Jim Slaven
@jimslaven.bsky.social
noun, verb, noun, verb. “That preposterous biography” - James Connolly.
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Jim Slaven
@jimslaven.bsky.social
· Nov 24
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Thoughts on activism, culture, politics, and Edinburgh, from a working class perspective.
Regular newsletter of curated links to material I have found interesting to read, listen and watch. Click to r...
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Orwell's Canaries In Corbyn's Mine
Your Party, the left and class.
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September 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Once again my buddy @jimslaven.bsky.social is forced to call out the negligent #EdinburghCouncil who seem more focused on assisting developers in ravaging the city than representing their communities.
STILL NO WORKING LIFTS IN HIGH RISE.
#Edinburgh Council is not fit for purpose. The political class have failed citizens.
This morning I wrote to Council CEO outlining just 1% of what’s wrong & how it’s destroying working class areas & lives.
🔗 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com/p/edinburghs...
#Edinburgh Council is not fit for purpose. The political class have failed citizens.
This morning I wrote to Council CEO outlining just 1% of what’s wrong & how it’s destroying working class areas & lives.
🔗 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com/p/edinburghs...
May 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Once again my buddy @jimslaven.bsky.social is forced to call out the negligent #EdinburghCouncil who seem more focused on assisting developers in ravaging the city than representing their communities.
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An informative read. Views entirely justified. Let's hope the tourist tax is not spent on tourism or festivals. #Edinburgh
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
STILL NO WORKING LIFTS IN HIGH RISE.
#Edinburgh Council is not fit for purpose. The political class have failed citizens.
This morning I wrote to Council CEO outlining just 1% of what’s wrong & how it’s destroying working class areas & lives.
🔗 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com/p/edinburghs...
#Edinburgh Council is not fit for purpose. The political class have failed citizens.
This morning I wrote to Council CEO outlining just 1% of what’s wrong & how it’s destroying working class areas & lives.
🔗 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com/p/edinburghs...
May 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
An informative read. Views entirely justified. Let's hope the tourist tax is not spent on tourism or festivals. #Edinburgh
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
STILL NO WORKING LIFTS IN HIGH RISE.
#Edinburgh Council is not fit for purpose. The political class have failed citizens.
This morning I wrote to Council CEO outlining just 1% of what’s wrong & how it’s destroying working class areas & lives.
🔗 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com/p/edinburghs...
#Edinburgh Council is not fit for purpose. The political class have failed citizens.
This morning I wrote to Council CEO outlining just 1% of what’s wrong & how it’s destroying working class areas & lives.
🔗 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com/p/edinburghs...
May 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
STILL NO WORKING LIFTS IN HIGH RISE.
#Edinburgh Council is not fit for purpose. The political class have failed citizens.
This morning I wrote to Council CEO outlining just 1% of what’s wrong & how it’s destroying working class areas & lives.
🔗 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com/p/edinburghs...
#Edinburgh Council is not fit for purpose. The political class have failed citizens.
This morning I wrote to Council CEO outlining just 1% of what’s wrong & how it’s destroying working class areas & lives.
🔗 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com/p/edinburghs...
Doers Do.
Critics Don’t.
Every stair gets a poster, every door gets knocked, every home gets a leaflet.
Dumbiedykes resident-led community engagement. Speaking & listening to our neighbours. Treating #Edinburgh housing scheme residents with respect.
Which has been sadly lacking. Until now✌️
Critics Don’t.
Every stair gets a poster, every door gets knocked, every home gets a leaflet.
Dumbiedykes resident-led community engagement. Speaking & listening to our neighbours. Treating #Edinburgh housing scheme residents with respect.
Which has been sadly lacking. Until now✌️
March 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Doers Do.
Critics Don’t.
Every stair gets a poster, every door gets knocked, every home gets a leaflet.
Dumbiedykes resident-led community engagement. Speaking & listening to our neighbours. Treating #Edinburgh housing scheme residents with respect.
Which has been sadly lacking. Until now✌️
Critics Don’t.
Every stair gets a poster, every door gets knocked, every home gets a leaflet.
Dumbiedykes resident-led community engagement. Speaking & listening to our neighbours. Treating #Edinburgh housing scheme residents with respect.
Which has been sadly lacking. Until now✌️
Happy New Year to all.
Here’s my 2024 in books as I attack 2025 ✌️
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Here’s my 2024 in books as I attack 2025 ✌️
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December 31, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Happy New Year to all.
Here’s my 2024 in books as I attack 2025 ✌️
🔗 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com/p/2024-in-bo...
Here’s my 2024 in books as I attack 2025 ✌️
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Devastating article by @turvill.bsky.social on the death of industrial Leith.
How political (middle) class policies force out skilled w/class jobs (& people).
As Goethe’s Faust shows- & Edinburgh proves- every development is simultaneously a destruction.
How political (middle) class policies force out skilled w/class jobs (& people).
As Goethe’s Faust shows- & Edinburgh proves- every development is simultaneously a destruction.
'Jumped before we were pushed': Why a family firm left Edinburgh after 200 years
Engineers George Brown and Sons has been in Leith for 200 years, but has now left Edinburgh due to the need to expand, parking restrictions and…
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December 29, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Devastating article by @turvill.bsky.social on the death of industrial Leith.
How political (middle) class policies force out skilled w/class jobs (& people).
As Goethe’s Faust shows- & Edinburgh proves- every development is simultaneously a destruction.
How political (middle) class policies force out skilled w/class jobs (& people).
As Goethe’s Faust shows- & Edinburgh proves- every development is simultaneously a destruction.
Video of latest episode of All Hail To The Pod with Gerry McCartney and David Walsh discussing their excellent new book, Social Murder? Austerity & Life Expectancy in the UK.
Social Murder
David Walsh and Gerry McCartney discuss their new book, Social Murder? Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK
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December 17, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Video of latest episode of All Hail To The Pod with Gerry McCartney and David Walsh discussing their excellent new book, Social Murder? Austerity & Life Expectancy in the UK.
Ten years ago today Brad Welsh & I organised our first food collection Easter Road.
4 years ago today I wrote this post. Since then I’ve wrote a book on it 🤝
More info on book in January.
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4 years ago today I wrote this post. Since then I’ve wrote a book on it 🤝
More info on book in January.
Subscribe to Solidarity Not Charity to support the project & be kept updated👉 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Ten years ago today Brad Welsh & I organised our first food collection Easter Road.
4 years ago today I wrote this post. Since then I’ve wrote a book on it 🤝
More info on book in January.
Subscribe to Solidarity Not Charity to support the project & be kept updated👉 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com
4 years ago today I wrote this post. Since then I’ve wrote a book on it 🤝
More info on book in January.
Subscribe to Solidarity Not Charity to support the project & be kept updated👉 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com
Some thoughts on #Edinburgh Council, The People’s Story and Miss Jean Brodie.
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Quote: Jane Jacobs.
Image: Norrie Harman.
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Quote: Jane Jacobs.
Image: Norrie Harman.
December 11, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Some thoughts on #Edinburgh Council, The People’s Story and Miss Jean Brodie.
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Quote: Jane Jacobs.
Image: Norrie Harman.
solidaritynotcharity.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...
Quote: Jane Jacobs.
Image: Norrie Harman.
Video of last night’s launch of Conor McCabe’s new James Connolly book in Edinburgh
Video: James Connolly Event in Edinburgh
Conor McCabe and I in conversation to launch Conor's new James Connolly book in Connolly's home city.
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December 4, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Video of last night’s launch of Conor McCabe’s new James Connolly book in Edinburgh
I’ll be at the excellent Lighthouse Books tonight at 7pm helping Conor McCabe launch his great new James Connolly book.
We’ll be talking Connolly, Edinburgh, working class power & more.
If you can come and join us or watch online.
lighthousebookshop.com/events/the-l...
We’ll be talking Connolly, Edinburgh, working class power & more.
If you can come and join us or watch online.
lighthousebookshop.com/events/the-l...
December 3, 2024 at 11:53 AM
I’ll be at the excellent Lighthouse Books tonight at 7pm helping Conor McCabe launch his great new James Connolly book.
We’ll be talking Connolly, Edinburgh, working class power & more.
If you can come and join us or watch online.
lighthousebookshop.com/events/the-l...
We’ll be talking Connolly, Edinburgh, working class power & more.
If you can come and join us or watch online.
lighthousebookshop.com/events/the-l...
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Nice one Jim.
Today is a good day for #Edinburgh.
The People’s Story has reopened.
Thanks to all who made it happen.
Collective action & inclusive dialogue work.
We have shown that. Again.
Let’s learn the correct lessons & move on.
Let’s make our w/class history museum a world leader.
And let’s do it together✌️
The People’s Story has reopened.
Thanks to all who made it happen.
Collective action & inclusive dialogue work.
We have shown that. Again.
Let’s learn the correct lessons & move on.
Let’s make our w/class history museum a world leader.
And let’s do it together✌️
December 2, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Nice one Jim.
Reposted by Jim Slaven
Excellent news, as the only museum of working class history in Edinburgh reopens. Huge thanks to @jimslaven.bsky.social, community campaigners & trade unions. Longer term funding options for upgrade needed next @cammyday.bsky.social @angusrobertson.bsky.social
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Doors reopen at The People’s Story Museum
The People’s Story Museum reopens to the public today (Monday 2 December) after a temporary closure.
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December 2, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Excellent news, as the only museum of working class history in Edinburgh reopens. Huge thanks to @jimslaven.bsky.social, community campaigners & trade unions. Longer term funding options for upgrade needed next @cammyday.bsky.social @angusrobertson.bsky.social
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article...
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article...
Today is a good day for #Edinburgh.
The People’s Story has reopened.
Thanks to all who made it happen.
Collective action & inclusive dialogue work.
We have shown that. Again.
Let’s learn the correct lessons & move on.
Let’s make our w/class history museum a world leader.
And let’s do it together✌️
The People’s Story has reopened.
Thanks to all who made it happen.
Collective action & inclusive dialogue work.
We have shown that. Again.
Let’s learn the correct lessons & move on.
Let’s make our w/class history museum a world leader.
And let’s do it together✌️
December 2, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Today is a good day for #Edinburgh.
The People’s Story has reopened.
Thanks to all who made it happen.
Collective action & inclusive dialogue work.
We have shown that. Again.
Let’s learn the correct lessons & move on.
Let’s make our w/class history museum a world leader.
And let’s do it together✌️
The People’s Story has reopened.
Thanks to all who made it happen.
Collective action & inclusive dialogue work.
We have shown that. Again.
Let’s learn the correct lessons & move on.
Let’s make our w/class history museum a world leader.
And let’s do it together✌️
Latest Pod 🎙️
Kenny MacAskill On Alex Salmond & Independence
Former Justice Secretary and MP Kenny MacAskill joins the Pod to discuss his friend Alex Salmond. His politics, his trial and what does his passing mean for Scotland and independence.
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November 29, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Latest Pod 🎙️
New Pod tomorrow with former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill talking about his friend and colleague Alex Salmond, the SNP and Scottish independence.
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November 28, 2024 at 8:16 PM
New Pod tomorrow with former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill talking about his friend and colleague Alex Salmond, the SNP and Scottish independence.
Subscribe now to get every episode direct to your inbox 👉 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com
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Latest episode of All Hail To The Pod.
How To Solve The Housing Crisis
Renting crisis, homelessness crisis, housing crisis. Political failure. What needs to be done to solve these crises.
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November 24, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Latest episode of All Hail To The Pod.
NEW POD AVAILABLE NOW 🎙️
Conor McCabe discusses his new book on #JamesConnolly’s lost and early writings.
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Conor McCabe discusses his new book on #JamesConnolly’s lost and early writings.
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November 19, 2024 at 11:54 AM
NEW POD AVAILABLE NOW 🎙️
Conor McCabe discusses his new book on #JamesConnolly’s lost and early writings.
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Conor McCabe discusses his new book on #JamesConnolly’s lost and early writings.
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November 16, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Latest Solidarity Saturday newsletter is out now.
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Coming shortly exclusive video of latest episode of the Pod.
An interview with Conor McCabe on his new #JamesConnolly book.
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An interview with Conor McCabe on his new #JamesConnolly book.
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November 13, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Coming shortly exclusive video of latest episode of the Pod.
An interview with Conor McCabe on his new #JamesConnolly book.
Subscribe here👉 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com
An interview with Conor McCabe on his new #JamesConnolly book.
Subscribe here👉 solidaritynotcharity.substack.com
November 10, 2024 at 1:50 PM