Anupama Ranawana

Just a few tickets left for this today! I am so excited to see this project come to fruition: www.schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk/whats-on/bod...

Outstanding postscript to Culture, Power, Politics' series of podcasts on universities with @jemgilbert.bsky.social Alan and Andrew McGettigan which delves deeply into the economics of the sector and the political underpinnings of the current crisis. culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/10/26/u...

The errors caused by AI in processing asylum claims have been shown to be far higher than the Home Office's claims, somewhere around a quarter. For many people that can be a life of death decision. AI has no place determining that for people. www.wired.com/story/uk-hom...

📣 The review of the First Order Draft of the Working Group II contribution to IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability has started. Interested experts can register until 20 Nov 2026: https://bit.ly/4y1LI58 The review ends on 4 December.

What does it mean to be working-class in higher education? Join our webinar exploring the experiences of working-class staff, collective power and equal opportunities. Friday 4 December | 12–1pm Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Big ask but this book is being sent to US publishers this week & on the off chance you *had* been thinking you might read it & *did* want to take advantage of the free delivery & help push it higher up the Blackwell's chart, that'd help its chances of being published a lot & be much appreciated...

“Officers attended and engaged with those involved. There were no arrests. Campaigning and demonstration are a legitimate, necessary and vital part of life" Interesting tactic from Police Scotland who routinely kettle antifascist groups while they attempt to peacefully protest. shorturl.at/QCf7N

We have an open-rank tenure track job in Global Black Feminisms at Rutgers, Fall 2027 start date.

"Netanyahu is a convenient scapegoat most of all for Israeli centrists and liberals, those enlightened opposition voters who would like to believe that they bear no personal responsibility for their country’s policies." www.equator.org/articles/isr...

New: "For the last 30 years, our institutions have propped up Bibi, telling us not to question, often refusing to heed even mainstream Israeli partners asking us not to do that. As someone who's worked my whole career to build bridges, I've resisted writing this piece. But– if not now, when?"

BREAKING: Another immigrant has died in ICE custody, the 28th death in ICE detention in 2026.

So much to say about Brazil, not least of which is the role that Erika Hilton, a Black trans leader and most voted woman politician in Brazil, played in mobilizing folks for Lula. She was behind the critical, concrete, economic promise of shorter work-week. theprint.in/feature/erik...

Was away for work and came home to what can only be described as walls of water (thanks Boleo) but some incredible book post. 🔥

UCU branches plan coordinated fightback against ‘apocalyptic’ job cuts as they criticise ‘inadequate’ response from central union https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-branches-plan-coordinated-fightback-apocalyptic-job-cuts

Instead we should focus on which messages, ideas, and visions beyond "we need to beat the far right" have mobilized large parts of society. We should understand the organizational structures behind these victories and acknowledge that they are about more than defending the status quo.

We need to stop always making the far right the subject of political agency and the object of voter decisions in our analyses of contemporary politics. The success of the far right is not inevitable. But single elections do not signal the end of the far-right threat to our democracies.

Many comments on the great election victories in Brazil and Serbia state that the authorian right is in decline or that voters have rejected far-right authoritarianism. That is a wrong interpretation of what happened. Progressive movements mobilized and beat the authoritarian right. That's different

The Student List had no party machinery. It operated through university assemblies, protests and hiking between cities & towns. They had 2% of national TV political advertising airtime vs 93% for Vučić. This is one of the most remarkable grassroots democratic victories in modern European history.

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

The achievement of Serbian students overthrowing Aleksandar Vučić can't be overstated. In 2024, they began protesting. In 2025, they transformed a protest movement into civil dissidence. In 2026, they became a political party — and two months later, crushed a corrupt state-entrenched authoritarian.

Important statement from another congressman and key youth leader, Guilherme Cortez. Very, very important words right now as the polls have officially closed.

Leaving this beautiful, moving photo by Antonello Veneri here as a brief balm. Taken this morning in Salvador, one of the cities most affected by voter suppression, and showing the pure elation of Lula voters coming out of the polling station after exercising their democratic right.

Lula wins in Brazil and student movement in Serbia ousts Vučić!! #PeoplePower

"This was not something that the USCCB organized. It is not affiliated with the Conference." ~ USCCB spokesperson "clearly an attempt to hijack the message coming from the leaders of the USCCB," ~ @massimofaggioli.bsky.social , theology prof at Villanova. www.ncronline.org/news/ahead-e...

The Héritage Foundation are a right wing American think tank. Any Bishop choosing to accept their invitation is a red flag

NEW: An order of New York nuns founded in 1817 has rebuked the bishops who laid hands on President Trump. “Images carry messages,” the Sisters of Charity wrote. “Silence carries messages, too.” The nuns have a powerful ally in Pope Leo XIV, who has put women at the center of his leadership.

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

The full video of my conversation with @sugi.bsky.social about her stories in the context of the 'kadalodikal' collection. Use the CC button to turn on subtitles. youtu.be/7G3VbIpW3xQ

New York archdiocese to pay $800 million to over 1300 sex abuse victims

Grim stories from Brazil. Indigenous voters going to the city a day early because they don’t trust their state not to cut off their travel routes on election day: www.instagram.com/reel/De4z6kP... - while many flights to the north east, a pro-Lula region, have been cancelled without explanation.

The alarm in Israel's business community over Netanyahu's comments is palpable. Suddenly centrist pundits are saying how important it is to end the war. Another proof that sanctions have to be on the table.

When will Brazil election results be announced? #tenterhooks

At Jaffna Customs office, books dealing with political subjects get singled out for scrutiny. The presence of words such as “war,” “military,” “gun,” “Tigers,” and “mass grave” is enough to detain a book.' - A joint appeal by the Eelam Tamil writers. kirishanth.com?p=3925

Palantir being given access to this stuff is basically treason.

I was wondering what the actual figure might be. Why isn’t the collapse of UK HE as a sector reported as the social crisis it is.

The 'academic management roles' are chair of the Faculty of Divinity's exam board and convenor of the MPhil in philosophy of religion. He continues to lecture undergraduates in ethics. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers.

The Oxford student branch of Reform UK has invited self-styled “race realist” Nathan Cofnas to speak. Cofnas, whose Substack was linked to the hounding of Jason Arday, said he aims to be “head of eugenics and race science at Harvard”. He was dismissed from Emmanuel (Cantab) and suspended by Ghent.

It's very disturbing to see Oriel College hosting this evening with Nathan Cofnas: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn

"The deadly incident comes just days before a crucial election that will decide whether Netanyahu can hold on to power. There has been a recent surge in Israeli settler violence...with Palestinians, activists and American journalists among those attacked" www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

Adding further to the list of censored Tamil books, on Thursday (22), Sri Lanka custom officials in Jaffna refused to release 30 copies of the Tamil novel "Thorai" by Pradeep Kunaradnam alias Yatharthan & informed the author to obtain a "Defence Ministry permission". @peninternational.bsky.social

The mad worldwide data centre rush brings environmental vandalism to Finland. Google ordered to stop but it's estimated that a quarter of a million trees over the 330 hectare forest have been killed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...