Barbara Brayshay

Female writers and readers have been challenging the patriarchy for more than 200 years As long as women continue to write, read and reimagine the world, novel reading will remain a vital site of feminist resistance and possibility.

Female writers and readers have been challenging the patriarchy for more than 200 years!

New Directions - Savyasachi Anju Prabir Join us as we discuss the theory & practice of radical mapmaking in India with a film screening of 'Altodi Poltodi (This shore, That shore)'

@📢 📢 REMINDER! @livingmaps.bsky.social invites you to a virtual trip to Goa with Savyasachi Anju-Prabir in the last of our Fluid Worlds Seminar Series - online 11th March at 1.00 pm. More information and booking via the link below - hope to see you there! 👇 👇

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Well said @carolinerussell.bsky.social !!

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

The precedent is eerily, chillingly precise. What the current Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is doing to immigrants and refugees today is almost a carbon copy of what Sir William Joynson-Hicks was doing 100 years ago. And that's not a good thing. My column.
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This makes me weep - beyond dystopia

End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Did you watch Dirty Business? Water companies are putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Oral Histories of the Environmental Movement: Making an Activist Archive Abstract. This article considers the making of an archive of environmental activism through the life histories of 100 campaigners involved in environmental

This is a companion piece to Felix Driver, Barbara Brayshay and Toby Butler’s recent article 'Oral Histories of the Environmental Movement: Making an Activist Archive' which is available Open Access in Issue 100 of History Workshop Journal.

delighted to share publication of our article today!

Nine Days After Launching His "Board of Peace", Trump Started a War With Iran - Just Like He Said Weak Presidents Do. This war is illegal, his peace board is a money-making scheme, and his Justice Department is hiding evidence against him. This is who is running America.

Trumps hypocarcy is beyond belief - he is no man of peace, but an evil war-mongering bully
#Trump #iran #bombing
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Incredibly pleased to have our paper Oral Histories of the Environmental Movement: Making an Activist Archive - co-authored with Felix Driver and Toby Butlet included in this landmark 100th Edition of HWJ.

@livingmaps.bsky.social We are pleased to open our Call for Contributions for Livingmaps Network 2026 conference. If you are involved in mapping projects or research that explores aspects of environmental justice
Find out all you need to know via this link 👇 👇
www.livingmaps.org/livingmaps-c...

Most of the article behind a pay wall ....

Let's hope so! The people of Gorton and Denton deserve better than Reform's toxic racism and division #StandUpToRacism

Join Savyasachi Anju Prabir for New Directions: The theory and practice of radical map making in India on 11th March 2026

📢📢 @livingmaps.bsky.social invite you to our next online event in our Fluid World Seminar Series for a film screening and discussion of 'Altodi Poltodi (This shore, That shore)' with Savyasachi Anju Prabir, on March 11 at 1.00 pm Uk time
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-direct...

Feminist Climate Policy Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (ProBE) book launch and seminar

📢 📢 Advanced notice for Book launch and seminar for a new book, Feminist Climate Policy in Industrialised States: A gender just climate emergency response, University of Westminster on 13th March. Details in the link below 👇

#climatejustice #genderjustice

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Postpone The Celebrations - Craig Murray On the face of it the English High Court ruling that the Palestine Action proscription is unlawful makes the decision that the proscription remains in place pending appeal utterly illogical. But what ...

In-depth analysis of the court's Palestine Action proscription ruling cautions "postpone the celebrations" - it's set up to win the appeal www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...

First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system It only takes 30 seconds

Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...

Trump revokes landmark EPA ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.

Trump prioritises fossil fuel profits before people and the planet
#climatechaos #trump #stopreform #fossilfuels
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He is a total hypocrite! He lives in Monaco to avoid paying UK tax, so he is a migrant himself! And many members of the Man United team have migrant heritage!!

Together against the far right - march in London We reject narratives of division and racismWe are mobilising and organising across the country to bring a message of hope over fear, prior to holding a major demonstration in London on March 28th 2026...

Together against the far right – in London on the 28th March 2026

The #PeaceWalk monks call to a closing meditation .. 9.30 PM UK time.

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

I am saying goodbye to Substack

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Farmers voted for Brexit and got what they voted for!

The Guardians Of Living Matter The Guardians of Living Matter is an interdisciplinary exhibition by artists John-Paul Brown and Sophy King that imagines an alternative and radical future.

Manchester UK pals - as respite from the rain, check out this fantastic exhibition at The Lowry - an imagining of an alternative and radical future, where humanity has a second chance as custodians of planetary care.
#climatechange #morethanhuman #hope #mycellium
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Melt the ICE Hat pattern by Paul S Neary In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal...

To download the knitting pattern for the Melt the ICE Hat -- all proceeds of which go to immigrant aid groups -- visit www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
There is also a crochet pattern available at www.ravelry.com/.../melt-the...

We walk the same ground but we’ve been torn apart. Put down your weapons, come sing your part. #minneapolis #minneapolis #protest #singing #singingresistancetc

Annette Schiebout on Instagram: "the Twin Cities sang outside of the hotels where ICE and BP agents are staying, letting them know it’s not too late to change careers, “it’s okay to change your mind. ... 3,608 likes, 60 comments - aschiebout on February 1, 2026: "the Twin Cities sang outside of the hotels where ICE and BP agents are staying, letting them know it’s not too late to change careers, “it’s...

Minnesota sings to change hearts and minds
#hopenothate
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Minnesota is making Melt the Ice hats - a great protest symbol with deep Norwegian roots

Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a Substack publication with millions of subscribers.

Thanking Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from America that are so incisive and helpful to understanding what is happening in the US right now heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

The Waterways Collective: Multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon Join us to explore multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon migration and ideas of interconnectedness

📢 📢 Final Reminder!! Just 2 Days to go to the first of @livingmaps.bsky.social Online 2026 Fluid Worlds Seminars Series: Book a place via the Eventbrite link to join The Waterways Collective to explore multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon migration

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