Great article from Sam Blewett in Politico on the Afghanistan Inquiry and Johnny Mercer’s evidence — including some thoughts from me about how these allegations may have been covered up while the government pushed forward with the Overseas Operations Bill.

The University of Cambridge supports Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. We refuse to sit idly by. Join as at the encampment!

What is it about attractive, characterful and disused historic buildings in the West Midlands that makes them so flammable?

Some of the occupants of the mass grave found at Nasser hospital showed signs of having been buried alive. Others were children, others still medical professionals with their hands tied. They can repair the window.

Great article from edwin heathcote: “the legacy of these sell-offs is a diminished public sphere that fails to show care for its citizens or its cityscapes.” 💥 ft.com/content/446c56…

Everyday, more scenes that if they were anywhere else in the world would result in front page condemnation from Western political leaders.

Here, Israelis attack humanitarian aid designated for Gaza.

Blatant genocidal language against Palestinians on college campuses and elsewhere is somehow never the national emergency that alleged, implicit antisemitism is

Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party is set to unveil a weakened package of workers’ rights in the coming weeks in its latest softening of radical policies ahead of the upcoming general election, the Financial Times has learnt

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The fixation on the anticipated violence of those protesting against genocide, and the complete blind eye turned to the consistent violence of anti-Palestinian counter protestors is a repetition of the blind eye turned to the genocide being committed in Gaza right now

Shame on Columbia administrators. Shame on Minouche Shafik, and every liar, slandermonger, reactionary and coward in both press and politics enabling this wave of repression & outright attack on free political expression. Solidarity with the protesters!

Was the demolition of John Soane’s Bank of England the greatest single architectural loss in the history of London?

This is beautiful. Those whose land McGill sits on is give permission to the protesters to be on it.

reading all the handwringing about “free speech” and “safety” and remembering Anne Applebaum wrote an article in 2002 explicitly calling for the targeted killing of Palestinian journalists for the crime of making Israel look bad

New Interview: I talked to Elliott Abrams about his long career in Washington, his record in Latin America, his role in the Iran-Contra scandal, the situation in Gaza, and the contradictions in how America views matters of human rights. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/e…

astounding interwar expressionist altar in kraków

Important article by Amos Goldberg. Please note that Professor Goldberg has not had a chance to look over the translation. But it is a reliable rendition of the Hebrew original and he has allowed me to post it.
thepalestineproject.medium.com/yes-it-is-geno…

Desperate, gestural, performative cruelty - as Stuart Hall once put it, 'the racism, not of a dominant, but a declining social formation.' theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

I co-edited a collection of John Berger’s work on miners & strikes. It’s based around a hard-to-find film he made about Zola’s novel Germinal; we turned into a visual essay + added other things inc. a wonderful JB interview with a miner called Joe Roberts canongate.co.uk/books/5120-the…