International Research Network; Antonio Gramsci and the Ancient World available at https://teapawt.org/t.co/nGW5MUvcB1
England, United Kingdom
Joined June 2019
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A new work on Gramsci's thought as groundwork for the dev of a new democratic politics. Un nuevo trabajo s/ el pensamiento de Gramsci como base para el desarrollo de una nueva política democrática.
@GramsciSociety @Gramsci__cat @tri_continental @GramsciNetwork @PraxisHegemonia
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Yes, @durham_uni literally saying a lower % of income spent on staff is better. Our employer's committed to a weird project of profit-maximising in a non-profit, at the expense of the people (staff/students) who are the uni & they claim to serve. Join & participate in your union
This is fun*: Durham has announced an increase in income of £78 million between 2019 and 2022, while also celebrating the fact its reduced proportional spending on staff at the same time. Regarding the latter, we've helpfully been told "lower is better". Literally.
*It's not fun
ALT Graph showing Durham University's total income in 2022 up by 78 million pounds from 2019.
ALT Graph showing staff costs as a percentage of income in 2022 down 1.29 percentile points compared to 2019. A large arrow - in Durham purple, naturally - points downward. Text next to it reads "Lower is better".
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🧵I’m standing for UCU GS because we desperately need change and an industrial strategy that is fit for purpose & equipped to deal with the challenges we face.
Over the last year I co-chaired UCU’s Climate & Ecological Emergency Committee (CEEC) with the fantastic @peterrhwood
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"many working class leaders, men who in fact have used the ladder, have been dazzled by this alternative to solidarity. Yet, the ladder is a perfect symbol of the bourgeois idea of society, bc while undoubtedly it offers the opportunity to climb, it is a device which can only be
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The @UCUAnti_Cas committee at their last meeting took the decision to tweet in support of @UniteUCU's ballot result. Unfortunately the tweet appears to have mysteriously disappeared within minutes, but here's a screenshot
Unite UCU members have today overwhelmingly voted to take strike action in support of their two #PGRsAsStaff colleagues. 71.22% of members who voted backed strike action on a 76.37% turnout.
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This is a motion I am submitting to Monday's EGM of @NewcastleUniUCU. I hope it is as calm as can be expected. I think it addresses the key concrete issue at hand (we rejected a weak offer & then had the rug pulled out from under us by @ucu) & offers redress. Happy to discuss.
ALT Motion for Newcastle University UCU EGM on 25 September 2023 TITLE: Return of Industrial Action Deductions Newcastle University UCU notes, 1. That this branch undertook a Marking and Assessment Boycott and strike action in spring and summer 2023 as democratically decided by the union; 2. That this branch has previously noted in branch general meeting motions and Congress motions the various failures of the General Secretary to adhere to the democratic processes of the union; 3. That over 200 of this branch’s members participated in the marking boycott, suffering disproportionate deductions for as long as 49 days, amounting to many thousands of pounds individually; 4. That on 21 September 2023, this branch rejected an offer by Newcastle University management to cap the number of days deducted at 30 in order to support the national strike action; 5. That an egregious and unprecedented failure, whether accidential or deliberate, resulted in UCU headquarters sending a notice of withdrawa
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Today we shut down @uniofbrighton to protect staff & student conditions! We won't return to work until every single compulsory redundancy is rescinded!
🚨Join our Twitterstorm
⏰10-11am 4 Sept
#Brighton25
#SaveBrightonUni
#BrightonUniStrike
#BoycottBrightonUni
@uniofbrighton
Gramsci Research Network retweeted
This government’s strike-breaking agency worker regulations, which allowed agency workers to fill in for those on strike, are quashed as of TODAY.
The High Court ruled they were unlawful.
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Honestly, I would happily read an essay on how 'moral' has been used by UK HE leaders in the current dispute. It is 'morally wrong' to withdraw marks from students, but morally right - indeed a moral imperative - to withdraw 50% of salary for months on end. 1/2
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My heartfelt thanks to the organizers and attendees for an absolutely amazing research day. I had a blast! 😊
Our #GRNMeeting4 just started in Senate House, London, and online - here a moment of @corecorai's lecture on "Subverting subalternity: challenging #Gramsci's gaze on #Women in the Roman Republic" #classicstwitter #twitterstorians
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with the participation of @genderRHUL and @RHBedfordCentre. Registration for both online and in person attendance on Eventbrite: tdy.lol/jBoMc Attendance is free; all welcome! #ClassicsTwitter #twitterstorians #genderhistory #womenhistory #Gramsci #ancienthistory
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Women's History, and Gender History", with many fantastic speakers from @RoyalHolloway and beyond The event is organized together with the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome at @ClassicsRHUL, and thanks to the support of the Engaged Humanities Lab at (@RH_ResInn)...2/3
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Here is the programme for our hybrid #GRNMeeting4, taking place in Room 104, Senate House, London on 29/06/23. @corecorai's lecture "Subverting Subalternity: Challenging Gramsci’s Gaze on Women in the Roman" followed by a roundtable on "Women as Subaltern? Gramsci's Thought...1/3
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I had a lovely chat with Carlo. Highly recommend stopping by this stand! @ca_2023
I’ve got a co-authored chapter with @accessclassics & Aryn Penn @classicsireland coming out in the @dg_classics @GramsciNetwork book later this year (Classics in Ireland: an update from schools).
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88 students took #Latin for the Leaving Cert in 2022, compared to 44 in 2021 & 53 in 2020. Not a decline but an impressive rise.
@AccessClassics, Aryn Penn & I have written a chapter on #Irish #Classics #education for the forthcoming @dg_classics @GramsciNetwork book.
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Posties have been at the heart of our communities for generations. Today, their livelihoods are under threat.
Royal Mail is sacking union reps, deducting annual leave and attempting to tear apart our postal service.
RT if you stand with @CWUnews 👊
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University bosses are running scared
We’ve asked them to debate with us about the current dispute but they’re nowhere to be seen 👀
What will last longer, the lettuce or bosses decision not to talk?
#ucuRISING
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Journalists are asking the union-bashing question ‘Are patients safe in hospital this week?’ when what they should be asking is ‘Are patients ever safe in hospital now as a result of government under-funding?’ NHS staff are the only responsible people here. The government is not.
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Today, staff at @UniversityLeeds were threatened w 100% deductions if we fail to prioritise rescheduling teaching.This is an aggressive escalation by senior management. We call upon them to prioritise reaching a settlement in the disputes so we can get back to work. #ucuRISING
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Massive turnout in London today to support striking workers 👊
The message to the government is clear:
#EnoughlsEnough