New Organising Conference (NOC) @neworganising.bsky.social www.neworganisingconference.com
Uniting struggles to build collective power for all working people: NOC brings people together from across the movement to organise & fight for justice, in workplaces & communities across the UK & beyond.
NEU Warrington @neuwarrington.bsky.social The social media account of the Warrington NEU district and branch. Views shared here reflect those of Warrington NEU and may not reflect national policy.
Vale Rawlings @valerawlings.bsky.social 'Friendship, Love and Truth' - book about early 20th Century activist Vale Rawlings. All profits to Burton charities #SocialHistory #Staffordshire #TradeUnion #ConscientiousObjector #WW1
Part of the Forgotten Burton Stories project.
SouthwellPie @ianbod.bsky.social If you haven't grown up by the time you reach 40, you don't have to.
#Woke #Notts #Mentalhealth #Snowflake #Rocker #Metalhead #Punk #Ska #Humanist 🌈Ally. *There may be photos of dogs*
Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social Author, online safety campaigner, journalist, hater of tech bros.
https://www.adelesnotes.co.uk/
USOAndalucia @usoandalucia.bsky.social 📢 USO Andalucía es un sindicato basado en la autonomía sindical; independiente de partidos políticos, gobiernos y organizaciones empresariales.
#EnMarcha
#DaElPaso
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) challenges the influence of Big Business and corporate lobby groups in EU policy-making.
🐘 @corporateeurope@mstdn.social
🔗 https://corporateeurope.org/en
👉 linktr.ee/corporateeurope
Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social Founder/director of @weownit.org.uk
Loves public services. Campaigning for public ownership, against privatisation.
Cori Crider @coricrider.com Build better tech. Break monopoly power. Back law enforcement.
https://futureinstitute.tech
https://www.coricrider.com
Rory Palmer @rorypalmer.bsky.social Proud Dad | Also: news, golf, sport, cooking/ food and a bit of politics along the way. [All views my own etc]
Philip Baldwin @philipcbaldwin.bsky.social LGBTQIA+/HIV author, presenter, speaker, writer and activist (he/him/his). Gay Times column. Trans inclusive.
https://linktr.ee/philipbaldwin.london
Vivian Jenna Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social She/Her 🍉
Bsky is my spam acct basically
Ruth Pitchford @pitchfordruth.bsky.social ✨Adults Social Care Worker. Big fan of Hamilton. Chair of GMB Care and GMB CEC Member. Bolton 23 rep. Own views. she/her✨
Cllr Salman Shaheen @salmanshaheen.bsky.social Author of bestselling novel Freebourne. Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport & Public Realm on Hounslow Council. CEO of Carter Fleet. Journalist. FRSA
Promoted by Ted Wall on behalf of Hounslow Labour cllrs
Daniel Folgado CCOO Serveis @dfolgadoccoo.bsky.social CCOO Serveis Internacional
Comitè Europeu del Grup AXA Secció Sindical CCOO AXA
https://ccoo-servicios.es/
cegaxa.eu
https://ccoo-servicios.es/axa/
TUC Cymru @tuccymru.bsky.social Llais Cymru ar waith. Rydym yn cynrychioli tua 400,000 o weithwyr.
We’re the voice of Wales at work. We represent 400,000 working people through 48 unions.
🔗 linktr.ee/wtuc
Rand Wilson @randwilson.bsky.social Union organizer, political activist, occasional writer.
Funda Ustek Spilda @fundaustek.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London
Digital economy / digital labour / AI & work
Jo Cutter @jocutter.bsky.social Work & employment relations research @CERIC_LUBS #workers #climatechange #TransiciónJusta #migration #skills @limits_project #unitetheunion
#Bradford #Granada
https://business.leeds.ac.uk/divisions-work-employment-relations/staff/513/jo-cutter
Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org 12,000+ workers fighting for fair union contracts and a better Starbucks ✊
Organize your store, get updates from our campaign, and sign our Boycott Starbucks pledge at bit.ly/m/SBWU
Southampton & South West Hampshire TUC @southamptonswhtuc.bsky.social The Southampton and South West Hampshire Trades Union Council (TUC) represents trade unions across the region, advocating for workers’ rights & promoting social justice. It organises campaigns & events to improve working conditions, pay, and equality.
Can Kaya @cnkyche.bsky.social Union worker | GLU alumni | EPSU Comms
Public Services International @psiglobalunion.bsky.social Fighting fires, fighting pandemics, fighting billionaires.
We are the Global Union Federation for public service workers.
Over 30mill members in 168 countries.
Follow us for news on workers' struggles the world over
www.publicservices.international
@lfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social Journalist. Staff writer at Labor Notes. Solidarity! Contact: lfelizleon@gmail.com. Substack:
https://open.substack.com/pub/lowerfrequencies
Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social Putting the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. linktr.ee/labornotes
Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/subscribe
Amy Field @amyyyyyyylia.bsky.social Communications Assistant at Nautilus International 🛳️
Aviation enthusiast ✈️ and proud trade unionist 😎
Kelly Andrews @kellyred777.bsky.social Trade unionist, Mammy, Foster carer, friend.
Be kind or be quiet, if it’s wrong, call it out!!!
Chris Bloore MP @chrisbloore.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Redditch and the Villages • Proud dad • Villa fan • Maybe a little more relaxed on here? Please send all casework to chris.bloore.mp@parliament.uk
@samfowles.bsky.social @samfowles.bsky.social
Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com UK news editor, Financial Times. I write some of the headlines. I also wrote a book, How to Love Animals. https://www.ft.com/henry-mance
Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social Chief political commentator and executive
editor, Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/robert-shrimsley
https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/robert-shrimsley/
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
Juliette Garside @juliettegarside.bsky.social European financial affairs editor at the Guardian newspaper https://www.theguardian.com/profile/juliette-garside
Steering committee for https://antislapp.uk/
Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social Labour client journalist and member of the right-wing MSM, apparently. Also political editor of HuffPost UK.
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
Support my work at: https://substack.com/@chadbourn
Buy Me A Coffee: coff.ee/chadbourn
Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
Instagram: @hzeffmanbbc
Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com US Political Editor at the Mirror
Making sense of Trump's nonsense since 2016
(Fuelled by coffee, rollercoasters, The Wildhearts and The Washington Wizards)
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Saba Salman @sabasalman.com Journalist|editor|author
📚NEW BOOK Double Discrimination 2026
📚Made Possible 2020
👩🏽💻 https://sabasalman.com
✍🏽Private Eye|Guardian|Byline Times|Ed. Community Living
💜Chair @sibs.org.uk|Ambassador @ndtihello.bsky.social
🏛️FRSA @thersaorg.bsky.social
Financial Times @financialtimes.com The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis.
https://www.ft.com
The users this account follows are verified FT staff or contributors.
Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social Pro-Europe #socialist #RefugeesWelcome. Warning - I swear a lot because the world is on fire!
Anjum Klair @anjumklair.bsky.social Work at the Trades Union Congress - Policy Lead on Labour market & Social security. Leicester City fan. Tweeting in personal capacity retweets not endorsements
Sindicatos y Democracia - Unions and Democracy @sindicatosd.bsky.social Sindicatos como herramienta de las y los trabajadores, para defender nuestras conquistas y por nuestros intereses.
Unions are a tool for workers to defend our achievements and protect our interests.
Nicola Smith @nicolasmith.bsky.social Policy at the TUC.
Sarah Edwards MP @sarahedwardsmp.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Tamworth
Matt Western MP 🌹 @mattwestern.bsky.social Labour MP for ‘Warwick & Leamington’, Whitnash & Villages. Arsenal fan.
Liam Byrne MP @liambyrnemp.bsky.social 🌹MP Hodge Hill & Solihull North | Chair, Business & Trade Committee | New book! Why Populists Are Winning & How To Beat Them: https://m.cmpgn.page/wpbppt
Keiran O’Neill @keiranoneill.co.uk “The Glaswegian political officer of the GMB” - Daily Mail.
All that’s left of the Possil Politburo.
Views here, unfortunately, are my own.
Laurence Turner MP @larry-turner.bsky.social Labour MP for Birmingham Northfield🌹
Sign up to receive regular updates 🗞️: https://laurence4northfield.com/updates
ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social The ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) aims to advance our understanding of how digital technologies are reshaping work.
Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social Society for the Study of Labour History: the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history & publisher of Labour History Review sslh.org.uk
Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social Historian of protest, political movements, public space in Britain.
https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contested-commons
https://historyofpublicspace.uk
Croydon and Rochdale
@ruralmodernism on Insta.
🇱🇹🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ ally.
She/her
Jack Saundrs @jacksaundrs.bsky.social Anarcho-syndicalist, labour historian (post-war motor industry, NHS).
No General But Ludd, No Ipswich #10 but Chaplin
Author: Assembling Cultures (http://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526155979/) (he/him)
Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social Can't be held responsible for terrible spelling or grammar in posts
I work in widening participation at a university.
Dr of political material culture in Britain 1780-1832
Interested in citizenship and radicalism
Mark Crail @markcrail.bsky.social Chartism and other #C19th stuff, chartistancestors.co.uk. Author of Tracing Your Labour Movement Ancestors and Chartist Lives, EC member @sslh.bsky.social. Science fiction reader.
Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social Historian of work, energy, industry and protest. Author of An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class and Coal Country. Should be running or writing.
Dr Vic Clarke @vjctorianist.bsky.social By day: literary historian and editor for hire. By night: historian and enthusiast of Chartism, 19thC British writing and politics, sausage rolls, and women's, workers', queer and trans rights ✊ she/her, views own
drvicclarke.co.uk
Richard Toye @richardtoye.bsky.social Historian. Exeter/Zürich. Author of Age of Hope: Labour, 1945, and the Birth of Modern Britain. Co-host of Churchill: The Finest Half Hour (on Spotify, Apple, & YouTube).
Dave Steele @drdavesteele.bsky.social HISTORIAN of 19th CENTURY REFORM CROWDS
Focus on mismatch between crowd size, reputation & power
Warwick Thesis: bit.ly/-PhD
Working on chapter in 2026 Parl. Hist. Sp. Ed.
& Editing Routledge Collection on 19th C. Sedition
Academic profile: bit.ly/ds-1-
Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Interested in digital preservation, archives and public engagement. Also random public transport content. Views my own unless a repost. She/her.
Duncan Hamilton @dnhamilton.bsky.social University of Manchester PGR researching radical 19thC literature and politics | National Co-operative Archive volunteer | IHR History Lab+ ambassador (North West England)
Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Research fellow International Institute of Social History | Labour and social historian | History of labor, socialism, and internationalism | Latin America |
https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/lucas-poy
Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social Historian of the Labour Left. Articles and book reviews in Tribune, Jacobin, Political Insight, Contemporary British History, English Historical Review, Modern British History.
Organised 'Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On.'
Jennifer Reid @jenniferballads.bsky.social 19thC Lancashire dialect, broadside ballads, weaving & community arts. Disrupting the folk scene since 2015. Barb in #TheGallowsPole. 📸 insta: jenniferballadss
Edda Nicolson @eddanicolson.bsky.social
Mike Sanders @bronterre1.bsky.social #Chartism #C19thRadicalism #Cooperation #TradesUnions, #WorkingClassLiterature with forays into #Cricket #Punk & #Reggae & a reviving interest in Torquay United FC #COYY
"In things essential, unity; in things doubtful, liberty; in all things, charity."
Terry Dunne @peelersandsheep.bsky.social New documentary short ‘Land and Revolution’ out now - https://youtu.be/9KUqvXjlHts?si=Dhn-BXZTHQHbF51v
New edited volume ‘Spirit of Revolution’ - https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2022/spirit-of-revolution
Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social Academic/Writer - History/Politics/Criminology - British, Australian & southern African (plus transnational) history - he/him - top 2% researchers 2024 (Stanford/Elsevier rankings) - views own - cult classic, not best seller - DMs will, alas, remain unread
Constance Bantman @constancebantman.bsky.social Prof. in French, U.of Surrey, UK. Views own.
Transnational anarchism & print culture (19thC); Anglo-French exile & migration; women & feminism. Posts in 🇫🇷&🇬🇧.
"Un premier exil libertaire" (Libertalia, 2024); “Femmes de révolution” (Seuil, 2025)
Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social Falling off bikes, fighting men in swimming pools, history and rampant imposer syndrome. PhD at UoGlasgow. Interested in transformations within 20C Britain. Awful spelling all my own. Constantly distracted.
Liz Wood @worsted.bsky.social Tired, archive-themed, occasionally falling over a cat.
K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social Socialist Beard Wearer Historian, Trade Unionist, Anti-Racist Tottenham & Cardiff, cat lover,CAMRA member since 1975
Euan Healey @euanhealey.bsky.social Historian of subsistence labour and the rural environment (+ fish). Unlicensed poster on higher ed, elections, devolution, religion, sport and transport.
Advocate for second cities. Antifascist. Christian. Baggie by birth, Jag by the grace of God. He/him.
Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social Lecturer at Goldsmiths. Contemporary historian of British, US and global politics and culture. Writing a book on progressive politics, culture, and memory. Made in North London from working Cypriot parts. 🔴⚪️
Newsletter: https://academicbubble.substack.com
Nan Sloane @nansloane.bsky.social Labour, historian, feminist, author, LWN trainer & Leeds Utd fan, so accustomed to winning, losing and living in hope. (Pic: Emily Goldie)
Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social Professor of British History, University of Manchester. Social historian of northern England. Currently partial to a bit of material culture, religion, digital community history, popular culture and boxing. 🗃️
Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social Historian and consultant. I work on mining, labour, migration and Southern Africa.
More on https://duncan.money
Contact: duncanmoneyhistory@proton.me
Stefanie Shackleton, PhD @pauperhistorian.bsky.social Historian of class, labor, and gender in 19th century Britain, Ireland, and Empire. First-gen, non-traditional, DEI advocate. Also, old-school D&D nerd. 🏳️🌈
Dr Helen Glew @helenglew.bsky.social Gender historian, book lover, runner, gymnerd.
Current projects: history of the marriage bar; women's work in Mass Observation archives
She/her
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784996208/
Research/writing services:
https://helenglew.com
Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Political History. The Labour Party and other currently lost causes.
“'Tis a muddle, and that's aw.”
Alexander Clifford @alexclifford.bsky.social Research & write on 30s Britain, Spain, Germany. Britain's Iron Chancellor out now!
Author of Hindenburg, Ludendorff & Hitler, Fighting for Spain, The People's Army and of the introduction to new release Britain's Iron Chancellor
Peter Lamb @peterlamb1.bsky.social I write about socialism, Marxism, International relations theory etc. Recent books: Historical Dictionary of Socialism, 4th ed (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024); Harold Laski, the Reluctant Marxist (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).
Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social #FBPE, Author, Journalist, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow British Psychological Society, Historian, Educator. ‘On Time’ News and Fiction writing blog at:
https://ontimesorg.wordpress.com/
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
Johanna Wolf @johannawolf.bsky.social historian in labour history, transnational and global history, @mpilhlt
Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social Head of #Archives & #Records Mgt and Professional Lead for #HistNursing at Royal College of #Nursing
History, Heritage #DigitalArchives #WomensHistory
History of Communism @historyofcommunism.bsky.social History of Communism publishes documents, visuals and studies of and about communist movements and events with the aim of stimulating and supporting academic research on communism 🗃️
Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com Historian of intimacy and revolution in 1920s-40s Europe. New project: anti-Nazi vegetarians.
Author of Irish Book Awards shortlisted HOTEL LUX — about a hotel in 1920s Moscow — and radical history newsletter Archive Rats:
archiverats.substack.com
Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! Please be kind. https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
Fraser Raeburn @fraserraeburn.bsky.social Historian interested in foreign fighters, transnational solidarities, emotion, anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War. Currently based at @uvahumanities.bsky.social. Author 'Scots and the Spanish Civil War' (EUP, 2020). He/him.
Kenyon Zimmer @kenyonz.bsky.social Historian of 19th-20th century migration, labor, and radicalism. Author of Immigrants against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America. kenyonzimmer.com
Dr. Bradley J. Sommer @drhistorybrad.bsky.social Husband. Historian. Writer. Midwest spokesperson and Classical Millennial. Writing a book on Toledo, Millennial culture, and a novel. Fan of Star Wars, LOTR, and Pittsburgh sports. He/Him/His. 🏳️🌈📚
https://bradleyjsommer.com/
@drhistorybrad on substack