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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 3h

It is indeed striking that the Labour government has made no attempt to rein in the Tory clique at the top of the BBC - on the contrary, they appear to be enabling it to wreak its damage. Obeisance to Trump and Israel seems to be a key driver of Labour’s collapsing integrity.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses

The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say

www.theguardian.com

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 3h

Unfortunately, the Telegraph’s lies are not laughable - they are proving very efficient in helping Farage’s Trump UK build momentum, in its drive to overthrow British democracy.

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 12h

It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.

Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻

The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy

A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...

writesbright.substack.com

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 3h

Trump pardons his election conspirators even as he attacks the BBC for a documentary that exposed his conspiracy. But the BBC is run by Boris Johnson appointees and the Labour government is cowering in the face of Trump. The centre is not holding and they are helping Farage’s Trump UK come to power.

Forbes @forbes.com · 22h

The pardon covers 77 people, including members of the president’s former legal team, including John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.

Trump Pardons Giuliani And Others Allegedly Involved In Bid To Overturn 2020 Elections

The pardon covers 77 people, including members of the president’s former legal team, including John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.

www.forbes.com

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 3h

“Anyone who thinks this is about a 12-second clip on a Panorama more than a year ago that not a single viewer complained about is not reading the proper story,” said a source. “What’s going on here is much more about macro politics.”

www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses

The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say

www.theguardian.com

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses

The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say

www.theguardian.com

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 12h

It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.

Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻

The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy

A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...

writesbright.substack.com

Forbes @forbes.com · 22h

The pardon covers 77 people, including members of the president’s former legal team, including John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.

Trump Pardons Giuliani And Others Allegedly Involved In Bid To Overturn 2020 Elections

The pardon covers 77 people, including members of the president’s former legal team, including John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.

www.forbes.com

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 1d

BBC in retreat: this morning describing the 2 bits of Trump’s speech as ‘unrelated’ although of course they were both part of his pitch to his crowd to go harass Pence and legislators, to block Biden’s ratification. Trump’s actions further normalised through this confected row, Lisa Nandy assisting.

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 1d

Who’d have guessed it? The main BBC board member resisting a simple apology and reinforcing the right wing attack on the BBC from within, was a Tory government appointee and founder of GB TV. If you want impartiality, Gibb has to go. Nick Robinson on X:

Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 1d

The prospect that the Brexit-pushing, Farage-promoting, Israeli-government-favouring BBC may now turn even more to the hard right is chilling.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson

The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism

www.theguardian.com

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 2d

Author of book on Serbian genocidaire Biljana Plavsic: “I’ve been looking for paralllels; I can’t find them. In Germany, after the trials, there was denial. But you never had Nazis on TV, being celebrated, or celebrating the Holocaust.” - She should try Israel.

observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Inside the mind of Serbia’s ‘Madam War Criminal’ | The Observer

observer.co.uk

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, I see it’s £119 (£92 on Amazon), so perhaps not. Any chance of a review copy?!

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 3d

You should link to the book!

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s not forget that the UK voted to leave the EU because of a racist campaign, that the Tory party went far-right after that, and now Farage is on course to become PM. Definitely no cause for complacency in Britain.

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 4d

Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.

therreport.bsky.social @therreport.bsky.social · 4d

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote about the way forward for the Palestine movement in the face of the Starmer government’s twin attacks on the right to protest.

open.substack.com/pub/martinsh...

"Cumulative impact": block the bill, lift the ban

With fundamental rights at stake, the Palestine movement in Britain needs joined-up protest against Starmer's twin attempts to squash opposition to the genocide.

open.substack.com

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 3d

The UK and EU need to legislate to stop this rigging of the public sphere.

Ant music @stigmergy.bsky.social · 5d

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

news.sky.com

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 4d

So BBC Radio 4 asks why Britain feels more divided - and asks Michael Gove, the co-leader of Brexit, the longest-serving minister in the austerity Tory government, along as a commentator to discuss. I had to turn it off.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 4d

‘To be held without charge and questioned under threat of criminal prosecution without a lawyer is otherwise unheard of in British law. At a port of entry or exit, this cornerstone of British justice no longer applies.’

Asim Qureshi on misuses of the Terrorism Act:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Asim Qureshi · Short Cuts: Misuses of the Terrorism Act

Thousands of people each year are detained and questioned under Schedule 7, the majority of them from ethnic minority...

www.lrb.co.uk

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 4d

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system

1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK

2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc

3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 4d

Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.

therreport.bsky.social @therreport.bsky.social · 4d

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’

Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

www.theguardian.com

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 4d

This is the Dominic Cummings who masterminded the racist Vote Leave campaign, so not really very surprising.

Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 4d

If someone had told me a year ago, that this could happen in the UK I wouldn't have believed it.

Now it's all happening very fast. Even if you consider Cummings as the 'career psychopath' he always was, this is a dangerous new level.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy

There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire

Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 4d

If someone had told me a year ago, that this could happen in the UK I wouldn't have believed it.

Now it's all happening very fast. Even if you consider Cummings as the 'career psychopath' he always was, this is a dangerous new level.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy

There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire

Ant music @stigmergy.bsky.social · 5d

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

news.sky.com

Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · 6d

Please join us for a hybrid symposium entitled "Freedom in a Time of Genocide" next Wednesday 12th November 17:00-19:30 CET.

Speakers include: Sindre Bangstad, Raz Segal, Zoé Samudzi, Maha Abdallah and Martin Shaw (@martinshaw.bsky.social).

networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 13d

Despite the Michael Ben-Gad case, it isn’t only a few pro-Palestinian students who have attempted to stop academic activities going ahead. Will the ‘academic freedom’ campaigners condemn pro-Israelis who’ve done the same? My experience:

open.substack.com/pub/martinsh...

Jewish students tried to cancel and disrupt my lecture

Despite the Michael Ben-Gad case, it isn't only a few pro-Palestinians who've tried to block academic freedom

open.substack.com

Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) @ibei.org · 20d

Highlights from yesterday’s #IBEIresearchSeminar !📚

🔎The New Age of Genocide | Intellectual and Political Challenges After Gaza (Book Launch)

🎙 @martinshaw.bsky.social (University of Sussex & IBEI). Chair: Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués, IBEI

Click here 👉 t.ly/BNl3o and check our next events!

Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · 27d

“Martin Shaw was one of the first to recognise genocide in Gaza... His book charts new pathways for understanding genocide – an endeavour urgent now more than ever.”

Francesca Albanese on 'The New Age of Genocide' by @martinshaw.bsky.social - out this week.

www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Oct 10

I gave a lecture on 'Gaza in a Historical Perspective on Modern Genocide' at Georgetown University in Washington DC, with
@naderalihashemi chairing.

Netanyahu was with Trump in the White House as I spoke. Watch the full lecture and discussion here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=panu...

Gaza in a Historical Perspective on Modern Genocide with Martin Shaw

YouTube video by ACMCU (ACMCU)

www.youtube.com

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Oct 3

Copies of *The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges after Gaza* have arrived!
Full details, with 30 per cent discount offer, here: tinyurl.com/mry8864j.
Many thanks to @franceskalbs.bsky.social and @dirkmoses.bsky.social for their generous comments (see linked page).

The New Age of Genocide

With recent events in Gaza, Martin Shaw seeks to restore the idea of genocide to its central place in thinking about mass atrocities, to apply it to neglected cases, and ultimately to settle the quest...

tinyurl.com

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Oct 3

After clashing with Maurice Glasman recently, I've come to realise just how pernicious he and his Blue Labour movement are. We could discuss his chumminess with Steve Bannon and JD Vance, endless pandering to the far right and evident hatred of the Labour left. But there's something even worse. 🧵

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