Editor’s Pick: The banning of the British activist group Palestine Action and the resulting public outcry reveal a steady erosion of rights that goes back a quarter of a century, writes @lsmwilson.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...

“The bigger picture, of course, is that Palestinian Action is making a comment about upholding international law, laws that Britain itself has signed up to.” | @lsmwilson.bsky.social 

NEW: Public protests for the banned activist group Palestine Action have seen thousands in the U.K. arrested as terrorists. Their handling and the trial of the group’s members are about far more than Palestine, writes @lsmwilson.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social

I unpicked the detail of the Palestine Action legal cases and what I found was unexpected: this wasn't about geopolitics, really, but part of a far long trajectory of a crackdown on dissent in the UK. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...

Excellent and deeply researched piece by @lsmwilson.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on the British Museum's obfuscation around its policy of referencing Palestine in public messaging newlinesmag.com/reportage/why-did-the-british-museum-remove-references-to-palestine

In defiance of its agreed obligations, Israel has created a financial crisis in the occupied territory that has left Palestinians increasingly desperate @lsmwilson.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...

An important new piece on what's going on at the British Museum over references to Palestine, from my colleague @lsmwilson.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...

Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been detained in Kuwait for six weeks without charge amid broader criminalization of speech and a denaturalization campaign | @lsmwilson.bsky.social 

As many Orthodox Christians mark the holiest day of the year, politicians on the American right have remained silent on Israel’s restrictions in Jerusalem — even after a rare rebuke from U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, writes @lsmwilson.bsky.social .

@lsmwilson.bsky.social has written (and is writing!) a ton of brilliant stuff on this - eg newlinesmag.com/argument/und...

Asef Bayat is a leading theorist of revolution and social movements. In a powerful open letter to imprisoned Iranian scholar Saeed Madani published by @newlinesmag.bsky.social, he reflects on the December-January uprising and what it might portend for Iran's future. newlinesmag.com/argument/fro...

A beautiful read on seeing the earth from space again, in its fragile, beautiful whole. Almost 60 years ago it brought the world together - could this happen again? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Recent Israeli restrictions on Palestinian Christian worship "drew criticism from across the Christian world, achieving the astonishing feat of uniting previously fractured communities — nowhere more divided than in Jerusalem itself." | @lsmwilson.bsky.social  

From the @newlinesmag.bsky.social  archives: As war escalates between Israel and Lebanon, @lsmwilson.bsky.social  reports on how Israel’s ongoing bombardment has destroyed Lebanese heritage.

In this provocative essay, @lsmwilson.bsky.social turns the lens on the academic world, showing how respected scholars in Epstein's orbit didn’t just tolerate but actively legitimized ideas underpinning male supremacy.

I was reading that stuff over the years. Fitting it all into the Epstein phenomenon is fascinating and terrifying. We know money pushes study directions but the idea that this small group of people shaped so much about our lives is mindboggling. And the Edge is Atlas Network (Kochtopus).

"It is clear, now, that Epstein and his associates engineered much of the backlash against the #MeToo movement. Based on what I know of academia, I have no doubt that, despite the high-level resignations, these networks will remain intact for a long while yet."- @lsmwilson.bsky.social #academicsky🗃

📽️ @lsmwilson.bsky.social revisits the Epstein files, tracing how evolutionary psychology helped shape and legitimize his views on women and race, and how funding $20M a year in research lent a veneer of respectability to his “proclivities.”

When I saw Chomsky was in the Epstein files, I knew there'd be people I'd worked with - and I was right. As I dug into it, a horrifying picture of academia emerged. I wrote it up, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

🚨 Dear @newlinesmag.bsky.social readers, A letter from our Middle East and Newsletters Editor, @kshaheen.bsky.social : newlinesmag.com/become-a-mem...

My new project - because who doesn't want a deep dive into pre-Islamic poetry or the esotericism of the mysterious Brethren of Purity? Take a break from the world and learn more about classical Arabic literature - from wherever you get your podcasts

An amazing collection of primary sources on how science is represented and how these representations evolved #histsci #philsci #hps

Take 13 minutes to watch this Nan Goldin documentary on Gaza www.equator.org/articles/nan...

Instead of withdrawing from Gaza, Israel has imposed a so-called "Yellow-Line," leaving its military occupying 58% of Gaza and forcibly confining Palestinians to the remaining 42 percent. This largely unmarked and lethal boundary functions as de facto annexation... 1/3

Festivities have returned to the place of Jesus’ birth after a two-year pause, but the shadow of Gaza, occupation and genocide was never far from the muted celebrations. @lsmwilson.bsky.social  reports from Bethlehem.

Powerful. Christmas in Bethlehem last month “felt particularly joyful — welcoming back the spirit of the festival that is all about rebirth, goodwill and peace — even though the constant threat of violence, small and large, is never far from the surface,” my colleague @lsmwilson.bsky.social writes ⤵️

NEW: Christmas festivities have returned to Bethlehem after a two-year pause, but the shadow of Gaza, occupation and genocide was never far from the celebrations, reports @lsmwilson.bsky.social from the ground in @newlinesmag.bsky.social . newlinesmag.com/essays/chris...

I wrote about the Christmas I just spent in Bethlehem - the joy was palpable after 2 years of cancelled festivities, although the violence, occupation and genocide remain. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/essays/chris...

Israel is bombing southern Lebanon again This is what the Israelis call ceasefire: you cease, we fire

Remember earlier when they were literally calling it a blood libel to suggest Israel would ever bomb a hospital and now the only ambiguity is how many times they bombed one

The number of “cides” in Gaza is growing, but beyond its destruction of schools, hospitals, farmland and entire family lineages, Israel is also engaging in historicide — the destruction of history itself — argues @lsmwilson.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/essays/histo...

How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza - my latest @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ft. articles by @trillingual.bsky.social for @theguardian.com, @joshuatait.bsky.social, Joe Betts & @lsmwilson.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social, @nescio13.bsky.social, and @lastpositivist.bsky.social...

The pollution of Gaza’s air and water will not respect political boundaries. From birth defects to increased rates of cancer, people across the region, including in Israel, will pay a price for years to come, argues Lesley Joseph for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

On top of the human cost, the Beirut explosion damaged Lebanon’s long historical record. @lsmwilson.bsky.social reports on how the blast drove thousands of volunteers to save the city’s past, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/reportage/be...

"It’s not just the horror, but the horror combined with the helplessness." @lsmwilson.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/first-person...

The number of “cides” in Gaza is growing, but beyond its destruction of schools, hospitals, farmland and entire family lineages, Israel is also engaging in historicide — the destruction of history itself — argues @lsmwilson.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza. “A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said. Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn

NEW: In Gaza, even those who want to write often cannot find the time or strength as they are starved & bombed. @lsmwilson.bsky.social records her conversations with Palestinians about the impossible challenges in the territory, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/first-person...

Hard to find a unique angle on a saturated topic like Epstein but @benlorber8.bsky.social has done just that — he examines the antisemitic underbelly of the MAGA obsession with the billionaire pedophile and warns against progressive amplification of these narratives. newlinesmag.com/argument/pro...

A pair of MUST reads at @newlinesmag.bsky.social — @shaneburley.bsky.social on Laura Loomer and Jewish MAGA's danse macabre, @benlorber8.bsky.social on the antisemitic core of MAGA's obsession with Epstein and why progressives have no business jumping on the bandwagon. Ideology critique at its best.

"...officials said the GHF system would attempt to screen people for involvement with Hamas by using facial recognition or biometric technology" I tried writing this in an article I wrote recently, citing palestinian sources, and was told "it hadn't been reliably reported anywhere"

The number of “cides” in Gaza is growing, but beyond its destruction of schools, hospitals, farmland and entire family lineages, Israel is also engaging in historicide — the destruction of history itself — argues @lsmwilson.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social

How many people will the government have to arrest if this is true…me, for a start, because Israel IS committing genocide in Gaza

Beyond the physical destruction, Israel has worked to sever Palestinians’ connections with their land, to each other and with their collective history, writes @lsmwilson.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Beyond the physical destruction, Israel has worked to sever Palestinians’ connections with their land, to each other and with their collective history, writes @lsmwilson.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Breaking: Israel has just bombed UNRWA’s Rimal Clinic. Casualties reported.