Katharine Johnston

Radio Astronomer and Trade Unionist. All my views are my own.

[Abby Martin @AbbyMartin]

“Maybe if we were Ukrainian, with blonde hair and blue eyes, the world would care. But because we are Palestinian, we only have one right—to die and be maimed.”

Journalists are being systematically hunted & killed in Gaza, they shouldn’t have to plead for solidarity

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

From devastating wildfires in California to extreme weather and flooding across the UK, we face a clear choice:

We can either build a habitable planet capable of sustaining future generations or let the unchecked greed of billionaires push us further into climate catastrophe.

[Priyamvada Gopal © @PriyamvadaGopal]

No academic should be silent about this. And yet most are.

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

All we want for Christmas is peace.

However you say it,
Wherever you are,
Whoever you are,
We need peace.
Peace for the world.
Peace for people forced to flee.

How do you say peace in your language?

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

Killing of children must stop now.

Hostages must be released and a ceasefire must be in place.

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the UK allowed Ukrainian children to receive medical treatment in Britain.

The same offer has not been extended to children in Gaza - home to the largest number of child amputees in modern history.

50 MPs have now called on this to change.

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

'Man who constantly claims foreigners undermine British sovereignty welcomes cash from foreigner to help undermine British sovereignty'.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Britain doesn’t need billionaires posing as champions of the working class while hijacking our democracy for their own interests.

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

To all the trans and non binary young workers going through a difficult time right now.

You are seen. You are loved. You are valued.

The trade union movement supports you.

[UK HE News @HigherEd_UK]

UK HE had a choice.

Unis could be a public service that would have public support for being bailed out, or they could become hollow corporate shells known for constant labour disputes and eliminating academic standards to cynically sell degrees and visas.

UUK made their choice

[UCU @ucu]

🚨Over 300 staff threatened with the sack at Coventry University

Those who stay to be forced to work for a subsidiary company with new staff unable to access TPS.

Our members at @CoventryUCU have our full backing & a strike ballot is on the cards.

https://t.co/oCXTL4gZDH

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

Day after day, week after week for over 14 months now, Gaza has been nothing short of hell on Earth.

UNICEF continues to call on all parties to the conflict, and on those with influence over them, to take decisive action to end the suffering of children.

Ceasefire NOW.

[Ioana Cerasella Chis @CerasellaChis]

The @H_S_E in its reply to @unibirmingham's response to @BirminghamUCU's complaint: 'I do not consider that your reply provides sufficient assurance that work-related stress is being suitably managed by the University'.

'we will be inspecting the University [..] in the new year'

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Despite ICC arrest warrants & the ICJ's interim ruling, the UK continues to export components for F-35 jets, facilitates arms deliveries via RAF Akrotiri & conducts daily surveillance flights over Gaza.

The UK is not a passive bystander to genocide.

It is an active participant.

[sheffielducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu]

Our latest read on the state of our University: how the University of Sheffield wasted tens of millions of pounds on the scrapped 'Student Lifecycle Project'

https://t.co/DmlZTkaOIe

[USIC_UCU @UcuUsic]

Results of our indicative ballot for strike action against compulsory redundancies are in - our members have smashed it.

Turnout: 88%

Yes to strike action: 95%

Yes to action short of strike: 100%

A clear message to @Study_Group.

@ShefTUC @sheffielducu

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Gaza’s death toll exceeds 186,000 (The Lancet), Israel’s PM faces an ICC arrest warrant & Israel is on trial for genocide at the ICJ.

Yet the UK government continues selling arms.

Proud to join @PSCupdates & @STWuk in Coventry & demand a full arms embargo & sanctions on Israel.

[Unite UCU @UniteUCU]

Strike action Mon 9 Dec:
🪧 Pickets from 08:30
✊ Rally at 10:00

Location:
Carlow St, London @ucu HQ

Bring your banners, your friends and your solidarity

#SupportTheStrike
#ReclaimUCU

[Jewish Voice for Peace @jvplive]

Today marks one year since the Israeli military killed beloved Palestinian professor, writer, and activist Refaat Alareer in an airstrike on his sister’s home.

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Amnesty International says there is "sufficient evidence" that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people.

The UK Government has to end all arms sales to Israel immediately.