“We will not take lessons on democracy from the Tories who have given us 2 Prime Minsters in 2 months”

I make Jo Grady about right #DemandBetter

The message is clear from Trades Union Congress President maria exall

“We need a government for the working class, we need a #GeneralElectionNow ” #DemandBetter

Dragged kicking and screaming into doing the right thing. Embarrassing.

BREAKING: Glasgow Apple store workers have voted to become the first union-organised Apple store in the UK 🍎

Read more 👇
heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23…

CAN I ASK EVERY UCU MEMBER TO RT THIS VITAL THREAD

This is how we win the dispute - a document aimed at delivering maximum leverage on the employers - alongside strike action.

ucu.org.uk/media/13265/uc…

#ucuRISING

Deadlines for mid-career and senior Fellowships at IASH The University of Edinburgh are approaching! Here's a short thread of the opportunities available in 2023-24 for scholars across the arts, humanities and social sciences. 🧵

Urgent! UCU members. Emma Battell Lowman is moving this motion at TOMORROW’s HEC based on BDM votes & member survey. Tl;dr:
- 2 days action in Nov
- ASOS asap
- escalating action from Feb
- MAB in spring based on support for unity

PLEASE SIGN ASAP (link in blog):

ucucommons.org/2022/11/02/fro…

Happy birthday to this superstar #ShahRukhKhan𓀠

Just two weeks until ⁦Suchitra Choudhury⁩ and I speak at the Edinburgh Centre for Global History on Scotland, textiles and the British Empire. Details below 👇 ed.ac.uk/history-classi…

Protection provided by COVID-19 vaccines decreases over time and flu viruses can change every year.🦠

Vaccines remain the best protection we have against these viruses that can cause serious illness.💉

Find out if you’re eligible and book now at orlo.uk/bpGhd.🗓

Fend off those winter bugs and blues, get yourself vaccinated #Newham

As many of you know, CLIMATE & COLONIALISM, a multi-year research project that I am directing Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art has just softly landed. Stay tuned for calls to come together to think, write, talk, freelance roles, etc. We’re just getting started: paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/research/clima… #envhum

Celebrating another #GreenFlagAward success in Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden in Canning Town🟩

Joined by pupils from Keir Hardie School who’ve been planting in the garden🌷

And former councillor Bryan Collier who worked to turn waste land into this well-used community garden🌼

Those warning about fascism and the threat to democracy often look at far right 'extremists', but not the racist dehumamization of migrants and refugees by the government, political parties, state agencies, media and public. 1/

Manbhum Bangla language Movement - The first resistance against Hindi imposition was started in Bengal , An erstwhile part of Bengal presidency, Manbhum known as Purulia now ,was placed under Bihar state after the 1947 partition.

A disgraceful act of vandalism on the arts and humanities - and a hammer blow to widening participation

UCU members are at the forefront of the fight to save higher education

We will fight these plans at Birkbeck, University of London

This continues.. update at 12:30 today

The threat of right wing fascism remains but this is a much needed good news!