Ken Olende

Tutor in history, Tai Chi teacher and PhD student

[Unite Against Fascism @uaf]

Sickened by 'Tommy Robinson's' anti muslim lies over Leeds?
Join anti fascists on July 27th in London to stand up & oppose his attempts to divide & rule!
@AntiRacismDay @anpilondon @mendcommunity

[Leo Zeilig @LeoZeilig]

Following the mass uprisings in Kenya, Wairimu Gathimba writes about the brutal evictions of the poor in Nairobi, and the struggle to keep their homes. @gacheke2011 @RadleyBen @njukigithethwa @MathareSJustice @AmbreenaManji @UkomboziLibrary @kenolende @AmbreenaManji

[Ken Olende @kenolende]

@BreakfastRuins Still have these. Loved them. My first introduction to Mike (apart from the Elric Conan comic crossover). Some other good material and a slightly dodgy Jerry Cornelius takeoff.

[ROAPE journal @ROAPEjournal]

ROAPE's Njuki Githethwa is interviewed by Peter Dwyer on the uprising, resistance and continuing struggle for real freedom and liberation in Kenya. https://t.co/bqbnwl6ML9

[Ken Olende @kenolende]

Kenya regime retreats after furious uprising. President Ruto withdraws tax hikes. Police kill at least 22. https://t.co/RVnErxEcEL

[The Standard Digital @StandardKenya]

Kenya grinds to a halt as Gen Z protesters make good their threat

https://t.co/is9R9h07BH

[Ken Olende @kenolende]

Local Waltham Forest for Palestine protest joined by 100 people despite pouring rain. Sun came out as it arrived in Leyton. #wf4palestine

[Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social @alex_callinicos]

This is war liberalism on the domestic front: NYPD cops clear Columbia of occupying students at gunpoint

[Leo Zeilig @LeoZeilig]

Recording of launch and discussion of Revolutionary Movements in Africa on 18 April with @PlutoPress @HeikeBecker14 @nssylla @RadleyBen @FemiAborisade1 @BianchiniP27859 @CASLeeds @LuGuangMing @kenolende @LSHGofficial

[Stand Up To Racism @AntiRacismDay]

📣 NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TOMORROW, TUE 30 APRIL:  Protests in towns and cities all across Britain to oppose Sunak’s shock detention raids operation
Protests are being called outside immigration detention centres – a list of protests will shortly be posted at https://t.co/llwWfBJjPF and you can email us to find your nearest one: [email protected] 
https://t.co/UvsLrcBD0V
📣 PROTEST OUTSIDE DOWNING STREET, WED 8 MAY 6PM & X/Twitterstorm
📣 BIG LONDON/ NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION, SAT 29 JUNE to #StopRwanda detention, deportations, raids and flights
#RwandaPlan #RwandaNotInMyName
#StopRwandaRaids
#StopTheRaids #StopDeportations #SunakOut #RefugeesWelcome

[Ken Olende @kenolende]

Relistening to Julian Simpson’s radio LOVECRAFT INVESTIGATIONS once more. First time I’ve been out and about with headphones. New plus, it has some seriously psychedelic stereo sound effects that I missed before. #CartoonGravity

[Ken Olende @kenolende]

@JoeBanksWriter Saw them in 1985 at London’s Electric Ballroom supported by Nik Turner’s Inner City Unit. That was a great gig.

[Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social @alex_callinicos]

Those are the Argyll & Sutherlands, who were defeated & forced out of Aden. The Brits created the template for the Israeli repression of the Palestinians, & used the same methods in Ireland. Looking forward to seeing the IDF going down to defeat, like the Brits before them.

[Brighton UCU @BrightonUCU]

After 100+ redundancies in 2023, the VC @uniofbrighton used her first email of 2024 to announce:

👋Voluntary severance scheme

💀Plan to remove all entitlement to research time from academics

🛑Plan to remove the weekly cap on teaching hours

Haven't they caused enough damage?!

[PGRs Brighton @pgrs_brighton]

The UoB VC gets PGRs to fill in the massive gaps in teaching created by sacking everyone

Yet also says PGRs aren't proper academics and says we should get a pay cut🤔

How much contempt is it possible for one VC to have for its staff and students?

@BrightonUCU

[John Pilger @johnpilger]

It is with great sadness the family of John Pilger announce he died yesterday 30 December 2023 in London aged 84. His journalism and documentaries were celebrated around the world, but to his family he was simply the most amazing and loved Dad, Grandad and partner. Rest In Peace.

[bat020 @bat020]

they only checked the bodies because one of them was white.

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

Climate strike week 278. The final outcome of #COP28 is not a “historic win”, it is yet another example of extremely vague and watered down texts full of loopholes that in no way is even close to being sufficient for staying within the 1,5° limit and ensure climate justice.
1/3🧵

[Joseph Choonara @jchoonara]

Very proud to have contributed this analysis piece on Palestine to the forthcoming winter issue of International Socialism, "A New Nakba?". https://t.co/afqMgbGbaZ

[NaomiFromKent @NaomiFromKent]

Looks like police thought Jews anywhere near a pro-Palestinian demo needed protecting! Just goes to show how necessary the J Bloc is, to undermine the poisonous, divisive narrative that all Jews are anti-Palestinian.