Joseph Choonara
@jchoonara.bsky.social
Author: "Reader's Guide to Capital"; "Insecurity, Precarious Work & Labour Markets"; "Unravelling Capitalism". Editor: International Socialism. UCU activist. Posts in personal capacity.
Hundreds assembling for the national demo at Leicester over university job cuts.
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hundreds assembling for the national demo at Leicester over university job cuts.
This is tomorrow. Please come if you can!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is tomorrow. Please come if you can!
Day 13 of strike action at the University of Leicester. Still going strong.
October 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Day 13 of strike action at the University of Leicester. Still going strong.
Day 12 of strike action, and a teach-out by our magnificent colleagues in Geography, Geology & the Environment.
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Day 12 of strike action, and a teach-out by our magnificent colleagues in Geography, Geology & the Environment.
Heading in to negotiations on day ten of strike action at the University of Leicester. This is my negotiating team.
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Heading in to negotiations on day ten of strike action at the University of Leicester. This is my negotiating team.
Palestine teach-out on the picket line today as part of the national day of action.
October 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Palestine teach-out on the picket line today as part of the national day of action.
Day seven of our UCU strike. A teach-out, from our at-risk Modern Languages colleagues at the University of Leicester.
October 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Day seven of our UCU strike. A teach-out, from our at-risk Modern Languages colleagues at the University of Leicester.
Teach-out on strikes in the ancient Greek and Roman world on our picket line this morning.
October 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Teach-out on strikes in the ancient Greek and Roman world on our picket line this morning.
Nice to have our local MP, Shockat Adam, visit our picket line this morning. We really appreciate his support on this the third day of our strike action.
October 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Nice to have our local MP, Shockat Adam, visit our picket line this morning. We really appreciate his support on this the third day of our strike action.
Day two. UCU's strike at Leicester University.
September 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Day two. UCU's strike at Leicester University.
Fantastic turnout of staff and students for the first day of our strike against redundancies.
September 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Fantastic turnout of staff and students for the first day of our strike against redundancies.
Strike ballot, posted.
July 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Strike ballot, posted.
A couple of the workshops at the We Demand Change summit in London, on Militarism and on Austerity. It's a huge event, in the thousands, and refreshingly open in discussing how best to build resistance.
March 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A couple of the workshops at the We Demand Change summit in London, on Militarism and on Austerity. It's a huge event, in the thousands, and refreshingly open in discussing how best to build resistance.
