Sarah Munro
@sarahmunro.bsky.social
Personal Account.
Director: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. Co-chair Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN).
Board member: Scottish Futures Forum, Scottish Parliament.
Director: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. Co-chair Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN).
Board member: Scottish Futures Forum, Scottish Parliament.
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"When history looks back people will wonder how artists could have had a microphone in front of them and not said anything."
I spoke today to the News Agents. 👇🏼
I spoke today to the News Agents. 👇🏼
July 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"When history looks back people will wonder how artists could have had a microphone in front of them and not said anything."
I spoke today to the News Agents. 👇🏼
I spoke today to the News Agents. 👇🏼
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Labour could scrap the two child benefit cap, which according to the childrens commissioner would immediately lift 500,000 kids out of poverty.
But no. Instead Darren Jones is launching a new Private Finance Initiative to try & improve the lives of individual kids.
But no. Instead Darren Jones is launching a new Private Finance Initiative to try & improve the lives of individual kids.
July 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Labour could scrap the two child benefit cap, which according to the childrens commissioner would immediately lift 500,000 kids out of poverty.
But no. Instead Darren Jones is launching a new Private Finance Initiative to try & improve the lives of individual kids.
But no. Instead Darren Jones is launching a new Private Finance Initiative to try & improve the lives of individual kids.
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Reminder: When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they really seek is freedom from accountability.
Don't be fooled.
And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they really seek is freedom from accountability.
Don't be fooled.
July 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Reminder: When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they really seek is freedom from accountability.
Don't be fooled.
And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they really seek is freedom from accountability.
Don't be fooled.
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In relation to people burning effigies of migrants and refugees, Adil Ray asks: "who radicalised these people, who was sending the messages out that makes these people think this is ok to do... who's radicalising these guys?"
Caroline Flint... #GMB
Caroline Flint... #GMB
July 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
In relation to people burning effigies of migrants and refugees, Adil Ray asks: "who radicalised these people, who was sending the messages out that makes these people think this is ok to do... who's radicalising these guys?"
Caroline Flint... #GMB
Caroline Flint... #GMB
Arts as essential Tech. Gold ⭐️ read @christophersmith.bsky.social
‘Much of what not working in politics globally stems from failures to think historically/ globally/reckon with ethics /pay attention to evidence /argue well wi enough people to be convincing & to design better over the long term’
‘Much of what not working in politics globally stems from failures to think historically/ globally/reckon with ethics /pay attention to evidence /argue well wi enough people to be convincing & to design better over the long term’
An argument that #arts and #humanities need to reclaim their role as the critical technologies of our time by working alongside science.
anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/c...
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Critical technologies
Science policy is dominated by the notion of critical technologies. Have we defined this notion correctly? What are the critical technologies we need for a prosperous future? Naming of Parts Both t…
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July 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Arts as essential Tech. Gold ⭐️ read @christophersmith.bsky.social
‘Much of what not working in politics globally stems from failures to think historically/ globally/reckon with ethics /pay attention to evidence /argue well wi enough people to be convincing & to design better over the long term’
‘Much of what not working in politics globally stems from failures to think historically/ globally/reckon with ethics /pay attention to evidence /argue well wi enough people to be convincing & to design better over the long term’
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Tragic that the housing crisis is constantly framed as a "migration issue" rather than a "predatory landlord class" issue.
There's no place for institutional finance in rental markets. It's a predatory extraction machine that robs the poor and middle.
But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Tragic that the housing crisis is constantly framed as a "migration issue" rather than a "predatory landlord class" issue.
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2016: Nigel Farage, "The worst case scenario, economically, is better than where we are today"
2025: Nigel Farage, "This is broken Britain, nothing works"
2025: Nigel Farage, "This is broken Britain, nothing works"
July 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
2016: Nigel Farage, "The worst case scenario, economically, is better than where we are today"
2025: Nigel Farage, "This is broken Britain, nothing works"
2025: Nigel Farage, "This is broken Britain, nothing works"
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The UK has the highest industrial electricity prices in Europe.
Upto 132% higher than the EU14 median. Five times more than in Finland.
Since 2020, UK's 20 largest energy companies have made £514bn operating profit, destroying businesses and households.
davidturver.substack.com/p/uk-industr...
Upto 132% higher than the EU14 median. Five times more than in Finland.
Since 2020, UK's 20 largest energy companies have made £514bn operating profit, destroying businesses and households.
davidturver.substack.com/p/uk-industr...
July 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The UK has the highest industrial electricity prices in Europe.
Upto 132% higher than the EU14 median. Five times more than in Finland.
Since 2020, UK's 20 largest energy companies have made £514bn operating profit, destroying businesses and households.
davidturver.substack.com/p/uk-industr...
Upto 132% higher than the EU14 median. Five times more than in Finland.
Since 2020, UK's 20 largest energy companies have made £514bn operating profit, destroying businesses and households.
davidturver.substack.com/p/uk-industr...
In the endless performative hate. This. A love letter to immigrants, is a much needed perspective.
Wrote a thing: ...at the heart of it is another Trumpian Big Lie, that immigrants are a burden and menace. We need to fight the false story with a true one: this country needs its immigrants and they are a blessing and an enrichment of what this country is and in many ways its heart and soul.
Immigrants: A Love Letter
It has never been easy to be an immigrant to the United States – for most economic, linguistic, and cultural barriers make life here a struggle, even if they were escaping a worse life elsewhere. The ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
In the endless performative hate. This. A love letter to immigrants, is a much needed perspective.
Grace Blakeley ‘The military-fossil fuel complex is the unholy alliance between some of the world’s most carbon-intensive organisations – its armed forces – and the corporations most responsible for heating the planet. These 2 sectors are not just loosely aligned; they are mutually reinforcing
The Military-Fossil Fuel Complex
A world system based on permanent war, and permament ecological crisis.
graceblakeley.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Grace Blakeley ‘The military-fossil fuel complex is the unholy alliance between some of the world’s most carbon-intensive organisations – its armed forces – and the corporations most responsible for heating the planet. These 2 sectors are not just loosely aligned; they are mutually reinforcing
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Thank you to the over 70 Labour MPs who have had the courage to step up and back a motion opposing Keir Starmer’s controversial cuts to disability benefits which on the governments own analysis will plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty 👏
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
DWP disability benefit cuts rebellion as over 70 Labour MPs reject plans
The Mirror understands the Labour backbenchers - including 10 chairs of Commons committees - have signed an amendment rejecting the cuts to disability benefits
www.mirror.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thank you to the over 70 Labour MPs who have had the courage to step up and back a motion opposing Keir Starmer’s controversial cuts to disability benefits which on the governments own analysis will plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty 👏
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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This is insane by Yvette Cooper.
Spray-painting planes is not terrorism. Criminal damage, yes - but you cannot “terrorise” inanimate objects. It does not serve to cause terror in victims. Therefore it is not terrorism.
The authoritarian Home Secretary has lost the plot.
Spray-painting planes is not terrorism. Criminal damage, yes - but you cannot “terrorise” inanimate objects. It does not serve to cause terror in victims. Therefore it is not terrorism.
The authoritarian Home Secretary has lost the plot.
Palestine Action group to be banned, home secretary confirms — BBC News
It comes after what she called a
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June 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is insane by Yvette Cooper.
Spray-painting planes is not terrorism. Criminal damage, yes - but you cannot “terrorise” inanimate objects. It does not serve to cause terror in victims. Therefore it is not terrorism.
The authoritarian Home Secretary has lost the plot.
Spray-painting planes is not terrorism. Criminal damage, yes - but you cannot “terrorise” inanimate objects. It does not serve to cause terror in victims. Therefore it is not terrorism.
The authoritarian Home Secretary has lost the plot.
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call me crazy but I don't think we should.
We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
call me crazy but I don't think we should.
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Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
June 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
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“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both," Louis Brandeis once said.
We may be about to find out.
https://trib.al/ozCaOPl
We may be about to find out.
https://trib.al/ozCaOPl
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both," Louis Brandeis once said.
We may be about to find out.
https://trib.al/ozCaOPl
We may be about to find out.
https://trib.al/ozCaOPl
Looking forward to reading this. Just preordered Radical Abundance from @plutobooks ‘Radical abundance is the antithesis of bullshit abundance. It is producing more of what we need and less of what we don't; more free time, more biodiversity, more services owned by those who use them’
June 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Looking forward to reading this. Just preordered Radical Abundance from @plutobooks ‘Radical abundance is the antithesis of bullshit abundance. It is producing more of what we need and less of what we don't; more free time, more biodiversity, more services owned by those who use them’
Zack Polanski has demonstrated his grasp of the first rule in politics: knowing when to seize the initiative. In pledging “eco-populism”… a bold claim to the form of politics our chaotic times demand. #backZack www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
A new force is stirring on the left
Eco-populism is coming for the Labour Party.
www.newstatesman.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Zack Polanski has demonstrated his grasp of the first rule in politics: knowing when to seize the initiative. In pledging “eco-populism”… a bold claim to the form of politics our chaotic times demand. #backZack www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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Luring starving people out into the open with the promise of food and then gunning them down in cold blood. We have a word for this and we should start using it. The word is "evil".
Every day. Deliberate massacres of unarmed, starving civilians. The world does nothing. A shame on all of us.
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Dozens killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites, Hamas-run ministry says
The UN human rights chief said Israel's
www.bbc.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Luring starving people out into the open with the promise of food and then gunning them down in cold blood. We have a word for this and we should start using it. The word is "evil".
‘Decade of deceit’ for Norths transport investment
"Research has shown that the North of England has missed out on so much transport funding, in what was described as a ‘decade of deceit’, that we could have built the equivalent of seven Elizabeth lines."
Study claims North of England lost out on £140bn for transport in ‘decade of deceit’
The North is short-changed: £140bn transport funding gap leaves region decades behind, IPPR calls for urgent investment.
northeastbylines.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
‘Decade of deceit’ for Norths transport investment
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“Suicide prevention is everyone’s business”, and Labour promised to make it theirs. But the government is failing to tackle one of the biggest risk factors for suicide: socio-economic inequality.
Inequality and suicide
“Suicide prevention is everyone’s business”, and Labour promised to make it theirs. But the government is failing to tackle one of the biggest risk factors for suicide: socio-economic inequality.
www.faircomment.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
“Suicide prevention is everyone’s business”, and Labour promised to make it theirs. But the government is failing to tackle one of the biggest risk factors for suicide: socio-economic inequality.
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There's your answer.
June 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
There's your answer.
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This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...
American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating
Contrary to conventional wisdom, anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed 2017 in size, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.
wagingnonviolence.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This one is important. Share it widely. "Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful." wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer...
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We have enough productive capacity to ensure good lives for 8 billion. And yet, because capital controls production, deprivation remains endemic. This new study shows *95%* of surveyed households in low/middle-income countries are denied access to basics.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Subnational survey data reveal persistent gaps in living standards across 75 low and middle-income countries - Nature Communications
Using subnational Demographic and Health Survey data from 75 low and middle-income countries, the authors show that many households lack access to decent living standards as basic prerequisites for hu...
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June 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We have enough productive capacity to ensure good lives for 8 billion. And yet, because capital controls production, deprivation remains endemic. This new study shows *95%* of surveyed households in low/middle-income countries are denied access to basics.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In Brussels today.
End the genocide.
End the genocide.
June 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In Brussels today.
End the genocide.
End the genocide.
US global popularity contest post Trump #GreatGraphs
June 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
US global popularity contest post Trump #GreatGraphs