Imogen Tyler
@imogentyler.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology
social justice; anti-poverty; anti-racism; colonial histories & legacies; class struggle; stigma; environmental justice.
Interested in imagining & building alternatives 🌳 🌊 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧ 🍉
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Imogen-Tyler
social justice; anti-poverty; anti-racism; colonial histories & legacies; class struggle; stigma; environmental justice.
Interested in imagining & building alternatives 🌳 🌊 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧ 🍉
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Imogen-Tyler
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1. On Friday, protests erupted at Stonewall National Monument, the historic site of the Stonewall uprisings that ignited the modern gay rights movement, in response to the National Park Service removing transgender people from the Stonewall Website.
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Protests Erupt At Stonewall After Trump Removes Trans People From Monument Website
At least one reporter counted the attendees of the protest to number over 1,000 people.
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February 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
1. On Friday, protests erupted at Stonewall National Monument, the historic site of the Stonewall uprisings that ignited the modern gay rights movement, in response to the National Park Service removing transgender people from the Stonewall Website.
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This a useful primer on the oligarchical fascism we face “In an information-age economy where data is capital, [Musk’s] move resembles the kleptocratic tactics used by oligarchs to amass power and control markets”. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Elon Musk’s Treasury Data Grab
Data Piracy at a Kleptocratic Scale?
antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This a useful primer on the oligarchical fascism we face “In an information-age economy where data is capital, [Musk’s] move resembles the kleptocratic tactics used by oligarchs to amass power and control markets”. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
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Come to my book launch! Its on 28 February at the University of Liverpool with a fantastic all star line up featuring Patrick Joyce, Abi O'Connor (@abioconnor_ ), Janaya Pickett and Elsa Devienne. Free wine and discussion! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-...
December 9, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Come to my book launch! Its on 28 February at the University of Liverpool with a fantastic all star line up featuring Patrick Joyce, Abi O'Connor (@abioconnor_ ), Janaya Pickett and Elsa Devienne. Free wine and discussion! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-...
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Our book is out! Get your library requests in for Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, histories and trajectories, c.1880-present
& thank you to all who contributed to the volume, it was a pleasure working with everyone.
& thank you to all who contributed to the volume, it was a pleasure working with everyone.
November 21, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Our book is out! Get your library requests in for Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, histories and trajectories, c.1880-present
& thank you to all who contributed to the volume, it was a pleasure working with everyone.
& thank you to all who contributed to the volume, it was a pleasure working with everyone.
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"Median pay for FTSE 100 chief executives is £4.22m, 113 times the median full-time worker’s pay of £37,430, according to the High Pay Centre, a campaign group. That means UK bosses will exceed their workers’ annual pay within 29 hours" This can't be able the value they are creating
FTSE 100 bosses make more money by noon today than average worker in a year
FTSE 100 bosses make more money by noon today than average worker in a year
Bosses will hit milestone marginally quicker this year on the third working day of 2025 with median hourly pay of £1,298, says High Pay Centre
The chief executives of FTSE 100 companies will have made more money in 2025 by midday on Monday than their…
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"Median pay for FTSE 100 chief executives is £4.22m, 113 times the median full-time worker’s pay of £37,430, according to the High Pay Centre, a campaign group. That means UK bosses will exceed their workers’ annual pay within 29 hours" This can't be able the value they are creating
“ambulances (in UK) spent more than 1.5m hours – equivalent to 187 years – stuck outside A&Es waiting to offload patients in the year to November 2024” staggering data (if also not surprising to those of us who have experienced this disaster & harms first hand). www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ambulance handover delays in England may harm 1,000 patients a day
Exclusive: 414,137 people believed to have experienced some level of harm in last year, Guardian analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“ambulances (in UK) spent more than 1.5m hours – equivalent to 187 years – stuck outside A&Es waiting to offload patients in the year to November 2024” staggering data (if also not surprising to those of us who have experienced this disaster & harms first hand). www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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No genocide has been so confessed to as it actually happened.
No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened.
This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.
No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened.
This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.
1/5 A groundbreaking Amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...
December 5, 2024 at 6:25 PM
No genocide has been so confessed to as it actually happened.
No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened.
This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.
No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened.
This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.
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New review article!
'Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism': A roundtable with @milesogborn.bsky.social, Herman L. Bennett, Kennetta Hammond Perry, Bill Schwarz and Catherine Hall.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
@lghgseminar.bsky.social
@ihr.bsky.social
'Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism': A roundtable with @milesogborn.bsky.social, Herman L. Bennett, Kennetta Hammond Perry, Bill Schwarz and Catherine Hall.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
@lghgseminar.bsky.social
@ihr.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 10:38 AM
New review article!
'Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism': A roundtable with @milesogborn.bsky.social, Herman L. Bennett, Kennetta Hammond Perry, Bill Schwarz and Catherine Hall.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
@lghgseminar.bsky.social
@ihr.bsky.social
'Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism': A roundtable with @milesogborn.bsky.social, Herman L. Bennett, Kennetta Hammond Perry, Bill Schwarz and Catherine Hall.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
@lghgseminar.bsky.social
@ihr.bsky.social
‘If your work doesn’t reach into the future, what’s the point?’ - I so respect Henry Giroux’s work and his deeply passionate political commitment to the value of and role education in support of struggles for social justice www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2024/11/05/i...
‘If your work doesn’t reach into the future, what’s the point?’ – Faculty of Humanities | McMaster University
www.humanities.mcmaster.ca
November 27, 2024 at 11:07 PM
‘If your work doesn’t reach into the future, what’s the point?’ - I so respect Henry Giroux’s work and his deeply passionate political commitment to the value of and role education in support of struggles for social justice www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2024/11/05/i...
“Historical amnesia has become a mass pedagogical weapon of depoliticization” Youth Resistance in the Age of Fascist Dream-Worlds - Henry Giroux www.laprogressive.com/education-re...
Youth Resistance in the Age of Fascist Dream-Worlds
For too long, liberals have failed to recognize education for what it truly is: not merely a service or a tool for economic adaptation, but the very foundation of democratic life.
www.laprogressive.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:29 AM
“Historical amnesia has become a mass pedagogical weapon of depoliticization” Youth Resistance in the Age of Fascist Dream-Worlds - Henry Giroux www.laprogressive.com/education-re...
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Proud to be part of team who has been working on this: “Palestine: Spaces and Politics”. An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens.
Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors.
#menasky, #geosky
palestine.araburbanism.com
Palestine: Spaces and Politics
Introductory Curriculum
palestine.araburbanism.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Proud to be part of team who has been working on this: “Palestine: Spaces and Politics”. An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens.
Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors.
#menasky, #geosky
palestine.araburbanism.com
Post the cover of a book that influenced you with no description or explanation
Day 10/20
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#Books
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November 26, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Post the cover of a book that influenced you with no description or explanation
Day 10/20
💙📚
#BlackBookSky
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 10/20
💙📚
#BlackBookSky
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
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We're hiring a postdoc and 6 PhD students for the Research Training Group "Empires", in which I will be one of the faculty members. If you know of people who might be interested in applying, please spread the word!
www.grk2571.uni-freiburg.de/jobs-and-opp...
www.grk2571.uni-freiburg.de/jobs-and-opp...
Jobs and Opportunities — DFG Research Training Group 2571 "Empires. Dynamic Change, Temporality and Post-Imperial Orders"
The RTG 2571 “Empires" (Freiburg) is looking to fill one postdoc position and six PhD positions. All positions start on May 1st, 2025. The application deadline is December, 31st, 2024.
www.grk2571.uni-freiburg.de
November 25, 2024 at 4:44 PM
We're hiring a postdoc and 6 PhD students for the Research Training Group "Empires", in which I will be one of the faculty members. If you know of people who might be interested in applying, please spread the word!
www.grk2571.uni-freiburg.de/jobs-and-opp...
www.grk2571.uni-freiburg.de/jobs-and-opp...
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Join us on Tuesday, 3rd December 2024 for a workshop on ‘The Politics of Bordering’ @ the University of Brighton - in person or online. I’ll be talking about ‘Coloniality, Europeanness and Race: Britain’s Borders after Brexit’: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/cappe/2024/1...
November 25, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Join us on Tuesday, 3rd December 2024 for a workshop on ‘The Politics of Bordering’ @ the University of Brighton - in person or online. I’ll be talking about ‘Coloniality, Europeanness and Race: Britain’s Borders after Brexit’: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/cappe/2024/1...
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"Why does the US ruling class actively support Israel's genocide and war crimes, even in the face of massive international condemnation? Because they see it as necessary to ensure the conditions for capital accumulation."
New episode here: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
New episode here: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
Episode 302 - Gaza Genocide & Empire with Jason Hickel
Dr. Jason Hickel explains Israel’s role as US proxy, and how the genocide in Gaza is intentional and necessary for imperialism.
realprogressives.org
November 11, 2024 at 1:40 PM
"Why does the US ruling class actively support Israel's genocide and war crimes, even in the face of massive international condemnation? Because they see it as necessary to ensure the conditions for capital accumulation."
New episode here: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
New episode here: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
Snow in Edinburgh - gorgeous
November 23, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Snow in Edinburgh - gorgeous
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what's so wrong with having an echo chamber for the left?
sounds like a great idea! let's do it!
sounds like a great idea! let's do it!
November 22, 2024 at 6:22 PM
what's so wrong with having an echo chamber for the left?
sounds like a great idea! let's do it!
sounds like a great idea! let's do it!
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For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
November 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
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Evan does incredible work in compiling and contributing to this collection of online radical archives; it’s such a brilliant resource both for teaching and researching. Do check it out.
New collections added:
• Archiving Reproductive Health (Ireland)
• John Pilger film archive
Over 500 *online* and *open access* collections of radical, labour, left-wing and anti-colonial historical documents now listed!
hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/radical-onli...
• Archiving Reproductive Health (Ireland)
• John Pilger film archive
Over 500 *online* and *open access* collections of radical, labour, left-wing and anti-colonial historical documents now listed!
hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/radical-onli...
radical online collections and archives
I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…
hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com
November 1, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Evan does incredible work in compiling and contributing to this collection of online radical archives; it’s such a brilliant resource both for teaching and researching. Do check it out.
Today my morning wake up alarm came in the form of a gentle but persistent pawing at 6am
November 22, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Today my morning wake up alarm came in the form of a gentle but persistent pawing at 6am
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Adam Warren, Julia E. Rodriguez and Stephen T. Casper (eds.), Empire, Colonialism and the Human Sciences: Troubling Encounters in the Americas and Pacific - Cambridge University Press, October 2024 (print and open access)
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November 22, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Adam Warren, Julia E. Rodriguez and Stephen T. Casper (eds.), Empire, Colonialism and the Human Sciences: Troubling Encounters in the Americas and Pacific - Cambridge University Press, October 2024 (print and open access)
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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Aditya Chakrabortty: “My trade has spent most of the past decade composing sepia-tinged portraits of the industrial working class….but almost no time on the post-industrial working class: the warehouse workers, the couriers, the hospital porters & cleaners.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Chronic pain and ravaged mental health: this is the brutal reality of Britain’s new working class | Aditya Chakrabortty
The story of former Amazon worker Karolina Sobczak reveals much about the people who keep our society running – at huge personal cost, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Aditya Chakrabortty: “My trade has spent most of the past decade composing sepia-tinged portraits of the industrial working class….but almost no time on the post-industrial working class: the warehouse workers, the couriers, the hospital porters & cleaners.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
www.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
**Tell Everyone**
www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...