In the near future, I'll need to email people about testimonials for a book on work, disablement & capitalism (for the back cover / website). That said, if anyone who sees this post thinks they might be interested in offering a testimonial later this year, pls email me at ioana.chis[at]glasgow.ac.uk

Call for Abstracts - submit by 15 May Marxism & Disability Stream at the Historical Materialism conference 2026 MDN looks forward to hosting the first designated stream related to Marxism & Disability at the HM London conference (5-8 Nov) Details here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...

NEW: People with the greatest housing needs are waiting months or even years *in the highest priority bands* of social housing registers In some areas, people in the highest priority band get social housing after average waits of more than two years By me: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

#OtD 24 Apr 1932 the Kinder Scout trespass took place in protest to a lack of access granted to ramblers, with Benny Rothman being key to the movement. Rothman was imprisoned for 4 months but rallies continued, and access was granted in 2000 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7888...

'it has become an article of the creed of modern morality that all labour is good in itself - a convenient belief to those who live on the labour of others. But as to those on whom they live, I recommend them not to take it on trust' - William Morris www.marxists.org/archive/morr...

We're busy bees here at the Class Work Project, and just as we released Lumpen issue 17 last week, now we're back with the call out for Lumpen 18: queer liberation is class struggle! 🖤🩷🖤🩷 theclassworkproject.com/lumpen-18-ca...

This! "One thing that organizers know is that...We organize people to strategize around the specific regional, national, and contextual issues they are facing. We don’t try to “save people.” Instead, we try to teach them how to save themselves."

In ‘The tragedy of leisure’, the author laments for The Times what he perceives as an increase in people’s time for leisure, attributes people’s increased interest in ‘populism’ to this extra time, has a go at people for not having more children & more. Free time has become the right’s latest target

In today’s episode of Centering All of Life Around Profit Hurts Disabled People. I can’t go to my local Barnes and Noble because there is nowhere to sit down in the bookstore. Imagine being able to sit down and browse through a stack of books in a bookstore. Thorn wanted to go and now I feel bad 😞

Absolutely vile stuff ‘Those on welfare are not enduring the cost-of-living crisis in the same way as the rest of us, with successive governments fiddling with prices and prioritising claimants’ Everyone should have access to leisurely and restful activities

"Animated short film on the alienation of work" #video #lavoro youtu.be/5KyifKNlY7A

I am looking for advisory committee members for the project below (on Disability, Rest, & Free Time). I would be grateful to receive expressions of interest from racialised disabled people who are interested in rest, free time, and their relationship to processes of racialisation in the UK.

‘When I look at how everything works at an agency, it becomes clear that it is a mini-system of quite real oppression designed or evolved in practice to control the immigrant workforce better’ theclassworkproject.com/talking-abou...

'Today, the UK is rated “obstructed” for civic freedoms by the Civicus Monitor, placing it among a small group of European democracies where protest and civil liberties are seen as under pressure' www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/identi...

I am looking for advisory committee members for the project below (on Disability, Rest, & Free Time). I would be grateful to receive expressions of interest from racialised disabled people who are interested in rest, free time, and their relationship to processes of racialisation in the UK.

#OtD 29 Mar 1988 half a million workers in the Philippines went on a general strike in pursuit of an across-the-board flat rate pay increase stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1011...

'“Awarding people a lower rate just because they may hypothetically recover later turns the constant struggle with unpredictable conditions into an additional cruel penalty”' 💯 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

SCLD has launched a new 12 Point Plan for Change, setting out key priorities for the next Scottish Government. 👉 Read the full 12 Point Plan here: zurl.co/iDETd

The project will seek to consider the interconnection between disablement/disablism and racialisation/racism in the context of rest and free time. For more information, my email address is [email protected]

'Multimethod research on precarious work under disabling capitalism: Methodological reflections' - Bulletin of Sociological Methodology Out now, #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityResearch #Anticapitalism #AntiWork

‘They went for wealth, not health. They chose to tolerate inequality. They opted for more of the same as we’ve had since 2010. That choice says much about Westminster’s priorities. People in power don’t look at life expectancy because [...] we’ve all got used to expecting less from our lives’👇🏼

On 7 April the new Fair Work Agency launches. Tomorrow, with @melaniesimms.bsky.social, Prof. Ruth Dukes & Dr Eleanor Kirk @glasgow.ac.uk, we’re bringing together key voices to explore what this shift in labour market enforcement means for workers in Scotland. (image:Zdravka Boudinova-Zdravolina)

Join us on March 3, 7pm GMT for an online discussion of Pirate Care by Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars, Tomislav Medak This event is supported by various collectives & will launch a book review forum published in the Postdigital Science & Education Journal link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#Disability #Anticapitalism #AntiWork #FreeTime #Rest #DisabledSky

Account #Update The previous project on precarious work & disablement (from which more publications will emerge) will be complemented by a new project on rest & free time under capitalism. If any collectives are interested in getting in touch/finding out about the 2nd project, please DM/email!

#25 - Monica 'I would say to pay more attention to their family and less attention to their work because work is just not as important as your family'. - Monica #Rest #Disability #Work

#24 - Felix "Just try and keep going, you know? And have a sense of humour, realise that there's some things that are out of your control. Trying to be aware of that and moving through the world at our own pace is what we all have to do'. - Felix 1/2 #Rest #Disability

Disability & Rest / Free time / Leisure If you know Disabled People's Organisations or other UK-based community groups / collectives currently interested in exploring the politics of rest and free time, please recommend! #Disability #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityRights #Capitalism #Rest #FreeTime

Rest / Free time / Leisure & #Disability If you know UK-based Disabled People's Organisations or other community groups / collectives that are currently interested in exploring the topics mentioned above from a 'political' perspective, please recommend! #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityRights

#23 - Dom 'Don't take work too seriously. Do the work you have to do and hopefully enjoy it (and join a union if possible), but it's not your entire life, so find leisure activities that give you pleasure. And best of luck whatever happens'. - Dom

Today's Workers' Mic goes on-air at 8:00 AM Central time on @wgnradio.bsky.social 720 AM in #Chicago. Hear it at wgnradio.com/on-air/ #Chicago#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

#22 - Alex 'I'd tell them that they're right, everything that they say is right - all of the feelings that they have about how wrong and how shitty everything is, and how things should be better, they're absolutely right'. - Alex 1/2

Very excited to collaborate with Notes from Below on a Disability & Work Issue On 21st January we'll be hosting an online workshop - an open space for sharing ideas on work, it'll draw on previous workers' inquiries to introduce methods/frameworks for writing about your experiences luma.com/spnoc68z

Congratulations to Esther Outram, a PhD student I am lucky enough to work with, on publishing her first journal article in @berj-2025.bsky.social. Is there space for dyslexia in high-attainment educational environments? Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study doi.org/10.1002/berj...

#21 - Mark 'If you're lucky to find something that you love to do - do it! But also remember that if you want to continue and make a positive difference in the stuff that you do, then you can't influence and help others if you don't take care of yourself'. - Mark 1/3 #RestAndDisability

Yet another attack on disabled people by attempting to take away as many kinds of infrastructures for going through everyday life with fewer social restrictions #DisabilityAndWork

Great discussion at @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social Australian Sociological Association Annual Conf. y'day! Thanks to the Sociology of Work, Labour & Economy Stream for placing such interestingly linked presentations (Aastha Thakur's, Kirsten Ambrens', Brendan Churchill's & mine) on the same panel

🤩 Now there's a thought....

Many thanks to the Society for Disability Studies @disstudies.bsky.social for hosting a workshop co-delivered with Amanda Apgar earlier today, on conference presentations (and related matters). Support SDS & become a member! #DisabilityStudies #HigherEd www.patreon.com/c/societyfor...

‘Tell me: what do you enjoy the most about your current role - the low pay, the long hours, the workload you can’t control? Or your feeling of relief when you’re absolutely anywhere else?’ Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires youtu.be/xvwvI6eoyFs?...

Over the coming months, I will be working on a book that focuses on some aspects of the arguments developed through this project. Sharing this here as a way of pressuring myself into a more disciplined writing routine and to let mutuals know that something might be on the way.

Interesting @wearenewlocal.bsky.social podcast episode on community centres (there are approx 21,000) in the UK! www.newlocal.org.uk/publications...

#20 - Egista 'For me the most important thing is to kill that "little capitalist devil inside ourselves" because that's toxic to everyone and it's very stupid and it's generated by this interlocked system of oppression, capitalism, & normalcy. The starting point is to be better able'.. - Egista 1/2

The State of Critical Race Disability Studies A White Paper Report from the Disabled Scholars of Color Collective disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/10/15/g...

Environmental Exposures, Disability, and Reproductive Justice 11 November 2025, 1pm-2pm Join this 'Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice' reading group session with Dr Rosamund Greiner (Institute for Global Health) www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

#19 - Julia '.. remember Margaret Thatcher only slept four hours a night and nobody wants to be like her, so more sleep is good, more rest is good. Maybe as well: we are experts in ourselves' - Julia 1/2

#18 - Gus 'In hindsight, across my life, I just wish I'd learned to say "no" an awful lot more. I've just really come to realise that actually doing less doesn't mean that you have achieved less. I wish I had a much better sense of that when I was a young man coming into my career, really' - Gus 1/2

#17 - Ronald ''Avoid burnout and keep some positivity. That's very important: having a positive vision for the future. Yes, there are many challenges, but we are all together. We're going to make it. And if the box doesn't fit you, throw it'. - Ronald 1/3 #Rest #Disability #Work