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Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) @ibei.org · 8d

▶️ The Genocide that Changed the World
Interview with @martinshaw.bsky.social (University of Sussex-IBEI)

The conversations draws on his article in the Journal of Genocide Research and his new book, 'The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges after Gaza'

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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve been interviewed by BBC Radio Ulster about my book The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges after Gaza. It’s about 20 minutes long and begins at 12.36.

My first interview with any BBC outlet in the last 26 months of genocide!

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Talkback - 17/12/2025 - BBC Sounds

William Crawley debates challenging issues and talks to the people making the headlines.

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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 9d

Bad faith and woolly thinking: pro-Israelis’ attempts to blame pro-Palestinians for Bondi, and the mainstream media’s platforming of them. Latest from my Substack.

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Woolly thinking and bad faith

Media coverage of the Bondi atrocity has served Israel well

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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 9d

I argue that Compass, which works to unite progressives in the UK, should not be engaging with Blue Labour, the strand most identified with Labour’s extreme new anti-immigrant policies.

Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 10d

Following the publication of our new paper, 'Soft Skills, Hard Labour: The Case for a New Soft Left/Blue Labour Politics' last week, @martinshaw.bsky.social asks: is now really the time to re-engage with Blue Labour?

Read it below👇

www.compassonline.org.uk/is-now-reall...

Is Now Really The Time to Re-Engage with Blue Labour? - Compass

After the publication of our new pamphlet on the points of cohesion between the soft left and Blue Labour, Martin Shaw asks - is now really the time?

www.compassonline.org.uk

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 9d

Yet he produced a mild version of the orchestrated pro-Israeli claim that pro-Palestine marches create the climate in which terror attacks occur - zero evidence for this.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 9d

This is just hideous. We're speaking to specialist public and terrorism lawyers in about half an hour to see if there's anything we can do. www.thenational.scot/news/2570443...

MP vows not to leave prison protest as pro-Palestine hunger striker 'may die'

AN MP has joined a prison-gate protest, declaring she will not leave until a hunger striker alleged to be near death receives an ambulance

www.thenational.scot

Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 10d

Following the publication of our new paper, 'Soft Skills, Hard Labour: The Case for a New Soft Left/Blue Labour Politics' last week, @martinshaw.bsky.social asks: is now really the time to re-engage with Blue Labour?

Read it below👇

www.compassonline.org.uk/is-now-reall...

Is Now Really The Time to Re-Engage with Blue Labour? - Compass

After the publication of our new pamphlet on the points of cohesion between the soft left and Blue Labour, Martin Shaw asks - is now really the time?

www.compassonline.org.uk

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 17d

I’ve discussed the Gaza genocide and my general approach with Omar McDoom and @dirkmoses.bsky.social for the new “Office Hour” of the @journalgenocide.bsky.social. Some great questions and, I hope, answers.

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The Genocide That Changed The World (Martin Shaw)

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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 20

France shows the UK as its future, as the so-called mainstream right prepares to put the far right in power. The previous ‘republican front’ with its taboo on collaborating with Le Pen has collapsed. (In the UK, the Tories never had a taboo on Farage anyway.)

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French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far-right takeover of the country | Paul Taylor

In trying to woo Le Pen’s voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 18

Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 18

‘No safe place to go’: people sent back to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal tell of desperation

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 18

A devastating take-down of the Shabana Farage asylum plans by Zoe Gardner.

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Nov 17

Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety

The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures

Me, for @zeteo.com

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Nov 17

Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety

The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures

Me, for @zeteo.com

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Nov 17

"Outside of the most exceptional circumstances family reunion, will not be possible [for refugees]" Shabana Mahmood tells MPs

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 17

‘It is Labour's argument that Theresa May, Priti Patel, Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick and their colleagues were too hesitant about child deportations + that need to be tougher.’

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Nov 17

The excessive "hesitancy" around deporting children + families obviously refers to the 2010-24 governments.

It is Labour's argument that Theresa May, Priti Patel, Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick and their colleagues were too hesitant about child deportations + that need to be tougher

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 17

Labour’s attempt to triangulate the politics of immigration is failing in all directions.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Nov 17

Labour is seen as pro-immigration by 47%
(including 6/10 people who are sceptical of immigration,
falling to just 1/3 who are pro-immigration themselves)

Labour is seen as anti-immigration by 28%
(this includes half of those who are pro-immigration,
falls to 1/4 of those sceptical of immigration)

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Nov 17

Those who hold more restrictive views on refugees are more likely to see Labour as pro-immigration, while those who hold more liberal views tend to see Labour as anti-immigration

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · Nov 17

⭕️ Gaza officials warn of a full shelter collapse as winter hits displaced families

Gaza’s Government Media Office says Israel’s blockade of tents, tarps, plastic sheeting, heaters, flooring, and mobile sanitation has triggered a catastrophic breakdown in shelter conditions as the first winter...

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Nov 17

Labour is seen as pro-immigration by 47%
(including 6/10 people who are sceptical of immigration,
falling to just 1/3 who are pro-immigration themselves)

Labour is seen as anti-immigration by 28%
(this includes half of those who are pro-immigration,
falls to 1/4 of those sceptical of immigration)

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Nov 17

Those who hold more restrictive views on refugees are more likely to see Labour as pro-immigration, while those who hold more liberal views tend to see Labour as anti-immigration

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Nov 17

The excessive "hesitancy" around deporting children + families obviously refers to the 2010-24 governments.

It is Labour's argument that Theresa May, Priti Patel, Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick and their colleagues were too hesitant about child deportations + that need to be tougher

Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · Nov 17

This is the bit on seizing jewellery. Perhaps shave their heads as well, could get good money for all that hair? But again, this is likely to create lots of bureaucracy yet have little real-world effect because it is so hard to do in practice.

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 17

The new stage of genocide denial: the genocide that never was is now over, according to the German government. ‘Germany will lift its partial embargo on weapons exports to Israel as of November 24 in a move dependent on the cease-fire, a government spokesman said.’ - Haaretz.

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 16

Full details of the detention of international law professor (and former UN special rapporteur) Richard Falk and his wife Hilal Elver in Canada, on their way to contribute to the tribunal on Canada’s complicity in Israel’s genocide.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada

Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.

www.aljazeera.com

Kingswinford & South Staffs Labour @kss-labour.bsky.social · Nov 15

On Monday, Shabana Mahmood will announce an overhaul of the asylum system, here’s why ⬇️

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 15

Professor Richard Falk, the veteran human rights scholar and former UN rapporteur, was detained for four hours in Canada, on his 95th birthday, where he had gone to speak at the Gaza Tribunal. The repression of pro-Palestinian voices is worldwide.

Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · Nov 13

Thank you for delivering such a brilliant talk at yesterday's symposium entitled "Freedom of Expression in the New Age of Genocide" @martinshaw.bsky.social! open.substack.com/pub/martinsh...

Freedom of Expression in the New Age of Genocide

My talk (given by video-link) at the symposium, "Freedom of Expression in a Time of Genocide", at Stavanger, Norway, 12 November. (Pictured with Maha Abdallah, University of Antwerp.)

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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 13

My talk on freedom of expression in the new age of genocide. From my Substack.

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Freedom of Expression in the New Age of Genocide

My talk (given by video-link) at the symposium, "Freedom of Expression in a Time of Genocide", at Stavanger, Norway, 12 November. (Pictured with Maha Abdallah, University of Antwerp.)

open.substack.com

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 12

“Gaza’s destruction compares only to the most severely impacted cities in Ukraine. …The extent of damage is greater than… in any single German city during [the Second World War] and, on a percentage basis, there is more damage across Gaza than there was as a result of the US firebombing of Dresden.”

Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · Nov 12

'The directive was 'nothing left''

For the latest issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk (out today) I looked into the scale of the Israeli army's destruction of buildings in Gaza, which has been widespread, at high scale, and it seems systemic >>>>

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 12

Can there be a Trumpian middle ground between Israeli genocide and some semblance of Palestinian autonomy in Gaza? US planners themselves aren’t so sure.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · Nov 12

📌 Trump’s Gaza “Peace Plan” Faces Internal Alarm, POLITICO Reports

Private documents obtained by Politico show Trump administration officials deeply uncertain about how to implement the Gaza peace deal between Israel and Hamas — and fearful it could unravel before taking hold.

Here are some key...

Here are some key details:

1. The 67-slide presentation, shown last month at a two-day symposium in southern Israel led by Lt. Gen. Michael Fenzel, the U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, reveals disarray over how to move from ceasefire to reconstruction.

2. The slides warn that the proposed International Stabilization Force, meant to secure Gaza, may never deploy: it lacks a legal mandate, clear rules of engagement, and troop commitments from partner nations. Without it, officials say, a “security vacuum” will persist — one Hamas is already filling.

3. Representatives from U.S. Central Command, the State and Defense Departments, NGOs, and firms like RAND attended the briefing. Politico confirmed the slides’ authenticity with a symposium participant, a foreign ally, and a U.S. defense official.

4. The documents show deep uncertainty over who will govern Gaza and how reconstruction will be managed. The State Department “is yet to play a significant role,” one official said, adding, “Everyone is floating at 40,000 feet — nobody is talking operations or tactics.”

Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · Nov 12

Ben Ansell demolishes Morgan McSweeney’s version of the ecological fallacy, and with it the basis of the whole far-right-oriented political strategy which has played a huge part in dooming the Starmer government.

Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · Nov 12

"What I think Blue Labour believe is that Labour voters in the marginal Red Wall district have fundamentally different views on social (and maybe economic) issues than Labour voters in safe London seats. They don’t."
open.substack.com/pub/benansel...

Labour at the Margin...

...of survival

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