Teresa Degenhardt

No War in Our Feminism

We mark International Women’s Day 2026 in an era of escalating global violence. International Women’s Day is intrinsically linked to the struggle for peace. Reclaim the Agenda (RTA) affirms our opposition to the intensifying militarism captivating many political leaders. Mobilising the military-industrial complex is not the solution to austerity, homelessness and a crumbling NHS. Militarism conversely offers titanic military spending, further eroding our already compromised welfare provision. War destroys lives, communities, infrastructure and the environment, when the need is to build, improve lives and the ecosystem. A booming capitalist, privatised war market guarantees power elites the obscenity of ever-accumulating wealth, condemning the rest of us to ever-increasing inequality, poverty, death and destruction

It is imperative that we redefine societal priorities and dismantle the inequalities that maintain, replicate and promote violent logics and behaviours. A recent Ministry of Defence paper examining the UK contribution to European Security complained that British ‘readiness’ for war is ‘suffering’ owing to present budgetary constraints. The MOD and government recognise the need for public support that will necessitate public ‘sacrifice’ essential to ensure the exorbitant expenditure desired for the ‘defence posture’ to which Britain aspires.

RTA rejects the militarist values deeply rooted in capitalist, nationalist, misogynistic and discriminatory ideologies. We reject entrenched inequalities that decide who holds and wields power. We reject the dynamics of exclusion, the racism and ‘othering’ that separate us from each other at home and abroad. RTA salutes the proud tradition of Rosa Luxemburg, Clara Zetkin and Russia’s working-class women, who were the catalyst for International Women’s Day and stood against war then as we stand against war today.

We mark International Women’s Day 2026 in an era of escalating global violence.
RTA rejects the militarist values deeply rooted in capitalist, nationalist, misogynistic and discriminatory ideologies.
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/news/nowarinourfeminism

Poster for international women’s day - a meeting writer’s square Belfast today at 10.30am

Headline - Larne immigration centre: MLAs call for end to detention of pregnant women - Campaign letter has been signed by over 300 individuals including nine MPS and 35 local councillors

Our International Women’s Day 2026 Statement. We reiterate that no form of feminism is compatible with tolerance of immigration detention. In Larne House immigration detention centre, marginalised genders are incarcerated, degraded and harmed.

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Facets of War: critical voices on contemporary conflicts - Imagine! Belfast Scholars & artists on understanding war, resistance & activism from a global anti-colonial, criminological & interdisciplinary perspective.

we are ready to launch the special issue in Belfast at the IMAGINE! Belfast Festival. Book your spot below✨

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Read online the first article of our last issue:

”Criminalisation of Intellectual Thought: Representations for Consciousness about Dissent, Resistance and Remembrance”

by Dina Zoe Belluigi
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More rain is it

Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.

If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
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Storie ingabbiate Violenza e resistenza nei contesti di detenzione amministrativa in Grecia

📣📆 Italy-based friends & colleagues! Our co-director @andrianifili.bsky.social will present her new book, Caged Histories, at the University of Bologna on 16 Feb. The book brings together 10 yrs of research on violence & resistance in Greek detention. More info ⬇️

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Criminologists for Palestine A collective of members of the European Society of Criminology who oppose Israel’s genocide, crimes against humanity and human rights violations in Palestine

👉The Response of Criminologists for Palestine (C4P) to the recent questions by the ESC to their members. The @ESC is hiding behind the the issue of scientificity - and of following swiss laws on equality- what about international law? Please vote to support C4P
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Joshua Page speaking in Glasgow on Predatory aspects of US criminal justice on 11 March.
If you can't make it, he's also talking on the same topic in Edinburgh on 12 March.
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#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Research

In response to the news that @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social has cut ties with Senator George J. Mitchell, following new information that suggests he remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, we have released the following statement. 1/5

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one month to get a book delivered from NI by post to Italy- the joy of
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and it was tracked
and NI is meant to be in EU custom unions

Do Artifacts Have Political Economy? - Kean Birch, 2025 Harking back to Langdon Winner's now classic essay “Do artifacts have politics?,” my aim in this article is to ask a very similar question—namely, do artif...

I have a new article out: "Do artifacts have political economy?" It's a riff on an old argument by Langdon Winner about the embedding of politics in technology

#STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation

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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti “In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti

WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.

More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...

Read online the second editorial of our last issue:

Towards a Global, Anti-Colonial Criminology of War, Genocide and Resistance.
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this is the day

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

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Dear readers:

We are thrilled to announce the new issue of CrimEn, entitled "We must persist! Towards a Global Criminology of War", guest edited by Hannah Wilkinson & Teresa Degenhardt. As always, entirely open-access!

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Text on a notepad Remember: Rest is part of the journey. Taking a break doesn’t mean giving up. Recharge, then continue stronger.

Remember: Rest is part of the journey.
Taking a break doesn’t mean giving up.
Recharge, then continue stronger.

Israel is waging a reproductive genocide against Palestinian mothers in Gaza The systematic destruction of Gaza's maternity care has led to miscarriages, neonatal deaths and denied births, an issue largely absent from global gender-based violence campaigns

From the West Bank to Gaza, apartheid Israel perpetrates gender and reproductive based violence on Palestinian women. This must end. #FreePalestine
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I post this again as it is the last thing I managed to accomplish this difficult year

Palestinian charity single becomes best-selling download of Christmas week A CHARITY single in support of Palestine has topped the UK charts and become the best-selling download of Christmas week

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