free tickets for Bluesky users for this Thursday's film show in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton about the General Strike; book your tickets www.eventbrite.com/e/free-film-...

"We’re delighted that the CMA is finally standing up to Google’s theft of journalists’ work. Foxglove has been urging them to do this for the past year. Google’s AI Overviews are a threat not only to an independent news industry, but to an informed democracy" - Foxglove director Rosa Curling:

Auburn Board Takes Full Curricular Control, Dissolves Faculty Senate The policies mirror the directives laid out in HB 580, which doesn’t take effect until October and doesn’t apply to the institution. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

In today's Morning Star GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare morningstaronline.co.uk/article/jour...

Cuba helped several African countries in their liberation struggles against brutal colonial occupiers, including against the apartheid regime in South Africa which the US backed and supported. That’s what he means by “radical left-wing terrorism”, just to be clear. x.com/SecRubio/sta...

Any parent and applicant planning to attend the Sussex University Open Day today, we can save you the trouble: these are the non-answers staff is told to give you. To send your staff out with this nonsense and treat visitors to this ChatGPT approach is disrespectful to all.

FYI, this is what is happening at Sussex. And if you think losing that percentage of your staff isn't going to impact students, we've got a bridge to sell you. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

Join me in writing to the Home Secretary to demand she takes action to stop the Great Israeli Real Estate Event 2026 from going ahead in London. This disgraceful event will involve the brazen sale of land stolen from Palestinians. palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/israelireale...

No one should be making profits from vulnerable children. Yet £1 out of every £5 paid to private providers of children’s social care is taken out in profit. Time to end this scam! Add your name now. weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-p...

🇨🇺 MPs gathered outside Parliament today with a clear message: 🚫 NO TRUMP WAR ON CUBA As Trump's administration escalates economic warfare and threats, 117 MPs signed an EDM calling on the GB gvt to act. bit.ly/4uiPOE3 #HandsOffCuba #NoWarOnCuba #EndTheBlockade

oh my goodness - Lieu played Rubio a video of Trump sleeping while Rubio tried to talk to him during a cabinet meeting. Then this exchange: RUBIO: I've never seen him fall asleep LIEU: I'm gonna show you a video that shows you just lied to Congress *plays another clip of Trump sleeping by Rubio*

The next 48 hours are crucial. The government has just launched a consultation on guaranteed hours. Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

🚨 Cheap goods from online marketplaces are causing deadly UK fires, but tech bosses benefit from a loophole that lets them dodge our safety laws. Act now to protect our homes! 🧵👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

My position on Netanyahu's outrageous Gaza land grab.

Write to Keir Starmer using @PSCupdates online action to demand that he acts to cancel all government contracts with Palantir, which provides AI technology used in Israel's genocide in Gaza, and wider regime of military occupation and apartheid: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/cancelpalant...

A statement from Sikh MPs on the murder of Henry Nowak.

@isrfoundation.bsky.social THIS: isrf.org/blog/dispatc... AND THIS: www.ucu-unn.org.uk/news/333-gov...

Check out the latest from our Dispatches series James Brackley examines how the marketisation of UK universities has worsened conditions for staff and students

"AI won’t understand our trauma or how fear and survival can change a young person’s appearance. Software can’t identify a scared 16-year-old aged by suffering". morningstaronline.co.uk/article/camp...

' ... total welfare spending cannot be “too high” as poverty is growing, including in-work poverty. Disability benefits have been cut and Britain has one of the lowest state retirement pensions in western Europe, as well as one of the latest retirement ages. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/econ...

South East Water: Stop blaming the heat and your customers ‘overusing’ a service they pay for, and start fixing your pipes. It’s unacceptable to ask customers to "space out" their water use while the company rakes in eye-watering profits. You have the money, now fix the system.

Seven union members met with the Insourcing Minister. They shared their experience of outsourcing and handed over a Record of Support for Insourcing. Can you add your name to the record and show you want public services to work for people, not profit: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/of...

Booking.com is listing stolen Palestinian land - help us stop it action.eko.org/a/booking-co...

Last Thursday, I asked the Minister for reassurance that the British Government is not selling arms to the Israeli Government that are then used to attack Palestinians.

Different country, very different institution but from my position as elected academic staff governor I see very similar attitudes.

Thanks James. Non-paywalled version below. Meanwhile I’ll get onto Slate - the original version used to be free

Last week I spoke in the House about the importance of utilising trade union expertise in the process of nationalising British Steel. As a proud trade unionist myself, we cannot undersell the vital work they've done alongside this Government to protect thousands of British Steel.

Wes Streeting's glorious social care legacy (not) www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...

How Ben-Gvir’s flotilla video shattered Israel’s multimillion ‘Hasbara’ https://aje.news/44dq8b

Surfers Against Sewage are about to meet with the government to discuss the sewage pollution scandal. Sign the petition to show just how many of us demand change. Over 270k have signed - now let's get this to a number Starmer can't ignore. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Right now, ministers are deciding whether to trigger the break clause and scrap the contract. Sign the petition before they make up their minds: the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...

Charities supporting disabled people owed £1m in delayed government grants www.channel4.com/news/chariti...

Farage's claim about how he paid for the £1.4 million house doesn't stack up leftfootforward.org/2026/05/fara...

EDUCATING ANTHROPOLOGISTS IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: Rethinking Teaching, Learning, and Disciplinary Boundaries, edited by Lorenzo Cañás Bottos, Jakob Krause-Jensen and Ioannis Manos has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/4tZV3sq #EducationalStudies #Anthropology

The Iran war is making everything more expensive for us, but some companies are cashing in. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now demanding they are taxed more on their record profits to help us all with the cost of living. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...

🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever. Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Don't delay, sale ends this week! We're offering 35% #SALE to celebrate Earth Day, on ALL #EnvironmentalStudies titles, no code needed. Browse and find your title here: bit.ly/4tp8vWJ authors incl @inpettersen.bsky.social @guillaumblanc.bsky.social

Useful info from Friends of the Earth friendsoftheearth.uk/plastics/liv...

A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Wow! @covuni.bsky.social Coventry Uni Senior Leaders have reached a new low. They’ve just told staff about to start the Bank Holiday weekend, at 4.30pm that they’ve not got a job.The same SLT @uklabour.bsky.social are so fond of @zarahsultana.bsky.social @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social #workersday

Coventry University has refused ACAS in to mediate. That tells you everything. When an employer blocks independent scrutiny it’s because they don’t want anyone looking too closely. If you’re confident in your approach, you invite oversight. If you’re not, you shut it out. #UCU

At Coventry University, excessive borrowing to prioritise growth models and complex corporate structures pushes risks onto staff, students and begs questions about what a university is for, and who bears the cost when financial strategies go wrong. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Coventry University is the canary in the coal mine for UK higher education. TUPE transfers into subsidiaries to worsen Ts and Cs. 12 intakes a year. Erosion of national agreements. Loss of Trade Union rights It’s a blueprint. If it happens here, it spreads. #UKHE #UCU #JoGrady

Court of Appeal rejects Post Office bid to delay Capture scandal case

Tens of thousands of Cubans have crowded along Havana's famed seawall to celebrate workers on their day, but few are more applauded than those who keep the socialist country powered.