James Duggan
@dugganjr.bsky.social
Researcher interested in participation, coproduction and trying to create a youth state. Also process and speculative practice, UCU.
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James Duggan
@dugganjr.bsky.social
· Nov 22
As way of an introduction, I'm an ethnorgaphic-inspired researcher of collaborative, participatory and coproduced encounters with young people and communities.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Loved More Weight by Ben Wickey. Densely researched and a monumental commitment to an ever relevant topic.
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Loved More Weight by Ben Wickey. Densely researched and a monumental commitment to an ever relevant topic.
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Don’t be disabled, ill or get injured, don’t have a disabled child or dependent, get made redundant, or do a low paid but vital job in social care. And crucially - when falling bombs, rising temperatures, or war threaten your life - just stay put and wait to die because this Government hates you
New Labour policy is that if you've ever had to borrow money because this country is incredibly expensive or if you're sick and therefore don't work and pay tax, you can never secure permanent immigration status.
Just let that sink in.
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Just let that sink in.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don’t be disabled, ill or get injured, don’t have a disabled child or dependent, get made redundant, or do a low paid but vital job in social care. And crucially - when falling bombs, rising temperatures, or war threaten your life - just stay put and wait to die because this Government hates you
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Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
'Circulatory Librarian'
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
'Circulatory Librarian'
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NEWSFLASH: Plans @northumbriauni.bsky.social are daylight robbery, and the world needs to know! @ucu.org.uk @unison.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social @danhollandnews.bsky.social @northeastbylines.co.uk @theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEWSFLASH: Plans @northumbriauni.bsky.social are daylight robbery, and the world needs to know! @ucu.org.uk @unison.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social @danhollandnews.bsky.social @northeastbylines.co.uk @theguardian.com
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It has been nearly a year since Starbucks has offered us a single proposal to finish the remainder of our union contracts. The company knows where we stand: we need fair wages, better scheduling, and an end to union-busting.
Instead, Starbucks is fighting US, their workers.
Instead, Starbucks is fighting US, their workers.
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It has been nearly a year since Starbucks has offered us a single proposal to finish the remainder of our union contracts. The company knows where we stand: we need fair wages, better scheduling, and an end to union-busting.
Instead, Starbucks is fighting US, their workers.
Instead, Starbucks is fighting US, their workers.
Can we ban fascists from the olympics? If they believe they are genetically superior then surely that's an unfair advantage.
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Can we ban fascists from the olympics? If they believe they are genetically superior then surely that's an unfair advantage.
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
So the guy who thinks the UK is heading for civil war has a $1 trillion dollar incentive to put robot armies on streets around the world?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk
Chants of ‘Elon’ erupt after compensation plan approved despite opposition from several high-profile investors
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
So the guy who thinks the UK is heading for civil war has a $1 trillion dollar incentive to put robot armies on streets around the world?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Ready to merge sociology with art? Applications to the 2026 cycle of the Image-Maker in Residence series are now open! We seek to commission four online residencies that showcase experimental methodologies and ways to disseminate research beyond plain text.
APPLY NOW – buff.ly/TD5raNw
APPLY NOW – buff.ly/TD5raNw
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ready to merge sociology with art? Applications to the 2026 cycle of the Image-Maker in Residence series are now open! We seek to commission four online residencies that showcase experimental methodologies and ways to disseminate research beyond plain text.
APPLY NOW – buff.ly/TD5raNw
APPLY NOW – buff.ly/TD5raNw
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@unison.org.uk and @ucu.org.uk working together to get the vote out! Please share widely.
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
@unison.org.uk and @ucu.org.uk working together to get the vote out! Please share widely.
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It's not a grassroots working class movement.
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's not a grassroots working class movement.
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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"We are coming for the Labour government and we are taking the fight to Reform.”
Be part of it. Join the Green Party today! 👇
Be part of it. Join the Green Party today! 👇
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"We are coming for the Labour government and we are taking the fight to Reform.”
Be part of it. Join the Green Party today! 👇
Be part of it. Join the Green Party today! 👇
I've been advised to write a book chapter in the historical present tense. As i only ever write about failed and discontinued policies, it reads as though i'm not willing to admit that the party is over.
October 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I've been advised to write a book chapter in the historical present tense. As i only ever write about failed and discontinued policies, it reads as though i'm not willing to admit that the party is over.
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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A new week - and a new huge milestone!
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
A new week - and a new huge milestone!
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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It’s pronounced cyclist.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It’s pronounced cyclist.
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So many Australian colleagues put through a year of worries and uncertainty. All because Nous Consultancy only thrives on a scarcity narrative?
Bit if a reminder that those cuts can never be justified in pedagogical or academic term, whatever the spin.
Bit if a reminder that those cuts can never be justified in pedagogical or academic term, whatever the spin.
New analysis by The Australia Institute finds the Australian National University has a $90 million surplus, not a $142 million deficit!
The ANU’s hidden $90m budget surplus
New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.
australiainstitute.org.au
October 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
So many Australian colleagues put through a year of worries and uncertainty. All because Nous Consultancy only thrives on a scarcity narrative?
Bit if a reminder that those cuts can never be justified in pedagogical or academic term, whatever the spin.
Bit if a reminder that those cuts can never be justified in pedagogical or academic term, whatever the spin.
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Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.
Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.
Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.
Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.
Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.
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““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
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📢 Exciting announcement 📢
Co-production and You, our flagship course, is now open for booking onto our January 2026 cohort! This 12 week online course will deepen your knowledge and allow you to reflect on your practice. Find out more and book now as there are limited spaces 👉 buff.ly/Bede6gA
Co-production and You, our flagship course, is now open for booking onto our January 2026 cohort! This 12 week online course will deepen your knowledge and allow you to reflect on your practice. Find out more and book now as there are limited spaces 👉 buff.ly/Bede6gA
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📢 Exciting announcement 📢
Co-production and You, our flagship course, is now open for booking onto our January 2026 cohort! This 12 week online course will deepen your knowledge and allow you to reflect on your practice. Find out more and book now as there are limited spaces 👉 buff.ly/Bede6gA
Co-production and You, our flagship course, is now open for booking onto our January 2026 cohort! This 12 week online course will deepen your knowledge and allow you to reflect on your practice. Find out more and book now as there are limited spaces 👉 buff.ly/Bede6gA
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I went to Labour conference - and then they revoked my press pass.
I found a party defined by delusion - and literally running away from its record.
Where to even begin.
Watch it here 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=RLAp...
I found a party defined by delusion - and literally running away from its record.
Where to even begin.
Watch it here 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=RLAp...
They Kicked Me Out For THIS? Owen Jones Visits LABOUR CONFERENCE
YouTube video by Owen Jones
youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I went to Labour conference - and then they revoked my press pass.
I found a party defined by delusion - and literally running away from its record.
Where to even begin.
Watch it here 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=RLAp...
I found a party defined by delusion - and literally running away from its record.
Where to even begin.
Watch it here 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=RLAp...