A special lookback at the tumultuous year that was 2025 @meadwaj.bsky.social is joined by Faiza Shaheen — author, economist and Exec. Dir. of Tax Justice UK — and Prof @kojokoram.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social , host of Death in Westminster... #Economics pod @macrodosepod.bsky.social

My article on @theguardian.com about how Trump relaxing cannabis laws at the same time as ramping up a Latin American drug war fits with his ‘America first’ vision. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brilliant & important analysis from @kojokoram.bsky.social: why the populist right’s attack on history is integral to its attack on democracy & human rights: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

„Every monument will fall“: Inspirierende Buchvorstellung von @danhicks.bsky.social & Gästen @kojokoram.bsky.social,Rebekka Ladewig, @hkw-berlin.bsky.social, Jonas Tinius. Auch in Deutschland brauchen wir mehr Auseinandersetzung mit kolonialen Denkmälern im öffentlichen Raum.

My @thetls.bsky.social review of @atossaaraxia.bsky.social and @ebharrington.bsky.social’s excellent new books on the offshore economy- www.the-tls.co.uk/politics-soc...

Brilliant straighforward explanation of how the world works from @kojokoram.bsky.social ram www.youtube.com/watch?v=35bb...

My thoughts on JD Vance’s recent (mis)reading of British imperial history.

📢 #HR25Bogotá Speaker Announcement 📢 We’re thrilled to announce @kojokoram.bsky.social Koram as a plenary speaker at the Harm Reduction International Conference 2025 (HR25).

Labour MP Kim Johnson calls for a public inquiry into historic scandal which saw black children incorrectly labelled “educationally subnormal” & sent to schools for physically & mentally disabled pupils www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Sounds terrifying. I can see why UK govt are so afraid to discuss.

My latest for the @NewStatesman on how the myth of ‘two-tier justice’ will keep us all paying for the largest, most expensive prison system in Europe. www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

Reform have only 5 MPs and they have already split into warring factions! Hilarious. Even tankies are looking at them like "Damn, I think those guys have an infighting problem"

If trickle down economics was sound economics, Americans would be thriving right now. It’s. Not. Trickling. Down. It’s been nearly FIFTY years.

The only cancel culture killing the British univeristy is the cancellation of the grant funding that these ‘anti-woke’ writers enjoyed in the 80s and 90s www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

The “locker room” school of diplomacy

Amazing. Vive la France!! Parliamentarians have voted for a 2% wealth tax on the assets of the richest 0.01% of France’s citizens. It'd apply to around 4,000 people in France with assets of more than €100 million & could bring in between €15 and €25 billion per year www.euronews.com/business/202...

'Brilliantly arranged and rich with fresh insights' Akala 'You can't understand how Britain works today without reading it' Frankie Boyle 'This book should be part of the national curriculum' Ellie Mae O'Hagan 'Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire' 🦁 @kojokoram.bsky.social

Correct: “the dysfunctional marketisation of higher education [..]is at the root of today’s financial black hole”. One change that should be introduced yesterday is to drastically cap the % universities are allowed to spend on private consultants who are draining the sector of money and skill

Imagine if we could have told everyone who thought that history ended in the 1990s, that the West would be opening up the ‘debate’ on Apartheid in South Africa within a generation.

“A January 6th that’s actually working - not on the symbolic level, not like this risible stuff they were doing in Congress - but actually the evisceration of a globally relevant organization with huge impact across the entire world.” - @adam_tooze on the dismantling of USAid:

The early twentieth century American moral crusaders who created drug prohibition were far more concerned with trying to ban whiskey than they were with banning cocaine

When the supply teacher gave up and told you that you can just mark your own homework.

The Break Down is going on hiatus and preparing for some exciting developments! To all who've followed, watched & listened so far — thank you! We’ll be back later this spring with brand new episodes, essays & contributors. Don't miss our S1 finale w/ @kojokoram.bsky.social ⬇️

The ‘legal black hole’ that they told you was only for ‘terrorists’ is going to be used on all groups seen as ‘enemies within’ over the coming years.

Damn! This makes Shiv Roy’s letter to Kendall look like a love letter. m.youtube.com/watch?v=YLLx...

Already sure to be one of the book's of the year

“[Debt] is the most effective mechanism of eroding potential sovereignty... the language of debt invisibilis[es] the unequal economic relationship... between the Global North & South” @KojoKoram on empire, debt and the climate crisis  youtu.be/35bb57jEpPE?...

Highly recommend this interview with @kojokoram.bsky.social, who explains an incredible amount about transnational corporations & colonialism in ~50 minutes.

“When you’re operating under so many different flags, heads of state, tax and labour regulations — it’s a problem for the transnational corporate entity.” @kojokoram.bsky.social on how decolonisation shaped the contemporary economy youtu.be/35bb57jEpPE?...

“The purpose of the British Empire, like all empires, is material. It was about resource extraction & transfer … that has a lot of relevance for how we deal with climate” NEW: @kojokoram.bsky.social on how the legacies of empire shape the climate crisis 🔗 ⬇️ youtu.be/35bb57jEpPE?...

Great conversation with @the-breakdown.bsky.social. Check out full episode at www.youtube.com/watch?v=35bb...

As the UK's first safe consumption room opens in Glasgow this week- a wonderful milestone for the harm reduction community- I wrote a brief article remembering the contribution of my friend Peter Krykant who risked everything for this back in 2020. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...