Great to speak at the University and College Union event on how to stop the far right. We need to recognise this is an emergency situation - and to have the government copying the language and policies of Reform will only encourage them. We need to invest in our communities & bring people together

The point of these attacks is twofold: 1. Flood people with nonsense until it feels true. 2. Grind people down until they lose hope. We know the answer to that: fight back - with hope & a plan for change. There is absolutely no way they win this. Join.greenparty.org.uk

CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt with Green Party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social during a visit to the CND stall at UCU Congress. #UCU26

What is it about LNER and overcrowding?

Zack Polanski speaking to UCU delegates at a Stand Up To Racism fringe meeting at the union's annual congress.

It's a limited outcome: one breach found, the rest dismissed, no further remedy. It's disappointing. @ewanmg.bsky.social and I brought this complaint after receiving deeply concerning accounts from whistleblowers, and only after exhausting all internal routes first. (bsky.app/profile/vick...) /2

The Certification Officer has issued his decision in Blake & McGaughey v UCU. My initial response is here: vickyblakeucu.uk/2026/03/31/t... I urge members to read the full ruling rather than relying on the summary emailed to all members by HQ today. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69cbcb...

For whoever needs to hear this I'm the only Jewish person to lead a political party - third largest in the country. The Daily Mail have been & always will be my enemy - they historically supported fascists & continue to do so. I'll take no lectures from them on Antisemitism.

Crazy that 70-80 year olds are generally seen as unemployable due to physical and mental decline. But we're allowing them to run our ENTIRE country.

Me on Whitehall listening to some great speeches from Diane Abbott, Zack Polanski, Paul Nowak, and Ivo Graham. Michael Rosen read one of his poems. The Met typically underestimated the numbers on the march. There were at least 500,000 people from all backgrounds.

Starting to think the British press aren't coping too well with the Green Party wanting to tax wealth fairly. Join.greenparty.org.uk

How universities have been reorganised into incompetence. www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-un...

The science of racism with Professor Keon West

These files confirm that Mandelson's malign influence runs through this Labour government. Starmer knew exactly the choice he was making when he appointed him. He has to go.

Lower bills. Protect the NHS. Rebuild public services. Vote Hannah Spencer & the Green Party.

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

I know that many people on Bluesky are refugees from X, but if you thought you'd escaped the far-right then I have some bad news: there are plenty of them lurking around on this platform. If you see them, block them.

My latest blog is about what I call the Season of Outrage. buddyhell.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/i...

"We are African. We are New York City. And we are voters."

Ten Reasons to Vote Yes in the @ucu.org.uk ballot 2⃣ 𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗨𝗞-𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 Local fights have been strong.

So, I've done something nobody has ever done before: I've watched Fox & Father, which is even more reactionary than I ever could have imagined. Here's the fake priest claiming that jews run our society and are responsible for the existence of gay and trans people.

Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially. Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut. But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now. Short 🧵

"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." #SpotTheContradiction #VictoryToDundeeUCU

Ten Reasons to Vote Yes in the @ucu.org.uk ballot 1⃣ 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀 A YES vote strengthens the hand of your elected negotiators and your union in the face of a set of employers making massive cuts in pay and jobs.

Redundancies were ruled out on three occasions by the most senior staff member at the University of Dundee. Once to STV, once to staff and once in an interview with the Courier. Now they are denying they said it when in front of our elected representatives.

Yesterday our interim Principal, gave evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee. He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies. Judge for yourself.

Ten Reasons to Vote YES in the UCU ballot ucusolidaritymovement.org/2025/10/25/h... 1. It is a vote against pay and job cuts 2. We need a UK-wide mandate to stand together 3. Staff pay has been falling as a proportion of expenditure 4. Pay is falling sharply in real terms

I've voted. Have you? #ucu ##WeAreTheUniversity

Calling all @UCU members in HE! Look out for your #WeAreTheUniversity ballot papers in the post. The envelope you will receive is bright pink. You cannot miss it! If you have not received it by Monday 27 October, click on the link below. ucu.org.uk/WeAreTheUniver…

We're still looking for writers, essayists, reviewers, humorists, cartoonists, bloggers who have something to say and want a place to say it. Visit whenfallsthecoliseum.com and see the submissions page. Might be of interest to professors, students, and recent grads. #academicsky

Many colleges have food pantries to help food insecure students. Bluegrass Community & Technical College takes it a step further, using an on-campus roof to grow food that is then available in the college's food pantry: buff.ly/ZJfcswx #AcademicSky #highered

Important article by our friend, renowned human rights lawyer, Raji Sourani from PCHR Gaza. States, including Ireland, have legal obligations to prevent and punish genocide. Palestinians must be protected from apartheid Israel's genocide. #GazaGenocide www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Members of a humanitarian flotilla sailing to Gaza say they have been attacked by drones. Activists say more than 12 explosions were heard near the boats early on Wednesday. Three of the ships were reportedly damaged." youtube.com/watch?v=3bkb...

Sir Keir has proposed that Charlie Kirk's book The Complete Essays be added to the national curriculum. "I might not have agreed with everything he said, but he was a formidable communicator and polemicist."

Please sign. www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...

Black Country people: fash are trying to mobilise people in Dudley this Sunday, hot off back of former Tory MP & multiple property owner Marco Longhi’s campaign to remove leisure discount for asylum-seekers. Please join the counter demo 11am at the Fountain if you can.

GUCU's and GSU's letter to Goldsmiths smt in response to the latter's antisemitism inquiry, which cost the college over £450,000. GUCU and SU joint letter to Hilary Hunter, Adam Dinham and Tom Sleigh - Goldsmiths University and College Union share.google/x2KePmz0K1IN...

UCEA is offering academic staff a measly 1.4% pay rise. It's insulting.

What a load of bollocks.

The results of our Vote of No Confidence are now out. Members voted in favour of a VONC, with a very strong preference for expressing no confidence in both the VCP and SMT. Find out more on the blog, and watch out for an invitation to an EGM in September.

Solidarity is beautiful ❤️ Cork City Ireland now

This is what happens when far-right discourses on nationality and identity are legitimised by the likes of the BBC, and a Labour government panders to nativist sentiments. www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/07/in-p...

Meanwhile, in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Solidarity with those comrades attending today's demo in Newcastle. #DefendHE #NOredundancies #SpreadTheResistance #Solidarity @UCU @NewcastleUniUCU

This is very good news. Institutions don't seem to have a problem with those who support genocide and ethnic cleansing, but will pull out all the stops to silence those who call for Palestine's freedom. elsc.support/university-o...