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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · 14d

OUR NEWS bit.ly/PJ_Sept2025 is on Dhaxalreeb 21.1 with articles on drama in climate change awareness, opposing Somali nationalist narratives, Cyclone Sagar on Somaliland Livelihoods and Universities and Climate Change Research Initiatives in the Horn of Africa. On @scienceopen.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · 20d

OUR September NEWS IS HERE bit.ly/PJ_Sept2025 on the latest
Arab Studies Quarterly Winter Volume 47, Issue 3 on reimagining modernity in ways that affirm spirituality, human dignity, and indigenous knowledge, how imperial powers employ necropolitics & American Aid to Israel @scienceopen.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · 28d

OUR September NEWS IS HERE bit.ly/PJ_Sept2025 with the latest publications: Dhaxalreeb, a journal from Somaliland, with new perspectives on climate change, & Arab Studies Quarterly, our oldest and most established journal. Our journals are Diamond Open Access on @scienceopen.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Sep 4

OUR NEWS bit.ly/PJ_Aug2025 is on ReOrient Vol. 9, Issue [email protected] on Ramadan in Australia, the Islamicate on ReOrienting Classicism, Pious nationalisms & memory, Decoloniality & Islamic Economics, Islamicate response to AI & the Portrayal of Afghans in Hindi film
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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Aug 29

OUR NEWS bit.ly/PJ_Aug2025 is on Policy Perspectives Vol 22, Iss 1, with articles on the GCC-Iran reset post-Gaza war, Israel-Palestine through game theory, Trump’s NATO “5% ruse,” US-China Indo-Pacific rivalry, 50 Days since the Pahalgam Incident & Khurshid Ahmad a tribute. On @jstor.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Aug 21

OUR NEWS bit.ly/PJ_Aug2025 highlights the latest International Journal of Cuba Studies with articles on revolutionary power in Cuba’s countryside, Helms-Burton’s Title III, Cuba & the Russo-Ukrainian war, Hilary Spicer’s cultural bridge & Cuban women in the Canary Islands. Read all #OpenAccess

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African Journals Initiative @african-journals.bsky.social · Aug 14

Last call #Humanities & #SocialScience journals, in #Africa: Apply to the African Journals Initiative 2026 bit.ly/AJI2026-Apply
AJI works to enhance journals’ profile & discoverability, increase usage & submissions & mobilise academic libraries & consortia financial support @scienceopen.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Aug 14

OUR August NEWS IS HERE bit.ly/PJ_Aug2025 with the latest publications bringing perspectives from Cuba, Pakistan and Critical Muslim Studies. Our journals are Diamond Open Access and articles are free to read on @scienceopen.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Aug 9

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African Journals Initiative @african-journals.bsky.social · Aug 8

📣Calling #Humanities & #SocialScience journals, in #Africa: Apply to the African Journals Initiative 2026 bit.ly/AJI2026-Apply. AJI works to enhance journals’ profile & discoverability, increase usage & submissions & mobilise academic libraries & consortia financial support @scienceopen.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Aug 8

Signup to Pluto Journals news bit.ly/PJNews_subscribe to explore the latest diamond #OpenAccess social science issues & articles from our collection of radical publications on @scienceopen.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social @ijdsj.bsky.social @african-journals.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Aug 7

NEWS bit.ly/PJJuly_25 of the special issue Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation Vol. 19.2 New Worlds of Logistical Labour with 10 articles on tech, work, displacement & algorithmic control which challenge myths of logistical labour universalism. @scienceopen.bsky.social @jstor.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Aug 7

📢OUR NEWS bit.ly/PJJuly_25 is on two early-published articles in State Crime Journal Vol. 14, Issue 1:

“Entangled Others: Intergroup Connectivity in Racialization—Israel/Palestine & Beyond”

“Tracking Financial Complicity in Israeli War Crimes via Canadian Charities”
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African Journals Initiative @african-journals.bsky.social · Jul 31

The African Journals Initiative July newsletter bit.ly/AJI_July2025 highlights the latest Dhaxalreeb: Somaliland Centre for African Studies with articles on climate change, linguistics & heritage. 2026 African Journals Initiative Journals applications open until 31st August. @scienceopen.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Jul 31

OUR NEWS bit.ly/PJJuly_25 is on the latest issue of Prometheus - Critical Studies in Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3 with articles exploring authorship, state secrets and compromise with capitalism, sportswashing and the role of openness in innovation. Diamond #OpenAccess @scienceopen.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Jul 28

📣Calling #Humanities & #SocialScience journals, in #Africa: Apply to the African Journals Initiative 2026 bit.ly/AJI2026-Apply.
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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Jul 18

OUR NEWS bit.ly/PJJuly_25 of the Top 10 Articles, across our collection, has Palestine & Zionism at No.1. The latest State Crime Journal, Prometheus and Work Organisation Labour & Globalisation span Sportswashing & Logistical Labour: migration, racism and inequality. @scienceopen.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Jul 15

Our news bit.ly/PJ_July25 of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice Vol 5 Iss 1 shows its articles: Analysis of Accessibility, Mobility Justice, Disability-Based Hate Crime, Autistic Menopause, Labour, Capital, Community, Power, Risk, and Safety & Japan's Eugenics Protection Law

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Journal of Fair Trade @journalfairtrade.bsky.social · Jul 14

In the latest issue, read Desiree Simandjuntak, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa ‘Tokenism in the attempt to empower Fair Trade (USA) small-scale fishers in Toli-Toli, Indonesia’

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Benoa, Bali, Indonesia: Fishing net.
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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Jul 15

📣Calling #Humanities & #SocialScience journals, in #Africa: Apply to the African Journals Initiative 2026 bit.ly/AJI2026-Apply.
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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Jul 9

Signup to Pluto Journals news bit.ly/PJNews_subscribe to explore the latest diamond #OpenAccess social science issues & articles from our 20 radical publications on @scienceopen.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Jul 9

Our news bit.ly/PJ_July25 is on the latest Journal of Global Faultlines. Its editorial “The global power shift and its impact on the transatlantic alliance” explores “multipolarity” & “American disengagement” from Europe and its prominence within media following Trump’s second presidential victory.

Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Jul 3

OUR JULY NEWS IS HERE bit.ly/PJ_July25 with latest issues on Global Faultlines, Political Economy, Disability and Social Justice! #HumanRightsViolations #socialscience #DisabilityRights #DiamondOpenAccess @scienceopen.bsky.social @jstor.bsky.social @angharadbeckett.bsky.social @ijdsj.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Jul 3

Signup to Pluto Journals news bit.ly/PJNews_subscribe to explore the latest diamond #OpenAccess social science issues & articles from our 20 radical publications on @scienceopen.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social @ijdsj.bsky.social @arabstudiesqtly.bsky.social @wolgjournal.bsky.social

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Pluto Journals @pluto-journals.bsky.social · Jun 26

OUR News bit.ly/PJ_June25 is on the latest Ibadan Journal of Sociology with articles on Sociology in Nigeria, the Nigerian Maritime industry, crime and correctional centres & expectation mismatches of returning Nigerian migrants.

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