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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · 3h

I think I tried to say it in my speech, what does it mean to organise when I have to take a 30 minute bus into the city centre to discuss it?

Building that street/community presence here has always been very difficult though and again, it's easy to say it, but how do we do this concretely?

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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · 3h

This included a lot of talk on the need for more social and community centres.

However, what are the logistics of that? It's easy to say, but how do we do it? (esp. outside of large urban areas like Manchester) Who has the access and capacity to set these up and direct what they do?

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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · 3h

I was intrigued at how base-building was frequently mentioned (understandably so), but I think it is important to look back at the brief post-2019 election, pre-COVID period when it was being explored & looking into the difficulties of doing so (like what happened with the Marxist Center in the USA)

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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · 3h

I think my summary of TWT is that it is so refreshing and exciting being surrounded by so many socialists.

I also noticed how insistent people were on not only anti-oppression (inc. trans liberation), but also anti-imperialism in a way I have not seen in mass left spaces.

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Prometheus Journal @prometheusjournal.bsky.social · 20h

🔥🔥🔥 Thank you all for coming to our panel yesterday. Thanks to The World Transformed Festival for the opportunity. We'll hopefully see you all next year!

In the meantime, we're looking for submissions on anti-oppression and anti-imperialist struggles, as well as reflections on this year's TWT.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 4d

No bomb should’ve ever dropped on a single civilian, a single child.

If this is the end of them I’m glad.

But the loss is so so immense and the future so uncertain.

What does “peace” mean when it sits atop a genocide? What peace when the genocider dictates its terms?

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 5d

If you haven't ever had to apply for IRB approval to conduct human subject research I don't think you can appreciate how profound of a violation of ethical research practices this is. This is information collected from a vulnerable community in a medical context disclosed without consent.

Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 5d

Oslo University Hospital caught using trans patients' journals for research purposes:
- Without the patients' consent to participate in research
- Affecting minors
- 1700 of them
- Taking highly sensitive information from said journals

This is a HUGE breach.

Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 5d

Tidligere i år meldte vi et forskningsprosjekt til redelighetsutvalget ved OUS og UiO.

Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

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Trans Liberation Group @transliberationgroup.org.uk · 5d

We are the Trans Liberation Group and we are fighting for a foundation of trans liberation in Your Party, in its current and future iterations.

Founding Statement:
The situation for trans people in Britain is critical. We face a barrage of billionaire bankrolled abuse in the media. We endure decades long waiting lists to access limited healthcare, with dehumanisation and pathologisation built in to the system.

In the job market, we are met with discrimination, lack of opportunity and stagnating pay. We are excluded from housing, healthcare, employment, leisure - now even our use of bathrooms is policed.
- Trans Liberation Group

Something must change.
- Trans Liberation Group

Founding Statement:
For trans people, today’s politics is exhausting. The major political parties have used and discarded us time and time again. Too often, exclusionary figures are embedded in leadership capacities, and even in progressive parties, those on the fringes can spew hatred unchallenged.

We say no more. This cannot happen in Your Party. The liberation of all marginalised people can only be achieved through their active and equal participation in class struggle; there can only be a precarious freedom for some under current conditions.
- Trans Liberation Group

ounding Statement:
We are the Trans Liberation Group and we are fighting to ensure Your Party, in its current and future iterations, explicitly advocates for trans liberation, and encourages the political participation of trans people.

We know there are prominent figures who have been platformed under the banner of Your Party who hold regressive, misinformed and dangerous views on trans people. We are here to show them that this is our party, and we will fight tooth and nail to prevent this oppressive
politics from taking root.
- Trans Liberation Group

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Ebb @ebb.bsky.social · 6d

AVAILABLE NOW

The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis (translated by Fida Jiryis)

£20/$27.99 Paperback

www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...

Available to order from:
Waterstones (UK)
Blackwell’s (UK)
Amazon (UK)
Barnes & Noble (US)
Amazon (US)

White text in a sans serif font on a dark grey background saying: AVAILABLE NOW

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 6d

For #BannedBooksWeek, we’re highlighting the unjust censorship of political books which impacts countless incarcerated readers each year.

For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.

Books Are For Everyone: A Banned Books Week Reading List

Banned Books Week—October 5th to 11th—is an annual celebration of the freedom to read, and the aspiration that books should be accessible to all. In recognition of Banned Books Week 2025, Haymarket is...

www.haymarketbooks.org

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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · 7d

Comrades from Ebb and rs21 in Birmingham are hosting a book launch and Q&A TONIGHT (6-8pm) at BRIG Café with Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond (authors of Fascism and the Women's Cause) to discuss trans liberation, anti-fascism and the women's cause.

Free tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/30282/...

Book Launch + Q&A

Trans Liberation, Anti-Fascism and the Women's Cause

Join book and pamphlet authors to discuss how we can address transphobia and fascism today.

Monday 6th October, 6-8pm at BRIG Café

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Ebb @ebb.bsky.social · 7d

Available October 7th.

The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis

Translated into English for the first time, Jiryis details the origins of Zionism and its development as an ideology and political project that has wrought havoc in the Middle East and beyond.

www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...

On the left of the image is the book cover for Foundations of Zionism.

On the right is a quote:
“A foundational and vital work. Jiryis’ book is indispensable reading for anyone seeking to understand Zionism's monstrous rise from myth to mandate, and a sobering reminder that there is no redeeming it.”
Mohammed El-Kurd, Palestinian writer and poet

On the bottom right it says, Available October 7th.

On the left of the image is the book cover for Foundations of Zionism.

On the right is the following passage:

'The Foundations of Zionism chronicles Zionism’s development from its early origins to the establishment of the British mandate over Palestine in 1923, refuting the movement’s own foundational myths. Sabri Jiryis delves into Zionism’s successive congresses and factional struggles, its early failures to settle in Palestine and the formation of armed militias, and its temporary alliances with the Ottoman Empire before securing support from Western colonial powers.

In a newly written conclusion, Jiryis reconsiders the Zionist project 100 years on from the Balfour Declaration and amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza.'

On the bottom right it says, Available October 7th.

All caps font in white on a dark grey background that says:

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 7TH

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Scary Corpse @damselindystopia.bsky.social · 12d

Holy shit, we're two thirds of the way there. Thank you so much to everybody who has donated so far or shared this on.

Scary Corpse @damselindystopia.bsky.social · 16d

This is for some friends of mine going through a really rough time after getting harassed out of their home by transphobic neighbours. If you can't afford to chip in a share would be hugely appreciated.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-rom...

Donate to Help a Roma trans woman and her partner heal, organized by Rebecca Merched

A few weeks back we had to flee a lynch mob in our old place and get some… Rebecca Merched needs your support for Help a Roma trans woman and her partner heal

www.gofundme.com

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Melinda Magpie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 Free Link, free Palestine @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 12d

Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor

An older Black femme, laying in a hospital bed. She's smiling and holding a pink, lavender and yellow dragon stuffie.

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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · 13d

I will be at The World Transformed on Saturday 11th October (12pm) speaking with @prometheusjournal.bsky.social on 'What Should the Party Do?'

theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...

The World Transformed 2025 // What Should the Party Do? w/ Prometheus

theworldtransformed.org

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Tara🏳️‍⚧️ @bundleofstyxx.bsky.social · 13d

As someone who knows people who work in pink news:

Do not trust pink news. Their entire business model is built around panic and fear for trans people and explicitly trans women.

Sable, Sapphic Wet Nightmare 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 13d

Hey y'all, just a gentle reminder that PinkNews sensationalizes their news through bad reporting and worse headlines. Please get your news elsewhere; they try to keep you scared to keep you engaged with their content model.

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Clarkisha Kent @clarkishakent.blacksky.app · 17d

“I have advocated, and I still advocate revolutionary change. I advocate an end to capitalist exploitation, the abolition of racist policies, the eradication of sexism, and the elimination of political repression. If that is a crime, then I am totally guilty.”

- Assata Shakur

Assata Shakur, sitting cross-legged, stairs at the camera. She has a book in her hand/lap and is wearing a multicolored garment. Her hair has been twisted.

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Sophie Watson @sizzleleg.bsky.social · 18d

I want to make it clear that UNISON is made of 1.4 million members, who have passed motions which directly oppose Phillipson's politics

The decision on who to support was made by the Labour link Exec - a very small group of people.

This does not represent the views of UNISON's members at large

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 20d

I wrote something quite personal about what use trans history In These Times:

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 20d

The summer has seen anti-trans campaigns across the UK and US, alongside a crisis in healthcare. But what use could trans history have in these time, beyond proving 'we have always been here'?

Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo reflects on Imagining Trans Futures:
www.historyworkshop....

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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · 19d

I kind of want to visit Bristol now.

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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · 19d

I'm a bit poorly right now (just a cold) and I'm spending my time between editing (which is going well!) putting on some twee/indie rock and learning more about Sarah Records.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 24d

“‘I wish that I could be with you this evening to accept the honour in person, but because of my support for non-violent anti-war protest, I’m advised that I can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest."

- Sally Rooney.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 24d

Sally Rooney says she cannot safely enter UK without facing arrest over Palestine

Irish author wins Sky Arts Award for literature for her latest novel Intermezzo

www.irishtimes.com

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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 24d

me every single day as a leftist

Meme from the office

Michael Scott: I love well-organised social parties, I'd love to be part of one someday

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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · 25d

Send your £55 to trans women instead.

You'll see better results in political development and organising tbh.

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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · 25d

What I got instead was...yeah.

Honestly a bit of a wake up call in that I'm not as used to mass movement parties and spaces. Definitely had some moments today where I'm like 'oh, I get how people become cynical now.'

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