Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Don't be a scab" - September 1916, two young girls distributing literature in support of striking streetcar workers www.reddit.com/r/UtterlyUni... 083
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisDundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 22hDundee University is continuing with compulsory redundancies. It argues this is required for the financial survival. However, the University’s cash is so high they may not qualify for £27m of the £40m additional SFC funding. The SFC have asked PWC to investigate. www.theferret.scot/dundee-unive...theferret.scotDundee university might have too much cash to qualify for its taxpayer bailoutThe university has continued to argue staff cuts are needed to make ends meet. But a growing cash balance has raised questions about the need for more redundancies, and whether it qualifies for millio... 11019
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisAlexander Kasprzyk @amkasprzyk.bsky.social · 21hThe ability to end these disruptive strikes lies in the hands of @uniofnottingham.bsky.social managers. The staff on strike are trying to save the university and the education of current and future students. #UCU #UKHE www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukStudent: University of Nottingham strikes 'not what we signed up for'The University of Nottingham said it was "disappointed" by the timing of industrial action. 0199
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisUniversity of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 15hAnd if you cannot join us on the picket line, please consider supporting our solidarity fund. This will help supplement the lost income our members will face during our 2+ months of strike action. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...justgiving.comHelp raise £10000 to support the Nottingham UCU hardship fund – JustGiving CrowdfundingIʼm raising money to support the Nottingham UCU hardship fund. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page. 074
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisEIS @eisunion.bsky.social · 16hLecturers at GCU are united on the picket line this week. EIS and UCU colleagues are fighting against job cuts with our Unison colleagues due to strike alongside us on Thursday. Join our picket, tell fellow students and staff about the strikes, help us protect quality education at GCU! #Savethe100 044
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 22hDay 2 of the UCU workers' strike at the University of Edinburgh. The 1,800 jobs UCU estimates will be cut is unprecedented in Scottish higher education. It is happening in the wealthiest Scottish university, and the third richest in the UK, currently sitting with over £3billion reserves. 25954
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Great news: the School has sacked a third of its academic but we've acquired 2 new interim managers on top of the extra permanent ones. Fine work all round. 1515438
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Day 1 of the strike by the workers of UCU Edinburgh against the manufactured deficit (which is not really a deficit), and against a senior management earning millions while staff disappear and education suffers. Solidarity against this parasitical form of management of our higher education. 15434
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisBSA Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions Study Group @bsa-asmr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New online event: Labour and the Struggle for Climate Justice with Stefania Barca and Lorenzo Feltrin. 📍Online 📆12 November 2026 🕞15:30-17:00 GMT Brought to you by @britsoci.bsky.social ASMR and @alternativesatsase.bsky.social Free & open to all. Register here: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...britsoc.co.ukWorkers and the Struggle for Climate Justice 183
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisAlternatives to Capitalism Research Network | SASE @alternativesatsase.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Join us for an online conversation between Stefania Barca, author of Workers of the Earth, and Lorenzo Feltrin, author of Workers and the World. 12 November 2026, 15:30 GMT, Online. Organised with our friends at @bsa-asmr.bsky.social. Register to get the link: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... 033
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisDr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Not me borking my socials statistics by reposting my own stuff Honestly though every repost or engagement helps @aat-transcribes.bsky.social find new clients who become repeat clients who help us keep doing our thing, supporting fantastic projects and creating remote flexible work for amazing ppl 021
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisDisability Studies Quarterly @dsqjournal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026We are excited to announce the recent publication of vol. 45, no. 4 of Disability Studies Quarterly, featuring contributions by Alexis Young, Dyi Dieuwertje Huijg, Kaleb Germinaro, Marty Heath, and coauthors Michele Mele and Győző Molnár. Please see our website for our new issue. 👉 dsq-sds.orgdsq-sds.orgMaking sure you're not a bot! 062
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella Chismkg (💥explodes) @monkeykg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"lol so random" but coping with the lack of agency and control and watching the vehicle that is our lives be controlled by some strange force beyond our control 2698
Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Great Lucas Plan event, check it out! '50 years after the Lucas Plan, workers, activists, students & academics unite in Manchester, 21 Nov 2026, for socially useful production now' University Place, Manchester Saturday, November 21, 10:30 AM-5:30 PM Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-idea-wh...eventbrite.comAN IDEA WHOSE TIME MUST COME50 years after the Lucas Plan, workers, activists, students & academics unite in Manchester, 21 Nov 2026, for socially useful production now 112
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Autumn poem just dropped. 11430133
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Me too, Steve. Me too.... 716824
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Your windows need scrubbing,” said Frog. “Your plants need watering.” “Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!” 521336
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisDr Stephanie Zihms @acwristeph.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Here we go! Trying to stop compulsory redundancies… 021
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisDr Nick McKerrell @drniklaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Massive picket line this morning at Glasgow Caledonian University. EIS and UCU both taking action. SAVE THE 100! @eisunion.bsky.social @ucuscotland.bsky.social #GCU 062
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisEIS @eisunion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026EIS ULA and UCU members stood united on the picket line today to protect jobs and demand a no compulsory redundancy guarantee. With cash reserves of £95 million at GCU these cuts are unjustifiable and will undermine the future of quality education at the university. Stop the Cuts. Save the 100. 044
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisGlasgow Times @glasgowtimes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🚨 Glasgow workers are set to protest against plans to cut £2 million from vital support services amid fears some of the city's most vulnerable people could be affected.glasgowtimes.co.ukFury as £2m cuts threaten vital Glasgow health and social care services 001
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella Chis21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 22/09/2026University of Dundee is "facing worst financial crisis of any British higher education institution since WW2" Those responsible are determined to carry on cutting If Dundee is to recover, it needs plan for sustainable growth -- not an endless cycle of cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUniversity facing 'worst crisis since WW2' as staff begin five-week strikeUCU members at the University of Dundee will not take part in lectures, seminars or tutorials until the end of October. 2136
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisDr Nick McKerrell @drniklaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Tuesday morning. Great turnout for EIS and UCU pickets at Glasgow Caledonian University. SAVE THE 100! #GCU @ucuscotland.bsky.social @eisunion.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026First cup of tea: *angelic harp music plays* 2734
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisDr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Corporate rule has always coexisted with state rule, and companies don’t necessarily pursue it to advance their business interests. That means restoring the state won’t, by itself, fix the problem." On the long history of corporate power and what to do about it today: cupblog.org/2026/09/18/m...cupblog.orgMaha Rafi Atal on When Companies Rule - Columbia University Press BlogMaha Rafi Atal discusses the history of corporate rule, the limits of state regulation, and what it takes to hold global companies accountable. 0128
Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Many thanks to International Society for Ecological Economics & Socio-Legal Studies Association for featuring Disabling Capitalism on their publications pages! Talks based on the research in this book were part of SLSA's & ISEE's annual 2025 Conferences. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disabling-ca... 111
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella Chissurvivingwork.bsky.social @survivingwork.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The first submission to the MuchBetter.Help Library is a series of podcasts Stories of UberTherapy, available free to listen www.muchbetter.help @brisunipress.bsky.social @workerinfox.bsky.social @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social @dairinstitute.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social @nuhw.org 012
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisThe Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 15/09/2026According to our latest investigation, the Home Office is making almost £5 billion in associated visa, citizenship and immigration fees. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...thebureauinvestigates.comGovernment makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year 153
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisCSSGJ @cssgj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Please see CSSGJ 2026 Seminar Series and Andy Higginbottom's ongoing Capital Vol. 3 talks. Join us for six seminars, a special annual lecture exploring questions of social and global justice and four Marx's Capital lecture series. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/centre-for... @abieler.bsky.social 136
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026never forget that our universities fired and expelled people for opposing this 202822974
Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Edited by Robert Ovetz & Kevin Van Meter, ‘Points of Departure - Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: The Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver’ @harrycleaver.bsky.social is now out! Order it from @commonnotions.bsky.social www.commonnotions.org/buy/points-o... #Marxism #Work #Anticapitalism 0105
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisRadical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"No government will ever care about you except for your ability to do work. Talk to your neighbours, care for each other" Spotted in Somerset, UK 172934971
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisDisablement, Free Time & Work Under Capitalism @disprecwork.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Going through the copyediting process (hoping to spot any last typos) & the book feels increasingly more concrete! #Disability #Capitalism #NewBook #Work #Marxism bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disabling-ca... 022
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisBrighton UCU @brightonucu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Press release regarding the situation at University of Brighton here. www.brightonucu.org.ukbrightonucu.org.ukHomeWelcome to the Brighton UCU website On this site you'll find information about the branch, current campaigns and more. Brighton UCU exists to protect its members' interests, above all to defend jobs... 024
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisSecret UCU @secretucu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026So tempting to call out the irony. A trade union that tramples over its own staff union’s recognition agreement has little legitimacy when criticising others following the same path. Sadly it seems UCU management have set an example for other shitty employers. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1464...ucu.org.ukUniversity and College Union condemn University of Brighton derecognition plansThe University and College Union (UCU) has today (15 September) condemned plans by the University of Brighton to derecognise UCU on campus. 111
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisCatarina :mastodon_oops: @catarinac.masto.pt.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026For those of you who missed, the University of Brighton plans to derecognise UCU on campus, this would mean no academic could be unionised, and would tear apart all agreements made in past years, including working hours, etc. It could also open the door to the end of all trade unions. #JoinAUnion 012
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisJimmy Reid Foundation @reidfoundation.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Inside union's fight with Edinburgh University chiefs over course cuts. “Their obstinacy and refusal to engage meaningfully with the staff or the union have resulted in this constant shooting in the foot of the university.” www.heraldscotland.com/news/2656382...heraldscotland.com'Our last option': Why UCU is escalating jobs fight amid cuts at leading universityThere is a war of attrition between the University and College Union (UCU) and senior managers at the ancient institution. 032
Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Copyediting question for anyone (author) who's gone through the process: after addressing all the queries from the copyeditor and checking their small tweaks, did you re-read the entire manuscript from A to Z? Or did you follow some other process? 100
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisJon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The lazy way #drawing #art #joncarling 013523
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisPrometheus Magazine @prometheusmagazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Nate Holdren reviews Lorenzo Feltrin's Workers and the World: Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within, praising its braiding of operaismo, anti-imperialist and ecological Marxism to counter climate despair. The book was published by @versobooks.bsky.social prometheus-mag.com/2026/09/17/a... 092
Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This month's new 🎶 (via Riley & Coe's R6 show) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibeF...youtube.comEdward Barton - Nice CompanyYouTube video by Wooden Records 001
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisDaniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes: 13597704
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisCarol J Adams @caroljadams.bsky.social · 15/09/2026On Monday, I was interviewed for the Animal Rights Show about my thoughts on the sexual politics of meat in authoritarian times. www.youtube.com/live/yL_5i-M...youtube.comAnimal Right Show | The Sexual Politics of Meat in Authoritarian Times with Carol J. AdamsYouTube video by Roger Yates 0135
Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For some historical background & more learning about forever chemicals, check out Michael Sheen’s recent two-part documentary titled ‘Buried’ (with a primary focus on Wales + a bit on the West of England & the US) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukBuried with Michael SheenWhat is the truth lying beneath our feet? Michael Sheen uncovers claims of conspiracy, complicity and denial over alleged toxic 'forever chemical' contamination in South Wales. 010
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisPatrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Generative AI is dangerous to humans, not in the Asimovian way the Anthropic creeps are carping on about, but in the way that it is literally poisoning our air and water www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warnBig manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres 6337179
Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Excellent article by Henry Giroux, countering the liberal fetishisation of elections and the vacuousness of academic* qualifiers and sub-categorisations of what’s plainly being strenghened in the US and around the world: fascism. *PolSci www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/15/t... 020
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisEmiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026To put this into context, it's more than the government gets in corporation tax from all energy, gas, water, sewage and hospitality companies combined! And it does this by making a profit on most applications. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...thebureauinvestigates.comGovernment makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year 15724
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisEmiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The UK government is making upwards of £4.9bn in profit from visa fees, citizenship fees & the immigration health surcharge. Meanwhile, people are getting into thousands of pounds of debt or going without food just to afford to these immigration fees. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...thebureauinvestigates.comGovernment makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year 8235155
Reposted by Ioana Cerasella ChisDisablement, Free Time & Work Under Capitalism @disprecwork.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The questionnaire phase of the project is still ongoing - excitingly, today marks its mid-point! Submissions can be made until the end of 2026 breadrosesdisability.uk/questionnaire/ 012