Hospitals in Gaza are now reporting that they will only function for a matter of hours due to fuel shortages after the Israeli military closed the Rafah crossing.

The doctor I interviewed was at the European Hospital. It has now run out of fuel and is in blackout.

Great Guardian culture article about Alec Gill amazing photography of Hull’s fishing community. I have his beautiful book with Iranzu Baker’s which can be bought here alecgillhessleroadphotoarchivebook.com

50 years ago, Chilean refugees began arriving in Hull, having fled after the coup. Among them was the photographer Luis Bustamante and his wife, Carmen.

Resharing my piece on the Chileans who came to Hull, in advance of some exciting news coming soon..

mapmagazine.co.uk/i-wasnt-lookin…

50 years ago, Chilean refugees began arriving in Hull, having fled after the coup. Among them was the photographer Luis Bustamante and his wife, Carmen.

Resharing my piece on the Chileans who came to Hull, in advance of some exciting news coming soon..

mapmagazine.co.uk/i-wasnt-lookin…

More than 5479 students, 261 teachers and 95 university professors have been killed in Gaza and over 7819 students and 756 teachers have been injured…At least 60% of educational facilities…have been damaged or destroyed and at least 625,000 students have no access to education

They say you can be judged by the company you keep, so it is hugely disappointing that Hull KR should choose to partner with the toxic P&O Ferries
800 seafarers sacked, via Zoom, many in Hull!
Hang your heads in shame Hull KR

Yesterday, I was teaching on environmental migration& students were shocked to know that University of Sheffield partners with weapons manufacturers like BAE & Boeing that are directly destroying the environment in Gaza.
Stop by #Sheffieldencampment and learn more!
#sccp

British universities are conducting research, for the companies making the weapons, that are being used in a genocide. Not a conspiracy theory - just what's happening, proudly advertised.

That's the lethal status quo that contours all calls for reasonable/civil/peaceful protest

🚨BREAKING: On May Day, over 1,000 workers are blockading the UK Trade Department in London and BAE Systems’ arms factories in Scotland, Wales and Lancashire 🇵🇸 🚩 #StopArmingIsrael

Obviously academia and war have gone hand in hand for centuries but one recent development, the fetishization of STEM (often with some dopey social justice angle) has handed over large chunks of science education to weapons contractors. It’s extremely common and taken for granted

The government has announced that it will begin detaining people imminently in preparation for the next Rwanda flight.

Active solidarity & anti-raids resistance will be key to protecting our friends, neighbours, community members & loved ones.

Read and share the leaflets below:

Academisation is framed in terms of 'choice' and 'raising standards' but the real aims have been clear since day 1: undermine local authorities, remove staff from national bargaining agreements & promote privatisation. It is a travesty to call this grift an education system imo

When Israel assassinated Ghassan Kanafani for being an eloquent spokesperson for the Palestinian cause, they also killed his 17yo niece.

They really are out to exterminate the poets and intellectuals for generations.

“They’ll say we’re disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war.” Howard Zinn 1971

Israel is disappearing unknown numbers of Gazan men into a camp where they're blindfolded, all limbs shackled, tortured, where medical care means getting a hand amputated because the metal cuffs cut into it and caused an infection.
cnn.com/2024/04/06/mid…

CAAT: The UK is complicit in Israel’s killing of UK aid workers in Gaza

7 aid workers, incl. 3 UK citizens, were killed by a strike from an Elbit Systems Hermes 450 drone. It's powered by a R902(W) Wankel engine, made in UK by Elbit's UAV Engines Ltd(1/7)
caat.org.uk/news/media-rel…