Erica
@ericalees-smith.bsky.social
✝️ JPIT 25-26
👑 History grad
🌍 Former youth climate striker
👑 History grad
🌍 Former youth climate striker
Reposted by Erica
July 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Recognizing activists with national honour is NOT the same as justice. My dissertation argued that postcolonial historical narratives must give agency to youth activists, including Ken Saro-Wiwa. But this also requires recognizing unjust systems, exploitation, and criminalisation ➡️
aje.io/tc64vt
aje.io/tc64vt
Nigeria kills her sun: Death and vindication for Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni Nine
An activist’s fight against big oil leads to his death sentence. Thirty years on, government says he’s a national hero.
aje.io
August 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Recognizing activists with national honour is NOT the same as justice. My dissertation argued that postcolonial historical narratives must give agency to youth activists, including Ken Saro-Wiwa. But this also requires recognizing unjust systems, exploitation, and criminalisation ➡️
aje.io/tc64vt
aje.io/tc64vt
Reposted by Erica
1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵
March 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵