The idea “every aspect of the support for disabled people” must “help people get into work” is deeply grim from Labour. Benefits and the NHS don’t exist to turn disabled people into economic productively units. They are to help us live well. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

We are deeply concerned to learn that one of Gaza's most senior orthopedic surgeons, Dr Adnan Al Bursh, has died while detained in an Israeli prison.

His death must be urgently investigated, amid reports of torture, ill treatment and medical neglect of Palestinian detainees.

Off to vote for Sadiq Khan because he shows that it's possible for Labour to resist the right rather than pander to them

Link here:

“The Road to Municipal Socialism - the Present and Future of the Preston Model”

(With lots of links to CWB strategies being pursued elsewhere too.)

Community Wealth Building #CWB #CommunityWealthBuilding
Democracy Collaborative (CLES) Centre for Local Economic Strategies Preston Labour

renewal.org.uk/the-road-to-mu…

might be useful to note that you can vote on an expired passport (ask me how I know)

Today, on International Workers Day, we are launching a new digital dashboard as part of the Centre for Democratising Work. 

Explore the interactive data-driven project examining work in contemporary Britain by clicking the link at the bottom of this thread. 🔽 

(Best viewed on…

🚨BREAKING: On May Day, over 1,000 workers are blockading the UK Trade Department in London and BAE Systems’ arms factories in Scotland, Wales and Lancashire 🇵🇸 🚩 #StopArmingIsrael

Join us along with Lawrence Wishart Books to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day with a book launch & panel discussion on 'The Caribbean and the Second World War' by Colin Douglas.

🗓️ Sat 8 June 2024
⏰ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
📍 BCA
🎟️ Reserve your seat buff.ly/49PRCdj

Great review in LSE Review of Books of Shabna Begum Sylhet to Spitalfields: 'Begum’s rich combination of ethnographic work and historical analysis reveals how, through squatting, activism and community organising, Bangladeshi migrants successfully demanded their right to housing.'

Throughout the process of researching for our project on the Black Liberation Front in Britain, we encountered a wealth of archival materials. We have digitised and shared these online. Explore the YHP archive on our website! younghistoriansproject.org/copy-of-blf-pr…

#BlackBritishHistory

Free e-book available of 2015's Soundings Journal Kilburn Manifesto from Lawrence Wishart Books

lwbooks.co.uk/product/after-…

We can’t wait for this event! 🙌

Thoughtful review of A to the S's biography of Gerlin Bean by pez in the latest issue of History Matters Journal: 'Mother of the Movement rightfully places Gerlin Bean at the heart of intersecting struggles in Britain and beyond.' Read for free here: historymatters.online/journal