Siobhán McGuirk

How are pathways to asylum shaped by capitalism? And how might we resist profit-making in the asylum industry? Feat. essays, photography, graphic novella + art by academics, activists, artists + people who have sought asylum Out now @PMPressOrg / @PMPressUK

Whatever happens at the Your Party inaugural conference, its seeds are growing into roots across the UK. John Stephens reports on the branch members forging their own paths to action redpepper.org.uk/political-part…

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"Their action in September 2015 was unprecedented, with the lower-caste women protesting in the streets for nine days, against both the multinational company employing them and their union" Witness History: The strike that shook up India's tea industry bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

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@CJNwonka @BFI Brilliant! They / we are all very lucky!

Very honoured to be appointed as Professor in Practice at @BFI. I look forward to working with BFI across their programming/public talks/editorial content, informed by my research on film and film culture, particularly in relation to the Black diaspora. bfi.org.uk/news/dr-clive-…

@Carly_Lyes I’m genuinely over the moon for him

Wish I was in my beloved Napoli today stuffing myself with sfogliatella, zeppole and borghetti before watching McFratm lift o' scudett. Of all the mad things that have happened this season the unstoppable rise of Scott McTominay has by far been the most joyful.

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Big solidarity call out London comrades 📢 Final appeals for the Mcr10 at Royal Courts of Justice this Thurs 19th & Fri 20th December - more info over at @KidsOfColourHQ bio 💛 #FreeTheMcr10

@rinewithoutacat Great! Very bizarrely, the issue is listed as “2023”, even though it was first published a few weeks ago. I’m working to get that corrected…

Interested in queer approaches to curation, art, transnational collaboration &/or colonial structures of research funding?! Well have I got an article for you: "The uses of failure: Transnational collaborative curation through a queer lens" go.shr.lc/3VBsToH hmu for PDF

@_amiekirby @RedPeppermag Remote!

@RedPeppermag is this remote/ in person, where do people need to be based etc?

We're recruiting volunteers able to commit 1-2 hours a week for at least three months to help us rebuild our website archive and publish content online. No experience necessary. Please email office@redpepper.org.uk by Monday 25 November to express your interest

From the archive: Argentina’s groundbreaking gender identity laws were won through longstanding activist traditions, diverse tactics and solidarity. The experience has lessons for us all, write Alessandra Viggiano and @s_mcguirk redpepper.org.uk/society/lgbtqp…

For anyone doing (or believing they’re doing) organising work around abolition, read this — and engage. This is a needed conversation:

We are accepting applications for our Casework Traineeship for people with lived experience of the UK asylum and immigration system and/or immigration detention. The deadline is THIS Sunday 17/11 Find out more information: medicaljustice.org.uk/vacancy-casewo…

Timely read…

In London? Join the full Symposium on #queer #lgbtq #asylum this Saturday: twitter.com/__diegogarcia_…

A great conversation to join, bringing together theory, constructive critique, action & community insights. Grateful to learn from colleagues in Germany, Lebanon, India, the Netherlands & UK

Israel is wiping out border village after border village in South Lebanon. Centuries-old villages. When ISIS did this in Syria and Iraq, the whole world went crazy. But when Israel systematically does the exact same thing in Palestine and Lebanon, nobody bats an eyelash.

Antipode Foundation "Right to the Discipline" grants, Call for Proposals, due date 31 March 2025 antipodeonline.org/a-right-to-the…