Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially. Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut. But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now. Short 🧵

"It does not matter what you call it. Whether you call it 'Israel is our ally', 'Judeo-Christian values', 'maintaining qualitative military advantage', 'Staatsräson'... the oucome, practically, of all of these, is that the Israeli boot remains on the Palestinian neck."

I've posted a new paper on SSRN - it argues that unless imperialism is central to our analysis of inequality and its impact on human rights, then our theory and practice remain in a blind alley - forthcoming in the Palestine Yearbook of International Law is.gd/igjgnI

I've posted a new paper on SSRN - it looks at the question of democratic forms (right to protest etc) via the principle of working class self-emancipation, and sets out an argument about how we should engage these forms in times of crisis and authoritarianism is.gd/1fxDIP

I've posted a new paper on SSRN - it looks at the fundamental challenge posed to socio-economic rights by the logic of commodification and how socio-economic rights might be reasserted on the basis of decommodification, human needs, and political struggle is.gd/jdVAiS

My new piece for @mondoweiss.net. Those who only recognize the genocide of the Palestinian people when they starve adopt a dehumanizing logic /n bsky.app/profile/harm...

In both Hebrew and Arabic, “Gaza” means strong and fierce. Etymologically, Gaza originates from the Persian “ganj” which means “treasure.” Ancient Egyptians called it the “prized city.” This is what Israel has done to this fierce, treasure of a prized place

My article on the Attlee government’s resistance of the ECHR and how this historical episode can inform contemporary Convention critical debates can be found in the April 2025 edn of Pubic Law

🎞️ Tomorrow 🎞️ Join @john-mcevoy.bsky.social alongside speakers from @caatuk.bsky.social and @forceswatch.bsky.social to discuss how we can hold the UK accountable for its role in the ongoing devastation in Gaza and Yemen. 🎟️ 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-yemen...

The British Labour Party - unrepentant apologists for genocide

Thinking of republishing this in zine format to at least try to combat some of the love-in that's planned for 6 August (250th anniversary of his birth) - the anti-socialist, anti-trade union, anti-working class, slum landlord, pro-monarchist and free marketeer, Daniel O'Connell

I shall be guest editor of Public Law’s Special Analysis section next spring: “The Public Order Act 1986 at Forty” Really looking forward to curating pieces by: @crwerren.bsky.social on policing public order @deanknight.bsky.social on NZ recent proposals @katrinanavickas.bsky.social looking at

🚩We're back on the picket line this morning. 🚩We'll also be out this Weds, Thurs, and Fri. 🚩Join us at our Gazebo HQ opposite the main UEA bus stop from 8am. #SaveUEA

With renewed interest in Blue Labour, I wrote a post that looks to develop its constitutionalism. More specifically, what does Blue Labour’s rejection of the “abstract ideal of the individual” in favour of “reciprocal obligations” and “solidarity” in society mean for rights?

"Organize and fight against all imperialism. Stop war profiteering. Lower the cost of living. Resist wage cuts. Peace and socialism is in the hearts of millions around the world. May First, the “sun of tomorrow”, shines upon us. The future is ours". - Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

When you find the words of Kneecap more offensive than the industrial murder of an entire people, then there’s something seriously wrong with you and how you relate to this world

When, some months ago,  we first posted our members’ testimonies - lived experiences of working for UCU - our employer’s only response was a demand they be removed. No contrition, shame or concern for their staff: just an anger we’d shared them. #UniteVoices uniteucu.wordpress.com/campaign-cam...

If you're a UCU member, please share this, post it to your branch mailing list, and get as many UCU members as possible out in support of our UCU staff

We might be on day 11 of our strike action, but we’re not letting up. North West region members were out in force in Manchester this morning.

We are the people! We won't be silenced! Stop the bombing now, now, now! #Palestine #Gaza #Ireland #Solidarity

Concerned/confused about Labour's direction on disability. Check out this event: Social Murder in Labour’s Pathways to Work Date: 10 apr • 17:30 Location: BR G.78 Brooks Building MMU & Online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-mur...

UCU staff: on strike and needing your support uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/u...

Spread this far and wide - Unite UCU aren't allowed to note their strike action on their own OOO emails, so it's up to us to make clear to everyone what's going on.

It was bad enough when the LPE crowd remained silent in the face of Helyeh’s victimisation for speaking up against genocide, but it’s even worse to publish this statement filled with weasel words without mentioning Gaza, genocide, academic freedom or solidarity - abysmal really

When our union is in dispute and when we take action we ask for solidarity from across the movement and our communities because we are all connected in struggle. So it matters that we also practice solidarity with sibling unions in dispute and when taking action. Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social

Update: I have been terminated by Yale Law School and the LPE Project. What we are witnessing unfold in the United States is not the failure of democracy—this *is* Western liberal democracy itself.

Can’t be having people like George Monbiot and others bemoaning the authoritarianism of Starmer and co when they did nothing of substance to support the alternatives to Starmer’s restoration politics - it was clear from the start what Starmer was, outrage now is nonsense

After our employer ended Acas talks last week, supported by Unite officials we tried to secure a last minute agreement to bring them back to the table. This could have led to action being paused. Sadly no written proposal was presented for consideration. Threats to our branch officers remain.

We deeply regret our strike action which begins today in our Campaign for A Safe and Professional Workplace. With our dispute now a year old we remain resolute that the toxic bullying culture, racism and victimisation that our members and officers are experiencing must end. uniteucu.wordpress.com

The SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies event, "Gaza: Empire, Colonialism, Genocide", with Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah, Nate George, and Hamza Hamouchane is available here youtu.be/vwMMeWk0zXA?...

New report by PCHR "highlights the widespread cases of amputations among women due to the Israeli military aggression and highlights that these injuries have not only caused bodily harm but also led to profound psychological pain" pchrgaza.org/pchr-issues-...

Like their Tory predecessors, the British Labour Party are pursing social murder with gusto - a war on the working class that requires a response in kind from us

The final stage of the genocide in Gaza promises more escalation, intensity, aggression, attacks on civilian leadership, loosening of "constraints", US support, displacement of civilians & a more Hawkish attitude than the horrors witnessed since Oct. Wash Po: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

The lie of voluntary migration under genocide conditions: "Israel plans to use the current ground operation, among other things, to advance the migration plan from Gaza." m.jpost.com/israel-news/...

I know that Unite UCU want to talk & to resolve this, and I hope that some of the heat will be taken out of this dispute in the interests of longer term relationships. There should be no conditions on talks - because it is only through talking that this will end. Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social

Champagne bottle will be uncorked on June 18. (Or more likely, a Guinness will be poured on June 18.) @tandfresearch.bsky.social

UN Commission: "Israeli authorities have destroyed in part the reproductive capacity of Palestinians in Gaza as a group through the systematic destruction of sexual & reproductive healthcare, amounting to genocidal acts in the Rome Statute and the Genocide Convention." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Boosting this as I am employable again as a graphic designer/illustrator over the next few months. Got a project of some kind that I can make look sharp? Message me here or email [email protected]

A criminal conspiracy to cover up a genocide

This month Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch each concluded that Israel is committing genocide, while MSF concluded "ethnic cleansing" is underway. This after the ICC issued a war crimes warrant for Israel's PM. The UK PM? He was guest of honour at the Labour Friends of Israel annual lunch.

To recap: we have now at least 3 reports based on Israeli soldiers' testimonies that say that Israel's numbers about "combatants" killed are fabricated: 1/4

This has barely made a dent in news coverage. Absolutely devastating impacts of the cyclone in Mayotte: "There are severe shortages of food, water and shelter in certain areas. Some 85% of the territory remains without power." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Genocidal killing: "I do not think anyone thinks of killing less. Ok? No one is dealing with this question at all... I was in the Strip. I saw with my own eyes. The commanders are saying this to me... saying it clearly: anyone who walks on two [legs], and is not a soldier, is dead. Period.

After our employer refused to pause their restructure until the agreed Organisational Review is complete, we produced a critique of their plans based on members’ feedback. This includes initial analysis of the impact on delivery of support for UCU members. drive.google.com/file/d/1QNf6...

" @amnestyuk.bsky.social legal position is consistent with the terms of the Genocide Convention" and "with the case law of the ICTY and the ICJ", and its "understanding of existing law is shared by States." @adhaque.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/105629/amnes...

1/2 🚨 Support the Luton electric van factory workers 🚨 Join the @unitetheunion.bsky.social protests! 🗓Tuesday 17 December and Wednesday 18 December ⏰ 8am to 4pm 📣 Rally 12 noon on Tue 17 Dec 📍 Gate 1, Vauxhall (IBC Luton), Kimpton Road, Luton, LU2 0JX

Genocide: "By almost every metric, the harm to civilians from the first month of the Israeli campaign in Gaza is incomparable with any 21st century air campaign. It is by far the most intense, destructive, and fatal conflict for civilians that Airwars has ever documented."

Support staff who work for UCU - @uniteucu.bsky.social's action this week is also for us. The same problems of atrocious leadership that have dogged UCU members & contributed to our defeat affect staff that work for UCU in their working conditions. Solidarity to our staff! chng.it/6qh2Wpfcz9

Our branch stands in solidarity with our colleagues in @uniteucu.bsky.social (Unite branch LE 127), who have commenced a three-day strike action today as part of their Safe & Professional Workplace dispute with UCU. ✊ 1/7