💡To counter the rise of the far-right and confront our social-ecological crises, a new politicization and democratization of money is needed. Ecological economist @colleenschneider.bsky.social explains why in our latest blog: tinyurl.com/5a268rpp

To understand the money system is key to being an informed citizen. To change the world, we have to persuade people to take an interest & provide the info. in an engaging way. The Deficit Myth and Finding the Money did that. I hope so will these upcoming events. modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/

Be careful, friends, when you read accounts of what is happening in LA. We will hear a lot about violence, and it is essential to remember who is defining that term. "When state actors refer to peace, they are really taking about order..." (@prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social)

the issue is not just ICE. we can live free and safe. or we can have police like we have right now. we cannot do both

Looked to me like Israeli drones sprayed the boat with some white paint-looking substance and then the IDF surrounded it, kidnapped the people on it and cut off their communications with the world. “Diverted” doing a lot of work here

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

BREAKING The City of Glendale, California — one of the most populous cities in Southern California — says it has terminated its contract with U.S. Homeland Security and ICE.

I wrote this thing. It's far from perfect, but at least it's done. Feedback welcome, especially if you're actually doing something. jksteinberger.medium.com/a-few-points...

The oligarchs have no idea why they're so rich. They've been feasting off the state capacity scraps left over from the New Deal, WWII, and the Cold War without knowing it. They genuinely believe it's their genius that makes US GDP grow. What four decades of neoliberalism do to a corporate elite.

2. @colleenschneider.bsky.social & Michael Miess discuss money as a social relation within power structures. They argue that understanding the socio-political nature of monetary provisioning is key to social-ecological transformation, emphasising the state's role as provisioning guarantor.

As Bluesky gains traction, I'm happy to share our latest special issue here (still fresh enough!)–with some authors (& institutions; see thread) already on Bluesky to follow: @jksteinberger.bsky.social @colleenschneider.bsky.social @corinna-viajera.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/journals/tsu...

The 2nd article of our (to be assembled) SI on “Shaping Provisioning Systems for Eco-Social Transformation” is out! “Foregrounding invisible foundations: (eco-)feminist perspectives on provisioning systems” by @corinna-viajera.bsky.social & Christina Plank www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....