Chris Rossdale
@crossdale.bsky.social
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Chris Rossdale
@crossdale.bsky.social
· Apr 24
Racial Capitalism Must Be Defended: Reading the Arms Trade through Critiques of Policing
Abstract. As the beating heart of global circuits of violence, arms companies face a constant crisis of legitimation. Tracing how these companies seek legi
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Brand new article, in which I examine how arms companies - Thales in particular - try to legitimate themselves through policing discourses, and think about what it means to situate the arms trade as an integral component of global policing.
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
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We have had a report saying two women walking up to a protest today at BAe Samlesbury were stopped by Lancashire Police and advised to remove their t-shirts that say 'Free Palestine', as it may "breach the proscription order".
And so it begins.
And so it begins.
July 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We have had a report saying two women walking up to a protest today at BAe Samlesbury were stopped by Lancashire Police and advised to remove their t-shirts that say 'Free Palestine', as it may "breach the proscription order".
And so it begins.
And so it begins.
1/2 It's worth reflecting on the fact that the proscription of @palaction.bsky.social comes not because the state is strong, but because it is weak. The established methods of repression and criminalisation have not stood up to the bravery and commitment of activists.
July 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
1/2 It's worth reflecting on the fact that the proscription of @palaction.bsky.social comes not because the state is strong, but because it is weak. The established methods of repression and criminalisation have not stood up to the bravery and commitment of activists.
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In the current geopolitical and higher ed context, the publication of this special forum on "technologies of armed violence" is very dear to my heart: academic.oup.com/isagsq/issue... /1
Volume 5 Issue 2 | Global Studies Quarterly | Oxford Academic
Global Studies Quarterly is a fully open access journal that publishes original
and innovative scholarship within the broad spectrum of topics, subfields, approaches,
and metho...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In the current geopolitical and higher ed context, the publication of this special forum on "technologies of armed violence" is very dear to my heart: academic.oup.com/isagsq/issue... /1
Brand new article, in which I examine how arms companies - Thales in particular - try to legitimate themselves through policing discourses, and think about what it means to situate the arms trade as an integral component of global policing.
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Racial Capitalism Must Be Defended: Reading the Arms Trade through Critiques of Policing
Abstract. As the beating heart of global circuits of violence, arms companies face a constant crisis of legitimation. Tracing how these companies seek legi
academic.oup.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Brand new article, in which I examine how arms companies - Thales in particular - try to legitimate themselves through policing discourses, and think about what it means to situate the arms trade as an integral component of global policing.
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
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Here's a beautiful edit of one of our actions at ISA! #EndScholasticide #EndGenocide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress
March 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Here's a beautiful edit of one of our actions at ISA! #EndScholasticide #EndGenocide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress
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No conferencing as usual during genocide!
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress
March 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
No conferencing as usual during genocide!
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress
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No conferencing as usual during genocide!
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress
March 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
No conferencing as usual during genocide!
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress
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It's remarkable how little interest there has been in the legacy media about the police moving from the crack down on Palestine direct action and student encampments that it ignored, now to negotiated, usually very cooperative, A-B demonstrations.
This is how state repression spreads.
This is how state repression spreads.
January 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It's remarkable how little interest there has been in the legacy media about the police moving from the crack down on Palestine direct action and student encampments that it ignored, now to negotiated, usually very cooperative, A-B demonstrations.
This is how state repression spreads.
This is how state repression spreads.
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My friend Linka is housebound, and is trying to raise £ for a wheelchair that would change her life. It's obviously extremely messed up that she has to fundraise for this herself, but such is the UK in 2025. Please give something if you're able x
www.gofundme.com/f/help-linka...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-linka...
Donate to Help Linka get a life-changing wheelchair, organized by Eleanor Brown
Hi, I’m Linka and I need your help to leave the house again.
For the last … Eleanor Brown needs your support for Help Linka get a life-changing wheelchair
www.gofundme.com
January 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My friend Linka is housebound, and is trying to raise £ for a wheelchair that would change her life. It's obviously extremely messed up that she has to fundraise for this herself, but such is the UK in 2025. Please give something if you're able x
www.gofundme.com/f/help-linka...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-linka...
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Today is my birthday and I’m finally launching my crowdfunder for a wheelchair. I’ve spent 5 years housebound and it’s time for that to change. Anything you can give is appreciated, even if that’s just sharing this tweet with your followers ♿️ #NEISvoid #MutualAid #DisabledSky
gofund.me/f7901daa
gofund.me/f7901daa
Donate to Help Linka get a life-changing wheelchair, organized by Eleanor Brown
Hi, I’m Linka and I need your help to leave the house again.
For the last … Eleanor Brown needs your support for Help Linka get a life-changing wheelchair
gofund.me
January 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Today is my birthday and I’m finally launching my crowdfunder for a wheelchair. I’ve spent 5 years housebound and it’s time for that to change. Anything you can give is appreciated, even if that’s just sharing this tweet with your followers ♿️ #NEISvoid #MutualAid #DisabledSky
gofund.me/f7901daa
gofund.me/f7901daa
My friend Linka is housebound, and is trying to raise £ for a wheelchair that would change her life. It's obviously extremely messed up that she has to fundraise for this herself, but such is the UK in 2025. Please give something if you're able x
www.gofundme.com/f/help-linka...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-linka...
Donate to Help Linka get a life-changing wheelchair, organized by Eleanor Brown
Hi, I’m Linka and I need your help to leave the house again.
For the last … Eleanor Brown needs your support for Help Linka get a life-changing wheelchair
www.gofundme.com
January 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My friend Linka is housebound, and is trying to raise £ for a wheelchair that would change her life. It's obviously extremely messed up that she has to fundraise for this herself, but such is the UK in 2025. Please give something if you're able x
www.gofundme.com/f/help-linka...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-linka...
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'How did this happen?' asks The Times, which has run thousands of pieces inciting hatred of trans people.
January 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
'How did this happen?' asks The Times, which has run thousands of pieces inciting hatred of trans people.
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"I damaged the petrol pump screens as an act of care, because in times of great peril, a caring person has to stand up for what is right. My actions have already cost me greatly. But I regret nothing." - @ritaissa.bsky.social for @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/doct...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/doct...
Why doctors are willing to go to prison to protest the climate crisis
Serving GP Dr Patrick Hart was jailed after a peaceful protest against the climate crisis. Here's why professionals are taking action.
www.bigissue.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"I damaged the petrol pump screens as an act of care, because in times of great peril, a caring person has to stand up for what is right. My actions have already cost me greatly. But I regret nothing." - @ritaissa.bsky.social for @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/doct...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/doct...
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From the intro of my forthcoming book (May 2025): *Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea*: "Maritime escape was a long, slow-moving, and unstoppable oceanic wave of resistance, bigger and more powerful than we have ever known."
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...
January 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
From the intro of my forthcoming book (May 2025): *Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea*: "Maritime escape was a long, slow-moving, and unstoppable oceanic wave of resistance, bigger and more powerful than we have ever known."
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...
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A Conversation piece about our recent report @crossdale.bsky.social @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social @uob-policystudies.bsky.social theconversation.com/repression-o...
Repression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the world
Our new research identifies four ways these protests are being criminalised and repressed.
theconversation.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:16 AM
A Conversation piece about our recent report @crossdale.bsky.social @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social @uob-policystudies.bsky.social theconversation.com/repression-o...
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The man known for “The soul of soul” which he said about his murdered granddaughter got killed today. The soul of the soul was killed. And the soul is now killed too.
December 16, 2024 at 3:00 PM
The man known for “The soul of soul” which he said about his murdered granddaughter got killed today. The soul of the soul was killed. And the soul is now killed too.
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Sanctimonious lectures about violence from a class of people who have spent the last year excusing, justifying and outright supporting some of the most heinous political violence the world has ever seen.
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/ZRcsrreK
December 12, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Sanctimonious lectures about violence from a class of people who have spent the last year excusing, justifying and outright supporting some of the most heinous political violence the world has ever seen.
Happy to have worked on this with @berglundoscar.bsky.social @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social Tie Franco Britto and Christina Pantazis.
UK leads on arrests, but bigger story is the global elite consensus on repressing activism to avoid real action on climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK leads on arrests, but bigger story is the global elite consensus on repressing activism to avoid real action on climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds
Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Happy to have worked on this with @berglundoscar.bsky.social @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social Tie Franco Britto and Christina Pantazis.
UK leads on arrests, but bigger story is the global elite consensus on repressing activism to avoid real action on climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK leads on arrests, but bigger story is the global elite consensus on repressing activism to avoid real action on climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It is shocking that Turkey’s attacks on the Kurds and the autonomous area of North East Syria are treated as kind of footnote to the Syria story. Be clear: a region of Syria is under major assault; the war is NOT over.
December 11, 2024 at 10:12 AM
It is shocking that Turkey’s attacks on the Kurds and the autonomous area of North East Syria are treated as kind of footnote to the Syria story. Be clear: a region of Syria is under major assault; the war is NOT over.
Foreign Secretary in Parliament castigating Assad as a dictator; PM in Saudi Arabia stepping up military relations. Both reported on the same live feeds without a shred of awkwardness or irony.
December 9, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Foreign Secretary in Parliament castigating Assad as a dictator; PM in Saudi Arabia stepping up military relations. Both reported on the same live feeds without a shred of awkwardness or irony.
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A lot of ignorance being displayed by the commentariat about North East #Syria (known by the Kurds as 'Rojava'). It is a self-governing, multi-ethnic (not just 'the Kurds'), woman-led democracy. It is extraordinary and must be protected.
December 8, 2024 at 6:58 AM
A lot of ignorance being displayed by the commentariat about North East #Syria (known by the Kurds as 'Rojava'). It is a self-governing, multi-ethnic (not just 'the Kurds'), woman-led democracy. It is extraordinary and must be protected.