This is a phenomenal interview. youtu.be/_GyAXRWqa-M?...

ICE agents shot a woman yesterday, but that wasn't enough cruelty, so Border Patrol went to a school and attacked people.

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Les fascistes aux manœuvres partout en ce début d'année 2026. Pas glop

"I want to understand how the right to play means playing safely. How is this safe when Apache helicopters are above the school and tanks are in front of the school and bombed the school?" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The complicity of most of the Labour Party in this should never be forgotten. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our latest issue of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social is out now. "Whether in the classroom or in the community, educators around the country are refusing to stop teaching about the genocide in Gaza and challenging the false accusations of antisemitism leveled against them for doing so."

The Power of Plants: Learning About Herbs and Indigenous Wisdom in Laos In this article for @rethinkingschools.bsky.social, I attempt to restore my and my students’ connections to the land through gardening together and learning about Indigenous medicine. rethinkingschools.org/articles/the...

“An abolitionist education means asking generative questions in the service of freedom-making and liberation for all.“ An interview with @prisonculture.bsky.social in @rethinkingschools.bsky.social

Wondering why your utility bills are getting so expensive? AI could be a big reason why. AI data centers cost a ton to upkeep, and big tech companies are passing on those costs to local communities. I'm pressing for answers.

I have been saying this for some time. It is simple maths. A country with a low birth rate and an ageing population requires immigration to maintain the size of the working population. The alternative is to deny the right of older workers to retire. Pensioners Need Migrants.

We are a Left with ballots cast but few shop floors won, with more cultural importance than class power For Zohran's election to start a lasting transformation we have to acknowledge an uncomfortable truth: despite our impressive electoral reach, our movement’s roots are still shallow

If you haven't watched this from @novaramedia.com I would thoroughly recommend it for a political economy of AI and the empire they want to (re)create through it. youtu.be/8enXRDlWguU?...

Every teacher I talked to today said they had a restful break. We got nothing done. But we rested and that's something

This is a really good watch. If you watch it carefully you can see the subtle criticisms of Maduro, they are practical in using the opportunity to do something radical and the black and red flags suggest the politics of the group. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2vL...

#OtD 5 Jan 1970 a group of mercenaries headed to Sochaux, France, to infiltrate and break workers' organisation at the Peugeot factory. Peugeot initially hired 120 mostly army veterans including convicted murderers and other criminals stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1052...

"complicated" (Starmer) „komplex“ (Merz) „außerordentlich komplex“ (Wadephul) 🤷‍♂️

Our call for papers on organising as workers in higher education for the Scuola Democratica conference in Rome in September is out www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/panel/organi...

Feroze Sidhwa (@ferozesidhwa.org, X: @FerozeSidhwa) | @dropsitenews.com

From the uses of literacy project in Sheffield 2017.

Donald Trump said he wants to move to phase two of the Gaza ceasefire “as quickly as we can,” but repeatedly insisted that “there has to be a disarmament” of Hamas, speaking alongside a grinning Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of their meeting. “But there has to be a disarmament,” Trump told reporters...

A fascist state boycott Israel.

A reminder that my book on the history of protest is now published. It is superbly produced with a great cover. Buy it now from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

The Labour govmt's actions are vile. The silence of the media is grotesque, callous and servile.

Two Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospital

@northumbriauni.bsky.social want to freeze our pay unless we move pension? @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social say #Wham bam no thank you man! @ucu.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social @chroniclelive.co.uk @danhollandnews.bsky.social

A really cracking set of conference panels here for anyone with an interest in critical and democratic perspectives on education. www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/panel-sessio...

This reminds me of the VW emissions scandal from 2015, when VW intentionally allowed cars to release x40 the permitted emissions. Later, we found that politicians knew about it in 2010. Instead of VW going bankrupt, the laws were changed to allow the pollution... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A few snaps from that demo (ft. @michaelchessum.bsky.social)

FREE EDUCATION NOW! After the 2015 free education demo organised by NCAFC in London

'Health and Safety' is not 'red tape'. 'Health and Safety' is the red line between you and accidents, injury, long-term harm.

Some international campaigns to support workers being targetted by employers around the globe www.labourstartcampaigns.net/actnowen.cgi...

This book is brilliant

MPs laughed. David Lammy tells families of hunger strikers he doesn’t know anything about it’ Social media is awash with jokes about food and thousands of people can’t tell the difference between charge and conviction. We all die a bit now. www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

The prison which reportedly denied an ambulance to hunger striker Qesser Zurhah, HMP Bronzefield, is fully privatised (Sodexo runs prison & medical) & has had a string of scandals including 2 recent deaths & an earlier baby death metro.co.uk/2025/08/04/t... & www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Our paper on clusters of schools across the UK is out. We find five clusters: multi-racial & super-diverse middle & working-class schools of towns & cities, suburban white middle class schools, established elite schools & (post-)industrial white working class schools. doi.org/10.1002/berj...

Startling really when you think about regional educational inequality in England just how deep-rooted it is. In the early 2010s everyone was talking about the London effect in school performance as if it was something new (not least thanks to @chriscook.news's great reporting). It wasn't though.

They keep coming in from @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social ! Out the vote is definitely being got, as Yoda might say.

Sent my Christmas card to Civica Election Sevices! #YesYes @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social

Sophy Ridge to someone from Trussell: "Can I just ask, demand for food banks is going up and this is often seen as a negative thing basically, that it shows that more people are in need turning to food banks. Could you flip that and say its a good thing..." er, no.

Just got back from HMP Bronzefield. Most importantly: Qesser Zuhrah was transferred to hospital via the ambulance she’d been demanding since 5pm yesterday. David Lammy, Keir Starmer — you are on the brink of causing the deaths of multiple young Palestine hunger strikers.

Have deactivated my Twitter account finally. Trying to make some connections lost since the change of owners. Hoping to start new networks especially around organising around abolition, migrants and protest.

Is it odd that the police are vowing to arrest people for something they have been explicitly told is not a criminal offence? Well, even the political editor at the Times thinks it’s an eyebrow-raiser, which should indicate something weird is happening.

"Which is why they and their adherents have a keen interest in diffusing their class interests, their way of thinking, into the common sense throughout all strata of the tech world — even among workers" Well put and a process I've seen working itself through the tech workforce

Very positive news for UNISON - about time it became a more active union at the top as well as in some great local branches!

Why is the far right triumphing across the West? Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources. This is a lie. A failed economic order is to blame: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I hate journal submission pages with a passion. So bad, inconsistent and infernally frustrating. Let me upload my document and begone. We all know the reviewers are going to ask for all manner of edits anyway.

Don’t worry cycle commuters! The NINE additional miles added to your commute, on horrendous 60mph dual carriageway, is absolutely fckin fine. @cyclinguk.bsky.social @richardlochhead.bsky.social @cyclingweekly.com @roadcc.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...