#OtD 25 Sep 1903 abstract expressionist artist and anarchist Mark Rothko was born in a working-class, Jewish town in what is now Latvia. Moving to the US, he got involved in radical politics, including attending @IWW meetings stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9785...

Now 18 hours to go, please share ⚠️ We are sending out funds as rapidly as possible to help eight families evacuate from under fire in Gaza City (waiting on updates; internet is poor but at least one family has made it) Your belief matters. 87/1000

The 100 Years of Community Cinema Exhibition is now open 🎉 Come down to Bloc Projects in Sheffield and take a journey through the last century of volunteer-led film!

There is a very special sacred place in my heart reserved only for Bombay Bicycle Club's first album

Is there a more perfect film score to save for a rainy day?

It's my birthday next week & would mean the world to me if you can chuck a few spare pennies into this fundraiser! venturearts.org/join-support... @venturearts.bsky.social does incredible work to support learning disabled & neurodivergent artists to shine.

Wearing a smashing pumpkins shirt to work and listening to the broad black brimmer on the bus because 😌 I contain multitudes 😌

We are a trans-led organisation distributing accessible toilet keys in the UK to help people who dont fit gendered stereotypes to evade harassment and abuse when using gendered facilities following the latest news. We have seen a massive uptick in applications in the last 48 hours. 1/2

“The essential facts of Palestine’s struggle have not changed. Consequently, neither have the essential tasks of the resistance.” Ghassan Kanafani, edited by Louis Brehony and Tahrir Hamdi in @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/27/g...

Folks, we have TWO days to make this goal. A bit of food, water, shelter for six families & support for a mutual aid team serving fifteen displaced families. Simple. Anything helps—especially clicking “weekly” + taking action. 1567/1900 by end of Saturday. chuffed.org/project/hope...

Last night All About Eve was on BBC 4 and I watched it while I cooked a hearty Bolognese and I felt like an ADULT. Between this and asking for massage vouchers for my birthday I think I'm reaching my most evolved self

Ahmad has had to make yet another new account. All he wants is to escape starvation and feed his family, and getting donations is the only way to do that. It's scary to see him so thin. Please help him if you can. gofund.me/69f962fc @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #SkyAid #MutualAid

3 days left on our emergency famine/shelter drive. Mohamed is displaced without shelter, but we can still help with a little food & water, especially for his ailing parents—especially paired with bold action offline. Give/find their link here. 3074/4100: chuffed.org/project/hope...

"Pregnancy has increasingly become a weapon to be wielded against domestic violence victims—and those who help them." Read an excerpt from Coercion by @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com:

Recommend supporting this initiative to support farmers in Gaza if you can. Food sovereignty is a vital part of surviving famine and these folks seem to have a good system in place despite the blockade and bombardment. apnature.org/en/gaza

2/3 the way there on this emergency drive for food/shelter. Every minute is an emergency. Manufacturing urgency in what is already urgent, what already demands our every action, shouldn't be necessary. Keep six families alive. 2724/4100 by Sunday: chuffed.org/project/hope...

The Working Class Movement Library’s exhibit on The Big Flame was so moving. Produced by 18-25 year olds who have managed to continue the spirit of the group, interviewing past members and creating their own banners. It is a youth led masterpiece! If you’re based in Manchester it’s a must see.

❤️‍🔥 KEEP THE FLAME BURNING ❤️‍🔥

Excited for our Big Flame exhibition? Here's a post written by volunteers Ally, Lucy, and Jack to get you hyped! Just in time for Wimbledon…🎾 This 1980 Brother Goose comic was part of a series that featured in the Big Flame newspapers.

I cannot wait to see this. The Big Flame’s work kept alive by young working class people, by sharing the goal of inspired, creative community organising. I’m so excited to see what @wcmlibrary.bsky.social have been working on!!

Hear from the Big Flame volunteers directly about the archival pieces they loved but didn't have room for in the exhibition!

forgot I exist on here but please come and look at how hard my amazing group have worked over the past 10 months !! 😇

The “welfare reform bill” is out and let’s be clear: this is not reform - it is devastating cuts. Disabled people will be made poorer, sicker, and more isolated as a result. That it is a Labour government causing this misery will be a mark of shame on the party for years to come.

Excited to be heading to this today with a couple of volunteers from the Big Flame project @wcmlibrary.bsky.social! #CAHG2025

A huge thanks as always to our funders @heritagefunduk.bsky.social for making this work possible. Stay tuned for exhibition updates!! #BigFlame #CommunityOrganising #Archives #Heritage #RadicalArchives #YouthEngagement #YoungPeople

We have another session this Saturday at the amazing Altogether Otherwise and we're very excited for it! The chance to have an away day, refocus our minds for the exhibition, and get to know a great creative resource in the heart of Manchester is something we're very passionate to do!

❤️‍🔥 BIG FLAME UPDATES ❤️‍🔥 We've been a little quiet over the past couple of weeks as we've been ticking away at exhibition prep - which is coming along brilliantly! Here are some snapshots from the past few weeks.

THE LIBERATION OF 🇵🇸 WILL NEVER BE NEGOTIABLE.

I've been very vocal about this on my other platforms but just bringing it here: it's hugely important to call out the British government for their attempts to censor musical acts like Kneecap. It is ALSO hugely important to recognise Kneecap are scumbags.

Please… your donations are my last hope to survive. It seems they want to cut off my connection to the world. Death is chasing me, time is running out, and I have no strength left except in your merciful hearts. Donate to help me evacuate .. Save our life. 🙏🏽

Standard classification system? Allen's book stall at Shudehill, Manchester, March 1979.

anyway if you run a community initiative that would like to partner with (no cost) or sponsor (whatever you can) this space supporting 40 uni students in Gz with free internet & electricity for their studies, ping me chuffed.org/project/spar...

Has anyone cracked how to get off The Other Place for good and actually make better use of bsky?

We're giving away this VANISHING WORLD goodie bag to a lucky winner on both Bluesky and Instagram 🍎 To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is: - Follow @grantabooks.bsky.social - Repost - Leave a comment tagging a friend (more tags = more entries) - Enter by 2 May See below for T+Cs.

🌷 "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept." - Angela Davis 🌷 The above quote was referenced powerfully in Saturday's Big Flame session! This one was a two-parter! #BigFlame #YouthActivism #YouthEmpowerment

We've had our JME 38 proofs back from the printers & they're nearly ready for you! 😱 Packed with innovative research presented at last year's @musethnogroup.bsky.social #LivingMuseums conference @sainsburycentre.bsky.social, members can grab their copy at this year's conference in Liverpool! ✨

Please give @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social a follow if you haven't already! CAC Manchester have a demo planned for today at 3pm outside the Arndale (Exchange Square Entrance). PLEASE show up to show solidarity with your crip friends, family, loved ones 💗

Force sick and disabled people into work—and you don’t save money. You fuel suicide. Worsen illness. Deepen stigma. Break lives. This isn’t reform. It’s cruelty and it will kill time and time again. #DisabilityBenefits

Here's the wonderful Adeel Ali, who played Yasser in Phizzical Productions' '10 Nights'. He speaks about why it's time for us to #ReclaimTheNarrative and say #WhatThePhobia. Do you agree with him? Let us know below 👇 #BritishMuslims #MuslimActors #Islamophobia #Theatre #10Nights

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