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Trade union solidarity isn't just about strikes, jobs and pay. Right now it is the duty of every trade unionist who can, to get out en masse to stop the far right pogroms.

Honk Nishan Canagarajah! Do your remember when the Daily Mail lied about and repeatedly monstered a University of Leicester academic (leading to massive online pile ons) because of their work with colonialism? Are you really proud to be their university of the year?

Are you a current or recent employee of a UK university? Have you been made redundant – or successfully resisted redundancy – in the past few years? If so, please spend 10 mins to complete this survey, created by comrades at Open University UCU. UCU docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Calling all those at @SheffieldUni! Are you aware that next week Senate is considering whether to recommend changes to its composition and powers to Council? And do you care? Here's why you should, and why this is really important stuff. 1/

Leicester launch of Shaping for Mediocrity, our book about University of Leicester bosses' 2021 attack on workplace organisation & academic freedom – & the possibilities for remaking the university. Thurs 24 Oct – 7pm Zer0 Books Leicester UCU Leicester Students’ Union eventbrite.co.uk/e/resisting-me…

Wednesday 6 Nov I'm wearing my University of Nottingham UCU branch hat in conversation with David Harvie – VCs: THEY ALL MUST GO Five Leaves Bookshop talking about the collectively authored book 'Shaping for Mediocrity' an excoriating interrogation of UKHE. Check website for details fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/resisti…

Most yrs I’ve written abt climate politics & the COP. For 10 yrs we have been on track for 3C, yet for despite this we have to act as thou govt will finally act rationally and take effective action. This is liberal utopianism novaramedia.com/2017/07/12/cli…

Imgs via dean_sewell (insta) RisingTideAustralia just ran a 3 day coal port blockade in Australia. After the continued failure that is COP, the blockade is the only political horizon left for the environment movement

Great review of Shaping for Mediocrity: The Cancellation of Critical Thinking at Our Universities: "[Our] remarkably candid book provides a compelling, cantankerous, and above all contrite account of how [we] tried, but ultimately failed, not to lose [our] jobs."