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Still haven’t been paid for my poster for the Drum and Bass night. #crooks

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#StandWithUkraine #EuropeUnited

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Julianne Moore’s freckles? How Republican bans on ‘woke’ books have reached new level Trump administration escalates movement forged by US states to censor literature in full-scale DEI crackdown www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Patricia Watwood (American, b. 1971), End of Days, 2019 Oil on linen

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Anti-Musk sentiments continue to rise worldwide. Tesla’s reputation continues to fall. #EndOligarchy #BoycottTesla

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“Everybody that I am with is feeling afraid. There is a certain energy that you feel when you enter a train, even in Berlin… You see the hostility.” Anti-migrant hate is flourishing in Germany’s ‘time of the cowards’ www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

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"Trusting your instincts, naming the threat and sharing your fears isn’t just cathartic – it’s empowering. It might even save your life." Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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“The problem with arts participation and diversity is that there is no welfare state any more. The Britpop acts and the Young British Artists didn’t pay for school, they lived on the dole and had housing benefits – that was their government patronage." www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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Manyaku Mashilo (South African, b. 1991), We have always known to look to the Centre, 2024 Acrylic, ink, red ochre on canvas

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On February 20, 2014, the Russian-Ukrainian war began. Its first act was the occupation and subsequent annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol.

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1/2 Charlotte Elizabeth Babb, artist, suffragist and women’s rights campaigner born Peckham 1830. Campaigned for women to be admitted to Royal Academy, one of first to be admitted 1861. Refused to pay taxes until women represented and had paintings & goods seized in lieu.

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Infamous World Cup kiss blew lid on open secret in women's football A Foreign Correspondent investigation has detailed the decades of sexism and misogyny leading up to the infamous World Cup kiss #misogyny #womenssports www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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"Womankind shall have fire in spite of the tyrant who sits on the mountain top." Pertinent quote from 'Gender Swapped Greek Myths' by @karriefransman.bsky.social. The book brilliantly subverts the patriarchal power imbalances of the myths. www.theguardian.com/books/2022/n...

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Pierre et Gilles (French, b. 1950 / 1953), Jeanne the rebel, Juliette Armanet, 2019 Painted photograph

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My favourite modern-day Socialist. Zarah is unwavering in her work and convictions. #SocialistSunday🌹 #Solidarity ✊ #FreePalestine

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Jordan Casteel (American, b. 1989), Nina, 2024 Oil on canvas

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Ah, here’s Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine – or rather, a plan to leave it in pieces And despite having ample time to prepare for this moment, why do Europe and Britain’s leaders seem so surprised? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Amy Sherald (American, b. 1973), She was learning to love moments, to love moments for themselves, 2017 Oil on canvas

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Fannie Jackson Coppin - Wow what an amazing woman! Enslaved at birth she went on to become a leading educationist. She’s now one of the women featured in Lydia Moland and Alison Stone’s edited collection exploring women philosophers in C19 USA and GB. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Andy Warhol’s mother, Julia Warhola, was a Carpatho-Rusyn immigrant and an artist in her own right who rarely gets the credit she deserves for her influence on her son’s career. Learn more about her story here: https://shorturl.at/T88lf

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Yushi Li (Chinese, b. 1991), The Death of Actaeon, 2020 Hand printed c-type print #Valentines 💘

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‘Can you imagine if you are a woman seeking help, and the clinic is shut? You can’t get treatment, you can’t get care, because America has decided on a whim that you’re not worthy. That’s unfathomable.’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“The story of how and why Malcolm X found himself in Smethwick is one of international Black unity and solidarity. The significance of the visit was to connect the dots of global racism, be it in Soweto, Alabama or Smethwick." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Black History Month Annie Easley, Computer Scientist and Mathematician www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

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Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t. Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID! Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…

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✨Zitkala-Sa (Redbird), in 1913 she wrote the libretto and songs for the 1st Native American opera --- based on the traditional Sioux dance that was at that time ,deemed illegal by the U.S. government. An activist for her community, her work led to the passing of the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act. ✨🪶

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The poet Nancy Foster lived and worked in Cannock a hundred years ago, and wrote poetry about Cannock Chase, Hednesford, WW1, and the plight of the local miners Hidden Black Country: Cannock’s forgotten poet Nancy Foster www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Marion Boehm (German, 1964-2023), Beria, 2023 Mixed media collage on canvas

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🎶✨ Celebrating Florence Price ✨🎶 This #BlackHistoryMonth let’s shine a spotlight on the incredible Florence Price ✍️ Read more on my blog 👇 beethovenetlesautres.wordpress.com/2020/06/18/o...

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Jenny Davis (American, b. 1988), Reckoning, 2019 Watercolour on paper

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'This new stance is not just “America first” but “America first and only”...' Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Just around the corner from the red carpets of Leicester Square, the Prince Charles Cinema was always much more interesting. Please sign the petition (under this post) and share. Don't let it be another loss to culture. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

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“...an unelected shadow government … conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.” Doge v USAid: How Elon Musk helped his acolytes infiltrate world’s biggest aid agency www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Donald Trump is planning ethnic cleansing in Gaza This imperialistic “Riviera” project could have been dreamt up by the Israeli far right www.newstatesman.com/world/middle...

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No medical evidence to support Lucy Letby’s conviction, expert panel says Letby’s lawyer claims report demolishes case against her and provides ‘overwhelming evidence’ her conviction is unsafe www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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"...Donald Trump is pursuing a racial agenda, not an economic one... It’s time to take action now to save our democracy because, if we don’t, we won’t have a democracy left to save." No one is safe from Trump’s racist agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"...to do together with allies whatever tiny things we can to prevent a rogue US triggering a global recession and ultimately perhaps even a slide to war." Trump is willing to wreck the world economy. The global fightback must start now www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Sama Alshaibi (Iraqi-Palestinian American, b. 1973), Marjana, from the series, Carry Over, 2018 Gumoil on cotton rag

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Emma Amos (American, 1937–2020), American Girl, 1974 Etching and aquatint

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Maïmouna Guerresi (Italian, b. 1951), Green transition: Beyond the border, 2019

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Save Wolverhampton University's Brutalist School of Art building from demolition. It is more than just an art school; it is a 55-year old landmark and part of Wolverhampton's skyline and heritage. Hands off our art school! Please sign the petition and share. chng.it/Sty9JSpPdX

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'It is an architectural masterpiece. A thing of great beauty.' Why campaigners want to save Wolverhampton University's Brutalist School of Art building www.expressandstar.com/news/local-h...

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