Richard MacDonald
@richardlmac
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This piece on the making of 1970s independent Thai film Tongpan was a labour of love. Writing it enlarged my world. A Circumstantial Collective: Tongpan and the Isan Film Group – Senses of Cinema https://t.co/Gwv8J9ey5f
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The people protesting, many of them Jewish, are protesting against Starmer and the UK’s arming of Israel, a foreign government. They are not protesting against British Jews. It is Starmer here who is conflating British Jews with Israel - and doing the antisemites’ work for them.
I urge anyone thinking about protesting this weekend to recognise and respect the grief of British Jews. This is a moment of mourning. It is not a time to stoke tension and cause further pain. It is a time to stand together. We are a country that welcomes all people, no matter
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So, it seems that Prof Frances Corner, the VC who headed up mass redundancies & decimated the careers of over 100 dedicated academics, inc mine, at #GoldsmithsCollege, has stepped down with immediate effect, a year before her contract expires. What's the story there I wonder?
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@StreathamRovers @RoyalMail I know how you feel.. out on Streatham Common this morning and nearly trod in this… 😡
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New article! NIMBYs, shills and liars: ancient woodland, high-speed rail and the legibility of justifications by Richard MacDonald / @richardlmac
https://t.co/xn1jpTgleZ
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We broke down the logic of Israel’s policy of starvation, its architecture, and aims, showing how engineered starvation (and its supposed mitigation) is used as a tool to break Palestinian society.
A ceasefire is not enough. The Israeli military’s weaponisation of aid and starvation to displace and destroy Palestinian society will not stop as long as Israel controls aid distribution. Our new analysis shows how Israel has imposed a deadly aid system through GHF ration
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Anyone who wants to take on the Tories, Reform and this failing Labour government is a friend of mine. Looking forward to seeing what this looks like in practice.
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: https://t.co/MAwVBrHOzH
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The Palestinian people will never forget who stood firm with us on matter of principle, before it was fashionable to condemn the ongoing genocide. Thank you, @GaryLineker, for your principled voice.
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Israel: “We’re going to do it.” “We’re doing it.” “Here’s a video of us doing it.” “We didn’t do it.” “You’re an antisemite for saying we did it.”
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I’m hearing from ever more parents of primary school aged children that their children really don’t like school. They say that it’s boring, that they have to sit for long hours listening. Parents say that young children are taught things which they, their parents, have never
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Elon Musk’s X stands to benefit financially if the UK govt pulls £800m tax on US tech firms to appease Trump. X, Facebook, get pay-off for supporting Trump, paid by welfare cuts in the UK. What would Trump demand next? UK behaving like the 51st state. https://t.co/nm0NufyGCs
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Prominent campaigner says Elon Musk’s platform qualifies for the levy, which is on the block in negotiations
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There must be an independent investigation into the responsibilities of Western corporate media in obscuring/manipulating information about Israel's apparent crimes. While the immorality of journalists exploiting footage of fallen colleagues may go unpunished, executives
.@Hind_Gaza last year: "From where are AP, Reuters, getting their footage? They're getting it from us.. but journalists in Gaza have zero protection" The lack of solidarity shown to journalists in Gaza by most of their colleagues in the west has been shameful
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I was at Nasser Hospital in #Gaza when it was bombed today. One of my patients, a 17-year-old boy, was killed. He would have gone home tomorrow. If I had been changing his dressings, as I planned to this evening, I probably would have been killed too. Attacking hospitals is a war
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this was one of his messages that will haunt me till the day i die
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I support the students in their righteous outrage at the ongoing genocide and UK government complicity @UofGlasgow
NEW: Hundreds of students have walked out of classes and joined an encampment for Gaza outside the University of Glasgow
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I recall the first time I spoke to Hossam—he was the kindest soul I have ever spoken to. Always down to earth, always caring, despite everything he was going through. He used to ask about me and say, “Are you okay?” And I would respond, “Hossam, I should be the one asking if
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18 months of this holocaust. Our leaders still support it. “When I was in Gaza, I felt like it was the prelude to the end of humanity,” heroic doctor Tanya Hassan told UN. Don’t you feel it, too? I cannot see a way back from what we’ve allowed to happen. https://t.co/bf0YvDzF8c
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We have to defeat this monster. The alternative is genocide until total erasure.
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Since last night Israel killed 174 children. In under 24 hours.
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