Amie Kirby (she/her)

Wearing a smashing pumpkins shirt to work and listening to the broad black brimmer on the bus because 😌 I contain multitudes 😌

I have shared and will try to donate what I can ❤️ bless you. I am so sorry.

@amiekirby.bsky.social
Before the war My family had a warm home filled of love .. 💔
Now we sleep under worn-out tents and cold skies😞
You can help us by donation or share, only 5$ can make difference..we need your to survive🙏❤️
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We are a trans-led organisation distributing accessible toilet keys in the UK to help people who dont fit gendered stereotypes to evade harassment and abuse when using gendered facilities following the latest news.

We have seen a massive uptick in applications in the last 48 hours.

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Ghassan Kanafani: Words of Liberation "The words of Ghassan Kanafani are stronger than a desert storm...”--Yunclas My introduction to the idea that Israel was a colonial nation was when a

“The essential facts of Palestine’s struggle have not changed. Consequently, neither have the essential tasks of the resistance.”

Ghassan Kanafani, edited by Louis Brehony and Tahrir Hamdi in @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/27/g...

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

Folks, we have TWO days to make this goal. A bit of food, water, shelter for six families & support for a mutual aid team serving fifteen displaced families. Simple.

Anything helps—especially clicking “weekly” + taking action. 1567/1900 by end of Saturday. chuffed.org/project/hope...

Last night All About Eve was on BBC 4 and I watched it while I cooked a hearty Bolognese and I felt like an ADULT. Between this and asking for massage vouchers for my birthday I think I'm reaching my most evolved self

Ahmad has had to make yet another new account. All he wants is to escape starvation and feed his family, and getting donations is the only way to do that. It's scary to see him so thin. Please help him if you can. gofund.me/69f962fc @mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help #SkyAid #MutualAid

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

3 days left on our emergency famine/shelter drive. Mohamed is displaced without shelter, but we can still help with a little food & water, especially for his ailing parents—especially paired with bold action offline.

Give/find their link here. 3074/4100: chuffed.org/project/hope...

Reproductive Coercion Is State Abuse, Argues Kylie Cheung "Pregnancy has increasingly become a weapon to be wielded against domestic violence victims—and those who help them."

"Pregnancy has increasingly become a weapon to be wielded against domestic violence victims—and those who help them."

Read an excerpt from Coercion by @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com:

Recommend supporting this initiative to support farmers in Gaza if you can. Food sovereignty is a vital part of surviving famine and these folks seem to have a good system in place despite the blockade and bombardment. apnature.org/en/gaza

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

2/3 the way there on this emergency drive for food/shelter. Every minute is an emergency. Manufacturing urgency in what is already urgent, what already demands our every action, shouldn't be necessary.

Keep six families alive. 2724/4100 by Sunday: chuffed.org/project/hope...

The Working Class Movement Library’s exhibit on The Big Flame was so moving. Produced by 18-25 year olds who have managed to continue the spirit of the group, interviewing past members and creating their own banners. It is a youth led masterpiece!

If you’re based in Manchester it’s a must see.

The audience peruse the exhibition, which has four red cases in the centre of the room and panels around the outside.

❤️‍🔥 KEEP THE FLAME BURNING ❤️‍🔥

A comic called Brother Goose which takes aim at Tory unemployment policy. The comic was produced in 1980 and features funny images with quotes about workers eg "work shy" and about state policy, eg "why when we can send men to the moon and kill 600,000 people with a single bomb".

Excited for our Big Flame exhibition? Here's a post written by volunteers Ally, Lucy, and Jack to get you hyped!

Just in time for Wimbledon…🎾

This 1980 Brother Goose comic was part of a series that featured in the Big Flame newspapers.

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I cannot wait to see this. The Big Flame’s work kept alive by young working class people, by sharing the goal of inspired, creative community organising. I’m so excited to see what @wcmlibrary.bsky.social have been working on!!

Hear from the Big Flame volunteers directly about the archival pieces they loved but didn't have room for in the exhibition!

forgot I exist on here but please come and look at how hard my amazing group have worked over the past 10 months !! 😇

The “welfare reform bill” is out and let’s be clear: this is not reform - it is devastating cuts. Disabled people will be made poorer, sicker, and more isolated as a result. That it is a Labour government causing this misery will be a mark of shame on the party for years to come.

Excited to be heading to this today with a couple of volunteers from the Big Flame project @wcmlibrary.bsky.social!

#CAHG2025

A picture of Aaron, Belinda (Library Manager), and some of our volunteers in the NALGO Room, talking about the exhibition. The caption reads: "Aaron from M3 Industries popped in to work on our 3D design and build!"

Hear from our group! A speech bubble which says, "“It’s a really fascinating moment to be involved in the project. As someone that loves tottering around exhibitions wherever I find them, actually seeing the cogs turn to create them and how varied the work is really gives me a new respect for them!”, attributed to volunteer, Ley.

A huge thanks as always to our funders @heritagefunduk.bsky.social for making this work possible. Stay tuned for exhibition updates!!

#BigFlame #CommunityOrganising #Archives #Heritage #RadicalArchives #YouthEngagement #YoungPeople

A snapshot of a document which has a reading list from Big Flame, featuring the Working Class Movement Library. It is captioned with "STAR OBJECT" (in a yellow star), "A Big Flame reading list that mentions the Library and its old address!"

A pink Big Flame discussion bulletin entitled "Children and Socialism", from 1980. The caption reads: "Our exhibition will be split into key themes for exploration. One of these is youth empowerment and education!"

A group of volunteers sat around a table in the WCML reading room, looking at Big Flame material. The caption reads "We’ve been working hard to pull key objects to go on display!"

A picture of Amrit, left, and two group members, right, looking at Big Flame material together. The caption reads: "We met with our graphic designer! We’re delighted to have Amrit Randhawa working with us."

We have another session this Saturday at the amazing Altogether Otherwise and we're very excited for it!

The chance to have an away day, refocus our minds for the exhibition, and get to know a great creative resource in the heart of Manchester is something we're very passionate to do!

Big Flame: Exhibition Updates. A large Big Flame logo with a red star in the centre.

Text reads: Exhibition development is coming along brilliantly and we’re all really excited! Here’s some snapshots of recent sessions to give you an insight.

❤️‍🔥 BIG FLAME UPDATES ❤️‍🔥

We've been a little quiet over the past couple of weeks as we've been ticking away at exhibition prep - which is coming along brilliantly!

Here are some snapshots from the past few weeks.

I'm sharing for you and looking at donating what I can. Keeping you in my thoughts. X

THE LIBERATION OF 🇵🇸 WILL NEVER BE NEGOTIABLE.