Tom Sykes @tgcsykes.bsky.social

Associate Prof, Writing & Journalism, University of Portsmouth. Writer, historian, socialist, anti-imperialist, traveller. Author, 7 books inc. Imagining Manila, Years of Travelling Anxiously. Journalist, Private Eye etc. https://tomgsykes.co.uk

The Years of Travelling Anxiously about, er, anxious travel, available to pre-order now.

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-years-of-travelling-anxiously-a-travel-writer-s-search-for-peace-of-mind-tom-sykes/dc5d924c9673a034?ean=9781837732555&next=t
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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social
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Lebanon: Starmer orders British drone to circle region

But we are not involved says renowned liar and piece of shit, Starmer

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/04/10/lebanon-mod/?__s=43tdi5b96azmty2p7sbg
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So much for 'civilised', 'progressive' Europe vs 'barbarians' to east and west. Amnesiac continental patriotism (don't mention war, slavery, colonialism, genocide or that post-war social democracy rested on neocolonialism) gets us nowhere. Macron & Starmer won't save the day, systemic change needed.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social
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Oil companies rake in €81.4m extra daily profits in the EU as fuel prices soar.

Corporations profit from war, global tensions and pollution for benefit of the super-rich

Must levy windfall taxes on corporations, wealth taxes on the super-rich.
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A vote for Labour is a vote for more genocide, pure and simple.
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I was interviewed by the dulcet-toned Laura McGhie from BBC Radio Five Live about the new book yesterday. Am waiting to find out when it will be broadcast.

www.amazon.co.uk/Years-Travelling-Anxiously-Travel-Writers/dp/1837732558
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Vote for THIS nasty party to stop THAT nasty party because if, as a result, THIS nasty party get into power they'll think it's because they successfully emulated THAT nasty party and will be empowered to be more like THAT nasty party from thereon... so you effectively have THAT nasty party in power.
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"The mass slaughter of Muslims really doesn't bother our government." Anyone thinking this lot are preferable to Reform needs a serious attitude adjustment.
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The only duty of cosplay parasite The King is to enshrine and entrench classism and privilege. He is a professional benefit scrounger.
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Filmed at the University of Portsmouth on 11 April 2024, this video captures key moments from the conference Teaching Peace in Higher Education: Building a Culture of Non-Violence and Demilitarisation in Universities.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=hrTs4lY1Q2c
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Looking forward hugely to appearing at Arts University Bournemouth's Writing the Earth 2026 symposium on 22nd April. It's open to all-comers but please do book via this link:

www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-earth-2026-research-symposium-launch-showcase-tickets-1980367711134?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep=&fbclid=IwdGRjcAQyN5dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6ffCJhrjYm4Vy61PxGoc98nunypHc2zL6g_E6E-0Kjf14YRpxRJohF7Ws5TQ_aem_Hmq9upml3YkHrXJS9GlKoQ
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Something I wrote to coincide with publication day.

www.goworldtravel.com/anxious-travelers-guide/
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Perhaps if Sir Kid Starver condemned this criminal and crazed war rather than participating in it then we might be spared some of the worst economic repercussions. But he's been a loyal drudge of US imperialism since he was Director of Public Prosecutions.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/20/uk-ministers-begin-contingency-planning-amid-fears-for-economic-effects-of-iran-war
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You could be an imbecile much less a counter-terrorism expert to know that Iran posed no threat to the US from the get-go.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/17/us-national-counterterrorism-center-director-joe-kent-resigns-over-iran-war?_gl=1*robxh7*_ga*MGFiMHB1VEFyYjMyMnFtRVlpTWpxdVlST0VfVHI4aEhqZ2liV3lkc04tQWdMaUtzT3N4alFpcjdXREZvQ1lhWg..*_ga_XN9JB9Q0M1*MTc3Mzc3MjU1Ni4zOS4xLjE3NzM3NzI1NTYuMC4wLjA.
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Great presentations at the Penning Ethnicity event I contributed to last week.
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Some struggles for national liberation are more equal than others.

www.blackagendareport.com/gaza-donbass-how-israel-and-ukraine-built-fascist-transnational-war-machine
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Also another way of ensuring a one-sided narrative that downplays the damage Iran is doing in response to the criminal and lunatic assault on it by US and Israel.

www.detainedindubai.org/post/breaking-news-21-charged-under-uae-cybercrime-laws-as-british-tourist-caught-up-in-missile-footage
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In today’s instalment, travel writer and author of Small Earthquakes, Shafik Meghji discusses how he’s dealt with anxieties that have arisen when travelling solo in challenging places from India to Syria to Latin America.

intrepidtimes.com/2026/03/the-anxious-traveller-files-2-shafik-meghji-on-resolve-and-resilience/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAQh0-5jbGNrBCHT6mV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHokklqXn6Z73mNCku9EHYJkfob4Eki3-QwvTpkNYNPtDMyWMxQfniQzehEj-_aem_kEuh6grvOQB8tDcIi2otSw
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myport.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/events/penning-ethnicity-culture-otherness-decolonisation-and-practice-research-0
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A seamless transition from one far-right party to another.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy880xy7j8o
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Starmer's downfall emulating Blair's but in fast forward? Betray the electorate and your own party members, kick lumps out of public services, demonise minorities, indulge in corruption and dirty tricks, then top it all off with a disastrous war. Starmer's Iraq could be Iran.
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intrepidtimes.com/2026/03/the-anxious-traveller-files-1-iain-overton-on-travelling-in-war-zones-as-a-new-parent/
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Only 27% of Americans support what would be a reckless and casualty-heavy attack on Iran. Most Democratic politicians are in full support of Trump's attack plans. This is the 'democracy' that them lot over there are so jealous of and would love to have installed at gunpoint.
youtu.be/zCH6i5kwgiw?si=UWFIdMh5thvvHS52
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Join me and researchers from across the University of Portsmouth for a unique event spanning various disciplines and methodologies. Historians, film scholars, creative writers, media experts and a puppeteer will reflect on how anxiety figures in their research.

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