Dr. Thia M Sagherian-Dickey

To realize that patriarchy requires perpetual restyling and relegitimizing is downright energizing.

Cynthia Enloe

A CT ING A S I F WE WERE FREE: PREF I G U R A T IVE P O L I T ICS IN REPRESSIVE C ONTEXTS Ps y c h o l ogy o f Re s i s t a n c e Vir t u a l M e e t i ng Se ri e s This roundtable will bring together activists from Lebanon and Serbia who have engaged in some form of prefigurative politics, and researchers who have studied prefigurative movements in these two contexts and Turkey. All three contexts were or are marked with extensive use of police violence and other forms of severe repression. Researchers will present key insights from their studies on prefigurative movements. The roundtable will invite activists to reflect on what kinds of research, knowledge, or theoretical tools could best support their struggles, and will also give them the opportunity to respond directly to academic interpretations of their work. TIJANA KARIĆ [UNIVERSITY OF MARBURG] CHADEN NOUEIHED HANI [ACTION RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, LEBANON] THIA SAGHERIAN-DICKEY [UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE] YASEMIN GÜLSÜM ACAR [UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS] JELENA BOŽIĆ [SVIĆE, SERBIA] ORHAN KAYA [UNIVERSITY OF MARBURG] MONDAY, FEB 9, 2026 9:00 San Francisco 11.00 Managua 12:00 New York 17.00 London 18:00 Belgrade 19.00 Beirut 20.00 Istanbul REGISTER: TINYURL.COM/PREFIGURATIVE

The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, February 9:

We do a Roundtable Session on Prefigurative Politics in Repressive Contexts with activists from Lebanon and Serbia and researchers studying prefigurative movements.

To register: tinyurly.com/prefigurative

Just because good news is worth celebrating:

There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.

HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

The Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting Series meets again Mon, Feb 9: social psychologists (incl @tijana-et-al.bsky.social, @yasemingacar.bsky.social, @thia-sagh.bsky.social) & activists will discuss prefigurative movements in Lebanon, Serbia, & Turkey. Registration: tinyurl.com/prefigurative

If you missed it, here’s the interim Principal talking about substantial future job cuts at University of Dundee.

He refers to the number of job losses recommended in the recovery plan. This is 390FTE with 340FTE via redundancies.

We believe redundancies are not necessary. #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni

Oh look! Our Interim Principal is modelling lying for a living. At the risk of cutting his employees’ living.

Our members have voted to support industrial action to fight against job cuts passed today!

In the ballot our 72% of members were in favour of strike action, and 90% in favour of action short of strike. Turnout was 58%.

Thank you to all members, reps and officials for helping us get the vote out.

Let’s call a spade a spade. Or as they say in Armenian «Ծուռ նստինք, շիտակ խօսինք»։ (let’s sit crookedly, but speak straight)

Our Union rejects the latest so-called recovery plan.

August 4, 2025, five years after the Beirut Port explosion.

Questions about justice fill social media today, statements about never forgetting, never forgiving. But the problem is that we still don’t have all the answers about why this non-nuclear explosion occurred…

This is so disturbing

Be part of the action! If you’re at ISPP this year, join us in solidarity.

This was an honour to be a part of. Congratulations Dr. @danielbarnett7.bsky.social !

*sounds the "that was probably AI generated information, that's why you can't find it and now at least 2 library staff have had to do first an initial and then a cross check of that information to confirm it doesn't exist so yes, we've had double time wasted by your time saving efforts" klaxon*

Did we win??

We are extremely concerned by the letter from Ernst and Young, auditors at the University of Dundee.

The letter suggests that executives submitted inaccurate responses during the auditing process.

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Do they even hear themselves?

Commenting on the announcement of an alternative recovery plan for the University of Dundee, Dundee UCU branch co-president Melissa D'Ascenzio said:
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At yesterday’s Townhall with Professor Pamela Gillies and BDO, she mentioned that Alan Langlands taskforce would pave the way forward, including new procedures to appoint senior managers.

Due to the exclusion of Dundee UCU from the taskforce there will be no academic voice or input. Disgraceful.

This 👇🏾

Happy Labour Day, All!

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New report from @independentsage.bsky.social

Everything you ever wanted to know about mRNA vaccines including how they work, debunking myths & their exciting future.

As misinfo about mRNA vax ramps up in US, this report is sorely needed!

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Where indeed?!

Two years ago today, I penned these thoughts on the commemorative day of the Armenian Genocide.
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Call for papers close this Friday, April 25th.👇🏾

Challenges of Conflict Transformation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a one-day hybrid conference at the University of Liverpool on Thursday 12th June 2025.

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Former Dundee University bosses including Iain Gillespie agree to Holyrood grilling MSPs will likely question the former principal and four others after Holyrood's Easter break this month.

The former Principal of the University of Dundee will now attend an evidence session at the Scottish Parliament's Education Committee after the 20 April.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Anya @anyasf.bsky.social doesn't know what she'll do if she loses her job at the University of Dundee.

Join our campaign for an alternative plan and to stop the 632 job cuts. #WeAreThe632

Watch the full video here - youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI

Cory Booker just spoke for 25 hours straight about defending democracy. Here's why we’re not clapping.

— In 2019, he backed anti-BDS legislation
— In 2019, he told AIPAC: “If I forget thee, O Israel…”
— In 2021, he pushed normalization with Arab states—at Palestinians' expense

Lies and broken promises