I am thrilled to announce I’ll be part of this amazing @mybisa.bsky.social Working Group @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social as one of their new convenors alongside @aliceellafinden.bsky.social , @rmkhan.bsky.social and @mcneilwillson.bsky.social ! 🔥

I had the privilege of attending the exhibition Gaza Remains the Story curated by Dr Annapourna Menon in collaboration with the Palestinian Museum in the West Bank. It’s still in Sheffield for another week, please go! 🇵🇸

Incredible book, by Françoise Vergès, which examines the racial & gendered politics of wasting lands, bodies & resources & the organised deprivation of vital cleaning needs along racial lines This goes straight into my reading list for my module on State & Power PS thanks @chdesportes.bsky.social

Time for the ISA to take a stand against colonial genocide & scholasticide in Palestine 🍉 #BDSatISA

I am putting together a roundtable on race and global capitalism with @tilley101.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social and John Narayan. Let me know in you are around Leeds in May and interested in attending.

For 15 months, genocidaires did everything in their power to prevent a ceasefire. For 15 months, they participated in the systematic killing of Palestinians.

Excited to share that my latest research has been published in the Critical Studies on Terrorism Journal! www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

À deux doigts du regroupement familial

France activates a curfew in Mayotte post cyclone … the militarisation of bodies and spaces in the everyday life here we go again. I recently submitted an article discussing these concepts looking at counterterrorism measures applied beyond the scope of terrorism itself 1/6 👇

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In the last few weeks, I have been mapping the destruction of universities in Gaza. This is an EDUCIDE. Time for academic boycott. All. All. All. All lavels.

Europe has abdicated decency in its foreign policy. It's all about domestic consumption; it's all about the far-right; it's all about killing progressive ideals - just when Syrians showed to the world what resistance to tyranny looks like

Relevant to some of the orientalist discourse reacting to the fall of Assad 👇 "From discourse to practice: Orientalism, western policy and the Arab uprisings": academic.oup.com/ia/article/9...

Syrians destroy a statue of Hafez al-Assad in Homs, Syria.

Great many people show support to our colleague in Anglophone Studies, Dr Maboula Soumahoro, whose specialism in critical race analyses in France & US is well known. EU Parliament cancelled her intervention follwing sustained pressure from the far-right. Collective✊🏾 www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

I supervise PhD students in History | Politics & IR | Terrorism Studies | Pop Culture | Political Violence | War & Conflict so get in touch if you have an idea!

Preparing for the last lecture of Theories of IR for the term using this fascinating piece by @somdeepsen.bsky.social I ask my MA students to think about “can we decolonise IR as a discipline and how?” and reflect on Somdeep’s research and critical reflection on how to do it.

Don't miss our final Anniversary Lecture! 'Freedom Dreams in #France: Notes on State Violence in France' with @jean23bean.bsky.social 26 Nov, 4-5.30pm GMT (Online) @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social‬ Register to attend: eventbrite.co.uk/e/f...

Comrades from @southsouthmvmt.bsky.social are organising an important reading series on #Palestine. The first will be starting in December! Join us 🤝🏾 👾 #FreePalestine #Gaza www.southsouthmovement.org/reading-seri...

It is a legal obligation. I appreciate the commitment - seems Germany issued the same - but lads you don’t have a choice anyway. The difficulty lies in the relatively small membership of the ICC, allowing Netanyahu to probably just come up with different routes. Putin does the same.

Come join us!

Palestinian starter pack

AI-enhanced assault rifles & machine guns are being deployed in Gaza, following yet another Israel-India security collaboration.

The archive for future generations will consist of us looking at these images of extreme helplessness & humiliation. Our grandkids and their kids will demand proof of our humanity. Our complicity in the ongoing genocide and dehumanisation of our own is a shameful history being written by all of us.

Edward Said wrote about the racist function of the label "terrorist" back in 1986 in this book review: www.thenation.com/article/arch... The book he was critiquing was "Terrorism: How the West Can Win", by Benjamin Netanyahu.

A bit late but happy to share the article co-authored by me and Alessandra Bonci (Laval University) for L'Année du Maghreb, looking at the work of female civil servants in Tunisia. The article is Open Access and available here: journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb... polisky menasky

I've put together this starter on Global Muslim Studies, based on my work at the Middle East Department, Edinburgh University. Lots of brilliant academics and activists who have often provided both inspiration and hope. If you want to be added (or removed), please message me! go.bsky.app/CG71aga

Now announced: Historical Materialism Athens 2025, 'Organizing in the Capitalocene: Labor and the Struggle Against Disaster and Genocide'. The full CfP and details can be found here: hmathens.org

If you care about abolishing and critiquing idea of the war on terror as a political project , you should give my colleague @rmkhan.bsky.social a hearty follow. She and @sarahgharib.bsky.social just published an amazing special issue, me and several others are part of : doi.org/10.1080/1753...

I made yet another starter pack of migration folks who I didn't have space for in my original starter pack. Please share. Lots of space in here still; so, message me if you'd like to be included! go.bsky.app/BZGyuZm

I just setup a starter pack for scholars working on Gender and/or Race & Coloniality in the tech/cyber/digital space. I’ve added a few but many don’t seem to be on the app yet. Please feel free to make suggestions and share! 😊 go.bsky.app/6Zyzsym

I’ve created a starter pack for those working on terrorism, counterterrorism, etc. let me know if you’d like to be added ! go.bsky.app/XNdPyw

Proud to be part of team who has been working on this: “Palestine: Spaces and Politics”. An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens. Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors. #menasky, #geosky palestine.araburbanism.com

It’s not complicated.

Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome! go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q

real 'fascism is colonialism redirected inwards' hours