I am working on a British Academy research project at Institute of Development Studies and our wonderful research partner, Omar, was arrested when returning from travel and is currently incarcerated without charge. Please share Omar's story 👇
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‘Nobody wants to deny any student of their education but industrial action doesn’t just happen out of nowhere’

General Secretary Jo Grady discusses the strike action taken last year in a new BBC documentary with Geoff Norcott 👇

Watch in full on iPlayer now 👉…

Badvertising launch this Friday 8 March! Join us as Caroline Lucas chairs a fascinating discussion with authors Andrew Simms and Leo Murray.

Get angry and inspired as we hear about how the advertising industry is fuelling climate crisis!

Get tickets now:
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UCU slams the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan after the outcome of UKRI investigation.

Read Jo Grady's full statement here 👉 bit.ly/3P75qIN

Hi folks join us tomorrow from 4pm-6pm at The Meeting House for a PGR organising meeting! There will be pizza and worker power vibes. All PGRs and DTs welcome! #UCU #PGRs #DoctoralTutor #OrganisingForPower

Join Class Divide telling their story of campaigning for a more equitable city at The #Brighton Reading Room on 27th of February at 7.30pm. Tickets are free and can be booked here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/class-divide…

Today (Tuesday 20th February) management ordered Queen Mary University of London security to break into the Queen Mary UCU office behind the Queens Building in order to remove posters expressing solidarity with Palestine.

🌟 Join The Brighton Reading Room on Feb 27, 7:30pm for a discussion on the class divide. Explore challenges, gain insights, and connect with like-minded individuals. Don't miss out! #ClassDivide #SocialChange

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So I have checked the Twitter accounts of Laura Kuenssberg, Robert Preston, Sophy Ridge and Beth Rigby.

They are most of our prominent mainstream media journos, not a single one has posted about the ICJ.

We have the worst media in the western world.

Huge crowd at the sold-out book launch of @lara_cgpe's 'Struggles for the Human' in The Brighton Reading Room, raising money for Medical Aid for Palestinians. Make sure to get your copy using the discount code: FFS24 combinedacademic.co.uk/9781478025566/…

Join the launch party of Lara Montesinos Coleman's groundbreaking new book: 'Struggles for the Human: Violent Legality and the Politics of Rights' Challenging conventional notions of human rights in an age of neoliberalism. 🗓️ Friday, 19th January, 7:30pm eventbrite.com/e/struggles-fo…

80 people now at Vigil for Gaza in Brighton city centre organised by local Jewish anti~occupation group Na'amod

Shout out to Barnaby Raine absolutely cutting through Zionist rhetoric so beautifully and calling for collectivism, internationalism and coalitional organising on a global scale. Such a powerful speaker! Great seminar all around! 🫶🏻

BREAKING: Israeli officials have said that following the 4-day pause they will continue the bombardment of Gaza for 'at least another two months'.

It is critical to ramp up pressure on public officials everywhere to achieve a ceasefire.

LAST CALL: USS statutory consultation of members (and of those eligible to be members) closes TOMORROW, FRIDAY 5pm.

A reminding thread.

This is an important moment for collective action, working across disciplines, nationalities, sexualities religions and solidarities. It emphasizes the importance of branch democracy. A lot of work went into this and I'm grateful to everyone who made it happen.
#freepalestine

📢Calling all #UCUrising branches!

UCU passes principled motions in Congress, but they are rarely implemented.

Have your branch endorse our letter to put pressure on UCU to make final a plan for USS & HE institutions to divest from companies complicit in #GazaGenocide .

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HAPPENING NOW: Jewish anti-Zionists are leading a morning prayer service at St Pancras train station in support of Palestine.