William Hone, still a good satire ot MPs over 200 years later.

William Hone, still a good satire ot MPs over 200 years later.

🧵Blocus des lycées en France : Citée du Nord à Mayotte, le premier à avoir dit « non » à une école qui ne tient plus ses promesses Alors que les blocages gagnent désormais des centaines de lycées en France, le lycée du Nord avait lancé l’alerte dès la rentrée. Voilà plus de cinq semaines que […]

Everywhere tomorrow? So why is there no national action on this? And why are you hiding the fact that there is a special HE sector conference happening called by branches who want a secretary of state dispute? Same strategy as 2022 - trying to ignore the democratic processes you don't like.

University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · yesterday

Nottingham today. Everywhere tomorrow. 2,700 staff put at risk. 600+ jobs targeted. At least 48 courses facing closure. What happens here sets the template for the sector. Stand with Nottingham.

University of Brighton management has given notice to terminate its recognition agreement with UCU alongside collective agreements covering key terms and conditions. This isn't just about Brighton. What happens here could have implications for branches across the UK.

Cool paper by @juliango.bsky.social expanding the canon of writers in history theorizing the relationship between race and class, "Theorist Ignored: Hubert Harrison and the Birth of Racial Capitalism Theory."

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Just straight-up removing money and services from local economies and then acting mystified when high streets die and the NHS is under increased pressure.

Why is this ruinous and uncorrected tory austerity rarely discussed?

David En-Griffiths@homodavien.bsky.social · yesterday

I'll never be convinced a government is taking the country's issues seriously unless they announce truly massive increases to local authority budgets alongside whatever other improvements they suggest.

If I was these guys, I’d be hoping for a blowout by election that shows they’ve trounced the Green Party, and I’d then try to ride this bullshit to another general election win. Because the shine is going to come off this stuff very quickly.

I assume we’ll also get the non-negotiable of British politics: scything cuts to benefits, massive increases in military spending and sucking up to whichever mad emperor is on the throne in Washington. Much the same shit we were always getting , with a veneer of democratic engagement, basically.

Assurances will have been made offscreen - they always are - so I’d guess the upshot here is that the triple lock on pensions is a goner; we will get some faff-arsed, wholly inadequate will-this-do version of a personal care system, and we will get perfunctory efforts to rejoin lesser EU programmes.

Mobilisation du 29 septembre : les lycées en grève confrontés à la répression policière ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/rv3

The section on immigration was the worst bit of Burnham's speech. Applauding Mahmood's work, celebrating cutting number and cutting boat crossings & then a glib thank you to migrants who do make it here & work for "us". You can't do janus-faced migration politics & claim to be anti-fascist.

Including the University of Southampton, of course

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Thirteen British universities have discussed how to handle pro-Palestine campus protests with the United Kingdom’s largest weapons manufacturer, including ramping up security at events and coordinating responses to criticism. aje.news/7i5a85

Seeing Angela Eagle weeping(?) at Andy Burnham's speech and all the bland, vapid centrists of the Labour right and centre applauding Burnham. It rankles. They spent 4 years doing their best to crap all over hope and any chance of Corbyn coming to power. These people can't be trusted.

28.09.69, Nürnberg: 15.000 Menschen demonstrieren gegen eine NPD-Kundgebung. Trotz Wasserwerfereinsatz werden die Polizeiketten durchbrochen. Die Veranstaltung der Nazis kann nicht stattfinden.

29.09.91, Hoyerswerda: Wenige Tage nach den Pogromen demonstrieren 3.000 Menschen "Gegen Rassismus und Naziterror!"

HISTORIQUE ! Selon l'Union Syndicale Lycéenne + de 400 lycées ont été bloqués aujourd'hui La mobilisation s'amplifie Soutenons les, rejoignons leurs blocus et convergeons tous dès le 17 octobre #blocus #greve29septembre #17octobre #genz #giletsjaunes Pétition et groupe pour s'organiser⤵️

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France: Student protests over conditions at French high schools fuel political clashes

Over 160 people were arrested and dozens injured after student protests in France descended into violence. With a presidential election approaching, senior politicians are pointing fingers at each oth...

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Stephen Shapiro@stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 2d ago

How do you say "cockroach movement" in French? www.dw.com/en/france-st...

This is the left (LFI) mayor singing the national anthem amongst students just outside Paris blocking their school to demand better conditions in education. Almost impossible to imagine this in England for so many reasons. It is our job as educators to change this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaEX...

La Marseillaise chantée par les lycéens et Bally Bagayoko maire de Saint-Denis devant le blocus

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Pierre Bataille@pierrebat.cpesr.fr · 2d ago

Le mouv' des lycéen-nes de chanter des marseillaises devant les assauts des forces de polices, c'est des géni-es (On a eu la même à Grenoble ce matin)

Le mouv' des lycéen-nes de chanter des marseillaises devant les assauts des forces de polices, c'est des géni-es (On a eu la même à Grenoble ce matin)

A big movement going in France right now amongst lyceens (15-19) www.franceinfo.fr/economie/gre...

Nord, Val-d'Oise, Ariège... Plus d'une centaine de lycées bloqués mardi partout en France

Parti d'un mouvement en Île-de-France au début de la semaine, de nombreux manifestants ont bloqué environ 180 établissements en raison de la surcharge des classes ou encore du manque de professeurs.

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🧵 Lycéen blessé au visage lors d'un blocage: Sophie Binet dénonce une "violence policière" et demande des "sanctions" elle estime que le gouvernement "organise les débordements" devant les lycées bloqués en France en envoyant "les forces de l'ordre" […]

What will happen to the now young and middle aged people when they retire? Most will be on crap, insecure Defined Contribution pensions, having a proper state pension will be all the more important for them. It shouldn't be either/or but always about redistribution.

La plaque en hommage aux communards des Buttes-Chaumont a été retrouvée brisée ce vendredi. L’adjointe parisienne communiste Laurence Patrice dénonce la multiplication des attaques contre les lieux de mémoire républicains et de gauche. www.humanite.fr/.../un-acte-....

Thinking about these poems and how to include them in a lecture on social class for first years. @workingclasshistory.com workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-...

Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...

Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns

Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...

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This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose

Chancellor John Healey: "The money New Labour had in the 90s is simply not there now." "It is not progressive to allow a bigger & bigger benefits bill." "We will make sure that Britain wins in the AI revolution." TRANSLATION: expect continuity austerity & steering the UK into the AI hurricane.