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#CfP alert! We are meeting online and are looking for graduate students researching #BritishHistory @Cambridge_Uni or elsewhere, to present short papers followed by a friendly discussion. Get in touch with us by September 30
Remember this when concerned liberals in the ivory tower wring hands over "fake news" and "declining standards": THE BBC & TORIES CREATED IT
Have video from Hancock leaving Leeds General just come through so you can see for yourself - doesn’t look like punch thrown, rather, one of Tory team walks into protestor’s arm, pretty grim encounter
Seriously, the lousyness of *a political editor*, uncritically regurgitating Tory bullshit is sickening. @bbclaurak should resign.
Have video from Hancock leaving Leeds General just come through so you can see for yourself - doesn’t look like punch thrown, rather, one of Tory team walks into protestor’s arm, pretty grim encounter
I never usually say this, but this is too over the top. Today @bbclaurak has produced some of the most high-profile BBC lies I've EVER SEEN.
Have video from Hancock leaving Leeds General just come through so you can see for yourself - doesn’t look like punch thrown, rather, one of Tory team walks into protestor’s arm, pretty grim encounter
Join the IWGB picket at @ucl! Solidarity! ❤✊
Read our most recent opinion article exposing the very real and human stories behind today's strikes at UCL.
Who will you stick up for?
Link:
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@BeavertownBeer, bring back Paul! Paul worked at #Beavertown Brewery until he was sacked without reason and without warning. Paul is a well-respected member of staff who always supported his workmates! Reinstate Paul! #hoppingmadatbeavertown #bittertaste #justiceforpaul #IWW
Hero!!
Day Two in the big brother hearse: got a good nights kip, limited to eating foods that bit in a 10cm crack in the window, and whilst Westminster Bridge has fallen, #Trafalgar still stands ✊️🌍 #ExtinctionRebelion
.@micheletheil beginning this week's conversation at @LondonStudent about rights and how to get them ✊
Ever been told to keep working even if you were due a break? Ever been paid less than minimum wage? Has your boss made you work in unsafe conditions? You're not alone: Michele Theil advices anyone in an unjust workplace to not take shit.
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This term's first opinion piece from Michele Theil!
Do high rents and low wages increase slut-shaming? This freshers week Michele Theil asks what anti-sex reactions to Maura Higgins on Love Island tells us about our generation's attitudes toward sex:
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#Freshers2019 #FreshersWeek #LondonFreshers
These kids are so so epic. Support them!
#Fridays4Future #SchoolStrike4Climate - 21st Jun 2019: Facial recognition vehicles used, police lying about an ambulance coming in order to move students from the road & a wave of growing anger amongst the #YouthStrike4Climate movement
@LondonStudent @XrYouth @UKYCC
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My attempt at a historical perspective on current conversations on the future 😊
✨📚 Book Review: Fully Automated Luxury Communism by @AaronBastani & his conversation with @RichardBarbrook at @VirtualFutures. London Student's David Dahlborn explains how histories of the future matter:
#FullyAutomatedLuxuryCommunism #LuxuryCommunism
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What do IoE members think of the new security measures put in place by UCL? I spoke to some of them yesterday:
Students and staff were asked what they thought of the new security measures at the Institute of Education, UCL:
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@GoldAntiRacism Hi! I'm writing about your occupation for @LondonStudent Would anyone in the occupation like to answer some quick questions?
Peaceful occupation to end outsourcing turn violent as UoL call in 'unidentified' security to evict brave @UoLJ4W members
'Violently' evicted @UoLJ4W occupation thrown out of @UoLondon by 'unidentified' security men:
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Today students took a brave action to support university workers' campaign for dignity:
UPDATE @UoLJ4W students occupying @UoLondon Chancellor's Hall say they will remain until 8 demands over outsourcing are met londonstudent.coop/senate-ho…
At last week's #schoolstrike4climate @indyrikki & I interviewed participants who were using direct action. I was blown away by their wisdom:
Policing Climate Protestors: our 2nd film from last week’s #SchoolStrike4Climate in London. With David Dahlborn, opinion editor at @LondonStudent, we interviewed some young people attending the protest. Police arrested several people, including a 13-year-old girl. #Fridays4Future
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Just when you thought you'd seen it all in student accommodation... Seen similar nightmare conditions? Contact @LondonStudent today
A UCL PhD student said she injured her ankle when a bathroom tile collapsed under her feet #rent #IQBloomsbury
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The phenomenonal @indyrikki of @RealMediaGB & I teamed up to report on last week's #SchoolStrike4Climate: The voices we heard were powerful
Students joined the millions of young people across the world for the Youth Climate Strike, protesting the lack of action over climate change
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.@LondonStudent breaking the news that a SOAS lecturer is now a far right MEP #EUelection
A lecturer at SOAS' School of Law has been elected to the European Parliament for Germany's far-right populist AfD party
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