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Books Against Borders
@againstborders.bsky.social
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A political education collective engaging with decolonial, abolitionist and socialist texts, both classic and contemporary.
Education is a communal practice!
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regular reminder:

"What Powell says today, the Tories say tomorrow and Labour legislates on the day after"
“What Powell says today, the Tories say tomorrow and Labour legislates on the day after.” - A. Sivanandan Image shows Starmer in centre, surrounded by (clockwise from left) Yvette Cooper, Suella Braverman, Nigel Farage, a 'go-home' van, Enoch Powell, a fascist with a banner saying 'Enough is enough stop the boats', Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel, Labour's 'controls on immigration' mug, and David Lammy.
May 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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📣 Emergency protest on Saturday, 19 April @ Parliament Square, London 📣

Stand up for trans rights and trans liberation!!

There is no room for debate when one group wants to erase the existence of another. Full solidarity with our trans siblings ✊
Emergency Demo Trans Liberation. 1pm Saturday 19 April. Parliament square. Graphic shows a fist in white blue and pink. Logos on the graphic include FLINT, UNISON, ACR, Pride in Labour, Trans Kids Deserve Better, Trans Action for Housing Justice, RS21 and TransActual
April 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Unsurprisingly, Labour's answer to the rise of fascism is to... copy its aesthetics, messaging, and practices!
Screenshot of an article headline and banner image. The article is titled 'Labour launches ads in Reform-style branding to boast about deportations'. The image is the Labour ad with text 'LABOUR HITS 5 YEAR HIGH IN MIGRANT REMOVALS' and a line of silhouettes.
February 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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📢STOP THE FLIGHT! 📢

The Home Office is set to deport people to Pakistan tonight, 10/12/24 on flight P6 6759 from Stansted Airport, likely at 10pm.

Please contact the airline Privilege Style URGENTLY to tell them to STOP THE FLIGHT!

Script here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PRIVILEGE STYLE AIRLINES STOP THE DEPORTATION FLIGHT TO PAKISTAN 10/12/24 A deportation flight (Privilege Style P6 6759) to Pakistan is scheduled to fly from London Stansted TONIGHT, 10th Dec, most likely at 10pm. Many of those who are set to be on the flight are heavily distressed, neurodivergent and suffering from serious mental health conditions and yet being forced to fly when they can't be flying, that their safety and wellbeing is not being respected/honored. Their removal will split families and communities apart, and put lives at risk. What can you do? Urge Privilege Style to STOP THE FLIGHT! Script available in description/bio! Call: +34 971 40 89 00 Email: privilegestyle@privilegestyle.com Instagram: @privilegestyle_airlines Privilege Style and the pilot have the right to refuse to fly this flight. Don’t be complicit!
December 10, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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Stack for #ReadPalestineWeek featuring Kanafani, Isabella Hammad, @palfest.bsky.social, Noura Erakat, Refaat Alareer, Visualizing Palestine and more.

Will be highlighting specific titles over the rest of the week!
A stack of books on a wooden surface. The books are: Journal of an Ordinary Grief, Darwish We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I, Shehadeh Gaza Writes Back, Alareer (ed) Enter Ghost, Hammed The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine, Kanafani Palestine in a World on Fire, Natanel and Pappe (eds) Selected Political Writings, Kanafani Against Erasure, Aranguren and Barrilaro Men in the Sun, Kanafani Their Borders, Our World, Sabbath (ed) Justice for Some, Erakat Visualising Palestine, Anderson, Batarseh, and El Gazzar (eds)
November 29, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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🚀❌ LONDON RALLY: ARMS EMBARGO NOW ❌🚀
🗓️Thursday 28 Nov
⏱️ 8.30am
📍Department for Business & Trade (meet at the Captain James Cook Statue - see map!)

Join the many demanding a full arms embargo now, an end to UK complicity & an end to the genocide perpetrated by the settler-colonial zionist state!
ARMS EMBARGO NOW! RALLY AT THE DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE 28 NOV 8.:30AM RALLY AT THE DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE The British government is complicit in genocide. The Department for Business and Trade grants licenses to arms companies to export weapons to Israel for use in its genocide against Palestinians.We demand a FULL arms embargo now. TAKE THE DAY OFF WORK IF YOU CAN! Thursday 28 NOVEMBER AT 8:30AM Meet at the Captain James Cook Statue Logos of London for a Free Palestine, Workers for a Free Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement, Queers for Palestine and Sisters Uncut
November 20, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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Please donate to our fundraiser for Iman and her family in Gaza!

We've been running a raffle on donations and have only raised £100 so far this week, so would really appreciate some extra support.

Please share and support if you can! 🙏❤️🇵🇸
gofund.me/523e31c3
BOOK RAFFLE FUNDRAISER FOR IMAN & HER FAMILY donate to enter - link in bio Ends 17th Nov (Another to follow) UK delivery only Pictured: the cover of Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire and Iman.
November 15, 2024 at 12:35 PM