I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Uitstekend proefschrift van Eva Vermeulen. Voor wie nu even geen tijd heeft om het te lezen: in dit interview legt ze zelf glashelder uit waarom we ons eigendomsbegrip nodig moeten herzien.
www.volkskrant.nl/economie/won...
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
In hun ijver de 'asielstroom' te willen beperken, vergeten veel politici dat: 1) de aantallen voortdurend op en neer gaan en de laatste 40 jaar geen opgaande trend laten zien; 2) de aantallen primair worden bepaald door wat er in conflictgebieden gebeurt (hier met Syriërs als voorbeeld).
or in any case not in Holland
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poster announcing general strike in Italy today in support of the flotilla for Gaza
De Italiaanse Grondwet (1948) is uitdrukkelijk antifa:
"Het is verboden om de ontbonden fascistische partij in welke vorm dan ook te reorganiseren. (…)"
(XII overgangs- en slotbepaling van de Grondwet van de Italiaanse Republiek)
Het echte schandaal is de strafbaarstelling van ongedocumenteerden. Achter die woorden schuilen mensen van vlees en bloed die systematisch worden opgejaagd, ontmenselijkt en uitgewist. Niet hun bestaan is het probleem, maar een politiek die menselijkheid criminaliseert.
in person only i’m afraid. thanks for your interest!
it’s this thursday-friday at the eui: 50 speakers on ‘law & revolution: prefiguration or abolition?’ we’re very excited!!
The future of Gaza should be decided by the population of Gaza.
Anything else is colonialism
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
eindelijk Anton de Kom gelezen. wat een indrukwekkend boek! onbegrijpelijk – en veelzeggend – dat je dat niet gewoon op school krijgt
of tijdens de rechtenstudie. gaat ook over wat eigendom en contractenrecht deed – en deels nog steeds doet
‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’
Huw Lemmey on the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Man kann in den USA ganz konkret sehen, wie die erfolgreiche Verhinderung einer Berufung eines unzweifelhaft qualifizierten Vorschlags (Merrick Garland) in den Supreme Court die Politisierung und Radikalisierung für die Zukunft erhöht hat. www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/u...
grammar pedantism is particularly pervasive among law teachers and scholars, esp in europe. while often expressing classist elitism, it is frequently based also on the erroneous assumption that legal analysis should be v much about language
"Forest Park is a garden for those who don't have one"
www.brusselstimes.com/1648066/icon...
this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
Sometimes, universities can be different spaces and the EUI was this in the past two days. Very grateful for those who made the conversations possible 🙏
The conference 'An academic dilemma?' has come to an end! 🎓
Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. 🗣️
closes tomorrow(ish)!
Wie haben uns in Verteidigung der Jerusalemer Erklärung und des Beschlusses der Linken zu Wort gemeldet: "Antwort auf die Mängel“ der IHRA. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
Stop the Genocide: EU Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions now!
Even the Dutch government is now implicitly agreeing that Israel's planned starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza cannot be tolerated by any state remotely claiming to stand for the rule of international law.
“UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor has called on “all EU states” including Ireland to challenge Israel‘s refusal to provide travel documents to Palestinian activist due to speak in Dublin this month.”
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
“It is crucial that the world hears the voice of people such as Mr Barghouti who has struggled with his many colleagues in the nonviolent global BDS movement to end international state, corporate and institutional complicity in Israel’s grave human rights violations.”
labour.ie/news/2025/04...
🎉 Congratulations to 🎓 Dr. @raghavivis.bsky.social, recipient of the 2025 Antonio Cassese Prize for the Best EUI Doctoral Thesis in International Law!
