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"What if we have all internalized the belief that we are entirely on our own, and that interdependence and cooperation are signs of weakness? That would be a pretty good way to create a society devoid of any form of collective organising; devoid of much real hope."
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What Can We Do?
What Can We Do? #1
https://substack.com/@graceblakeley/p-159866997
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Trump says the affordability crisis is a ‘hoax’ peddled by the Democrats. But the cost of living is one thing he can’t convincingly lie about – because ordinary voters are the ones feeling the pain.
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What I read this week
The cost of living crisis continues on both sides of the Atlantic.
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-read-this-week-166
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism
7 days ago
Vulture Capitalism -
@graceblakeley.substack.com
Technofeudalism -
@yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
Both offer a very contemporary analysis of our current situation from different angles
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"If you’re watching everyone in your workplace, your family, your community struggling to get by, at some point you’re going to realise that it’s the system that’s broken – not you."
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Trends to watch out for in 2026
The sharpening of old contradictions - and the strengthening of new reistance.
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/trends-to-watch-out-for-in-2026
7 days ago
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Justin
10 days ago
This from
@graceblakeley.substack.com
is worth 3 minutes of your time. I couldn't be so polite in taking this guy down. Probably why nobody ever asks me for my opinion!
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Grace Blakeley (@graceblakeley)
For them to be rich, you have to be poor. @Better Future w/ Michael Mezz
https://substack.com/@graceblakeley/note/c-183357009?r=lk2yp
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Naomi Fowler
10 days ago
This is one of the most hopeful things I've read in a while from
@graceblakeley.substack.com
written a year ago but doesn't matter "what I saw in North Wales was one of the most profound examples of political transformation I had ever seen with my own eyes"
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What Can We Do?
What Can We Do? #1
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-can-we-do?open=false
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8 days ago
“Maximize abundance!”
@graceblakeley.substack.com
explains why understanding how prosperity is generated in capitalism is important
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For them to be rich, you have to be poor. @Better Future w/ Michael Mezz
https://substack.com/@graceblakeley/note/c-183357009?r=2rbn2e&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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We Own It
13 days ago
The future of Thames Water hangs in the balance. Thanks
@graceblakeley.substack.com
for highlighting just how important this deal is. Ofwat must say NO to Thames Water - email now:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwa...
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Sara Hummingbird
13 days ago
This is outrageous we cannot be a country literally covered in 💩. The privatisation experiment is an absolute failure
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We can't let Thames Water get away with this! Follow
@weownit.org.uk
for more on how to get involved
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Neil Schofield-Hughes
14 days ago
Exactly this. It’s no good badmouthing Reform in one breath and talking about an island of strangers in the next. Change comes when you set the agenda, not when you simply challenge someone else’s.
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Sarah Stein Lubrano
13 days ago
One of the many things I’m grateful for this year is
@graceblakeley.substack.com
‘s reading and writing about my book. Her Substack is wonderful for many other reasons—worth subscribing! <3
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Your job as a campaigner isn’t to win over your opposition; nor beat them in the ‘marketplace of ideas’. Your job is to change the terms of the debate.
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This Christmas, Don’t Talk about Politics
Why arguing with your family about politics won’t change their minds — and what actually will
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/this-christmas-dont-talk-about-politics
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If you're a paid substack subscriber, you can listen to all my content from the week in podcast form, read by me!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The Roundup #10
The private equity wealth extraction machine, bad new for US unemployment, and more AI bubble jitters...
https://substack.com/home/post/p-182161762
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"The slowdown in employment is going to increase pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. But there’s a problem with this approach: we’re in the middle of a bubble, which is increasingly being driven by debt."
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What I read this week
Unemployment, housing, and the usual warnings about bubbles...
https://substack.com/home/post/p-182093431
17 days ago
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"The slowdown in employment is going to increase pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. But there’s a problem with this approach: we’re in the middle of a bubble, which is increasingly being driven by debt."
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What I read this week
Unemployment, housing, and the usual warnings about bubbles...
https://substack.com/home/post/p-182093431
17 days ago
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How can global South nations exploit the re-emergence of a bipolar world system to achieve their own development aims? Read this week's WIRTW on 'delinking'
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What I read this week: Delinking
What might the global economy look like were the poor world to 'delink' from the rich world?
https://substack.com/@graceblakeley/p-181433160
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Go to
prisonersforpalestine.org
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How can global South nations exploit the re-emergence of a bipolar world system to achieve their own development aims? Read this week's WIRTW on 'delinking'
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What I read this week: Delinking
What might the global economy look like were the poor world to 'delink' from the rich world?
https://substack.com/@graceblakeley/p-181433160
20 days ago
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Why should young people participate in an economy that offers them no hope for the future? The inter-generational bargain that kept British capitalism afloat has collapsed - and Labour is too busy listening to corporate lobbyists to do anything about it.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation...
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Generation Despair
Work doesn’t pay, housing is a trap, and life has been enshittified — why should young people keep propping up a system rigged against them?
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation-despair
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“Working-class people are being pushed out of culture. It’s becoming a middle-class profession, because you can’t be a breadwinner and work at the library.”
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“You Should Be Honoured to Work Here”: British Library Staff are Striking for Pay, Conditions, and Respect
A battle over pay has become a fight over who Britain's cultural institutions are really for.
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should-be-honoured-to-work-here
25 days ago
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Strike Map
21 days ago
MEGAPICKET 3-D 30 JANUARY 2026 👩💻RSVP to join us:
bit.ly/Megapicket3RSVP
🛏️Book your accommodation for the night before (first come, first serve):
bit.ly/Megapicket3Accomodation
The third dimension is union power💥
#StrikeMap
#Megapicket3D
#Megapicket
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Starbucks Workers United
20 days ago
Baristas on ULP strike are braving the cold at Starbucks's Nevada distribution center to send a message loud & clear: Wherever Starbucks is, our picket line will be there, too. We need the company to finalize contracts and resolve all unfair labor practices!
#NoContractNoCoffee
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This is insane
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We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
https://youtu.be/osxr7xSxsGo?si=cupNq4LdOnwDd-xC
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"Parasiti-capitalism allows investors to enrich themselves not by generating new value, but by extracting existing value. It has become one of the major forces driving inequality and economic stagnation today." New guest post from Rachel Wasserman:
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Parasiti-capitalism: How Investors Drain Companies and Call It Growth
How modern capital captures control, drains cash flow, and leaves economies weaker.
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/parasiti-capitalism-how-investors
21 days ago
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Laki
22 days ago
@graceblakeley.substack.com
on Vulture Capitalism (Which I often think of as Vampire Capitalism - sucking most of the world dry so the vamps can they hope, live forever)
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Grace Blakeley on Inequality, Democracy, and the Economy | Webinar
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
https://youtu.be/xp6Do4-ROEw?si=YpFjet09_f2cHEiT
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Tell Labour: Stop Rosebank
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Zack Polanski
24 days ago
I'm just over 100 days as the leader of the Green Party. We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour. And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership. Then we're coming for Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
https://Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Sanjay Sipahimalani
24 days ago
“You can't offer poverty wages to staff who kept the British Library running through the cyber-attack, then offer bonuses to directors who benefit from their hard work.”
@graceblakeley.substack.com
asks: who are Britain's cultural institutions really for?
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“You Should Be Honoured to Work Here”: British Library Staff are Striking for Pay, Conditions, and Respect
A battle over pay has become a fight over who Britain's cultural institutions are really for.
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should-be-honoured-to-work-here
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Economists don’t understand capitalism
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Tax Justice UK
26 days ago
Westminster’s doors are wide open for fossil fuels, finance & defence lobbyists — but slammed shut for ordinary people. That’s why the Budget serves their interests, not ours.
@graceblakeley.substack.com
exposing the cartel‑isation of the govt, on our post-Budget livestream last week.
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Tax Justice UK
25 days ago
Growing poverty 🤝 Growing corporate profits. Poverty among workers isn’t an accident. It’s the direct result of policies written to keep bosses, bankers & their lobbyists happy.
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told our post‑Budget livestream: a million hungry children is a political choice.
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We Are Opus
24 days ago
On the Opus Blog, we've started sharing a monthly round-up of articles, podcasts, books and more that our team have been learning from each month 📚 Here's the first edition – featuring
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
,
@graceblakeley.substack.com
, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira and more.
#SystemsChange
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What we've been learning from: December 2025
Here's our regular round-up of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking things our team have been reading, watching and listening to over the past month.
https://www.weareopus.org/post/what-we-ve-been-learning-from-december-2025
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“Working-class people are being pushed out of culture. It’s becoming a middle-class profession, because you can’t be a breadwinner and work at the library.”
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
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“You Should Be Honoured to Work Here”: British Library Staff are Striking for Pay, Conditions, and Respect
A battle over pay has become a fight over who Britain's cultural institutions are really for.
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should-be-honoured-to-work-here
25 days ago
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26 days ago
The People's Forum NYC "MUTINY PART 1 with Grace(
@graceblakeley.substack.com
)Blakely" Peter(
@petermertens.bsky.social
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MUTINY PART 1 with Grace Blakely
YouTube video by The People's Forum NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5vBku14HuA
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Jo Ruksenas
27 days ago
Excellent piece by
@graceblakeley.substack.com
…the government will be paying private businesses to employ these out of work young people – a huge corporate subsidy that will enrich private shareholders by facilitating the exploitation of young workers
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
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Generation Despair
Work doesn’t pay, housing is out of reach, and life has been enshittified — why should young people keep propping up a system rigged against them?
https://open.substack.com/pub/graceblakeley/p/generation-despair?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Damien Irving
27 days ago
“Work doesn’t pay, housing is out of reach, and life has been enshittified — why should young people keep propping up a system rigged against them?”
@graceblakeley.substack.com
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Generation Despair
Work doesn’t pay, housing is out of reach, and life has been enshittified — why should young people keep propping up a system rigged against them?
https://open.substack.com/pub/graceblakeley/p/generation-despair?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Dr Priest
27 days ago
The problem is that young people don’t have any reason to participate in an economy that’s rigged against them.
@graceblakeley.substack.com
absolutely nails the problem. Generation Despair
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
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Generation Despair
Work doesn’t pay, housing is out of reach, and life has been enshittified — why should young people keep propping up a system rigged against them?
https://open.substack.com/pub/graceblakeley/p/generation-despair?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Guy Anthony Ayres
28 days ago
Grace Blakeley has written a brilliantly insightful article. There is certainly a parallel here in the US. An absolute must read. Guy
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Why should young people participate in an economy that offers them no hope for the future? The inter-generational bargain that kept British capitalism afloat has collapsed - and Labour is too busy listening to corporate lobbyists to do anything about it.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation...
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Generation Despair
Work doesn’t pay, housing is a trap, and life has been enshittified — why should young people keep propping up a system rigged against them?
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation-despair
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OpenAI is not making enough money to finance its endless appetite for compute. This is a structural problem: the product OpenAI is providing costs more to produce than it costs to buy. And the difference is being covered with debt.
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What I Read this Week: The AI bubble (again)
There's too much debt, and not enough end demand.
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-read-this-week-the-ai-bubble
about 1 month ago
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De Dépendance
about 1 month ago
Two new podcasts up for listening! Head to your platform of choice for engaging conversations on: 🔮 Indignity and the fragility of truth w/
@leaypi.bsky.social
and Nuria Ribas Costa 🦅 Vulture capitalism w/
@graceblakeley.substack.com
and Hani Salih 👉
dedependance.eu/podcasts
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rak
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“.. when we show that illegitimate authority can be challenged, and that alternatives can be built, we strengthen the resolve of those committed to building a new and better world.” Grace Blakeley
@graceblakeley.substack.com
@tribunemagazine.bsky.social
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Socialism Against the State
To ensure that any future socialist government is not undermined by the British establishment as soon as it enters office, we need to build up wider structures of social power capable of sustaining it...
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/socialism-against-the-state
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Richard Hull
about 1 month ago
Excellent report, and lots of credit to Karel Williams and the team at Foundational Economy Research Ltd.
foundationaleconomyresearch.com
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The people of Blaenau Ffestiniog have a clear message for Zip World: jobs aren’t enough. If the company wants to operate in the area, it has to contribute to the community. If it chooses to leave, there are plenty of locals willing to pick up the slack.
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Locals built the landscape. Now, they want a stake in its future.
In the slate valleys of north Wales, a group of community organisers, councillors and researchers are taking on one of the region’s most powerful companies – and taking back control of their place.
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/locals-built-the-landscape-now-they
about 1 month ago
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Zack Polanski
about 1 month ago
50 seats... Time to grow the Green Party even more. Let's go.
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Collapse tonight Queen? 👀
about 1 month ago
Great article.
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Yr Hen Ddeurodiwr
about 1 month ago
Erthygl ardderchog. Mae'r Wifran Wib wedi tyfu y tu hwnt i'w fwriadau ac egwyddorion gwreiddiol. Chwilio am nawdd i gael elwa ar gorn cymunedau tlawd? Gwarth! Mae'r ffin rhwng datblygu a dinistrio yn dena.
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The people of Blaenau Ffestiniog have a clear message for Zip World: jobs aren’t enough. If the company wants to operate in the area, it has to contribute to the community. If it chooses to leave, there are plenty of locals willing to pick up the slack.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/locals-bui...
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Locals built the landscape. Now, they want a stake in its future.
In the slate valleys of north Wales, a group of community organisers, councillors and researchers are taking on one of the region’s most powerful companies – and taking back control of their place.
https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/locals-built-the-landscape-now-they
about 1 month ago
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LonWon
about 1 month ago
Even the mild questions I have about Murphy's arguments seem to enrage him, so I've not gone into the realm of critique. But for a solid response from the left, here's a good article by
@graceblakeley.substack.com
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/on-mmt
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