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Janine Booth

@janinebooth.bsky.social
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Marxist, feminist, trade unionist, railway writer, neurodiversity trainer, poet, LGBT+ activist, author, mum, PUFC fan, scooterist

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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Red in the Spectrum has a new, CPD-accredited one-hour seminar/webinar on the social model of disability. Could your workplace or organisation benefit from this? Book this seminar! redinthespectrum.co.uk/social-model... #socialmodelofdisability #disabilitytraining
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Social Model Of Disability: 1-hour Seminar
A one-hour seminar on the social model of disability, delivered online or in person, equipping your people to identify and reduce barriers to disabled people..
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Workers' Liberty @workersliberty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Patriot Platform: who are they, how to respond? www.workersliberty.org/story/2026-0...
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Patriot Platform: who are they, how to respond?
On Saturday 5 September four or five hundred supporters of a new umbrella far right group, Patriot Platform, blocked a main road in Dover, stopping traffic.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
My speech at #NEU annual conference urging an effective fightback against the crisis engulfing Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (#SEND) and the government's inadequate and damaging White Paper. youtu.be/mVGu8Mri8ZU
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Speaking up for SEND
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Red in the Spectrum's 1-hour seminar on Neuro-inclusive Workplaces now has CPD accreditation. Email info@redinthespectrum.co.uk for info & to discuss booking the seminar for your workplace. #neurodiversity #neurodiversityatwork #neuroinclusion #seminar
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
National Education Union member? Want to get more involved in the union but are not sure where to start? This short (<2 minutes) video has some ideas. youtu.be/lm1fRu4Qe18
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25 ways to get active in the National Education Union
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Emma Dalmayne speaks in support of Joe Booth and his right to protest. @emmadalmaynebooks.bsky.social youtu.be/YSCjdIF1lhc
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Emma Dalmayne says: Justice for Joe!
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Janine Booth performs 'Unpublished Author' at Poetry Scum, Nottingham, on 27 March 2025 youtu.be/06GiUDrHuJ8 #poetry #spokenword
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Unpublished Author
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It seems that a disproportionate number of neurodivergent people work in the construction industry. Why might that be? What barriers do they face? And how can they make work better? redinthespectrum.co.uk/neurodiversi... #neurodiversity #construction #unitetheunion
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Neurodiversity In Construction 2026
Facts and issues about neurodiversity in construction.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Uta Frith @utafrith.bsky.social no longer thinks that #autism is a spectrum. She explained this view in an interview with the TES. Let’s examine her argument. My reply to Uta Frith's interview in the TES: redinthespectrum.co.uk/uta-frith-re...
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"Something Must Be Done." Yes, But Not This. A Reply To Uta Frith
Uta Frith no longer thinks that autism is a spectrum. She explained this view in an interview with the TES (the magazine formerly known as the Times
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GFTU Educational Trust @gftuet.org.uk · 10/10/2025
✊ Let’s make every workplace a place where all minds belong. We're proud to offer Bargaining & Organising for Neurodiversity parts 1 & 2. 💡 Led by @janinebooth.bsky.social, Britain’s leading trainer of trade unionists on neurodiversity: gftuet.org.uk/education #ADHDAwarenessMonth #GFTUET
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Tim Kiely @timkiely1.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
✊now *this* one is a beauty - quite proud that one of my poems found its way into this handsome pamphlet with some very venerable company! 🙏 thank you @janinebooth.bsky.social for allowing me a poem, and Harry Wyld for the excellent illustrations!
Man holding a copy of the poetry pamphlet ‘Class Lines and Red Rhymes’
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Rick Dove @rickdove.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Got my contributor’s copy of Class Lines & Red Lines, a poetry anthology from Left Cultures. Such an honour to have my dark little fable alongside such talented comrades. Thank you Left Cultures and @janinebooth.bsky.social Onwards ✊🏾 #Poetry #PoetsLife #BookPostIsTheBestPost
Cover of the Class Lines & Red Lines Poetry Anthology Pamphlet. The cover is sketch illustrated in red ink and depicts three people making placards out of a picket fence.
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GFTU Educational Trust @gftuet.org.uk · 10/03/2026
🚀 Bargaining and Organising for Neurodiversity Part 1 ✊ Support neurodivergent workers in your workplaces & unions - gftuet.org.uk/courses/bargaining-an… Led by @janinebooth.bsky.social, Britain’s leading trainer on trade union neurodiversity. #GFTUET
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
My new book is out! bit.ly/railworkers200 As enthusiasts celebrate the railway's bicentenary, 'Rail workers 200: two centuries of rail workers and their struggles', records the workers who made it happen. Two centuries in 90 pages, and all for just a fiver. #rail200
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Railworkers 200
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Asylum Magazine @asylummagazine.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
asylummagazine.org/wp-content/u... War, Occupation and Mental Health Timely article by @janinebooth.bsky.social in the Summer 2024 Asylum Magazine Issue
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Past and ongoing efforts to make #rail travel more #accessible to #disabled people. www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/railway-200/...
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Exploring Accessible Trains Over Time | Avanti West Coast
Learn about the efforts the rail industry has made to accommodate disabled passengers and discover how accessible trains have developed over time.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
"Janine Booth delivered an insightful and thought-provoking session on neurodiversity that sparked meaningful conversation." www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/... #PCS #neurodiversity
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Day One at DSg Conference: Setting the Agenda for Change
The first day of the DSG conference brought together our group executive committee, Defence Sector branch delegates, and guest speakers to shape our priorities for the year ahead.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I'm delighted that I will be giving a presentation on *Building autistic space in and through trade unions* at Autscape 2025. Autscape is a residential event run by #autistic people for autistic people. janinebooth.com/event/autsca...
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Autscape 2025: Building Autistic Space In And Through Trade Unions - Janine Booth
Janine will give a talk at Autscape 2025, looking at building autistic space in and through trade unions.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Vile.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Wtf any of this word salad means is unclear … until you read the names appended to it. Then you realise that ‘tough decisions’ means ‘cutting benefits’, not ‘taxing the rich’.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I appear to have been blocked by Grace Blakely for asking how she proposes Russian aggression is stopped without spending on arms - and for refusing to accept her answering a question with a question of her own. I thought I'd opened an account here to get away from bad-faith arguments on Twitter.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
"I had to get Janine on the #podcast, because we were hugely inspired about her mission, which is to talk to many organisations of different sizes, including trade unions, about #neurodiversity and in particular neurodiversity in the workplace." redinthespectrum.co.uk/charity-ques...
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Charity Questions Podcast 3x02: Red In The Spectrum Speaks - Red In The Spectrum
Red in the Spectrum's Janine Booth was a guest of the Charity Questions podcast run by the Directory of Social change. Post includes video and edited transcript.
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Mandy Crandale @mandycrandale.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A great read as always, don't miss the latest issue of @asylummagazine.bsky.social
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neuukraine.bsky.social @neuukraine.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The Education International, the TUC, PCS, GMB, ASLEF, Unison, the UCU - all have conference policy for solidarity with Ukraine. In three conferences running the NEU has failed to pass any policy at all, This April is the chance to change that.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
How to make sure that you smile many times every day. Get an iPhone. Set up Face ID. Grin at the screen while it takes your photo. Job done. Follow me for more life hacks.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Brilliant cover. Brilliant magazine.
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Janine Booth @janinebooth.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I've been working with the Fire Brigades Union for a few years now, running courses and helping the union set up its Disabled & #Neurodivergent Members’ forum. These two videos show the excellent work that the union is doing. redinthespectrum.co.uk/fire-brigade...
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Videos: Fire Brigades Union Organises Disabled And Neurodivergent Members - Red In The Spectrum
Red in the Spectrum has been working with the Fire Brigades Union for a few years now, running courses and helping the union to set up its Disabled and Neurodivergent Members' forum.
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Public and Commercial Services Union @pcsunion.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
#PCS members in MHCLG are being balloted for strike action over office closures, recruitment and office attendance. Their department is the responsibility of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
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