Jack McGinn
@jackmcginn.bsky.social
Studying revolution and working towards one. Posts about the May 2026 local elections promoted by Hackney Independent Socialist Collective, c/o 5 Brayford Square, London E1 0SG
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they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
though unpopular with those targeted by death squads, it did offer many advantages to death squads - a mixed bag overall www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
September 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
though unpopular with those targeted by death squads, it did offer many advantages to death squads - a mixed bag overall www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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![david attenborough: [mumbling] skip. i dont like this animal. skip it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ciyivse6vsi273tcz6w2nvep/bafkreiecd7yhh3uj7oihhdzio5aieagmvl7ef3fdwpysgtkc2ssyiblhsa@jpeg)
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On 1 July, following the #BRISMES2025 keynote lecture by Dr Rana Barakat, BRISMES members and conference participants stood in solidarity with all those affected by Israeli bombardments. #StopArmingIsrael #EndTheGenocide
July 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
On 1 July, following the #BRISMES2025 keynote lecture by Dr Rana Barakat, BRISMES members and conference participants stood in solidarity with all those affected by Israeli bombardments. #StopArmingIsrael #EndTheGenocide
TEMPLATE - UK LETTER TO MP - NO WAR WITH IRAN
URGENT🚨 Please share this email template link with your family and friends to send to their MP calling for no war with Iran:
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URGENT🚨 Please share this email template link with your family and friends to send to their MP calling for no war with Iran:
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UK LETTER TO MP - NO WAR WITH IRAN
TEMPLATE - UK LETTER TO MP - NO WAR WITH IRAN STEPS Find your MP and their email address by entering your postcode here: https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons (you may need to copy and paste ...
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June 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
TEMPLATE - UK LETTER TO MP - NO WAR WITH IRAN
URGENT🚨 Please share this email template link with your family and friends to send to their MP calling for no war with Iran:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
URGENT🚨 Please share this email template link with your family and friends to send to their MP calling for no war with Iran:
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Lot of fighter jets flying low over London right now…
June 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Lot of fighter jets flying low over London right now…
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feudalism is governance by feud, right?
June 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
feudalism is governance by feud, right?
'On the 14th anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian revolution, [Israel] launched thirty airstrikes on Daraa, the cradle of the revolution' - sobering yet hopeful piece from
@idreesahmad.bsky.social, as normalisation is forced upon Syria to lift sanctions
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/syri...
@idreesahmad.bsky.social, as normalisation is forced upon Syria to lift sanctions
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/syri...
Syria After Assad - Dissent Magazine
Hope has been restored for many Syrians. But vigilance will be needed to ensure that democratic institutions emerge and withstand autocratic impulses.
www.dissentmagazine.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
'On the 14th anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian revolution, [Israel] launched thirty airstrikes on Daraa, the cradle of the revolution' - sobering yet hopeful piece from
@idreesahmad.bsky.social, as normalisation is forced upon Syria to lift sanctions
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/syri...
@idreesahmad.bsky.social, as normalisation is forced upon Syria to lift sanctions
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/syri...
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Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
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We're launching Nasser Abourahme's book The Time beneath the Concrete: Palestine between Camp and Colony, next Thursday 13 March.
The book argues that #settlercolonialism is as much an attempt to conquer time as it is to conquer land.
Register now: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
The book argues that #settlercolonialism is as much an attempt to conquer time as it is to conquer land.
Register now: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
The Time beneath the Concrete: Palestine between Camp and Colony
6.00pm Thurs 13 March | Nasser Abourahme, Muna Dajani
www.lse.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We're launching Nasser Abourahme's book The Time beneath the Concrete: Palestine between Camp and Colony, next Thursday 13 March.
The book argues that #settlercolonialism is as much an attempt to conquer time as it is to conquer land.
Register now: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
The book argues that #settlercolonialism is as much an attempt to conquer time as it is to conquer land.
Register now: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
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Narrating Against Uncertainty: Adélie Chevée examines post-2021 Syrian Uprising newspapers to show how documentation helped build the opposition narrative with fact-finding & storytelling. In @polstudies.bsky.social: https://buff.ly/49x883l
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Narrating Against Uncertainty: Adélie Chevée examines post-2021 Syrian Uprising newspapers to show how documentation helped build the opposition narrative with fact-finding & storytelling. In @polstudies.bsky.social: https://buff.ly/49x883l
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
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Are you an early-career researcher in the #UK or #Iraq? Join us for a 4-day online workshop this April, organised by #LSE & Moja.
We’ll explore the challenges #climatechange poses to Iraqi women & discuss solutions to enhance their resilience.
www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
We’ll explore the challenges #climatechange poses to Iraqi women & discuss solutions to enhance their resilience.
www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
February 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Are you an early-career researcher in the #UK or #Iraq? Join us for a 4-day online workshop this April, organised by #LSE & Moja.
We’ll explore the challenges #climatechange poses to Iraqi women & discuss solutions to enhance their resilience.
www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
We’ll explore the challenges #climatechange poses to Iraqi women & discuss solutions to enhance their resilience.
www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
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“Resisting the misuse by the LSE of its wealth and power to protect a high profile male professor and expose younger female students and academics to continued risks is no easy matter. We would very much appreciate your help.”
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
The LSE must stop sexual misconduct, not stop women from speaking out | Good Law Project
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February 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Resisting the misuse by the LSE of its wealth and power to protect a high profile male professor and expose younger female students and academics to continued risks is no easy matter. We would very much appreciate your help.”
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
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Arendt, Gaza and Personal Responsibility Under Genocide (especially in the academy) -->
With many thanks to Critical Legal Thinking for republishing my article.
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/02/03/a...
With many thanks to Critical Legal Thinking for republishing my article.
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/02/03/a...
Arendt, Gaza and Personal Responsibility Under Genocide
In an essay crafted in 1964, “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” Hannah Arendt reflects on a set of moral issues concerning our capacity to
criticallegalthinking.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Arendt, Gaza and Personal Responsibility Under Genocide (especially in the academy) -->
With many thanks to Critical Legal Thinking for republishing my article.
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/02/03/a...
With many thanks to Critical Legal Thinking for republishing my article.
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/02/03/a...
Tower Hamlets Residents: TONIGHT is the vote to DIVEST FROM ARMS COMPANIES with our pension funds
Contact your councillor now to get them to vote for the motion!
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgFindMember...
Contact your councillor now to get them to vote for the motion!
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgFindMember...
January 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Tower Hamlets Residents: TONIGHT is the vote to DIVEST FROM ARMS COMPANIES with our pension funds
Contact your councillor now to get them to vote for the motion!
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgFindMember...
Contact your councillor now to get them to vote for the motion!
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgFindMember...
Persuasive piece on Israel's involvement in Syria from @mkaradjis.bsky.social
'Israel’s expressed wish to “not take action against the Syrian Arab Army” immediately turned into its opposite once the regime collapsed.' theirantiimperialismandours.com/2025/01/14/t...
'Israel’s expressed wish to “not take action against the Syrian Arab Army” immediately turned into its opposite once the regime collapsed.' theirantiimperialismandours.com/2025/01/14/t...
The Syrian revolution, Iran and Israel: Squaring the circle, refuting myths
By Michael Karadjis Myth 1: Israel was “behind” the overthrow of Assad – silly conspiracism Myth 2: OK, it wasn’t, but the fall of Assad serves Israel’s interests – quite the opposite actually Myth…
theirantiimperialismandours.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Persuasive piece on Israel's involvement in Syria from @mkaradjis.bsky.social
'Israel’s expressed wish to “not take action against the Syrian Arab Army” immediately turned into its opposite once the regime collapsed.' theirantiimperialismandours.com/2025/01/14/t...
'Israel’s expressed wish to “not take action against the Syrian Arab Army” immediately turned into its opposite once the regime collapsed.' theirantiimperialismandours.com/2025/01/14/t...
These are hostages Israel is capturing today in anticipation of a ceasefire deal, to maintain their leverage
January 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
These are hostages Israel is capturing today in anticipation of a ceasefire deal, to maintain their leverage
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“I finally understood why I struggled to smile, despite Assad’s fall. I feared that celebrating might extinguish the faint hope of learning the fates of my disappeared friends.”
✍️ Mohammad Al-Attar
bit.ly/3VIyeuM
#freesyria #damascus #sednaya #fallofassad
✍️ Mohammad Al-Attar
bit.ly/3VIyeuM
#freesyria #damascus #sednaya #fallofassad
December 19, 2024 at 3:18 PM
“I finally understood why I struggled to smile, despite Assad’s fall. I feared that celebrating might extinguish the faint hope of learning the fates of my disappeared friends.”
✍️ Mohammad Al-Attar
bit.ly/3VIyeuM
#freesyria #damascus #sednaya #fallofassad
✍️ Mohammad Al-Attar
bit.ly/3VIyeuM
#freesyria #damascus #sednaya #fallofassad
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London university described pro-Palestine protesters as 'dressed as terrorists' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/london-university-described-pro-palestine-students-being-dressed-terrorists
London university described pro-Palestine protesters as 'dressed as terrorists'
Emails between LSE senior staff also appeared to draw links between student protest and anniversary of London bombings
www.middleeasteye.net
January 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
London university described pro-Palestine protesters as 'dressed as terrorists' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/london-university-described-pro-palestine-students-being-dressed-terrorists
The IDF’s headquarters are in the middle of downtown Tel Aviv
January 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The IDF’s headquarters are in the middle of downtown Tel Aviv
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The Syrian revolution started off as a bottom-up, working class uprising from the peripheries organised through local coordination committees. They set up local councils throughout the liberated areas that coordinated to provide services in the absence of a state. 🧵
December 13, 2024 at 12:24 PM
The Syrian revolution started off as a bottom-up, working class uprising from the peripheries organised through local coordination committees. They set up local councils throughout the liberated areas that coordinated to provide services in the absence of a state. 🧵
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TFTT Special: Roundtable on #Syria
with @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @aymanmak.bsky.social @karena1.bsky.social
thefirethesetimes.com/2024/12/03/t...
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with @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @aymanmak.bsky.social @karena1.bsky.social
thefirethesetimes.com/2024/12/03/t...
To support: www.patreon.com/fromtheperip...
December 4, 2024 at 8:03 AM
TFTT Special: Roundtable on #Syria
with @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @aymanmak.bsky.social @karena1.bsky.social
thefirethesetimes.com/2024/12/03/t...
To support: www.patreon.com/fromtheperip...
with @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @aymanmak.bsky.social @karena1.bsky.social
thefirethesetimes.com/2024/12/03/t...
To support: www.patreon.com/fromtheperip...
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If you were at the match today, you may or may not have seen one of these around.
If you missed it, don't worry – we'll be handing out more in future home fixtures! 🩵
If you missed it, don't worry – we'll be handing out more in future home fixtures! 🩵
December 4, 2024 at 10:19 PM
If you were at the match today, you may or may not have seen one of these around.
If you missed it, don't worry – we'll be handing out more in future home fixtures! 🩵
If you missed it, don't worry – we'll be handing out more in future home fixtures! 🩵
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Publishing hopefuls - listen up 🔊
We are seeking a Publishing Assistant to join our ambitious non-profit open access press at LSE Press.
Closing 8 December 2024. 📚 Salary from £32,135 to £35,304 pa inclusive, potential to progress.
Apply here: https://buff.ly/3Zcy1lG #BookJobs
We are seeking a Publishing Assistant to join our ambitious non-profit open access press at LSE Press.
Closing 8 December 2024. 📚 Salary from £32,135 to £35,304 pa inclusive, potential to progress.
Apply here: https://buff.ly/3Zcy1lG #BookJobs
November 19, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Publishing hopefuls - listen up 🔊
We are seeking a Publishing Assistant to join our ambitious non-profit open access press at LSE Press.
Closing 8 December 2024. 📚 Salary from £32,135 to £35,304 pa inclusive, potential to progress.
Apply here: https://buff.ly/3Zcy1lG #BookJobs
We are seeking a Publishing Assistant to join our ambitious non-profit open access press at LSE Press.
Closing 8 December 2024. 📚 Salary from £32,135 to £35,304 pa inclusive, potential to progress.
Apply here: https://buff.ly/3Zcy1lG #BookJobs