Department of war on your own people. America, you’re so fucked. Trump orders deployment of troops to Portland and authorises 'full force' www.bbc.com/news/article...

A mini-conference today and tomorrow at Lund University brining together analytic political philosophy and anarchism. A growing area of research.

A busy day lined up: listening in to the "Analytic Anarchism" conference this morning; then a quick trip to an archive to snap a photo of a fake passport of an Indian revolutionary, followed by a talk on "The Indian Legion of the Wehrmacht", and a talk on transnational Japanese anarchism tonight.

More to the point, does anyone know what the government’s priorities are for HE?!?

Handbags, champagne and a row over a possible new wealth tax

Amazon workers' weekly wage = 1 pebble Jeff Bezos net worth = THE ENTIRE BEACH

Professor Anthony King from the Strategy and Security Institute spoke about his research into the culture of the British Army on BBC Radio 2. Listen again here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Counter Demo! Sunday 5th October 📅 11:30am at The Cenotaph, BS1 4UA 📌 Racist ‘Bristol patriots’ want to rally for mass deportations’. After the recent racist attack in Bristol it is more important than ever that we make it known “racists are not welcome here!” Let's turn up in numbers again.

Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and his guests rejoiced that under Trump, America is abandoning its fundamental principles, including freedom of the press. Once again, he predicted that Trump's America will join Russia in its fight against Europe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3It...

For once, I agree with the Atlanticists: if the Russians try their luck by violating NATO airspace again, shooting down the intruding aircraft - after due warning - should be an option. If you don't call their bluff now, you might have to when things have progressed too far.

always towards the beautiful idea

"No single state should have veto power. And, if a member of the Security Council violates the UN Charter, its voting rights should be suspended." Finnish President Alexander Stubb nails it, at #UNGA80 www.presidentti.fi/en/statement...

JOB! Permanent Lecturer / Senior Lecturer position (education focused) in Political Economy at the University of Sydney.

Looking forward to visiting CEU tomorrow: events.ceu.edu/2025-09-26/n...

Today the symbol of rebellion is the straw-hat pirate. But it is the fear of *amok masa*, the fear of anarchy itself, that declares to the world insurrection and revolution is still possible. freedomnews.org.uk/2025/09/25/b...

Probably no one will be inspired to turn this into a song www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BrC...

Everyone’s looking forward to this! Great way to kick off the new academic year!

Southwest friends: tomorrow at 3pm, I'm speaking in Exeter on the Erased tour, followed by reception. Do come by. @exeter.ac.uk @profalexp.bsky.social

Congratulations Alex & Ruth - excellent news!

This is a hollow, performative gesture that will do nothing to stop Israel’s colonial project to erase the Palestinian presence in Gaza and the WB. Only sanctions might, and only might.

Remembering John Groom for all the important work he did (for example, early stages of EISA and WISC) and for the kind person and generous scholar he was. www.wiscnetwork.net/index.php/ab...

🚨🚨 If I could just summarize 1 sentence from the new National Academy of Sciences study on climate, boldface, flashing red, it would be: "the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused GHGs is beyond scientific dispute." BEYOND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTE 🚨🚨

I can confirm that the enshitification of higher education is continuing at pace.

Civility is when you peacefully back down against the people who want you to be servants or dead so the stock market can keep going up.

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Union members at Imperial College London are set to take strike action over pay and working conditions #AcademicSky #highered

Want to stay updated on events at Exeter's Centre for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies (ECEEES)? Add your name/e-mail to our mailing list at [email protected]. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...

Coming up on Saturday!

Made this 4 years ago and it’s sadly more relevant than ever

The UN Human Rights Council just found that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. The International Association of Genocide Scholars reached the same conclusion. Two Israeli human rights groups, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, have as well. www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/m...

"Every country was put on notice by the ICJ that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.. every country became obliged under the law.. not to speak fine words, to take action to prevent genocide.. that obligation was activated on 24th Jan 2024" Chris Sidoti spells it out

JUST IN: An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what it described as “the “most authoritative UN finding to date.” https://cnn.it/3VjaHzS

Former journalist Bronwen Maddox is Director and CEO at Chatham House. On Wednesday she interviewed Isaac Herzog, the President of Israel. Here’s how she opened (watch the body language) 👏👏👏

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Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins suggests Israel and states supplying it with weapons be excluded from the United Nations, in light of the genocide conclusions in the UN CoI report. @president.ie #Spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...

Clemson students called on their professors to be fired for political speech they didn't like. The legislature threatened to defund the university if it didn't comply. The professors were fired. Chairman Mao approves. www.thestate.com/news/politic...

i'm writing a feature for a major US outlet & i'd like to interview people who: - are dem voters - feared the worst of trump from early on - felt frustrated/dismissed/ like those fears weren't listened to reply/DM me

I am in Bristol this evening (15 September) if anyone wants to join!! www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/boo...

🚨New today: @markpendleton.bsky.social on "democracy" in UCU. "For us in Commons, then, questions of democracy are complex but, on any measure, there are some deep questions to be asked about how members participate in decision-making at all stages and levels." 1/2 ucucommons.org/2025/09/15/a...

The organisations of the labour movement and the left have to organize the biggest anti-racist demonstration London has ever seen, simple as that.

But after the depressing loss of Rayner last week, it is very pleasing to see the eminently sensible loss of Mandelson this week.

Chomskys hardly perfect, but this book of ad hominems and non sequiturs made me like him even more. Almost every argument marshalled against him is either illogical or idiotic.

Come and join us next Monday the 15th to celebrate the publication of Indignity by @leaypi.bsky.social! Tickets are available here hdfst.uk/e132120

‼️New study from my lab: proud to share not one but two Bloomberg articles covering our new report on Chinese outbound FDI. We spent the summer painstakingly coding investment across the global south. The results are striking:

Some of us are old enough to remember the first actual merger that produced a real super university: UMIST and Manchester Uni in 2004. And they’re not a 1.5hour drive apart. But yeah, whatever

In the last 700+ days, Israel has bombed Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, and today Qatar.

Always a special event when we see a new book coming from @nsrnicek.bsky.social Congrats!

The US says Hamas is blocking a ceasefire, while greenlighting Israel's murder of the negotiators.

100% this. Slow handclaps everyone on HEC who voted for magic beans being conjured up by a National IA ballot. To those on HEC who tried to say this will predictably sink local action + negotiations, I'm sorry you couldn't win the vote. VOTE @matthewbarnard.phd + Adam Hansen for UCU HEC