Anna Gunin
@annagunin.bsky.social
Translator from Russian of Svetlana Alexievich, Pavel Bazhov, Oleg Pavlov and others
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Anna Gunin
@annagunin.bsky.social
· Nov 11
My review of Tom Parfitt’s HIGH CAUCASUS appears in the latest issue of Critical Muslim.
A painfully relevant book.
A painfully relevant book.
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Nice one Meta -
Dead children who wrote poetry of hope before they were killed are really dangerous. 🙄
Dead children who wrote poetry of hope before they were killed are really dangerous. 🙄
July 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Nice one Meta -
Dead children who wrote poetry of hope before they were killed are really dangerous. 🙄
Dead children who wrote poetry of hope before they were killed are really dangerous. 🙄
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7/7 was twenty years ago today.
In my column for the @newstatesman.com, I reflect on how the London bombings reshaped British cultural life and brought 'the Muslim' to the centre of its discourse.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
In my column for the @newstatesman.com, I reflect on how the London bombings reshaped British cultural life and brought 'the Muslim' to the centre of its discourse.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
July 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
7/7 was twenty years ago today.
In my column for the @newstatesman.com, I reflect on how the London bombings reshaped British cultural life and brought 'the Muslim' to the centre of its discourse.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
In my column for the @newstatesman.com, I reflect on how the London bombings reshaped British cultural life and brought 'the Muslim' to the centre of its discourse.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
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I made a Starter Pack for everyone involved in @bristoltranslates.bsky.social (Bristol Translates Summer School) in 2025. Very happy to add attendees and anyone else I've missed on here! go.bsky.app/Dr1iv4J
July 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I made a Starter Pack for everyone involved in @bristoltranslates.bsky.social (Bristol Translates Summer School) in 2025. Very happy to add attendees and anyone else I've missed on here! go.bsky.app/Dr1iv4J
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I guess we're finding out what we would have done if we were white Americans living in the Jim Crow era or when Japanese Americans were rounded up & sent to concentration camps.
Federal immigration agents carry out sweeps at Ventura County farms
Federal immigration agents carry out sweeps at Ventura County farms
Protesters blocked the roads in and out of one of the farms and at one point federal agents drove their vehicles through the fields.
www.latimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I guess we're finding out what we would have done if we were white Americans living in the Jim Crow era or when Japanese Americans were rounded up & sent to concentration camps.
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I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.
July 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.
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"It's a killing field, live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars... our form of communication is gunfire."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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www.haaretz.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"It's a killing field, live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars... our form of communication is gunfire."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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PUBLISHED ONLINE TODAY
Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from #Gaza
Selected and translated by MPT Poet in Residence, Batool Abu Akleen.
modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-a...
Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from #Gaza
Selected and translated by MPT Poet in Residence, Batool Abu Akleen.
modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-a...
SEA SHELLS: An anthology of emerging poets from Gaza - Modern Poetry in Translation
Selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen. Edited by Cristina Viti.
modernpoetryintranslation.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
PUBLISHED ONLINE TODAY
Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from #Gaza
Selected and translated by MPT Poet in Residence, Batool Abu Akleen.
modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-a...
Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from #Gaza
Selected and translated by MPT Poet in Residence, Batool Abu Akleen.
modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-a...
On the one hand, we are told Israel is an ally of the West, meaning the Western governments will always stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel and come to her defence.
June 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
On the one hand, we are told Israel is an ally of the West, meaning the Western governments will always stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel and come to her defence.
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Registration for the Bristol Translates 2025 NORLA keynote speech by Damion Searls is now open: go to the link below to register by email.
When? 7th July 17:00 BST
Where? Join online from wherever you are in the world!
When? 7th July 17:00 BST
Where? Join online from wherever you are in the world!
June 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Registration for the Bristol Translates 2025 NORLA keynote speech by Damion Searls is now open: go to the link below to register by email.
When? 7th July 17:00 BST
Where? Join online from wherever you are in the world!
When? 7th July 17:00 BST
Where? Join online from wherever you are in the world!
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Israeli prison officers threatening to mark Israeli Jews who dissent with the Star of David.
Genuinely couldn't make this up. How can they not see who they look like?
Genuinely couldn't make this up. How can they not see who they look like?
‘Next time, we’ll tattoo a Star of David on your face’ - https://www.972mag.com/itamar-greenberg-israeli-prison-service/
'Next time, we'll tattoo a Star of David on your face'
After his arrest, Israeli prison officers forced a Jewish anti-war activist to wear a pro-Israel shirt, a degrading practice often used against Palestinian prisoners.
www.972mag.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Israeli prison officers threatening to mark Israeli Jews who dissent with the Star of David.
Genuinely couldn't make this up. How can they not see who they look like?
Genuinely couldn't make this up. How can they not see who they look like?
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Ukrainian security service sources tell @financialtimes.com the agency is conducting "a large-scale special operation to destroy enemy bomber aircraft" deep inside Russia.
"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.
"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.
June 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Ukrainian security service sources tell @financialtimes.com the agency is conducting "a large-scale special operation to destroy enemy bomber aircraft" deep inside Russia.
"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.
"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.
> 380 writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating the Israeli government’s war in Gaza is genocidal and calling for an immediate ceasefire.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
> 380 writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating the Israeli government’s war in Gaza is genocidal and calling for an immediate ceasefire.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza – graphically demonstrated.
Thank you, TRT World. For doing what the BBC is failing to do.
www.trtworld.com/video/digita...
Thank you, TRT World. For doing what the BBC is failing to do.
www.trtworld.com/video/digita...
Animated: Nowhere to run for Palestinians in Gaza
More and more Palestinians are being killed every day since Israel launched its brutal offensive on Palestine’s Gaza on October 7, 2023. This animation illustrates how Palestinians are trapped in a ti...
www.trtworld.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Israel’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza – graphically demonstrated.
Thank you, TRT World. For doing what the BBC is failing to do.
www.trtworld.com/video/digita...
Thank you, TRT World. For doing what the BBC is failing to do.
www.trtworld.com/video/digita...
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The final section of this interview is so powerful. Dr Haj-Hassan refusing to let the BBC “two-side” the genocide in Gaza.
"You don't ask the perpetrator of genocide their opinion on whether they are committing a genocide".
The eloquence in her rage is extraordinary.
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"You don't ask the perpetrator of genocide their opinion on whether they are committing a genocide".
The eloquence in her rage is extraordinary.
2/2
May 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The final section of this interview is so powerful. Dr Haj-Hassan refusing to let the BBC “two-side” the genocide in Gaza.
"You don't ask the perpetrator of genocide their opinion on whether they are committing a genocide".
The eloquence in her rage is extraordinary.
2/2
"You don't ask the perpetrator of genocide their opinion on whether they are committing a genocide".
The eloquence in her rage is extraordinary.
2/2
‘Biden governed like a normal president in a normal moment’.
What is normal about allowing and enabling an overtly genocidal starvation siege in Gaza?
How can a person who’s authored a book on the Holodomor discuss Biden while airbrushing out that starvation siege?
What is normal about allowing and enabling an overtly genocidal starvation siege in Gaza?
How can a person who’s authored a book on the Holodomor discuss Biden while airbrushing out that starvation siege?
May 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
‘Biden governed like a normal president in a normal moment’.
What is normal about allowing and enabling an overtly genocidal starvation siege in Gaza?
How can a person who’s authored a book on the Holodomor discuss Biden while airbrushing out that starvation siege?
What is normal about allowing and enabling an overtly genocidal starvation siege in Gaza?
How can a person who’s authored a book on the Holodomor discuss Biden while airbrushing out that starvation siege?
1/ One of the hallmarks of Western liberalism is an assumption, in hindsight, of virtuous resistance as the only polite expectation of people on the receiving end of colonialism. While the terrible thing is happening — while the land is still being stolen and the natives still being killed —
May 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
1/ One of the hallmarks of Western liberalism is an assumption, in hindsight, of virtuous resistance as the only polite expectation of people on the receiving end of colonialism. While the terrible thing is happening — while the land is still being stolen and the natives still being killed —
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My good friend and an amazing investigative journalist @willneal.bsky.social was barred from entering Georgia. Will has worked on several important investigative stories on Georgia rsf.org/en/between-h...
Between harassment and expulsion, Georgia is bent on silencing British journalist Will Neal
Independent British journalist Will Neal was arbitrarily denied entry into Georgia, where he has lived since 2022, upon returning from a trip to the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU). Report...
rsf.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My good friend and an amazing investigative journalist @willneal.bsky.social was barred from entering Georgia. Will has worked on several important investigative stories on Georgia rsf.org/en/between-h...
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🚫Reuters, citing the Palestinian Health Minister:
We have lost 29 children due to hunger-related causes in Gaza in the past few days.
We have lost 29 children due to hunger-related causes in Gaza in the past few days.
May 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🚫Reuters, citing the Palestinian Health Minister:
We have lost 29 children due to hunger-related causes in Gaza in the past few days.
We have lost 29 children due to hunger-related causes in Gaza in the past few days.
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JUST IN | Palestinian Health Minister: 29 Have Died of Starvation in Gaza in Recent Days
Palestinian Health Minister Dr. Majid Abu Ramadan says 29 people—mostly children and elderly—have died of starvation-related causes in Gaza in recent days, warning that thousands more are at risk.
Palestinian Health Minister Dr. Majid Abu Ramadan says 29 people—mostly children and elderly—have died of starvation-related causes in Gaza in recent days, warning that thousands more are at risk.
May 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
JUST IN | Palestinian Health Minister: 29 Have Died of Starvation in Gaza in Recent Days
Palestinian Health Minister Dr. Majid Abu Ramadan says 29 people—mostly children and elderly—have died of starvation-related causes in Gaza in recent days, warning that thousands more are at risk.
Palestinian Health Minister Dr. Majid Abu Ramadan says 29 people—mostly children and elderly—have died of starvation-related causes in Gaza in recent days, warning that thousands more are at risk.
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And it's incredibly *blatant* ethnic cleansing at that. There's not the kind of clearly-implying-but-not-actually-saying-it thing that often takes place in ethnic cleansing campaigns (including the Nakba), they're just straight up declaring their intent to expel an entire ethnic group from an area.
This is—it bears repeating—ethnic cleansing and a war crime. It feels utterly pointless to say, and roughly equivalent to screaming into the void, but the United States should not be supporting or providing any aid to a state that has ethnic cleansing as a policy position.
Netanyahu says Israel won’t stop the war until Trump’s plan to remove all Palestinians from Gaza has been implemented, calling the idea ”so correct and so revolutionary.” www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
May 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
And it's incredibly *blatant* ethnic cleansing at that. There's not the kind of clearly-implying-but-not-actually-saying-it thing that often takes place in ethnic cleansing campaigns (including the Nakba), they're just straight up declaring their intent to expel an entire ethnic group from an area.
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If you listen to one thing today please make it the new @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Arab Barghouti, whose father Marwan is currently in an Israeli jail but who is seen by many - including moderate Israelis - as a key to peace. Vital voice. Wherever you get your podcasts
May 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
If you listen to one thing today please make it the new @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Arab Barghouti, whose father Marwan is currently in an Israeli jail but who is seen by many - including moderate Israelis - as a key to peace. Vital voice. Wherever you get your podcasts
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So David Lammy suspends trade negotiations with Israel…
Why was the UK in trade negotiations with Israel?!?!
Why was the UK in trade negotiations with Israel?!?!
May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So David Lammy suspends trade negotiations with Israel…
Why was the UK in trade negotiations with Israel?!?!
Why was the UK in trade negotiations with Israel?!?!
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People who are still shouting that Israel is not committing genocide must be clapping their hands over their ears every time an Israeli minister steps onto a podium because
May 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
People who are still shouting that Israel is not committing genocide must be clapping their hands over their ears every time an Israeli minister steps onto a podium because
Yes, agree fully. The cowardice of silence is so painful to witness. People who could sway the public but choose the easy path instead.
“It's the people who have huge platforms, and who have job security and spoke out on Ukraine, but said nothing about Gaza, said nothing as over 200 Palestinian journalists were killed.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social discusses his disappointment with fellow journalists for staying silent on Gaza
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social discusses his disappointment with fellow journalists for staying silent on Gaza
May 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Yes, agree fully. The cowardice of silence is so painful to witness. People who could sway the public but choose the easy path instead.