Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti
@roxana-pessoa.bsky.social
Social scientist at the University of Bristol, migrant, feminist, mother, always on the side of the oppressed. Researching violence, policing, criminalisation, social movements, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-8603
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Today I asked the Government why it is creating an authoritarian toolkit 👇
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today I asked the Government why it is creating an authoritarian toolkit 👇
Hope leads to action.
Stop listening to paralysing pessimism.
Keep believing with an open mind that another path is possible.
Stop listening to paralysing pessimism.
Keep believing with an open mind that another path is possible.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hope leads to action.
Stop listening to paralysing pessimism.
Keep believing with an open mind that another path is possible.
Stop listening to paralysing pessimism.
Keep believing with an open mind that another path is possible.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Labour’s awful migrant policies are helping pave the way for the racist far right. And they are also building a gold-plated shed at the end of that road - full of tools for a far right Govt to oppress us all.
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Labour’s awful migrant policies are helping pave the way for the racist far right. And they are also building a gold-plated shed at the end of that road - full of tools for a far right Govt to oppress us all.
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
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Since May, Israeli soldiers and American subcontractors have killed nearly 3,000 Palestinians seeking aid, according to a September tally by Gaza health officials. interc.pt/4rm9o1G
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Since May, Israeli soldiers and American subcontractors have killed nearly 3,000 Palestinians seeking aid, according to a September tally by Gaza health officials. interc.pt/4rm9o1G
Possibly the best book I read in 2025 - Slobodian’s “Hayek’s Bastards” powerfully deconstructs far-right ideologies about hard-wired borders, culture and money! Everyone should read this book
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Possibly the best book I read in 2025 - Slobodian’s “Hayek’s Bastards” powerfully deconstructs far-right ideologies about hard-wired borders, culture and money! Everyone should read this book
Migration policies in the UK seem to be constantly seeking more ways to create misery - an ongoing battle of threats against the human rights. Christopher Bertram hit the nail on the head. ‘Core Protection’ - really well explained. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Christopher Bertram | ‘Core Protection’
Refugeehood is not supposed to be like this. The ideal envisaged by the Refugee Convention is that refugee status should...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Migration policies in the UK seem to be constantly seeking more ways to create misery - an ongoing battle of threats against the human rights. Christopher Bertram hit the nail on the head. ‘Core Protection’ - really well explained. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
The UK should be more than embarrassed, not only about the disproportionate & inappropriate response to solidarity/activists, but also about the horrendous conditions imposed, especially the extremely long wait for a trial - inhumane novaramedia.com/2025/11/11/p...
Palestine Action Prisoners’ Hunger Strike to Become Biggest Since Irish Republicans | Novara Media
Six Palestine Action prisoners are on hunger strike calling for all Israeli arms factories to be shut down and the end to what they call ‘systematic abuse’ in prison. Harriet Williamson reports.
novaramedia.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The UK should be more than embarrassed, not only about the disproportionate & inappropriate response to solidarity/activists, but also about the horrendous conditions imposed, especially the extremely long wait for a trial - inhumane novaramedia.com/2025/11/11/p...
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In Harrietsham, Kent, the council is unable to put up Christmas lights because far right activists have fixed flags to the lampposts. They say they are also unable to remove the flags as they don’t own them or the lampposts. They’ve asked whoever put them up to please take them down.
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In Harrietsham, Kent, the council is unable to put up Christmas lights because far right activists have fixed flags to the lampposts. They say they are also unable to remove the flags as they don’t own them or the lampposts. They’ve asked whoever put them up to please take them down.
There are not enough words to express the anger about the largest police inflicted massacre in Rio (at least 132 dead), mothers finding their sons dead with signs of torture, bodies left to die, sickening far-right politicians celebrating. www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/20...
www1.folha.uol.com.br
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
There are not enough words to express the anger about the largest police inflicted massacre in Rio (at least 132 dead), mothers finding their sons dead with signs of torture, bodies left to die, sickening far-right politicians celebrating. www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/20...
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Why is a Labour Home Secretary perpetuating this myth in The Sun?
Asylum applications in the UK are significantly below the average for all European countries. The only person helped by spreading this falsehood is Nigel Farage
Asylum applications in the UK are significantly below the average for all European countries. The only person helped by spreading this falsehood is Nigel Farage
October 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Why is a Labour Home Secretary perpetuating this myth in The Sun?
Asylum applications in the UK are significantly below the average for all European countries. The only person helped by spreading this falsehood is Nigel Farage
Asylum applications in the UK are significantly below the average for all European countries. The only person helped by spreading this falsehood is Nigel Farage
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Starmerite plumbing of the depths of cruelty never reaches bottom. Demanding immigrants hoping for citizenship must pass A level - in subjects deemed ‘useless’ in other parts of policy - is blatantly racist. Why not ask this of Maccabi fans?
Starmerite plumbing of the depths of cruelty never reaches bottom. Demanding immigrants hoping for citizenship must pass A level - in subjects deemed ‘useless’ in other parts of policy - is blatantly racist. Why not ask this of Maccabi fans?
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Ma...
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Starmerite plumbing of the depths of cruelty never reaches bottom. Demanding immigrants hoping for citizenship must pass A level - in subjects deemed ‘useless’ in other parts of policy - is blatantly racist. Why not ask this of Maccabi fans?
Starmerite plumbing of the depths of cruelty never reaches bottom. Demanding immigrants hoping for citizenship must pass A level - in subjects deemed ‘useless’ in other parts of policy - is blatantly racist. Why not ask this of Maccabi fans?
When my children reach my age, they will be living in an extremely harsher environment. Not acting now will be way more costly than working to address climate issues! UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told
October 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
When my children reach my age, they will be living in an extremely harsher environment. Not acting now will be way more costly than working to address climate issues! UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told
A helpful poster, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC
October 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A helpful poster, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
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Thousands protest presence of Israeli companies at London arms fair - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/protest-israel-elbit-dsei-fair-london-arms
Thousands protest presence of Israeli companies at London arms fair
Several activists, calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza, received medical treatment amid police clashes at the DSEI event
www.middleeasteye.net
September 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thousands protest presence of Israeli companies at London arms fair - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/protest-israel-elbit-dsei-fair-london-arms
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2/2 Posh, wealthy men who control right wing politics & most print & broadcast media can persuade working class men & women to turn a blind eye to their accumulation of yet more millions with all sorts of tax avoidance measures. They avoid any accountability,
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
2/2 Posh, wealthy men who control right wing politics & most print & broadcast media can persuade working class men & women to turn a blind eye to their accumulation of yet more millions with all sorts of tax avoidance measures. They avoid any accountability,
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
-seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
This legally trumps all arguments of “but they arrived by illegal means”. That’s just a fact. That’s why you don’t see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.
-seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
This legally trumps all arguments of “but they arrived by illegal means”. That’s just a fact. That’s why you don’t see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.
Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal
Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951
northeastbylines.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
-seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
This legally trumps all arguments of “but they arrived by illegal means”. That’s just a fact. That’s why you don’t see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.
-seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
This legally trumps all arguments of “but they arrived by illegal means”. That’s just a fact. That’s why you don’t see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.
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RESHUFFLE: having built a reputation for complicity in genocide by banning or criminalising protest groups, Yvette Cooper is now off to the Foreign Office to do nothing whatsoever to stop Israel on the international stage
September 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
RESHUFFLE: having built a reputation for complicity in genocide by banning or criminalising protest groups, Yvette Cooper is now off to the Foreign Office to do nothing whatsoever to stop Israel on the international stage
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Almost 50% of lab workers identify as neurodiverse.
So what difference could it make for research organisations to fully embrace neurodiversity in their workplace culture?
We supported the John Innes Centre to implement a project aiming to do just that 👇
So what difference could it make for research organisations to fully embrace neurodiversity in their workplace culture?
We supported the John Innes Centre to implement a project aiming to do just that 👇
BLOG - Seven ingredients for a Neuroinclusive research organisation
In our latest #JICNeurodiversity blog, we reflect on the remarkable impact and success of our BBSRC @ukri.org funded “Understanding, Valuing and Celebrating Neurodiversity” project 🌈🧠
Watch full video: youtu.be/bwUEJju9XQ4?...
In our latest #JICNeurodiversity blog, we reflect on the remarkable impact and success of our BBSRC @ukri.org funded “Understanding, Valuing and Celebrating Neurodiversity” project 🌈🧠
Watch full video: youtu.be/bwUEJju9XQ4?...
Understanding, Valuing and Celebrating Neurodiversity – Impact of our BBSRC Connecting Culture grant
YouTube video by John Innes Centre
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September 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Almost 50% of lab workers identify as neurodiverse.
So what difference could it make for research organisations to fully embrace neurodiversity in their workplace culture?
We supported the John Innes Centre to implement a project aiming to do just that 👇
So what difference could it make for research organisations to fully embrace neurodiversity in their workplace culture?
We supported the John Innes Centre to implement a project aiming to do just that 👇
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This is assimilation era pedagogy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Education Minister cut Māori words from future junior books, documents reveal
The near-total ban was driven by concern it would be confusing for children learning to read English, documents show.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is assimilation era pedagogy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How low will the government go? Arresting elderly peaceful protesters for speaking out against genocide... such an embarassing moment in British politics and policing www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Police arrest 474 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London
Number of arrests was highest recorded in relation to single operation in at least past decade, according to Met police
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
How low will the government go? Arresting elderly peaceful protesters for speaking out against genocide... such an embarassing moment in British politics and policing www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...