Pollyanna Ruiz
@profpol.bsky.social
Professor at Sussex University researching media, protest, memory. Loves her allotment, walking, reading, swimming, throwing pots, practicing shodo.
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Yesterday's narrative of 7 October as ‘another 9/11’ – "yet another day torn free from any history or context" with only two sides – seeks to demonise all Palestine solidarity as "pro-terrorist." It is critical to understanding Britain's current crackdown on protest rights netpol.org/2025/10/06/a...
October 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Yesterday's narrative of 7 October as ‘another 9/11’ – "yet another day torn free from any history or context" with only two sides – seeks to demonise all Palestine solidarity as "pro-terrorist." It is critical to understanding Britain's current crackdown on protest rights netpol.org/2025/10/06/a...
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VICTORY: citing "lack of evidence", prosecutors have dropped the trial against the Drax 15. They never had a case, but they kept defendants waiting for a year to somehow justify an astonishing £3 million police operation. This is yet another example of the repression of protest rights in Britain
September 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
VICTORY: citing "lack of evidence", prosecutors have dropped the trial against the Drax 15. They never had a case, but they kept defendants waiting for a year to somehow justify an astonishing £3 million police operation. This is yet another example of the repression of protest rights in Britain
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Brighton people - please share this far and wide!
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Brighton people - please share this far and wide!
Elbit Systems in Bristol today, L3 Harris in Brighton tomorrow www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Israeli arms manufacturer closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action
Exclusive: Elbit Systems UK Bristol site was subject of protest days before direct action group was proscribed
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Elbit Systems in Bristol today, L3 Harris in Brighton tomorrow www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Hundreds of thousands supported Palestine in London today.
September 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hundreds of thousands supported Palestine in London today.
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Arrests at Palestine Action ban protest in London but article notes that “police forces in Edinburgh, Totnes, Derry and Kendall had all decided not to arrest sign-holders.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Police make arrests at London Palestine Action ban protest
More than 1,000 people have pledged to risk arrest in demonstration billed as largest since group was proscribed
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Arrests at Palestine Action ban protest in London but article notes that “police forces in Edinburgh, Totnes, Derry and Kendall had all decided not to arrest sign-holders.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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BREAKING: Police start to arrest protestors under the Terrorism Act for holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
Over a thousand people are risking arrest today, despite the state's best efforts to deter us.
Over a thousand people are risking arrest today, despite the state's best efforts to deter us.
September 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
BREAKING: Police start to arrest protestors under the Terrorism Act for holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
Over a thousand people are risking arrest today, despite the state's best efforts to deter us.
Over a thousand people are risking arrest today, despite the state's best efforts to deter us.
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Archiving the map crowd sourcing memories of anti-fascist and anti-racist protest in Brighton and Hove begins!
July 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Archiving the map crowd sourcing memories of anti-fascist and anti-racist protest in Brighton and Hove begins!
My daughter graduating in style!
July 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My daughter graduating in style!
Whose Streets talk in pictorial form!
June 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Whose Streets talk in pictorial form!
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Have a new publication published — re.: solidarity long-term re.: Ukraine (open access)
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June 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Have a new publication published — re.: solidarity long-term re.: Ukraine (open access)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Help keep the 12 humanitarians on board the Madleen safe.
Demand that BBC news covers the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social's life saving mission to Gaza.
Demand they do their job & actually report the news!!!
📧 Email: [email protected]
📲 WhatsApp: +44 7980 682727
#FreePalestine🇵🇸
Help keep the 12 humanitarians on board the Madleen safe.
Demand that BBC news covers the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social's life saving mission to Gaza.
Demand they do their job & actually report the news!!!
📧 Email: [email protected]
📲 WhatsApp: +44 7980 682727
#FreePalestine🇵🇸
June 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Help keep the 12 humanitarians on board the Madleen safe.
Demand that BBC news covers the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social's life saving mission to Gaza.
Demand they do their job & actually report the news!!!
📧 Email: [email protected]
📲 WhatsApp: +44 7980 682727
#FreePalestine🇵🇸
Help keep the 12 humanitarians on board the Madleen safe.
Demand that BBC news covers the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social's life saving mission to Gaza.
Demand they do their job & actually report the news!!!
📧 Email: [email protected]
📲 WhatsApp: +44 7980 682727
#FreePalestine🇵🇸
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Thank you @alanlester.bsky.social. Bristol's Shed museum is screening a short documentary about the lead up and immediate aftermath of Colston's toppling. Context, and the cult of Colston.
You can also see the toppled relic, graffiti and all, in a case at the end of our PROTEST Gallery too.
You can also see the toppled relic, graffiti and all, in a case at the end of our PROTEST Gallery too.
Tomorrow it will be five years since Black Lives Matter demonstrators dumped slave trader Edward Colston’s statue into Bristol’s harbour. The act reshaped our political history and helped us rewrite our colonial history. Colston 5 Years On blog:
alanlester.co.uk/blog/how-top...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/how-top...
Five Years On: How Toppling Colston’s Statue Rewrote History
Alan Lester On 7th June 2025, it will be the 5th anniversary of Black Lives Matter demonstrators toppling Edward Colston’s statue into the harbour whence his slave ships had sailed. Immediately fol…
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June 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Thank you @alanlester.bsky.social. Bristol's Shed museum is screening a short documentary about the lead up and immediate aftermath of Colston's toppling. Context, and the cult of Colston.
You can also see the toppled relic, graffiti and all, in a case at the end of our PROTEST Gallery too.
You can also see the toppled relic, graffiti and all, in a case at the end of our PROTEST Gallery too.
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On the anniversary of the #BLM toppling of the Colston statue in Bristol, Roger Ball of Bristol Radical History Group looks at the mythologizing around Colston over the years.
www.brh.org.uk/site/article...
www.brh.org.uk/site/article...
Myths within myths... - Bristol Radical History Group
In the light of recent moves to place a ‘corrective’ plaque on the statue of Edward Colston in the centre of Bristol and calls for it to be removed to a museum it seems the time is right to investigat...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
On the anniversary of the #BLM toppling of the Colston statue in Bristol, Roger Ball of Bristol Radical History Group looks at the mythologizing around Colston over the years.
www.brh.org.uk/site/article...
www.brh.org.uk/site/article...
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Disclosure: Unravelling the #Spycops Files. Kate Wilson's book tells her unique story of being deceived into a relationship then fighting a 10year legal battle to get 1000s of secret reports laying bare the shocking truth of our political secret police
www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/kate-...
www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/kate-...
Disclosure
'It was exciting when it started, then comfortable and domestic, and over time we grew apart. If it had been real, our relationship wouldn't have made a chap...
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May 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Disclosure: Unravelling the #Spycops Files. Kate Wilson's book tells her unique story of being deceived into a relationship then fighting a 10year legal battle to get 1000s of secret reports laying bare the shocking truth of our political secret police
www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/kate-...
www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/kate-...
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'Why do protestors use disruptive, confrontational tactics? New research shows they’re not just a last resort'
New blogpost from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social & me, funded by @polpsyispp.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-do-prote...
New blogpost from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social & me, funded by @polpsyispp.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-do-prote...
Why do protestors use disruptive, confrontational tactics? New research shows they’re not just a last resort
People who opt for disruptive protests are not acting out of desperation according to a new study.
theconversation.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
'Why do protestors use disruptive, confrontational tactics? New research shows they’re not just a last resort'
New blogpost from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social & me, funded by @polpsyispp.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-do-prote...
New blogpost from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social & me, funded by @polpsyispp.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-do-prote...
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Look out for this amazing image from Erin James at Afrori Books in Brighton. It’s part of an exhibition marking five years since the killing of George Floyd.
May 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Look out for this amazing image from Erin James at Afrori Books in Brighton. It’s part of an exhibition marking five years since the killing of George Floyd.
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Remembering George Floyd today
May 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Remembering George Floyd today
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Weekly protest in support of Gaza easing the pain …
May 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Weekly protest in support of Gaza easing the pain …
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This addition to the map really moved me.
May 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This addition to the map really moved me.
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Final weekend of @mappingprotest.bsky.social at Brighton Museum - local history of protest
May 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Final weekend of @mappingprotest.bsky.social at Brighton Museum - local history of protest
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Add your memories of protest to the maps in Brighton Museum and Art Gallery!
May 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Add your memories of protest to the maps in Brighton Museum and Art Gallery!