Jack McGinn
jackmcginn.bsky.social
Jack McGinn
@jackmcginn.bsky.social
Studying revolution and working towards one
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they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
though unpopular with those targeted by death squads, it did offer many advantages to death squads - a mixed bag overall www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
September 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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August 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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On 1 July, following the #BRISMES2025 keynote lecture by Dr Rana Barakat, BRISMES members and conference participants stood in solidarity with all those affected by Israeli bombardments. #StopArmingIsrael #EndTheGenocide
July 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
TEMPLATE - UK LETTER TO MP - NO WAR WITH IRAN

URGENT🚨 Please share this email template link with your family and friends to send to their MP calling for no war with Iran:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
UK LETTER TO MP - NO WAR WITH IRAN
TEMPLATE - UK LETTER TO MP - NO WAR WITH IRAN STEPS Find your MP and their email address by entering your postcode here: https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons (you may need to copy and paste ...
docs.google.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Lot of fighter jets flying low over London right now…
June 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
'On the 14th anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian revolution, [Israel] launched thirty airstrikes on Daraa, the cradle of the revolution' - sobering yet hopeful piece from
@idreesahmad.bsky.social, as normalisation is forced upon Syria to lift sanctions
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/syri...
Syria After Assad - Dissent Magazine
Hope has been restored for many Syrians. But vigilance will be needed to ensure that democratic institutions emerge and withstand autocratic impulses.
www.dissentmagazine.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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We're launching Nasser Abourahme's book The Time beneath the Concrete: Palestine between Camp and Colony, next Thursday 13 March.

The book argues that #settlercolonialism is as much an attempt to conquer time as it is to conquer land.

Register now: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
The Time beneath the Concrete: Palestine between Camp and Colony
6.00pm Thurs 13 March | Nasser Abourahme, Muna Dajani
www.lse.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Narrating Against Uncertainty: Adélie Chevée examines post-2021 Syrian Uprising newspapers to show how documentation helped build the opposition narrative with fact-finding & storytelling. In @polstudies.bsky.social: https://buff.ly/49x883l

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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Are you an early-career researcher in the #UK or #Iraq? Join us for a 4-day online workshop this April, organised by #LSE & Moja.

We’ll explore the challenges #climatechange poses to Iraqi women & discuss solutions to enhance their resilience.

www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
February 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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“Resisting the misuse by the LSE of its wealth and power to protect a high profile male professor and expose younger female students and academics to continued risks is no easy matter. We would very much appreciate your help.”

goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
The LSE must stop sexual misconduct, not stop women from speaking out | Good Law Project
goodlawproject.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Arendt, Gaza and Personal Responsibility Under Genocide (especially in the academy) -->

With many thanks to Critical Legal Thinking for republishing my article.

criticallegalthinking.com/2025/02/03/a...
Arendt, Gaza and Personal Responsibility Under Genocide
In an essay crafted in 1964, “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” Hannah Arendt reflects on a set of moral issues concerning our capacity to
criticallegalthinking.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Tower Hamlets Residents: TONIGHT is the vote to DIVEST FROM ARMS COMPANIES with our pension funds

Contact your councillor now to get them to vote for the motion!

democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgFindMember...
January 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Persuasive piece on Israel's involvement in Syria from @mkaradjis.bsky.social

'Israel’s expressed wish to “not take action against the Syrian Arab Army” immediately turned into its opposite once the regime collapsed.' theirantiimperialismandours.com/2025/01/14/t...
The Syrian revolution, Iran and Israel: Squaring the circle, refuting myths
By Michael Karadjis Myth 1: Israel was “behind” the overthrow of Assad – silly conspiracism Myth 2: OK, it wasn’t, but the fall of Assad serves Israel’s interests – quite the opposite actually Myth…
theirantiimperialismandours.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
These are hostages Israel is capturing today in anticipation of a ceasefire deal, to maintain their leverage
January 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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how lovely
January 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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“I finally understood why I struggled to smile, despite Assad’s fall. I feared that celebrating might extinguish the faint hope of learning the fates of my disappeared friends.”

✍️ Mohammad Al-Attar

bit.ly/3VIyeuM

#freesyria #damascus #sednaya #fallofassad
December 19, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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The Syrian revolution started off as a bottom-up, working class uprising from the peripheries organised through local coordination committees. They set up local councils throughout the liberated areas that coordinated to provide services in the absence of a state. 🧵
December 13, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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If you were at the match today, you may or may not have seen one of these around.
If you missed it, don't worry – we'll be handing out more in future home fixtures! 🩵
December 4, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Publishing hopefuls - listen up 🔊

We are seeking a Publishing Assistant to join our ambitious non-profit open access press at LSE Press.

Closing 8 December 2024. 📚 Salary from £32,135 to £35,304 pa inclusive, potential to progress.

Apply here: https://buff.ly/3Zcy1lG #BookJobs
November 19, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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🔴⚪️ An Open Letter to @Arsenal Football Club 🔴⚪️

Fans expect more than wins—we expect integrity. Together we’re calling for accountability, transparency, and a commitment to safeguarding within the sport.

Join our cause by signing our open letter: openletter.earth/arsenal-supp...
November 14, 2024 at 4:13 PM