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Lisa Cumming

@lisacumin.bsky.social

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Works in & around conflict grappling. (Local peacebuilding • Nonviolence • Peace practice & thinking.) Worries in the valley, dreams on the moors. Personal account.

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Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · Nov 18

I've kindly been added to some lists with much more interesting folk than me. So if trying to work out whether I'm worth a follow...my day job is accompanying (supporting) people working in local
peacebuilding/conflict work in Britain and...

Scrabble letters spelling "conflict" on a stone hearth.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6h

Shadow Justice Secretary has made a symbolic gesture of support for Quran burning, both in law & apparently in practice too

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Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · 19h

Glad to have read about this "deeply religious atheist".

www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/05/j...

By Contacts We Are Saved: The Forgotten Visionary Jane Ellen Harrison on Change, the Meaning of Faith, and the Courage of Heresy

Alpha and Omega, originally published in 1915, is the third title in Marginalian Editions. Below is my foreword to the new edition, as it appears in on its pages. “Have faith,” someone I loved said…

www.themarginalian.org

Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · 20h

"The trial heard Ahmad, who was Syrian and had fled war-torn Homs after being injured in a bombing, had only been living in Huddersfield for a couple of weeks when he was stabbed."

www.itv.com/news/calenda...

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 20h

As an American watching our best & most crucial institutions crumble in less than a year under Trump, I suggest you make as many of these changes now, while you can.
We didn’t, obviously.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 22h

E.g. The Met Office is the nation’s weather service AND a global climate change research centre. It is highly vulnerable.

Ministers fund its research, influence its priorities, and appoint its leaders. With no statutory basis, its priorities and funding could be changed with little oversight. 5/11

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 22h

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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collin cornell @collincornell.bsky.social · 21h

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.”

RNS @rns.org · 2d

The pastors’ efforts are part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration as the president seeks to implement plans for mass deportation of immigrants.
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who…

religionnews.com

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Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · 22h

"The Israeli cabinet meeting to decide whether to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal has been delayed to 20:00 local time (18:00 BST*), according to the country's public broadcaster, Kan."

[*13.00 ET]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

Israeli cabinet to vote on Gaza deal that would bring ceasefire and hostages' release - live updates

Our correspondents Lyse Doucet and Rushdi Abualouf are answering your questions on the deal now - watch and follow live.

www.bbc.co.uk

Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · 1d

In case anyone else is looking for this info...

"The Israeli government will meet on Thursday at 17:00 Jerusalem time (15:00 BST*) to vote on the deal. If the plan is approved a ceasefire will go into immediate effect..."

[*10.00 ET]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

Gaza ceasefire and hostage releases 'within days' after Israel and Hamas agree first phase of deal - live updates

US President Donald Trump says both sides agree to the first phase of his plan, which paves the way towards a ceasefire.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 1d

Hope, at last. I welcome the first phase of President Trump’s Gaza initiative.

Let’s get the hostages out and aid in – fast.

We are ready to move now, but we need safe access and full funding to turn this pause into real progress.

Every minute counts.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 1d

In June, Tory leader hopeful Robert Jenrick, who recently complained about not seeing white faces in a Birmingham suburb, declared he is an Anglofuturist.

We got inside a secret Anglofuturist Discord server to find out what that really means 👇

🔗 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...

Robert Jenrick says he’s an Anglofuturist. What does that mean? – HOPE not hate

In late June, the shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick took the stand at a conference. Addressing the crowd of Tories and radical-right political figures, he made an unusual statement. “I am what c...

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 3d

If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

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Paul Parker @rcquaker.bsky.social · 4d

For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer, and non-violent action are expressions of our worship. When this is criminalised, our religious freedom is under attack.

@quaker.org.uk

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 5d

Extraordinary.

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli tweet on X
"The @BoardofDeputies
has, regrettably, become first and foremost a political organization - openly aligned with left-wing, woke, pro-Palestinian parties.

Just hours after Jews were murdered in Manchester, instead of demanding protection or holding the government accountable, the Board rushed for a photo-op with the Prime Minister.

Once proudly Zionist, now politically adrift,
If only they showed the same energy attacking Britain’s recognition of a Palestinian terror state as they do attacking me and
@TRobinsonNewEra
.
10:51 PM · Oct 4, 2025
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Netpol @netpol.org · 5d

A final point: cumulative protests are always framed about the 'threat' of Palestine protests. It's significant we never hear a justification for new laws framed by the threat of cumulative protests at so-called "asylum hotels".

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Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · 5d

"The Peace Community Centre aims to promote a true message of Islam and unite Muslims in Peacehaven, Newhaven, Saltdean, Rottingdean, Woodingdean and other surrounding areas as well as to build sound relations with all communities."

www.peacehavenmosque.co.uk/support-us

Support Us – Peacehaven mosque

www.peacehavenmosque.co.uk

Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · 5d

"Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence"

Free pocket guide from Lederach.

www.johnpaullederach.com/2024/07/pock...

The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence - John Paul Lederach

A collection of stories, reflections, and wisdom offering insight into the challenge of facing down toxic polarization layered with violence and the surprising ways everyday people found to shift harm...

www.johnpaullederach.com

Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · 5d

Deeply troubling and troubling not to have heard about this in national coverage (may just have missed though).

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man arrested after fire at London asylum seekers' hotel

The blaze is being treated as a hate crime by officers investigating.

www.bbc.co.uk

Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · 5d

"A mosque in East Sussex [Peacehaven] has been damaged in a suspected arson attack, which police are investigating as a hate crime."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 6d

“How can we take these collaborative, spontaneous, anonymous, witty, performative qualities expressed organically during the protests and apply them in an artistic setting to re-create this interconnectedness amid a heavily censored environment?” —artist and academic Işıl Eğrikavuk

Is Political Protest a Collaborative Art Form?

Hyperallergic speaks to artist and academic Işıl Eğrikavuk about whether art can help keep the spirit of protests alive.

hyperallergic.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6d

New from Institute of Jewish Policy Research: most comprehensive study of Jewish attitudes
> Rising experience + perception of antisemitism:feel less safe
> Growing (now majority) criticism of military campaign in Gaza; rising attachment to Israel
(July 2025 fieldwork)
www.jpr.org.uk/reports/two-...

Two years after the October 7 attacks: British Jewish views on antisemitism, Israel and Jewish life

www.jpr.org.uk

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 6d

This is a great piece of local journalism - about all those flags going up in Brum.

Some interesting details.

The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 6d

Ryan Bridge has become a familiar face in Stirchley lately. He's one of two "company directors" of raisetheflags.org, where he collects donations from £10-£500 for flags.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 6d

“To be honest, I think things are worse now than in 1979,” he says. “Clearly, there was a lot more racial violence then than there is now, but it’s coming back. What’s worse now is that the rhetoric of the extreme far right is not too dissimilar from the rhetoric across the political spectrum.”

Nick Lowles, the fighter of hate who hid from the sun

As a child in the National Front’s heyday, fear made HOPE not Hate’s CEO try to conceal his origins. Now he says tensions are worse than they were in 1979

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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