Jonathan Neale

ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers

ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers
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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff

Absolutely incredible turn out at MN State Capitol! #HandsOff

Istanbul. Over 2 million people joined the demonstration.

CAPE CARE A memoir of my mother by Jonathan Neale This short book is 121 pages long. You can read it here on Anne Bonny Pirate, but it’s probably easier for you to download a PDF here. Dedication: for …

I have written a 121 page memoir of my mother called CAPE CARE. You can read it on our website, or more easily download it as a pdf there. I hope you like it. It's dear to my heart. annebonnypirate.org/2025/03/24/c...

The Sexual Politics of Capitalism | The New Press The Sexual Politics of Capitalism offers a groundbreaking examination of how the global elite has used gender, sexuality, and violence to perpetuate inequality and maintain control. Since the 1980s, c...

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In November The New Press will publish The Sexual Politics of Capitalism: A Global History, 1980-2025, by Nancy Lindisfarne and me, in hardback and as e-book. (Link to the publisher in the comments.)

Trump and Putin are on the Same Side Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale, a 6 minute read Let’s clear up some confusions. Trump and Putin are not negotiating with each other. They are on the same side. So Putin is not manipulating Tr…

Here is a new article by Nancy Lindisfarne and me. It begins: "Let’s clear up some confusions. Trump and Putin are not negotiating with each other. They are on the same side. They are two of the most important leaders of a global alliance of far-right racists." annebonnypirate.org/2025/03/03/t...

England crash out of Champions Trophy after nail-biting defeat by Afghanistan A brave innings from Joe Root failed to save England from crashing out of the Champions Trophy following a nail-biting defeat against Afghanistan

Gandamak, Maiwan, and now Afghaninstan defeat England in Lahore by eight runs in the last over. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

The article ends: "The containment of HIV is the one great global victory of social movements over the last fifty years. It is the arena where, after much grief, humanity came together to care for each other. Trump’s cruelty, his racism and his homophobia must not stand."

Trump is cutting HIV drugs for 20 million people. He can be stopped. 9 minute read by Jonathan Neale.  Since 2003, a US government program (PEPFAR) has provided free drugs that are presently keeping 20.5 million people with HIV alive. All these people are in poorer …

A new article by me: "Trump is Cutting HIV Drugs for 20 Million People, but he can be Stopped." annebonnypirate.org/2025/01/29/t...

this is so true

Jimmy Savile, Boris Johnson and the Slow Burial of the Commission of Inquiry into Sexual Abuse An 8 minute read by Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale. We have recently published two posts about the wall of silence that has long protected sexual abuse in Britain. The first was about the Arc…

Here's a new short read by Nancy Lindisfarne and me, called "Jimmy Savile, Boris Johnson and the Slow Burial of the Commission Inquiry into Sexual Abuse."
It's a timely article, since Musk has been calling for a public inquiry into gang abuse in Britain.
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Nancy and I have just published a short article on "Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Savile and the Wall of Silence".
annebonnypirate.org/2025/01/15/m...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Elon Musk and Sexual Abuse in Britain Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale write: This is a post about the connections between two recent news stories. One is Elon Musk’s assault on X demanding a new election in Britain because, he say…

Over the weekend Nancy and I published a post on "The Archbishop of Canterbury, Elon Musk and Sexual Abuse in Britain." There we argued that cover-ups of child abuse are not exceptional events in Britain. annebonnypirate.org/2025/01/11/t...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Elon Musk and Sexual Abuse in Britain Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale write: This is a post about the connections between two recent news stories. One is Elon Musk’s assault on X demanding a new election in Britain because, he say…

Nancy Lindisfarne and I have written a new article on The Archbishop of Canterbury, Elon Musk and Sexual Abuse in Britain. We argue that what connects the two stories is a wall of silence about all abuse in Britain, enforced from the top down. annebonnypirate.org/2025/01/11/t...

The Enemy of My Enemy is My Enemy – Spectre Journal Shireen Akram-Boshar interviews Rima Majed about the Israeli-Lebananese ceasefire and the future of popular resistance in Lebanon.

Heart breaking. Clear, and I think entirely right. spectrejournal.com/the-enemy-of...

Brilliant short punchy piece by Taiwo. He says join the people who do something to fight in the real world, not the people who encourage you to be your identity.

Israel fears Assad's fall could embolden protesters in Egypt and Jordan Palestinian activists accuse Israel of preferring dictatorships on its doorstep as security chiefs meet Egyptian officials in Cairo

Israel fears Assad's fall could embolden protesters in Egypt and Jordan - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-fears-assads-fall-could-embolden-protesters-egypt-and-jordan

excellent piece, carefully researched, uses the example of one valley in Nuristan to explain why the Americans lost and the Taliban won

Sing-Along Gender Theory: Sometimes it Takes Balls to be a Woman Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale write: There are three keys to thinking critically and clearly about class and gender. The first is to avoid thinking that there are essential ‘men’…

The easy way to understand gender theory, "Sing Along Gender Theory: Sometimes it Takes Balls to Be a Woman," an article by Nancy Lindisfarne and me. annebonnypirate.org/2015/03/30/s...

I had my first date with Nancy 29 years ago. As I left she gave me the manuscript of her book ofstories about Damascus. When I got to the story about the prisoner being released from Saidnaya prison and taking a taxi home to his family, I cried and I knew she was the one. 29 years ago.

Iran Begins to Evacuate Military Officials and Personnel From Syria The withdrawals by one of President Bashar al-Assad’s key backers come amid a resurgent rebel offensive.

it's over www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/w...

Agence France-Press, the French news agency, reports that Assad's troops have left Homs. The Syrian Human Rights Observatory confirms it. I think that's it. If true, and I think it's true, it's all over for Assad

useful thread

Hama in Syria has just fallen. It is the fourth largest city in Syria. More important, it is the city where Assad's father in 1982 bombed a popular revolt, killing about 40,000. This is of enormous symbolic importance and it opens the road from Aleppo to Damascus.

This is how it’s done.

Big big congratulations.

Barricades in the South Korean National Assembly set up to block the military from entering so that lawmakers could vote to end President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law.

useful background on the unfolding coup in South Korea