Greece's government under PM Mitsotakis is turning Greece into a playground for U.S. & Israeli oil monopolies.

Publishing today! 'Offers clear and practicable solutions to the water crisis in the UK.' -- @graceblakeley.substack.com Rising bills and rivers full of sewage grab the headlines, but the greater threat is drought and flooding. As this new book shows, we need a new kind of water management. #booksky

The new issue of Tribune is out now. @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social @graceblakeley.substack.com & more consider the current prospects for left breakthrough in a febrile moment for British radical politics. Get a year of print for just £15: tribunemag.co.uk/subscribe/?c...

“That’s what capitalism is: a system of entrenched, institutionalised hierarchy, based on the unflinching obedience of each rung to those above. Workers obey bosses. Citizens obey governments. Debtors obey creditors..” - @graceblakeley.substack.com open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

Another fantastic article from @graceblakeley.substack.com - while America is leading the way, the current Labour government seems set on following in its wake, gambling our economy on the potential of AI without any thought to the potential damage.

The US economy has become one big bet on AI. It’s not just that investment in AI has inflated a bubble – it’s that the bubble is driving wealth inequality, and billions of dollars of conspicuous consumption. In other words, we’re living in a new gilded age. open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

@graceblakeley.substack.com Covers some of this (possibly more) in the excellent Vulture Capitalism.

Smashing to see @graceblakeley.substack.com look more closely at Carnegie's Life in the UK data: bsky.app/profile/grac...

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

@graceblakeley.substack.com is just one of life’s good comrades. It’s a real privilege writing a piece on cooperatives for her newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

The need for more cooperatives has never been more urgent. Great write up by @godfreymoase.bsky.social on @graceblakeley.substack.com

Also, @graceblakeley.substack.com is great on the links between capitalism, neoliberalism and distress: open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

Should we trust left wing leaders?

My mum’s 62 and never been a member of a political party. Today she joined the Greens. The establishment is underselling our want for change. The west is sick of neoliberalism. The public is sick of liars like Labour. The country is sick. The antidote? join.greenparty.org.uk

Why are socialists all over the world so focused on an election in New York? For the same reason the US spent the 20th century toppling democratically elected socialist leaders. Because ours is an internationalist movement - a victory for one is a victory for all ✊

44% of people surveyed have experienced some form of discrimination in the last year – up 4 percentage points on 2023. @graceblakeley.substack.com

@graceblakeley.substack.com en entrevista sobre #capitalismo, #neoliberalismo y #poder. #futuro: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTwX...

The government spends £2.7 BILLION a year on TAX BREAKS for oil and gas companies Those companies pay billions to their shareholders And then lay off their workers Think that's unfair? Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…

Better Future w/ Michael( @michaelmezz.bsky.social )Mezzatesta "Episode 005: How Elites Captured Capitalism | Grace( @graceblakeley.substack.com )Blakeley on Power & Inequality" www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTwX...

72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK. Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy. And our democracy is failing as a result. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...

Brilliant read, highly recommend reading. Grace Blakeley writes with intelligence and insight. Yet again another week in review that includes knowledge that we all need to be aware of; helps make sense on what's what in this topsey turvy world we all live in. Guy

My morning podcast listen today was @michaelmezz.bsky.social and @graceblakeley.substack.com in conversation on BETTER FUTURE. It was very cogent discussion of how wealthy people use power & money to control and curate an economic system designed for exploitation. Includes important examples.

The people of the Caribbean are being forced to bear the costs of a crisis they did not cause. And they can’t afford the clean-up thanks to the legacy of colonialism. To say this is unjust would be an understatement. It’s grotesque. open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

Great discussion—accessible, wide-ranging discussion w/ specific, understandable examples! @graceblakeley.substack.com delivers her brilliant, trenchant analysis & @michaelmezz.bsky.social impressively guides the interview. 👏 Follow & support them.

Two chapters in and @graceblakeley.substack.com has radicalised me

I'll be speaking at the launch of this excellent report in about 10 mins! Link below

Been saying this for a while. Our political system itself is the central issue. Parties accepting funding from the capitalist class who want us at the poverty line are propagating that system. Bigger change needed than just kicking out the crappy rulers.

Here @graceblakeley.substack.com carefully laying out how the UK state operates as a parasitic network where private companies leech on to the state apparatus to channel taxpayer money into their own businesses. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/democracy-...

No matter which party is in charge, the shots are being called by powerful donors, not ordinary voters. No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Feature, not a bug, of capitalism—well laid out by C. Wright Mills nearly 70 years ago in The Power Elite.

We’ve launched our 2025 #LifeInTheUK Index, now it’s time to talk about it! Join us tomorrow at 10am for a webinar with Susan Pinkney & @graceblakeley.substack.com to explore what the findings say about collective wellbeing & where action is needed. Register here: carnegieuk.org/event/how-is...

No matter which party is in charge, the shots are being called by powerful donors, not ordinary voters. No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Laatst hadden we het over @garyseconomics.bsky.social en het economische systeem. Ook @graceblakeley.substack.com kwam ter sprake. Ook zij legt in deze podcast heel helder uit dat het economische systeem precies werkt zoals het bedoeld is podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/b...

Can’t wait to be told once again that we need to sacrifice when the banks need another bailout as this inevitable collapse happens. Let ‘em die.

In 2008 our financial institutions collapsed under their weight of their incompetence and avarice. Rather than sending the people responsible to jail we bailed them out with taxpayer money and made massive spending cuts to pay for it. And we’ve NEVER recovered.

Posting this article again as I feel it's an important read. Grace Blakeley brilliantly sums up the week regarding UK as well as global financials, unsettling conservative political trend with the EU, and the cost we are all paying for the eroding climate. Guy

Bonuses on Wall Street are expected to break records this year as big bank profits soar. Bubbles are everywhere - from tech stocks, to corporate bonds - and the banks are profiting. But they won't be the ones to pay when the crash finally comes. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...

"In short, Labour is toast – and it knows it. Ministers and advisers are already looking beyond government to the well-paid, cushy corporate positions they all want to take up when they leave office." Great article from @graceblakeley.substack.com www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-de...

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Nvidia invests in OpenAI, OpenAI rents compute from Oracle, Oracle buys Nvidia’s hardware, and Nvidia records huge sales. Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...

wealthy people aren’t wealthy because they “take risks.” they insulate themselves from the serious risks working people face every day. neoliberalism supports this by removing workers’ rights to organize. @graceblakeley.substack.com on the better future podcast:

super excited to share my new podcast episode with @graceblakeley.substack.com ‼️ we dig into the history of capitalism, the ways corporations and states work together to protect their power, and what the rest of us can do about it.

Very useful summary of why AI is a bubble, why everyone knows this but it keeps going, what may happen when the bubble bursts.

Very valuable overview from Grace here that captures how the AI bubble is being forced upon us, despite most people openly expressing how much they don’t want it.

Join us at the Debt Justice Activist Gathering on Saturday 8th November to hear from author and journalist @graceblakeley.substack.com 🔥🔥🔥 Get your free ticket at debtjustice.org.uk/gathering

It’s great when you put a lot of work into an article and you get good feedback. I spent a while writing this to make sure it was accurate and informative, without being too technical or complex - and it seems to have worked! Do check it out if you've ever wondered wtf the 'AI bubble' is all about

Claro, la subida de los precios se debe al aumento de los salarios de los trabajadores sin un incremento de la productividad. El timón danés que se están haciendo las principales compañías tecnológicas entre ellas—invirtiendo unas en otras miles de millones sin producir nada—no tiene nada que ver.

“The US is happy to partner with dictatorships so long as they don’t threaten its technological hegemony.” The Trade War isn’t about Jobs. It’s about Technological Supremacy - @graceblakeley.substack.com open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

📊 How are people across the UK really doing? Join us on Tue 28 Oct, 10-11am to hear Susan Pinkney present our latest Life in the UK findings with reflections from @graceblakeley.substack.com. carnegieuk.org/event/how-is...

This is not the circular economy we meant. #ArtificialIndustryComplex