Amos Schonfield
@ajschonfield.bsky.social
Refugee and migrant rights advocate // Founder & CEO @oursecondhome.org.uk // AWFC masochist // Unsubtly bearded // Unfathomably Jewish // he/him
Locally, only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was in their top 3 issues. Nationally, it is double that.
This Best of Britain polling shows how bought in everyone is to a moral panic. It is a vibes-based 'crisis' whose root cause cannot be addressed by cracking down on migrants yet again.
This Best of Britain polling shows how bought in everyone is to a moral panic. It is a vibes-based 'crisis' whose root cause cannot be addressed by cracking down on migrants yet again.
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Locally, only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was in their top 3 issues. Nationally, it is double that.
This Best of Britain polling shows how bought in everyone is to a moral panic. It is a vibes-based 'crisis' whose root cause cannot be addressed by cracking down on migrants yet again.
This Best of Britain polling shows how bought in everyone is to a moral panic. It is a vibes-based 'crisis' whose root cause cannot be addressed by cracking down on migrants yet again.
Amichai Chikli may be a small-minded fascist, but he is also monumentally bad at his job. Legacy diaspora institutions are desperate to support Israel, and he can't help but alienate them. That Netanyahu has let him fester in this job for 3 years is proof of how little the diaspora matters.
October 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Amichai Chikli may be a small-minded fascist, but he is also monumentally bad at his job. Legacy diaspora institutions are desperate to support Israel, and he can't help but alienate them. That Netanyahu has let him fester in this job for 3 years is proof of how little the diaspora matters.
Went into a bit of a rabbit hole listening to this and found out that (1) London doesn't have a municipal flag and (2) designer Juan Castro Varón has made one! flag.london
September 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Went into a bit of a rabbit hole listening to this and found out that (1) London doesn't have a municipal flag and (2) designer Juan Castro Varón has made one! flag.london
The summer transfer window has closed, with hundreds of millions changing hands once again. But alongside the billions spent on players, there’s another story worth telling: football giving.
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September 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The summer transfer window has closed, with hundreds of millions changing hands once again. But alongside the billions spent on players, there’s another story worth telling: football giving.
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At @oursecondhome.org.uk, young people often paint the flags of the countries they fled. Sometimes those flags were worn by the very people who forced them out. But for them, a flag is still a memory of what home could be — and a rallying cry that we are still here.
September 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
At @oursecondhome.org.uk, young people often paint the flags of the countries they fled. Sometimes those flags were worn by the very people who forced them out. But for them, a flag is still a memory of what home could be — and a rallying cry that we are still here.
What's worse: that this is the dross the Tories are sharing on Facebook these days? Or that the exact people they're whipping up into a frenzy will likely eat this up?
June 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What's worse: that this is the dross the Tories are sharing on Facebook these days? Or that the exact people they're whipping up into a frenzy will likely eat this up?
Rarely so neat an encapsulation of who will pay the price of Netanyahu's behaviour vs who is salivating over it
June 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Rarely so neat an encapsulation of who will pay the price of Netanyahu's behaviour vs who is salivating over it
Waking up to the shocking news in Boulder, Colorado. Strengthened by the words of @eladn.bsky.social.
June 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Waking up to the shocking news in Boulder, Colorado. Strengthened by the words of @eladn.bsky.social.
Renée Josina Anna Slegers
May 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Renée Josina Anna Slegers
Arsenal are European Champions gbyeeee
May 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Arsenal are European Champions gbyeeee
Who is this supposed to impress?
May 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Who is this supposed to impress?
"We welcome migrants, we don't scapegoat them. Low wages, poor housing, poor public services, are not the fault of migrants... we have to make the case for the benefits of migration"
The slogan - Keir Starmer: Another Future Is Possible - is now a plea
The slogan - Keir Starmer: Another Future Is Possible - is now a plea
May 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"We welcome migrants, we don't scapegoat them. Low wages, poor housing, poor public services, are not the fault of migrants... we have to make the case for the benefits of migration"
The slogan - Keir Starmer: Another Future Is Possible - is now a plea
The slogan - Keir Starmer: Another Future Is Possible - is now a plea
A disturbing and enthralling documentary. Louis Theroux lets the settlers and soldiers speak in their own words, showing them to be relishing their paranoid, racist ideology, and revelling in their power. A reminder that the situation in the West Bank disintegrates even as we look elsewhere.
April 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A disturbing and enthralling documentary. Louis Theroux lets the settlers and soldiers speak in their own words, showing them to be relishing their paranoid, racist ideology, and revelling in their power. A reminder that the situation in the West Bank disintegrates even as we look elsewhere.
In my last week working for @hiasjcore.bsky.social I got to contribute to the Strangers To Neighbours conference.
Our media and politics relies the debate about refugees being about "us and them", so refusing to keep people seeking asylum at arms length is a key to creating real lasting change.
Our media and politics relies the debate about refugees being about "us and them", so refusing to keep people seeking asylum at arms length is a key to creating real lasting change.
April 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
In my last week working for @hiasjcore.bsky.social I got to contribute to the Strangers To Neighbours conference.
Our media and politics relies the debate about refugees being about "us and them", so refusing to keep people seeking asylum at arms length is a key to creating real lasting change.
Our media and politics relies the debate about refugees being about "us and them", so refusing to keep people seeking asylum at arms length is a key to creating real lasting change.
How do we recapture the word 'fascist' as an analytical term? Because that it what this is.
April 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
How do we recapture the word 'fascist' as an analytical term? Because that it what this is.
He's saying it like it's a bad thing
April 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
He's saying it like it's a bad thing
Bring some extra whimsy into your life by pronouncing this like you would a Greek philsopher
April 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Bring some extra whimsy into your life by pronouncing this like you would a Greek philsopher
It is one thing for Israel to abandon its citizens, neighbours, and its future. It is quite another for diaspora leaders who have claimed to fight for hostages and for 'peace' to do the same.
For every one of those 36 signatories, there are those who could only join privately. This is theirs too.
For every one of those 36 signatories, there are those who could only join privately. This is theirs too.
April 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It is one thing for Israel to abandon its citizens, neighbours, and its future. It is quite another for diaspora leaders who have claimed to fight for hostages and for 'peace' to do the same.
For every one of those 36 signatories, there are those who could only join privately. This is theirs too.
For every one of those 36 signatories, there are those who could only join privately. This is theirs too.
Are Israeli defence officials proving the futility of their "strategy"? Or are they making up numbers to justify what they're doing after the fact? You decide.
April 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Are Israeli defence officials proving the futility of their "strategy"? Or are they making up numbers to justify what they're doing after the fact? You decide.
How do we celebrate Pesach when our hearts have been hardened? We often compare Pharoah to the autocrats of today, but are we any worse for turning away from suffering? [1/5]
April 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
How do we celebrate Pesach when our hearts have been hardened? We often compare Pharoah to the autocrats of today, but are we any worse for turning away from suffering? [1/5]
It's called Arsenal DNA
April 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's called Arsenal DNA
Anti-Palestinian propagandists are sharing AI-generated images to spread discrediting disinformation about the Gazan protests against Hamas. The Israeli right and Hamas are the only things helping each other to survive.
March 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Anti-Palestinian propagandists are sharing AI-generated images to spread discrediting disinformation about the Gazan protests against Hamas. The Israeli right and Hamas are the only things helping each other to survive.