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Colin Darch
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| UCT | HSRC | CEA/UFPE | Retired researcher and documentalist, author of books on freedom of information, the anarchist Nestor Makhno, Samora Machel, and Aquino de Bragança. Webpage: www.mozambiquehistory.net
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#islamophobia
Mamdani’s mayoral race was marred by unhinged Islamophobia. It’s not going away soon | Arwa Mahdawi
The racist abuse that Zohran Mamdani is still facing proves how normalized bigotry is. We need to keep calling it out
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Publicação do dossiê "Histórias angolanas, séculos XVI-XX"
n. 71 (2025) | Afro-Ásia
Editores: Edilza Correia Sotero, Marcelo Moura Mello e Thiago C. SapedeEditoras de resenhas: Gabriela dos Reis Sampaio e Iacy Maia MataAssistentes editoriais: Gabriela Queiroz Santos e Jhon Wanderson Nogueira SantanaCapa: Zeo Antonelli sobre Loja de ervas, de Gê Viana (2020). Colagem digital da série "Atualizações Traumáticas de Debret".
periodicos.ufba.br
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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#tanzaniaelection
#mamasumia
Tanzania’s Hassan declared landslide winner in election that triggered violent protests
The result hands Hassan, who took power in 2021, a five-year term following opposition repression
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Naa Oyo A. Kwate | At the Roadside in Kigali
USA Cycling has said it is ‘committed to diversifying American bike racing and we want to see these Black athletes...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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November 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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silasfiorotti.bsky.social
Houve uma grande deterioração da carreira do professor e da escola pública no Brasil. Muita coisa é simplesmente inexequível na escola pública. As soluções milagrosas oferecidas pelas fundações empresariais são simplesmente distrações para não se enfrentar o problema.
October 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Versão em português do meu texto de abril de 2024 em homenagem ao #aquinodebragança, falecido no desastre de #mbuzini ao lado de Presidente #samoramachel de #mozambique
Vista do “Um homem angustiado”
periodicos.ufba.br
October 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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#antifa
#academicfreedom
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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#mozambique
#aquinodebragança
#africanhistory
DE BRAGANÇA Tomaz, Aquino, Messias – Maitron
maitron.fr
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 6 Oct 1912 Emma Goldman began to hold a Yiddish and English Sunday lecture series in New York City on topics including psychology, the failings of democracy, economic efficiency, venereal disease and more . Check out this selection of her writings: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
October 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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October 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 4 Oct 1917 a group of French anarchists went on trial in Paris for publishing on June 15 a clandestine issue of the anarchist and anti-militarist newspaper Le Libertaire which was suppressed in 1914. They got 1-3 year prison sentences stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1047...
October 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 3 Oct 1952 the Mau Mau campaign against British colonialism in Kenya escalated when they killed the first white European victim of the uprising. Despite only 32 white casualties, tens of thousands of Kenyans were butchered stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1024...
October 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Minha intervenção na VII Conferência Internacional do IESE, em Maputo, pronunciada na semana passada. O título do YouTube é errado! A minha fala começa às 16.37.
#moçambique #democracia #lucianocanfora
Conferência anual de coesão social: "Iniciativas de coesão social em contextos de conflito
YouTube video by IESE Youtube
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September 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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#academicfreedom
An Open Letter in Support of Luciano Canfora | Pierre Vesperini
Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has sued Luciano Canfora, an eighty-one-year-old historian, philologist, and professor emeritus at the University
www.nybooks.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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FIFA are rolling out the red carpet for Israel
But together with these brave Italian football coaches, we can do something about it. Join us.
secure.avaaz.org
September 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Raymond Geuss, Gallia and Gaza — Sidecar
Historical parallels.
newleftreview.org
September 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Shameful capitulation by #berkeley to the #trumpregime...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Shameful if Cooper closes down the court case. This British government is appalling and spineless... #palestineaction
Home Office wins right to challenge Palestine Action’s terror ban appeal
Court of appeal ruling means Yvette Cooper can try to block move by protest group to have its proscription overturned
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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#columbiauniversity
#palestineexception
Columbia punished our kids for protesting against the genocide in Gaza. We condemn the university’s cowardice
We are the parents of students who faced disciplinary actions for pro-Palestine activism. The struggle for liberation will not end with suspensions and expulsions
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Download new book on #ruthfirst and #activism and #revolutionaryresearch...
#southafrica
#mozambique
#antiapartheid
Research and Activism: Ruth First and Activist Research | ESI Press
upmonographs.up.ac.za
September 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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revistajacobina.bsky.social
Ho Chi Minh, revolucionário comunista e um dos principais responsáveis pela libertação do Vietnã do colonialismo francês e imperialismo dos EUA, faleceu neste dia em 1969. Resgatamos aqui sua passagem pela decadente cidade maravilhosa onde fez amizade com um militante sindical antirracista.
Ho Chi Minh, o herói anti-imperialista que foi garçom no Rio de Janeiro
Ho Chi Minh, revolucionário comunista e um dos principais responsáveis pela libertação do Vietnã do colonialismo francês e imperialismo dos EUA, faleceu neste dia em 1969. Resgatamos aqui sua passagem...
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September 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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#palestineaction
Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action
The bestselling novelist promised to financially support the group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the British government
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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lrb.co.uk
‘The problem with the interpretation of the verb “support” by the police and courts in Britain today is that the state accepts no limit to its meaning.’

David Renton on the legal challenge to Palestine Action’s proscription: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Renton · Short Cuts: What is the meaning of support?
With the proscription of Palestine Action early in July, the question of what support for a terrorist group means has...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM