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A Palestinian's anguished cry, "Where are my children?" following the Israeli bombing of Al-Zahra School today, which killed his family members.

The sessions and speakers for “Scottish Independence And The British State Ten Years on.” A fantastic lineup so far. Don’t miss out on what promises to be a fascinating event. Tickets are selling fast! Book now to avoid disappointment: eventbrite.com/e/2014-2024-sc…

In 2017 I said Grenfell was social murder & was attacked by politicians from all sides & the media. Today’s report tragically confirms how right I was but more importantly demands immediate action to secure justice & to protect people at risk. theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/j…

The great Bob Fulton has passed away this week at the age of 101. I only got to know him during the last decade of his life, and those years alone could fill up the pages of a wonderfully surreal biography. Bob was larger than life. 1/

“Keep in mind that, much sooner than later, the great avenues will again be opened through which will pass free people to construct a better society.” Salvador Allende’s last words to the Chilean people as Pinochet’s fascist, US-backed coup progressed 51 years ago today.

🚨 PETROINEOS SHUTS DOORS ON GRANGEMOUTH. Today Petroineos have confirmed the refinery will close in 2025. This isn’t just an attack on livelihoods and on jobs but our community and to our country. 🧵

Massive blow to Scotlands commitment to a Just Transition, desperately sad news for workers and for the wider Grangemouth and Falkirk communities. This was the litmus test for a Just Transition and that test seems to have been failed

More than 200 Spanish trade unions have announced a general strike in Spain to protest the genocide in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine. “The message we want to send to the Spanish government, the EU, and the world is to end all relations with Israel.” 🇪🇸 🇵🇸

Spain’s Ione Belarra: “Those clutching their heads in disbelief at Iran’s attacks but have remained silent for months during the worst genocide in a century against Palestine by Israel are the height of hypocrisy. The entity responsible for this escalation has a name: the USA.”

Israeli public media is posting the Jabalia death march as the ultimate victory picture of Israel's genocide. Children, men & women caged in a concentration camp, starved & bombed, then rounded up & forced to move to the next concentration camp to be caged, starved, & bombed!

Unlike Gaza, Israel can’t prevent international journalists from entering hospitals to show the world the abhorrent lies Israel tells. Western media has so much to atone for in Gaza. Media who regurgitated ridiculous renderings of command & control centres that never existed.

These are doctors and nurses. Today.

Esta es hoy Valencia, España, como esta ciudad, varios poblados están bajo el.agua, se llama: colapso climático, y lo produce el aumento del CO2 en la atmósfera por el consumo creciente de petróleo, carbón y gas en los países ricos y por los más ricos del planeta.

All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point. Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and

Final conference of the year! Thanks to N Klein Gonzalez, Dan Evans and Matt Huber for great discussion at last night's panel. Historical Materialism Journal

Very pleased to see the print version of our symposium in Critical Sociology on state society-relations during crisis periods appear. The collection examines COVID-19 governance, inequalities and civil society mobilisations in Europe. Link: journals.sagepub.com/toc/CRS/current

Later this month I'll be chairing an event to examine the comparative experiences of two regions grappling with the realities of energy transitions, featuring the indomitable Ewan Gibbs! Further info and signup details: tulelabour.org/events/

I appear in the latest edition of the Scottish Left Review, reflecting on the implications of the pandemic upon state-society relations in Scotland: scottishleftreview.scot/the-legacy-of-…