Thousands protest at the US Embassy in Ireland to end #DirectProvision, a for-profit system institutionalising people seeking asylum, forcing many to live for years in limbo and in substandard conditions. Aramark is a US corporation profiting off this system. #BlackLivesMatter
#PrecarityStory— I just finished teaching my final seminar on an MA module at a university that didn’t meet the strike ballot threshold. I started work in mid-September, 2 weeks before handing in my PhD; until a few days ago, I hadn’t been paid a single penny, despite many emails
Several journalists have asked me today whether we could have "shown our disagreement in other ways" vis a vis the #UCUstrike. The point is, we have been doing just that, relentlessly! Striking is not done on a whim. It needs to have impact to shake our employers awake + to act.
A conversation w/ me, @EllaParryDavies, Faisal Hamadah, and @DianaADamian on the eurocentrism of Brexit theatre is out in CTR. The title is your tldr: "We Need More Ivo van Hove Like a Drowning Person Needs a Bottle of Evian." dm to get behind the paywall
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Actually no, I like abortion. I like that there is a simple medical procedure which allows me to take control of my body and life. I like how it allows me to have sex without fearing it will ruin my future. I rejoice that it’s legal. And I will not apologise for that. https://t.co/jlMPx1RBKC
Please support the campaign for the government to write the historical wrongs by confirming the legal status of children of the Windrush Generation and their descendants that were born here #windrushamnesty#Windrush70
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Call for Papers: Materialism of Early Modern Entertainments (@MEMEConference) featuring keynote @andykesson - deadline Friday 13th! https://t.co/VAQJ0KjCJb
In the thick of all the UUK, USS, tPR discussions -- & the constraints that each of them face/will impose, I really hope that one crucial factor has been taken into account in the risk modelling 1/
#USSstrike
What amazing followers, thanks everyone! Just going through the final details, like proving who we are to our representatives! We'll be working really hard today on the final details, and the site will be live TOMORROW morning! #NoCapitulation#USSstrikes