"As Jews we beg you: do not let the Manchester attack be weaponised" - A forceful statement. archive.ph/BRTCY#select...

As authoritarian politics tighten their grip across the globe, we need to allow ourselves to press pause and collectively analyze the current conjuncture.

Come discuss with @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, in conversation with Engin Isin, on her Making Sancturay Cities (Stanford 2025). Details below

“In the face of ongoing authoritarian repression in the United States, the SSJ Open University initiative aims to build independent sites of study, collaborative engagement, and intellectual community.” See the various calls- www.scholarsforsocialjustice.com/ssj-open-uni...

If you are an academic based in the UK, please consider signing and circulating this letter. It's important. cc @ophiragamliel.bsky.social @cairsti.bsky.social @erdemavsar.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social

"I trust that the UK Government will take the right decision. Please, don't let me choose between my family and my education, because it's impossible for me to be separated from them."

www.thenational.scot/news/2548316...

"We’ve been a place where controversial public issues can be freely debated. We have different views on Israel-Palestine. We need to hear them even when they upset us. That is the spirit of the place that I have been championing and affirming for 30 years.” Prof Judith Butler

Just City by the Med Research Network connects researchers investigating social justice and inequality in cities and exploring pathways towards just urban futures, through the context of the Mediterranean. Check justcitymed.org for details 👇

Help Sajida Umm Tulin and her family survive and rebuild in Gaza chuffed.org/project/1274...

Beacon of hope.

If you are in Europe and care about Gazans, take a moment to read the thread below. @kajakallas, Gazans have been waiting too long. Europe has to stand against the Israeli government. Now.

The First World War started because a bunch of white men were scared of other white men's possible intentions of invasion. Shame on Starmer, Macron, Putin, Merz, Meloni etc -- history repeating itself? White ignorance is a choice, an ultimately murderous choice.

Waking up to this.

Is Starmer sane? Who can seriously think that Russia would intend to attack NATO countries? 3% to military without strong evidence? This is certainly a way of ruining the already very precarious livelihoods of the working classes through cutbacks.
www.politico.eu/article/brit...

“We face a choice: to step back in fear or rise together in solidarity.” 🎓🎓 April 3rd: Nationwide Emergency Faculty Town Hall to confront the escalating repression targeting college campuses across the US 🎓🎓 Europe: get lessons. #ssj
www.scholarsforsocialjustice.com/mahmoud-khalil

March 12, 1pm | Uni Glasgow Main Building | Public Talk

Decolonizing Peace: What Gaza Teaches us about the Coloniality of 'Universal Peace',

Speaker: Dr Mahdis Azarmandi (U of Canterbury, NZ)

Register @ rb.gy/mqncac

cc @glasgowunisrc.bsky.social @theglasgowguardian.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk