Incredible image from the encampment at the University of Toronto. Paul Klee's Angelus Novus painting accompanied by a passage from Aimé Césaire's 'Notebook of a Return to the Native Land'.
📷 via Esmat Elhalaby

Very happy to see my review of two authors I've learned so much from Kojo Koram and Oliver Bullough appear in the pages of The New York Review of Books nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

The mainstream media has still not caught on to the massive paramilitarized NYPD counterinsurgency tactics at Columbia University.

This just in: one of NYPD's finest fired his weapon inside Hamilton Hall.

thecity.nyc/2024/05/02/nyp…

'You are keeping no one safe, except for your donors, trustees, and the university’s endowment,' writes Robin D. G. Kelley in a letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik:

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Respect Matt Kennard & great point about the empire never ending. This was explained perfectly in Uncommon Wealth by Kojo Koram hachette.co.uk/titles/kojo-ko… and New Age of Empire by Kehinde Andrews penguin.co.uk/books/316672/t…

1/5. I know I’m going on about this a lot but for someone who’s quite invested in historical truth, I think it’s really important to respond now that Kemi Badenoch has unleashed those dogs of culture war, the The Telegraph and @iealondo, by denying the role of colonial exploitation

Had to come back to shut down Badenoch’s red herring on the origin’s of UK wealth.

‘It’s almost obscene to debate “what made Britain so wealthy” in the midst of the worst decline in living standards since records began.’

Thanks to the The New Statesman

newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/04/…

Corrected

With Germany legalising cannabis, Europe is reaching a tipping point. Britain, take note

Excellent piece from ⁦Steve Rolles⁩ 🔥🔥 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Israel has denied humanitarian aid into northern Gaza since January 23. The moment that aid was allowed to enter, Israeli forces reportedly open fire killing over 100 people and wounding over 700. Israel's systemic denial/restriction of humanitarian aid must stop. CEASEFIRE NOW!

Huge congrats to Aviah Sarah Day and Shanice. A great book from an iconic pairing.

3 reasons why I will never be let near power in my manifesto for law and criminal justice. Have a read in today’s The Guardian amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Just so lovely to have such kind words from people I admire so much, the amazing Jonathan Coe & Kojo Koram
*Another England* draws on some of my favourite writers to tell a different story, out 18 April, preorder signed copies bit.ly/3UHQGDR Hutchinson Heinemann Waterstones

Here is the heart of the problem. It is not just the Israeli President who believes that all Palestinians in Gaza are guilty, as CIJ_ICJ noted, many many Israelis agree with him, including much of the army and the security services, as we see in the clip below. Hence the

Free for some radical reading inspiration to start a Thursday eve? Join us as we celebrate the winner of the Bread & Roses Award 2023!

Tune in at 6pm on 27 Feb for readings by the shortlisted authors, a Q&A and a live announcement of the winner!

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Some of the children injured in #Rafah overnight 🧵