'Asylum seekers are our neighbours, not political pawns for failing politicians. If MPs cannot resist the Rwanda plan, activists will.'

Thank you to Owen Jones for talking to Right to Remain.

Solidarity to everyone resisting detention & deportation.

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Exclusive: Home Office civil servants are “running away” from roles linked to the Rwanda scheme, insiders have said

There is internal frustration over attempts to implement the government’s plans, which civil servants called 'unworkable' and 'a shit show'
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It dawned on me today that I could use my fitness classes to be more visible. Instead of a boring black tee, I dusted off an old 🇵🇸 top to wear to my class tonight. Gyms are places where ppl leave their thinking mind at the door, get out of their head & tune into their bodies

🚨 OUT TODAY 🚨

📚 'Low-Paid EU Migrant Workers, the House, the Street, the Town' by Catherine Barnard Fiona Costello 🧡 Sarah Fraser Butlin is now out with Bristol Uni Press!

The book explores the lives of EU migrant workers in the UK following Brexit & Covid-19 👇

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/low-paid-eu-mi…

I have never seen Columbia's campus like this. Such a clear and courageous expression of solidarity.

Columbia University administrators, this is a test. Your response will go down on your permanent record. Don't fail it

Are you at a university that talks the global as a marketing strategy but not as solidarity? Welcome to the cosmopolitan sidestep 👇🏽

It’s really hard to describe the pressures of being an academic at risk of redundancy. You still have to deliver everything the job demands (and normal working conditions demand way too much, prompting years of industrial action) in teaching, research & admin …/1

A tragedy occured on the French coast yesterday when five people, including a 7 year old child, died in a small boat. The context that you need to understand it is in this report alarmphone.org/en/2024/01/28/… #channel

I am really excited that I will be giving the keynote at this year's Hong Kong Studies Association conference! What started as an exploration of my family history has taken me in new directions with my research which I am excited to be sharing with colleagues next month eventbrite.co.uk/e/hksa-annual-…

This was such a powerful and beautiful community to be in for an hr (despite wrestling grumpy small child in background for most of it). Amazing speakers (inc wonderful Sociologists in Solidarity with Palestinians comrades), care and solidarity. Look out for future events

'To those who say “who cares what sociologists think and do?” I say sociologists care what sociologists think and do...about minimizing unnecessary suffering. History shows that if sociology cares about the world, then the world may care about sociology.'
sociologistsforpalestine.org/blog/sociology…

‘Retreat is no defense against the political encroachment on university autonomy and more broadly civil society. Now is the time to stand up for the moral principles that brought so many of us to sociology’

UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda - but we still need to keep up our opposition to these cruelty at the heart of the UK's approach to immigration - this, from Denisa Delić of international rescue committee UK really stood out to me buff.ly/4b4Hsq9

Looking forward to hearing from community organisers working with racially minoritised EU citizens living in Leicester and beyond at today’s workshop organised by @bernardRyan Dr Idil Osman Marie Godin @neweuropeansuk

‘Sociologists may be on their own side, but we cannot afford to be introverted, inward looking. How can we not join the mounting chorus for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza?’

30 years after Stephen Lawrence's tragic murder the SL30 podcast commemorates his ongoing legacy and reminds us that there is much left unsaid and more to understand about the effects of racism in Britain. Listen to SLRC Interim Director Lamanda P
intro: bit.ly/481MV00

I felt so much despair about our academic institutions this week - from NYC to Jerusalem. But I also felt so connected with my discipline (maybe for the first time?), seeing so many sociologists coming out in solidarity with Palestine Sociologists for Palestine Sociologists in Solidarity with Palestinians 🫶🏻 🇵🇸

Well there's a surprise ;) - Sunak rejects offer of youth mobility scheme between EU and UK buff.ly/3W5NYJe

Great breakdown by @colinyeo1 on yesterday’s reporting that the EU are considering a proposal for youth mobility between the UK and EU buff.ly/3UmbEI0

Great reflections from Dr. Ethel Tungohan on academic publishing