Labour will be decimated in May local elections, Unite leader says. Sharon Graham tells party to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ after ‘shameful’ handling of Birmingham bin strike www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Interviewed for The National newspaper on the RMT campaign to protect its members from the rising number of assaults by passengers www.thenational.scot/news/2595265...

Strike stats out yesterday showing dramatic fall in strike levels for Jan 26 (compared to Nov & Dec 25) so much more like most of 2024 and 2025: 31,000 days not worked in 62 strikes by 6,000 workers.

Union fined £265,000 for blocking lorries in Birmingham bin workers’ strike: Court finds Unite repeatedly breached injunction by blockading and ‘slow walking’ next to waste trucks www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National today on the 100th anniversary of the May 1926 General Strike: 'Looking back 100 years to the nine days that changed Britain' www.thenational.scot/culture/2592...

My piece in The National today on the 100th anniversary of the May 1926 General Strike: 'Looking back 100 years to the nine days that changed Britain' www.thenational.scot/culture/2592...

@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, a good time to announce that my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album, good time to announce my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

@3313books.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of the release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow …' album, good time to announce that my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

@3313books.bsky.social As today is 40th anniversary of the release of The Redskins’ 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow …' album, good time to announce that my new book on the political influence of the band is to be published on 3 Sept. See www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... Softback out after hardback.

Unite announces cut to Labour membership fees by more than half a million pounds: One of UK’s largest trade unions say it is cutting £580,000 contributions to the party over the Birmingham bin www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Anti-war radical 'protest' singer, Country Joe McDonald, has died, aged 84 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Union fails to win control of works council at Tesla’s German factory: IG Metall says it will continue fighting for workers’ rights despite failing to win majority on employee body www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Union tries to seize control of works council at Tesla’s German factory@ Lawsuits and slander claims fly in IG Metall’s battle with Elon Musk over employment rights and conditions www.theguardian.com/business/202...

6 months today, on 3 Sept , my 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’ (www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... ) is out. Contra Easterhouse & Housemartins, studies how band used music to promote socialism. Softback out after hardback.

@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social 6 months today, 3 Sept, my 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’ (www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...) is out. It studies how band used music to promote socialism. Softback out after hardback

@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social 6 months today, 3 Sept, my 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’ (www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...) is out. It studies how band used music to promote socialism. Softback out after hardback

6 months today, on 3 Sept , my 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’ (www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... ) is out. Contra Easterhouse & Housemartins, it studies how band used music to promote socialism. Softback out after hardback.

My piece on The Tribune website today called 'Where Did All the Workers Go?' where television once portrayed labour struggles and the central role work plays in our lives but why have modern dramas pushed these stories off screen? tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/wher...

@tribunemagazine.bsky.social My piece on The Tribune website today called 'Where Did All the Workers Go?' where television once portrayed labour struggles and the central role work plays in our lives but why have modern dramas pushed these stories off screen? tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/wher...

Interesting analysis of the current state of the far left around the world: www.historicalmaterialism.org/world-trotsk...

Level of strikes in Britain in December 2025 continued uptick from previous month so 118,000 days not worked 252 strikes by 35,000 workers. Takes us back to early 2024 levels but not levels of 2023.

@manchesterup.bsky.social Until the end of this month, i.e., Saturday this week (28/2/26), my 2024 biography of RMT union leader has a 70% discount on it for sales in the UK - normally £20, now just £6 plus postage Just use FLASH70 code at the checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096

Until the end of this month, i.e., Saturday this week (28/2/26), my 2024 biography of RMT union leader has a 70% discount on it for sales in the UK - normally £20, now just £6 plus postage Just use FLASH70 code at the checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096

@buiraonline.bsky.social Our latest article is on the union default, published by the journal, Economic and Industrial Democracy, is now up online and called 'Self-representation and non-union employee representation: Implications for a union default' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Our latest article is on the union default, published by the journal, Economic and Industrial Democracy, is now up online and called 'Self-representation and non-union employee representation: Implications for a union default' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@buiraonline.bsky.social Our latest article is on the union default is now up online, called 'Self-representation and non-union employee representation: Implications for a union default' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Our latest article is on the union default is now up online, called 'Self-representation and non-union employee representation: Implications for a union default' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

My piece in The National today on the prospects for the radical left in the Scottish Parliament elections on 7 May 2026 - called 'Unity is the only route to electoral success for Scotland’s left' www.thenational.scot/politics/258...

@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National today on the prospects for the radical left in the Scottish Parliament elections on 7 May 2026 - called 'Unity is the only route to electoral success for Scotland’s left' www.thenational.scot/politics/258...

From 16/2/26 to 28/2/26, my biography of RMT union leader has a 70% discount on it for sales in the UK - normally £20, now just £6 plus postage Just use FLASH70 code at the checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096

From 16/2/26 to 28/2/26, my biography of RMT union leader has a 70% discount on it for sales in the UK - normally £20, now just £6 plus postage Just use FLASH70 code at the checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096

@manchesterup.bsky.social From 16/2/26 to 28/2/26, my biography of RMT union leader has a 70% discount on it for sales in the UK - normally £20, now just £6 plus postage Just use FLASH70 code at the checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096

@manchesterup.bsky.social From 16/2/26 to 28/2/26, my biography of RMT union leader has a 70% discount on it for sales in the UK - normally £20, now just £6 plus postage Just use FLASH70 code at the checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096

@manchesterup.bsky.social From 16/2/26 to 28/2/26, my biography of RMT union leader has a 70% discount on it for sales in the UK - normally £20, now just £6 plus postage Just use FLASH70 code at the checkout manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096

‘The time of monsters’: everyone is quoting Gramsci – but what did he actually say? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

@buiraonline.bsky.social Our new (open access) Industrial Relations Journal article comparing the benefits of the union default proposal with open, closed and agency shops in terms of members, resources, and individual autonomy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our new (open access) Industrial Relations Journal article comparing the benefits of the union default proposal with open, closed and agency shops in terms of members, resources, and individual autonomy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@scotnational.bsky.social My National report on second day of the founding conference of Your Party Scotland in Dundee called 'Do Your Party have what it takes to turn words into deeds in May's election?' It’s a mountain to climb with just 12 weeks to do it in www.thenational.scot/news/2583645...

My report for The National newspaper on the second day of the founding conference of Your Party Scotland in Dundee called 'Do Your Party have what it takes to turn words into deeds in May's election?' It’s a mountain to climb with just 12 weeks to do it in. www.thenational.scot/news/2583645...

@yourparty.scot My report for The National newspaper on the second day of the founding conference of Your Party Scotland in Dundee called 'Do Your Party have what it takes to turn words into deeds in May's election?' www.thenational.scot/news/2583645...

@scotnational.bsky.social My report for The National newspaper on the second day of the founding conference of Your Party Scotland in Dundee called 'Do Your Party have what it takes to turn words into deeds in May's election?' www.thenational.scot/news/2583645...

My report for The National newspaper on the second day of the founding conference of Your Party Scotland in Dundee called 'Do Your Party have what it takes to turn words into deeds in May's election?' www.thenational.scot/news/2583645...