It's legal to claim asylum. People who have asked for help must not be treated this way.

This is an attack on everyone's rights. When universal human rights, like the right to seek safety, are undermined for anyone they're undermined for everyone.

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'Labour's opportunistic sanctimony is difficult to stomach. This is the definition of instrumentalisation. Racism is not a game. When a party exploits it for its own political advantage, it cheapens the accusation and deepens the cynicism.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

*** extended deadline*** a fully funded PhD, cohosted between Sheffield and Save the Children, on the history of trade unions and humanitarian NGOs. please share far and wide, and tell any interested candidates that I would be happy to chat! wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects-o…

Please spread the word! There’s an AHRC-funded PhD position to work with me, Shirin Hirsch and Rebecca Jackson at Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service for a project on antiracist activism in North Staffordshire. Apply by 5pm on March 14. jobs.ac.uk/job/DGD074/phd…

I get more abuse, threats and racism than most MPs. So I don’t say this lightly.

And to be clear: no-one in public life should have their safety threatened, nor be subject to unacceptable abuse.

But I find the debate about public engagement with MPs concerning. Here's why. 1/10

Still shocked by this. The idea that it’s not even statements by institutions which will be policed but also *individuals*. Horrendous, dystopian policing of speech by a Tory government determined to quash descent

If you're in or near Liverpool next Tuesday come and see Anna Bocking-Welch, Dr Margot Tudor, and I discuss humanitarianism and decolonisation

This is a good time to remember that UNWRA is still doing their best to bring relief and aid to Gazans. Donate to their appeal here: unrwa.org

The images from Rafah are unbearable.

What is there left to say? Do our political leaders not see what we see? Is there really no limit to what Palestinians must endure?

Enough! Stop equivocating. Stop stalling. Stop hiding — and call for an immediate ceasefire, now.

THE UK GOVERNMENT IS COMPLICIT

We demand a #CeasefireNOW .

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starting sept 2024 - a PhD project, collaboratively supervised by me and Juliano Fiori at Save the Children UK, on 'Humanitarian NGOs and Trade Unions: a history of conflict and collaboration' - seeking applicants. please share! wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects-o… (scroll down for details)

I wrote about how we talk to preschoolers about history, genocide and Christmas. and the Maggie Smith poem we all love

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It's so interesting to see such a swift response from Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser to this open letter. It makes me recall our open letter in 2020 calling out anti-Blackness in UKRI funding, and how protracted that process of getting a meaningful response was. Fascinating.

'You do not get to target civilians because somebody else has targeted civilians. It’s nonreciprocal because your obligations are to the civilians. It’s not a deal between fighters. It’s a deal with humanity.'
My interview in The New Yorker on Gaza & Israel. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/t…

TODAY ONLY: my book is £1.99 on kindle!!! So excited to be a daily deal after years spent finding great books this way.

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Come hear me, Richard Huzzey C Leston-Bandeira & Henry Miller talk about Petitioning and People Power in Twentieth- Century Britain. We'll discuss how we've been using oral histories to understand why people petitioned and what MPs and clerks thought about receiving petitions.

Really happy to see the Race Today archive going online! What a resource...❤️✊🏿 theguardian.com/world/2023/mar…

🚨 Come to the University of Liverpool/University of LiverpoolHistory Speaker Series on 8 Feb!

Dr Jessica White will examine how white women spoke about their relationship with their neighbours of African and Asian descent in the early 1980s and how this relationship was articulated /1 eventbrite.co.uk/e/university-o…

🆕🚨 Come one, come all to the Spring 2023 University of Liverpool University of LiverpoolHistory Departmental Speaker Series!

All are welcome - students, staff, & anyone from outside Uni Liverpool ✨

We're inviting some fantastic scholars to Liverpool to share their research & insights with us. See below ⬇️