Shirin Hirsch
@ShirinHirsch
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Anti-racist historian. Views my own.
Manchester
Joined June 2011
What a book! A gripping road trip through Black Britain, a rich study of culture and resistance outside of the trodden London stories. Out in April, this is one to read by @Lanre_Bakare
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RT @CogsyML: I will be backing Rhiannon Lockley (@illdoitanyway) for UCU Vice-President and the wider @UcuLeft slate. It is crucial that…
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RT @UcuLeft: Turn the tide on despair: Vote for hope – Vote for resistance The NEC elections come at a critical time – members are looking…
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A wonderful candidate. We are very lucky in UCU to have Rhiannon as a grassroot activist who seems to be involved in every key struggle as well as leading her branch - she truly supports democracy and action from below. Please vote for her in the UCU election ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
The future of HE and the future of UCU: my thoughts as a presidential candidate
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"A general strike is a strike of workers in all or most industries" - is that the best definition of a general strike?
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RT @Gargi_at_home: Londoners, tomorrow and Friday are appeal hearing for Manchester 10 - 9am onwards at Royal Courts of Justice. Please com…
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These Labour government figures are so arrogant and out of touch. Starmer did not ‘let’ Diane stand he was forced to back down. An incredibly nasty government who think they can just shut people up who dare to speak out against their viscous cuts to working class people
Diane Abbott is wrong about Starmer taking the DPP pension. Slandering and lying about the PM on telly is not a good look. Incredibly narcissistic and painful to watch. He let you stand for Labour and you throw it back in his face.
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Last day of museum work today, researching 1926 general strike, before the break. Feeling thankful for great colleagues who have made my return from maternity leave so much easier. Thinking of Palestine and my Palestinian friends today and always, but particularly this Christmas
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Thanks to @MattPerrLabHist for giving a wonderful talk to People's History Museum staff on Ellen Wilkinson and the 1926 General Strike yesterday - in preparation for our centenary plans here
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RT @Art4PalestineUK: Thank you Jasleen. Boycott Divest & Sanction Israel! Tate, Cut Your Ties to Israeli Apartheid & Genocide!
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I'd like to write something, maybe short, on the 1926 General Strike, the British Empire and race. This is a new topic for me! Any reading recommendations?
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Gradually getting through Ken Loach's brilliant Days of Hope on this history which aired on BBC in 1975. The 50th anniversary was tied up with the victories of the miners. What about the 100th? Would love a documentary by Steve McQueen or similar.
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RT @Lanre_Bakare: Excited to share the cover for my debut non-fiction book WE WERE THERE, which is out 17 April 2025 via The Bodley Head +…
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Third day ill at home so I'm trying out Bluesky. If anyone's over there I'm @ShirinHirsch I think?
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@InbalHarding The longer report is even more shocking with comments that their girls are not safe anymore. Someone says without a passport how can they trust them?! What the government targetting of ‘illegal immigrants’ leads to. Well done for having the conversations! X
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RT @GuardianBooks: Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Arundhati Roy call for boycott of Israeli cultural institutions
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@nic_jim_ed Ah yes this is what I’m worried about - two pregnancies and three kids in the time in between visits! Thanks and hope your teeth ok now
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