Giovanni Picker
@giopicker.bsky.social
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scholar, author, educator
@uofgsociology.bsky
.social. he/him
https://shorturl.at/ZXxzk
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.
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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
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Donate to Reunite a Father with His Wife and Two Children from Gaza, organized by Shadi Salem
I am a Palestinian student and father currently living in the UK… Shadi Salem needs your support for Reunite a Father with His Wife and Two Children from Gaza
https://gofund.me/844f1aa10
22 days ago
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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.
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12 days ago
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Manuela Boatcă
15 days ago
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
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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard
21 days ago
📣 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
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The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences
Anti-Roma racism, one of Europe’s oldest and most enduring racisms, has been neglected in mainstream theories and discourse. This book situates anti-Roma racism within national and intra-continental h...
https://tinyurl.com/5v6hwuxh
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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
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Donate to Reunite a Father with His Wife and Two Children from Gaza, organized by Shadi Salem
I am a Palestinian student and father currently living in the UK… Shadi Salem needs your support for Reunite a Father with His Wife and Two Children from Gaza
https://gofund.me/844f1aa10
22 days ago
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Bilge Serin
25 days ago
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...
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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
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'For the sins we have committed': Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world
Hovering over this 5786 holiday season is a sense of moral and spiritual crisis that calls out for liturgical innovation.
https://forward.com/opinion/772696/yom-kippur-liturgy-gaza/
2 months ago
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"As Jews we beg you: do not let the Manchester attack be weaponised" - A forceful statement.
archive.ph/BRTCY#select...
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https://archive.ph/BRTCY#selection-1791.23-1791.36
2 months ago
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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
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3 months ago
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“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...
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Services 1 — Scholars For Social Justice
https://www.scholarsforsocialjustice.com/ssj-open-university
3 months ago
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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
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Academic Sign-On Letter: Support for Gazan Students with UK University Offers
This form is to collect signatures from academics at UK universities in support of an urgent open letter addressed to the UK government. The letter highlights the critical and ongoing barriers faced b...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqKL8W1f9fZcOlfCCE5kePFWmkIfdyErF5PnOEezqXpYdthA/viewform
3 months ago
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Erdem Avşar
3 months ago
"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...
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Gaza student hoping for Glasgow PhD in urgent plea as family blocked from entering UK
A student from Gaza hoping to study in Scotland has issued a plea to the UK Government urging them not to "make her choose" between her…
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25483162.gaza-student-hoping-glasgow-phd-plea-labour/
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"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
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UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move – Aurdip
https://aurdip.org/en/uc-berkeley-shares-160-names-with-trump-administration-in-mccarthy-era-move/
3 months ago
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Bilge Serin
3 months ago
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 👇
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Just City by the Med
Research network exploring social justice and inequality in Mediterranean urban contexts.
https://justcitymed.org
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Ophira
6 months ago
Help Sajida Umm Tulin and her family survive and rebuild in Gaza
chuffed.org/project/1274...
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Help Sajida Umm Tulin and her family survive and rebuild in Gaza
Hi, My name is Avigail, I'm a US citizen, organizing this fundraiser on behalf of my friend Sajida who is raising funds to support her family in Gaza. Here are her words:
https://chuffed.org/project/127415-help-sajida-umm-tulin-and-her-family-survive-and-rebuild?utm_campaign=success&utm_id=127415&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=chuffedreferral
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#hope
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6 months ago
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Beacon of hope.
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Spain rejects Nato plan for member states to spend 5% of GDP on defence
PM Pedro Sánchez says he wants a ‘more flexible formula’ that would make target optional or allow Madrid to opt out
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/19/spain-rejects-nato-plan-for-member-states-to-spend-5-of-gdp-on-defence
6 months ago
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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.
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Thread by @fadiquran on Thread Reader App
@fadiquran: 🚨 VERY URGENT — If you’re in Europe, and you care about human rights, humanity, or Gaza — the next 7 days are critical. 🧵 What you do now can shape whether Europe continues funding a...
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1934654258705784858.html?utm_campaign=topunroll
6 months ago
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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...
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Britain prepares for war (just don’t ask about the cost)
A stark official report says “state conflict has returned to Europe” — but a fight is raging over the cash-strapped Keir Starmer government response.
https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-wartime-preparation-keir-starmer-strategic-defense-review-sdr/
7 months ago
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“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
9 months ago
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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
10 months ago
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