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Georgia W 🌻
@georgiahwilliams.bsky.social
DPhil Criminology Candidate @ Oxford

Interested in social harm & policing
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I'm in @metro.co.uk today talking about the situation estranged and care experienced students face on graduation, as I launch a campaign for an extended maintenance loan for independent students 🧵

metro.co.uk/2025/08/24/f...
I found myself homeless after graduation as an estranged student
I don’t have the luxury of ‘going home’.
metro.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.

Join us. The time is now.

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July 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“The question of politics emerges as an important research frontier… we still know little about the politics that could make post-growth transitions possible in reality”
Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries
There are increasing concerns that continued economic growth in high-income countries might not be environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, or economically achievable. In this Review, we expl...
www.thelancet.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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I wrote about divesting from algorithmic social media, as someone who long enjoyed and benefitted from social media. At some point “finding connection online” became “ceding the real world” and it’s time to reverse this process www.shesabeast.co/how-to-retur...
March 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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“The neoliberals never really sought to shrink the state or free the market.

They sought to shift the balance of power in society away from workers and toward capital — particularly finance capital.”

Read my review of @itsmccarthy.bsky.social’s great new book jacobin.com/2025/03/demo...
For a Democratic Society, Democratize Finance
The immense power financial institutions wield over most aspects of our lives makes a mockery of democracy. To build a truly democratic society, we need to democratize finance.
jacobin.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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We are just 100 signatures off 50,000!!

Please sign our petition to demand the UK government block Shein's attempt to sell its shares in London
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Say NO to Shein
Ultra-fast fashion brand Shein stands accused of exploiting workers, damaging the environment, and avoiding tax. Yet it is currently ramping up plans to sell its shares on the London Stock Exchange. ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Read our latest blog by our current MSc students Kaya Mercer, Georgia Moore and Georgia Williams blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/centre-crimi...
February 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The Guardian view on the care experience: looked-after children and care leavers must be heard | Editorial
The Guardian view on the care experience: looked-after children and care leavers must be heard | Editorial
Editorial: The increased visibility of people whose lives have been shaped by social services is a change for the better
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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If you fight on the far right’s terrain, you will lose.

Parroting their anti-immigration rhetoric only legitimises them, & people will always choose the original over the copy.

Defend human rights, stand by our principles & fight for a socialist vision — that’s how we will win!
February 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM