A very quick explainer on where Bangladesh is now and some of the divisions in Bangladeshi politics theguardian.com/world/article/…

Can't say this enough; Elon Musk's menace to democracy is intolerable. He's using the largest & most influential platform in the democratic world to stoke racial conflict and civil breakdown - in his own posts & what X promotes. Democracies can no longer ignore this.

On September 9 the esteemed Rev. Munther Isaac (Munther Isaac منذر اسحق) will be in London and we are pleased to announce he will be doing one public event. Join us at EartH for an in-depth conversation between the Rev. Isaac and Zena Agha (Zena Agha | زينة آغا). palfest.org/full-schedule/…

Just one small example of normalising Islamophobia with zero push back from anchor: This is a man who is standing to be the leader of the Conservative Party, was in government.

Just been sent this shot of the brilliant anti-fascist, anti-racist crowd in Stoke Newington just now.

Walthamstow said no to racism

10,000 now at anti fascist rally in Walthamstow, East London.

"We are boycotting the commemoration of the victims of the atomic bomb we dropped on your city because you disinvited our ally who is carrying out a gen*cide with our bombs right now"

Happening now in my city, Khan Younis, again...

I adored Somnath Batabyal's novel Red River. You'd love it too.

This is Canadian poetry at its best. The best Canadian poem I’ve read this year. “Heartwood” by Bruce Taylor in the July/August issue of The Walrus. I can’t stop reading it. What ache in the turn.

A moving, powerful film on Kashmir's Sinking Boats. In my childhood, Tschunt Kuall or Chinar Bagh was a thriving, breathtakingly beautiful area. I'm saddened to see it struggling now. youtu.be/P-EV8G696zs?fe… Kashmir Observer™ Nazir Ganaie

Musk is doing with Twitter what Trump wanted to do with Truth Social.

It's a horrific morning in Gaza. Israel has committed one of the most atrocious massacres since the beginning of its genocide of Gaza. At least 100 displaced Palestinians, many of them children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza

If this was another country, the West would’ve imposed crippling sanctions months ago. More than 100 killed as Israel attacks Gaza City school during prayer time aje.io/x9tkr3 via Al Jazeera English

How long will the world spend condemning today's massacre while Israel prepares for the next one?

Israel willfully slaughters Palestinian children and displays the evidence to the world every day.

These words ring hollow. If our government were truly appalled and moved by the tragic loss of life, it would impose an arms embargo on Israel.