Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social The IRR's online news service on anti-racism & social justice issues in UK & Europe.
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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX): The Extreme Right, Hate Crime, and Political Violence, @statsvitenskap.bsky.social, @uio.no
Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com MUSKISM with @bentarnoff.com: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff?variant=43838135402530
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bookhaus @bookhaus.bsky.social Contemporary bookshop located in the heart of Bristol's vibrant Wapping Wharf. Member of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers. 
VOX-Pol @vox-pol.bsky.social Academic network focused on researching prevalence, contours, functions, & impacts of online violent extremism and terrorism. Website: http://www.voxpol.eu 
Bloomsbury Books UK @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social We make books! An independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. ✨📚
The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social Disrupting power since 2015
Lonely Tower Film & Media @lonelytower.bsky.social Independent Media Productions YouTube - http://youtube.com/@lontower767 News & Documentaries include - Defiant, Hollowed Ground, and Iron & Steam
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Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨
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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of inventive books, fearless writing and powerful voices. Our authors include Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff and Francis Fukuyama.
Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social London's Independent Bookshop of 2024.
Fiction, London Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Travel, Classics, Children's Books, Cards, Totes, and Short Story Prize.
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The Zetkin Collective @zetkincollective.bsky.social The Zetkin Collective is a group of scholars and activists working primarily on the political ecologies of the far right.
European Journal of Cultural Studies @ejcs-journal.bsky.social European Journal of Cultural Studies is a major international peer-reviewed journal which has been publishing cultural studies scholarship for over 25 yrs.
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Luke de Noronha @lukedenoronha.bsky.social 
gracie mae bradley @graciemaybe.bsky.social writer, doctoral scholar // Against Borders (Verso, 2022) // civil liberties bod // www.graciemaebradley.com ig:@/inrelativeopacity
Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social Professor at ICREA, ICTA, and the Department of Political Science & Public Law at UAB • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland @rapecrisistn.bsky.social Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland.
Rebuilding lives ~ Ending sexual violence.
We believe you ❤
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social For Newcastle fans keeping a critical position on the Saudi ownership of our club. Against state ownership of our football clubs - CHAT FOR PRESS ENQUIRIES ◾️◽️◾️✊
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National Football Museum @nfmofficial.bsky.social The official account of England's national football museum. Open in Manchester every day, 10am - 5pm (last entry 4pm).
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
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/
North East Museums @northeastmuseums.bsky.social Art and heritage at the heart of North East England. 12 museums and galleries for you to enjoy.
(Formerly known as Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums)
northeastmuseums.org.uk
Michael J Richardson @michaeljrichardson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Newcastle University. Trainee beekeeper at North East Young Dads and Lads. Scholar of social and environmental justice. 
Newcastle University Geography @ncl-geography.bsky.social The Official page for Geography at Newcastle University.
Pitvillagelife @pitvillagelife.bsky.social #freefalasteen
@pitvillagelife on IG
Noone Is Illegal
Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social I teach and research criminology stuff at the University of Oxford - https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-loader. I am also Chair of Cyclox - https://www.cyclox.org. You'll find me musing on ecologies of security, policing, urban mobilities and Arsenal FC
Taj Ali @tajali1.bsky.social Journalist and Historian | Royal Society of Literature award-winning writer and Orwell Prize finalist 2026
Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center. Coordinator Policing and Social Justice Project. Author The End of Policing. 
Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social Senior Lecturer of Medical Sociology. Qualitative researcher interested in care, health inequalities, socially-produced vulnerabilities, social class, and death and bereavement. Activist and Trustee of Thrive Teesside.
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Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) @feministphilosophy.bsky.social Tag us with feminist philosophy events/pubs/CFPs and we'll spread the word!
FEAST is a home and community for feminist philosophy and feminist social theory since 2001. Intersectional, decolonial, interdisciplinary. posts by @calebw.bsky.social
Gunjan Sondhi @gunjans.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Geography at the Open University, UK. Director, Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice(@ou-gcsj.bsky.social). Researching migration, gender, education and work.
North East Elects @northeastelects.bsky.social North East England elections, explained. 🗳️
Swings | Turnout | Vote share | Council control
Independent • Non-partisan • Data-led
https://substack.com/@northeastelects
Chelsea Without Barriers @chelseawbc.bsky.social Chelsea’s Official Global community uniting disabled Chelsea fans worldwide.
https://chelseawithoutbarriers.com/
Anarchists Without Borders @anarchswoborders.bsky.social All antifascists are allies now.
Our community is dedicated to antitoxicity, and opposed to all hate, including scapegoating of liberals.
Voting and political engagement are duty.
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Locality @locality.org.uk We support local community organisations to be strong and successful. #PowerOfCommunity
AKA @localitynews
locality.org.uk
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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BSC Conference 2026 @bsc2026conf-ntu.bsky.social 
European Journal of International Security @ejisbisa.bsky.social Publishing theoretical, methodological and empirical papers at the cutting-edge of research into international and global security challenges.
OpenSpace Research Centre @openspaceou.bsky.social Situated within Geography & Environmental Studies at the Open University, OpenSpace Research Centre is committed to thinking spatially in turbulent times. Posts by @colinlorne.bsky.social
https://www5.open.ac.uk/centres/openspace
Newcastle Green Party @nclgreenparty.bsky.social Published and promoted on behalf of the Green Party, at PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ.
NINE DTP @ninedtp.bsky.social ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership in Northern Ireland and North East of England - Durham, Newcastle, Queen's, Northumbria, Sunderland, Teesside, & Ulster Universities.
Ever thought of doing a PhD in the social sciences?
https://www.ninedtp.ac.uk/
Caitlin MacKinlay (she/they) @cmxckinlay.bsky.social Geographer, PhD-ing @ Durham University. Interested in queering carceral geography.
Prone to posts about Parks and Rec.
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European Network for Open Criminology @opencriminology.bsky.social Dedicated to the promotion, training, application and rewarding of open research in criminology. Working group of the @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social
🌐: https://esc-enoc.github.io/
@esc-eurocrim.bsky.social @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social 
Routledge Books @routledgebooks.bsky.social Academic publisher of books, journals, eBooks, textbooks, software, and online learning resources. 📚💡
CYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social Children & Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ)
Collaborating for rights-respecting justice for all children and young people in Scotland.
Explore our new eLearning modules at our website
cycj.org.uk | cycj@strath.ac.uk
Policing Insight @policinginsight.bsky.social Policing Insight is the leading platform to keep up with the latest in progressive policing. It is where the global police and criminal justice community both consume and share knowledge, opinion and analysis. 
Carceral Geographies Working Group of the RGS-IBG @carceralgeography.bsky.social The Carceral Geography Working Group brings together researchers interested in the spaces, practices and experiences of incarceration and confinement, broadly understood. https://carceralgeographies.co.uk/
Penal Reform International @penalreformint.bsky.social We develop fair and effective criminal justice through practical programmes and systemic reform globally.
Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk An independent charity that seeks to fund blue skies research and scholarship. Follow this channel for details on upcoming grant deadlines, published research, scheme opening dates, grant announcements, events, and more. https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/
British Society of Criminology @britishcriminology.bsky.social 
JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Part of the ITHAKA nonprofit family.
More about us: https://about.jstor.org/
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Cáit Rua @caitrua.bsky.social She/sí 🚩🏴🌱 #IWW. Gaeilge agus fáilte!
Known mostly for complaining hard enough about misogyny to induce a lawsuit
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http://thegingerallotmenteer.wordpress.com 
Oxford University Press @oxunipress.bsky.social 
The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social Established in Europe but today an international network for academics, practitioners, and activists working towards social justice, state accountability and decarceration. See https://www.european-group.org/
National Centre for Social Research @natcen.bsky.social The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is Britain's leading independent social research organisation. Visit natcen.ac.uk for more information.
Criminology & Criminal Justice Journal @crimandcj.bsky.social Official account of Criminology and Criminal Justice, the peer-reviewed journal of the British Society of Criminology.
Publishing cutting-edge research on crime, justice, and penal policy.
Edited by leading scholars.
📚 Published by SAGE.
PolicyWISE @policywise.bsky.social We bring people and research together to help find solutions to issues facing policymakers across the UK and Ireland.
OpenARC Research Centre @openarc.bsky.social OpenARC, The Open University Arts & Humanities Research Centre, is the hub for research in the School of Arts and Humanities at The Open University. It hosts a broad range of research groups, and facilitates disciplinary and interdisciplinary research.
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org We are the UK’s learned society and professional body for geography, supporting geography and geographers across the world.
Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social We are the UK's national academy of academics, learned societies & practitioners in social science & the founder of the Campaign for Social Science. We exist to promote social sciences in the UK for public benefit: www.acss.org.uk
N8 Research Partnership @n8research.bsky.social A collaboration of the 8 most research-intensive universities in Northern England: Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield & York
n8research.org.uk
Probation Journal @probationjournal.bsky.social Probation Journal provides a forum for disseminating criminal justice research about probation theory and practice.
Open University (OU) Sport & Fitness Team (#TeamOUsport) @ou-sport.bsky.social This is the Bluesky account of the Open University (OU) Sport and Fitness Team (#TeamOUsport).
OU Sport & Fitness Team Blog: https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OU-Sport/
Sport & Fitness Qualifications at the OU: https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OU-Sport/?page_id=216
Open SU @opensu.bsky.social Representing Open University students!
Volunteering | Events | Community & more
Promoting your interests and encouraging a student-led community.
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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social Columnist at The Intercept; editing Public Seminar; professor of critical journalism at The New School; author - “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life” and "On Un/Certainty" (Verso); antifascism, abolition, Wittgenstein from the left.
Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social The Marxism in Culture seminar series was conceived in 2002 to provide a forum for those committed to the continuing relevance of Marxism for cultural analysis. We meet 3-4 times a term on Fridays at 5.30pm at the Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL
Tom Sutton @crimepublisher.bsky.social #Criminology and Criminal Justice Publisher, posting about new books and #publishing activities.
For radio show-related gubbins, follow my Instagram @tomsuttoninsta80
Critical Terrorism Studies Working Group @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social BISA Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group: Research/Critique around 'Terrorism' Convenors: @aliceellafinden.bsky.social, @rmkhan.bsky.social, @marinegueguin.bsky.social & @mcneilwillson.bsky.social https://shorturl.at/xedHB
Social & Cultural Geography @scgrg.bsky.social Committee of the Social & Cultural Geography Research Group (SCGRG) at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Tweeting and retweeting geographical things
Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social Feminist Legal Studies is committed to an international and interdisciplinary perspective and to the promotion of feminist work in all areas of law, legal theory and legal practice.
https://link.springer.com/journal/10691
Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social We are a research centre within the University of Leeds. Let’s think about intimacy together. - https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/420/centre_for_love_sex_and_relationships
Yvonne Jewkes @yvonnejewkes.bsky.social Criminologist. Memoirist @ScribeUKbooks. Writer in Residence HMP Grendon and HMP Rye Hill. Creative writing tutor Freedom to Write. Agent Eleanor Birne @rcwlitagency
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Philosophy at the Open University @ouphilosophy.bsky.social News from the Philosophy discipline at the Open University, UK
@gaystheword.bsky.social @gaystheword.bsky.social LGBT+ Bookshop, London
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TWhitleyBay @twhitleybay.bsky.social TWhitleyBay - for Whitley Bay* Tweets
(*and surrounding areas).
Sharing news and (literal!) views
PM Press @pmpress.bsky.social PM Press is an independent, radical publisher of critically necessary books for our tumultuous times. Our aim is to deliver bold political ideas and vital stories to all walks of life and arm the dreamers to demand the impossible. linktr.ee/pmpress
Institute for Anarchist Studies @anarchist-studies.bsky.social anarchiststudies.org
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Sophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social Philadelphia feminist writer • FEMMEPHILIA • ENEMY FEMINISMS: TERFS, POLICEWOMEN & GIRLBOSSES AGAINST LIBERATION • patreon.com/reproutopia • Full Surrogacy Now • Abolish the Family • essays @ LRB, Harper's etc • octopus essay @ n+1 • "recovering academic"
Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social We believe in books that promote positive change and enrich culture.
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Together With Refugees @refugeestogether.bsky.social Together With Refugees is the largest pro-refugee coalition in British history. We are dedicated to taking action for a fair, compassionate and well-managed plan for refugees. We believe that together we are stronger.
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Morning Star @mstaronline.bsky.social The only English-language socialist daily newspaper in the world, published six days a week.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk
IanE1111 @iane1111.bsky.social Marxist visionary with really shit eyesight. Boro, Redcar Athletic, Yorkshire CCC fan. Resident of the beautiful town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea but Boro born and bred. Pronouns: Comrade
simone rudolphi @simone001.bsky.social https://www.simonerudolphiphotography.com/
Photojournalist
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Stand Up To Racism - North Tyneside @sutr-northtyneside.bsky.social The official account of Stand Up To Racism in North Tyneside
Promoted by Stand Up To Racism, PO Box 79407, London N17 1HP
People's History Museum @phm.org.uk Explore the UK’s national museum of democracy. Open every day (except Tues). Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER.
phm.org.uk
Working Class Movement Library @wcmlibrary.bsky.social Putting class back on the agenda.
IPPR North @ipprnorth.bsky.social We're the leading think-tank based in the North丨Developing bold, progressive ideas to empower England’s regions丨21 years of independent research & influence
TUC North East, Yorkshire & Humber @tucneyh.bsky.social The Trades Union Congress for the North East, Yorkshire, and Humber region. Changing the world of work for good.
www.tuc.org.uk/neyh
The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com Independent news website. Only publishes articles written by academics and researchers. No paywall, no ads. All Creative Commons licensed.
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Crips Against Cuts♿️🌻 @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social A Crip led grassroots group working Nationally to fight Government Cuts and reduce isolation through community.
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Disabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social DPAC is a grass roots campaign group
Email: mail@dpac.uk.net
Sixteen Films @kenloach16films.bsky.social The production company of Ken Loach and Rebecca O'Brien. Working alongside writer Paul Laverty.
KL from Ken Loach // PL from Paul Laverty // Otherwise from team Sixteen Films
TYNESIDE ANARCHIST ARCHIVE @tyneanarcho.bsky.social tynesideanarchistarchive.wordpress.com