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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you're in Newcastle, go check out this new radical bookstore - Books from Below - and cafe that was just launched by @emilywebz.bsky.social , @drrobertchapman.bsky.social , and @benbowsher.bsky.social.

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.

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Ben Bowsher @benbowsher.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Books From Below, Newcastle’s upcoming radical bookstore just found itself a home. Give me a message if you are able to help in any of the ways listed below! If you can’t help, no worries just give this post a like and repost it, thank you!

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Join me and @mykaabramson.bsky.social on 20 August for a conversation about the connections between climate justice and Palestine solidarity. All welcome to come along!

Poster for Deepening the Connections: Climate Justice and Palestine Solidarity

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Birmingham Friends of the Earth @birminghamfoe.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Help Us Save The Warehouse! Our home @inthewarehouse.bsky.social & Digbeth Community Garden are threatened with demolition in 2030, losing a vital community hub and rare spot of biodiversity in the city centre. Follow the link, respond to the consultation. birminghamfoe.org.uk/help-us-save...

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Help us save the Warehouse – Birmingham Friends of The Earth

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Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This series by @johnmunro.bsky.social is officially a must read: "Snake Pass might be located in the countryside, but the mobility politics of commons and enclosure playing out there also speak to municipal, national, and transnational scales in an urbanizing world."

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Looking forward to this workshop on Climate Justice and Palestine Solidarity with @mykaabramson.bsky.social, chaired by Faisel Farooq. 3 PM, 11 July, Old Print Works, Birmingham. Come along!

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Climate Justice and Palestine Solidarity: Deepening the Connections. 3-4.30pm, Lower Gallery, OPW

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

We just had a meeting with over 700 (!!) of our members and OVERWHELMINGLY voted in favour of a motion to calling for a strike ballot! 🩷 We're doing this together. We are the University! #DefendExeterUni.

EXETER UCU VOTES IN FAVOUR OF MOTION CALLING FOR STRIKE BALLOT

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Roxanne Douglas @roxannedouglas.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I finished my book amid a culture of genuine support and friendship at Exeter. Now management at @exeter.ac.uk have made a wrongheaded decision to cut 25% of jobs in the faculty by Christmas. Please sign the petition: c.org/kF9WQMfzY4

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Ben Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.

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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Found out yesterday that my job is at risk. Feels terrible: multiple video-only "consultations" without even a q and a... Humanities and social sciences overwhelmingly targeted... Whole thing feels deeply ideological and also like payback aimed at the departments with high union density...

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University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff

The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Summer's coming....

Big Ride for Palestine Summer 2026 poster.

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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The cuts at Sheffield are disastrous - damaging or losing so many internationally renowned departments. With Hallam also in crisis, and the unis being two major local employers, it's worrying to think about what will happen to the city if this carries on, as it seems like it will.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Labour-run Coventry City Council has just handed £750,000 to Palantir - a company that profits from hunting immigrants for ICE and produces "kill lists" for the Israeli military. A company lobbied for by Mandelson himself. Shame on them. Last Friday we came together to fight back. #DropPalantir

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Ben Bowsher @benbowsher.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

As the crowdfunder for the first radical bookshop icon Newcastle for 40 years gets closer to the end I’m making the bold move of calling on all the academics I sort of vaguely know and also those I don’t to share the link for our crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb...

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UK American Studies Against the Genocide! @uk-usstudies4pal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The UK American Studies Against the Genocide Network is pleased to announce the programme for our symposium on the 9th May 2026 at KCL. We gather as academics, culture workers, students and activists to address Palestine in American Studies, centring it as a longstanding site of US imperial violence

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UK American Studies Against the Genocide! @uk-usstudies4pal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

📣 Registration is open for our symposium, “UK American Studies Against the Genocide!” 🍉 We have an incredible program of students, scholars, and activists. ✊ Come join us! www.ticketsource.com/uk-am-studie...

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Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Solidarity with Aria Fani, an excellent scholar of Persian and comparative literature.

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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In light of recent media pieces arguing that public funds are wasted when they come to our publishing company, we have decided to write a short article about why we remain committed to putting our political commitments over profit-making. fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/view/wh...

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What does it mean to prioritize politics over profit?

Fernwood has been profiled in a few media pieces that attempt to discredit the public funding of arts and culture. These folks think it’s a waste for public money to be spent on a publisher that is po...

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

There's still time to respond to the consultation on the awful proposed changes to settlement rules

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UK American Studies Against the Genocide! @uk-usstudies4pal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Last week to apply to "UK American Studies against the Genocide." Get your submissions in! ⌛6th February 2026 📬 americanstudiesagainstgenocide@gmail.com 🍉CFP here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Myka Abramson @mykaabramson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Had a great time chatting with @drdomdavies.bsky.social about literature, automobiles, infrastructure, and US empire. @ttinfranetwork.bsky.social is a really cool project - well worth checking out.

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Birmingham, UK, is answering this call. Saturday, 1 PM, Victoria Square. We ride in memory of Alex Pretti and against fascism. All welcome. Will you join us?

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UK American Studies Against the Genocide! @uk-usstudies4pal.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The deadline to submit an abstract to "UK American Studies against the Genocide" is fast approaching. Get your submissions in! ⌛6th February 2026 📬 americanstudiesagainstgenocide@gmail.com 🍉CFP here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Mark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...

Screenshot of email that reads: “This status will remain in place until the University receives notification that you are no longer participating in that action. During this period, any work undertaken will be regarded as voluntary.”

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 20/01/2026

“You can’t cut one in ten staff without damaging students and teaching.” 85% of University of Essex staff have voted for strike action over plans to cut 400 jobs and close the Southend campus. Show your support and solidarity as they prepare to fight back. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1432...

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University of Essex staff vote for strike action in fight against job cuts

Staff at the University of Essex have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over plans axe 400 jobs, the University and College Union announced today

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Myka Abramson @mykaabramson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Sad to see that the website, LeftEast is shutting down. It was a fucking great project and taught me so much. Well worth checking out its archive, and checking out the new project, red threads. lefteast.org

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Tunisian Association for American Cultural Studies - TAACS @taacs.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

🔊 Upcoming Online Book Discussion The New Routes in Transnational American Studies series continues with a discussion of Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt by Orisanmi Burton. 🗓 29 Jan 2026 ⏰ 7–9 PM (GMT+1, Tunisia) 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3LaRS0n

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UK American Studies Against the Genocide! @uk-usstudies4pal.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

🔊 Reminder: Abstracts for the UK American Studies Against the Genocide symposium are due by 6th February. We are also hoping to extend this into a broader network of scholars committed to organising against the genocide in the field. Please share widely + follow the below account.

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British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

#cfp UK American Studies Against the Genocide! A symposium on Palestine and American Studies in the UK 🇵🇸 Proposals are welcomed for papers & panels on the subject of Palestine & its relation with American Studies. It will take place 9th May. Deadline: 6th February 2026

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CFP: UK American Studies Against the Genocide! A symposium on Palestine and American Studies in the UK 9 May 2025 - British Association for American Studies

The genocidal war in Gaza alongside the acceleration of ethnic cleansing of the West Bank could not occur without full US and UK support. And yet American Studies in the UK has been largely silent.…

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The eight Palestine Action hunger strikers have now been held without trial for months, and three have been hospitalised. Here's a toolkit with 11 proposed actions you can take to support them.

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Toolkit for UK Hunger Strikers

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Tomorrow's front page 📰 'The UK is letting these people die'

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UCU Essex @ucuessex.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

One of our branch co-presidents, Jordan Osserman, talking on BBC Essex this morning about the devastating cuts to our University, and what needs to be done about them. Please share. We had yet more shocking news this morning - stay tuned.

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Sophia Brown @sophiastories.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I've just published my second newsletter on loss and damage - this one reflecting on Trump (urgh) and climate finance. Mostly doom and gloom but also an obligatory note of hope, to paraphrase Jenny Offill open.substack.com/pub/lossandd...

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Loss and Damage funding in the era of Trump 2.0

Donald Trump’s climate-change denial, twinned with his pathological disdain for anything he deems part of a green agenda, is well known.

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Myka Abramson @mykaabramson.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Calling all UK-based Americanists!! There is no ceasefire. The genocide continues. And we too must continue to speak up, organise, and fight for a free Palestine - in the streets and in our work places. Join us.

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Sophia Brown @sophiastories.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Something I've been thinking about for a while and have finally launched: a newsletter on Loss and Damage - do consider subscribing if you're interested in the topic, or more broadly in climate justice and questions of power, geopolitics and accountability lossanddamage.substack.com?r=a2qm0&utm_...

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The Loss and Damage Newsletter | Sophia Brown | Substack

A fortnightly newsletter on loss and damage: the most significant climate change impacts. Click to read The Loss and Damage Newsletter, by Sophia Brown, a Substack publication. Launched a day ago.

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Sarah Arens @saraharens.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

In the same week, both the University of Nottingham and the University of Leicester announced closing their Modern Languages departments. Disastrous for the sector as a whole and for the ML landscape in the Midlands: c.org/4X7VMy9MPD

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Sign the Petition

Save Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester

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Nick Bernards @nickbernards.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

My employer has announced a voluntary redundancy scheme. By the standards of what’s happening elsewhere in the UK it’s really not that bad… But the fact that the University insists on describing this as an ‘investment’ is mind-boggling.

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Mike Collins - Chair British Association for American Studies @baaschair.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Please support and share this petition to help save American Studies teaching at The University of Nottingham. Staff are facing redundancy. The expertise that would be lost would be monumental. Please sign. c.org/26qjPmffNy

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This campaign needs you now

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Comrades - in a few months I'll be applying for yet another visa, and am trying to get some side cash to fund some of it. So *drumroll* i have made some tshirts which you can order on Everpress. They will ship early December, which means just in time for Christmas. everpress.com/unskilled-labour

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Unskilled Labour | Everpress

There is no such thing as unskilled labour, there is only underpaid labour. These limited edition Unskilled Labour garments are only available here.

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Myka Abramson @mykaabramson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Petition to save American Studies at the University of Nottingham. Please sign and share! c.org/7QNchyvcK6 @BAAS

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We Can Make an Impact.

SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

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