Our new report is finally out. In 'Working Nights' we examine the conditions of four categories of night-time workers. We argue that cities need to democratise their economies by addressing the inequalities faced by night-time workers. A thread 🧵
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I had a chat with Jim Donaghey now on @Freedom_Paper about anarchism and urban planning, Ward’s influences and how his work has been received beyond the UK, thinking in particular about Foucault and the US. Enjoy!
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👋Dear @YianisCY: our members in Somerford Grove want to meet you to discuss how to keep tenants safe during COVID-19. The letting agent has responded with refusals and threats https://t.co/or9l5ir1QA. Will you agree to sit down with them? (Please RT!)
Some horrific images are circulating from Greece. In this video by my brother @il_nikk the sea offers a different horizon. It connects wounds. Music should bring people, and space, together
Gigi Masin - Calypso Documentary https://t.co/Q1vb8YSeO8
In this article, I argue that we need to democratise the #night. With @nightczar not opposing #London's ‘financialisation of #clubbing’, some clubs are saved at the expense of others, further gentrifying queer and working class communities https://t.co/Uku8njAzJD
Hooray! I now have a cover & release date (October 15) for my new book Music: A Subversive History. Bound galleys may be ready for reviewers as early as next month.
This is a big project, and I've been laying the groundwork for many years—finally, it's about to become reality!
The dirty secret of online music: Digital platforms for music reviewers provide not just the songs, but also photos, liner notes, scans of CD booklets, press releases, etc. Streaming platforms could make all this available to fans, but have zero interest in adding these features.