@mbherbert.bsky.social
Sociological Review Fellow 2024/25.
Counsellor and researching with children who have experienced domestic abuse
Counsellor and researching with children who have experienced domestic abuse
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Israel have been targeting Christians but they haven't batted an eyelid
St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church, 3rd oldest church in the world
Bombed by Israel
St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church, 3rd oldest church in the world
Bombed by Israel
CONFIRMED: Bombing of St. Porphyrios
St. Porphyrios Orthodox ChurchGaza City 19 October 2023 We have just received confirmation from multiple
orderofsaintgeorge.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Israel have been targeting Christians but they haven't batted an eyelid
St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church, 3rd oldest church in the world
Bombed by Israel
St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church, 3rd oldest church in the world
Bombed by Israel
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"Hundreds of former Colombian military personnel have been enlisted to fight with Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF)"
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Colombian mercenaries in Sudan ‘recruited by UK-registered firms’
Exclusive Guardian investigation finds companies set up by people sanctioned by US hired Colombian fighters for Rapid Support Forces, widely suspected of war crimes in Sudan
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"Hundreds of former Colombian military personnel have been enlisted to fight with Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF)"
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
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Open letter to UCL student Qesser Zuharh held at HMP Bronzefield.
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Open letter to UCL student Qesser Zuharh held at HMP Bronzefield.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of.... Just in case anyone is around and would like to join me for my book launch 😊
Book Launch: The Everyday Lives of Children Who Have Experienced Domestic Abuse
Join the Critical Childhood Studies Centre in welcoming author Brenda Herbert (UCL Social Research Institute).
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of.... Just in case anyone is around and would like to join me for my book launch 😊
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Arson has become a weapon of choice for domestic abusers, as local authorities in England and Wales are being urged to do more to safeguard survivors in their own homes.
📩 Read the full newsletter from Channel 4 News:
📩 Read the full newsletter from Channel 4 News:
Councils ‘fireproofing’ letterboxes with calls to better protect domestic abuse survivors
Arson has become a weapon of choice for domestic abusers, as local authorities in England and Wales are being urged to do more to safeguard survivors in their own homes.
channel4news.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Arson has become a weapon of choice for domestic abusers, as local authorities in England and Wales are being urged to do more to safeguard survivors in their own homes.
📩 Read the full newsletter from Channel 4 News:
📩 Read the full newsletter from Channel 4 News:
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The shameful logic of the Labour/Starmer government:
*Human rights are the cause of the far right. Let’s get rid of them.
*Immigrants are the cause of rising racism/far right— let’s get rid of them.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
*Human rights are the cause of the far right. Let’s get rid of them.
*Immigrants are the cause of rising racism/far right— let’s get rid of them.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer and hardline governments risk creating ‘hierarchy of people’ by constraining human rights
Human rights official says politicians are playing into the hands of the populist right as they seek to tackle migration
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The shameful logic of the Labour/Starmer government:
*Human rights are the cause of the far right. Let’s get rid of them.
*Immigrants are the cause of rising racism/far right— let’s get rid of them.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
*Human rights are the cause of the far right. Let’s get rid of them.
*Immigrants are the cause of rising racism/far right— let’s get rid of them.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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The Palestine hunger strikers are going to die if there is no intervention from this Labour government.
Keir Starmer and David Lammy, blood will be on your hands.
Keir Starmer and David Lammy, blood will be on your hands.
December 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Palestine hunger strikers are going to die if there is no intervention from this Labour government.
Keir Starmer and David Lammy, blood will be on your hands.
Keir Starmer and David Lammy, blood will be on your hands.
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Solidarity with the hunger strikers.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Solidarity with the hunger strikers.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
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“Our deeply unequal world needs a critical and engaged sociology now more than ever.”
Translating the Sociological Review Foundation’s mission into practical action has needed fresh thinking and a new approach, write @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and Maria Bellocci in the Magazine.
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Translating the Sociological Review Foundation’s mission into practical action has needed fresh thinking and a new approach, write @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and Maria Bellocci in the Magazine.
buff.ly/Lpd67XQ
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Our deeply unequal world needs a critical and engaged sociology now more than ever.”
Translating the Sociological Review Foundation’s mission into practical action has needed fresh thinking and a new approach, write @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and Maria Bellocci in the Magazine.
buff.ly/Lpd67XQ
Translating the Sociological Review Foundation’s mission into practical action has needed fresh thinking and a new approach, write @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and Maria Bellocci in the Magazine.
buff.ly/Lpd67XQ
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I taught Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire (edited Jehad Abusalim et al, 2022) yesterday. The supplementary texts included this TED talk by Refaat Alareer thanks to which my students have discovered his lecture videos. Looking forward to their essays youtu.be/YsbEjldJjOw?...
Stories make us | Refaat Alareer | TEDxShujaiya
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I taught Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire (edited Jehad Abusalim et al, 2022) yesterday. The supplementary texts included this TED talk by Refaat Alareer thanks to which my students have discovered his lecture videos. Looking forward to their essays youtu.be/YsbEjldJjOw?...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca... please sign
Call on MP and Secretary of Justice David Lammy to intervene and protect the hunger strikers
Eight prisoners currently held on remand for alleged actions in solidarity with Palestine have been on a hunger strike which began on 2nd November. Their names are Amu Gib, Qesser Zuhrah, Heba Muraisi...
actionnetwork.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca... please sign
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This is an extraordinary film - weaponising water in Gaza. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfpx...
How Israel is weaponising water in Gaza | People & Power Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is an extraordinary film - weaponising water in Gaza. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfpx...
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Join us on 5th December to honour the legacy of UCL alumni Dr Refaat Alareer.
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Join us on 5th December to honour the legacy of UCL alumni Dr Refaat Alareer.
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We are excited to announce the launch of #lessonplans tied to our #Uncommonsense #podcast. Each highlights relevant AQA & Cambridge OCR modules, and shares recommended reading. You can find all episodes listed in this news story, here. Engage! Enjoy! Share! buff.ly/LUHf6md
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We are excited to announce the launch of #lessonplans tied to our #Uncommonsense #podcast. Each highlights relevant AQA & Cambridge OCR modules, and shares recommended reading. You can find all episodes listed in this news story, here. Engage! Enjoy! Share! buff.ly/LUHf6md
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Join us on 5th December to honour the legacy of UCL alumni Dr Refaat Alareer on the second anniversary of his murder.
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Join us on 5th December to honour the legacy of UCL alumni Dr Refaat Alareer on the second anniversary of his murder.
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LSE Public Lecture "Race and the Question of Palestine"
📍2 Dec, 6PM
Speaker: Lana Tatour
Discussants: Ralph Wilde, Ayça Cubukcu, Neve Gordon
Register here:
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
📍2 Dec, 6PM
Speaker: Lana Tatour
Discussants: Ralph Wilde, Ayça Cubukcu, Neve Gordon
Register here:
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
LSE Public Lecture "Race and the Question of Palestine"
📍2 Dec, 6PM
Speaker: Lana Tatour
Discussants: Ralph Wilde, Ayça Cubukcu, Neve Gordon
Register here:
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
📍2 Dec, 6PM
Speaker: Lana Tatour
Discussants: Ralph Wilde, Ayça Cubukcu, Neve Gordon
Register here:
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
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Migration insights: read our Virtual Issue of The Sociological Review journal, a companion to our Annual Lecture 2025 with Shahram Khosravi.
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring refugees, borders and migration, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring refugees, borders and migration, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Migration insights: read our Virtual Issue of The Sociological Review journal, a companion to our Annual Lecture 2025 with Shahram Khosravi.
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring refugees, borders and migration, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring refugees, borders and migration, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U