So this happened… Ofwat for once not completely abject in the face of vulture capitalism @weownit.org.uk @graceblakeley.substack.com @labourlewis.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social

Grace's article was written about British Labour but it applies equally to Australian Labor. Of course the ALP will bend over backwards to the big tech cartels and try and tell us that it's in our best interests. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #AusPol

"Whether it’s the cartoon super-villainy of Alex Karp, the lies of Sam Altman, or the Hitler worship of Elon Musk, the mask is off and the psychotic personalities behind these companies have been revealed for all to see." Great new guest post from Ryan Ward open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

Behind every clean space is a story, but too often these stories go untold. Cleaners underpin our workplaces, hospitals, schools and public spaces—and yet their labour is often made invisible.

New pod is - finally - up! Unsustainable capitalism: from the AI bubble to super El Niño. Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-... Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheRoundupPo...

Two books worth reading. Came out right when we needed them, and still couldn’t help us see what was coming. @quinnslobodian.com @graceblakeley.substack.com

So-called 'artificial intelligence' is a big con, a huge scam. We don't need it. In fact if we let them build their fake 'data centres' we will harm ourselves even more.

„The left should pay attention. The language we use has fast become an identity marker that separates us from the majority of people, rather than a tool for breaking down barriers and building a movement.“

"I cannot picture a ‘post-neoliberal society rooted in fairness.’ But tell me that I could wake up each day and hear birds outside my window again, and that I can cycle safely to work on clearly-marked bike lanes." New guest post from @casshebron.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

This post has prompted an amazing amount of discussion. I hope it prompts some book sales too… 😅

The bust is coming. The rich will offload their assets at the peak of the bubble - and pension funds and retail investors will buy them. Millions of peoples' savings will be wiped out. The wealthy will walk away with billions graceblakeley.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...

"The disasters we are facing can be traced back to the assumption that competition is natural and the optimal basis for a society – an assumption often attributed to Charles Darwin. That assumption is false." Great new guest post from @rowhoop.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

Some staggering stats in this clip. We are animals, we live in nature, we can’t survive without it…no matter what the rich try and tell us. Will said @graceblakeley.substack.com

"Para comprender qué le depara el futuro a Andy Burnham, debemos analizar el ascenso y la caída de su sucesor, Keir Starmer." 🖋️ Por @graceblakeley.substack.com. 🔗 gerardodelval.com/2026/06/29/u...

Humanity isn't separate from nature - so let’s stop acting like it 🌍 💚

Really heartening to see lots of support over at Instagram today. 🩷 Students and alumnae are posting about their great lecturers, and @graceblakeley.substack.com just posted a video highlighting the impacts on the Southwest! 📢 We're in this together. Lets protect this great University!

Google Earth has updated its images of the areas around Khan Yunis and Rafah to 6 months ago, whilst the worst effected areas around Gaza city are still stuck on 2024 images. Look at these though, nothing left. Total and systematic ethnic cleansing. Alt text; nothing but mound after mound of rubble

I just donated to The Refaat Alareer Camp x The Sameer Project - you can too: chuffed.org/project/1133...

Forty years on, Britain’s privatisation experiment has enriched shareholders and hollowed out public services — it’s time to try something different. @kbayliss.bsky.social's guest post on @graceblakeley.substack.com: substack.com/home/post/p-... Kate's book 'Privatising humanity' is out now #booksky

Across Europe, the toxic combination of extreme weather and inequality is resulting in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths. But politicians are too busy cashing cheques from big oil to respond. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/europes-he...

"Privatisation is exacerbating inequality as households pay their bills into the pockets of the world’s richest, simply to meet their basic needs." Kate Bayliss writes for my Substack on her new book 'Privatising Humanity'. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/time-to-ca...

Great work from @graceblakeley.substack.com. For decades, Labour has been cycling from real working-class leaders (Michael Foot, 1980 to 1983, and Jeremy Corbyn, 2015 to 2020) to pseudo-left centrists (Tony Blair is the holotype) beholden to a right-wing establishment rooted in aristocracy. 1/3

I knew that Starmer was going to be an authoritarian turd not because of what he said or did, but because of who propelled him into office: Labour Together, Mandelson. Now I see how Burnham is being propelled into office by: Labour Together's Josh Simons and Mandelson's protégé Wes Streeting.

Important article from @graceblakeley.substack.com substack.com/home/post/p-...

What happens when billionaires & governments fuse power? When capitalism serves the elite, not the people? @graceblakeley.substack.com shines a light on the rise of oligarchy & how economic crises are engineered to benefit the few. Listen for more: www.equals.ink/p/vulture-ca...

You need to read this from @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-labour...

For as long as Labour exists as a cartel, divorced from a mass base, it will remain a playground for lobbyists and consultants whose interests directly oppose those of the majority. Starmer learned this lesson the hard way. Now, it's Burnham's turn. open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

Understanding the great energy con in 10mins this #socialistsunday

This week's pod is now live on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-... And Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheRoundupPo...

We're producing more renewable energy every year - so why do our bills keep rising? Because the energy system is completely broken. Here's an explainer from me and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation: youtu.be/oXauHncx3Vo?...

Private equity 🤮 want to buy up Brixton Market. We can't let them - sign the petition to #BuyBackBrixton you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bu...

Awesome, inspiring guest post this week from Aditi Banerjee on the youth-led campaign to promote anti-racist education substack.com/home/post/p-...

So much perspective and opinion worthy of attention on this Monday morning 🌅

This week's podcast - on moral and environmental imperialism - is now live Substack: graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-roundu... Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheRoundupPo...

“… recovering (the) capacity to build powerful political movements, in conditions shaped by decades of deliberate fragmentation, is the central challenge of our time… …It will require, as it always has, the unglamorous work of finding one another across our differences…” 👏👏👏

A really good read. As Labour has become neoliberal and authoritarian, all it has left is a moral language based on the comforting fictions of “Labour values” - a vacuous language failing to mask its political delinquency. This piece, among other things, nails the futility of that politics.

Stronger together.

Read @graceblakeley.substack.com in our 'Generations' issue while the article is unpaywalled — or subscribe today and receive unlimited access.

"Personal morality is no substitute for solidarity. Solidarity is the recognition of our interdependence. It allows us to work together to fight a system that is exploiting us all - rather than trying to dissociate ourselves from the evils that system causes." open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

More people need to see @spellingmistakescostlives.com Hell logo! bsky.app/profile/spel...

Communities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta have seen their rivers turn black, fish vanish, and farmland ruined by oil pollution. New documents reveal Shell knew the damage it was causing - and kept pumping anyway. Now, communities are demanding justice. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/shells-tox...

Very excited to be a part of this!

Over an hour in length, some eight years old, and recorded (it seems) in a lecture theatre, this is nonetheless about the best analysis of PFIs and how they fit in with the wider neoliberal project that I have heard. Weirdly, it's only now as I've posted... culturepowerpolitics.org/2018/07/11/p...

This week's podcast is live for subscribers on Substack and Patreon. If you're thinking about signing up but can't afford it, DM me for a solidarity discount. Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-... Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/roundu...

“Tackling inequality has never been a technical challenge. It has always been a political one. And the measures outlined within this report are – and always will be – politically impossible within capitalist social relations.“ graceblakeley.substack.com/p/asking-nic...

These are the countries that will be struggling most to buy staple foods in bulk when the inevitable supply shortages feed through from the oil shock; yet their aid is being cut while their interest payments maintain. Its an instruction manual for famine

Banks thrive while people starve.

In the meantime the US is issuing ‘security guarantees’ to ensure this exploitation can continue uninterrupted to feed American hunger for minerals.

“In short, it’s a great time to be a capitalist & a shitty time to be a worker. If you rely more on wages for your income than wealth, you’re pretty scared for the future.” Why are Workers so Scared for the Future? - @graceblakeley.substack.com open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...