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humanities degrees can lead to analysis paralysis and stem degrees can lead to a reductive solutionist perspective. but I have never heard anyone from humanities question the need for stem to exist. it's a problem that so many consider humanities an indulgence and not a necessity

Launched Grassroots Report, a series I’m producing for @shado_mag and our movement. Tomorrow & Wednesday are the closing statements at Majid Freeman @Majstar7 trial in Birmingham Crown Court, Please do show up outside Birmingham Crown Court Tues 5th and Wed 6th May, 8.30am-5pm

Israeli Quadcopter drones were used in Gaza to emit the sound of a baby crying. When people rushed to help what they thought was a baby suffering, they were shot. This is what the Filton 24 did to one of those Quadcopter drones.

A binman in Turkey’s capital found a bag of thrown-away books on his rounds and couldn’t bring himself to take it to the dump. He kept it. Other workers started doing the same. The pile has now grown into a public library of over 9,000 books, run by sanitation workers, in an old brick factory.

I'm reluctantly posting on X again because the world needs to read this. My daughter Zoe Rogers gave her own closing speech at the Filton trial, as did 4 other defendants, while their barristers looked on. This is what she said 🧵 1/

Currently reading The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins, and I'm at the part where the United States assists the Indonesian military and police in perpetuating an anti-Communist genocide. Roughly a MILLION left-wing Indonesians were murdered by the US-backed regime in 1965-66.

It is truly unbelievable that in the UK, a doctor is more likely to lose their medical license for opposing a genocide than actively participating in one.

You cannot understand the climate crisis if you don’t understand colonialism. You cannot understand colonialism if you don’t understand capitalism. Everything is connected. There is a subtle fabric of oppression that links every form of suffering around the world.

Shabana Mahmood’s special advisor threatened us with an injunction and two different lawsuits last night in an attempt to block this story linking her to a notorious vote rigging case. I think it’s strongly in the public interest, so here it is. birminghamdispatch.co.uk/exclusive-shab…

Next time you see this painting, remember the artist behind it — Annie Lee didn’t pursue art professionally until age 40

My latest for @newlinesmag was an epic investigation into why the @britishmuseum has taken Palestine off labels - all that's needed is an open conversation to explain the reasoning, but an email I just received from them show how unlikely it is to happen, which is a real shame 🧵

This is an extraordinary piece of forensic journalism by @davidsheen. We are proud to publish it. History must forever record how Israel invented 7 October atrocity tales, including burned and beheaded babies, to justify genocide.

It’s always a good day to talk about how Israel is inventing ancient history - but this week (with the news from Arizona…) is an especially good week for it.

One of the most informative and politically important short videos you'll ever watch

I say this with genuine concern for the wellbeing of the UK and all of us who live here. Never in my adult life have I lived under more severe freedom of speech restrictions; there is a literal list of things people can’t say and groups people can’t support. It’s not right

I’m beyond excited to share that my debut book is on the way! 'Long Distance Runners: Black Women Radicals and the Struggle for Liberation' will be published by Bloomsbury Academic in early 2027.

the fact that we witnessed this in real time and yet the world is still so silent is absolutely enraging

an incredible read

Did you guys know that the judges that issued international arrest warrants for Netanyahu were sanctioned by the United states and as a result are completely unable to access their bank accounts or do any banking due to Visa and Mastercard?

This afternoon, Keir Starmer sent a UK military A400M plane from RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus to Tel Aviv It can carry 116 troops - and a 81,600 lbs payload Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity You are paying for all this

BBC PAID HIM 6X MORE. THE TRIBUNAL SAID THAT WAS ILLEGAL. THE BBC SAID IT WAS COMPLICATED. Samira Ahmed @SamiraAhmedUK presented Newswatch on @BBC for years. Same format. Same length. Same job. Read viewer feedback on camera, wrap it up, go home. Jeremy Vine @theJeremyVine did exactly the same thing on Points of View. She got £440 per episode. He got £3,000. Ahmed spent years trying to fix it quietly through internal BBC processes. The BBC said there was no problem. She filed for tribunal. In January 2020, the tribunal ruled unanimously in her favour. The BBC could not explain the difference. They tried. They argued Vine needed "a glint in the eye" and to be "cheeky." The tribunal said that was not a skill. It was a story the BBC told itself. The total underpayment was close to £700,000. Sarah Montague, another BBC woman, settled separately for around £400,000. The National Union of Journalists flagged around 70 more cases waiting resolution internally. After Ahmed won, 700 BBC women received pay rises. The BBC's statement after losing? They regretted it had gone to tribunal. Not that they paid a woman six times less than a man for the same work for years. Just that it became public. Sources: @guardian, @BBC, @IFJGlobal, Others