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Wales and international solidarity - Chile, Nicaragua, Palestine Minnie Pallister, William Hazell & co-ops Honorary Research Fellow National Museum Wales & Swansea University

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Another really lame BBC piece by @vanessabusch.bsky.social
who once again fails to name Venezuela's largest world oil reserves as primary reason for Trump's action. Immigration and drugs are listed high. Why can the main cause not be stated openly? It's obvious to the rest of us, why not the BBC?

03.01.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue

The British Library have a searchable interim Archives & Manuscripts Catalogues up & running: searcharchives.bl.uk
(posting for all the folks who, like me, had somehow managed to miss this important development)

15.12.2025 12:37 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

BBC action against perceived left-wing bias led to appointing Sir Richard Maconachie, ex-British Minister to Kabul, Controller(Home) in 1936 His appointment = move to right & caution Criticised for supposed left-wing bias, Talks Department reorganised & senior staff dispersed (see Scannell &Cardiff)

08.12.2025 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Read Andrew Green's thoughts on Bob Dylan's concert in Swansea on Sunday... mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...

14.11.2025 10:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minnie Pallister now out in paperback. Lovely job...thanks @parthianbooks.bsky.social

24.10.2025 08:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello Julie. Good to be in touch.

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Please share πŸ™‚

#WomensHistory #GenderHist #ECR

30.09.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You’ll find this a far more agreeable space…

23.09.2025 05:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Where Minnie Pallister worshipped

14.09.2025 10:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m just going through the same process with my book on Welsh Solidarity with Chile - but my return trip is only to Merthyr. We should compare notes…

13.09.2025 06:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nazi Germany wasn’t Nazi Germany until it was. Everything was normal, life went on until it didn’t.

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Early 1920s banner of Leningrad Bolshevik Party in its new home in Marx Memorial Library yesterday.

09.09.2025 06:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you think it is right wing votes that are going to Reform and Labour’s going to Plaid in Wales, you need to look a bit more closely…

27.08.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Among yesterday's arrestees is Deborah Hinton, an 81-year old retired magistrate with an OBE.
That's Yvette Cooper's idea of a terrorist.
Language has been turned on its head.
The law has been turned on its head.
Murdering children is righteous.
Trying to stop it is terrorism.

20.07.2025 05:31 πŸ‘ 1944 πŸ” 677 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 22

2nd reading of the Terrorism Bill, 14 December 1999. Home Sec Jack Straw responds to an MP asking if supporting international protests involve property damage would be counted as supporting terrorism: "Not even remotely".
This is the legislation being used to proscribe Palestine Action.
#Palestine

04.07.2025 07:45 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If thousands of us stand up and say "I support #PalestineAction", what is the government going to do? Lock us all up for "terrorism" offences?
This is where we show them how solidarity works.
My latest with the great @doubledown.news

27.06.2025 07:58 πŸ‘ 1104 πŸ” 513 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 65

Brilliant afternoon taking Minnie Pallister Fearless Rebel back to @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social Thanks to Dave & John for invitation & hospitality

19.06.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Netherlands just now β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

"If you're in the West Bank or Gaza in Iran or Syria or Lebanon and you see this...FREE FREE"

This is what the world thinks - turn off your tv and news station it's all propaganda.

The people want to stop the monstrous actions of Israel.

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@llafur.bsky.social @neilevanshistory.bsky.social

30.05.2025 08:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not by chance that Reform was originally launched in Merthyr by Farage. Astute politician whatever the politics

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Gary lineker sends parting shot to BBC with George Orwell poem

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Fair enough Molly. So in Wales would you recommend voting Plaid instead?

24.05.2025 09:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Emotion work and the children of the Chilean exile, 50 years on Despite recent attempts to broaden the scope of migration research beyond its adult-centric focus, the experiences of forced displaced children remain underexplored. This article aims to address th...

Happy to see my article published now in JEMS
@scmrjems.bsky.social !
Heartfelt thanks to all the participants who generously shared their experiences. This work wouldn’t be possible without you.

@warwick-smlc.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/1369...

22.05.2025 07:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wowzer gig last night talking about Minnie Pallister at a Purple Plaques event put on by Cardiff West Labour Party. (Aim = to get Minnie into the Welsh national consciousness)

19.05.2025 11:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Aberystwyth University - Study With Us : Scholarships Pursuing a Master's or PhD, at Aberystwyth University, may require a significant financial investment, so make sure you check out what scholarships and other funding opportunities could be available t...

The deadline for the Pennar Scholarship in the Department of History & Welsh History at Aberystwyth University comes at the end of the month. The Department welcomes PhD proposals for research on the social and economic history of Wales in the period 1500 to 2000.
www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit...

12.05.2025 21:50 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A secret US-UK sweetheart tech deal? What's really going on? And what's *Palantir* got to do with it??

Carole Cadwallader: A secret US-UK sweetheart tech deal? open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

12.05.2025 08:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alchemy, alchemy, all they’ve got is alchemy…

05.05.2025 04:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Valleys Archive at Ffotogallery: Community, Photography & Democracy in South Wales, 1978-2028 at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The Valleys Archive at Ffotogallery: Community, Photography & Democracy in South Wales, 1978-2028 at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

I'm happy to be co-supervising a funded PhD project on the Valleys archive at Ffotogallery Wales (especially at a moment when the funding landscape is so dire). Please share/consider applying:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

09.04.2025 12:54 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really enjoyed speaking with Dr Elin Jones about Minnie Pallister at the excellent Llandeilo Literature Festival yesterday. A memorable day

27.04.2025 07:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Kneecap statement repost from X:

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