Siobhán McGuirk

@siobhan.bsky.social

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Researching, writing & teaching on immigration, LGBTQI+ rights, social movements, queer culture, art, film /// PhD Anthropology /// Editor Red Pepper magazine /// Book: Asylum for Sale

The cover of the new Red Pepper magazine, “Striking Back” shows a montage of archive clippings of the 1926 General Strike, with RP bookmarks near by
The front cover of a graphic novella “The Ton Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman” by Raymond Briggs. It shows two metal faces, with wild eyes and clenched teeth, saying “mine!” over a tiny island, which is saying “help!” The backdrop is a red white and blue cross
A man in a white hat pokes his head through an artwork that says: My Head is Disconnected
Tweet by UK Labour Party that reads: “The Tories lost control of our borders. Labour are taking it back.” Below is a photo of PM in front of a Union Jack flag with a headline stating: “Keir Starmer has organised the three largest deportation flights in UK history”
Tweet by Kamala Harris with 10.3K likes that reads: In our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or party, but to the Constitution of the United States, and to our conscience and our God. My allegiance to all three is why I am here to say, while I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign: The fight for freedom, for opportunity, and for fairness and the dignity of all people.
A banner in front of bookshelves reads “As long as she thinks of a man, no body objects to a woman thinking…” - Orlando, Virginia Woolf
Cover of Naomi Klein’s latest book, Doppelgänger: A trip into the mirror world
A page in a book reads: IN MEMORIAM: Mike Davis, Barbara Ehrenreich, bell hooks, Leo Panitch