Alice Speri
@alicesperi
Journalist | Wars, rights, dissent @GuardianUS ex @AJEnglish @theintercept @vicenews | Italiana all'estero, mother of dragons, runner | Send me tips
Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication. My latest. theguardian.com/education/2025…
“If you believe in safety, freedom, dignity, and justice for people here at home, you can’t have a Palestine exception” JVPA political director @beth_avedon on how @ZohranKMamdani’s progressive vision is inspiring New Yorkers & challenging the status quo theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
Brad Lander to @alicesperi: “Thankfully it’s not the job of the mayor to find mutual recognition and peace and safety for Israelis and Palestinians. It is incumbent on the next mayor, whatever their position is, to find ways to reach across the divide.” theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
Al Jazeera has published the names of every journalist killed since Oct 7th. 231 Palestinian journalists have been slaughtered in Gaza. A whole generation of reporters wiped out while many of their colleagues in the West simply shrugged.
BREAKING: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was interviewed this week in a formal investigation about alleged sexual abuse. As the scandal unfolded over the past year, he requested a string of high-profile arrest warrants—including for Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Staff say they were…
🚨NEW at @DropSiteNews: “Hiding Behind Atrocities” As Prosecutor Karim Khan seeks a flurry of arrest warrants, ICC staff accuse him of using court cases to dodge sexual abuse allegations. Story by @alicesperi dropsitenews.com/p/karim-khan-a…
“Hiding Behind Atrocities” The ICC prosecutor's handling of serious sexual abuse allegations has plunged the court into a deep crisis at one of the most vulnerable moments in its history. My investigation, for @DropSiteNews dropsitenews.com/p/karim-khan-a…
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message : “If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18…
The Guardian is so right: They want to destroy the institutions of enlightenment: education, science, journalism. ‘We’re like sitting ducks’: the right’s ‘war on woke’ has a well-tested playbook to take down academics theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f…