@aslefunion.bsky.social @aslef-do7.bsky.social @aslefd4do.bsky.social My article in the August ASLEF journal on the 200th anniversary of the modern railway in Scotland - pages 12-13 aslef.org.uk/system/files...

Joe Strummer on 'Washington Bullets': 'As every cell in Chile will tell/The cries of the tortured men/Remember Allende & the days before the army came/Please remember Víctor Jara in the Santiago stadium' (see my manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago

Nelson Haase Mazzei was sentenced for murdering Jara in 2023, but fled from authorities in Chile

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Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago Nelson Haase Mazzei was sentenced for murdering Jara in 2023, but fled from authorities in Chile www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago

Nelson Haase Mazzei was sentenced for murdering Jara in 2023, but fled from authorities in Chile

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@aslefunion.bsky.social Train drivers in Great Britain consider strike action over lack of toilets:Unions say basic needs still not being met a year after regulator told operators to improve facilities www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Train drivers in Great Britain consider strike action over lack of toilets

Unions say basic needs still not being met a year after regulator told operators to improve facilities

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Train drivers in Great Britain consider strike action over lack of toilets:Unions say basic needs still not being met a year after regulator told operators to improve facilities www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Train drivers in Great Britain consider strike action over lack of toilets

Unions say basic needs still not being met a year after regulator told operators to improve facilities

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@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted in Times Higher on the prospects for pay this year in the university sector www.timeshighereducation.com/news/higher-...

Higher pay rises agreed at universities outside national award

National pay award expected to be postponed, while some university employees question decision to opt out of collective bargaining

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Quoted in Times Higher on the prospects for pay this year in the university sector www.timeshighereducation.com/news/higher-...

Higher pay rises agreed at universities outside national award

National pay award expected to be postponed, while some university employees question decision to opt out of collective bargaining

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@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in the Sunday National today called 'Will Burnham's devolution help us or prove we need indy?' looking at what the shortly to be new PM will mean for the SNP, left politics in Scotland and the prospects independence. www.thenational.scot/politics/262...

Will Andy Burnham's devolution drive help us or prove we need indy?

Just as Keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour government at Westminster had profound implications for politics in Scotland, so too will that of…

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My piece in the Sunday National today called 'Will Burnham's devolution help us or prove we need indy?' looking at what the shortly to be new PM will mean for the SNP, left politics in Scotland and the prospects independence. www.thenational.scot/politics/262...

Will Andy Burnham's devolution drive help us or prove we need indy?

Just as Keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour government at Westminster had profound implications for politics in Scotland, so too will that of…

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@weeklyworker.bsky.social @cpgb.bsky.social My letter in this week's Weekly Worker on Brexit, Lexit and former RMT union leader, Mick Lynch - third letter down and headed 'Lexit hero' weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1593/...

My letter in this week's Weekly Worker on Brexit, Lexit and former RMT union leader, Mick Lynch - third letter down and headed 'Lexit hero' weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1593/...

My analysis of the 7 May 2026 Scottish Parliament election in a longer time frame in the Capital and Class journal called 'Still desperately seeking socialism in Scotland' journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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The editorial introduction to the three articles in the Capital and Class journal on the results and meaning of the 7 May 2026 elections in England (by Jeremy Gilbert), Scotland (by Gregor Gall) and Wales (by Owen Worth). journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

#AndyBurnham #andyburnham My piece in The National today called 'Why is the class divide no longer a political issue?' after all the politicians banging on about putting country before party and now Burnham talking of putting place before party. www.thenational.scot/politics/262...

Where has the class divide gone as a political issue?

In the run-up to and since both the 2024 Westminster General Election and the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, we have heard an awful lot from…

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@manchesterup.bsky.social Until 9 July, there is 50% OFF my Mick Lynch biography: ‘Mick Lynch - The making of a working-class hero’ No discount code needed, discount applies automatically at checkout. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096/

Manchester University Press - Mick Lynch

Mick Lynch - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Mick Lynch by Gregor Gall

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Until 9 July, there is 50% OFF my Mick Lynch biography: ‘Mick Lynch - The making of a working-class hero’ No discount code needed, discount applies automatically at checkout. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096/

Manchester University Press - Mick Lynch

Mick Lynch - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Mick Lynch by Gregor Gall

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@manchesterup.bsky.social Until 9 July, there is 50% OFF my biography of former RMT leader, Bob Crow: 'Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter' No discount code needed, discount applies automatically at checkout. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526100290/

Manchester University Press - Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter

Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter by Gregor Gall

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Until 9 July, there is 50% OFF my biography of former RMT leader, Bob Crow: 'Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter' No discount code needed, discount applies automatically at checkout. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526100290/

Manchester University Press - Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter

Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter by Gregor Gall

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@manchesterup.bsky.social Until 9 July, there is 50% OFF my Joe Strummer book: 'The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer - Radicalism, resistance and rebellion'. No discount code needed, discount applies automatically at checkout. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/

Manchester University Press - The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer

The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer by Gregor Gall

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Until 9 July, there is 50% OFF my Joe Strummer book: 'The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer - Radicalism, resistance and rebellion'. No discount code needed, discount applies automatically at checkout. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/

Manchester University Press - The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer

The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer by Gregor Gall

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@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National today called 'Why is the class divide no longer a political issue?' after all the politicians banging on about putting country before party and now Burnham talking of putting place before party. www.thenational.scot/politics/262...

Where has the class divide gone as a political issue?

In the run-up to and since both the 2024 Westminster General Election and the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, we have heard an awful lot from…

thenational.scot

My piece in The National today called 'Why is the class divide no longer a political issue?' after all the politicians banging on about putting country before party and now Burnham talking of putting place before party. www.thenational.scot/politics/262...

Where has the class divide gone as a political issue?

In the run-up to and since both the 2024 Westminster General Election and the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, we have heard an awful lot from…

thenational.scot

According annual report of CAC, state body for union recognition applications, just 44,487 workers covered by recognition after ballot since 6/6/00. Not exactly glowing endorsement of system. Will the new changes make a difference? We wait to see. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a47ab...

For over a decade, Paul Sneddon (aka Vladimir McTavish) wrote the 'Kick Up The Tabloids' column for Scottish Left Review for nearly two decades (including the eight I was editor for) so RIP and thanks for all your biting satire and writing www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tributes paid to 'treasured' Scottish comedian Vladimir McTavish

The comic had a career spanning more than 30 years and was a mainstay of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Grand Theft Auto workers seek union recognition after mass firings www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Grand Theft Auto workers seek union recognition after mass firings

Exclusive: Staff at Rockstar Games hope move can be completed before release of GTA VI scheduled for November

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WIKIPEDIA WORKERS TO SEEK UNION RECOGNITION www.cwu.org/press_releas...

WIKIPEDIA WORKERS TO SEEK UNION RECOGNITION

COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION 24/06/2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wikipedia workers in Britain are setting a “global first” by becoming the first body of workers at the online encyclopaedia to seek uni...

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Forty years ago today, 26 June, Easterhouse's 'Contenders' album was released. It and the band are used as comparator for analysing The Redskins & their 'Neither Washington Nor Moscow' album in my 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture' www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...

Marxism in Music

'80s British alternative band, The Redskins, are a case study for examining the relationship between music, politics and revolution and the development of a con…

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@buiraonline.bsky.social Until 9 July, there is 50% OFF my biography of former RMT leader, Bob Crow: 'Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter' No discount code needed, discount applies automatically at checkout. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526100290/

Manchester University Press - Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter

Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter by Gregor Gall

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@buiraonline.bsky.social Until 9 July, there is 50% OFF my Mick Lynch biography: ‘Mick Lynch - The making of a working-class hero’ No discount code needed, discount applies automatically at checkout. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096/

Manchester University Press - Mick Lynch

Mick Lynch - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Mick Lynch by Gregor Gall

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With Sharon Graham standing for re-election for UNITE union leadership (ballot 14/7-11/8), interesting to note in June 2026 'Facts & Figures' she says: 'I’m proud to say Unite Reps have won over £700 million in dispute since I became General Secretary'. www.unitetheunion.org/work-voice-p...