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Jimmy James West

@ejwestuk

Historian of race, rights, media. Working on Black Press bicentennial, civil rights conmen, other things. Author of 5 books of varying quality. I like fixed gear bikes and being outside.

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Total. Fucking. Prick. Total prick. Just the biggest prick. Take a long walk of a short fucking pier levels of prick.

06.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The first thing about Hegseth is that he's a fucking prick and the second thing about Hegseth is that he's a fucking prick and the third thing

06.03.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

they double-tapped a fucking girls elementary school

05.03.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 453 πŸ” 176 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4
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04.03.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
β€˜Inside the belly of the monster’: The politics of race in Britain, transnational anti-colonialism, and the Black Liberation Front | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core β€˜Inside the belly of the monster’: The politics of race in Britain, transnational anti-colonialism, and the Black Liberation Front

Just published open access in @globalhistjnl.bsky.social

β€˜Inside the belly of the monster’: The politics of race in Britain, transnational anti-colonialism, and the Black Liberation Front

doi.org/10.1017/S174...

13.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats Ben! Look forward to reading

02.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This sucks man. What a loss.

24.02.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Omg

21.02.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Poster for event with E. James West and Sherry Yu at University of Toronto, February 19, 2026, "Diaspora and Media in Digital Transition"

Poster for event with E. James West and Sherry Yu at University of Toronto, February 19, 2026, "Diaspora and Media in Digital Transition"

If anyone is in Toronto next week on Feb. 19, come see us talk about our UCL-UofT funded project on ethnic media and digital transition.

09.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Black Chicago History, Feb 26 with CDS and BMRC:
events.uchicago.edu/event/259892...

05.02.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.

03.02.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 3136 πŸ” 1650 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0

If everything goes to plan, one of the next books in our Black Press Studies series with JHUP will be exploring how the Black Press covered this trial and the subsequent campaign to free Rosa Lee Ingram and her sons.

03.02.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible name though.

02.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It is currently 'packs of coyotes walking across the Charles River' cold outside.

02.02.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 1002 πŸ” 280 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 40
Sade - The Sweetest Taboo - Official - 1985
Sade - The Sweetest Taboo - Official - 1985 YouTube video by SadeVEVO

Happy Tuesday only and exclusively to Sade Adu

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcPc...

11.11.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

11 pages LJ. Eleven.

19.01.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just received an 11 page powerpoint and a "deployment plan" because our building is getting new bins. In between this and the new branding emails I'm on the precipice, ngl

19.01.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

God damn it I'll give you that one

14.01.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So cool! One of my fave ever memories was doing a fellowship in DC and I'd see bald eagles on the river every day as I cycled downtown from Hyattsville

10.01.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Near and far: Pico de la Nieves and rediscovering some old off-road routes around mine

29.12.2025 19:25 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CHAPODIPHOBIA IS REAL.

22.12.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Warmer seas bring record number of octopuses to UK waters The Wildlife Trusts say its is 'flabbergasted' by the sighting of the highest number of octopuses since 1950

My enemy grows stronger.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

22.12.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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19.12.2025 08:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Moving Word β€” Harvard University Press A revelatory account of Black Atlantic political thought in the era of decolonization, revealing how West African and Caribbean newspapers invigorated debates about imperialism, capitalism, and Black ...

Dope new book klaxon
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

10.12.2025 17:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of "Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr." by James West

Cover of "Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr." by James West

Cover of "A House for the Struggle" by James West

Cover of "A House for the Struggle" by James West

Cover of "Our Kind of Historian" by James West

Cover of "Our Kind of Historian" by James West

'tis the book-flogging season, so would be remiss of me not to highlight 40 percent off my books with @umasspress.bsky.social (code HOLIDAY) and @illinoispress.bsky.social (code HOLIDAY40) - plenty of other great books also available!

05.12.2025 09:25 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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2025 Contingent Book List When you’re shopping for books this season, consider a contingent scholar.

Our longest yearly book list ever! Thirty six books by contingent historians for you to read, gift, and request for purchase at your library!

02.12.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 14

Not sure if anyone has mentioned Red Kites yet, beautiful bird, great example of repopulation and some fab sites in Wales and elsewhere where they gather in the hundreds

02.12.2025 20:38 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

After we all had fun about Warwick its now my turn to eat shit, As UCL has officially launched its bicentennial "rebrand"

buzzwords! narratives! logos! kill me!

www.ucl.ac.uk/brand-and-ex...

28.11.2025 11:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opposing genocide is not terrorism.

Make your choice.

www.wedonotcomply.org

27.11.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 393 πŸ” 274 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 33
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Racial Fictions Drawing on a rich tapestry of historical analysis, literary criticism, and cultural theory, Hazel V. Carby interrogates our racial fictions, which have been constructed, maintained, and weaponized acr...

Babe wake up new Hazel Carby just dropped
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

26.11.2025 12:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0