Gerald Roche

It's publication day! The Politics of Language Oppression sheds light on a global crisis of linguistic diversity that will see at least half of the world's languages disappear this century. Use 09BCARD for a 30% discount from @cornellupress.bsky.social www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

New article just accepted for publication: "What Can Linguistic Justice Researchers and Practitioners Learn from More than a Century of Social Justice Debates?"

thinking about moths

We have to accept the fact that for a large proportion of voters racism is very attractive and, in Australia, an intellectual and political mainstay. So yes, absolutely, be polite where you can, don't get personal, meet people where they are, but always be anti-racist — that's the fight.

Reactionary settler colonial discourse 101. It's from Canada, but uses identical tropes to Australian anti-language revitalization discourse.

Here’s a paper of interest that speaks of a hypocrisy experienced far beyond its scope. It resonates deeply with our work with Selbi Durdiyeva on the selective anti-imperialism of much of the Western left in its treatment of Europe’s East & Central Asia. Glad to have come across Dibyesh Anand’s work

What is language oppression, and how is it intensifying in #Tibet? In this FNVA Talk, @geraldroche.bsky.social examines enforced language loss, Tibet’s linguistic diversity, & the impact of China’s “ethnic unity” policies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc6K...

inside of you are two wolves

New review of my book says that it is "important but controversial" - I think BUT is an interesting choice of word here. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New review of my book says that it is "important but controversial" - I think BUT is an interesting choice of word here. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thurs: FNVA hold webinar "Intensifying Language Oppression in Tibet: From Invasion to Ethnic Unity" w/ @geraldroche.bsky.social & Rinzin Namgyal as facilitator & "Solidarity Event!" Join Students4palestineTH & BDS Thailand for an evening of learning, culture & community at Thammasat University. 5/

"language loss is not inevitable" A great @aunz.theconversation.com article from @geraldroche.bsky.social about @sophiasgaler.bsky.social's fabulous book How to Kill a Language & the politics of language oppression: theconversation.com/languages-ar...

Groundbreaking research from company that sells anti-plagiarism software to universities says that plagiarism at universities is on the rise. theconversation.com/more-than-50...

I'll be giving a talk two weeks from now for the Forum for Non-Violent Alternatives. Registration is via the QR code below for anyone who'd like to come along.

If you’ve seen this article, you may be sitting with anger, pain, or just exhaustion at dealing with another helping of colonial nonsense. We feel a responsibility to speak back when these colonizing narratives show up, yet again, in such a prominent venue. endangeredlanguages.com/story/respon...

Withdrawal of formal support for language and cultural education is already risks turning minority languages into “kitchen languages” something @geraldroche.bsky.social has written eloquently about (link below). The new law would potentially go further www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... /8

🧵: This new law, in keeping with previous ones lines the HK National Security Law, asserts that the PRC can extraterritorialize its jurisdiction over speech and actions related to its national unity. Essentially it’s stating that it can police how people abroad speak about ethnic policy. /1

In response to the current inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, my colleagues and I made a submission focusing on linguistic racism. Link for the full submission in the next post.

The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights is being updated and relaunched, and any institution, entity, group, or community anywhere in the world that works for the defense, promotion, and equality of languages ​​can register to participate in the process: www.dudling.org/en/participa...

The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights is being updated and relaunched, and any institution, entity, group, or community anywhere in the world that works for the defense, promotion, and equality of languages ​​can register to participate in the process: www.dudling.org/en/participa...

Very grateful to Gerald for leading the linguistics team at La Trobe on this submission to the inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It's important for linguists to use what we know about language to advocate against linguistic racism.

this is what I think of when I write to you saying "I hope this email finds you well"

An autistic rights advocate I know is raising funds for a good cause. Please support if you can, or share if you aren't able to donate at the moment. givewheel.com/fundraising/...

love this critique of corporate wellness initiatives from the early 20th century - today we would have an app for that

"It was certainly unfortunate to name such a beautiful bird after a mass killer." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Apologize to your children when you fuck up. Which you will a lot. Work on doing better. Show them the process. Let them see your humility and your work.

Glad to be able to submit this testimony in support of proposed changes to strengthen the Language Access Act in DC. Local measure like this are more important now that the executive order declaring English the US's official language has undermined language access

Some inspiration to start your week, from Emmanuel NGUÉ UM: "A Future of Language Freedom" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wos0...

What happens when we lose a language is that people have their human rights violated and their self-determination denied. They experience in justice and are harmed in multiple ways. So much more is at stake than culture, tradition, and knowledge. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

China is winning its language war in Tibet. thediplomat.com/2025/03/chin...

What happens when we lose a language is that people have their human rights violated and their self-determination denied. They experience in justice and are harmed in multiple ways. So much more is at stake than culture, tradition, and knowledge. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

If you think everyone deserves an equal chance to live a long healthy life, please, at least, sign a petition opposing the cuts to the NDIS. www.change.org/p/protect-th...

This is social murder: the creation of conditions in which people "can neither retain health nor live long." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cuts to the NDIS will push thousands of autistic people in Australia back into a state of heightened vulnerability. More autistic people will commit suicide. More autistic people will be exposed to increased chances of premature death.

Autistic people rely on that safety net to protect us from the ubiquitous structural factors that expose us to violence, undermine our mental health, erode our wellbeing, and constantly push us to an early death.

What this shows is that austerity measures erode the safety net - the thing that helps keep us alive - for autistic people and our families.