Higher education worker researching, teaching, tweeting education, power & inequality. Mostly own views. Past Pres DUCU, now branch treasurer. On bluesky etc
Newcastle/Durham
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Sol Gamsu retweeted
The lopsided balance of power between capital and labour: the workers have no ability to refuse to wear the cameras which are training systems which will eventually replace the workers themselves
Sol Gamsu retweeted
@SolGamsu and @ucuatdurham rocking it at the national @ucu rally to support @UCUNUbranch in their fight for pay and pension justice. The fight goes on, buoyed by support and solidarity like this. @UCEA1 @TPScheme @timeshighered @GuardianEdu @itvtynetees @BBCNEandCumbria
Sol Gamsu retweeted
Many thanks to my research advisor Dr. Sol Gamsu (@SolGamsu) for his valuable theoretical support. He invited me to Durham University through the TÜBİTAK (@TubitakBIDEB) 2214-A fellowship to further develop my research.
Sol Gamsu retweeted
No offer on pay.
20,000 doctors locked out of training with a waiting list over 7 million and you've only offered 1000 jobs this year.
What exactly have you tried @wesstreeting? You've had a year to sort this. The failure clearly lies at your doorstep.
Time to negotiate.
Sol Gamsu retweeted
In a dispute over pay and jobs, you
1. Offered no movement on pay
2. Offered no new jobs
3. Called doctors 'moaning minnies' and 'juvenile delinquents' in the press
Sol Gamsu retweeted
Dr Ayo Moiett arrested for revolutionary act of demanding another human being (on hunger strike over Gaza) receive medical attention.
Detained standing outside a prison with a stethoscope, whilst Black.
His offence? Witnessing state cruelty and saying no
Why are @nextofficial endorsing union-busting and poverty pay?
youtube.com/shorts/AsnamCrCW…
Stand with workers by signing this letter here: labourstartcampaigns.net/sho…
Sol Gamsu retweeted
Zack Polanski words then are as important now:
‘Shabana Mahmood is being deeply irresponsible’
‘Conflating, ultimately weaponising an antisemitic attack against those protesting against genocide is wrong’
Speaking to truth.
Sol Gamsu retweeted
Imagine someone nicks £40 from your £100.
They give you £20 back, then call you greedy for asking for the rest.
That’s what doctors are facing.
They are being paid 20% less in real terms than they were in 2008.
Full pay restoration is not an unreasonable demand.
Sol Gamsu retweeted
Justice Secretary and Deputy PM David Lammy runs away from hunger strikers family. It’s been 35 days of hunger striking in British prison with no response for him.
They demand immediate bail. They have been held in prison for upto 2 years without charge for Palestinian activism
Sol Gamsu retweeted
New episode covers the now successful support staff strikes across Bristol, takes a look at Labour's curriculum review and considers if correct flag-worship etiquette should be part of citizenship lessons on.soundcloud.com/7MsefjlV8V…
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Some policy analysis about VAT on private school fees, why it is set to raise more than originally forecast, and why this matters.
Please read, share, and subscribe for more!
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This should have been when Panorama was axed. The most shocking journalism I’ve ever seen from the BBC.
Judge for yourself.
Sol Gamsu retweeted
🔴 BREAKING: Israel Moves to Legalize State Executions of Palestinians
Israel’s National Security Committee has approved a bill mandating the death penalty for any Palestinian convicted of killing an Israeli, clearing it for a first Knesset vote. The bill bans commutation of the sentence.
Netanyahu’s “hostage coordinator” Gal Hirsch reversed his opposition, saying “the reality has changed” after captives were freed; he had earlier warned it could endanger their lives.
It also lowers the judicial threshold for execution, allowing death sentences by simple majority, not requiring unanimity. Israeli military courts already convict some 99.7% of Palestinians they try.
Sol Gamsu retweeted
This you?
Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on such a clear win in New York.
His victory shows that boldness and a story of economic change in the interests of the many not the few, defeats the politics of division and despair. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly4…
Sol Gamsu retweeted
How about this lesson Wesley
Inspirational campaign and victory for @ZohranKMamdani in NYC. Lessons for progressives the world over.
"I'll follow the big stories" lol
🗣️ 'Do you like New York mayor Zohran Mamdani?' - @SophyRidgeSky
🗣️ 'I don't follow American politics especially closely...I'll follow the big stories' - @bphillipsonMP
🗣️ 'Some people might say this is a big story...' - Sophy
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Sky 501
Sol Gamsu retweeted
Remember the mural? Remember how people studied it in order to show it was antisemitic? But where is the analysis here? Where's the shock? Where's the outcry at this bit of modern Der Stürmer? Why the silence?
@JewishChron
@JewishNewsUK
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