As the university management escalates by pressing ahead with up to 38 compulsory redundancies, after losing over 260 of our colleagues through voluntary severance, our membership’s clear message is NO. We are upset angry and aghast by the behaviour of university management.

A reminder I will be giving a talk this Thursday. Here is the link to register: bit.ly/frankfurtianas

Marxism & Disability Stream Call for Abstracts The Marxism & Disability Network (supported by Historical Materialism) invites submission for papers for the upcoming Historical Materialism annual conference. Send an abstract by Friday - marxismdisability.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/mar… #Marxism

Reminder 👇👇 We invite expressions of interest from individuals or teams to join the current co-convening team in July 2025, with the expectation that the newly appointed convenors would take over the leadership of the group from July 2026. #Sociology #AcademicChatter

Our "unconference" is coming up this Friday and Saturday! Hope to see you at some of the events!

Missed our May event with Matthew Rozsa and Bernardo Paci? You can now watch the video recording of our panel event -entitled 'Between Exploitation and Exclusion'- on the MDN Youtube channel: youtu.be/8If0FJEsRqg?si… #Marxism #Disability #Neurodivergence #DisabledTwitter

The new UC proposals treat illness like it’s temporary, linear, and neatly resolved. But chronic pain, psychosis, and neuroimmune illness don’t heal on cue. This isn’t a system that misunderstands disability. It’s one that’s designed to exclude it. #WelfareNotWarfare

archive.org/details/WithNo… "Documantary demonstrating how the formation of a food-buying club by a group of Newark welfare mothers brought about a necessary change in the community."

If Liz Kendall is looking for savings perhaps she should start here.

What about disabled people who cannot work? How will they offset their loss of benefits? Alison McGovern promises long-term career support in wake of Labour’s significant cuts to disability benefits theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (14 – 28 May) For more stories from the past two weeks read ⤵️ irr.org.uk/article/calend…

At least in other work, it’s thankfully just an accepted attitude to be like labor sucks, but in the academy, there is this baroque affective field where you are expected to add insult to injury by disciplining yourself and others into submissive gratitude for exploitation.

Happening tomorrow & on Saturday!👇🏼

"It is clear that the effects will be appalling, and any proper impact assessment would highlight the likely huge increase in mental health issues, homelessness, breakdown in caring arrangements and utter desperation that would likely follow their implementation." Caroline Collier

📚BOOK EVENT📚 Join us for live readings, conversation, and excerpts from We, the Heartbroken—a searing, tender meditation by Gargi Bhattacharyya 🗓️Thurs, June 5 ⏰7 pm 📍Pelican House 🎟buff.ly/9WOQW5v

Just started! 🔥

I'm delighted that Ellen Clifford of DPAC will join the 'Labour in Government: one year on conference' in London on July 19. As the Government faces growing opposition to more austerity, join us as we pose the question 'where next?' Info 👉 bit.ly/lab1yearon

Following our events with Robert Chapman & their book's readers y'day, two more events are lined up for today: 1) Faye Ginsburg & Rayna Rapp will present an overview of their book 'Disability Worlds' (and more!) 2) their readers will offer responses in the second event Register👇

Economics obscures or is oblivious to the politics embedded in theorization itself. In this book, Devika Dutt, Carolina Alves, Surbhi Kesar & Ingrid H. Kvangraven return political questions to the heart of economic theorizing.

Abandon DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper & create National Disability Strategy. The DWP proposes devastating cuts to disability benefits. The Government must drop these proposals and instead begin co-production with disabled people. Sign & Share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7239…