🚨Palestinian academics in the UK issue emergency call in defence of universities in Gaza and for urgent public commitments from UK universities and international organisations to support their rebuilding.🇵🇸

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Delusional US politician thinks that he can demand that representatives from an international body to which the US is not a party appear before Congress.

This. Now. Always. eisa-net.org/eisa-statement…

Somebody using the Gaza situation to hawk their wares - not cool

A Message from the Chancellor on the Recent Student Protest mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-mes…

.⁦Naomi Klein⁩: Zionism ‘is a false idol that equates Jewish freedom with cluster bombs that kill and maim Palestinian children.’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

UK accused of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally theguardian.com/global-develop…

A friendly reminder that protesting against the criminal actions of the State of Israel is not antisemitic. Even the president of Columbia University who threatened to unleash the National Guard (!) on such protesters says so.

We share the concerns of Council of Europe UN Human Rights after the UK Parliament passed the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. As Scotland’s #NHRI we’ll continue to monitor the #RuleOfLaw implications & advocate for a fair, dignified support system for those seeking protection.

The management of Columbia University should be ashamed of itself

Martin Shaw Sounds like the theme from an international political thriller - The Israeli Exception - wherein political theorists, public intellectuals, and human rights academics throw off their ethical shackles and band together to save a morally problematic but powerful regime.

Happy Kant Day!

Some needed nuance on Scotland’s climate targets

I wonder what happened to ‘don’t be evil’ and ‘do the right thing’? theguardian.com/technology/202…

Hey British Airways chaos on 459. No space for bags. You let bags that are way too big onto the plane.

Doesn’t seem like very good value for our taxes.

The New McCarthyism comes to USC nytimes.com/2024/04/16/us/…

This is brilliant. Academics can provide sponsorship, share resources, and offer virtual classrooms for students from Gaza. There's a form you can fill out to indicate how you can contribute 👇

A glimpse of the future today