Esmat J
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Esmat J
@esmatj.bsky.social
Community Activist | Social Justice | Intersectional Feminism | Equity, Diversity & Inclusion | Social Mobility & more |

Thoughts my own | RTs ≠ endorsements
Silence is not neutrality. And your silence will not be forgotten.

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What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say?
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May 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Congrats to April O’Neill and Ibraheem Mockbel have won the @theguardian.com foundation 2025 Emerging Voices Awards. Both articles are in the Guardian today www.linkedin.com/posts/the-gu... April's is here www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... and Ibraheem's here www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Emerging Voices Awards - winners | The Guardian Foundation
April O’Neill and Ibraheem Mockbel have won our 2025 Emerging Voices Awards. Both articles have been published today in the Guardian - huge congratulations to them both. April O’Neill is the winner o...
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April 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Through their cowardice, they have played a pivotal role in normalising some of the worst barbarism of the 21st century.

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Imagine if all those who are silent about the terrible evil being committed in Gaza spoke up | Owen Jones
No crime in history has been so well documented by its victims. And yet inaction and censorship reign, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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March 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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'The readiness to repudiate identity politics & group them under “bad woke” is less about policy and more about the fact that social justice never really found a home amongst liberals, who were happy to capture its energy but not its demands.'

The week's column

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‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did | Nesrine Malik
Why is this simple explanation being so widely embraced? Because it does not require a commitment to real, structural change, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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November 25, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Killing of journalists in Israeli strike could be a war crime, legal experts say
Killing of journalists in Israeli strike could be a war crime, legal experts say
Israel used US munition to target and kill three members of the press in Lebanon, Guardian investigation reveals A Guardian investigation has found that Israel used a US munition to target and kill three journalists and wound three more in a 25 October…
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November 25, 2024 at 5:49 AM