Europe’s last coal – a photo essay In Poland, 80,000 people still work in coalmines – the last in the European Union that is fully committed to the energy transition. Once active mines are being converted to other uses, and yet coal is being extracted at record rates worldwide, and with the Iran war pushing up oil and gas prices, some in Poland are asking whether it is worth completely phasing out this fossil fuel

Europe’s last coal – a photo essay

We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher | Introduction from the Filmmakers YouTube video by Smoovie

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We are making a film about Mark Fisher

The man who saw the future: the legacy of cultural theorist Mark Fisher Touching on everything from late-stage capitalism to Adele, the work of the late writer is proving increasingly influential. Now a documentary on him is looking to live up to his ideals

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...

Mike Westbrook obituary Acclaimed musician, composer and bandleader who was one of the most significant figures in the history of British jazz

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

Bet @itsmotherswork.bsky.social is smiling

Last night.

The War on DEI and the Return of White Supremacist Politics What is unfolding is an attempt to restore racial hierarchy as common sense, to turn historical amnesia into governing logic.

www.laprogressive.com/racism/war-o...

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Rethinking Working-Class Resistance: Flipping the Script Working-class youth are recognizing their strengths in order to rewrite themselves into social movements.

www.laprogressive.com/labor-social...

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed - Next on Upcoming episodes of Thinking Allowed

Something to listen to tomorrow, or at a future date: our own @academicdiary.bsky.social and Imogen Tyler on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed: Tuesday 24th February, at 3.30pm, UK time.

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"Epstein’s victims did not vanish into detention centers or public raids. They disappeared into private aircraft, gated estates, citadels of private wealth, and transnational circuits of wealth and influence."

Given the nature of that game it should probably be two

@itsmotherswork.bsky.social Guinness for me please

“Disrupt From Within”: How Undercover Police Targeted Britain’s Socialist Parties, Trade Unionists and the Anti-War Movement • Paul Heron reports on the latest developments at the Undercover Policing Inquiry and outlines the Position Statement filed with the Inquiry on behalf of Lois Austin, Joe Batty, Lindsey German, Dave Ne...

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Nsu Na Kwan YouTube video by Ebo Taylor - Topic

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Peace go with you brother

Well deserved. Congratulations Les @academicdiary.bsky.social

Jim Slaven (@jimslaven) Origins of this crisis lie in the political class buying into the ‘greed is good’ mindset. If they had read Adam Smith they would’ve known worship of the rich & powerful leads to “corruption of moral...

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Well worth a read

Does anyone actually believe that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Peter Mandelson are innocent?

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Would loved to have been at this.

Report of the 2025 Independent Review of Fatal Accident Inquiries relating to deaths in custody in Scotland Report of the Independent Review of Fatal Accident Inquiries relating to deaths in prison and police custody, conducted in 2025 by Ian Abercrombie KC.

The Report of the Independent Review of Fatal Accident Inquiries relating to deaths in prison and police custody, conducted by Sheriff Principal Ian Abercrombie KC, now published.

It covers some substantial issues of #humanrights and issues affecting bereaved families.
www.gov.scot/publications...

Come and do a fully-funded 4-year PhD with me in Glasgow (and @thesccjr.bsky.social ) and Thomas Ugelvik as part of the Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Europe project. 😊. www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc....

Seán Ó Sé obituary: The Cork man who kept singing until the final verse, aged 89 A school principal and renowned singer, Seán Ó Sé's love of music endured right to the end

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Peace go with you brother

Three at the back? He must want the sack.

Hillsborough campaigner Phil Scraton refuses OBE Hillsborough campaigner Prof Phil Scraton turns down an OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Annual "Phil Scraton is a legend" post

On Power Liminal thoughts from a liminal space, "The Perineum" between Christmas and New Year

"The Perineum: the thin membrane of time between the twin peaks of Christmas and New Year."

- Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

broligarchy.substack.com/p/on-power

Peter McLaren: Putting Radical Life in Schools Schools can and must become zones of popular de-indoctrination and democratic re-imagination.

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Heading down a Peter McLaren rabbit hole

"And you might ask yourself....My God, what have I done?"