Bonus link: young trans people are being attacked on all fronts, in education as well as healthcare. My recent post "Labour's Section 28 is here" explains more, and again provides advice on what you can do.
We need to focus more on listening to voices from Iran - Naghmeh Sohrabi is working to platform those. Follow on Substack
open.substack.com/pub/naghmehs...
"Women's freedom is the sign of social freedom."
"The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening."
- Rosa Luxemburg
Happy International Women's Day 2026.
يأتي ذلك في وقت استشهد نحو 19 مواطنًا معظهم من النساء والاطفال في مجزرة ارتكبها الاحتلال في بلدة صير الغربية في قضاء النبطية مستهدفًا مبنى مؤلف من 3 طوابق
Reports of around 19 people, mostly women and children, killed by an Israeli strike in Sir El-Gharbyeh, Lebanon
www.alaraby.com/news/%D9%85%...
The origins of IWD - internationalism, women’s suffrage on socialist terms, & women’s trade unionism. www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/project/cent...
Happy international working women’s day
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A day honouring the revolutionary women who have collectivised to fight through the years for a world where we are nourished, can rest and play, and where every child can sleep safe in their beds.
youtu.be/D6hIMsd6BlQ?...
Money for war but they won’t feed the poor
Black and white image of black cat. No war but the class war written on
No war but the class war
So the candidate who left school at 16 with no A-Levels and who's spent her whole adult life vocational, manual jobs beat the ivory tower academic turned cushy media pundit, but you can be sure we'll still get plenty more casual description of the latter as "white working class".
Good luck! 🍀
🚨 FIFTH consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨
🔥 Two week ballot window
🔥 75% turnout
🔥 73% YES to strike action
🔥 81% YES to ASOS
Our members will not tolerate victimisation and won’t be intimidated.
UCU staff are not the enemy. It’s beyond time for the GS to talk to us.
#HandsOffMarie
Photo of Marie with text ‘Hands off Marie! Stop trade union victimisation’
📣 Unite UCU TU Victimisation Strike Rally
⏰ Weds 18 February @ 7pm
📍 In-person: Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester
💻 Online access: unitetheunion-org.zoom.us/j/9198478678...
Everyone welcome
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Reminder that Francesca Albanese is not being targeted for a sentence twisted and lifted out of context in a speech.
She is being targeted for daring to name the names of giant companies complicit in the crime of genocide.
They would rather destroy international law than be accountable to it.
Front cover of Liberation News, August 7, 1969. Che: 'Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.'
Right back to you Rhiannon!
New post: LABOUR'S SECTION 28 IS HERE - ACT NOW.
I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.
In this story, there is a lot of support for trans people that you rarely see covered in the media unless they're being attacked. Businesses and individuals all standing up and saying 'I will not be a part of this' and I think that needs to be highlighted because it can feel lonely out there.
Two cats cuddled with hats Text reads This Valentine's Choose Comrades Over Capitalism
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Unite members in the north west on a picket line while taking strike action to defend Marie, their H&S rep, who is being subject to trade union victimisation by our employer.
Unite against TU Victimisation
@Unitetheunion.bsky.social doesn't tolerate the victimisation of its reps by employers. Today our members in the North West are showing what solidarity looks like.
It's time UCU ended the victimisation of Marie, our Health & Safety Officer.
#Strike #HandsOffMarie
Illustration of placards with the Welsh ‘Ar Streic Heddiw’
Our Wales colleagues showing what solidarity looks like.
#HandsOffMarie
#UniteAgainstVictimisation
Vote UCU Left in the NEC elections! VP from FE Election 1 Regine Pilling VP from HE 1 Sean Wallis North East HE 1 Matt Perry 2 Suzy Fitzpatrick 3 Dr Loes Veldpaus* London & East HE 1 Sean Wallis 2 Christina Paine 3 Simon Courtenage 4 Cecilia Wee UK elected HE 1 Donna Brown 2 Bee Hughes 3 Dr Marion Hersh 4 Dr Deepa Driver 5 Grant Buttars* 6 Dr Rhian Keyse* Rep: Women 1 Lesley Kane 2 Dr Deepa Driver 3 Dr Rhian Keyse* More details: uculeft.org/nec-elections-2026/ *Not a UCU Left candidate, but supported by UCU Left
Slate 2 (HE)
Vote for @uculeft.bsky.social and left aligned candidates in the NEC elections. Election materials are arriving now.
Remember everyone elects the VP and equality seats (Women this year) so make sure you use all of your votes.
Vote UCU Left in the NEC elections! VP from FE 1 Regine Pilling VP from HE 1 Sean Wallis North West FE 1 Nina Doran London & East FE 1 Sean Vernell 2 Regine Pilling UK elected FE 1 Regine Pilling 2 Jill Kennedy-McNeill 3 Elaine White 4 Duncan Moore* Rep: Women FE 1 Safia Flissi 2 Tania Wanjiru Manyuira More details: uculeft.org/nec-elections-2026/ *Not a UCU Left candidate, but supported by UCU Left
Slate 1 (FE) - vote @uculeft.bsky.social candidates in the NEC elections, ballot materials are arriving now!
Remember if you are an HE member that the electorate for equality seats (women’s this year) is the whole membership, so make sure you use all of your votes!
Alt didn’t work so
Pic 1 me and Lou after dip in sea with sea behind us
Pic 2 beach hut, green and white with shrubs
Pics 3 and 4 are sharp sunlight falling on sea with waves and spray and blue skies
Great to see our @equityuk.bsky.social general secretary supporting the Birmingham bin workers. #BirminghamBinStrike #MegaPicket #BrumBinStrike
In solidarity from @equitybwm.bsky.social 📣✊🏼 #solidarity
![Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social • 34m
NEW: Previously unreported Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson discussing a
Panama-linked tax avoidance structure for a £2.4m Rio apartment - with Epstein as his
"chief life adviser"
Exclusive Tax Policy Associates report:
To:
From:
Sent:
Subject:
jeevacation@gmail.comljeevacation@gmail.com]
Peter Mandelson
Sun 11/7/20102:34:57 PM
Fwd: Rio apartment
Sent to my bank manager. Grateful for helpful thoughts from my chief life adviser....
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
From: Peter Mandelson
Date: 7 November 2010 14:29:12 GMT
To: " Ce:
Subject: Rio apartment
1. as we discussed, I am considering a purchase of an apartment in Rio. It is in a block under construction in Ipanema. It is being re-sold off plan by the original purchaser. Asking price is 5.350.000 rials. I am told that this value will rise on construction and will follow Rio property prices up in coming years.
I can forward property details to you in next few days but I would be grateful for advice from you on how HSBCPB in Rio can assist in helping me take the decision on this particular property and in a purchase. I also need some advice on tax implications in Brazil and UK.
I am minded to place ownership, once secured, in Reinaldo's name and advice on this
would also be welcome.
Please let me know whether and how you can help on this.
Best regards from Beijing
Peter
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social • 34m NEW: Previously unreported Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson discussing a Panama-linked tax avoidance structure for a £2.4m Rio apartment - with Epstein as his "chief life adviser" Exclusive Tax Policy Associates report: To: From: Sent: Subject: jeevacation@gmail.comljeevacation@gmail.com] Peter Mandelson Sun 11/7/20102:34:57 PM Fwd: Rio apartment Sent to my bank manager. Grateful for helpful thoughts from my chief life adviser.... Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Peter Mandelson Date: 7 November 2010 14:29:12 GMT To: " Ce: Subject: Rio apartment 1. as we discussed, I am considering a purchase of an apartment in Rio. It is in a block under construction in Ipanema. It is being re-sold off plan by the original purchaser. Asking price is 5.350.000 rials. I am told that this value will rise on construction and will follow Rio property prices up in coming years. I can forward property details to you in next few days but I would be grateful for advice from you on how HSBCPB in Rio can assist in helping me take the decision on this particular property and in a purchase. I also need some advice on tax implications in Brazil and UK. I am minded to place ownership, once secured, in Reinaldo's name and advice on this would also be welcome. Please let me know whether and how you can help on this. Best regards from Beijing Peter Sent from my iPad
Again, I’d love to know what Peter’s actual role was in the People’s Vote campaign; in the secret wrecking campaign that his protege Morgan McSweeney launched in 2018* and in Sir Keir’s leadership project.
*To date, only one lobby journalist has said she attended Morgan’s secret project launch.
Lovely bit of sunshine, very quick dip and restorative catch-up with one of my most favourite people after a week which have swung between lovely returning students as semester 2 starts, & increasing visibility of what time for students means under a neoliberal agenda
Solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social
One key recurring message from the NUWT, is the importance of recognising the fallacy of "now is not the time" - the real intention of this being to buffer against urgency, like the legislated-for delays in TU industrial processes, but generally coming from those within rather than outside the left.
It took until 1961, the year after E Thomas retired and the year before she died, for this agreement to extend to long-serving teachers like her as well as new recruits.
The film was made in the early 50s as the campaign intensified in the lead-up to equal pay for teachers finally being agreed in 1955 after decades of statements that the principle was supported from the NUT and the Labour party...
