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Dr Anni Donaldson

@annidonaldson.bsky.social
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Feminist|oral historian|domestic abuse|women's activism|patriarchy in 20C Scotland | writer book/music reviews | Hon Res Fellow @StrathHaSS exSpringburnlassie

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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Legalising assisted dying creates more risk for Scottish domestic abuse victims. Please consider signing this petition www.change.org/p/legalising...
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Legalising assisted dying threatens domestic abuse victims
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Assisted dying legalisation could become a lethal weapon for abusive men. @holyroodmag.bsky.social @forwomenscotland.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
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Assisted dying legalisation could become a lethal weapon for abusive men
Without expertise in identifying domestic abuse and coercion, health practitioners involved in the process may unwitting...
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We wrote to MSPs Clare Haughey & PaulSweeney with our deep concerns about Liam McArthur's Assisted Dying Bill. Scottish women experiencing domestic abuse are being ignored & put at risk. Looking forward to their response... www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...
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Assisted dying laws could be ‘lethal weapon’ for domestic abusers, MSPs warned
Fears women who have been diagnosed with terminal illness and are living with abusive partners could be coerced
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We wrote to Clare Haughey & Paul Sweeney MSPs with our deep concerns about Liam McArthur's Assisted Dying Bill. Scottish women experiencing domestic abuse are being ignored & put at risk. Looking forward to their response... www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...
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Assisted dying laws could be ‘lethal weapon’ for domestic abusers, MSPs warned
Campaigners against domestic violence have warned proposed new assisted dying laws could provide a “potentially lethal weapon” for abusers.
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
New podcast #EndDomesticAbuse
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Democratic Left Scotland @demleftscotland.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
: @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social - do the right thing: www.democratic-left.scot/post/end-thi... / @johnswinney.bsky.social @actsascotland.bsky.social @runnymedetrust.bsky.social @annidonaldson.bsky.social @amendlocke.bsky.social @maggiechapman.bsky.social @crer-scotland.bsky.social
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End this injustice!
We all know that health and care services in Scotland and across the (dis)UK depend on the crucial efforts of workers who have come from elsewhere to make their contribution.We’re also probably aware ...
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Democratic Left Scotland @demleftscotland.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Who (for now) owns Scotland? www.democratic-left.scot/post/this-la... / @andywightman.bsky.social @balaitous.bsky.social @ross-greer.bsky.social @amendlocke.bsky.social @annidonaldson.bsky.social @niallchristie1.bsky.social @aigwilson.bsky.social @calumbairdsongs.bsky.social @balaitous.bsky.social
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This land is their land
At the apex of social inequality in Scotland – as in the (dis)United Kingdom as whole - is King Charles and the rest of the people who make up ‘the monarchy’.The recent Dispatches film revealed some aspects of their finances but ignored the Scottish dimension.Ownership of land is one of the key dimensions of inequality closely associated with the monarch’s attachment to hunting estates, including the land around Balmoral.Andy Wightman’s updated report on landownership in Scotland contains some s
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 23/12/2024
The Glasgow Lock Hospital for Unfortunate Females was supposed to help vulnerable girls and women in the 19th century – instead it continued their abuse
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The Glasgow Lock Hospital for Unfortunate Females was supposed to help vulnerable girls and women in the 19th century – instead it continued their abuse
Established to diagnose and treat women and girls for venereal diseases, this hospital lay at the heart of the notorious Glasgow System.
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
No Victorian Christmas cheer at The Glasgow Lock Hospital for Unfortunate Females theconversation.com/the-glasgow-... @theconversation.com @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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The Glasgow Lock Hospital for Unfortunate Females was supposed to help vulnerable girls and women in the 19th century – instead it continued their abuse
Established to diagnose and treat women and girls for venereal diseases, this hospital lay at the heart of the notorious Glasgow System.
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Prof Zoe Strachan @zoestrachan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Should rivers have rights? Pleased to see Who Owns the Clyde? expanding their citizens' investigation 🌊 @louisewelsh00.bsky.social @judebarber.bsky.social petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
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Petition: Grant Scottish rivers, including the River Clyde, the legal right to personhood
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to grant the River Clyde, and potentially other rivers in Scotland, the legal right to personhood by: * adopting the Universal Decla...
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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
"To solve a problem, you have to understand the problem". Extremely important discussion, answering questions most Glaswegians will have had on the severance, disconnected and under-used nature of much of the Clydeside. Who owns the Clyde & how might things change? open.spotify.com/episode/0BWv...
Photo looking eastwards from the Squinty Bridge on the River Clyde in Glasgow, with the city centre and Kingston Bridge in the distance. 

The photo shows the inaccessible riverside path running along the south side of the River Clyde for 500m along Mavisbank Quay, between the Squinty Bridge and Springfield Quay.

The path runs through privately owned land and has been blocked off by a metal fence since the construction of the Squinty Bridge, meaning there is no viable walking path on this side of the river. Despite this being a direct route connecting key destinations and various neighbourhoods to one another and to the city centre.Photo showing land use around the Finnieston Quay in Glasgow, next to the SEC campus. The image shows the Finnieston Crane, surrounded by cobbled quayside, formerly used for loading goods and heavy machinery onto Clyde-going vessels. At this location, it's possible to see rail lines embedded within the cobbles, which were used long ago by trolley cars and trains transporting goods along the quayside. The site is adjacent to the Scottish Event Campus, the city's principle venue for concerts and exhibitions, which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each month.

The space in the photo is fenced off and used as a car park.Photo showing the public realm next to the Ovo Hydro venue, part of the Scottish Events Campus. The photo shows the venue in the background, which draws tens of thousands of visitors for concerts and events each week. In the foreground is vacant, grey cobbled space, with two empty benches and weeds.Screengrab of the Spotify title card for the "Who Owns The Clyde?" podcast episode, "Live Public Event at Collective Architecture".

The introductory text reads: On 22nd October 2024, we welcomed an audience of around hundred people to Collective Architecture's office for a public event asking the question, "Who owns the Clyde?".
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 16/12/2024
In October, we published ‘"Pity the poor independent scholar!": The Lament of a Latecomer Historian', by John Sanders bit.ly/3NpBbf1. What are the problems faced by historians who work independently outside a university and its access to online resources? 1/2 #Skystorians
Image showing the front page of the article ‘Pity the poor independent scholar!’: The Lament of a Latecomer Historian, by John Sanders, published in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society.
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Nicky @nickyzog.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
NAE PASARAN screens Saturday on BBC Scotland and will be available on iPlayer for a month after that! We'll worth the watch. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Scotland - Nae Pasaran
Forty years on, Scottish factory workers discover the impact of their act of solidarity.
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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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Greater Govanhill @greatergovanhill.com · 11/12/2024
What would you do if you were handed a letter of apology from the UK government for the Balfour Declaration, complete with a promise of reparations to Palestine? Read about artist Farah Saleh's performance lecture response here:
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Seven reparations, one reckoning: Farah Saleh’s embodied call for justice in Palestine — Greater Govanhill
Balfour Reparations 2024-2044, a performance lecture by Farah Saleh, uses a mix of movement, spoken word, and participatory action to confront the UK’s colonial role in Palestine and explores our…
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Democratic Left Scotland @demleftscotland.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Great piece by @annidonaldson.bsky.social in @theglasgowwrap.bsky.social about how her father - a bricklayer, trade unionist and communist from Possilpark - got involved as a young man in Cold War intrigues in Yugoslavia! Well worth a read: www.democratic-left.scot/post/the-bri...
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The bricklayer spy from Possilpark
Anni Donaldson has written a piece for The Glasgow Wrap sharing the remarkable story of when her father, as a young bricklayer from Glasgow, was cast into world of Cold War espionage.Ned Donaldson was...
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Thanks to @demleftscotland.bsky.social for running with Ned's spy story from @theglasgowwrap.bsky.social www.democratic-left.scot/post/the-bri... #AutoputBratsfoYedinsfo #BritanskaOmlandinskiBrigada
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The bricklayer spy from Possilpark
Anni Donaldson has written a piece for The Glasgow Wrap sharing the remarkable story of when her father, as a young bricklayer from Glasgow, was cast into world of Cold War espionage.Ned Donaldson was...
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News Breaking LIVE @newsbreakinglive.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has announced that it will stop publishing content on X from January 20th The organisation stated that it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This week's 'Worsdall Wednesday' finds Frank way out west, in the former burgh of Hillhead. And, if you are a wealthy and up and coming burgh, you need your own burgh hall. Pic/text: Frank Worsdall's 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' (1981)
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Richard Leonard @labourrichard.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The debate over ending 100% inheritance tax exemption for farms is a reminder that there is no class so militant as the old nobility and the new Establishment combining to defend their vested hereditary interests 👇
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SNP unites with the rich on farm tax
The super-rich falsely claim inheritance tax changes will devastate small farmers, while millionaire landowners continue enjoying numerous tax advantages — why is the SNP supporting this nonsense, ask...
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
@demleftscotland.bsky.social @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social @paulsweeney.bsky.social @govanhillbaths.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Mary Barbour and her army! 💪🏼
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
'The spy who went back to bricklaying.' Read about ma Da's undercover mission to post-war Yugoslavia... open.substack.com/pub/theglasg...
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The Spy who went back to bricklaying
Featuring Joseph Stalin and Marshall Tito, a Possilpark bricklayer's story offers a glimpse into the links between Glasgow and the post-war politics of Eastern Europe.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 27/11/2024
Tannahill True 21 Dec, Paisley – free Prof Fred Freeman celebrates the life & work of the weaver poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810). As a successor to Burns, Tannahill was likewise a master of musical forms & an exponent of Scots language in song & balladry www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tannahill-...
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Tannahill True
Join us at Paisley Central Library for the third engaging Tannahill lecture by Professor Fred Freeman.
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Nearly one million women in the UK are trapped in dangerous relationships because of financial abuse, according to a groundbreaking study shared with Channel 4 News. Campaigners say successive governments have failed to tackle this “hidden crisis.” www.channel4.com/news/financi...
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Financial abuse leaves ‘nearly one million women in UK trapped’
The charity Surviving Economic Abuse says governments have failed to tackle a “hidden crisis”, leaving survivors unable to flee or rebuild their lives.
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Excellent thread
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Greater Govanhill @greatergovanhill.com · 26/11/2024
Continuing our ‘Making a Real Difference’ series is Katie MacMillan, sharing her part in transforming Kingarth lane, once one of Glasgow's worst fly-tipping hotspots', and how this was successfully achieved. Read Katie’s full article here: www.greatergovanhill.com/latest/v4vrt...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. But he still needed a 45% pay rise. Like if he needs a pay cut. RP if you want the Monarchy gone. #AbolishTheMonarchy
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Andrea Kuszewski @andreakuszewski.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Way back in ye olden days, I was a part of Science Twitter. When someone wanted to read an academic paper and it was behind a paywall, I created #icanhazpdf which was a signal that someone needed a paper but didn’t have access, and then someone would see the hashtag and send it to them for free
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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
It's time to dig out this classic Bud Neill poem, and a favourite 1920s image of Kelvingrove Park and Glasgow University... Winter’s come, the snow has fell Wee Josie's nose is froze as well Wee Josie’s frozen nose is skintit Winter’s diabolic, intit?
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 15/11/2024
Over 60? Writer? This is for you
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NEW! Never Too Late 60+ award - Bridport Prize
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The Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A momentous day yesterday… our SGSAH CDA student Laura MacDonald’s first oral history interview with Agnes’s son @gentleman-of-west.bsky.social It’s thanks to John we are fortunate to host Agnes’s archive and it’s a real privilege to work with him on bringing her work to wider attention.
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Dr Anni Donaldson @annidonaldson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Hello Bluesky! Here's a not-quite-blue-but-lovely Glasgow winter sky for starters
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