Richard Wallace

Lecturer in Politics, IR, Peace & Conflict Studies | Focus on Politics, Religion, Violence in MENA & South Asia | YouTube Podcast:

[Richard Wallace @RichJWallace]

New Substack post on The Old Quarter.

In this piece, I examine the relationships between Syria’s religious minority communities and the state, during both the Assad era and under the transitional government.

🔗https://t.co/gIkqsMI5Sb

#syria #middleeast #geopolitics #religion

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect.  Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.

This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public. 

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Looks like some really fierce tutting might be going on.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"Farage using Christianity ‘to stir anti-Muslim feeling’, says Rowan Williams. Former archbishop of Canterbury also has ‘awkward questions’ for activist Tommy Robinson on his claimed faith"
https://t.co/k62bCMcLN3

[Stephen Flynn @StephenFlynnSNP]

Looking forward to the day they read it back to him at The Hague.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

English is an amazingly creative language.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Be fascinating to see FIFA's reaction to the serious accusation contained here. All of it piles more pressure on Gianni Infantino... he has to go.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

He’s losing to a bin isn’t he? lol

[Martin Shaw @martinshawx]

It is for every state that has signed the Genocide Convention to make its own determination. It’s a political decision, the need for which was triggered at least 30 months ago when the ICJ warned of a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.

Totally unimpressive that Burnham hasn’t moved an inch from Starmer’s manifestly incoherent and immoral position on this issue.

[Richard Wallace @RichJWallace]

@FabrizioRomano @TomBarclay_ 😔

[Bushra Shaikh @Bushra1Shaikh]

Islam is an established part of Western society.

We are here.

If you don't like it, leave.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

History will judge Keir Starmer as a man who lied his way to the top of the Labour Party and then used that power to evoke Enoch Powell with “island of strangers”, keep children in poverty, attack disabled people, scapegoat refugees, strip back civil liberties, and hand our public services to Palantir.

A man who gave the top diplomatic job to the “best pal” of a convicted paedophile, said Israel has the right to cut off water and electricity to Gaza, rolled out the red carpet for Israeli war criminals, and kept the weapons flowing to the Israeli military as it committed genocide.

Good riddance.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Keir Starmer could have ended child poverty, homelessness and the grotesque levels of inequality in this country.

Instead, he abandoned those in need, destroyed our civil liberties and facilitated genocide in Gaza.

That is how this Prime Minister will be remembered - and that is the legacy of moral and political bankruptcy he leaves behind.

The crises in our society are not going away. Neither are we - and we will keep fighting for a more equal, peaceful and dignified society for all.

[Richard Wallace @RichJWallace]

Trafalgar Square hosts celebrations for Diwali, Holi and Hanukkah—great examples of London’s multiculturalism.

@Nigel_Farage doesn’t seem to object to those.

But Muslims praying there during Ramadan? That’s where the problem suddenly appears.

[Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage]

What we witnessed in London at the historic Trafalgar Square, in a country built on Judeo-Christian values, was a group of people attempting dominance over our capital city and our culture.

We are not going to surrender everything that was built over centuries and defended at great cost in two world wars for us to be a free, independent nation.

The British people will not put up with this any longer — simple as.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

I was on BBC last night, following a clip with voices from Iran. All the selected voices welcomed war, saying they cheered every time they heard an explosion.

Those views exist. But when you ONLY air those voices, you are doing war propaganda.

And I told BBC that live on air.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

When Israel attacked an Iraqi nuclear reactor ("Operation Babylon") Maggie Thatcher charged Israel with a "grave breach of international law." She added: "I uphold international law. Once we go away from that, we shall not know where we are." Here Badenoch endorsing war crime.

[thelefttake @thelefttake]

Probably because normal people with functioning brains don’t blame every single Muslim for 9/11 the same way I wouldn’t blame my German mate for WW2 you stupid bastard.

[Bruno Maçães @MacaesBruno]

Please everyone who was silent about the genocide, have some shame and refrain from talking about freedom or dignity or human rights. You have no right to speak of such things and only pollute those sacred words by voicing them

[Jon Danilowicz @JonFDanilowicz]

“Too much of Bangladesh’s politics still focuses on history while its citizens repeatedly indicate that they are more interested in what will happen to the country in the coming years”. Thanks to @CounterpointBD for the space to write about the use and abuse of history.

https://t.co/JDftR6rHWZ