Three UK hunger strikers end their hunger strike after the MoD meets one of their demands: The MoD has denied a major new £2 billion contract with the Israeli defence firm's subsidiary, Elbit Systems UK, for an Army training program.. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Excellent from Paul O'Connell: "Terrorism now performs the function that treason once did: not a description of actual conduct but a mechanism for foreclosing political possibility."

A really interesting and thoughtful piece by @pmpoc.bsky.social - perhaps more so for its discussion and dissecting of what he wonderfully terms the “siege architecture” around the right to protest and organise in the UK today

And like buses, two pieces at once on protest, proscription and political participation by @pmpoc.bsky.social

I have a post out today on the proscription of Palestine Action and how, through the lens of anticipatory repression, we can understand it as part of a much wider assault on democratic rights and freedoms in Britain: ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/01/12/p...

"Naming this as anticipatory repression ... is a precondition for building the solidarities and organisational forms capable of withstanding it. They who sow pestilence must reap whirlwinds" - criticallegalthinking.com/2026/01/12/c...

"Naming this as anticipatory repression ... is a precondition for building the solidarities and organisational forms capable of withstanding it. They who sow pestilence must reap whirlwinds" - criticallegalthinking.com/2026/01/12/c...

Paul O’Connell: Anticipatory Repression and the Proscription of Palestine Action ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/01/12/p...

I have a post out today on the proscription of Palestine Action and how, through the lens of anticipatory repression, we can understand it as part of a much wider assault on democratic rights and freedoms in Britain: ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/01/12/p...

Always a welcome way to end a week but especially first week back: submission of a chapter This 9,000-worder, written with my splendid UEA colleague @crwerren.bsky.social, will be in an edited collection "Human Rights in the UK under the Conservatives" by Conall Murray & Adam Ramshaw later in 2026

Al-Haq calls for concrete measures in response to these latest restrictive measures by Israel. Words of condemnation have proven insufficient to protect Palestinians. @alhaq.bsky.social

Israel not only inflicts pain, hunger, death & destruction on the Palestinians, it also prevents any aid & relief from reaching its victims. There are no limits to its depravity. List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending #humanRights #booksky #Gaza @mommunism.bsky.social

Two Palestine Action hunger strikers admitted to hospital www.thenational.scot/news/2571572...

Behind the charts in the WIR 2026 is a blunt truth: the global economy extracts value from poorer countries to sustain the wealth of richer ones. That’s not misfortune, or a glitch- it's modern imperialism at work, and this fundamentally undermines all human rights

Behind the charts in the WIR 2026 is a blunt truth: the global economy extracts value from poorer countries to sustain the wealth of richer ones. That’s not misfortune, or a glitch- it's modern imperialism at work, and this fundamentally undermines all human rights

A disgraceful institution heaping shame on itself by seeking to impose a double pay deduction for taking lawful strike action, a protected human right, in pursuit of collective grievances How low can these places sink into the moral vacuum? Yet another place to avoid …with fewer & fewer left

Important and timely new article by @msjamshidi.bsky.social out today from the University of Minnesota Law Review: Securitizing the University. Open access. minnesotalawreview.org/article/secu...

Part of my evidence put before the court today attests to the unique nature of the proscription based on some research I conducted, and part speaks to the chilling effect on academic teaching and research in the area www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you're around London next Thursday, I'll be giving a talk at LSE on "Imperialism, Inequality and Human Rights" for anyone interested - you can sign up to attend here: lselaw.events/event/pil-hu...

Position Paper: Palestinian Civil Society Condemns UNSC Resolution 2803 Establishing Joint US-Israel Illegal Occupation of Gaza www.alhaq.org/advocacy/268...

80 leading legal scholars, solicitors, and barristers have signed this letter to the Home Secretary & Attorney General criticising the proposed changes to protest law. If you are a legal scholar or practitioner based in Britain, please consider adding your name

Over 70 legal scholars and practitioners have signed an open letter opposing the governments proposed "cumulative impact" measure, as an unwarranted attack on the right to protest - if you wish to add your name to the letter you can do so here: forms.gle/VXhwMtwhZhof...

Labour pushes further & further to the right, enabling Reform to go even further still. We’re heading for catastrophe in this country aided by a government that has brought nothing but despair & more division so far. Labour in government appears to be the place where principles & humanity go to die.

“We will remove the current legal obligation to provide support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute” Disgusting.

As the U.S. uses sanctions and tariffs against those who seek to hold Israel accountable for genocide, @shahdhm.bsky.social and I have organised this panel on economic and physical coercion with an excellent group of speakers: twailr.com/webinar-geno...

Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially. Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut. But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now. Short 🧵

"It does not matter what you call it. Whether you call it 'Israel is our ally', 'Judeo-Christian values', 'maintaining qualitative military advantage', 'Staatsräson'... the oucome, practically, of all of these, is that the Israeli boot remains on the Palestinian neck."

I've posted a new paper on SSRN - it argues that unless imperialism is central to our analysis of inequality and its impact on human rights, then our theory and practice remain in a blind alley - forthcoming in the Palestine Yearbook of International Law is.gd/igjgnI

I've posted a new paper on SSRN - it looks at the question of democratic forms (right to protest etc) via the principle of working class self-emancipation, and sets out an argument about how we should engage these forms in times of crisis and authoritarianism is.gd/1fxDIP

I've posted a new paper on SSRN - it looks at the fundamental challenge posed to socio-economic rights by the logic of commodification and how socio-economic rights might be reasserted on the basis of decommodification, human needs, and political struggle is.gd/jdVAiS

My new piece for @mondoweiss.net. Those who only recognize the genocide of the Palestinian people when they starve adopt a dehumanizing logic /n bsky.app/profile/harm...

In both Hebrew and Arabic, “Gaza” means strong and fierce. Etymologically, Gaza originates from the Persian “ganj” which means “treasure.” Ancient Egyptians called it the “prized city.” This is what Israel has done to this fierce, treasure of a prized place

My article on the Attlee government’s resistance of the ECHR and how this historical episode can inform contemporary Convention critical debates can be found in the April 2025 edn of Pubic Law

🎞️ Tomorrow 🎞️ Join @john-mcevoy.bsky.social alongside speakers from @caatuk.bsky.social and @forceswatch.bsky.social to discuss how we can hold the UK accountable for its role in the ongoing devastation in Gaza and Yemen. 🎟️ 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-yemen...

The British Labour Party - unrepentant apologists for genocide

Thinking of republishing this in zine format to at least try to combat some of the love-in that's planned for 6 August (250th anniversary of his birth) - the anti-socialist, anti-trade union, anti-working class, slum landlord, pro-monarchist and free marketeer, Daniel O'Connell

I shall be guest editor of Public Law’s Special Analysis section next spring: “The Public Order Act 1986 at Forty” Really looking forward to curating pieces by: @crwerren.bsky.social on policing public order @deanknight.bsky.social on NZ recent proposals @katrinanavickas.bsky.social looking at

🚩We're back on the picket line this morning. 🚩We'll also be out this Weds, Thurs, and Fri. 🚩Join us at our Gazebo HQ opposite the main UEA bus stop from 8am. #SaveUEA

With renewed interest in Blue Labour, I wrote a post that looks to develop its constitutionalism. More specifically, what does Blue Labour’s rejection of the “abstract ideal of the individual” in favour of “reciprocal obligations” and “solidarity” in society mean for rights?

"Organize and fight against all imperialism. Stop war profiteering. Lower the cost of living. Resist wage cuts. Peace and socialism is in the hearts of millions around the world. May First, the “sun of tomorrow”, shines upon us. The future is ours". - Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

When you find the words of Kneecap more offensive than the industrial murder of an entire people, then there’s something seriously wrong with you and how you relate to this world

When, some months ago,  we first posted our members’ testimonies - lived experiences of working for UCU - our employer’s only response was a demand they be removed. No contrition, shame or concern for their staff: just an anger we’d shared them. #UniteVoices uniteucu.wordpress.com/campaign-cam...

If you're a UCU member, please share this, post it to your branch mailing list, and get as many UCU members as possible out in support of our UCU staff

We might be on day 11 of our strike action, but we’re not letting up. North West region members were out in force in Manchester this morning.

We are the people! We won't be silenced! Stop the bombing now, now, now! #Palestine #Gaza #Ireland #Solidarity

Concerned/confused about Labour's direction on disability. Check out this event: Social Murder in Labour’s Pathways to Work Date: 10 apr • 17:30 Location: BR G.78 Brooks Building MMU & Online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-mur...

UCU staff: on strike and needing your support uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/u...

Spread this far and wide - Unite UCU aren't allowed to note their strike action on their own OOO emails, so it's up to us to make clear to everyone what's going on.

It was bad enough when the LPE crowd remained silent in the face of Helyeh’s victimisation for speaking up against genocide, but it’s even worse to publish this statement filled with weasel words without mentioning Gaza, genocide, academic freedom or solidarity - abysmal really