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Shireen Hassim

Shireen Hassim is a South African political scientist, historian, and scholar of gender studies and African studies. She is a… more

H-index: 24
Political science 38%
Sociology 30%
shireenhassim.bsky.social
Leonard Cohen. Rufus Wainwright. Martha Wainwright!

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mwyarbrough.bsky.social
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
shireenhassim.bsky.social
Great paper. I was talking about it to friends today.

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atherton.bsky.social
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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saldru.bsky.social
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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mrjamesob.bsky.social
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.
shireenhassim.bsky.social
sorry about this Zackie. Let's try and figure this out.
shireenhassim.bsky.social
"The need to be authentic was greater than the fear to die"
Iman Muhsin Hendricks

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brodiegal.bsky.social
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
shireenhassim.bsky.social
Why doesn't the NYT have a share to bluesky option yet?
shireenhassim.bsky.social
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
shireenhassim.bsky.social
Drives me crazy. Fine if you have a good reason to decline. But some people are making a virtue out of refusing to review.
shireenhassim.bsky.social
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.
parismarx.com
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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parismarx.com
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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groundup.org.za
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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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Nothing from Caitlyn Jenner today on the Great Capitol Bathroom Crisis.

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chrislhayes.bsky.social
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
shireenhassim.bsky.social
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?
shireenhassim.bsky.social
my kinda person! add knitting and embroidery...

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