Laura C. Forster and Joel White on new book Friends in Common: The Skinny
We chat with Laura C. Forster and Joel White about their book Friends in Common, the intersection between friendship and organising, and why our intimate lives are political.
"When we do affinity politics, when we work non-hierarchically, itโs all about friendship"
@lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social discuss their book Friends in Common โ out now on @plutopress.bsky.social
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Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
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Notes from the road
A book tour, some songs, some lists.
substack.com/home/post/p-... Friends in Common on tour! Thanks so much to the Lubberfiend, @thebookishtype.bsky.social, the CCA, @housmansbookshop.bsky.social, @1in12club.bsky.social, Nan Moor's, @junobooks.bsky.social & East Bristol Books for having us!
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BOOK TALK: Friends in Common by Laura C. Forster and Joel White
Housmans are delighted to be welcoming Laura C. Forster and Joel White to the shop for a dicussion of their wonderful, exhilarting book on the radical potential of friendship! Friendship is full ofโฆ
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Housmans welcomes @lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social to the shop for a discussion of their wonderful, exhilarating book on the radical potential of friendship!
๐๏ธTues, July 1
โฐ7 pm
๐Housmans Bookshop
housmans.com/event/book-t...
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TONIGHT!
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๐ฅBOOK EVENT๐ฅ
East Bristol Books will host @lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social, presenting and discussing their new book Friends in Common
๐๏ธFri, June 20
โฐ7 pm
๐East Bristol Books
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...
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Friends In Common Glasgow Book Launch - Laura C. Forster & Joel White
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts is Glasgowโs hub for the arts, hosting exhibitions, films, music, literature, workshops, festivals and performances.
๐ฅTOMORROW๐ฅ
Join @lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social for the Glasgow Launch of their new book Friends in Common: Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities
๐๏ธFri, June 20
โฐ7 pm
๐Aye Aye Books
www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/fr...
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Thanks Emma!
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And Todmorden!!
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We're going to Leeds!
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Sheffield mates - come and see us on the 24th @junobooks.bsky.social!
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Friends in Common - Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities Tickets - Sheffield - OutSavvy
Friendship is potent and full of possibilities for social change. Friendship is full of revolutionary potential in the face of a profoundly anti-social capitalist system. Friends in Common exploresโฆ
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Friendship is full of revolutionary potential in the face of a profoundly anti-social capitalist system. Join @lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social for this book event!
๐๏ธTues, June 24
โฐ6:30 pm
๐Juno Books
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Thanks Christopher! You can request a review copy from OUP here: global.oup.com/academic/pre... Be sure to write in the comments box that you need a physical copy or else they'll try and fob you off with a pdf!
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Friends In Common Glasgow Book Launch - Laura C. Forster & Joel White
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts is Glasgowโs hub for the arts, hosting exhibitions, films, music, literature, workshops, festivals and performances.
๐ฅBOOK EVENT๐ฅ
Join @lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social for the Glasgow Launch of their new book Friends in Common: Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities
๐๏ธFri, June 20
โฐ7 pm
๐Aye Aye Books
www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/fr...
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Thanks so much for coming @constancebantman.bsky.social! ๐นโ
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Thanks Rosie! That's so nice to hear! Long live friendship โ
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Heading home from a meeting with comrades who took valuable time out of their lives to meet about our public libraries. All I will say is that all we have is each other and if we want a different world we have to make it meeting by meeting, action by action, day by day. WE MAKE THE WORLD WE NEED.
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Don't listen to the people bleating on social media that "no one is doing anything." What they are actually saying is that THEY aren't doing anything. The reality is that folks are working in every corner of the world, doing so much to keep themselves and others alive, while building the future.
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New Friends in Common post is up! I'm in conversation with my friend Evelina Gambino - talking about friendship, solidarity, and the BakuโTbilisiโKars railway. Have a look!
We've also finalised all the dates & details for our upcoming book tour ๐ค
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@samwetherell.bsky.social looking for reviewers for @urbanhistory.bsky.social. Get in touch!
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Green and red poster with History Workshop Journal printed in the corner, black and white illustrations in the corner, and short text under the title โCan you help us?โ requesting participation.
๐ฃ Call for participants ๐ฃ
Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice?
Weโd love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ!
Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.
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You wait 10 years and then 2 come along at once ๐
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On Strangers
Bradford, archives, & Starmer's Powellist turn.
New blog post! On Strangers: Bradford, archives, & Starmer's Powellist turn.
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#Skystorians #History get ready for this innovative, path-breaking new book from @lauracforster.bsky.social !
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If you have a generous research allowance, or bags of spare cash, here's a discount code to buy a copy! (failing that if anyone wants a free pdf, get in touch)
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UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Education, Languages & Arts at University of Glasgow
Collaborate to advance progressive causes.
Community, story, strategy: arthursmid.com
Arthur Smid - Portland, Oregon
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Edinburgh. Interested in cities, housing, capitalism. Sometime artist and drummer.
Soft face of anarchism. Big crip energy. Here for a good time, not a long time. She/her
libcom.org
Scotland
๐: One Garden Against The World - Kate Bradbury
editor / maker / writer / researcher. Open Access library publishing. Free Palestine ๐
asst prof of history at temple // they/them
preorder BORN IN FLAMES: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City (W.W. Norton, August 19)
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093510
HISTORIAN of 19th CENTURY REFORM CROWDS
Focus on mismatch between crowd size, reputation & power
Warwick Thesis: bit.ly/-PhD
Working on chapter in 2026 Parl. Hist. Sp. Ed.
& Editing Routledge Collection on 19th C. Sedition
Academic profile: bit.ly/ds-1-
History PhD student. Interested in associational culture and knowledge exchange. Funded by the SWWDTP / AHRC. Based at the University of Exeter & Devon and Exeter Institution.
I won't bore you with my other interests.
She/her
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Historian at Dept of Humanities, Northumbria Uni. Interests: modern British history; political / social history; petitions / ing generally
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/m/henry-miller/
Academic & writer, The Broken Promise of Infrastructure (2023), Graphic Refuge (2025). Reader in English at City Uni London. Convening Thinking Through Infrastructure Network @ttinfranetwork.bsky.social
More info: www.drdomdavies.com
Victorian historian at a UK post-92. Usually lost in the past & admin. Slowly writing book on British settlement houses 1880-1920. Looks at home, & gender. Interested in pedagogy, & disability in higher education. Dyslexic/dyspraxic. Her/she.
phd student researching post-war fascism/history of emotions at uni of Northampton; proud enjoyer of all the musics; diy or die; new puritan est domini; shivering winner/moody brooder.
Craftsperson at large | They/Them
PhD Studentship in 'Gender and the Material Culture of Wills: England 1540-1790'
Ask me about early modern sailmakers
> cultural geography + queer theory <
Research Fellow in Sexualities @ Leeds Beckett
Graduate Teacher in Geography @ Bristol
Interested in queer rurality, asexualities, video + affective enquiry
https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/staff/dr-joe-jukes/
Asst. Professor of Political Philosophy at Radboud University (Nijmegen, NL). Research on protest, radical democracy and communalism. Member of @doorbraak.eu. Has a trombone and is not afraid to use it.
ORCID: 0009-0002-6711-5649
MA Early Modern History student at The University of Sheffield, specialising in Caribbean slavery in the 17th & 18th centuries. Secondary research interest in the East India Company.(she/her) #SkyStorian #SkyStorians #AcademicSky
historian and theatre curator | violence, body, the first world war, and the 1917 revolutions | Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union | also write about contemporary Ukrainian theatre | in theatre when not in the archives
PhD Researcher exploring asexual geographies in Ireland (she/her) ๐๐ ๐
University College Dublin School of Geography ๐
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar
https://www.rachel-bayer.com/
