Red and Black Leeds

We are a group of anarchist-communists based in and around Leeds and West Yorkshire. Follow us for updates on what we're doing locally, and general news.

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

Our leaflet at Trans Pride last Sunday

[SWARM @SexWorkHive]

Southwark Law Centre are running a crowd funder to help pay the legal fees of a sex worker who was sacked for union activity. If you support worker’s rights, including the right to a workplace free from violence or harassment, please donate. https://t.co/Fr1Vn0Z24s

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

Loving the new calendar from @wrkclasshistory

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

Some great tips from libcom
https://t.co/Wlq7r1GSYP

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

@LunaOi_VN The one that https://t.co/2oc5mDmX87 did is also excellent.

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

Thread full of articles. Worth a look.

[Andrew Flood @andrewflood]

Truly shocking revelations from Germany this morning of a far-right cell mostly composed of cops connected to the recent murder of a politician which had used their access to police computers to draw up a death list with 25,000 targets on it & stole 10,000 bullets + machine gun

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

New podcast from WCH, including interviews with participants in the stonewall rebellion.

[Existential Comics (find me on bluesky) @existentialcoms]

Capitalism is quite literally going to destroy the planet in order to make more money for the small percentage of people who own production, so no, I don't think it is "not perfect, but the best system we can have."

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

Two sex working women were handed jail sentences in Ireland last Friday, because they were working together for safety. Please donate to
@SexWorkHive
&
@SWAIIreland’s fundraiser for them if you can #NordicModelJailsWomen
https://t.co/j9TTSUwr0M

[@[email protected] @XBlackBlocX]

I don't want to normalize queerness.
I want to queer normality.

[IWW Couriers Network @IWW_Couriers]

Great to see @iww and @UVWunion represented at #scotdecrim! We have much to learn from the struggles of sex workers: the fight against oppressive immigration policing, for recognition as workers, and protection in often unsafe environments. Solidarity! Decriminalise now!

[Bristol Anarchist Federation 🏴 @BristolAFed]

The @PhilosophyTube video on sex work is a great introduction to the politics around it. As is the pamphlet from the reading list written by our friends at @wearetherabl
Read: https://t.co/HJqQObHbCy
Watch: https://t.co/48bvcxodzV

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

Well worth checking out.

[Freedom Press @Freedom_Paper]

Great news for folks interested in the hows and whys of direct action, the @SchNEWS archive is back online. Schnews was the go-to news sheet during Britain's most successful wave of green resistance - lots of important lessons and historical context. https://t.co/4LuAHRNVDz

[IWGB Couriers York @CouriersYork]

Spot the difference? The first order is today, the second from a few weeks ago. @Deliveroo are already boosting today's fees in the run-up to tonight's strike. We have them rattled! #DeliverooStrike

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

Thread

[Lydia 🤠 @LydiaCaradonna]

Hey everyone, I’m at work right now after close. Someone has been violently hammering on the door for 30+ minutes. It’s just me and other workers and we’re terrified.
This is the point where you’re supposed to call the police, but I can’t. This is an illegal brothel.

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

https://t.co/4g0qID1rzr

[Red and Black Leeds @wearetherabl]

@PhilosophyTube I wrote a little about my personal experiences on the connection between poverty and sex work here https://t.co/p5hmpos8sr and have also sent you an email. Glad to hear you’re making a video on decrim.

[New Syndicalist @NewSyndicalist]

'What Does a Union Mean to You?' focuses on the experience of work located outside of traditional spaces, that is organised informally or atypically, that is poorly known or misunderstood.

We talk to Gemma about their experiences working in care.

https://t.co/ViGi8xiSoH

[Charlie the Fox @SabCharlie]

To be clear, I don't think Assange should go to prison for being a relentless self-publicist who takes credit for other people's work exposing war crimes. Ideally, I'd like to see him broken out of custody by a group of revolutionaries who then summarily execute him for rape.