🚨PSC statement on the Labour Party's proposed amendment to the SNPs motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Labour Party's amendment seeks to dilute the clear call for an immediate ceasefire by handing the Israeli government a veto over whether or not a ceasefire should happen.

Neoliberalism bequeaths the relentless exaltation of cynicism as a principle. Now it is the height of political seriousness, a benchmark of maturity, to flaunt one's unabashed careerism ("I would very much like to be foreign secretary") and opportunism ("it's an election year").

Publication day for Tracking #capital with SUNY Press! Open your third eye, comrades, and get a copy at sunypress.edu/Books/T/Tracki… Sharae Deckard Rebecca Colesworthy

On the road with Pity this week 🚂📚 Tuesday : London Waterstones Gower Street , in conversation with Rachael Allen 🎟️: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pity-andrew-… Wednesday: Keele University 🐿️ 🎟️: keele.ac.uk/about/events/2… Friday: Stoke, Drop City Books 🎟️: eventbrite.com/e/author-party… See you there!

lovely to be at Drop City Books in Stoke last night , and to get these gifts in the palette of pity! So many vital independent bookshops doing wonderful work- support your local one📚

Drop City Books in Stoke, a wonderful new bookshop built on inclusivity and community and love has had a really bad flood. There are some ways to support them and more info on what happened at this Bookshop.org link here uk.bookshop.org/shop/dropcityb…

Out now!!!!!

For those asking to support us, we've just set up our GoFund me for donations ! We will publicise our spending and any excess will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians 🤍 gofund.me/fb01543e

📢 FIVE UK STUDENT ENCAMPMENTS AND COUNTING 📢 Today, students from Leeds (@leedspsg), Newcastle (@LoCNewcastle), Bristol (Bristol Students Occupy 4 Palestine 🇵🇸🍉) and Sheffield (Sheffield Uni PalSoc) have joined Warwick (Warwick Stands With Palestine) - demanding that our universities stop investing in Israel's genocide!

‼️EVERY DAY OF DELAY MEANS COMPLICITY‼️ After a brief meeting yesterday, the management showed their true face: they’re willing to let thousands die before even considering cutting ties to imperialism and militarism! A THREAD:

📢 Nakba Day Vigil in Hanley Park on Wednesday 15 May, 6pm. Gather and mark this day, hear from speakers, make space for your feelings & connect as a community to show that Stoke stands in solidarity with Palestine 📢 Photo is from the UNRWA archives of the Nakba in 1948.

Yesterday, aware that BBC Question Time would be taking place in Stoke-on-Trent, we organised a protest outside to make sure the politicians inside could hear us and feel the pressure. Despite the denialism of the establishment, the British state has licensed arms to Israel (1/3)

🏹🇵🇸 UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM ENCAMPMENT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE HAS BEGUN! 🇵🇸🏹 ✊ DISCLOSE. DIVEST. SUPPORT. INVEST. ✊ Come down to the Advanced Manufacturing Building on Jubilee Campus to support the camp! 🧵/3

I've reviewed Sandra Gustafson and Robert Levine's collection on Albion Tourgee, Reimagining the Republic, in the ALH review. Read it here if you wanna know my thoughts on the collection (and on the recovery of Reconstruction lit more generally): academic.oup.com/alh/article/36…

I talked about my book live on Facebook (because 21st Century). I'm too traumatised by the sound of my own voice and propensity to fill all silence with the word 'like' to watch it back. But if you're not, you can watch and tell me if I made any sense. Thanks LSU for having me.

I took advantage of some free time and wrote on the dynamics of the general election, its likely consequences, and some of the challenges and opportunities it poses. (Oh, and I did so on my new blog so give that a subscribe!) proletarianblues.substack.com/p/grey-labour-…

Massively looking forward to speaking in Stoke with Jonas Patrick Marvin 🇵🇸 at Drop City Books in a couple of weeks’ time. You should come along if you live nearby