every week, people who value and cherish the lives of everyone regardless of race and religion

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 5d

I can’t believe that senior politicians, police + media in the UK are now labelling people protesting against genocide antisemitic.

People have been killed this week and it’s being mobilised in appalling ways. Horrified at the state of our country…

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 13d

A fantastic crowd today for our joint event with the city of Athens on homelessness outreach policy across Manchester, Athens and Santiago. The public event wraps up three days of knowledge exchange between our teams in the three metro areas stemming from the #UKRI urban crisis project.

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 8d

Excited for our new edited (and OPEN ACCESS) book released on Nov 20th

"The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative: Infrastructures and Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road"

with Elia Apostolopoulou, Han Cheng and Alan Wiig

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-material...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 8d

My Global Corridor newsletter #4 featuring stories, data, opinion + academic work from digital cables to Artic sea routes to private equity funds to AI supply chains....Out now

globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

Global Corridor #4

Google's digital corridors for Africa, Carlyle Group's new global infrastructure fund, China-Europe Arctic shipping route, Trump's real estate interests in Saudi, Chinese road film, AI supply chains

globalcorridor.substack.com

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Tom Gillespie @t-a-gillespie.bsky.social · 17d

'New Urban Frontiers'

This @urbangeography.bsky.social special issue edited by me and @clairemercer.bsky.social has now been published online: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rurb20/4...

A thread on the papers 👇

Urban Geography

New Urban Frontiers. Volume 46, Issue 8 of Urban Geography

www.tandfonline.com

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 11d

Whilst the Labour party congregate at their annual conference, protestors are outside disobeying the unjust ban on Palestine Action.

They're risking arrest under the Terrorism Act, for silently holding cardboard signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".

wedonotcomply.org

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 12d

The whole weekend is 🔥whether you want to get involved in the drama of YourParty or stick to more anti-colonial, anti-capitalist organising, or simply enjoy some amazing cultural programming. See you there!

Tickets here - theworldtransformed.org

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 12d

Comrades, join us in Hulme, Manchester at The World Transformed for this session...

"Sheikh Mansour my lord?: Capital, Football, Real Estate, and the growing role of Abu Dhabi in Britain"

10 Oct, 12PM – 1:30PM

theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 12d

Assata Shakur, an icon of Black liberation who was exiled to Cuba, dies aged 78 ❤️

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Assata Shakur, an icon of Black liberation who was exiled to Cuba, dies aged 78

Shakur spent decades exiled after she was convicted of killing a state trooper in 1977 and escaped from prison

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 13d

I am sickened but not surprised to see this ghoul appear amid an ongoing genocide.

"Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority"

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority

Reported proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian rule

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 14d

Brilliant reporting on the role of the UAE (esp Abu Dhabi) in war crimes in Sudan

We will never, ever escape: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher

The UAE/Abu Dhabi is a key UK ally esp via its investments in Manchester
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher

For 500 days, 260,000 people have been trapped by the paramilitary RSF. While political progress stalls, those who attempt escape are killed and those who remain inside are starving. Experts believe t...

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 22d

My third Global Corridor newsletter is out now on Substack

"Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, EU designs (on) Africa's corridors, Genoa's dockworkers threaten blockade, LAPSSET, seeing like a train + radical highway geographies"

globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 22d

My third Global Corridor newsletter is out now on Substack

"Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, EU designs (on) Africa's corridors, Genoa's dockworkers threaten blockade, LAPSSET, seeing like a train + radical highway geographies"

globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 23d

We're excited to present the trailer for our new Global Corridor film by director Spyros Gerousis

"Contained: A new Silk Road Story"

Watch here: vimeo.com/1103055839

"Contained:A new Silk Road Story" trailer

"Contained:A New Silk Road Story” is a brief ethno-artistic glimpse into the everyday life of one of the largest Romani communities in Greece, located…

vimeo.com

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 23d

A glimpse into the everyday life of one of the largest Romani communities in Greece, located in a shanty town called Nea Zoi (New Life). Nea Zoi lies within a vast network of transportation and logistics infrastructures just outside the Greek capital.

Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 23d

We're excited to present the trailer for our new Global Corridor film by director Spyros Gerousis

"Contained: A new Silk Road Story"

Watch here: vimeo.com/1103055839

"Contained:A new Silk Road Story" trailer

"Contained:A New Silk Road Story” is a brief ethno-artistic glimpse into the everyday life of one of the largest Romani communities in Greece, located…

vimeo.com