It's #BlackHistoryMonth in the US, an opportunity to remind ourselves that the British Empire was fuelled with African blood. We like to claim to have been at the forefront of progress with the abolition of slavery; the reality is that Britain was responsible for most of it — some after abolition.

Coming up! Brixton Library's LGBTQ+ zine fair Sat 21 February with @vampirehag.bsky.social @rachaelhouse.bsky.social @stefzinemaker.bsky.social @ghostdandyandco.bsky.social @hollycasio.bsky.social @aghhzine.bsky.social @kitsuneart.bsky.social @artiecarden.bsky.social @molluscdimension.bsky.social

Congratulations to the SAMIDOON: COMICS FOR A FREE PALESTINE anthology team @davidmariotte.bsky.social @anasabdulhak.bsky.social et al.) winner of the Best One-Shot Anthology category in the 2025 Broken Frontier Awards. www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...

The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

Virgin Active’s decision to abandon trans people is a shocking failure for a company that claims to be a proud supporter of LGBTQ+ rights. It’s time to hold them to account. https://goodlaw.social/oe0y

Good afternoon. I’ve got some risograph prints in this lovely open call exhibition. Come and see it!

Catch great interviews on all things comics by @panelborders.bsky.social & help Cartoon County livestream by subscribing to their YouTube ⤵️ www.youtube.com/@PanelBorder...

It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

we need a word for people who invent elaborate social situations in their head to justify buying new clothes but don't actually like socializing

Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:

Last week at Broken Frontier... Legendary Indie Creator Carol Swain Announces New Website. www.brokenfrontier.com/legendary-in...

A quick reminder: we’ll keep this going for a couple more days before we make our donation (Huge thanks to everyone who has contributed so far)

We're overjoyed to announce that our 72nd Colossive Cartography is Blue and Orange by peerless investigator/interventor/innovator Eszter Simavari. “When you’re not sure what to do next: sketchbook.” Get the #zine for £2 at bit.ly/colossive72 #colossivecartographies #bookarts

Good morning. Plate by me, using my hand made alphabet stamps. Essential words by Woody Guthrie. We have to make this happen.

Gentle Observation 147 - "America. The End." www.patreon.com/collection/7...

Good morning. Slight tears here seeing my nephew post this painting by my mum.

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

A friend of mine - a longstanding highly rated and senior servant to the Labour Party - wrote to me some weeks back saying 'This is the worst Government of my life time.' He hadn't forgotten Liz Truss but he credited her, inept though she was, with, unlike Labour, at least knowing what she wanted.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

There's not much left of the rule of law if organisations can be financially bullied into not asserting their legal rights. goodlaw.social/sb50

Good evening I’m tabling at The Feminist Library winter fair on December 6th, Sumner Rd, SE15. For this event, in recognition of the gender pay gap, this fierce mermaid advocate for trans rights, clean seas and rivers will be on sale for the feminist low price of £5. Look forward to seeing you!

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Today is Thanksgiving in the US, or National Day of Mourning/"Unthanksgiving Day" for some Native Americans. Wampanoag people shared food with pilgrims in 1621 but were repaid with centuries of genocide. More on Indigenous resistance: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all." My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away. Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Fabulous @tomrasmussen.bsky.social @unionchapeluk.bsky.social last night. Moving, beautiful, uplifting.

Good afternoon. Here’s an intersectional tree of knowledge for Trans Remembrance Day, honouring those we have lost to hatred and violence. My tree also symbolises room for growth and much needed change in the world. Ink drawing from 2022.

🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform. A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

#OtD 23 Oct 1850 the first National Women's Rights Convention in the US took place in Massachusetts, to win equal rights. The speakers included women's rights and anti-slavery activists like Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9601...

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

And International Lesbian Day too! Double the joy! Two of my favourite species!

I grew up in Lozells, just a stone’s throw from Handsworth. Robert Jenrick called it “as close as I’ve come to a slum” and complained he “didn’t see another white face.” This is white-supremacist thinking dressed up as “legitimate concerns”.

My statement on the second anniversary of the 7 October attacks.

I stuck my riso print to cardboard to make a placard for a demo yesterday, protesting all the sewage dumped into our rivers and seas. I didn’t know the demo was cancelled due to the weather. The walk in high winds was bracing and enjoyable anyway!

Farage’s plans to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain would ruin lives and tear families apart. Rather than dismissing Reform’s xenophobic proposals as 'unrealistic' or 'unaffordable', our government should be clear that they are cruel and unjust. We must stand up for migrants' rights.

Good morning. Here’s one of my large platters, with a vital quotation from Bayard Rustin. Part of my collection for The Shop Floor Project. Photograph courtesy of The Shop Floor Project. theshopfloorproject.com/collections/...

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

I probably shouldn’t be saying this but I’ve convinced more than 60 German Shepherds to quit the police force

This weekend! I'll be at The Old Waterworks in Southend along with a bunch of amazing zine makers for @grrrlzinefair. RSVP to the fest for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grrrl-zine...

Check out the link to support Southwark Day Centre For Asylum Seekers and get beautiful rewards for your donations. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-sdcas...

Good morning. Drawing I made on Friday.

Mic drop.

I am on tour right now with a book about two gay working class artists who died long before I was born. I’ve visited bookshops and libraries and galleries. And at every event I’ve been welcomed and there has been warmth and community. Books build empathy. The arts connect us. They just do.

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

"Dozens of domestic cats, including nearly 70 this year, have been infected with H5N1, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department. Many of the animals became infected after consuming raw milk or raw pet food contaminated with the virus."

Reporting a new Banksy mural which attacks the legal system for criminalizing protests against genocide, the BBC adds "the graffiti has been covered up and guarded". Thanks Dad.

Good morning. If you search on insta for #cartoonistsforg4za you’ll see this drawing of mine, and lots more by brilliant comics people. (Others have fewer spelling mistakes!).