Four of my family members, upon the Nazi invasion of Hungary, managed to flee to Australia. A mother and three daughters. The husband/father, after helping them escape, was deported to Auschwitz, dehumanized and killed. It is hard, right now, not to hear echoes of the past. Ah Freilechen Hannuakkah.

Please consider donating to University of Glasgow masters student Shadi Salem’s family from Gaza. His wife and two children are trying to survive the winter, housed in the tent pictured below — gofund.me/844f1aa10

This will be of interest to many in our community - @uofgsociology.bsky.social @ucuglasgow.bsky.social ky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social - December 10, 15:30-17:00.

Our Winter School "Inherited Futures: Ruptures and Contestations" is starting tomorrow in Basel! It's part of a EUCOR partnership between the universities of Basel, Strasbourg, and Freiburg, but everyone is welcome to the public sessions. Please contact the Basel organizers here tinyurl.com/bdfx8cj8

📣 Live now! FXB's Roma Program Director, Dr. @magdamatache.bsky.social has just launched her new book, The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences" during the MEMOROBIA conference: tinyurl.com/6w9bj9wt More information about the book: tinyurl.com/5v6hwuxh

Please consider donating to University of Glasgow masters student Shadi Salem’s family from Gaza. His wife and two children are trying to survive the winter, housed in the tent pictured below — gofund.me/844f1aa10

Join the seminar: Reclaiming Spatial Justice - The Emancipatory Power of Commoning Stavros Stavrides will discuss role of commoning in just urban futures. Co-organised by Just City by the Med Research Network & Urban Studies and Social Policy Seminar Series. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...

Al Chet additions for 5786 (some, only): Al Chet for the sin of stealing another’s land. Al Chet for the sin of bringing death and devastation upon our neighbor. Al Chet for the sin of starving people, especially innocent children. Al Chet for the sin of indifference and blindness. #yomkippur

"As Jews we beg you: do not let the Manchester attack be weaponised" - A forceful statement. archive.ph/BRTCY#select...

As authoritarian politics tighten their grip across the globe, we need to allow ourselves to press pause and collectively analyze the current conjuncture. Come discuss with @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, in conversation with Engin Isin, on her Making Sancturay Cities (Stanford 2025). Details below

“In the face of ongoing authoritarian repression in the United States, the SSJ Open University initiative aims to build independent sites of study, collaborative engagement, and intellectual community.” See the various calls- www.scholarsforsocialjustice.com/ssj-open-uni...

If you are an academic based in the UK, please consider signing and circulating this letter. It's important. cc @ophiragamliel.bsky.social @cairsti.bsky.social @erdemavsar.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social

"I trust that the UK Government will take the right decision. Please, don't let me choose between my family and my education, because it's impossible for me to be separated from them." www.thenational.scot/news/2548316...

"We’ve been a place where controversial public issues can be freely debated. We have different views on Israel-Palestine. We need to hear them even when they upset us. That is the spirit of the place that I have been championing and affirming for 30 years.” Prof Judith Butler

Just City by the Med Research Network connects researchers investigating social justice and inequality in cities and exploring pathways towards just urban futures, through the context of the Mediterranean. Check justcitymed.org for details 👇

Help Sajida Umm Tulin and her family survive and rebuild in Gaza chuffed.org/project/1274...

Beacon of hope.

If you are in Europe and care about Gazans, take a moment to read the thread below. @kajakallas, Gazans have been waiting too long. Europe has to stand against the Israeli government. Now.

Waking up to this. Is Starmer sane? Who can seriously think that Russia would intend to attack NATO countries? 3% to military without strong evidence? This is certainly a way of ruining the already very precarious livelihoods of the working classes through cutbacks. www.politico.eu/article/brit...

“We face a choice: to step back in fear or rise together in solidarity.” 🎓🎓 April 3rd: Nationwide Emergency Faculty Town Hall to confront the escalating repression targeting college campuses across the US 🎓🎓 Europe: get lessons. #ssj www.scholarsforsocialjustice.com/mahmoud-khalil

March 12, 1pm | Uni Glasgow Main Building | Public Talk Decolonizing Peace: What Gaza Teaches us about the Coloniality of 'Universal Peace', Speaker: Dr Mahdis Azarmandi (U of Canterbury, NZ) Register @ rb.gy/mqncac cc @glasgowunisrc.bsky.social @theglasgowguardian.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk