Trying again, as the original article has now vanished. ‪ I don't know who wrote this anonymous memo: archive.ph/5imGV But its themes and language overlap strongly with some of the things the "Labour" peer Maurice Glasman said in this discussion: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

Can someone explain what the point of this fatalism is? So, people said no more and that’s somehow the problem? Are liberals okay?

“Global debt hit a record high of $337.7 trillion at the end of the second quarter, driven by easing global financial conditions, a softer U.S. dollar and a more accommodative stance from major central banks" (Reuters) #GoodLuckWithThat #collapse

"Even if the diagnosis is dire, the window of cure is still open. Failure is not inevitable; failure is a choice. A choice that must and can be avoided.”" ~Johan Rockström, The Potsdam Institute.

Hounded out of the United States for his pro-Palestine activism, Momodou Taal insists that the struggle is global, drawing strength from Malcolm X, faith, and solidarity across borders. africasacountry.com/2025/09/from...

In Denmark, if you’re pregnant and the government thinks you will be a bad parent because you were abused as a child, they can give you a test asking “what’s glass made of?” and “what’s the big staircase in Rome called?”If you fail they take your baby after birth. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

#polqc 👉 Mettre tous les problèmes du #Québec sur le dos de l’immigration comme le font le #PQ et la #CAQ, ça donne ça : un sentiment se rejet même chez ceux et celles qui se sont le plus intégrés comme notre Kim Thuy nationale. À regarder : youtu.be/fxX3knt24sE

"Colonial structures and systems continue to devise tactics to remove Indigenous Peoples from their lands. In this case, it is a divide-and-conquer narrative – one that Indigenous Peoples have seen played out again and again." Politics of Recognition, by Melanie Dene and Jessica Christmas

I've been involved with the book project "Young and female: international perspectives on the future of farming" since before the pandemic. I'm pleased to say it's out, and it's open access: practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3054/yo...

These extractivist projects across Australia and Canada backed by “leftist” governments show that we cannot vote our way out of settler colonial politics…maddening

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

Academic freedom includes extramural speech. And you dont have a university if the president can decide on alleged violations unilaterally - there needs to be a faculty led process. Does American academia ever recover from this? Probably not

Lesson 18 from #OnTyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social "Be calm when the unthinkable arrives."

Just got asked to review a paper based on “AI-assisted thematic analysis” of policy documents for a journal focused on sustainability 🙄 Can y’all get it together, for the love of the planet?

The takeaway: 👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters. 👉 It alienates the progressive base. 👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns. In short: it’s electoral self-harm.

A solid political agenda

come on man lol

[email protected] researcher @kjscott.bsky.social fears that the situation...marks a return to the Harper years, when Status of Women Canada (the forerunner to WAGE) was reduced to its bare essentials. #canfem pressprogress.ca/federal-fund... @policyalternatives.ca

"Framing defence spending as a path to prosperity ignores its poor economic returns, limited job creation, and the opportunity costs of not making alternative public investments." www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

Oh look, more than half of the 378 evaluated species of turtles and tortoises are either threatened or already extinct, according to a global assessment published in Nature Communications. #collapse

Petition for British Academy grant apps to let us have a “background” section - colleagues please, for the love of science let us explaaaaaaain 😭

"Councils in London have issued "do not sit under trees" warnings because of the dangers of dying branches suddenly falling." (BBC News) #collapse

It is inherently absurd to proscribe a group as terrorists based on acts the public doesn't know about. Terrorism *by definition* involves violence intended to intimidate a civilian population. How can the target population be terrorised by acts they know nothing about? www.bbc.com/news/article...

A 2023 study by @policyalternatives.ca estimated that it would require more than $5-billion a year to raise government support for university students in #Ontario to the Canadian average. #onpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Getting into this by @nickbernards.bsky.social ...Interesting stuff! www.plutobooks.com/978074534889...

"Radioactive water from the base that holds the UK’s nuclear bombs was allowed to leak into the sea after old pipes repeatedly burst, official files have revealed." (The Guardian) #collapse

"In aggregate, the scale of the violence imposed by imperialism on humanity is so great that it amounts to a “structural genocide” — a continuous wasting of human lives and nature." The 28th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.

Channeling my anger at how colonialism & imperialism in understood in Economics (exemplified by Nievas and Piketty's recent paper) into a 4500 word long essay 🤓 (Thanks @ineteconomics.bsky.social!)

And here I was thinking the way to solve hunger was food.

Forget marxology for a minute and start doing césaireology where you discuss how he never wrote colonial/imperial "boomerang" in french, he wrote "blow back" or "back lash", which has different implications.

The deadline has been extended to 1 August! Submit here: www.eadi.org/news-2/globa...

Y’all are really not running this island well…how are train tickets (even for pretty short relations) this expensive? This is why we can’t have a nice planet 😭

Carney’s “nation-building” is nothing but a blast from the past policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...

"These methods, historically employed as tools of colonial governance, continue to shape development research and limit space for decolonial alternatives." This blog explores colonial continuities in research methods and examines the potential of alternatives www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2139

Notice the blend of extreme right and entirely mainstreamed language. "Racial terrorism" sits comfortably alongside "open borders" - a term now used regularly by Keir Starmer - and "its not racist to..." - an echo of the "legitimate concerns" cliché Goodwin helped popularise in the 2010s

Get yourself a mentor like @adamsneyd.bsky.social who will advocate for your PhD app, serve on your committee, then cite you over and over in his (fantastic!) book years later 🥰 I read it amidst my transition to @schoolforgovt.bsky.social from @lsegender.bsky.social, SO grateful for my “village” 🙏

New from @policyalternatives.ca: Four out of five Canadians don't have access to the new federal pharmacare program yet—and provinces are dragging their feet in negotiations for agreements. By Steven Staples @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Finance, decolonisation, imperialism, Africa. Had a great time discussing these issues with students, academics and activists at Uni of Johannesburg yesterday! Spoke alongside Amaarah Gardah, Naiefa Rashid & Fiona Tregenna. Catch it here 👇 www.youtube.com/live/XIubA3Y...

Now THAT's a cease and desist letter

“I don’t have time to read the books we banned”

god forbid a girl endlessly critique power

By removing interprovincial trade barriers, the federal government may be paving the way for a “race to the bottom” that weakens public and environmental protections. @policyalternatives.ca @marclee.bsky.social @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social #cdnpoli #cdnecon camrosevoice.ca/business/rem...

This is so good

I wrote a short reflection on #BISA2025, talking about my two highlights of the conference, but also the absences that are felt very keenly in the moments where we get together. www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/bis...

It looks like the government’s abandonment of the Digital Services Tax, which was supposed to come into effect on Monday, June 30, is the opposite of “elbows up” politics. New from Stuart Trew, director of @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social at @policyalternatives.ca: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...