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Israel is constructing a second militarised ‘corridor’ in Gaza, to expand their control of the Strip. New research from @forensicarchi.bsky.social shows how integral the 'corridor' is to the infrastructure of genocide Read more here frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/updates...

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Israel is a genocidal state, everybody knows it including the Labour government in the UK who are complicit For all Starmer's + his cabinet's terrible policies in the UK this will be their legacy for decades to come Blood on their hands! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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A fantastic, collegial department (w/ the highest QS ranking in the Uni) just had the majority of Professors be threatened with redundancy. Newcastle geographers will obvi fight for our colleagues & the future of higher ed (& geography!) with all we've got, but SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY VERY WELCOME!

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The workers united will never be defeated! Our strike action finishes at Sheffield after membership of our UCU branch @sheffielducu.bsky.social accept offer from management for no compulsory redundancies as a result of organisational restructures this year (and no pay deductions to be taken!)

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We have a New Paper! "A dialogue on global infrastructure-led urbanization: Concepts and reorientations" in Dialogues in Human Geography With Simone Vegliò, @andretwp.bsky.social , Francesca Governa and @eliapos.bsky.social Open Access here >> journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

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Yesterday Manchester 4 Sudan hit the streets of the city to support the call for a global boycott of UAE for supporting and arming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia amid the ongoing war in Sudan. More info below 🔽

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Our members out in force today! 👊

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Management had every opportunity to avert action by meaningfully negotiating to our demands, inc commitment to no compulsory redundancies. But they have not done that and now we are on strike…

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Manchester4Sudan calls for a protest next week in the city to draw attention to the ongoing complicity of the UAE in war crimes in Sudan committed by the RSF 1pm, Sunday 4th May

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Gaza Death Toll Since Israel Shattered Ceasefire in March Reaches 2,000, Entire Families Wiped Out www.democracynow.org/2025/4/25/he...

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My union branch @sheffielducu.bsky.social has declared 10 days of Strike Action, as well as Action Short of Strike (ASOS) until management commit to the reasonable demand of avoiding compulsory redundancies. We hope the VC + senior management see sense beforehand..

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Israel murdered this beautiful soul. Remember Fatima Hassona. Watch and spread the film "Put your soul on your hand and walk". And never stop fighting the mass murdering death machine that is the Israeli state. She was 25.

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Catch our Global Corridor project partner, Leah f/ Haki Defenders talking on BBC 'Focus on Africa' today about our research report on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline + a range of issues inc displacement + inadequate compensation (25 mins in) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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In Gaza this wk Israel destroys hospitals, kill medics, starves a population...hell on earth In the 'West' cops beat up students (Holland), detain + disappear those (US) that speak up against this genocide Everybody knows there's no coming back from this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Deadline 30 April! It will be a really exciting and fun week for ECRs in Sheffield: one workshop on Valuation, Space and Power and a second one on Emerging Urban Inequalities hosted by @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social. Be sure to check them out!

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The researchers also found that authorities in Uganda had suppressed dissent about [#EACOP] by affected people, activists and community-based organisations. People have been denied permits to hold peaceful protests, and where the assemblies have taken place, security forces violently dispersed them.

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New Report “I was evicted and left homeless” - Exploring social and environmental (in)justice along the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project Covered this morning by the Guardian.. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... From our Global Corridor project w/ partners Haki Defenders Foundation

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Registration for our pre-conference is closing this Saturday, March 8! If there is a friend or colleague you'd like to see there, make sure they have filled out the registration form before then!

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Researchers get ready….we’ve got some investigating to do to find out who owns our land, an exciting opening to interrogate the wealth held by the elite

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Episode 2 of #UrbanRadar with Beth and Tom is now live, on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts: lnkd.in/g-cxJ-B4 As the UK government pins hopes on enabling greater private sector investment to boost economic growth, can the 'Manchester model' deliver the expected outcomes?

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Not just Panama Canal but CK Hutchison’s ports subsidiaries running 43 ports in 23 countries, in UK/Germany, south-east Asia, the Middle East, Mexico etc Massive shift from Chinese (Hong Kong) ownership to US corporate power www.ft.com/content/b3a1...

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An exciting book launch this week in Sheffield from our visiting fellow Sam Burgum 'Squatting London - the Politics of Property' published by @PlutoPress Online and in person on Thursday, 12.30-2pm More details here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

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We are delighted to host the book launch (hybrid) for Tanzil Shafique's 'City of Desire: An Urban Biography of the Largest Slum in Bangladesh' Wed 12 March More details here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

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Reading this stunning book in Morocco amid such linked histories, thinking through inhabiting a Muslim-Jewish “world of our ancestors that imperialism wants us to believe is impossible to inhabit, + to make it part of my -our- continuous present” www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

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We are advertising for a New Research Associate position for JustGESI Project www.sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

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Settler colonialism // always about property development The Trump admin plans for Saudi Arabia Qatar + UAE to obtain waterfront property rights in reconstructed Gaza Strip + for their construction firms to be awarded contracts to build apartments www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-a...

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Important work from Commonwealth on gentrification in Manchester with much wider significance... Join them tonight, alongside Rich Goulding discussing our recent 'Centripetal Cities' report and GM Tenants Union All out against Gentrification in Manchester! www.ticketsource.co.uk/gmtu/greater...

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The JustHousing project has a website. With @kevincredit.bsky.social & Fiadh Tubridy, we're working with community orgs & the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) to strengthen links between housing + climate justice. The 3 year project is funded by @epaireland.bsky.social mu.ie/justhousing

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Sheffield UCU Working Group on Palestine's second session on Workers in Palestine's toolkit is taking place tomorrow 4th Feb at 1pm Sign up here: forms.gle/R3QpFAU8YUmP...

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🚨 New Report 🚨 'Centripetal Cities: A critique of supply-side urban development' Given the Government's aim to 'unleash growth' we've drawn on over 3 years of research to think about the implications of this agenda for towns + cities Available here www.sheffield.ac.uk/media/87471/...

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Council leaders celebrate ‘investment’ into cities in the form of new urban development. But they don’t acknowledge this investment is in order to EXTRACT rents Our report found over £1.5 billion of rents just in the Build to Rent sector will flow out of GM in the next decade

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Gentrification in Manchester’s inner city is out of control. This data on house prices from our report shows how popular neighbourhoods, once affordable are now financially out of all proportion to the capacity of the working class to rent/buy Report >> www.sheffield.ac.uk/media/87471/...

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It was great presenting my preliminary PhD findings on “terrains of ocupation and relocation” alongside other brilliant PhD students at @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social PhD forum. Thanks to all involved!

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🚨 New Report 🚨 'Centripetal Cities: A critique of supply-side urban development' Given the Government's aim to 'unleash growth' we've drawn on over 3 years of research to think about the implications of this agenda for towns + cities Available here www.sheffield.ac.uk/media/87471/...

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Today we are announcing the first steps of a campaign to pass BDS resolutions within the AAG! If you are a geographer, AAG member, or part of another geography disciplinary organization, sign our pledge below to stay in touch about the campaign⤵️ geog4pal.org/pledge/ #geosky

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"Decolonization never takes place unnoticed, for it influences individuals and modifies them fundamentally. It transforms spectators crushed with their inessentiality into privileged actors, with the grandiose glare of history's floodlights upon them" Frantz Fanon

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After the hostage exchange today Israel will begin pulling back from the Netzarim corridor — an east-west infrastructural imposition that’s been critical to the (attempted) control + destruction of Gaza Later in the process the withdrawal will happen on the Philadelphi Corridor

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THREAD! 🧵8 reasons why the word NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) needs to go in the bin. 🚮 The government is using this term a LOT because it does ideological work. It portrays the community as a mindless, grumbling, zombie mass who oppose all development on the grounds of selfish self-interest.

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The Gaza Municipality have operated throughout the onslaught on the territory attempting to sustain essential civic services under relentless bombing Now, already they start a new phase to repair + fix the infrastructures of life, remarkable dedication to the people

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Never forgive or forget those that participated in, aided or supported the slaughter of Gaza. A horrific crime of historical significance. Today we can feel relief + sorrow, tomorrow we carry on supporting Palestine until it’s free 🇵🇸

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