Senior Lecturer in Criminology. Currently a T’was (a twink that was), sweary, surly, queer
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Dr James Pickles retweeted
Hi X friends and family. I’ve been off here for a while but need help. I was hate crimed on Wednesday 2nd @BrightonMarina McDonald’s. @sussex_police are investigating. It was a homophobic hate crime @PrideBrighton - I was assaulted. If any1 can identify please help @brightonargus
Dr James Pickles retweeted
After 100+ redundancies in 2023, the VC @uniofbrighton used her first email of 2024 to announce:
👋Voluntary severance scheme
💀Plan to remove all entitlement to research time from academics
🛑Plan to remove the weekly cap on teaching hours
Haven't they caused enough damage?!
Dr James Pickles retweeted
Gaza is under intense bombing.
Telecommunications have been cut.
We can't get through to our family who have been trapped in this war zone for almost 3 weeks.
We can only pray they survive the night.
How many more children have to die before the world says enough?
Dr James Pickles retweeted
Great turn out on our picket today! Thanks @sianberry for visiting & supporting our #BrightonUniStrike! We won't return to work until every compulsory redundancy is rescinded. @uniofbrighton made its needless savings through VR & resignations. There is no excuse! Stop the cuts!
Dr James Pickles retweeted
Tories SMASHED in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections.
(And I feel fine)
Dr James Pickles retweeted
Lobbying @uniofbrighton academic board today, to settle with @BrightonUCU and to stop the union busting & intimidation of staff. Great turnout from students & staff, because together, we will win.
Dr James Pickles retweeted
Protest in Tel Aviv calls for Prime Minister Netanyahu to resign.
Local media reported the protest was started by a family member of a hostage but soon grew to dozens of people.
Read more: trib.al/nNIwAk7
Dr James Pickles retweeted
Up to now I’ve been open minded, and willing to make a strategic choice about who I voted for next election - but there is no way I can vote for a Labour leader who endorses war crimes.
I await my letter of expulsion…
Dr James Pickles retweeted
100 days on the picket line for @BrightonUCU as they fight against vicious and unnecessary redundancies
They’ll be there for another 100 days if that’s what it takes.
And I’ll be back on the picket line with you in the next few weeks. Solidarity
Dr James Pickles retweeted
The way that students are left in limbo by management at my uni is terrible. There will be "no impact" by 100+ academic staff redundancies, they promised students! #saveBrightonUni bbc.com/news/articles/cg60xe…
Dr James Pickles retweeted
Solidarity from 'oop North' in @UCUNUbranch winging its way to comrades and colleagues 'down South' in @BrightonUCU. 100 days. Heroic.
We have donated and will be encouraging members to do so again: justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
Dr James Pickles retweeted
#BrightonStrike100 #SaveBrightonUni #BrightonUniStrike #BoycottBrightonUni @BrightonUCU @uniofbrighton
We are here, and we are not going anywhere!!! We are going to win this bottle 💪🫶💪🫶💪
@bbcsoutheast @itvnews @brightonargus
Dr James Pickles retweeted
🌩️⚡Join our Twitterstorm⚡🌩️
We've been striking for 100 days to save jobs @uniofbrighton! Help us #SaveBrightonUni & protect conditions for students & staff! We're in it to win it!
Donate here justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
#BrightonStrike100
#BrightonUniStrike #BoycottBrightonUni
Dr James Pickles retweeted
Large sections of the media will absolutely hate this because it shows how most people in the UK would react to trans people: with compassion & curiosity.
The idea that trans people are a threat to anyone has been manufactured by the media to whip up fear and hate.
Dr James Pickles retweeted
The silences here are stark.
It does not diminish the Palestinian plight to condemn Hamas terror and Israeli military occupation.
‘Asymmetry’ cannot substitute for the need for independent politics.
Solidarity with the working classes of Israel and occupied Palestine.
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Dr James Pickles retweeted
Violence is never the answer. I condemn Hamas for targeting civilians, the brutal Israeli military response, the illegal occupation of Palestine & siege of Gaza.The international community must hold all to account for human rights abuses & renew push for just political settlement
Dr James Pickles retweeted
Study of trans women in hospitals didn’t find one single complaint: ‘None. Zilch’
thepinknews.com/2023/10/05/s…
Dr James Pickles retweeted
We will not be bullied into submission by @uniofbrighton! Stop targeting our reps & start meeting with them. We will be out on strike until every job is saved! Help us #SaveBrightonUni: justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
#BoycottBrightonUni #BrightonUniStrike #UnionBusting #Brighton25
