Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 06/09/2026Happy to say my new book Charity Shop World is now published and available for sale. Chosen for: The Independent's 'Books Of The Month' The Bookseller's 'Titles Not To Miss For September' "Beautifully told, carefully bundled, expertly delivered" - Danny Dorling. tansyhoskins.org/charityshopw... 0115
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 15/04/2026I’m thrilled to announce that my brand new book 'Charity Shop World — an investigation into community, consumption and waste' will be published on 3rd September 2026. Pre-orders here: theindigopress.com/product/char... All the goss here: tansyhoskins.org/my-new-book-... 1114
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 15/04/2026Thank you so much! I look forward to hearing what you think of the book :) 010
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 14/04/2026@tansyhoskins.org's investigation into textile waste – where our clothes end up; who profits from fashion – had her spending 16 months sorting through donations at a #London charity shop to explore the things dropped off! Sounds like an interesting book tansyhoskins.org/my-new-book-...tansyhoskins.orgMy new book: Charity Shop WorldAn investigation into community, consumption and waste 111
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 15/04/2026I’ve been working on this book for the past 4 years, including 16 months sorting through donations to explore all the things people drop off at charity shops. This book also investigates the export of clothes to markets & landfill, revealing hidden shareholders behind a multi-million pound business. 000
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 20/02/2026🚨 FASHION AGAINST FASCISM 🚨 Join our bloc on 28 March to march together against the far-right. 🧵🕎☪️🫂The history of fashion in the UK is a history of migration. Celebrate diversity, creativity and community. 🔎 ranaplaza-solidarity.org 🚂 Book travel now: www.togetheralliance.org.uk/transport 010
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉erika owens @erikaowens.com · 28/01/2026have rarely read a piece with so much concrete, actionable advice. so great! jacobin.com/2026/01/minn... h/t @tansyhoskins.orgjacobin.comMinneapolis Is Going on Offense Against ICEWe spoke to a Minneapolis organizer about the community-organizing infrastructure there in response to ICE, why targeting corporations that profit from ICE is working, and how other cities could do th... 021
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 24/01/2026This was a great episode! I liked hearing the answer to the questions the DC audience asked as that was some of what I was thinking. And I'm so glad you added in that last question as my mind is buzzing with the thought that maybe, just maybe someone (...the Vulcans obvs :)) have already visited ✨ 010
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 18/12/2025This is the bit that most breaks my heart. The earthshaking theft of human time and potential by the fashion industry. Thank you so much for watching and sharing. @r-degrowth.bsky.social @waronwant.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/auXfE...youtube.comThe Human Time Cost of FashionYouTube video by Tansy E. Hoskins 022
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 17/12/2025Part Two! 2.2 billion people don’t have access to safe drinking water yet in one year EU fashion consumption uses 5.45 billion cubic meters of freshwater. Likewise thousands of kilotons of fossil fuels is going into fashion consumption every year: www.youtube.com/shorts/6ySD9...youtube.comHow much Water & Fossil Fuels does fashion use?YouTube video by Tansy E. Hoskins 002
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 16/12/2025What would you say if I told you that in a single year the European Union needed a land mass the size of Britain to produce the fashion that it consumes. www.youtube.com/shorts/CIEnS...youtube.comHow much Land is used for fashion?YouTube video by Tansy E. Hoskins 173
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 18/12/2025This is the bit that most breaks my heart. The earthshaking theft of human time and potential by the fashion industry. Thank you so much for watching and sharing. @r-degrowth.bsky.social @waronwant.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/auXfE...youtube.comThe Human Time Cost of FashionYouTube video by Tansy E. Hoskins 022
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 17/12/2025Part Two! 2.2 billion people don’t have access to safe drinking water yet in one year EU fashion consumption uses 5.45 billion cubic meters of freshwater. Likewise thousands of kilotons of fossil fuels is going into fashion consumption every year: www.youtube.com/shorts/6ySD9...youtube.comHow much Water & Fossil Fuels does fashion use?YouTube video by Tansy E. Hoskins 002
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 16/12/2025I’ve been working on a new report called EXTRACTION FASHION with @waronwant.bsky.social and @r-degrowth.bsky.social to outline fashion’s footprint for Land, Fossil Fuels, Water and Human Time. Please watch, share and use the data 🌎 degrowth.org/wp-content/u...degrowth.org 111
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 16/12/2025What would you say if I told you that in a single year the European Union needed a land mass the size of Britain to produce the fashion that it consumes. www.youtube.com/shorts/CIEnS...youtube.comHow much Land is used for fashion?YouTube video by Tansy E. Hoskins 173
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 09/12/2025LAST CHANCE to help secure independent & unrestricted funds for our most crucial front line work. You CAN make a difference in the fashion industry. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... 041
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 08/12/2025We've not stopped. Just like we are not going to stop until we have stamped out exploitation by brands and billionaires. Last day to donate! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... www.youtube.com/shorts/tLM2f...youtube.comLast day for the Big Give!YouTube video by Labour Behind the Label 051
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Judith generated £225 through her £100 donation. Thank you Judith! If, like Judith, you agree that nobody should live in poverty for the price of a cheap t-shirt please donate to the Big Give. Only two days left to DOUBLE your donation. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... 043
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 06/12/2025If you agree with Louise that it's not fair that garment workers are paid poverty wages to work in dangerous factories please join us today for the Big Give fundraiser – anything you donate will be DOUBLED! Your £20 donation = £40 + £5 giftaid = £45!! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... 033
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Christmas is a time of choices. Do you want to fuel fast fashion… or fight it? Let's dismantle exploitation and build an industry where workers are respected and paid fairly. Join @lakyncarlton.bsky.social for the BIG GIVE and DOUBLE your donation. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... 063
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 03/12/2025I just donated. Am happy to say I turned £20 into £45 through the power of the Big Give and gift aid :)) 010
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 03/12/2025Support @labourlabel.bsky.social's Urgent Appeals campaign! I donated £20 today and it magically turned into £45 through the power of the Big Give + gift aid. £45 going towards garment worker solidarity campaigns for just £20 felt like a very positive result! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... 040
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 02/12/2025We've just launched the BIG GIVE to raise much needed funds for our Urgent Appeals work. The money you donate will be doubled between the 2nd - 9th December. At no extra cost to you £100 will become £200! www.youtube.com/shorts/7c-eJ... #GivingTuesday #ChristmasChallenge Pls share!youtube.comThis Christmas Let’s Not Give Billionaires Any More Money!YouTube video by Labour Behind the Label 073
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 30/10/2025This month in Bangladesh there has been both a historic worker victory, and a devastating factory fire that killed seventeen people. Together these events reveal a seismic crossroads for Bangladesh's garment workers. New from me: tansyhoskins.org/unpacking-fi...tansyhoskins.orgUnpacking Fire And Ferocity In BangladeshWorkers win but tragedy strikes - how do we process a tumultuous month in Bangladesh's garment industry? 011
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 28/10/2025Cranking up the furnaces to send out my latest 'Fashion x Capitalism' newsletter: tansyhoskins.org/subscribe/ It's FREE, monthly & topics include: ✊ Worker’s rights 🌎 Environmentalism 👗 Fashion consumption 🚚 Globalisation 🏭 Gendered, racialised, class-based exploitation in the garment industrytansyhoskins.orgLet's keep in touchSign up for my free newsletter on worker’s rights, environmentalism, fashion consumption, my books & much more. 022
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Octavio Salazar Benítez @octaviosb.bsky.social · 12/10/2025"La industria de la moda no existiría sin la explotación sistémica de las mujeres, la del Sur global, el colonialismo, la creación y el mantenimiento del racismo, la destrucción medioambiental generalizada y la imposición de la clase y la pobreza", @tansyhoskins.org @capitanswing.bsky.social BRUTAL👇 093
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 19/09/2025London Fashion Week Orcas flip yachts. Sinking these symbols of obscene greed and reclaiming their home as a billionaire-free zone. We want this in fashion: Redistribute wealth and power into the hands of the millions of people who make our clothes. Photos: Kim Ford 082
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 19/09/2025👗The top 10 fast fashion brands raked in $13.9 billion in profit in 2024 - while paying the workers who make their clothes poverty wages. We're at London Fashion Week today to say: tax extreme wealth. Pay living wages now. #BillionairesOut #LivingWageNow 175
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 08/09/2025Manual anticapitalista de la moda! Thrilled to say that The Anti-Capitalist Book Of Fashion is out now in Spanish... Desde las alfombras rojas de la Gala del Met hasta la moda rápida online, la ropa cuenta una historia de desigualdad, racismo y crisis climática. capitanswing.com/libros/manua... 01710
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Climática @climatica.coop · 05/09/2025ENTREVISTA | "La moda sirve para hacer más ricos a los multimillonarios y para actuar como un sistema de control", señala @tansyhoskins.org . f.mtr.coolTansy E. Hoskins: "La moda es una candidata perfecta para decrecer" - Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidadLa periodista británica acaba de publicar en España 'Manual anticapitalista de la moda', un análisis de esta industria desde la explotación laboral al daño medioambiental. 0106
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Esta edición de 'Manual anticapitalista de la moda', de @tansyhoskins.org, ha sido traducida por Beatriz Ruiz y Lorenzo Arroyo. Os dejamos por aquí el índice y el enlace web a la ficha del libro. Esperamos que la lectura sea de vuestro agrado. capitanswing.com/libros/manua... 051
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Galardonada periodista inglesa, @tansyhoskins.org es licenciada en Relaciones Internacionales por la London School of Economics y máster en Periodismo Audiovisual por la U. de Cardiff. Es documentalista de actualidad en ITV y miembro del Sindicato Nacional de Periodistas de UK. 141
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 04/09/2025A lo largo del libro, @tansyhoskins.org recurre a Karl Marx para explicar cómo el capitalismo convierte la moda en mercancía, símbolo y deseo, pero también en instrumento de explotación. Así, la pregunta que atraviesa toda la obra es: ¿y si la moda pudiera existir sin capitalismo? 1154
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Desde las alfombras rojas de la Gala del Met hasta la moda rápida online, la ropa cuenta una historia de desigualdad, racismo y crisis climática. En este libro, @tansyhoskins.org deshace con rigor e intención los hilos de la industria capitalista para revelar la verdad sobre nuestra ropa. 194
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 01/09/2025👕 NOVEDAD 👕 Explotación laboral, racismo, devastación ambiental, control de los cuerpos, monopolios mediáticos y desigualdad económica. La moda es política, y este un análisis crítico del sistema que sostiene la moda global. Manual anticapitalista de la moda, de @tansyhoskins.org. #YaEnLibrerías 16526
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 28/08/2025«La moda es una forma de producción social [...]. El objetivo de este libro es descoser y desmitificar la industria de la moda y su ideología, no alimentar su mística cuidadosamente cultivada [...]. La moda es un concepto puramente europeo indistinguible del capitalismo». @tansyhoskins.org 0197
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Via @tansyhoskins.org :"In May NEXT announced record level profits at its AGM. A few days later, NEXT shut down a factory that it owns in Sri Lanka citing ‘high costs’ – plot twist, the factory was unionised. 1,416 workers were fired by WhatsApp message. No notice." tansyhoskins.org/summer-of-20...tansyhoskins.orgSink The Yachts, Raise The Wages!Orca whales are coming for the superyachts... Plus Sri Lanka, Palestine, boycotts and more 011
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Lace & revolution @laceandrevolution.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Listening to the "anticapitalist book of fashion" by @tansyhoskins.org and wondering why I missed it for so long 😭 I'm at chapter 1 and I've already swore on the grave of my beloved cat that I will only buy small brands clothes and shoes from now on, or not buying nothing at all 🫡 221
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Eco Age @ecoage.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Nepal is on the front line of the fast fashion crisis. Sandwiched between manufacturing giants China and India, Nepal faces a relentless influx of fast fashion exports that are devastating both its sacred waterways and domestic textile traditions. Read the full story eco-age.com/nepal-the-fr... 021
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉Eco Age @ecoage.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Nepal is on the front line of the fast fashion crisis, caught between two manufacturing giants - China and India - this small nation is becoming an unintended dumping ground for fast fashion’s overproduction. Read the story by Tansy Hoskins and Arun Karki tomorrow 10am. #TextileWaste #FastFashion 074
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 09/06/2025Just published a new investigation into textile waste on @ecoage.bsky.social with my colleague Arun Karki in Nepal: Sandwiched between manufacturing powerhouses China and India, Nepal faces a relentless influx of cheap, toxic fast fashion exports: eco-age.com/nepal-the-fr...eco-age.comNepal: The Front Line of the Fast Fashion Crisis – Eco Age 083
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 24/05/2025London’s Nakba protest last weekend - 500,000 people marching to say Stop the Genocide and Free Palestine. 150
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 24/04/2025We joined @labourlabel.bsky.social, No Sweat, Remake Our World @ucu.org.uk & @gmb.org.uk to remember the workers who lost their lives 12 years ago, and deliver a letter to the Bangladesh High Commission demanding that the Bangladeshi government: drop the false charges and improve working conditions. 064
Reposted by Tansy Hoskins 🍉No Sweat @nosweatuk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Today, the 12th anniversary of Rana Plaza, we joined @labourlabel.bsky.social @waronwant.bsky.social and other workers rights activists in the Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective to deliver an open letter to the Bangladesh government demanding labour reform. www.tbsnews.net/economy/rmg/...tbsnews.netUK trade unions, NGOs urge Bangladesh to improve RMG workers’ wagesThe campaigners said boosting the social security situation for garment workers in Bangladesh is essential now more than ever 052
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 24/04/2025What greater monument could there be for the 1,138 people who died at Rana Plaza, than for the Bangladeshi garment industry to become a light in the darkness, a beacon to the world rebuilt with safe factories, trade unionism and full workers rights. #RanaPlazaNeverAgain 063
