UPDATE: we will be striking indefinitely, we will not pay until The University of Manchester opens negotiations

Thank you Preti Taneja for your brilliant book!

Reminder too that some of the most vicious attacks on striking academics have come from people of colour who have given 'diversity', indeed 'queering', to the manageriate. Looking at Uni of Brighton. Decolonisation is not a single axis solution.

Amazing students! Thank you!

👋Hi Barbie! Happy Barbie day everyone🎟️💅 This week not only marks the cinematic event of the summer, but the Illegal Immigration Bill also passed a few days ago and it looks as though someone has been doing some alternative promo 👀 (🧵1/3)

To start the weekend with a conversation between Kiara (a trans Somali artist in Liverpool) and Priya (a researcher on queer South Asian identity) on the emancipatory power of #psychedelics to dismantle oppressive systems. #FR134 OA: doi.org/10.1177/014177…

Our organization, along with 16 other anarchist organizations around the world, are coordinating to support the safe extraction of Sudanese anarchists who are facing harsh repression in the midst of a civil war in their country. Please share! 🚩🏴📣 blackrosefed.org/international-…

These deductions are unnecessary and punitive. The University of Manchester have the power to change this!

Visa monitoring happened on UK campuses longer than the much hated #HostileEnvironment. The first wave of border checks at unis happened under The Labour Party in 2009 when they implemented the points based immigration system. We unpack this & @meghanetinsley post in this 🧵

Here is James Baldwin ACTUALLY writing about Israel Palestine, & it's not unctuous pap for Atlantic readers. 'But the state of Israel was not created for the salvation of the Jews; it was created for the salvation of the Western interests.' colorlines.com/article/what-j…

FR editors Nydia Swaby and Amber Lascelles recorded a conversation – reflecting on FR’s #Blackfeminist genealogies and how Black feminist epistemologies have influenced FR as an academic journal and a space for care and continuing dialogue. #FR135: doi.org/10.1177/014177…

On this day, in 1940, Indian revolutionary Udham Singh shot dead the former governor of Punjab Michael O’Dwyer at Caxton Hall in London. O'Dwyer was responsible for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar where British troops fired on a peaceful crowd, killing hundreds.

Peelers have always attacked peaceful protestors - don’t let it stop you. 🇵🇸

HIND’S HALL. Once it’s up on streaming all proceeds to UNRWA.

University of Liverpool students set up their encampment yesterday - I am so proud of you all for doing this!

University of Manchester Staff in Solidarity with Palestine declare their full support and solidarity with Manchester Camp of Resistance for Palestine in a statement sent to the University’s senior management. 🧵 1/3

Students unfurl a 10m banner stating clear demands to University of Manchester to cut ties with Israel's barbaric genocide: 1. Cut ties with BAE Systems 2. Cut ties with Tel Aviv & Hebrew University of Jerusalem 3. End unethical research 4. No displicinary action for protesters

Last night, Greater Manchester Police attempted to forcibly gain access and evict the student occupiers of Walid Daqqa (Whitworth) Hall. This attempt was successfully resisted by hundreds of students and community members.