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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · 11d

Deep South

Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Mar 26

Leonard Cohen. Rufus Wainwright. Martha Wainwright!

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Mar 26

Catherine O’Hara!

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Mar 26

Sandra Oh!

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Mar 23

More folks should watch Raoul Peck's Exterminate All the Brutes, especially right now. It's on HBO & Max.

It's brilliant, and especially good at connecting slavery in the Americas with Native American genocide, and back further to European antisemitism and Islamophobia.

www.hbo.com/exterminate-...

Exterminate All the Brutes | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com

The official website for Exterminate All the Brutes on HBO, featuring interviews, schedule information, behind the scenes exclusives, and more.

www.hbo.com

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Mar 23

I repeat: shipping people to forced labor camps in foreign countries based on little more than their ethnicity is a practice with a history.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Mar 23

Every time I hear about the conditions of the El Salvador camps I think about growing up hearing lots of stories where the US invaded & overthrew a government that captured and treated people like that.

I know the mythical US of WWII stories distinct from historical truth but the myth is dying too.

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Mar 23

Great paper. I was talking about it to friends today.

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SALDRU @saldru.bsky.social · Mar 18

Hello, Bluesky #EconSky! We're the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at UCT, dedicated to challenging inequalities through policy-relevant academic research. We are one of the leading Labour & Development #Economics units on the continent. Explore our work: saldru.uct.ac.za

A picture of the University of Cape Town, where SALDRU is based.

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · Mar 14

🔴 NEW 🔴

The Heritage Foundation, the group behind the radical pro-Trump Project 2025 agenda, held a private discussion this week about how to dismantle the EU.

📝 @desmog.bsky.social report 👇🏻

Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU

The group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU). The Polish investiga...

www.desmog.com

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · Feb 21

Have a great weekend. It could be our last.

Kemi Badenoch's latest bonkers claim about the West being in a crisis made by its own weakness.

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Feb 19

sorry about this Zackie. Let's try and figure this out.

Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Feb 15

"The need to be authentic was greater than the fear to die"
Iman Muhsin Hendricks

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MambaOnline.Com @mambaonline.bsky.social · Feb 15

South Africa’s LGBTQ+ community is in shock after the assassination of Cape Town’s Muhsin Hendricks, widely known as the world’s first openly gay imam, in what appears to be a targeted killing.

Horror as Muhsin Hendricks, "World’s First Gay Imam," Assassinated in Gqeberha

South Africa’s LGBTQ+ community is in shock after the assassination of Cape Town’s Muhsin Hendricks, known as the world’s first out gay imam.

www.mambaonline.com

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Feb 13

Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?

www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

University announces new scholarships for Palestinian students

These scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza

www.sussex.ac.uk

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Dr N. Brodie @brodiegal.bsky.social · Feb 12

Book extract: The origins of the use of the term ‘farm attacks’ in South Africa and how its meaning changed and assumed racial undertones

EXTRACT | Farm Killings in South Africa: How the term 'farm attacks' came into use www.news24.com/news24/opini...

From ‘Farm Killings in South Africa’

EXTRACT | Farm Killings in South Africa: How the term 'farm attacks' came into use | News24

In her new book 'Farm Killings in South Africa', journalist and violence researcher Dr Nechama Brodie challenges many of the myths used to narrate farm killings.

www.news24.com

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Nov 22

Why doesn't the NYT have a share to bluesky option yet?

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Nov 22

Masha Gessen in the NYT:
'... the objective is to control the means of reproduction. That’s usually the goal of movements that purport to protect women and girls.'

Opinion | The Secret Behind America’s Moral Panic

Trans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights.

www.nytimes.com

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Nov 22

Drives me crazy. Fine if you have a good reason to decline. But some people are making a virtue out of refusing to review.

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Nov 21

I hate to be such a cynic though.

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Nov 21

Yes well, forked tongue and all that. JT has not yet stood up when it mattered on the issue of the Israeli government's impunity. 'Who we are' so far has been kowtowing to US agendas.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Nov 21

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau confirms Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant will be arrested if they step foot in Canada after the ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrants.

Canada 'will abide' by ICC ruling on Netanyahu

PM Trudeau says Canada must 'remember who we are' and abide ICC rulings when asked about the arrest warrant issued for Netanyahu.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Nov 21

Of course they will refuse

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Nov 21

UK refuses to say if Netanyahu would be arrested on British soil following ICC warrant - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-legally-obliged-arrest-netanyahu-british-soil-experts-say

UK refuses to say if Netanyahu would be arrested on British soil following ICC warrant

The UK's International Criminal Court Act, signed in 2001, enforces compliance with the court

www.middleeasteye.net

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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · Nov 21

Kimon de Greef, Ihsaan Haffejee and Kimberly Mutandiro have been at Stilfontein reporting on the trapped zama zamas.
Here Kimon describes the illegal mining situation (Ihsaan's pics mostly)
groundup.org.za/article/stil...
Here Kimon describes the rescue operation:
groundup.org.za/article/scen...

Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry

Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels

groundup.org.za

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Nov 21

Assad’s brutal war against the Syrian people was infamously one of the bloodiest campaigns of mass slaughter in recent memory. And yet.

Chart showing average number of children killed per year in global conflicts. Ukraine - 501. Syria - 4,725. Gaza - 11,355

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Nov 21

Nothing from Caitlyn Jenner today on the Great Capitol Bathroom Crisis.

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Shireen Hassim @shireenhassim.bsky.social · Nov 20

Yes. If you wouldn’t sit around the table and share a meal with them what’s the point of allowing them into your other socials?