Sébastien Bachelet
@sebbachelet.bsky.social
Anthropologist & migrant https://sebastienbachelet.com/crimes-of-solidarity
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NEW BOOK - Very happy to announce that today is the publication date for my monograph: "'The Adventure': violent borders, illegal migration, and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco" An open-access copy is available here www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
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Que maudite soit la guerre
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Que maudite soit la guerre
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My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
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Ethnonationalism just keeps on accidentally happening in British politics these days…
Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ethnonationalism just keeps on accidentally happening in British politics these days…
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🔴 C’est au tour de la porte-parole @attac.org d’être convoquée par la police ce jour ! La fédération #SUDRail apporte son soutien aux militant•es activistes intimidé•es.
✊ Arrêt immédiat de cette procédure … et les autres ! Nous riposterons ensemble car c’est le mouvement #social qui est attaqué !
✊ Arrêt immédiat de cette procédure … et les autres ! Nous riposterons ensemble car c’est le mouvement #social qui est attaqué !
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🔴 C’est au tour de la porte-parole @attac.org d’être convoquée par la police ce jour ! La fédération #SUDRail apporte son soutien aux militant•es activistes intimidé•es.
✊ Arrêt immédiat de cette procédure … et les autres ! Nous riposterons ensemble car c’est le mouvement #social qui est attaqué !
✊ Arrêt immédiat de cette procédure … et les autres ! Nous riposterons ensemble car c’est le mouvement #social qui est attaqué !
Upcoming book launch for my monograph "The Adventure: violent borders, illegal migration and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco” ( @manchesterup.bsky.social ). MCR 25/11 5pm @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social more info about the book: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177681/
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Upcoming book launch for my monograph "The Adventure: violent borders, illegal migration and the uncertain quest for life in Morocco” ( @manchesterup.bsky.social ). MCR 25/11 5pm @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social more info about the book: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177681/
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Mais où on va si on ne peut plus se laisser corrompre tranquille, s'interroge Bouzou, l'économiste en solde qui a touché 10 000 euros d'Uber pour chanter les louanges de la boîte et promouvoir le business-model de la turbo-exploitation et de l'évasion fiscale.
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Mais où on va si on ne peut plus se laisser corrompre tranquille, s'interroge Bouzou, l'économiste en solde qui a touché 10 000 euros d'Uber pour chanter les louanges de la boîte et promouvoir le business-model de la turbo-exploitation et de l'évasion fiscale.
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Wasafiri remembers Zoë Wicomb, who passed away recently on 13 October, 2025. In celebration of her life and work, we are making her short story, 'In Search of Tommie', from our 25th anniversary issue, free to access until the end of the month.
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wasafiri remembers Zoë Wicomb, who passed away recently on 13 October, 2025. In celebration of her life and work, we are making her short story, 'In Search of Tommie', from our 25th anniversary issue, free to access until the end of the month.
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
Read now: buff.ly/CdQQOLF
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South African Author Zoë Wicomb, born in 1948, died last week in Glasgow, Scotland, at the age of 76.
Obituary: Farewell Zoë Wicomb, the vivid voyager who wrote SA into the world
www.dailymaverick.co.za
October 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
South African Author Zoë Wicomb, born in 1948, died last week in Glasgow, Scotland, at the age of 76.
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Given the apartheid system that Israel presides over - as documented at length by the world's leading human rights organisations - I'm struggling to think of a non-racist way to describe Israel meaningfully as a democracy. Are Palestinians not people?
Peston is aghast that @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs a sporting boycott of Israel, saying, its a democracy!
Israel has been engaged in a brutal occupation & apartheid for decades & denies millions under its control their basic civil rights. Was apartheid South Africa a democracy too?
Israel has been engaged in a brutal occupation & apartheid for decades & denies millions under its control their basic civil rights. Was apartheid South Africa a democracy too?
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Given the apartheid system that Israel presides over - as documented at length by the world's leading human rights organisations - I'm struggling to think of a non-racist way to describe Israel meaningfully as a democracy. Are Palestinians not people?
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Sébastien Lecornu REnommé à Matignon : le message d’Emmanuel Macron à tous les Français.
Dessin d’ @allanbarte.bsky.social pour Bon Pote
Dessin d’ @allanbarte.bsky.social pour Bon Pote
October 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sébastien Lecornu REnommé à Matignon : le message d’Emmanuel Macron à tous les Français.
Dessin d’ @allanbarte.bsky.social pour Bon Pote
Dessin d’ @allanbarte.bsky.social pour Bon Pote
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Le saviez-vous ? Un Français passe en moyenne 5 ans de sa vie à apprendre la nomination de Sébastien Lecornu.
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Le saviez-vous ? Un Français passe en moyenne 5 ans de sa vie à apprendre la nomination de Sébastien Lecornu.
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Kemi Badenoch: let's do this in Britain
October 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Kemi Badenoch: let's do this in Britain
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Ça va être un choc énorme quand il va découvrir qu'il y a des femmes en politique.
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Ça va être un choc énorme quand il va découvrir qu'il y a des femmes en politique.
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The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
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Protests in Morocco have entered their sixth day after three people were killed near Agadir.
The youth-led movement Gen Z 212 is demanding the government resign, release detained protesters, and invest in healthcare and schools instead of stadiums for upcoming tournaments.
The youth-led movement Gen Z 212 is demanding the government resign, release detained protesters, and invest in healthcare and schools instead of stadiums for upcoming tournaments.
October 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Protests in Morocco have entered their sixth day after three people were killed near Agadir.
The youth-led movement Gen Z 212 is demanding the government resign, release detained protesters, and invest in healthcare and schools instead of stadiums for upcoming tournaments.
The youth-led movement Gen Z 212 is demanding the government resign, release detained protesters, and invest in healthcare and schools instead of stadiums for upcoming tournaments.
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Zack Polanski shames Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
"Shabana Mahmood is being deeply irresponsible"
"Conflating protests against a genocide in Gaza and weaponising that against an antisemitic attack on our streets, a terrorist attack, is deeply irresponsible"
"Shabana Mahmood is being deeply irresponsible"
"Conflating protests against a genocide in Gaza and weaponising that against an antisemitic attack on our streets, a terrorist attack, is deeply irresponsible"
October 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Zack Polanski shames Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
"Shabana Mahmood is being deeply irresponsible"
"Conflating protests against a genocide in Gaza and weaponising that against an antisemitic attack on our streets, a terrorist attack, is deeply irresponsible"
"Shabana Mahmood is being deeply irresponsible"
"Conflating protests against a genocide in Gaza and weaponising that against an antisemitic attack on our streets, a terrorist attack, is deeply irresponsible"
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Those who have claimed asylum from violence or trafficking or state persecution or war should not be spoken of as lottery winners.
Shame on Keir Starmer.
Shame on Keir Starmer.
October 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Those who have claimed asylum from violence or trafficking or state persecution or war should not be spoken of as lottery winners.
Shame on Keir Starmer.
Shame on Keir Starmer.
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Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
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October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
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The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
October 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.
"the ambiguity of truth demands on migrants can be brought at the heart of the creative process to facilitate the disruption of the dominant politics of in/visibility which marginalize the voices, experiences, lives and rights of #migrants." #creativemethods www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Être vraiment vrai’: truth, in/visibility and migration in Morocco
This article explores truth demands, politics of in/visibility and migration in Morocco. Based on the participatory research project Arts for Advocacy: Creative Engagement with Forced Displacement ...
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October 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"the ambiguity of truth demands on migrants can be brought at the heart of the creative process to facilitate the disruption of the dominant politics of in/visibility which marginalize the voices, experiences, lives and rights of #migrants." #creativemethods www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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My essay on stupidology (originally published in N+1) is in today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
My essay on stupidology (originally published in N+1) is in today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
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Il y a 25 ans, le 30 septembre 2000, Mohammed al-Dura mourait dans les bras de son père, tué par des balles israéliennes à un carrefour de la bande de #Gaza. Ce père, Jamal al-Dura, vit toujours dans le camp d’Al-Bureij. @mediapart.fr a pu le joindre et l'écouter. www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
Jamal al-Dura : « Le sang de Mohammed n’en finit pas de couler »
Il y a vingt-cinq ans, le 30 septembre 2000, Mohammed al-Dura mourait dans les bras de son père, tué par des balles israéliennes, derrière un cylindre de béton, à un carrefour de la bande de Gaza. Ce…
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September 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Il y a 25 ans, le 30 septembre 2000, Mohammed al-Dura mourait dans les bras de son père, tué par des balles israéliennes à un carrefour de la bande de #Gaza. Ce père, Jamal al-Dura, vit toujours dans le camp d’Al-Bureij. @mediapart.fr a pu le joindre et l'écouter. www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
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🗣️« Est-ce qu’on mesure la gravité de ce qui est décrit par le tribunal de Paris ? »
Pendant que @fabricearfi.bsky.social explicite les raisons de la lourde condamnation de Nicolas Sarkozy, et sa stratégie d’enfumage depuis jeudi, ce bandeau sur BFMTV : « @mediapart.fr, média militant ? » 🙃
Pendant que @fabricearfi.bsky.social explicite les raisons de la lourde condamnation de Nicolas Sarkozy, et sa stratégie d’enfumage depuis jeudi, ce bandeau sur BFMTV : « @mediapart.fr, média militant ? » 🙃
September 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🗣️« Est-ce qu’on mesure la gravité de ce qui est décrit par le tribunal de Paris ? »
Pendant que @fabricearfi.bsky.social explicite les raisons de la lourde condamnation de Nicolas Sarkozy, et sa stratégie d’enfumage depuis jeudi, ce bandeau sur BFMTV : « @mediapart.fr, média militant ? » 🙃
Pendant que @fabricearfi.bsky.social explicite les raisons de la lourde condamnation de Nicolas Sarkozy, et sa stratégie d’enfumage depuis jeudi, ce bandeau sur BFMTV : « @mediapart.fr, média militant ? » 🙃