Holy shit, we've hit £6k in less than 2 days. Thank you to everyone who has shared and donated so far. Your generosity and solidarity is genuinely overwhelming. No one should be imprisoned for opposing far right violence, and this guy has committed decades to antifascism. Absolutely the best of us.

👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸@belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 2w ago

A very dear friend and antifascist comrade is facing serious charges resulting from defending migrants housed in hotels in Bristol from a far right march in 2025. He's a father, has £11k in legal fees up front, and may be facing prison time if he doesn't win. Please dobate below.

NEW EPISODE: Juliet talks to authors and cultural workers Ewa Majewska and Kuba Szreder about the arts and politics in Poland since 2015. They discuss the PiS (Law & Justice) government's takeover of state TV, galleries and museums and liberal and left resistance: www.patreon.com/suite212/pos...

No Justice, No PiS: The arts and politics in Poland since 2015 | Suite (212)

This month, Juliet talks to authors, cultural workers and podcasters Ewa Majewska and Kuba Szreder about how Poland’s right-wing Law and Jus

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The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening

Radical Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán, noted for his forensic criticism of Pinochet and neoliberalism, has died, aged 85. Read Juliet's retrospective of his career, published in October 2023, here: novaramedia.com/2023/10/18/a...

Aged 82, Patricio Guzmán Is Still Making Revolutionary Cinema

The exiled Chilean documentary-maker has been capturing successive waves of revolution and rebellion in his home country for over four decades, writes Juliet Jacques – and contributing to them through...

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ICYMI - @jemgilbert.bsky.social on the Oasis reunion... "Oasis were part of a broad social and cultural project in the late 1990s of foreclosing the possibility of more radical and progressive developments - both in music and in politics."

Look back in anger w/ Jeremy Gilbert | Politics Theory Other

Jeremy Gilbert joins me to discuss the news that Oasis have announced that they will be reforming to perform a series of gigs next summer...

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***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 3w ago

UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm. It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance. 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY

In more 'govern the country you actually have' news: minister finger-wags at nation with spectacularly historically overachieving cultural industry that they should all be engineers instead, and that this would be personally as well as economically fulfilling.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4w ago

A cheery message from the new minister responsible for research funding for the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences (and the subjects that the majority of UK taught undergraduate and Masters students study).

Given the sort of attention devoted to accusations of plagiarism one assumes that some people will be very exorcised about another Cambridge academic appearing to be involved in *actual crime*

Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · last mo.

Channel 4 documentary on Reform party donations - www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXut...

Congratulations to our former co-host Tom Overton on the launch of John Berger: From Life at the British Library!

I would like, just once more, to congratulate our lofty intellectual betters in the British political commentary and pundit set for elevating this transparently cynical, self-serving pig to the country's highest political office on the basis of his flawless ethics and commitment to public service.

Section 28 is back then.

QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · last mo.

New guidance - set to come into force this month - says teachers must not use materials that “encourage” pupils to question their gender.

Live! Tomorrow! Almost sold out! Me and the sensational Juliet Jacques talking about the media, as well as celebrating the release of my book in paperback. From 6.30pm at The Book Elephant in Elephant 🐘 and Castle 🏰. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mic-wright...

Mic Wright at The Book Elephant

Join us for Mic Wright live at The Book Elephant – a night of sharp wit and stories you won't forget!

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As the BFI releases it's second volume of films by broadcaster Daniel Farson, Juliet Jacques looks back to a mid-century UK at once start startlingly different and also, perhaps, disturbingly similar to our own Britain Through the Eyes of Daniel Farson buff.ly/KEDLgcG

I’m having a paperback launch on September 1 — Tuesday — at The Book Elephant in Elephant & Castle. Doors are at 6.30pm and I’ll be talking to the excellent Juliet Jacques. There’s a few tickets left and there’s a bar. What’s not to like? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mic-wright...

Mic Wright at The Book Elephant

Join us for Mic Wright live at The Book Elephant – a night of sharp wit and stories you won't forget!

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NEW EPISODE: Juliet spoke to Tom Overton about his new biography John Berger: From Life (via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social). We discussed Berger's novels, poems, journalism, art, his influential BBC TV series Ways of Seeing and more. Listen and subscribe here: www.patreon.com/suite212/pos...

Ways of Being: The Life of John Berger | Suite (212)

In this episode, Juliet talks to former Suite (212) co-host Tom Overton about his long-awaited biography John Berger: From Life, published b

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Save The Prince Charles Cinema

The future of the iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords, Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion...

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The government’s drive for ‘vocational’ education is accelerating the death of the humanities, at a time when the study of literature is more vital than ever.

Saving English

The government’s drive for ‘vocational’ education is accelerating the death of the humanities, at a time when the study of literature is more vital than ever.

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the UK press attacked jason arday because it is deeply racist & so the idea of a black intellectual is abhorrent to them. they enjoy that they have killed him, they will be celebrating in private even as they offer tepid excuses in public. they're all nazi freaks and should be treated as such

I listened to Lotte L.S. in conversation with @suite212.bsky.social host Juliet Jacques and fully recommend this episode: on poetry and politics and publishing as Red Herring Press in Great Yarmouth soundcloud.com/suite-212/re... The podcast series needs support www.patreon.com/cw/suite212

Rows of Great Yarmouth: An interview with Red Herring Press

Juliet talks to poet and writer Lotte L.S. about Red Herring Press, which Lotte set up in 2020 to print, publish and distribute local writing in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. They discuss what Red Herrin

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As is often the case with PRS, this is a conversation you probably won’t hear anywhere else.

Pro Revolution Soccer@prorevsoccer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 FAO Liverpool fans🚨 Neil Atkinson from @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social joined us for a great conversation about Bezos, the identity of Liverpool FC and that of the city itself, and whether the game has really gone. www.patreon.com/ProRevolutio...

And if you’re in (or around) London on September 1, there’s a book launch at The Book Elephant in Elephant & Castle. I’m going to be talking to Juliet Jacques. Tickets are £6* and there’s a bar. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mic-wright... *I do not get the money.

Mic Wright at The Book Elephant

Join us for Mic Wright live at The Book Elephant – a night of sharp wit and stories you won't forget!

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That’s the polite way of saying it. The press has yet again kicked a minor public figure to death and this time, they did it at the instigation of an obvious race science Nazi, in furtherance of the global fascist movement’s vicious crackdowns on civil rights for people they hate and want to harm.

okay so just checking in on the UK media. learning lots. being trans isn’t real. ADHD isn’t real. being disabled isn’t real. but what is real is Harry Potter

If you haven't already, can you please take a minute to sign this demand for a public inquiry into the role of the media in Prof. Arday's death? Thanks so much. Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project share.google/yglZz4Gw42RJ...

Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.

It's me, a Telegraph columnist, taking a break screaming bloody murder about fairness in the women's sports I wouldn't be caught dead watching to wax lyrical about academic integrity in sociology, a field I consider to be fake, at institutions I consider to be communist indoctrination centers.

I think it's bad that the UK press can escalate what is essentially a workplace matter into national news ahead of the fucking country being on fire and then get away with hounding their victim until they die.

The government has dismissed local objections and approved a data centre in the middle of our community. We’re fighting back.

Brick Lane Needs Social Housing, Not a Data Centre

The government has dismissed local objections and approved a data centre in the middle of our community. We’re fighting back.

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Suite (212) is back! We have three new episodes in series 5, and new Sessions with artists from the UK, Ireland, Ukraine and beyond. Why not subscribe for £3 a month, so we can continue to look at the arts in their social, cultural, political and historical contexts? www.patreon.com/cw/suite212?...

Suite (212) — A podcast about the arts in their social and political contexts.

Get more from Suite (212) on Patreon. A podcast about the arts in their social and political contexts.. Support Suite (212) and get exclusive access to their work.

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Congratulations to our former co-host Tom Overton on the long-awaited appearance of John Berger: From Life. Tom will return to Suite (212) to discuss Berger, and his biography, in the next few weeks www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

John Berger: From Life by Tom Overton review – a vibrant biography of the pioneering critic

This multi-layered portrait is a fitting tribute to the man behind Ways of Seeing

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