Anyone else making the move from X to Bluesky?
Ive started the move over from the right winged cesspit to hopefully a platform which is less bonkers! - https://t.co/SNfex1CR7o
Lets see how this one goes.
TurnerPrize 2024 winner Jasleen Kaur used her acceptance speech to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, demand an end to institutional complicity in Israels genocide & call for an arms embargo
A special mention to the pathetic statement from the presenter at the end
Register now for our conference 'Inequalities and Diversity in the Arts and Creative Industries' on 16th January, programme to be announced soon! The conference will be in-person and online https://t.co/0Ub8e37DS9
CEDIA has signed the Anti-Racist Pledge by @WeAreBRIG to commit to work collectively to create an anti-racist Birmingham and West Midlands. Thanks to @kforkert for signing it at the BRIG summit
Incredibly tough day for my friends at Asian Network News. The BBC are axing their entire team. A group of brilliant journalists who tell the stories of British Asians & give them a voice on matters that affect them. Nowhere in the BBC does that. Devastated doesn’t cover it.
First Sikh sacred music exams launched in UK.
Kirtan has become part of the universal eight-grade music examination system.
Five Sikh string instruments, dilruba, taus, esraj, sarangi and saranda, can now be studied resulting in UCAS points being awarded.
https://t.co/sLatC14wYm
Following the riots, the government should be standing up — unequivocally — to the far right.
Shamefully, they are taking lessons from them instead.
Our common humanity offers a different lesson: refugees who have fled violence should be treated with compassion & respect.
Ecstatic that Marieha was found not guilty but I left the court fuming 😡 To quote Malcolm the #coconuttrial was a 'circus, with clowns and all', Exhibit A for the #PsychosisOfWhiteness We have to keep the pressure up and resist the policing of our thought
"I'm mad ... this (coconut placard) trial was a circus, clowns and all, it never should have happened!"
Leading black professor Kehinde Andrews slams the Marieha Hussain coconut trail as a waste of resources and explains how the "struggling" prosecution couldn't find experts to back their stance after Andrews and others rejected their approaches.
@kehinde_andrews | @bob_cart124
Out now. Our anthology of commissioned creative writing & short historical commentaries from the #ColonialCountryside project about @nationaltrust houses published by @peepaltreepress. With a photo essay by Ingrid Pollard
👾The Video Game Cultures conference is being held in Birmingham for the first time right here at BCU!
This academic conference, running since 2009, will feature UK & international presenters, from master’s students to established academics.
Learn more👇
https://t.co/q5fahK2OCQ