Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social Associate director in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime.
Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social Writer & Observer columnist. Latest book: Not So Black and White (Hurst). “Unsettles the pieties of contemporary race-talk” - Paul Gilroy. “A work of immense scholarship” – Jon Bloomfield. Website: https://kenanmalik.com/
Survivors Against Terror @survivors-a-terror.bsky.social Survivors Against Terror is a network of family members who have lost a loved one to terror and survivors of terror attacks, those injured or witnesses. We represent over three hundred survivors from a wide variety of backgrounds and attacks.
Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards @lalyawards.bsky.social We are unlike any other legal awards! The LALYs are a non-profit-making, grassroots celebration of the life-changing work of social justice lawyers. Organisers @wearelapg.bsky.social @ChrisLAPG @FionaBawdon.bsky.social
Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social Do investigations for the FT, into dubious accounting and dodgy characters mainly. Wrote a book called Money Men about a spectacular fraud
Kids of Colour @kidsofcolourhq.bsky.social An anti-racist youth work organisation, committed to racial justice for young people of colour in Greater Manchester. #FreeTheMcr10- P Phil Crockett Thomas @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social Giving this another try...
Teaching at the University of Stirling.
Stuff at https://crowdedmouth.com/ and https://abolitionscifi.org/
In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social 🎧Twice-weekly podcast episodes with authors & book lovers
📚Book reviews & recommendations
🏴Scotland
🙋🏻♀️Susie - She/her
Links to listen: https://linktr.ee/inmygoodbookspod
The National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social The NUJ is the voice for journalists and journalism - an active, campaigning membership organisation promoting media ethics.
https://www.nuj.org.uk/join
Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social We are a grassroots community museum in Finsbury Park North London led by people with experience of homelessness
We do direct community action, independent investigations, collecting and unforgettable art. Find out more:
museumofhomelessness.org
Garden Court North Chambers @gcnchambers.bsky.social A progressive set of civil liberties & human rights barristers committed to publicly funded work.
📍Manchester
🏆Top Tier Set - The Legal 500 (2026)
Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social Scotland's national refugee charity. Celebrating diversity and raising awareness about issues faced by refugees. Co-ordinators of #RefugeeFestScot.
https://linktr.ee/scottishrefugeecouncil
Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity @queensucsdd.bsky.social Interdisciplinary centre at Queen's University, Canada, aimed at advancing research and teaching on the intersections of #democracy and #diversity.
🌐 https://www.queensu.ca/csdd/
Rethinking Security @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social We're a network of organisations, academics and activists working together for human security based on justice, co-operation and peacebuilding. www.rethinkingsecurity.org.uk
Rights of Women @rightsofwomen.bsky.social Women’s legal rights charity supporting women facing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in England & Wales since 1975. Campaigns for equality, justice & safety in the law for all women.
rightsofwomen.org.uk
Civic Journalism Lab @civicjlab.bsky.social Forum for journalists, those who care about journalism and anyone doing acts of journalism, to meet, learn, collaborate and innovate together. Facilitated by Newcastle University.
Hodge Jones & Allen Medical Negligence @hjamedneg.bsky.social Medical Negligence team at Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors. Experts specialising in medical negligence cases, supporting clients with life-changing injuries.
Tel: 0330 822 5788
https://www.hja.net/legal-services/medical-negligence/
Hodge Jones & Allen - Wills & Probate @hjalifeplanning.bsky.social Future & financial planning tips, blogs & news from the Wills, Trusts, Probate & Deputyship experts at leading London law firm.
Tel: 0330 822 5788
https://www.hja.net/legal-services/wills-and-probate/
Letters from A Psychotherapist @jemoyer.bsky.social Was RLS, now being called a “commie bastard” Indie author on Substack “Letters from A Psychotherapist” https://open.substack.com/pub/johnmoyermedlpcncc Be kind. We can agree to disagree. Question authority. Turn your upside-down right-side up! Follow me!
Politics UK @dailycorruption.bsky.social Daily Politics and News in the UK. Fact-check and comment. Previously: Daily Corruption on X on 14yrs of Tory.
#fbpe #news #politicsuk #politics
📍 LONDON 🇬🇧🇪🇺
STAR | Student Action for Refugees @starnational.bsky.social STAR is the national network of students building a society where refugees are welcomed 🧡
We volunteer, campaign and learn together ⭐️
Tom Burgis @tomburgis.bsky.social Investigations correspondent for The Guardian. Bestselling author of Kleptopia, Cuckooland and The Looting Machine. The truth will out, it just sometimes takes a while.
Stories: theguardian.com/profile/tom-burgis
Books: tomburgis.com
Fiona Bawdon @fionabawdon.bsky.social Founder http://ImpactSocialJustice.Org & @lalyawards.bsky.social / Legal affairs journo / Comms @webelonguk.bsky.social / Londoner / Not a lawyer / Always cold / Dogs *and* cats
Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org Building the UK’s Missing Museum. We explore how the movement of people to and from the UK has made us who we are.
Community guidelines → https://www.migrationmuseum.org/community-guidelines/
Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social We're a charity set up by families bereaved by gambling that provides support, raises awareness of gambling disorder’s devastating effects, & advocates for change.
www.gamblingwithlives.org
Shona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social Europe Correspondent Euronews. Based in Brussels. Edward R. Murrow alum. Euronews.com
Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social Stop Trump. Stop Trumpism. We still resist.
https://stoptrump.org.uk/
Asylum Support Appeals Project @asaproject-org.bsky.social We help destitute people claiming asylum to access their basic rights to food and shelter in the UK
Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social Where to start. Retired from a fab career in the voluntary sector. Survivor. Feminist. Activist. Social justice. Anti-racist. Mother. Grandmother. Vegetarian. Pro-migration. Volunteer with Roots; Care4Calais; Ipswich FIND
Sheffield Migration Research Group @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social Research on global migration and mobility from the Faculty of Social Sciences Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield.
Website: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Sociology & Co-Director Migration Research Group, University of Sheffield, UK.
www.lucymayblin.com
www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group
www.Channelcrossings.org
Leverhulme Trust - Council tax debt collection project @counciltaxproject.bsky.social Leverhulme Trust funded project on Council Tax debt collection and civic enforcement. Run by Cardiff University (Prof. Crispian Fuller, Theo Temple and Dr Alex Baker) and Cambridge University (Prof. Mia Gray).
The Gradel Institute of Charity @gradel-institute.bsky.social Our mission: to advance understanding of the many ways charities address public needs and amplify the effectiveness of the work of nonprofit organisations. Part of New College, University of Oxford.
FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social FWC is a multi-state Indivisible Group and a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
https://indivisible.org
Ashwini Vasanthakumar @ashwinivasantha.bsky.social Legal and political theory | migration, authority, obligation, oppression and the ethics of resistance | writing a book on why immigrants should not 'integrate' | reposts are not endorsements
www.ashwinivasanthakumar.com
Em @drem79.bsky.social Mental health. Running. | Award winning speaker, writer and advisor on lived experience of mental illness. | Patient rep RCPsych | Published in BMJ, BJPsych, Bulletin, EMJ, Lancet | Day job is elsewhere.
Ian Byrne MP @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social MP for Liverpool West Derby | Parliamentary lead on Right To Food & Hillsborough Law Now | Co-founder Fans Supporting Foodbanks | ian.byrne.mp@parliament.uk
Lydia Wilkins @journo-lydia.bsky.social Award-winning freelance journalist and editor, Disability Review Magazine. Rep’d by Artellus & WNF. https://lydiawilkins.substack.com/
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Maya Oppenheim @mayaoppenheim.bsky.social Journalist & author 📰 📚👩🏻💻🌎🔎
First Women's Correspondent at UK news outlet 👩🎤💃🏻🎀💭
Bylines in The Observer, The Independent, The Times, VICE, Dazed & more
Book -- The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy
Send stories to mayaruthoppenheim@gmail.com
University of Hertfordshire @herts.ac.uk We are a modern, enterprising and dynamic university, making an impact regionally, nationally and globally.
📸 Use #uniofherts for a chance to be featured!
http://linktr.ee/uniofherts
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Claire Fitzpatrick @clairefitzpatrick.bsky.social Reader in Criminology. Interested in care experience, youth justice, prisons, gender, pathways through care & justice systems. Tweets are my own views.
Prison Governors’ Association @pga-prisons.bsky.social The Prison Governors Association exists to represent the interests of its membership and promote and support continuous improvement within the CJS
http://prison-governors-association.org.uk
Equality Network @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social The Equality Network is a leading Scottish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human rights charity
Nick Hobbs @nickhobbs.bsky.social Head of Legal at the office of the Children & Young People’s Commissioner Scotland. @cypcs.bsky.social
Children’s human rights in law, policy and practice.
Just Fair @justfairuk.bsky.social We bring together social justice and human rights in the UK by campaigning for economic, social & cultural rights. Image via Rozalina Burkova.
https://justfair.org.uk/
UofG Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social Based at the University of Glasgow, we exist to help prepare the next generation of policymakers by sharing evidence, nurturing skills and creating spaces for fresh thinking.
Website 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/publicpolicy
Spotlight podcast 💡 www.uofgspotlight.com
PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social Exclusive stories and insight from Westminster via PoliticsHome and The House magazine. Read our reporting at https://www.politicshome.com and subscribe to The Rundown podcast: http://bit.ly/3M8d963
The Robertson Trust @therobertsontrust.bsky.social We are here to prevent and reduce poverty and trauma in Scotland, funding, supporting, and influencing solutions to drive social change.
Kasey McCall-Smith @kmccallsmith.bsky.social Professor of International Law and Human Rights at University of Edinburgh Law School•LLM in Human Rights director•Global Justice Academy director•
Arkansas native in Scotland•Mother of two normal nuts.
Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social Supporting people detained by the Immigration Service in Dungavel IRC and influencing policy on detention.
Making Rights Real @makingrightsreal.bsky.social Making Rights Real is a grassroots human rights organisation for Scotland. 🧡
http://makingrightsreal.org.uk
Scottish Charity No: SC050342
ICVA @custodyvisiting.bsky.social
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland @mentalwelfare.bsky.social We protect and promote the human rights of people with mental illness, learning disability, dementia and related conditions.
mwcscot.org.uk
Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social Border Criminologies draws together researchers working in #criminology on #bordercontrol. Retweets/links to media or other websites do not imply endorsements.
https://linktr.ee/bordercrim
UK National Preventive Mechanism @uknpm.bsky.social The UK National Preventive Mechanism works to prevent ill-treatment in detention and implement #OPCAT through independent monitoring.
Learn more at https://nationalpreventivemechanism.org.uk/.
Robert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social Retired criminology professor. Democratic Socialist.Written on political economy of crime, criminal justice and policing 1970s until severe COVID 2021. Last book Social Democratic Criminology. Love old mysteries, Westerns, country music, music 1930-70
Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social Account for the #Criminology team at the University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. #CrimSky #AcademicSky
Clean Break Theatre Company @cleanbrk.bsky.social Clean Break is a theatre company for women who have experienced the criminal justice system or are at risk. We use theatre to change lives on stage, in prisons and in the community.
Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social Stories that reveal and inspire, challenging expectations.
Weekdays 7-8pm on Channel 4.
Got a story? C4Nstories@itn.co.uk
---
Substack: https://channel4news.substack.com
Website: www.channel4.com/news
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Channel4News
John Podmore @johnpodmore.bsky.social Former Governor HMP Belmarsh, Brixton & Swaleside. International consultant on prison corruption
Mark Johnson @markjohnson.bsky.social Advocacy Lead at Asylum Seekers Centre Sydney | Human rights & civil liberties enthusiast | Brit in Australia | Views here are my own
Charlie Whelton @cwhelton.bsky.social Human rights type, doing policy & campaigns at Liberty.
Jeremy Ogilvie-Harris @jogilvieharris.bsky.social Barrister, Cornerstone Barristers. Formerly of Hackney Law Centre, Southwark Law Centre and Queen Mary Uni. Public Law LLM from UCL. Interests: Public Law, Human Rights, Housing, Benefits, Planning, Data Protection and Information, National Security
Tom Wall @tomwall.bsky.social Journalist. News and investigations for the Guardian, BBC and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
✉️ t.wall@outlook.com
StopWatch @stopwatchuk.bsky.social An independent organisation using research, policy advocacy, litigation, and community engagement to understand the impacts of disproportionate policing and hold forces to account
Contact | info@stop-watch.org
Donate | https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/18388
Tom Kemp @tomkemp.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at Nottingham University. Writing on carceral change making in prisons, police custody and immigration detention.
Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Green Party member of the UK House of Lords. Party leader 2012-2016.
There are enough resources on this planet to look after people and nature, if we share fairly.
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16
Ceri Lloyd-Hughes @cerilh.bsky.social Solicitor @dpglaw.bsky.social in claims + inquests against the state | prisons | police | immigration
Here for law | social justice | migrant rights | feminism | LBGTQ+ | hot takes | photos of pets | no Nazis or cryptobros
Usual disclaimers apply
Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social The IRR's online news service on anti-racism & social justice issues in UK & Europe.
Our journal is Race & Class ▶ https://bit.ly/raceandclass
Donate to the IRR ▶ http://irr.org.uk/donate
For more info ▶ https://linktr.ee/instituteracerelations
Tom Coburg @undercoverinfo1.bsky.social Co-edited Black Flag (Anarchist Black Cross) in 70/80s. Was pivotal in destroying the Economic League (blacklisters). Wrote for The Canary, now open to offers. Website: undercoverinfo.wordpress.com
Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social Writer, feminist.
Out now: Feminism for a World on Fire (Virago)
Previous books: Living Dolls, Before the Light Fades, A Quiet Life
Hon Professor Centre for Climate Justice, QMUL
Founder Women for Refugee Women
natashawalter.co.uk
Palestine Action @palaction.bsky.social A direct action network dismantling Britain's participation in the genocide #ShutElbitDown
Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights @lphr-lawyers.bsky.social Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR) is a legal charity in the UK that works on projects focused on protecting and promoting Palestinian human rights https://lphr.org.uk
Reposts are not endorsements. Support LPHR by becoming a member.
Privacy International @privacyinternational.org For a world where technology will empower and enable us, not exploit our data for profit and power.
https://privacyinternational.org
Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social LAG is a national charity committed to improving equal access to justice for all.
David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social Rebel thinker, activist, educator, tour guide. Fan of The Selecter, West Ham, parakeets, beigels
Healing Justice Ldn @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social Creating Capacity for Transformation. PoC healing & health via community repair, dignity, access & liberation practice 🌱✨
Tom Fowler @tombfowler.bsky.social Host of the #spycops info podcast, regular updates and live coverage of the Undercover Policing Inquiry http://spycops.info
Karin Goodwin @karingoodwin.bsky.social Journalist |Co-editor of theferret.scot |Co-founder of Govanhill's Community Newsroom| Migration, housing, justice, people power and planet |Always up for dancin'
rob evans @robevansgdn.bsky.social Reporter for Guardian - stories http://guardian.co.uk/profile/robevans.
COPS campaign @copscampaign.bsky.social Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, an alliance of people spied on by the #spycops of Britain's political secret police.
Police Spies Out Of Lives @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social Campaign & support group for women deceived into intimate relationships by undercover police officers.
#spycops
www.policespiesoutoflives.org.uk
Instagram: policespiesoutoflives_
Corporate Watch @corporatewatch.bsky.social A research & training co-operative providing critical information on corporations & capitalism. UK-based & not-for-profit.
www.corporatewatch.org
https://linktr.ee/corporatewatch
The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org Educational charity. Peer-reviewed sociology journal, public sociology magazine, podcasts, Connected Sociologies teaching resources, ECR opportunities.
https://www.thesociologicalreview.org
brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social senior editor & researcher @prisonpolicy.org.
Tim Baldwin @timbgclaw.bsky.social Barrister at Garden Court Chambers London and Albion Chambers Bristol specialising is social welfare, public law and civil liberties. Co- chair of Housing Law Practioners Association and member of ASC The posts my own & not the views of my chambers
Housmans Bookshop @housmansbookshop.bsky.social Radical booksellers since 1945. Monday to Saturday 11am to 6.30pm. Sunday 12pm to 6pm. Order online at: http://housmans.com/shop
Chris Tully @ctully.bsky.social NGO evaluator, report writer, Celtic FC fan and optimistic believer in independence for Scotland. Old time lefty...
Nathan Phillips @nbphillips1872.bsky.social Head of Campaigns @asylummatters.bsky.social campaigning for the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum 🧡 he/him 🏴 bylines include @bigissue.com @bylinetimes.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @nation.cymru @left-foot-forward.bsky.social ✍️
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space.
Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
Annu Mayor @annumayor.bsky.social Previously Stonewall and Amnesty International. Now @bloodysundaytrust.bsky.social, @museumfreederry.bsky.social & @finucanecentre.bsky.social. Part-owner of football club @claptoncfc.co.uk. Trustee @oldspotteddog.bsky.social & Article 11 Trust. She/her
Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social A registered charity that works to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing economic and social inequality.
https://linkin.bio/equalitytrust/
Maria O'Connell @oconnellmaria.bsky.social Civil Liberties legal aid lawyer. Not particularly funny and gets grumpy. Prone to rant. ( All views expressed my own etc)
JustRight Scotland @justrightscotland.org.uk We use the law to defend and extend people’s rights.
ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social We are the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, working to empower civil society through legal and policy frameworks that protect civic freedoms.
www.ecnl.org
Mark Jones, Director, Higher Plain @higherplain.bsky.social Honorary / Visiting Professor in Criminology at Swansea University & USW, Desistance, Well-Being, Social Science, Policy, Anti-Racism, Research, Reflective Practice. SFHEA. All views my own.
higherplainresearchandeducation.co.uk
Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social Director of Global Justice Now. Author of Pharmanomics. Opinions my own. #FreePalestine