Tom Six
@tomsix.bsky.social
Scholar of race, politics and performance. https://linktr.ee/tomsix
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Tom Six
@tomsix.bsky.social
· Dec 20
‘No one Escapes’: thoughts on coloniality, peace and martyrdom after watching Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere
This review of Khalid Abdalla’s solo performance ’Nowhere’ draws on Stuart Hall’s account of globalization and diaspora to argue that it constitutes a deeply eloquent and ambivalent staging of the ...
www.tandfonline.com
New from me in Studies in Theatre and Performance, a short piece about Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere: identity, globalization, colonialism, Zionist normalization and martyrdom. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Quite
It is IMO worth revisiting the kind of things that were said about as decent and inoffensive people as, say, Shami Chakrabarti, and comparing them to what was said about Peter Mandelson *after* everyone knew about the Epstein stuff. Why do we think it works like this? Is it about decency or morality
February 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Quite
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Happy birthday to the big man, Bertolt Brecht! 🥳
February 10, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Happy birthday to the big man, Bertolt Brecht! 🥳
‘Meat shield’ 😬😬😬
"And now that his days are numbered and the Labour right have suffered an historic embarrassment, he remains the tool of others, a meat shield whose sole purpose is to take the electoral beating coming the government's way."
What is the Point of Keir Starmer?
This is the worst 24 hours of Keir Starmer's leadership! Or, as the Simpson's meme has it, this is the worst 24 hours of Keir Starmer's lead...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:32 PM
‘Meat shield’ 😬😬😬
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"It is under his [McSweeney's] direction that the party's support has eroded to a historical nadir, to the point where Labour's actual liquidation is on the cards..." - @philbc3.bsky.social
A Farewell to Morgan McSweeney
What a fantastic week. Peter Mandelson toasted to charcoal, the government being forced to make public all communications about him, the pos...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"It is under his [McSweeney's] direction that the party's support has eroded to a historical nadir, to the point where Labour's actual liquidation is on the cards..." - @philbc3.bsky.social
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Wild stuff from Jonathan here, contingent as it is upon everyone agreeing to pretend they don’t know him and his mates fought for years to put the Peter Mandelson wing of the party back in charge, and that their core aim in all of their careers was to be much like Peter Mandelson.
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Wild stuff from Jonathan here, contingent as it is upon everyone agreeing to pretend they don’t know him and his mates fought for years to put the Peter Mandelson wing of the party back in charge, and that their core aim in all of their careers was to be much like Peter Mandelson.
Couldn’t agree more. I’ve been similarly dismayed by artistic responses - here even from PSC advocates… www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘No one Escapes’: thoughts on coloniality, peace and martyrdom after watching Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere
This review of Khalid Abdalla’s solo performance ’Nowhere’ draws on Stuart Hall’s account of globalization and diaspora to argue that it constitutes a deeply eloquent and ambivalent staging of the ...
www.tandfonline.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Couldn’t agree more. I’ve been similarly dismayed by artistic responses - here even from PSC advocates… www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Really impressed by the humility and clarity of this reading of @hamayel.bsky.social from @felicitycallard.bsky.social - qualities whose absence from scholarly responses to Palestinian resistance could hardly be more prominent. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
‘Cracking History Open’: Psychic Life and Palestinian Resistance | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
‘Cracking History Open’: Psychic Life and Palestinian Resistance - Volume 2
www.cambridge.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Really impressed by the humility and clarity of this reading of @hamayel.bsky.social from @felicitycallard.bsky.social - qualities whose absence from scholarly responses to Palestinian resistance could hardly be more prominent. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Furious clarity from Jude Wanga www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Furious clarity from Jude Wanga www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
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This isn’t about individuals but the Monarchy as an institution.
What is needed is not simply an apology but acknowledgment of this history and action to address its lasting legacy of racism and inequality.
What is needed is not simply an apology but acknowledgment of this history and action to address its lasting legacy of racism and inequality.
Calls for King Charles to formally apologise for slavery after research shows crown’s role
Book The Crown’s Silence details how crown profited from and protected trade in enslaved African people for centuries
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:58 AM
This isn’t about individuals but the Monarchy as an institution.
What is needed is not simply an apology but acknowledgment of this history and action to address its lasting legacy of racism and inequality.
What is needed is not simply an apology but acknowledgment of this history and action to address its lasting legacy of racism and inequality.
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As they knew full well all along
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
Israeli military’s abrupt U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:33 PM
As they knew full well all along
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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IMO, someone should compile a clear video of the critical moments of this interaction, viewed from multiple angles: Pretti was filming from afar, he was approached by agents, he helped a woman who was pushed to the ground, he was attacked in the face with pepper spray, and then he was shot.
January 25, 2026 at 6:16 PM
IMO, someone should compile a clear video of the critical moments of this interaction, viewed from multiple angles: Pretti was filming from afar, he was approached by agents, he helped a woman who was pushed to the ground, he was attacked in the face with pepper spray, and then he was shot.
*What will it take* for the liberal press to stop it with this idiocy?
Dining across the divide: ‘He agreed with me on a wealth tax, which I thought was unusual for a Reform voter’
Dining across the divide: ‘He agreed with me on a wealth tax, which I thought was unusual for a Reform voter’
They bonded over football and felt the same about taxing billionaires. How did they fare on immigration?
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
*What will it take* for the liberal press to stop it with this idiocy?
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This is correct. ICE is there in the first place because of an evidence-free racist conspiracy theory promoted by a 23 Year old YouTube propagandist. They manufacture pretext.
This is the thing about the "Don't give them the pretext to send in more feds" arguments. The administration is using its own murder of an unarmed civilian as the pretext to send in more agents. They do not need a pretext and will invent them if they want.
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This is correct. ICE is there in the first place because of an evidence-free racist conspiracy theory promoted by a 23 Year old YouTube propagandist. They manufacture pretext.
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Given ICE’s violent, impunity-drenched core, at a moment when the Trump regime is leaning heavily into a vision of dominance grounded in aggression and lawlessness, such a killing (certainly not ICE's first) was all but inevitable. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/01/07/i...
This Isn’t the First Killing by ICE — and It Won’t Be the Last
ICE shot a woman point-blank in Minneapolis. The agency’s raids and impunity were always going to lead to death.
theintercept.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Given ICE’s violent, impunity-drenched core, at a moment when the Trump regime is leaning heavily into a vision of dominance grounded in aggression and lawlessness, such a killing (certainly not ICE's first) was all but inevitable. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/01/07/i...
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A DHS agent has reportedly shot dead a legal observer in Minneapolis during an ICE raid, blocks from where George Floyd was murdered... /everyone/ should be banning these fascists
Three Cheers for Minneapolis Hilton Hotel Workers Who Banned ICE — Until Their Corporate Bosses Stomped Them Out … latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/01/06/h...
Three Cheers for Hilton Hotel Workers Who Banned ICE — Until Their Corporate Bosses Stomped Them Out
Big businesses like Hilton will always side with fascistic forces like ICE, so we need to stand up for the workers who push back.
theintercept.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A DHS agent has reportedly shot dead a legal observer in Minneapolis during an ICE raid, blocks from where George Floyd was murdered... /everyone/ should be banning these fascists
Bay of Pigs 2.0?
🇻🇪 How popular was Trump’s move to intervene militarily to depose Maduro among Venezuelans?
Two pre-intervention surveys suggested a sharp split between Venezuelans inside the country and those abroad, with deep opposition at home & high support in the diaspora...
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January 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Bay of Pigs 2.0?
Very clarifying read from Alana Lentin… mondoweiss.net/2025/12/unde...
Understanding the relationship between Zionism and Fascism
Despite the mutual admiration between Zionists and fascists, they are usually seen as separate political movements. However, when viewed through the lens of Western racism, colonialism, and imperialis...
mondoweiss.net
December 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Very clarifying read from Alana Lentin… mondoweiss.net/2025/12/unde...
Well knock me down with a feather
December 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Well knock me down with a feather
New from me in Studies in Theatre and Performance, a short piece about Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere: identity, globalization, colonialism, Zionist normalization and martyrdom. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘No one Escapes’: thoughts on coloniality, peace and martyrdom after watching Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere
This review of Khalid Abdalla’s solo performance ’Nowhere’ draws on Stuart Hall’s account of globalization and diaspora to argue that it constitutes a deeply eloquent and ambivalent staging of the ...
www.tandfonline.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New from me in Studies in Theatre and Performance, a short piece about Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere: identity, globalization, colonialism, Zionist normalization and martyrdom. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I’m old enough to remember when left podcasts had disclaimers before interviews with Roger Hallam.
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I’m old enough to remember when left podcasts had disclaimers before interviews with Roger Hallam.
You’re not missing anything, the ‘they’ who’ve been ‘shat on’ here are white people.
December 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
You’re not missing anything, the ‘they’ who’ve been ‘shat on’ here are white people.
Want to be remembered as blessed with foresight? Just be a racist imperialist pen for hire and hope your pals in the state are on the winning side.
Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.
Samuel Huntington Is Getting His Revenge
The idea of a global “clash of civilizations” wasn’t wrong—it was just premature.
foreignpolicy.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Want to be remembered as blessed with foresight? Just be a racist imperialist pen for hire and hope your pals in the state are on the winning side.