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Decolonising My Body… out now!

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Sometimes American friends try to persuade me we would be better off with their system… which according to this The New York Times = inflated prices, for more expensive healthcare, and still a lower life expectancy. Which not everyone can access. Nope #NHS

Sometimes American friends try to persuade me we would be better off with their system… 

which according to this <a href="/nytimes/">The New York Times</a> = inflated prices, for more expensive healthcare, and still a lower life expectancy. Which not everyone can access.

Nope 
#NHS
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Thank you to all the beautiful reviews and love for our #Legacy podcast New episode on #Rhodes is out now The colonial legacy is as relevant as ever 👀 Listen wherever you get your podcasts Peter Frankopan Wondery Amazon Music Goalhanger #podcast

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The number of journalists killed during Israel’s war on Hamas is appalling and unprecedented. 79 in just three months, according to Committee to Protect Journalists Journalists in Gaza are our eyes and ears for the truth, and must be protected, like civilians, under the laws of war.

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Whoa. Sydney Morning Herald (The Sydney Morning Herald) reports that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Australia) sacked award-winning Australian-Lebanese host Antoinette Lattouf after a "high-level and coordinated letter-writing campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists." smh.com.au/business/workp…

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This speech by Nada Tarbush at a United Nations conference yesterday will go down in history. In front of a room filled with states from around the world, she exposes the racist ideology that underpins Western support for Israel. What is the purpose of continuing to send arms to Israel,

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The attack on legitimate protest on college campuses like USC is part of a bigger picture.. The deeply entrenched, daily prejudice Muslim students face in America Powerful piece by my student Zain Khan USC Annenberg amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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The response to student protests at universities like mine USC and throughout America has been unacceptable Not to mention counterproductive, even on its own terms #Gaza #protest #freespeech Thank you to all the students and faculty standing up for our values Christiane Amanpour 🙏🏽

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My 1st job was for Aryeh Neier. Hard to overstate how influential his views on human rights "I'm now persuaded Israel is engaged in genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. What changed my mind is its sustained policy of obstructing the movement of humanitarian assistance" The New York Review of Books

My 1st job was for Aryeh Neier. Hard to overstate how influential his views on human rights
"I'm now persuaded Israel is engaged in genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. What changed my mind is its sustained policy of obstructing the movement of humanitarian assistance"
<a href="/nybooks/">The New York Review of Books</a>
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He's not sorry. If he was, he would confess all the other times he's assaulted women and now feel equally "disgusted". Or he would tell us this incident was a total one off. He did neither, because the only thing that's disgusted him is getting found out #Diddy

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This is precisely why we have an International Criminal Court - peace and justice are indivisible #ICC theguardian.com/law/article/20…

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This man - in no particular order - hounded MLK, drove Garvey out of America, put Trotsky under surveillance, put America under surveillance, persecuted women, changed his country in ways still resounding Me & Peter Frankopan break it down #Legacy #podcast wondery.com/shows/legacy/s…

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Are you a journalist or academic with expertise on Latino communities and the border? Apply! Deadline is November 1st USC Annenberg #professor #opportunities #journalism #immigration 👇🏾🏃🏾‍♀️✍️🏾

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If you missed the Audible version…. Now you can listen to Brit(ish) and another book for one credit You’re welcome :) Audible UK 🎧 Vintage Books Penguin Books UK #book #audiobook #BlackHistoryMonth

If you missed the Audible version…. Now you can listen to Brit(ish) and another book for one credit 

You’re welcome :)

<a href="/audibleuk/">Audible UK 🎧</a> 
<a href="/vintagebooks/">Vintage Books</a> 
<a href="/PenguinUKBooks/">Penguin Books UK</a> 

#book
#audiobook 
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Thank you to everyone who's been following me here for the last 16 years. For the last two of those, I've barely used it. But I'm sharing loads on my Substack! Follow me and subscribe, link here substack.com/Afua Hirsch I'm also on Bluesky and IG, both @afuahirsch Forward!✨