Ask yourself why the 'Western' press isn't apoplectic about this and the hundreds of other murdered journalists, reporters and crew in Gaza. Ask yourself why The BBC or Guardian isn't screaming about it.

In 2021 I owed £61,586 on all my student loans. I am pleased to announce that 3 years later in 2024 I have managed to get that number down to... £61,757. Yes, after paying £300 out of my salary every month I now owe the Student Loans Company Repayment £200 more than I did 3 years ago.

"Its actually quite clear... the state of Israel is perpetrating war crimes in plain sight" Foreign office official Mark Smith, whose job was to advise the govt on the legality of arms sales, explains why he's resigned over UK arms sales to Israel.

Can't help thinking after the news of the Mike Lynch yacht tragedy of all the other poor souls who have died in the Med over the years when their vessels went down. Not business tycoons, but people fleeing for their lives. Aka fellow human beings.

Guardian Universities This language of a ‘golden age of universities’ coming into decline is directly from a KPMG brochure advertising services for an increasingly marketised HE sector, a document shaped more by neoliberal ideology than principled research, sound policy advice or pedagogical values.

On this day in 1804, the world’s first free Black republic was founded when Haiti won independence from French colonial rule. Here is all you need to know about the Haitian revolution and the events that have occurred since.

Awful terrible news about another boat sinking and loss of life in the Mediterranean. Could be added to the 875 people reported dead or missing this year in the Mediterranean so far this year, but won’t be. data.unhcr.org/en/situations/… digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1799/read…

Those shocked by the plight of delivery riders living in a caravan shanty town may be interested in the Labour's government response: I asked if they had any plans to grant citizenship to undocumented migrants, which has undermined exploitative shadow labour markets elsewhere 1/3

The gov response was hard to make sense of: they say they want to help exploited migrant workers but only if they stop working illegally. Something they cannot do without a change in the law to regularise their presence in the UK 2/3

More broadly it appears the Labour gov have decided to combat the racist scapegoating of migrants by... er... continuing the same hostile environment policies of the last gov but adding a sad face emoji 😔 as they feel really bad about it 3/3

"The economy & society are ruined but this has nothing to do with capitalism, the ideology of our ruling class, or our political system, none of which require any significant change": bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Political situation in France is fairly jaw-dropping. 1. Elections were 7 weeks ago, & in France transition is quick. But still no new government, & it's not just bc there's no solution: Macron stalled, then announced a bizarre "Olympic truce," & is now stalling again.

More than 400 students Goldsmiths, University of London have written to the university threatening legal action after mass staff redundancies resulted in courses and modules being axed, reports Juliette Rowsell timeshighereducation.com/news/goldsmith…

Michael Walker a couple of years ago explaining what a huge hypocrite James O'Brien is.

Labour got rid of the previous MP for Ilford South because he stood on a picket line with striking workers and replaced him with someone who rents out flats with black mould and ant infestations.

David Lammy, I rewrote your speech more accurately: "we will suspend the export of components for fighter aircraft, except for components for the F35, our main contribution to Israel's genocidal war in Gaza, because we don't want to upset the Americans" gov.uk/government/spe…

Before Brexit, net migration averaged around 200,000–250,000 per year. After Brexit, it shot up to an all-time high of 745,000. But why? The UK economy is structurally dependent on migrant workers. James Hampshire looks at UK immigration policy politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/full-fat-…

Jewish German Michael Barenboim, Head of Chamber Music at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, categorically rejects what Israel stands for: "Israel tries to present itself as the only representation of Jews, I don't want to be represented by Israel, quite the contrary"

'Everyone I know would be outraged' Goldsmiths student campaigner Eliza Bourke responds to suggestions from university bosses that yearly tuition fees might need to be raised to £12,500 #Newsnight

Senior managers at UK universities have sunk so low they’ll celebrate any bauble, even from a gutter rag.