words no longer mean anything....
'terrorist' (now used to justify attacks on boats in the Caribbean)
'refugee' (now used to justify sending privileged white South Africans to the US)
'weapon of mass destruction' (this one is so stupid it isn't clear what is going on here)
Our final editorial: THANK YOU to everyone who helped us make BTS a success over the past 11 years. We will forever be in your debt, and we will miss you! Take care.
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Late sharing cos was unwell, but here’s our farewell from openDemocracy’s Beyond Trafficking & Slavery.
What a privilege to have been part of the editorial team. I learnt so much from our incredible contributors & the amazing Cam Thibos, Melissa Pawson & @joelquirk.bsky.social . Thank you all ❤️
This thread really gets at the way amateur restorative justice processes very often become about rape apologism and protecting perpetrators—while pushing survivors out of the community they never hurt in any way.
📆 London friends! Join us for this event on Friday 13th at @soasuni.bsky.social 6pm, where network members @vickytaylor.bsky.social, @hallamtuck.bsky.social & Melissa Pawson will speak alongside Seán Binder about the criminalisation of migration & solidarity.
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Check out our new #callforpapers! This issue will highlight examples of cross-sectoral, cross-movement solidarities to fight marginalisation and oppression 👉🏼https://antitraffickingreview.org/index.php/atrjournal/announcement/view/51
Guest editors @drellac.bsky.social and @joelquirk.bsky.social
Gentle reminder that the European Union was established because the first four decades of our 20th century were mostly internecine war and genocide.