#OtD 27 Sep 1960 Sylvia Pankhurst, prominent suffragette, left communist, and anti-fascist, died in Ethiopia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9966...

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🟥 UK Environment Secretary Steve Reed was allowed to state unchallenged on Channel 4 news that publicly-owned Scottish Water is producing worse outcomes than England’s private firms. 🔎 It is not a true statement according to any measure, here is why: www.believeinscotland.org/media_watch_...

Why John Swinney is keeping us out of England's digital NHS database where your data will be sold and where you'd be funding this genocidal maniac: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/02/06/h...

Principals’ pay is embarrassing and out of kilter with the majority of staff - says UCU www.heraldscotland.com/news/2529146...

We need a mass population movement against the excessive increase in wealth over the last 14 yrs. We have seen a redistribution of income from the POOR / just managing to the wealthy. wealth has grown inexorably while wages of younger people have stagnated & pensions are the lowest in Europe.

Now we know why they're not based in Portsmouth 🤔😉🙉🙈🙊

How Glasgow and Scotland is already ahead of Labour's new 'neighbourhood' integrated health centre announcement today but you won't hear about it: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/12/26/n...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scottish Parliament’s child poverty measures have seen a “parting of the ways” with England & Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Bevan Foundation is calling for Wales to emulate what Scotland is doing as a powerful and effective way to lift children out of poverty: bit.ly/44MnHTW

"Why the sudden £140m gap?" Branch President Sophia Woodman from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social nails it: poor planning, no oversight, and staff left to pay the price. Read her piece in @thescotsman.bsky.social www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

📣 New Podcast! "31 May 1989: CLR James dies" on @Spreaker #black #history #trinidad

#OtD 24 May 1919 1000s of miners in the @iww in Alberta, Canada, walked out over pay and conditions. Bosses hired veterans to terrorise the workers and beat and torture organisers, while police turned a blind eye. More on the IWW in Canada on our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e52-...

Edinburgh University UCU members back strike action over £140m cuts. The university has refused to rule out compulsory job cuts. This is the largest cuts programme in Scottish HE history. We must resist. #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well ... #Labour is U-turning ... or going to look at U-turning for some. What next? But the reality is in Scotland we'd be better #independent of the dishonest & despicable shenanigans of this union. Time for change #independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This ... putting the context around mainstreammedia's framed reporting.

#OtD 21 May 1894 six anarchists were executed by firing squad outside Barcelona's Montjuich Fortress for attempting to assassinate a Spanish general stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9412...

Scotsman on ballot result for strike action at Edinburgh university. Incl UCU quote: "Staff are angry and ready to fight to defend the future of teaching and research at Edinburgh" #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.scotsman.com/education/ed...

NEW: A Scottish Government minister has insisted the Labour Party's attitude towards Scotland is 'not good enough' as he reeled off a list of meetings the UK Government had cancelled with devolved governments on the UK-EU deal

A lot of managerialists in our Universities might do well to rea this

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Very misleading post and reprehensible disinformation. Please delete this list asap. The SNP are a pro-EU membership party & want the UK to go further than this deal and rejoin @euromovescotland.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk

This is a *very* wild take on John Swinney, especially when an ostensibly party-neutral EMUK group is sharing graphics that say "promoted on behalf of the Labour Party". @europeanmovement.co.uk and @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social, could you take a look? Tagging @euromovescotland.bsky.social too, FWIW.

Did you actually read the article? Our FM is complaining about how his Government was treated by Labour as part of these negotiations. Scottish fishing is the largest part of the industry, it's a devolved power, and there was NO consultation.

<sigh> Dear me. He's not against the deal. He's against the deal being made *without* due discussion with Scotland's government about our fishing waters. This the *third* time this disrespect has happened. Please correct your post. It's simply wrong.

Scotland needs migration - for social care, education, our NHS, our economy, our future. Today I heard directly from businesses and organisations about the importance of designing a migration system that works for Scotland.

#OtD 20 May 1936 the first issue of Mujeres Libres (Free Women) was published, a Spanish anarchist feminist magazine aimed at ending the "triple enslavement of women to ignorance, to capital and to men" shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

In real terms this means 140 000 heart patients in England wait longer than heart patients do in Scotland and, 14 000 in Scotland wait less time than if they lived in England!

Reposted again for context as BBC Scotland fail to tell you this: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/05/19/l...

From where I'm sitting the fishing deal was far and away the big Scottish story of the day. It made item 3 on lunchtime Rep Scotland with a report where much of the rest of the deal was lauded.

Scotland’s fishing industry has been undermined by the UK government - again. Like the Tories, Labour didn’t even consult the Scottish Government and treated our fishing communities as expendable. Only independence would give us the seat at the EU table to defend Scotland’s interests.

The cycle can be broken ... people need to have some leadership & a plan that can persuade them #independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 will be a better route

This #MapMonday, check out the new additions to our maps website 🗺️ Highlights include this 1751 map showing the route taken by Bonnie Prince Charlie before and after Culloden. Explore our recent additions > maps.nls.uk/additions/#179

Now fish. Now, again, no consultation. When will we stop having sand kicked in our faces and get off our knees?

Scotland of course voted by 62% to Remain. Hopefully they will soon be voting to become independent and rejoin as themselves. They’re an extraordinary people & wealthy too. A great addition. As the wife of a Scot and the mother of three more, I can’t wait to see them shining among us all again! 🇪🇺❤️

#OtD 18 May 1968 despite the brutal dictatorship of General Franco, 10,000 people in Madrid marched in solidarity with the revolt happening in France. Barricades were erected and clashes with police occurred stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9031...

"We are Unionist to our core": Reform deputy leader Richard Tice in today's Herald. Don't waste your vote on these tartan Tories.

Trump literally wants only loyalists in federal agencies, and he prefers people who lack expertise. This aligns with Machiavelli's warnings about how fascists operate.

As BBC 'UK' report even worse levels of school exclusions, the successes in Scotland's schools you never hear of: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/04/14/w...

There are ethics. And there are votes.

The latest Sunday Times Rich List shows that "in the past year, the King's wealth has grown by £30m to £640m, increasing his rank 20 places to 238 with Sunak and Murty" He took an EXTRA £45 million of UK taxes last year! In a cost of living crisis! Obscene! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti...

#OtD 17 May 1968 thousands of students in Paris marched for a second day in a row from the Sorbonne University to the Renault plant occupied by its workers to support them, despite trade union officials trying to separate the struggles shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...

Starmer isn’t ready for the coming constitutional crisis by Adam Ramsay bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/05/17/s...

"We're ending Britain's open borders experiment" "My Labour government is taking back control of our borders" "If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense" "The betrayal ends now" "British workers – I’ve got your back" SUTR Scotland statement below ⬇️

I'm not a Brit & I still don't agree with Brexit. Across the UK we're worse off as a result of leaving the EU. If more people li ing in Scotland who are eligible to vote we might manage to change direction #independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

#OtD 17 May 1935 the Nazis banned the teaching of Esperanto for "weakening… national character". Esperanto is a constructed international auxiliary language which was particularly popular at the time with workers' groups and revolutionaries stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8912...