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Me and @nanoboss.bsky.social for @legalform.bsky.social rm.bsky.social thinking about 'smart sanctions' on Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
TLDR: these sanctions are smart insofar as they enable imperialist states to 'act' whilst fundamentaly upholding the status quo.
TLDR: these sanctions are smart insofar as they enable imperialist states to 'act' whilst fundamentaly upholding the status quo.
June 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Me and @nanoboss.bsky.social for @legalform.bsky.social rm.bsky.social thinking about 'smart sanctions' on Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
TLDR: these sanctions are smart insofar as they enable imperialist states to 'act' whilst fundamentaly upholding the status quo.
TLDR: these sanctions are smart insofar as they enable imperialist states to 'act' whilst fundamentaly upholding the status quo.
"How much of your workday is spent desperately trying to prove you are not a robot?"
"Fire hydrant"
"Fire hydrant"
May 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"How much of your workday is spent desperately trying to prove you are not a robot?"
"Fire hydrant"
"Fire hydrant"
Migrants are subject to hypervisibility & invisibility - this manifests in a specific way in UK law & policy, which is most obvious from the Rwanda plan. This however connects to a longer history of deterrence & characterisation of asylum seekers as 'destitute'
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May 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Migrants are subject to hypervisibility & invisibility - this manifests in a specific way in UK law & policy, which is most obvious from the Rwanda plan. This however connects to a longer history of deterrence & characterisation of asylum seekers as 'destitute'
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...