Dr Anni Donaldson
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Dr Anni Donaldson
@annidonaldson.bsky.social
Feminist|oral historian|domestic abuse|women's activism|patriarchy in 20C Scotland | writer book/music reviews | Hon Res Fellow @StrathHaSS exSpringburnlassie
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March 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We wrote to MSPs Clare Haughey & PaulSweeney with our deep concerns about Liam McArthur's Assisted Dying Bill. Scottish women experiencing domestic abuse are being ignored & put at risk. Looking forward to their response... www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...
Assisted dying laws could be ‘lethal weapon’ for domestic abusers, MSPs warned
Fears women who have been diagnosed with terminal illness and are living with abusive partners could be coerced
www.scotsman.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We wrote to Clare Haughey & Paul Sweeney MSPs with our deep concerns about Liam McArthur's Assisted Dying Bill. Scottish women experiencing domestic abuse are being ignored & put at risk. Looking forward to their response...
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...
Assisted dying laws could be ‘lethal weapon’ for domestic abusers, MSPs warned
Campaigners against domestic violence have warned proposed new assisted dying laws could provide a “potentially lethal weapon” for abusers.
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New podcast #EndDomesticAbuse
David Mandel & Ruth with @annidonaldson.bsky.social
discuss
Domestic abuse in Scottish Highlands & remote areas.
Isolated & close knit communities constitute a "proximity paradox"

Vital points for understanding domestic abuse in such goldfish bowls

safeandtogetherinstitute.com/season-6-epi...
February 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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The Glasgow Lock Hospital for Unfortunate Females was supposed to help vulnerable girls and women in the 19th century – instead it continued their abuse
The Glasgow Lock Hospital for Unfortunate Females was supposed to help vulnerable girls and women in the 19th century – instead it continued their abuse
Established to diagnose and treat women and girls for venereal diseases, this hospital lay at the heart of the notorious Glasgow System.
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December 23, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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"To solve a problem, you have to understand the problem".

Extremely important discussion, answering questions most Glaswegians will have had on the severance, disconnected and under-used nature of much of the Clydeside.

Who owns the Clyde & how might things change?
open.spotify.com/episode/0BWv...
December 14, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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In October, we published ‘"Pity the poor independent scholar!": The Lament of a Latecomer Historian', by John Sanders bit.ly/3NpBbf1.

What are the problems faced by historians who work independently outside a university and its access to online resources? 1/2

#Skystorians
December 16, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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NAE PASARAN screens Saturday on BBC Scotland and will be available on iPlayer for a month after that! We'll worth the watch.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Scotland - Nae Pasaran
Forty years on, Scottish factory workers discover the impact of their act of solidarity.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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What would you do if you were handed a letter of apology from the UK government for the Balfour Declaration, complete with a promise of reparations to Palestine?

Read about artist Farah Saleh's performance lecture response here:
Seven reparations, one reckoning: Farah Saleh’s embodied call for justice in Palestine — Greater Govanhill
Balfour Reparations 2024-2044, a performance lecture by Farah Saleh, uses a mix of movement, spoken word, and participatory action to confront the UK’s colonial role in Palestine and explores our…
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December 11, 2024 at 10:01 AM
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Great piece by @annidonaldson.bsky.social in @theglasgowwrap.bsky.social about how her father - a bricklayer, trade unionist and communist from Possilpark - got involved as a young man in Cold War intrigues in Yugoslavia! Well worth a read: www.democratic-left.scot/post/the-bri...
The bricklayer spy from Possilpark
Anni Donaldson has written a piece for The Glasgow Wrap sharing the remarkable story of when her father, as a young bricklayer from Glasgow, was cast into world of Cold War espionage.Ned Donaldson was...
www.democratic-left.scot
December 5, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has announced that it will stop publishing content on X from January 20th

The organisation stated that it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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This week's 'Worsdall Wednesday' finds Frank way out west, in the former burgh of Hillhead. And, if you are a wealthy and up and coming burgh, you need your own burgh hall.

Pic/text: Frank Worsdall's 'The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture' (1981)
December 4, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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The debate over ending 100% inheritance tax exemption for farms is a reminder that there is no class so militant as the old nobility and the new Establishment combining to defend their vested hereditary interests 👇
SNP unites with the rich on farm tax
The super-rich falsely claim inheritance tax changes will devastate small farmers, while millionaire landowners continue enjoying numerous tax advantages — why is the SNP supporting this nonsense, ask...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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December 3, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Mary Barbour and her army! 💪🏼
She led the tenants of Glasgow to victory against the city's private landlords >>

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December 2, 2024 at 12:06 PM
'The spy who went back to bricklaying.' Read about ma Da's undercover mission to post-war Yugoslavia...
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The Spy who went back to bricklaying
Featuring Joseph Stalin and Marshall Tito, a Possilpark bricklayer's story offers a glimpse into the links between Glasgow and the post-war politics of Eastern Europe.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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Tannahill True
21 Dec, Paisley – free

Prof Fred Freeman celebrates the life & work of the weaver poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810). As a successor to Burns, Tannahill was likewise a master of musical forms & an exponent of Scots language in song & balladry
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Tannahill True
Join us at Paisley Central Library for the third engaging Tannahill lecture by Professor Fred Freeman.
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November 27, 2024 at 1:16 PM