Brigitte Le Normand 🟥
@blenormand.bsky.social
Historian of Yugoslavia in global context. Urban Planning, migration, maritime transportation. Believer in speaking out for/amplifying the silenced. she/her.
University lecturer suspended at Indiana university for suggesting link between "make America great again" slogan and white supremacy: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
University lecturer suspended at Indiana university for suggesting link between "make America great again" slogan and white supremacy: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Meanwhile, in my neck of the woods, the US has removed information on black soldiers from the Margraten war cemetery. nltimes.nl/2025/11/10/l...
Limburg demands answers over U.S. whitewashing of Black history at WWII cemetery
The province of Limburg has asked the American ambassador to the Netherlands to replace the information panels about Black soldiers in the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margr...
nltimes.nl
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Meanwhile, in my neck of the woods, the US has removed information on black soldiers from the Margraten war cemetery. nltimes.nl/2025/11/10/l...
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Maccarthysme : cédant à la pression du ministre de la recherche, lui-même cédant à la pression des soutiens de Nétanyahou, le Collège de France, jusqu’ici lieu de liberté académique, annule un colloque sur la Palestine conçu par l’historien Henry Laurens.
www.lemonde.fr/education/ar...
www.lemonde.fr/education/ar...
Le Collège de France annule un colloque sur la Palestine « en réaction à la polémique entourant » l’événement
Le Collège de France « ne prône, ni n’encourage, ni ne soutient aucune forme de militantisme », a affirmé l’établissement qui assure de sa « stricte neutralité (…) au regard des questions de nature po...
www.lemonde.fr
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Maccarthysme : cédant à la pression du ministre de la recherche, lui-même cédant à la pression des soutiens de Nétanyahou, le Collège de France, jusqu’ici lieu de liberté académique, annule un colloque sur la Palestine conçu par l’historien Henry Laurens.
www.lemonde.fr/education/ar...
www.lemonde.fr/education/ar...
Still relevant.
9-10 November 1938 | The November Pogrom – a pogrom against the Jews throughout Nazi Germany. Hundreds were killed (or died by suicide), 30,000 men arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps, over 1,000 synagogues burnt, over 7,000 Jewish businesses destroyed or damaged.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Still relevant.
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An important initiative
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
An important initiative
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This is terrible news and more evidence (as if we needed it) that the media is anti-meritocratic. Teen Vogue did amazing political work.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is terrible news and more evidence (as if we needed it) that the media is anti-meritocratic. Teen Vogue did amazing political work.
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Evidence of mass killings by RSF in El-Fasher, Sudan, are chilling. They must be a wake up call for the rest of the planet too. Countries must be pressured to stop sending weapons into their proxy war in Sudan. It starts with acknowledging the horror.
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Evidence of mass killings by RSF in El-Fasher, Sudan, are chilling. They must be a wake up call for the rest of the planet too. Countries must be pressured to stop sending weapons into their proxy war in Sudan. It starts with acknowledging the horror.
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This is how it's going with domestic investigations. It's not. It's exactly what "unwilling or unable" is made for. #WarCrimes #Gaza #IHL #Israel
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF legal chief avoided Gaza war crimes probes, citing right-wing backlash, sources say
After Resigning Last Week Over the Sde Teiman Affair Leak, the IDF Legal Chief, Senior Sources Told Haaretz, Used 'Various Pretexts to Avoid Opening or Advancing Investigations 'Into Numerous IDF Abus...
www.haaretz.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This is how it's going with domestic investigations. It's not. It's exactly what "unwilling or unable" is made for. #WarCrimes #Gaza #IHL #Israel
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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📣 3 post doc roles on GreenFrontier @erc.europa.eu project - fantastic opportunities to work on an exciting project on socio-ecological relations in Italy, Spain & Poland. And best of all, a chance to work with @georgeiorda.bsky.social as team lead #PoliticalEcology #Conservation ⬇️
🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025
Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills!
Please share widely!
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📣 3 post doc roles on GreenFrontier @erc.europa.eu project - fantastic opportunities to work on an exciting project on socio-ecological relations in Italy, Spain & Poland. And best of all, a chance to work with @georgeiorda.bsky.social as team lead #PoliticalEcology #Conservation ⬇️
My employer, @maastrichtu.bsky.social, has done the right thing and suspended collaboration with the Hebrew University in Jerusalem after a Human Rights and Due Diligence committee established their close ties to the Israeli army. #BDS www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/um-deci...
UM decision on strategic collaboration in Israel and Sudan
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
My employer, @maastrichtu.bsky.social, has done the right thing and suspended collaboration with the Hebrew University in Jerusalem after a Human Rights and Due Diligence committee established their close ties to the Israeli army. #BDS www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/um-deci...
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A Sudanese mother holds her child moments before being executed by the Rapid Support Forces militia.
What is happening in Sudan is not just a war… It is a humanitarian wound, a mother’s cry, a nation’s sorrow calling on the world not to remain silent.
What is happening in Sudan is not just a war… It is a humanitarian wound, a mother’s cry, a nation’s sorrow calling on the world not to remain silent.
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A Sudanese mother holds her child moments before being executed by the Rapid Support Forces militia.
What is happening in Sudan is not just a war… It is a humanitarian wound, a mother’s cry, a nation’s sorrow calling on the world not to remain silent.
What is happening in Sudan is not just a war… It is a humanitarian wound, a mother’s cry, a nation’s sorrow calling on the world not to remain silent.
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www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/inde... Foreign commentary on the Dutch elections. From Chatham House 1/n
Independent Thinking: Europe after the Dutch elections. Goodbye far right? Not so fast
Centrists are set to take power in the Netherlands after Geert Wilders suffered a setback. But the hard right remains influential.
www.chathamhouse.org
November 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/inde... Foreign commentary on the Dutch elections. From Chatham House 1/n
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us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Migrante Netherlands is organizing a webinar this Saturday on the decision of the Public Prosecutor's Office that there was no labour exploitation of Filipino and Indonesian cleaners in the case brought against Saints & Stars Gym in Amsterdam.
October 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Migrante Netherlands is organizing a webinar this Saturday on the decision of the Public Prosecutor's Office that there was no labour exploitation of Filipino and Indonesian cleaners in the case brought against Saints & Stars Gym in Amsterdam.
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‘They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher
‘They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher
Thousands have fled the North Darfur city in terror with stories of the Rapid Support Forces attacking and killing civilians
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
‘They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher
Gaining insights into the Dutch electoral system, voter behavior, and the trends we can see with these elections @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @bettovanwaarden.bsky.social @luanarusso.bsky.social @historikarin.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Gaining insights into the Dutch electoral system, voter behavior, and the trends we can see with these elections @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @bettovanwaarden.bsky.social @luanarusso.bsky.social @historikarin.bsky.social
Recovering the hostages was never the aim of Netanyahu and his fascist coterie.
Israel PM Netanyahu orders military to immediately strike Gaza www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Israel PM Netanyahu orders military to immediately strike Gaza - live updates
It comes as Israel says a coffin handed over by Hamas on Monday did not contain the body of another deceased hostage.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Recovering the hostages was never the aim of Netanyahu and his fascist coterie.
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There Is No Peace in Gaza
Since President Trump announced his plan for a ceasefire, people I know have been killed. One relative described torture during a year in Israeli custody.
@mosababutoha.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/t...
Since President Trump announced his plan for a ceasefire, people I know have been killed. One relative described torture during a year in Israeli custody.
@mosababutoha.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/t...
There Is No Peace in Gaza
Since President Trump announced his plan for a ceasefire, people I know have been killed. One relative described torture during a year in Israeli custody.
www.newyorker.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
There Is No Peace in Gaza
Since President Trump announced his plan for a ceasefire, people I know have been killed. One relative described torture during a year in Israeli custody.
@mosababutoha.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/t...
Since President Trump announced his plan for a ceasefire, people I know have been killed. One relative described torture during a year in Israeli custody.
@mosababutoha.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/t...
What's the US so pissed off about? Canada is just pushing regime change in a foreign country... 😆 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Trump says he's hiking 'tariff on Canada' by 10% 'over and above' what it pays now | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced on social media he will be increasing “the Tariff on Canada” by 10 per cent “over and above what they are paying now" because of an advertisement by the Ontar...
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
What's the US so pissed off about? Canada is just pushing regime change in a foreign country... 😆 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Palestinian poet Zayna Azam's poem Write My Name was set to music and performed a month ago by hundreds of ordinary people in a public square in Groningen. Beautiful and ever timely.
youtu.be/9m27USdH7ms?...
youtu.be/9m27USdH7ms?...
Write my name door Projectkoor Groningen voor Gaza
YouTube video by Ep Wesseling
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Palestinian poet Zayna Azam's poem Write My Name was set to music and performed a month ago by hundreds of ordinary people in a public square in Groningen. Beautiful and ever timely.
youtu.be/9m27USdH7ms?...
youtu.be/9m27USdH7ms?...
Next level doublespeak
Trump says Gaza ceasefire remains in effect as Israel kills 45 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-says-gaza-ceasefire-remains-effect-israel-kills-45
Trump says Gaza ceasefire remains in effect as Israel kills 45
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>US President Donald Trump on Monday that the ceasefire in Gaza remains in effect, after a series of Israeli strikes killed at least 97 people in the Palestinian territory on Sunday, news agency AFP reported. </p>
<p>"Yes, it is," Trump told reporters aboard the presidential plane when asked if the cease-fire he helped broker was still in effect. </p>
<p>He also suggested that Hamas leaders were not involved in the alleged truce violations and instead blamed "some rebels within the movement."</p>
<p>Gaza's civil defence agency reported that at least 45 people were killed on Sunday, including civilians and a journalist, during Israeli airstrikes. </p>
<p>A Palestinian government office said that Israeli forces have carried out 80 ceasefire violations since 10 October, killing 97 people and wounding 230 more. </p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Next level doublespeak
So much for Trump's peace.
October 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So much for Trump's peace.
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Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
This is what the US has turned into. I lived there for seven years. It's really hard to believe and accept this.
Trump's masked thugs in Chicago.
These citizens saved this man from being kidnapped.
Look at the terror on his face.
Trump's ICE America.
These citizens saved this man from being kidnapped.
Look at the terror on his face.
Trump's ICE America.
October 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This is what the US has turned into. I lived there for seven years. It's really hard to believe and accept this.
Israel has not delivered on its promise to allow said through, and head killed 28 Palestinians since the start of the ceasefire. People are still starving and dying.
October 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Israel has not delivered on its promise to allow said through, and head killed 28 Palestinians since the start of the ceasefire. People are still starving and dying.