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Joseph Choonara

@jchoonara.bsky.social

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Author: "Reader's Guide to Capital"; "Insecurity, Precarious Work & Labour Markets"; "Unravelling Capitalism". Editor: International Socialism. UCU activist. Posts in personal capacity.

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Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 1d

Day 13 of strike action at the University of Leicester. Still going strong.

Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 2d

Day 12 of strike action, and a teach-out by our magnificent colleagues in Geography, Geology & the Environment.

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Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 6d

Heading in to negotiations on day ten of strike action at the University of Leicester. This is my negotiating team.

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Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 7d

Palestine teach-out on the picket line today as part of the national day of action.

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Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 9d

Day seven of our UCU strike. A teach-out, from our at-risk Modern Languages colleagues at the University of Leicester.

Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 10d

Teach-out on strikes in the ancient Greek and Roman world on our picket line this morning.

Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 14d

Excellent piece on our strike in the Leicester Mercury.

www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicest...

Staff 'fight for future of university' amid threat to degrees

Entire teaching areas face being cut

www.leicestermercury.co.uk

Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 15d

Nice to have our local MP, Shockat Adam, visit our picket line this morning. We really appreciate his support on this the third day of our strike action.

Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 16d

Day two. UCU's strike at Leicester University.

Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 17d

Fantastic turnout of staff and students for the first day of our strike against redundancies.

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 21d

A great turnout to our amazing rally today, with emotional speeches and incredible support from students, staff, and trade unions.

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Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 22d

Superb Rally Against Redundancies at the University of Leicester, with hundreds of staff, students and supporters. @leicesterucu.bsky.social begins its strike on Monday.

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The UCU branch at De Montfort University Leicester @ucudmu.bsky.social · 23d

Our friends at @leicesterucu.bsky.social are holding a rally tomorrow at 1pm. All DMU UCU members who are in the area, please consider stopping by to show solidarity!

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Caren Frosch @froschlein.bsky.social · 23d

Ahead of @leicesterucu.bsky.social striking from 29/9-17/10 we are at the freshers fair to talk to our students to explain why we are striking and ask them to support us to protect education at Leicester.

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Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · 29d

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · Sep 12

Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.

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Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · Aug 29

Enormously proud of my UCU branch for voting to take action to stop redundancies.

Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ballot results are out!

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Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · Jul 29

Strike ballot, posted.

Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · Jul 10

I wrote a piece in response to recent articles in Jacobin, by Hanna Goldberg and others, on Mike Kidron and the theory of the permanent arms economy. Sadly, Jacobin weren't interested, but you can read it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Kidron and the Permanent Arms Economy

PDF | A short respond to recent writing on Mike Kidron and the Permanent Arms Economy in the US radical left publication Jacobin. | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

www.researchgate.net

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · Jul 7

Indicative ballot results are out!
Click here for more about our dispute: www.uculeicester.org.uk/appeal-to-co...

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Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · Jul 6

One of my analyses of the UK strike wave a couple of years back, from the ISJ, has been translated into Spanish (with a new introduction).

www.laizquierdadiario.com/La-vacilante...

La vacilante recuperación del movimiento obrero británico

A continuación presentamos la traducción al castellano del artículo de Joseph Choonara “The British labour movement's halting recovery” publicado en el número 178 de de la revista International Social...

www.laizquierdadiario.com

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · Jun 16

During today's EGM the branch voted unanimously to request an industrial action ballot that would allow us to strike at the beginning of the next academic year.
#joinaunion

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Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social · Jun 10

marx21us.org/2025/06/09/l...

LA takes on ICE, LAPD, National Guard, and Marines

For four consecutive days Los Angeles has turned out for immigrant rights. Led by the Community Self Defense Coalition in most cases, thousands have poured into the streets in response to a series …

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Lincoln Branch of UCU @uculincolnbranch.bsky.social · Jun 6

Way passed the threshold, #LincolnUCU members have smashed it!

Unless #LincolnUniversity rule out #compulsoryredundancies, we will strike!

Image showing outcome of ballot - 86.05% in favour of strike, 91.86% in favour of ASOS

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · Jun 5

LUCU branch members, check your email!

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