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Just one sample of the messages from Rafah from colleague

“I am reaching out to you with a heavy heart, as it appears that this may be my final message. We have received orders to evacuate our homes”

Everyday our communicates have been palliative now they are goodbyes

Israel orders evacuation of Rafah - to where? Areas with no water, no sanitation, raw sewage - more violations of international humanitarian law aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/…

Should #academics be #activists ? Why/not?

More than 34,000 people have been killed in Gaza.

Instead of ending arms to Israel, governments around the world are trying to silence voices for peace.

They cannot hide their role in genocide — and we will keep speaking up for the people of Palestine.

If you're on the left, the results are very heartening indeed.

- The Tories got smashed, and will lose the next election

- But this is nothing like 1997.

Labour had a 17 point lead over the Tories in the local elections before the 1997 general election.

This time, they have a…

I liked this response to my whinges yesterday about the way I tweet about rhubarb and scones and get nudes in bio responses. I also loved the woman who said she’d be much more tempted by nice views of Durham Cathedral in bios.

The Green Party in Bristol have won the largest number of seats held by the Greens on a UK council with 34 councillors now at City Hall bristol247.com/news-and-featu…

4. Palestinian Scholarships

Goldsmiths will introduce undergraduate scholarships for Palestinian students + an additional fully funded postgraduate scholarship will be implemented from this year.

This will be the only undergraduate Palestinian scholarship offered in Britain!

A Black solicitor says he was left in tears after being ‘grabbed by the neck’ & pinned down by security guards who ‘ignored pleas’ that he couldn’t breathe following a row over entry into the Youth Court at Stratford Magistrates'. No arrests have been made lawgazette.co.uk/news/exclusive…

The students did it, leading the leaders to unlearn their ways. This can only be the start...

I wrote about the last abortions in Florida, and how the spectacle of rights being taken away is shaping our political imaginations. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…