David Lammy claims Nelson Mandela would not have agreed with student protests about Gaza. But Mandela said “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.'

The Birth of a global student movement: international voices from Palestine encampments
#StudentsForGaza

Over 500 students, workers and their supporters joined an international Zoom call on Wednesday linking student encampments for Palestine 👇

socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-2023…

For NLR, Perry Anderson on Christopher Clark's pathbreaking accounts of World War One and 1848:

newleftreview.org/issues/ii146/a…

NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸

Assemble at 12PM at Portland Place in London on Saturday 18 May and join the national march to mark #Nakba76 and resist the atrocities in Gaza.

#CeasefireNOW

☮️ Why War, Peace & Palestine Are Trade Union Issues - @STWUK Trade Union Conference 2024 🇵🇸

🚨 Line-Up Announcement 🚨

Speakers Inc:
Jo Grady (UCU Gen Sec)
Eddie Dempsey (RMT Assistant Gen Sec)
Riccardo LaTorre (FBU National Officer)
Mohammed Shafiq (Chair of PCS Black…

When I wrote 'The Extreme Centre' years ago pointing out the political logic odf t capital and empire, I was criticised for using the word 'extreme' to characterise centre parties. I wish I had been wrong. Can anything be more extreme than genocide.

82 British universities alerted of potential criminal complicity over Israeli investments
ICJP
icjpalestine.com/2024/05/01/82-…

Eurovision 2024 is facing renewed calls for boycott because of Israel’s participation amidst its war on Gaza.

Catherine Baker reflects - is there such a thing as a radical history of the song contest, and what would that look like?

historyworkshop.org.uk/music-sound/is…

Many Struggles: New Histories of African and Caribbean People in Britain, Aleja Taddesse. History Matters Journal Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter 2024), p. 34. historymatters.online/journal. Hakim Adi A to the S @Claudia_writes Aleja ዓለጃ Tionne danny thompson

It’s our tenth anniversary on Twitter (and mine in post). So here’s one of my favourite photos celebrating Margaret Bondfield leading the trade union and labour delegation to Russia in 1920 from our Margaret Bondfield Papers collections.londonmet.ac.uk/records/TUC/RC…

1 June, 14:00 - SHS public talk with John Merrick and Anna Davin: Raphael Samuel and People's History. Marx House, London EC1. Preceded by SHS AGM at 13:00. All welcome.

Socialist History Seminar May 20th Benjamin Schoendorff The Socialist Alternatives experiment in the 1980s. Free On Zoom. Link to book below 👇. A magazine that combined Tony Benn & a young Keir Starmer Socialist Historians

kmflett.wordpress.com/2024/05/07/soc…

ROAPE interviews Mark Duffield. From his early days in the West Midlands, to his research in Sudan and later the militant struggles of Indian workers in the UK, Duffield has spent a lifetime examining genocide, imperialism and capitalist development. roape.net/2024/05/09/an-…

In the 1960s train guard Asquith Xavier opposed a racist recruitment policy at Euston station, paving the way for workplace equality. But, says his granddaughter Camealia Xavier-Chihota, his legacy has been overlooked voice-online.co.uk/news/features-…

50 years ago this week, South Asians at Leicester's Imperial Typewriters factory went on strike to demand respect and dignity at work — confronting the racism of their bosses and the unions that failed to support them.

My latest piece for Tribune
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/the-im…

Outside Downing Street, Whitehall comes to a standstill as we stand with the Palestinian people.
#EndUKcomplicity
#SaveRafah
#EndtheGenocide
#StopArmingIsrael

My latest column, on the student revolt: The fire this time breaks out in the US socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-2023…

Let's tell Sunak and the Tories - #StopRwanda shock detention raids #RwandaNotInOurName

Join the X/Twitterstorm happening now 11am - 12 noon

📢 Join tonight's protest at Downing Street #StopDeportations #StopRwanda Flights #RefugeesWelcome

#StopRwanda detention raids - 📢Tell Sunak #RwandaNotInOurName
📣PROTEST WED 8 MAY
📍Downing Street
🕕 6pm*

⚠️ Spread the word, bring banners, say it loud, say it clear #RefugeesWelcome here 🔥

👉🏿In London - Join the demo!

👉🏿Everywhere - join the X/Twitterstorm #StopRwanda …

As a founder member, Jeremy Corbyn is better placed than most to explain why it's more important than ever to become a member of @STWUK.

Listen to Jeremy's message from last Saturday's packed, noisy demonstration for Palestine and join as a member today...…