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Reposted for Paul Thomas Anderson’s birthday. www.unemployednegativity.com/2008/02/prim...

It's quite simple: if we have the right to protest, but not the right for protest to be disruptive, we don't have the right to protest. We live in an anti-democratic, genocide perpetuating, police state. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Really sad to hear this. Duncan brought myself and others together to work on the Stuart Christie archive at the Mayday Rooms. A true gent. Was never the loudest in the room but always the most interesting. Not many left in the building. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

He would fix me

I understand that the University is dying, and will eventually be replaced by some kind of new world of for profit online job training modules, but in the interregnum do we really have to endure the morbid symptoms of programs in "Leadership studies" and "Entrepreneurship"?

‘If what you want is calm to be restored you are still the enemy you have not thought thru clearly what that means’ RIP Joshua Clover. poetrysociety.org/poems-essays...

this is probably super obvious but bears repeating loudly and often: if you’re a trans worker in the UK, you need to join a union STAT. the workplace is where a lot of the pressure from the Supreme Court ruling is going to hit hardest and first.

On #25April we remember the power of resistance and hope. Liberation Day in Italy and Portugal marks two uprisings, 29 years apart, united against fascism. We honour the power of the ordinary people who rose up - and the workers who keep fighting to protect democracy today.

Our special issue of Labour History came out last year, dedicated to anti-colonialism/anti-racism and the labour movement in Australian history. Co-edited by me, @jonpiccini.bsky.social, @sophieloywilson.bsky.social and Padraic Gibson. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/labourhi...

"Mood" youtu.be/8m1gWpYFR6s?...

"Historians and history students will be among those to suffer in an ongoing political culture of tough love and market solutions. Alongside its teachers and students, history—as a practice and discipline—will also suffer." 🗃️

Was great to chat with @medicinered.bsky.social about histories of worker self-management and the example of the Lucas Plan. Trade unionists used to speak the language of workers' control. We need to learn that language again, and fast. open.spotify.com/episode/1rcn...

Another great pod from @medicinered.bsky.social. @jlthorne.bsky.social discusses worker self management - the Lucas Plan, and reaches conclusions congruent with our forthcoming Radical Abundance book. We must move beyond defensive struggle to propositional politics. open.spotify.com/episode/1rcn...

hey gang just a quick request for a strikefund- phlebotomists in gloucestershire have been fighting for fair pay, their fund could really use a boost, if anyone is able to spare a few £ please do & if not share so those who support striking workers will see southwest.unison.org.uk/campaigns/fa...

Big day in the office. 50+ Healthcare Assistants crash a board meeting. The Trust emailed all staff this morning. In it they tried to dupe members into accepting an inferior deal, which they are now trying to impose, with no consultation. They should know by now that HCAs will put up a fight.

Counting up all the International Womens Day ‘woman holding a gun’ posts from men on the left and asking them how many times they have offered to run the childcare or cook the food at a political meeting

Read Silvia Federici's foreword to The Arcana of Reproduction by Leopoldina Fortunati, which is part of our International Women's Day sale

In 1910, socialist women gathered in Copenhagen and first proposed an international working women's day be established. 8 March eventually became the annual day for this event. In recognition of International Women's Day, here is a thread of articles from our journal dedicated to communist women.

Cambridge University loses bid to ban pro-Palestine protests on university sites - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-condemns-cambridge-university-seeking-ban-pro-palestine-protests

#OtD 1 Mar 1918 anarchist and anti-fascist Marie Louise Berneri was born. A central member of the @Freedom_Paper group, she went to Spain twice during the Spanish Civil War, and later helped Spanish orphans and refugees stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8...

February; month of love, Paris, and working like a demon.

What this Times article ignores is that this is already happenning with agricultural workers and care workers... and it is a human rights disaster. As we reported workers live on farms in uninsulated, cramped, mouldy and unsafe housing. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023...

NEW REPORT 🚨"Shaping digital futures in work and society: the case of worker-led innovation" by Jessica Thorne Commissioned & published by KIT Karlsruhe, the report offers a deeper dive into the Lucas Plan, including new interviews with former employees 👇 https://buff.ly/42J0phx

There's been a big renewed interested in democratic, bottom up planning over the last few years as the problem of ecological transition presents itself. This excellent report by @jlthorne.bsky.social examines key antecedents including the the important Lucas Plan. Also includes incredible diagrams

Worker led innovation is key to ensuring AI at work is genuinely beneficial for all, equitable, sustainable and just. This timely and important report from @jlthorne.bsky.social KIT Karlsruhe @autonomy-institute.bsky.social sets out historical examples we can draw on to inform present challenges.

quite beautiful, in an era where earnestness is hard to do, that lots of the tributes are “David Lynch taught me that it was okay to be weird.”

Look what came through the post (finally)

Time to wear some nice threads and enter... The Weekend youtu.be/6zxnoT3XBu0?...

Really, truly hope that the ceasefire holds - but this must not be the end of demanding accountability and redress for the genocide that has been perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinians, and the material and ideological support our governments lent it to do so.

There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

As we cross over to a new platform, I've made a starter pack of active trade unionists and worker organisers so we can link in with one another - message if you'd like to be added 💖 go.bsky.app/JTVKG6z

"In the long run, it’s not unions taking a stand to defend human rights that future generations will condemn—it’s the indifference and profiteering from war that they will find impossible to justify.” labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

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Bit cold out.

“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”

Left media is saturated with talking heads, so boy oh boy am I excited to see workers go on podcasts and connect theory with practice. More of this!

We are supporting two careworkers facing intimidation tactics by their employer after trying to unionise. The employer refused to pay them their wages, leaving them in immediate economic hardship. We would greatly appreciate donating and sharing this. 🤝 gofund.me/9037ecb4

Beautiful series of reflections on the past year put together by @edluker.bsky.social. Really enjoying reading these. belowdeck.substack.com/p/clearing-t...

This is well worth a listen for anyone interested in organising the workplace (which should be all of you tbh).

Listening to The Marías and lying next to the fire. I think I might be...relaxed?

Cheers then. Bah humbug

Merry Christmas all. An old CNT veteran once told me that not only did they not celebrate Christmas, but that any gifts they received from friends had to be returned! Hope all revolutionaries are maintaining discipline today 👀

Good to see healthcare workers turning increasingly precarious working conditions into a source of strength. An incredible show of solidarity which is hard to pull off, but all the more necessary! www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/ex...

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“Twelve new billionaires have been created in the homebuilding industry over the past few years; these homebuilders control more of the market and make more profit while building fewer homes.” prospect.org/infrastructu...

I really enjoyed this. It speaks to the thoughts I think we've all had (on the contemporary left) on how to maintain political commitment during the ebbs and flows of class struggle. Saul Williams suggestion from 'Jess' was cool too.

Looking forward to this.