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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · Jun 2

it's been 50 years since that day, and the fight for sex worker rights is still going strong. We still fight for social acceptance, decriminalization and the right to work safely.

No more raids.
No more arrests.
No more stigma.
No more bad laws.

Because sex work is work.

Image a crowd of people. A woman stands towards the front holding a sign that says sex work is work.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · Jun 2

On June 2nd, 1975, 100 sex workers gathered at the Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France. They demanded an end stigma, criminal penalties and police harassment.

They hung a banner which read ‘Our children don’t want their mothers to go to jail’

That was when International Sex workers' Day started.

background image- An image of a globe with a white candle over it.

Text reads: Happy International Whores' Day.
No bad whores, just bad laws.

@swopbehindbars

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · May 22

Latest migration figures show a 17% drop in international student applications.

An unbelievable act of economic self harm that is destroying the crown jewel of Britain's modern economy.

UK #HigherEd generates around £265bn per year. Around 250x more than fishing.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

UK net migration fell to 431,000 in 2024, down almost 50% from 2023, ONS estimates - follow live

The ONS says the drop is

www.bbc.co.uk

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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · May 7

A group of us law academics put together a letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers UK Supreme Court ruling & we are asking other *UK based law folk* (academic activist practitioner etc) to sign

More details 👇

#transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A Law Letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers

A coalition of legal academics have drafted a letter setting out our support for trans rights and our concerns about the FWS v Scottish Ministers UKSC ruling. We are opening it up for signature to ev...

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potatum @pot8um.bsky.social · Apr 22

Generative AI is melting our only planet.

Don’t use it.

ChatGPT wastes 10x the amount of water as Google.

And last year, Google was in talks to purchase 8 nuclear reactors in order to power their own AI.

This is not sustainable.

Stop using it today. It’s literal Earth Day.

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Maayan Niezna @niezna.bsky.social · Apr 17

And - it's a wrap! Grateful to @arwenjoyce.bsky.social & @ingathiemann.bsky.social, best co-convenors and amazing friends; to everyone who contributed to the Labour Law and Society stream #SLSA2025, and to @slsauk.bsky.social & @livunislsj.bsky.social for a wonderful conference!

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Inga Thiemann @ingathiemann.bsky.social · Apr 17

And last but not least Cliodhna Murphy on “legal responses to ‘routine exploitation’ of migrant workers”

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Inga Thiemann @ingathiemann.bsky.social · Apr 17

Jack Beadsworth on “Immigration-based dismissals and migrant exclusions: the unfair dismissal rights of temporary migrant workers” and how the doctrine of illegality is encroaching on workers’ rights

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Inga Thiemann @ingathiemann.bsky.social · Apr 17

@arwenjoyce.bsky.social kicking off our final panel (😢) in the labour law and society stream at the 2025 conference of @slsauk.bsky.social with her paper on “Litigating violations of low-wage migrant workers’ labour rights: lessons from South Korea and Thailand”

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Switchboard - LGBTQIA+ Support Line @switchboard.bsky.social · Apr 16

We know today may feel especially heavy for our trans and non-binary siblings.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed or affected by the UK Supreme Court’s decision, please know you’re not alone. We’re here for you every day from 10am to 10pm.

#TransRights #Trans #NonBinary #SupremeCourt #Gender

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Maayan Niezna @niezna.bsky.social · Apr 16

Joint event of #LPE and #Labour Law and Society streams closing the floor rest day of #SLSA2025, discussing Judy Fudge's book ‘Constructing Modern Slavery: Law Capitalism and Unfree Labour’
@ingathiemann.bsky.social @jackmeakin.bsky.social

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Reinhard Steurer @steurer.bsky.social · Apr 14

Wahnsinn. Dieser nie dagewesene Anstieg der CO2-Konzentration in einem Jahr ist jenseits aller Erwartungen und müsste in zig Sondersendungen erörtert werden, wenn wir als Gesellschaft noch bei Trost wären. Müsste... gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...

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Maayan Niezna @niezna.bsky.social · Apr 8

The Labour Law and Society stream for @slsauk.bsky.social 2025 Conference @livunislsj.bsky.social looks so good!

@arwenjoyce.bsky.social @ingathiemann.bsky.social

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · Mar 8

The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.

We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · Mar 8

I don't disagree that the US university business model was/is fragile, but surely not for this reason?

There is no society in the history of humanity that has successfully built a good university system without massive govt subsidies. US had already pushed the idea very far.

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · Mar 7

these issues by states and non-state actors. @ingathiemann.bsky.social and I will also present research conducted alongside NGOs and other academics on how restrictive visa conditions, enforcement shortcomings and unscrupulous recruitment practices make workers susceptible to exploitation, with Q&A

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · Mar 7

Please join us for this webinar on 28th April on modern slavery and human rights, with a focus on migrant care and agricultural workers in the UK. UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery Tomoya Obokata will speak on his mandate and responses to /1

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Modern slavery and human rights: migrant workers in the agricultural and care sectors in the UK - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Feb 14

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

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Dr Arwen Joyce @arwenjoyce.bsky.social · Dec 3

Only two weeks left to submit your abstract to the SLSA Labour Law and Society stream! 💪 Deadline is 18 Dec. Maayan, @ingathiemann.bsky.social and I hope you can join us in Liverpool. If not, there is an online poster session option. 🌟

Socio-Legal Studies Assocation @slsauk.bsky.social · Nov 19

☺️The deadline for abstracts for the #SLSA2025 annual conference @liverpooluni.bsky.social is 18 December - don't miss out. Lots of lovely streams and current topics and people to discuss your socio-legal research with. Early bird registration, also open. See:
www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...

Call for papers - Liverpool Law School - University of Liverpool

www.liverpool.ac.uk

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · Nov 4

While talking about a "black hole in public finances" Starmer manages to find £150million to rehash an already demonstrably failed policy which embeds the criminalisation, and hostility towards, people seeking safety. This is a PR stunt not a policy.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

PM announces extra £75m to tackle people smuggling

Sir Keir Starmer wants to reset the UK's approach to border security, after ditching the Rwanda plan.

www.bbc.com

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Inga Thiemann @ingathiemann.bsky.social · Sep 4

@dkagiaros.bsky.social and my blog post discussing M.A. and others v. France & the End Demand / Nordic model of sex work regulation is out now. We critique how the Court applied consensus and procedural review in this case to reach its finding of no violation. strasbourgobservers.com/2024/09/03/m...

M.A. and others v. France: The ‘End Demand’ model of Regulating Sex Work goes to Strasbourg - Strasbourg Observers

by Dr Dimitrios Kagiaros and Dr Inga Thiemann In M.A. and others v. France, the Court’s fifth section was called to decide on a particularly controversial issue: whether France’s 2016 law, which crimi...

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Inga Thiemann @ingathiemann.bsky.social · Apr 1

Fixed-term, tied visas put workers at risk: coverage of our research project in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/world/2024/a...

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Inga Thiemann @ingathiemann.bsky.social · Mar 11

Today we published our new report about how migrant workers in agriculture and care face exploitation and structural barriers to protections.
modernslaverypec.org/resources/uk...

Also today the UK government has announced further restrictive measures for care worker visas…

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · Dec 15

From February, migrant domestic abuse survivors will have to pay £2,885 to apply for leave to remain in the UK – an increase of £481 on the previous rate, and a 77% net profit margin to the Home Office - risking trapping people in abusive relationships www.opendemocracy.net/en/home-offi...

Home Office hikes visa fee for domestic abuse victims by £50

Abuse victims will pay £2,885 to apply to stay in UK, despite processing applications costing government just £646

www.opendemocracy.net

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Dec 7

[...] We can all be #refugees
Nobody is safe,
All it takes is a mad leader
Or no rain to bring forth food,
We can all be refugees
We can all be told to go,
We can be hated by someone
For being someone. [...]

#BenjaminZephaniah #RIP

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Kate @katesheill.bsky.social · Dec 4

“Neglect, deflect, then scapegoat those you’ve exploited” @nesrinemalik.bsky.social sums up UK immigration policy

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Neglect, deflect, then scapegoat those you’ve exploited: that’s what passes for UK immigration p...

The frenzied debate about ‘record levels’ of net migration ignores the true cause of it all, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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