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Malcolm MacLean
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UK-based settler scholar grappling with colonialism, sport, culture & activism; irredeemable Tsundoku; penchant for sardonic détournement https://labourbehindthelabel.org/; https://malcolmkmaclean.net/

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 5h
The U.S. appears ready to reassess its tactics in carrying out Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza. The news vindicates the strategy Palestinians have used during the ceasefire to avoid the surrender Israel has demanded in exchange for ending the genocide. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...
Palestinian factions have come together to thwart Israeli plans in Gaza, for now
The U.S. appears ready to reassess its tactics in carrying out Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza. The news vindicates the strategy Palestinians have used during the ceasefire to avoid the surrender Israel…
mondoweiss.net

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truthout.org
Truthout @truthout.org · 6h
UK authorities have refused to meet with the activists, some of whom have been on hunger strike for over 50 days.
UN Experts Express Alarm Over UK Neglect of Pro-Palestine Hunger Strikers
UK authorities have refused to meet with the activists, some of whom have been on hunger strike for over 50 days.
truthout.org

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Burn It All Down, the podcast @burnitalldownpod.com · 4d
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Malcolm MacLean @malcomaxx.bsky.social · 4d
Tough call - there's been some fabulous one, but they're Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead (thanks Knopf) and Ariella Aïsha Azoulay The Jewelers of the Ummah: A Potential History of the Jewish Muslim World (thanks Verso) www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
The Jewelers of the Ummah
Can we return to worlds destroyed by colonial violence? In a series of letters to her father, her great-grandmothers, and her children—and to thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Hannah Arendt—Ariella Aï...
www.versobooks.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d
Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy
Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy
Some protesters are now seriously ill after weeks without food as justice secretary is urged to show some humanity * Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks? Families and supporters of Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers have pleaded with David Lammy to meet them in an attempt to end the impasse over the protest that has left some of them severely unwell. On Monday, as the protest reached a dangerous stage, lawyers for the hunger strikers sent a legal letter claiming that by refusing a meeting the justice secretary had failed to comply with the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ’s) own policy on handling of hunger strikes. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d
Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?
Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?
Seven prisoners have been taken to hospital since starting their strikes, with some claiming a lack of medical attention * Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy Eight prisoners have been on hunger strike while awaiting trial for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action before the group was banned under terrorism legislation. What do we know about the activists and their demands? Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 7d
There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib
Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib
www.theguardian.com

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 15d
When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!
lucynoakes1.bsky.social lucynoakes1.bsky.social @lucynoakes1.bsky.social · 15d
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:

Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.

Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

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lucynoakes1.bsky.social @lucynoakes1.bsky.social · 15d
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:

Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.

Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

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Brandon Shimoda @brandonshimoda.bsky.social · 16d
My book The Afterlife Is Letting Go came out 1 year ago today.

Love to @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, and to everyone who made the first year of its life transcendent and beautiful.

The most important place to get it is @workshops4gaza.bsky.social. All proceeds fund direct aid to Gaza: t.ly/LGg3M

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 17d
Yesterday my book on Howard Zinn, "The People's Historian", out 8/26, was made available for preorder from the publisher's website. Preorders often determine how much stores `get behind a book so if ya like my work, or dig on Zinn, please consider an early buy. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724993...
The People's Historian by Dave Zirin: 9780593473658 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the times that shaped him as well as the United States of...
penguinrandomhouse.com

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 19d
Judith generated £225 through her £100 donation. Thank you Judith!

If, like Judith, you agree that nobody should live in poverty for the price of a cheap t-shirt please donate to the Big Give.

Only two days left to DOUBLE your donation.

donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 20d
If you agree with Louise that it's not fair that garment workers are paid poverty wages to work in dangerous factories please join us today for the Big Give fundraiser – anything you donate will be DOUBLED!

Your £20 donation = £40 + £5 giftaid = £45!!

donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 21d
My latest, co-written w/ @edgeofsports.bsky.social: "FIFA Kisses Up to Trump With Absurd 'Peace Prize'."
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, toady to the globe’s oligarchs, handed the confected "FIFA Peace Prize" to the increasingly violent US president @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
FIFA Kisses Up to Trump With Absurd “Peace Prize”
With the world’s soccer fans watching, Gianni Infantino, the great toady to the globe’s oligarchs, handed a made-up peace prize to the increasingly violent US president.
www.thenation.com

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 22d
Christmas is a time of choices. Do you want to fuel fast fashion… or fight it?

Let's dismantle exploitation and build an industry where workers are respected and paid fairly.

Join @lakyncarlton.bsky.social for the BIG GIVE and DOUBLE your donation.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25d
An essay for World AIDS Day and the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks's valiant act of resistance, an essay on quilts and solidarity, on stitching the fragments together.
Solidarity Stitches Us Together: Today, World AIDS Day, Is Also the 70th Anniversary of Rosa Park's Historic Protest
I saw two radically different versions of what a quilt could be yesterday and yet they spoke to the same issues. I caught the show Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 27d
This is why I bang on about the necessity to look beyond Farage's past if we are to turn the tide around

Far-right politics and moral panics are mainstream

Anything short of seriously looking at the role of the mainstream in mainstreaming is just pretending to care to make one feel better
alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 28d
So the Home Office, which is responsible for the welfare of asylum seekers & for determining their claims, has decided to call them “illegal migrants” & tell everyone it’s “furious” about them being here, but I’m sure this is fine and not a symptom of a culture of disbelief & gratuitous cruelty

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 28d
Focusing on extreme events such as the reports of Farage’s teenage past can exceptionalise the nature of far-right politics and make it harder to call out

Some thoughts @theconversation.com on the mainstreaming of far-right politics

theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage comments are a distraction from the damage of his politics
Reports of such appalling behaviour – and Farage’s reaction – give us an insight into the leader of the UK’s rising far-right party.
theconversation.com

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Dominik Schreyer @schreyerforscht.bsky.social · 28d
We’re hiring PhD students interested in shaping the future of sports. If you don’t apply, please help us spread the word...

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𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝟮𝟬+ 𝗖𝗦𝗠 𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 – 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀? 🎓 Every year, in late November, early December, Sascha, Kerstin… | Dominik Schreyer | 20 comments
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝟮𝟬+ 𝗖𝗦𝗠 𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 – 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀? 🎓 Every year, in late November, early December, Sascha, Kerstin, Maria, and I craft one picture, a so-called Wimmelbild, depict...
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Malcolm MacLean @malcomaxx.bsky.social · 28d
For an international festival of ideas on anti-colonial and anti-imperial currents in southeast asia and oceania.
www.southsouthmovement.org/anticolonial...
south/south festival of ideas: anti-colonial & anti-imperial currents in s.e.a. & oceania – South/South Movement
www.southsouthmovement.org

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The London Journal @thelondonjournal.bsky.social · 29d
We are running a free workshop at @tandfresearch.bsky.social's office in South London on 30 January 2026 to support early career scholars in developing their work into a publishable journal article. Expressions of interest due by 16 January. See here for more details (and please share widely!)
thelondonjournal.org

Reposted by Malcolm MacLean, Greg O’Brien

truthout.org
Truthout @truthout.org · 29d
The struggle over history, from Wounded Knee to Thanksgiving to ICE detentions, is not a debate about the past. It is a struggle over who defines America and whose humanity matters. buff.ly/rZBKFDj
The Right Wants to Write Indigenous People Out of US History. We Won’t Let Them.
The Trump administration is reviving the visual language of manifest destiny and weaponizing the US’s founding myths.
truthout.org

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 29d
🌟 Exciting news! The deadline for the Olivette Otele Prize has been extended to Friday 12th December! Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity for a fast-tracked publication, apply now! 📝
Olivette Otele Prize 2025/26 Open for Submissions! DEADLINE EXTENSION! We have extended the call for abstracts to Friday 12th December 2025 for our annual Olivette Otele Prize! The prize offers the chance for fast-tracked publication of an article and a cash prize of £250 and is open to Black UK-based PhD students working in history or related disciplines, exploring any place or period. We invite you to submit an abstract of no more than 400 words for a 40 minute paper by Friday 12th December 2025 to ihrhistorylab@gmail.com. Timeline: Abstract deadline of no more than 400 words due by Friday 12th DECEMBER 2025 Shortlisted scholars will be notified by Friday 19th December 2025 and asked to submit a full paper of no more than 8000 words by Friday 27th February The winner will be announced by the end of March 2026 Prize and Recognition The winner will receive a £250 cash prize, will be invited to speak at History Lab’s annual conference in summer 2026, and to submit their paper to Historical Research, the leading generalist historical journal and flagship publication of the Institute of Historical Research. Shortlisted scholars will receive a £30 book voucher and the opportunity to present their research at a History Lab seminar. About the Prize The Olivette Otele Prize was created in 2020 in response to the Royal Historical Society’s ‘Race, Ethnicity and Equality Report’ which highlighted racial inequality in the field of history. The prize was named after the UK’s first Black woman history professor and was designed to both raise participants’ profiles as well as financially reward labour involved in academic research. We look forward to reading your applications!

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workingclasshistory.com
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Nov 24
It is with sadness that we learned that Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa racist massacre, has died at the age of 111. Learn more about this event here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...

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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · Nov 23
'Greenlandic parents in Denmark are 5.6 times more likely to have children taken into care than Danish parents, according to the Danish Centre for Social Research, a government-funded research institute.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#KalaallitNunaat #Greenland #IndigenousRights #Colonialism
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · Nov 23
Resistance by Steve McQueen is an impressive and extensive exhibition exploring a century of British popular protest from suffragettes and hunger marchers to the demonstrations against the Iraq War.

It’s on at the National Gallery’s Modern Two in Edinburgh til after Christmas!

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Malcolm MacLean @malcomaxx.bsky.social · Nov 21
There is some evidence in early boxing and prizefighting writing of awareness of 'punch drunk' but no matter the era sport records of injury are patchy and uneven by sport and country: Allyson Pollock unpacks this in her 2014 book about youth rugby in the UK www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Tackling Rugby
Every week young children are hospitalized on the playing fields of Britain. Yet this data is never collected, nor is there any concerted attempt to work out how to make sport safer. Using meticulous,...
www.versobooks.com

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · Nov 20
Proud to feature @shireenahmed.bsky.social's latest on how World Ultimate Frisbee players are mounting an unprecedented protest against Israel’s participation, whose team boasts active IDF soldiers.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/ultimate-f...
Ultimate Resistance
World Ultimate Frisbee players are mounting an unprecedented protest, warning that Israel’s participation—bolstered by IDF soldiers on the roster—could fracture the sport’s global community.
www.sportspolitika.news

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Eli Erlick @elierlick.bsky.social · Nov 17
For over 150 years, trans people have used courts to change legal sex. While writing Before Gender, I found what may be the first case in the US: a formerly enslaved trans woman in Georgia in 1869. Her story shows that trans people found legal support long before the word transgender even existed.

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · Nov 16
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com