'The Nakba has also a lesser-known environmental dimension, the complete transformation of the environment, the weather, the soil, the loss of indigenous climate, the vegetation, the skies. The Nakba is a process of colonially imposed climate change.'

The original false claim blaming 'Islamists' was seen by 8.2m people. The 'correction' (without apology) has been seen by <150k people

This approach of jumping to conclusions to whip up fear & play to certain prejudices, is common & hugely problematic

It'll also be 45 yrs to the day since anti-racist activist & teacher Blair Peach was killed by police in Southall, a stone's throw from Brunel. And that's what I'll be emphasising - the importance of grassroots anti-racist history for thinking critically & acting radically today

“In this war between coloniser & colonised, oppressor & oppressed, there has been nothing remotely approaching equivalence between the two sides”

A must-read in ⁦The Guardian by Rashid Khalidi:

“‘new abyss’: Gaza and the hundred years’ war on Palestine” theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Israel isn’t just stealing Palestine, they’re stealing their multi-million dollar oil & gas fields…🇮🇱🇵🇸

Beautiful, a momentous and moving event.

Yet, not a single tweet from the University of Glasgow about Ghassan Abu Sitta’s installation as rector.

Glad to hear Maya Wind is speaking in Manchester on 22 April! Sign up to the book launch before it sells out:
ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/manch…

Thx to UMUCU & BRICUP for organising!

Last year Matthew O'Donnell who is now our Curator of Herpetology introduced us to the cute baby giant green anoles bred here in the museum, and their brand new enclosure.

1 million visitors later, let’s see how they’re getting on… 🦎

Back in Belfast ICOM UK as a keynote speaker for this afternoon and sharing #SouthAsiaGallery Manchester Museum learning. For now sitting back and in awe at the inspiring work happening across museums globally 👏🏽 Hannah Crowdy

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I told you tonight we die as a family
we were supposed to die
as a family

All 12 universities in Gaza have been destroyed in the Israeli assault. Three presidents and 100 deans and professors have been killed.

Academic ties with Israeli institutions are simply untenable.

lemonde.fr/en/internation…

Eid Mubarak.
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸

A ‘decolonise’ conference that’s rejected a panel on Palestine because they only want topics that aren’t divisive 🙃 tells you everything you need to know about ‘decolonisation’ and UK universities 🫠

I keep thinking of the many White/western/Global North people who shared this Naomi Shulman quote some years ago. And how few have spoken up about the genocide(s).

I guess “nice people” don’t change over time?

what’s this called, folks. what’s the name of a camp like this.

I just left Gaza.

The situation on the ground is far more devastating than I expected.

The healthcare system is completely collapsed.

An entire nation is living in tents.

An invasion into Rafah will commence the largest massacre in modern history.

#Gaza #Gaza _Genocide

Part of our resistance to the finality of genocide is for us to talk about tomorrow, plan for tomorrow, work on healing the wounds of our people. The aim of this war is that there would no Palestinian tomorrow. We own tomorrow. Tomorrow is a Palestinian day.

I don’t think Germany has guilt for the Holocaust as such but rather that it uses its position as the ‘worst perpetrator of the only genocide™️’ to propel its Islamophobia, white supremacy & philosemitic antisemitism by portraying itself as the prime victim of the Palestinians