Tom Gillespie
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- Reposted by Tom GillespieSaturday. 10am. Denton. Biggest action day ever? We have to stop Reform. Let’s elect Hannah Spencer 💚 actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
- Reposted by Tom Gillespie📢 Call for papers: Envisioning Labour-Led Urban Development by @globaldevinst.bsky.social 📍 @manchester.ac.uk / hybrid 📆 23-24th April 2026 ⏰ Abstracts by 31st January Find out more: buff.ly/r3tlxKt
- Reposted by Tom GillespieOn Tuesday, the Israeli military invaded Birzeit University, attacking students with live ammunition. Israel's scholasticide is a core part of its attempt to obliterate the collective life of the Palestinian people. We have written to Yvette Cooper urging the British government to take action.
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- ‘Birzeit University affirms that education will remain an act of anti-colonial resistance, and that the University will continue to be a space for knowledge and freedom, despite all attempts at repression and aggression’ Solidarity with staff and students at Birzeit www.birzeit.edu/en/news/stat...
- Reposted by Tom Gillespie1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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- Reposted by Tom GillespieIt is shocking that people have been pushed to take such serious action just to be heard. These events did not happen by accident. They are the result of the government misusing anti-terror laws.
- Reposted by Tom Gillespie1/AI chip sale to China strike a tectonic shift in US national security policy? Whats diving it:"It is a system that closely reflects what Stacie Goddard and Abraham Newman have referred to as neo-royalism...The winning clique is clear: Nvidia, Trump’s inner circle" open.substack.com/pub/mileskel...
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- Reposted by Tom Gillespie🎉'Global Marxism: Decolonisation and Revolutionary Politics' written by Simin Fadaee, has been selected as one of CHOICE’s outstanding academic titles for 2025 @manchesterup.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177988/
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- Reposted by Tom GillespieOrganised by Debolina Majumder and Michaela Collord, a workshop taking place 23-24 April 2026 will collectively envision the key features of what we call “labour-led urban development” in the Global South. Accepting abstracts until 15 Jan 2026: bit.ly/4ppGcph
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- Reposted by Tom GillespieThe diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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- Reposted by Tom GillespieGaza after the ceasefire is defined by the ‘yellow line’ — drawn by Israel, and dividing the strip in two. Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
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- Reposted by Tom Gillespie1/This week has seen a blitz of what looks like corruption sandals: Saudi development deals for US military tech, Pakistani payments to Trump insiders for tariff relief, Swiss gold bars for a trade deal. Far from a payoff, this is a reordering of internat'l system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...
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- Reposted by Tom GillespieA reminder to join us and @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social at 4:30pm today for a lecture by Gilbert Achcar from @soasdevelopment.bsky.social More info below:
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- Reposted by Tom GillespieA Government of cowards. Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution. They can't get away with this. Join.greenparty.org.uk
- Reposted by Tom GillespieNot everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
- Zohran Mamdani’s election victory indicates that housing affordability is emerging as a key political issue in the 21st century Short piece on the potential of cross-city learning for addressing the global housing challenge blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/cross-city-l...
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- Reposted by Tom GillespieNEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
- Reposted by Tom GillespieFascinating background & insight into the real estate politics of the NYC mayoral race: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
- Reposted by Tom GillespieNew call for papers: What is the future for global development? We are pleased to announce that GDI is hosting a conference in April 2026, and we are now accepting abstracts for papers and posters. Please see the full Call for Papers for more info as well as the form to submit: bit.ly/4omBJ6o
- Reposted by Tom GillespieBlood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
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- Reposted by Tom GillespieWhen we said we don't intend to be concerned or disappointed by the Labour Government - we intend to replace them, we meant it. Yougov have Labours lowest poll ever and Greens highest ever. Keep going everybody. Join.greenparty.org.uk
- Looking forward to listening to this. The alter-globalisation movement was very formative for me too. Has anyone written anything comparing this movement of the 90s-00s to the current global Palestine movement?
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- This is an escalating national emergency that requires a mass social housing programme, not more business-as-usual policies seeking to deregulate planning and 'enable' private construction
- ‘One former insider at the department recalls sustained pressure from No 10 and the Treasury to bin the emphasis on social housing, which was always successfully resisted by Angela Rayner…Until the government’s personnel changed abruptly last month, that is’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Tom GillespieRaila Amolo Odinga: kenopalo.substack.com/p/raila-amol...
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- Reposted by Tom GillespieIf you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.
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- The World Transformed is in Manchester this weekend and the programme is EPIC Looking forward to leading an urban financialisation field trip with @invisiblemapper.bsky.social at 11am tomorrow We will discuss MCR's real estate boom and community resistance theworldtransformed.org/twt25/
- Reposted by Tom GillespiePalestinians will feel understandable relief. The West should feel nothing but shame. Gaza has been obliterated. The territory rendered uninhabitable. Tens of thousands murdered in cold blood. The entire population subjected to starvation tactics. And now, colonial subjugation under Trump and Blair
- The current establishment campaign to demonise and criminalise anti-genocide protest must be understood in the context of record UK arms exports to Israel
- Reposted by Tom GillespieOver 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
- Reposted by Tom GillespieBREAKING: Over a thousand people gather in Trafalgar Square to oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban. Police have already started arresting peaceful protestors under the Terrorism Act for silently holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
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