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Katherine Mackinnon

@kamack.bsky.social
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Writer and PhD researcher interested in oral history, migration and methodology. Also radical history walking tours, books, social history, Glasgow kmackinnon.org radicalglasgowtours.com she/her

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A reading pile for those interested in the history of anti-fascism in Britain
A People’s History of the Anti-Nazi League - Geoff Brown
Physical Resistance - Dave Hann
Our Flag Stays Red - Phil Piratin
London Jews and British Communism 1933-1945 Henry Felix Srbernik
When We Touched the Sky - David Renton
Black Star - Anandi Ramamurthy
Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider - Satnam Virdee
British Antifascism and the Holocaust, 1945-79 - Joshua Cohen
Never Again - David Renton
Say it Loud - edited by Brian Richardson
Beating the Fascists - Sean Birchall
No Platform - Evan Smith
The 43 Group - Morris Beckman
No Free Speech for Fascists - David Renton
Remembering Cable Street - edited by Tony Kushner & Nadia Valman
We Fight Fascists - Daniel Sonabend
Anti-Fascism in Britain - Nigel Copsey
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Aw well done you, great achievement!!
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
! och, it’s freuchie, it’s faifley, it’s wamphray, it’s frandy, it’s sliddery
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Glasgow Review of Books @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The first instalment of a series of poems in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English by Mayahuel Xuany and translated by Juana Adcock.
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This piece provides a really good bit of sociological and historical context on violence and parts of Glasgow city centre recently sensationalised on tv www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
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Welcome to Glasgow’s four corners: making a ‘problem’ place.
Susan Batchelor considers the way in which certain urban spaces - and those who frequent them - come to be constructed as problematic.
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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Glad that @caileangallagher.bsky.social & I wrote this for @scga.scot to identify the ‘double regulatory gap’ that platform workers face-- where neither the work, nor the technologies used to manage their work, are regulated. We offer Scotland some pathways forward: scga.scot/2026/10/01/a...
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AI-Driven Platform Work
'Government, at all levels, has a duty to ensure that workers are not exploited, manipulated, or made unsafe by companies deploying AI.'
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Learnt of this podcast recently and been enjoying working my way through their archives trinitysocialjustice.com/conjuncture-...
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Conjuncture Podcast
Conjuncture is a monthly web series and podcast curated and co-hosted by Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton and produced for the Trinity Social Justice Institute. It features interviews with…
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Austin Kelmore @austinkelmore.com · 02/10/2026
Do you care about video games, imperialism, and militarism? Check out our first blog post and upcoming political education training!
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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 30/09/2026
In February 1972, 20 students from Glasgow School of Art greeted Gordon Campbell, the Scottish Secretary of State, as he opened the Charing Cross section of the M8. They waved banners that are as relevant now as they were then as Campbell passed beneath in the Lord Provost's car. 📷 Newqsquest
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The Workers' Observatory @workersobservatory.org · 29/09/2026
"Building Groups on Tricky Ground" can help organisers establish a group among workers in a precarious position (such as dispersed or seasonal migrant workers), as a first step towards building collective power. workersobservatory.org/resources/gu...
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Building Groups on Tricky Ground
Guidebook on helping people in precarious circumstances act together, where traditional organising methods fall short.
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These are great, thank you!
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These are really practical and useful resources, brilliant work! All available as PDFs at the end of the thread ⬇️
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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Day 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.
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Love the poster: "Does Art Flourish Under Oppression? by Malak Naseem, a Maldivian/Sri Lankan artist based in Scotland whose work explores migration, colonisation and politics. The piece wraps her dissertation on artists and oppression around a map of every country colonised by the British Empire."
Poster for Black History Month Scotland 2026 with a green map outlined within columns of text
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black history month programme this year is absolutely phenomenal, make sure and have a look! www.blackhistorymonthscotland.org/whats-on
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What's On — BLACK HISTORY MONTH SCOTLAND
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh thanks for sharing pals! Folk might want to hold off for a week if they fancy getting one as it's free UK shipping next weekend (2-4 Oct)
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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I can only second this. If you are in Glasgow, visit Category Is. It's much more than a bookshop. It's a community hub, a place of active resistance, and a big fucking hug.
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ah shit Karie sorry i deleted it because I wrote the wrong year!!
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Appalling that in 2026 our local queer spaces are getting their windows panned in. However I was so glad to be able to contribute to the massive outpouring of support from the community to help the shop fundraise for shutters. I love Category Is and recommend that you visit if you're in Glasgow
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Very damp shift for those of us in the Glasgow walking tour business today! Worth it as the tour raised over £500 for beloved local bookshop Category Is. Also fun to get a shot of the photobooth in Trongate 103 with my co-guide and one of the tour attendees
Black and white photobooth strip of three people squashed into the frame, all with wet hair plastered to their heads, assorted goofy expressions on display
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Demonstration in support of the Plessey Occupation, March 1982. The Plessey Occupation was a landmark, predominantly female factory sit-in at the Plessey Capacitors plant in Bathgate to resist closure and mass redundancies.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
'What Gibbs describes as the unmaking of the working class happened as a result of concerted political will. Rebuilding will require similar effort. Books like his are a start.' Thanks to @tajmccoy.bsky.social for incisively reviewing my new book, An Injury to All. hyphenonline.com/2026/09/24/u...
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We need to rebuild an empowered and inclusive working class - Hyphen
It took decades of deliberate strategy to erode our sense of pride and solidarity. We’ll have to work equally hard to get it back
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really enjoyed hearing @tajali1.bsky.social speak about his new book at the Glasgow launch last night, hosted by Glasgow Trades Council. Important discussions about working-class history, antiracism and community organising. Looking forwards to reading the book!
Come what May, we’re here to stay: the story of South Asian resistance in Britain by Taj Ali. Copy of the book held above the old mosaic of Strathclyde regional council logo on Albion St
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So sad to see this happening again. Here is their crowdfunder for shutters and window repairs. Let’s give them some support 🫶 www.gofundme.com/f/categoryis...
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Donate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is Books
For the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!
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Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For postgraduate researchers working on place, memory, heritage, anthropology & difficult histories Methodologies for Place and Memory Loss 📍 University of Stirling 📅 11 November ⏰ Apply now tockify.com/sgsah/detail... @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uofgges.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social
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Methodologies for Place and Memory Loss: Advanced Postgraduate Training
This one-day intensive training offers advanced methodological support for postgraduate researchers (PhD and MA) working at institutions in Scotland at the inte
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Aside from that, as a diehard Glasgow partisan it's always good to be reminded of the mysteries and wonder of Edinburgh
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a beautiful essay by Kevin Macneil, grimly relevant in light of cuts to Scottish and Celtic subjects at Edinburgh Uni bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/24/a...
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A Subject That Taught Me I Existed
As the University of Edinburgh moves to close a number of degree programmes, including the standalone degree in Scottish Ethnology, Kevin MacNeil reflects on the subject that changed the course of …
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Really liked the sound of this and requested it from my local library, just got a message to say they've bought it and it'll be in the system in a few weeks 🙌 incoming West African crime fiction for the readers of Glasgow!
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today's charity shop find. Like to imagine it came from a long-disappeared tropical fish shop
My hand holding a plaster plaque of a stern-looking angelfish on a golden background. It's quite big and does have shop display sign vibes imo. had the original price on the back - 15 shillings!
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Read this over the weekend - what a sharp, funny, dark wee book. I've never really read anything like it. Loved it and can't wait to read more of Agnes Owens' work.
Cover of new edition of A Working Mother by Agnes Owens, with an illustration from a Joan Eardley painting.
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Legend, well done you!! T-shirt's class, really like that brick colour. Time for a big cardamom bun now surely !
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Get Glasgow Moving @getglasgowmoving.org · 20/09/2026
Don't miss our special 10th Anniversary Exhibition - on at the New Glasgow Society until Weds 23 Sept, 5pm Come and find out more about the history of our grassroots public transport campaign over the last decade 🚍🚇🚆 🗓️ Open every day until Weds 23 Sept, 12noon-5pm 📍 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8TL
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The Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We’re delighted to be working with Byres Road Book Festival to celebrate Agnes Owens’ centenary with a special series of events. 📚✨ Join us 24 & 27 Sept at Òran Mór and Hillhead Library. Free!
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Frenchbloke @darkoutside.co.uk · 19/09/2026
For the Dark Outside radio broadcast in 2017, I asked Keith to curate an hour which was a mix of things Optimo Music related which hadn't been released at that time. I deleted the copy he sent but it turned out he didn't do the same. here it is drive.google.com/file/d/1d-Wq...
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DARK OUTSIDE 2017 JD TWITCH OPTIMO MUSIC MIX.mp3
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
'Zines! Mesh networks! Community archiving! Prison radio! Signal safety! Come to our webinar Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism: A Skill Share 📅 October 10 🕰️ 1 to 5 PM ET PM on Zoom
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Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism: A Skill Share — Interrupting Criminalization
Join Interrupting Criminalization for a half-day interactive online skillshare to learn about to build community controlled communication networks in the context of rising authoritarianism. This event...
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Marielle Hellraiser 💀 @mags.colvett.online · 18/09/2026
“I ASKED FOR EXPERIENCES AND I GOT THEM” is going to be psychically load-bearing for the rest of my life I fear
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I ASKED FOR EXPERIENCES AND I GOT THEM!!!! LIFE IS NEITHER INDIFFERENT NOR CARING!!!! SHE IS ONLY MOTION!!!! BROTHER GET IN THE BOAT!!!!! OR SINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Absolutely. If you work in HE these days, a meeting with managers and/or HR should NEVER be considered "informal". Always take union support!
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Useful thread on the cuts at Edinburgh. The tl;dr seems to be that they are (a) less apocalyptic than some commentary suggests; (b) still very bad; (c) even stupider than they look at first sight, since they napalm staff morale and public reputation without actually saving money.
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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We've been waiting to bring you the amazing Emma Warren in conversation with @rosiehampton.bsky.social for Up the Youth Club and it's finally time. The book is a searching look at the rise and fall of the youth club, highlighting the seismic impact they have had on UK culture. 23 Sept at 7pm!
Mairi holds three copies of Up the Youth Club and peeks out from round the side of them.An orange banner which reads "A bookshop evening with Emma Warren" followed by the copy of Up the Youth Club and various images from the book cover. At the bottom, there is an image of Emma and text which reads "7pm, Wednesday 23rd September."
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Latest instance will be them going through the whole mad rigmarole again to issue me a contract to pay me for teaching ONE class, say 4 hrs pay which is £60 tops. Genuinely can't imagine how much the whole pointless business has cost them in admin staff time over the years
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Since I've been doing my PhD at Glasgow Uni I've had 3 research assistant roles and taught on various undergrad courses, and instead of having one contract that just lasts the whole time (same pay & conditions for all that work), every single time I have to be "onboarded", right to work check etc
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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Peter Falk in the Wim Wenders film "Wings of Desire" - BOTD
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stickers, for the low price of 1p (+ postage) radicalglasgowtours.bigcartel.com/product/stic...
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Stickers
Variety pack of stickers, about 10-15? You'll get a good few of each one. Production of these is funded by the profits from our Strathclyde t-shirts (which you can purchase from radical-glasgow-tours....
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Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Another excellent-looking online event happening today: www.eventbrite.com/e/records-of...
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Records of human experience: The value & vulnerability of refugee archives
Explore both the value and the fragility of refugee and naturalisation collections in this Research Routes event.
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Benjamin Thomas White @btwhite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our first post of the autumn semester on Refugee History is from the UNHCR Records & Archives Section, where they're making the best of a bad situation: refugeehistory.org/blog/2026/9/...
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UNHCR Archives: A History of Access - is Access Now History? — Refugee History.
UNHCR Archives has temporarily closed its reading room to external researchers. Here is what that means for access, research, and the future of digital delivery.
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Another Wrensday Wednesday shot - this time from the farm near Quorn. Sometimes I like to include a lot of background. In this case, it highlights how tiny the white-winged fairywren truly is. Just a blue pop of colour 🙂 #wrensday
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