Funny how ‘terror’ is a word reserved for the powerless.
When Palestinians disarmed in 1982, they were massacred — but the world didn’t call that terror. Language bends toward power, not truth. #HistoryReceipts #LanguageIsPolitical
When Palestinians disarmed in 1982, they were massacred — but the world didn’t call that terror. Language bends toward power, not truth. #HistoryReceipts #LanguageIsPolitical
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Funny how ‘terror’ is a word reserved for the powerless.
When Palestinians disarmed in 1982, they were massacred — but the world didn’t call that terror. Language bends toward power, not truth. #HistoryReceipts #LanguageIsPolitical
When Palestinians disarmed in 1982, they were massacred — but the world didn’t call that terror. Language bends toward power, not truth. #HistoryReceipts #LanguageIsPolitical
As I move between languages with growing earnestness, I hope to share—even if not often—what it means to carry another writer’s voice: its silences, its sharp edges, its weight.
#LanguageIsPolitical
#BetweenLanguages
#TranslatedLives
#LanguageIsPolitical
#BetweenLanguages
#TranslatedLives
May 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
As I move between languages with growing earnestness, I hope to share—even if not often—what it means to carry another writer’s voice: its silences, its sharp edges, its weight.
#LanguageIsPolitical
#BetweenLanguages
#TranslatedLives
#LanguageIsPolitical
#BetweenLanguages
#TranslatedLives
Drawing together the bin fire that is Greater Lincolnshire’s defunding of #ESOL with a few wider reflections on the weaponisation of #LanguageEducation by the British government and others.
#NewBlogPost #AdultEducation #LanguageIsPolitical #LoveESOL💚💛
www.paulsceeny.com/post/the-wea...
#NewBlogPost #AdultEducation #LanguageIsPolitical #LoveESOL💚💛
www.paulsceeny.com/post/the-wea...
The weaponisation of English language education: defunding and gatekeeping
When I took part in a recent panel discussion, I remarked that I seem to have spent half my life lately responding to consultations about retrenching and weaponising ESOL.
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February 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Drawing together the bin fire that is Greater Lincolnshire’s defunding of #ESOL with a few wider reflections on the weaponisation of #LanguageEducation by the British government and others.
#NewBlogPost #AdultEducation #LanguageIsPolitical #LoveESOL💚💛
www.paulsceeny.com/post/the-wea...
#NewBlogPost #AdultEducation #LanguageIsPolitical #LoveESOL💚💛
www.paulsceeny.com/post/the-wea...