"People enjoy knowing they are suffering." From the Two Nice Jewish Boys podcast, in which the hosts discuss projecting the suffering of Palestinians to heighten the fun of Israeli concert-goers.

New from #Identities, with #OpenAccess: '#SouthAsians4BlackLives: racial positionality in digital allyship and the prospects for cross-racial solidarity for #racial justice in the USA' by Bindi V. Shah & Leslie Carr University of Southampton Sociology & Criminology T&F Social Sciences and Humanities #OA ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/107028…

The Chief Rabbi demeans his own office by consistently encouraging the UK government to ignore its legal and ethical obligations - in this case, advocating for Britain to supply lethal weapons in a genocidal war. 1/2

David Cameron sat on advice that there was breach of law in Gaza, officials say dlvr.it/TCmy71

Heading to IRiS to see friends & colleagues. Trying to make sense of the social production of moral indifference and the kind of 'Omelas' we've created through it. Looking forward to the many excellent contributions: birmingham.ac.uk/research/super… UofG Social Sciences UofG Soc & Pol Sci

'The migratory crossroads of Alte Ceccato' New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Andrea Calabretta et al. @nasarmeer Aaron Winter #migration #immigration #Italy Read the blog post ⬇️ identitiesjournal.com/blog-collectio…

NEW: Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 was result of decades of institutional failings, damning final report finds independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

BSA members – book now for our free online event in our Sociologies of Palestine Series on 25 September, with Gala Rexer speaking on Israeli settler colonialism and reproductive injustice tinyurl.com/2kut32tw #Sociology

Letter to Archbishop Justin Welby from British Jews: 'We ask you to reflect on the shame & horror we feel at being represented as approving of the murderous oppression of Palestinians by the self-declared Jewish supremacist state of Israel.' #GazaGenocide indcatholicnews.com/news/50552

Great to be here!

"The Grenfell fire was a preventable tragedy, marred at every point by structural and direct racism. Unless urgent and sufficient action is taken, it is a matter of time until a tragedy of the same scale will happen again." Shabna Begum for Nadine White. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

'Being anti-racist as ceremonial journey: from and within reflective learning stories' New from #Identities by Dr. Jebunnessa Chapola Nasar Meer Aaron Winter T&F Social Sciences and Humanities #antiracism #socialjustice doi.org/10.1080/107028…

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#UndiscipliningII: it all starts in Salford on Tuesday, and so it's high time for us to unveil the final conference programme: times, locations, tea breaks, provocative interventions, timely subjects, compelling speakers, the lot! 📖 Download the pdf: buff.ly/3yWkxAd

Leaving Glasgow. A short but great visit for Racialised Capitalism & its Discontents II: Contemporary Configurations. Great to see/meet everyone. Thanks Ashli Mullen Satnam Virdee University of Glasgow & The Sociological Review Foundation for the invite & opportunity. Nice to see The Roma Cultural Centre too.

Thanks to Rosa Martinez-Cuadros and Identities Journal !🥳

'Israel tries to present itself as the only representation of Jewishness.... I'm Jewish, but I don't want to be represented by Israel... These two things are separate.' Thank you Michael Barenboim for speaking out against Israel's crimes at this time.

'The #BBC, public intellectuals, and the making of Five Views of Multi-Racial Britain' by Karim Murji - [email protected] New from #Identities, with #OpenAccess T&F Social Sciences and Humanities Nasar Meer Aaron Winter #racism #multiculturalism Read with #OA ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/107028…

Just an openly racist far right argument. The fact he criticises Brexit not for being based on lies about its meaning & implications for working class inequalities, but because it's allegedly worse for the defence & preservation of Britain as a white European nation is revealing.

📽️ Watch the recording of our #Identities event, 'Seeing Others: How Recognition Works – and How It Can Heal a Divided World' with Michele Lamont UofG Sociology UofG Soc & Pol Sci CASEI Lancaster #IdentitiesEvents youtu.be/jNnrouW7OUI