The failed effort by a handful of London Awami Leaguers to disrupt a talk @soasuni.bsky.social last Friday triggered further thoughts about the poor state of Bangladesh Studies more generally. 🇧🇩 en.prothomalo.com/opinion/w6ke...

The Revolution Will Not Be - my mini-review of an excellent short new book about the Bangladesh uprisings open.substack.com/pub/naomihos...

France, Nepal, Japan. The centre palpably cannot hold

The grift goes on. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Being against war is woke which is how you know woke is good

Really helpful and practical advice here from an expert on asylum accommodation @sundersays.bsky.social

Belated Happy Dog Day from Truffle B. Hossain 🐶♥️🐕‍🦺

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Majd. Majd is only 17 years old and yet is responsible for helping his whole family including his little brother. Mahmoud, 12 and his two little sisters Mariam, 13 and Hoda, 10. It is a huge amount of responsibility for a kid ❤️

“Research impact is for life, not just for REF funding.” @naomihossain.bsky.social from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social reflects on the personal stakes and political risks of impact in international development, via @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/3SaShqp #ResearchImpact #DevStudies #REF2029

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hayat. Hayat has three children Hadeel, 10, Mohammed, 8 and Abeer, 5. They lost their home and are in tents. In addition to her children she is whenever she can helping her large family including her parents and seven siblings.

The Irish ❤️

Development

Primo Levi

Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

That’s fabulous I will share

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This day last year, Bangladesh community in London in support of Bangladeshi democracy protestors 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

Israel continues with its genocide and somehow the rest of the world just watches

It is one year today that Sheikh Hasina’s foot soldiers shot Abu Sayeed pointblank in Rangpur. His killing sparked the escalation of the protest movement into a (successful) uprising against the authoritarian Awami League regime. 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

But how long before it is?

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The unending horror of the genocide in Gaza. Deliberate targeting of starving children.

A glimpse at your impact recently—two families got flour, another three families covered rent. A mutual aid team distributed flour + lentils + beans to fifteen displaced families with dignity. In two weeks! Hello. Life-sustaining. 263 left by Friday: chuffed.org/project/hope...

How are the cuts justified, morally?

babes, Maha found a room and she desperately needs to get Hamoud out of the tent for his health and to protect his delicate lungs. it’s expensive but can we get her enough to stay in the room for at least a few months? after commission fees and GFM we’d need ~$3K for 3 months rent. pls share! ❤️

Bangladesh-watchers, another stellar piece of analysis here, this time from Asif Shahan, explaining why Bangladesh has merely changed the faces at the top rather than removing elite control of the state, and why Bangladeshi politics is shuffling towards the right www.prothomalo.com/opinion/inte...

From the everlasting Yoshitomo Nara at the Hayward @southbankcentre.bsky.social

"The famine has struck us like never before. We have nothing left to eat but moldy scraps of bread unfit for humans. My children go to sleep hungry, and the pain of hunger is merciless. Please… help me. Your donation today could save my family from certain death." gofund.me/03034587

For the three Bangladeshis on Bluesky - this is 🎯 alalodulal.org/2025/07/04/j...