John Kelly
@jkelly1887.bsky.social
Pacifist & academic. Work includes: critical analyses of everyday militarism; Scottish football & 'sectarianism'; sports fandom; social theory & sport. Personal account
https://edinburgh.academia.edu/johnkelly
https://edinburgh.academia.edu/johnkelly
“Newly declassified British documents expose how radioactive clouds from nuclear tests in Australia took days—not hours—to clear, contaminating vast areas in the lead-up to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.”
www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
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UK Government begins to release Australia's nuclear tests documents after 75 years - Australian Institute of International Affairs
Newly declassified British documents expose how radioactive clouds from nuclear tests in Australia took days—not hours—to clear, contaminating vast areas in the lead-up to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics....
www.internationalaffairs.org.au
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy Friday folks. It's not every Friday you take delivery of your own book. Dedicated to my granda, dad and brother. 🕊️💚
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Happy Friday folks. It's not every Friday you take delivery of your own book. Dedicated to my granda, dad and brother. 🕊️💚
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Out today. Shameless advertising again - my new book that critically analyses the sport-military relationship in Britain. Digital and hard copies available
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance: “Support the Troops”
British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance:
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November 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Out today. Shameless advertising again - my new book that critically analyses the sport-military relationship in Britain. Digital and hard copies available
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
Out today. Shameless advertising again - my new book that critically analyses the sport-military relationship in Britain. Digital and hard copies available
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance: “Support the Troops”
British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance:
www.routledge.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Out today. Shameless advertising again - my new book that critically analyses the sport-military relationship in Britain. Digital and hard copies available
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
Great to see focus on benefits of Scotland's colleges. If I hadn't benefited from Dundee College education i'd never have gone to university. I'm now an academic at Edinburgh University & next week my 4th book is released. Save our Colleges. DC was instrumental #BBCTheSundayShow
October 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Great to see focus on benefits of Scotland's colleges. If I hadn't benefited from Dundee College education i'd never have gone to university. I'm now an academic at Edinburgh University & next week my 4th book is released. Save our Colleges. DC was instrumental #BBCTheSundayShow
Just in time for Remembrance Sunday/period. Read about why many feel alienated by the red poppy and support the troops initiatives. Discover the coordinated British govt strategy to increase support for unpopular wars
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance: “Support the Troops”
British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance:
www.routledge.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just in time for Remembrance Sunday/period. Read about why many feel alienated by the red poppy and support the troops initiatives. Discover the coordinated British govt strategy to increase support for unpopular wars
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
Ed Milliband being asked about 'Prince' Andrew situation. He says the govt will "be guided by the Royal Family". 🤦♂️😂 So, the man caught lying and paying off a main victim in child sex abuse allegations will answer to....his family, and the govt will do as told ..by his family 🤦♂️
October 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Ed Milliband being asked about 'Prince' Andrew situation. He says the govt will "be guided by the Royal Family". 🤦♂️😂 So, the man caught lying and paying off a main victim in child sex abuse allegations will answer to....his family, and the govt will do as told ..by his family 🤦♂️
Want to understand more about how Remembrance Sunday has become Remembrance Period, and how/why sport has been used to 'remember' British militarism? Release date fast approaching 👇👇👇👇
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
October 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Want to understand more about how Remembrance Sunday has become Remembrance Period, and how/why sport has been used to 'remember' British militarism? Release date fast approaching 👇👇👇👇
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
Israel is committing mass murder right now. If the extremist leaders and defenders of Israel wish to continually refer to it as a 'Jewish state', that is on them. It doesn't make opponents of Israel anti-Jewish.
October 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Israel is committing mass murder right now. If the extremist leaders and defenders of Israel wish to continually refer to it as a 'Jewish state', that is on them. It doesn't make opponents of Israel anti-Jewish.
Allegations of anti-Semitism are often (usually) merely asserted without definition or evidence enabling political protest to be branded bigoted by its opponents. It's a convenient tactic that Irish-Catholics in Scotland have witnessed with the use of the term 'sectarian'.
October 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Allegations of anti-Semitism are often (usually) merely asserted without definition or evidence enabling political protest to be branded bigoted by its opponents. It's a convenient tactic that Irish-Catholics in Scotland have witnessed with the use of the term 'sectarian'.
An isolated and extreme act of violence against Jews in Manchester now (all too predictably) being used to justify prohibiting protest against Israel's murderous genocide. Criticising Israel's genocide is not anti-Jew.
October 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
An isolated and extreme act of violence against Jews in Manchester now (all too predictably) being used to justify prohibiting protest against Israel's murderous genocide. Criticising Israel's genocide is not anti-Jew.
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Won't riot about Water Companies, cost £16bn a year
Won't riot about Banks, steal £82bn a year.
Won't riot about Supermarkets, take £20bn a year, 4x in 3 years.
Won't riot about Energy Companies, stealing £130bn a year.
Will riot about Asylum Seekers, cost less than £3bn a year.
Won't riot about Banks, steal £82bn a year.
Won't riot about Supermarkets, take £20bn a year, 4x in 3 years.
Won't riot about Energy Companies, stealing £130bn a year.
Will riot about Asylum Seekers, cost less than £3bn a year.
September 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Won't riot about Water Companies, cost £16bn a year
Won't riot about Banks, steal £82bn a year.
Won't riot about Supermarkets, take £20bn a year, 4x in 3 years.
Won't riot about Energy Companies, stealing £130bn a year.
Will riot about Asylum Seekers, cost less than £3bn a year.
Won't riot about Banks, steal £82bn a year.
Won't riot about Supermarkets, take £20bn a year, 4x in 3 years.
Won't riot about Energy Companies, stealing £130bn a year.
Will riot about Asylum Seekers, cost less than £3bn a year.
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They never, ever mention WHY Energy is unaffordable, or housing, or the NHS, or Adult Social Care, or Child Social Care.
Because the problem is always the same, billionaires sucking billions out of the system in 'profit' into their tax havens.
Because the problem is always the same, billionaires sucking billions out of the system in 'profit' into their tax havens.
August 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
They never, ever mention WHY Energy is unaffordable, or housing, or the NHS, or Adult Social Care, or Child Social Care.
Because the problem is always the same, billionaires sucking billions out of the system in 'profit' into their tax havens.
Because the problem is always the same, billionaires sucking billions out of the system in 'profit' into their tax havens.
On yet another British military-related 'remembrance' day, here's a reminder of my upcoming book that explains the political and ideological rationale for such continual propaganda.
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
August 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
On yet another British military-related 'remembrance' day, here's a reminder of my upcoming book that explains the political and ideological rationale for such continual propaganda.
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
My forthcoming monograph -British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance: "Support the Troops - is now available to pre-order. www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance: “Support the Troops”
British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance: “Support the Troops” critically explores the complex and evolving relationship between sport and militarism in the UK, offering an in-depth analysis of how poli...
www.routledge.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
My forthcoming monograph -British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance: "Support the Troops - is now available to pre-order. www.routledge.com/British-Mili...
It's coming ..🕺
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British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance by Kelly, John (9781041141471) | Browns Books
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July 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's coming ..🕺
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Sport and militarism on steroids. So much for keeping politics out of sport
Trump and Infantino at the opening ceremony of the FIFA Club World Cup. Melania with sun glasses at the national anthem. I heard Boos or is this American way of cheering?
July 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Sport and militarism on steroids. So much for keeping politics out of sport
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Just a reminder that I'm selling a book about 🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄....
Today, Cambridge Scholars Publishing have released the paperback of Surfing and Modernity in the North of Scotland. The cost is £33.99. Buy it here. www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...
Watch me (thrillingly) read snippets of reviews of my book:
Watch me (thrillingly) read snippets of reviews of my book:
July 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Just a reminder that I'm selling a book about 🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄....
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No money for people with disabilities. No money for the elderly. No money for children in poverty.
Always money for war.
Always money for war.
June 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
No money for people with disabilities. No money for the elderly. No money for children in poverty.
Always money for war.
Always money for war.
Wee Jamesey and Maestro are all set for the Cup Final. 🍀💚
May 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Wee Jamesey and Maestro are all set for the Cup Final. 🍀💚
How long is the world going to sit back and allow Israel to murder children and other civilians? This is beyond disgusting.
May 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
How long is the world going to sit back and allow Israel to murder children and other civilians? This is beyond disgusting.
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A glowing review of Surfing and Modernity in the North of Scotland, by Kristin Lawler in Idrottsforum.
Pioneer study of Scottish surfing – a modern classic
In Surfing and Modernity in the North of Scotland (Cambridge Scholars Publishing), Matthew McDowell discusses the existence and evolution of surfing in the north of Scotland. But this is also a histor...
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May 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
A glowing review of Surfing and Modernity in the North of Scotland, by Kristin Lawler in Idrottsforum.
This is a great example of what I call "The Corporate Culpability Paradox" in my upcoming book (British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance and Support The Troops". 👇👇👇
May 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is a great example of what I call "The Corporate Culpability Paradox" in my upcoming book (British Militarism, Sport, Remembrance and Support The Troops". 👇👇👇