Japan’s supposed leap from isolation to “miracle nation” is far messier than nostalgia or Western myth allows. Opening with Japan’s forced encounter with Western power in 1853, this podcast surveys the long history of the nation’s scramble to modernize.

Drawing from queer theory, this essay argues that Nazis exploited male camaraderie to forge a monolithic masculinity built on repression, purity myths, and domination, yet riddled with covert homoeroticism. By Evgenia Skvortsova et al. in @illwill.bsky.social

Deux kilomètres seulement séparent la vie nocturne de l'élite syrienne à Damas des ruines de Jobar, emblème d'un pays ravagé par la guerre, les sanctions et, désormais, une «libéralisation» creuse.

Once the punchline of European café culture, American tourists have become a metaphor for global capitalism. Our essay of the week tracks how American consumption turns cities into “made in Italy” theme parks for Instagram selfies. By Francesco Pacifico in @thedialmag.bsky.social buff.ly/918pg3B

The English Premier League epitomizes how finance capital has colonized even the most storied corners of British public life. Below podcast explores how clubs have become speculative assets, embedded in the logic of global accumulation.

"The need for radical change," wrote Marcuse, "must be rooted in the subjectivity of individuals themselves." Our French pick of the week demonstrates how his belief in revolution was inseparable from his analysis of fascism. By Haud Guéguen in @editionsamsterdam.bsky.social buff.ly/MB1EEtb

Infrastructuralism, distributive politics and the persistence of populist rule: This paper by Güldem Özatağan & Ayda Eraydın offers a practice-oriented lens and a context-sensitive approach to inquire what populists do when in government and how resilient they remain by exploring the case of Türkiye

Zohran Mamdani at its best.

Rejecting the mainstream economistic argument that reducing inequality constrains growth, while the study of @wid.world reveals it is quite the opposite: equality and prosperity rose because of "social-democratic" institutions like universal public services, labor rights, and democracy.

From working-class unionist under dictatorship to three-term president, Lula da Silva’s journey reflects Brazil’s uneasy balance between procedural democracy and deep inequality. Below essay by ‪‪Andre Pagliarini @apagliar.bsky.social tracing the rise of Lula's pragmatic leftism.

Finans kuruluşlarının günden güne artan #iklimdeğişikliği risklerine karşı daha dirençli olabilmesi için iklim risklerini tanımlama, ölçme ve entegre etme stratejilerini benimsemesi gerekmektedir. #sürdürülebilirlik

#Papara krizi bağlamında okunmalı: Avrupa Bankacılık Otoritesi (EBA), Avrupa Birliği’nin (AB) finans sektörünü etkileyen karapara aklamanın ve terör finansmanının önlenmesi (AML/CFT) risklerine dair beşinci görüşünü yayımladı.

Irak Kürdistan Bölgesel Yönetimi kurucu başbakanının beş oğlu, ABD’de gayrimenkuller satın alıp lüks alışverişler gerçekleştiriyor. Ancak kamuoyuna sızdırılan belgelere göre, harcanan paranın büyük bir kısmı büyük çaplı ABD şirketleri ile bağlantılı Kürt holdinglerinden gelmektedir.

#AB #Rusya'nın #Ukrayna'ya yönelik işgalini destekleyen enerji, finans ve askeri-endüstriyel kompleks dahil kilit sektörleri hedef alan çok sayıda kısıtlayıcı tedbirden oluşan yeni #yaptırım paketini kabul etti. 📌 Avrupa Birliği 19. yaptırım paketi www.linkedin.com/pulse/avrupa...

Rediscovering the bygone charms of Büyükada: Trotsky’s ‘island of peace and forgetfulness’ is still beautifully lost in time www.ft.com/content/2f0c...

Disunited nations: the UN at 80 by Anne-Cécile Robert & Christophe Ventura via @mondediplo.com (October 2025) mondediplo.com/10778

İsrail 20 bini çocuk olmak üzere en az 67 bin Gazzeliyi öldürdü. Hamas’ı bitiremedi, rehinelerini kurtaramadı, diplomatik ilişkileri hasar aldı; antisemitizmin içini boşaltarak soykırımcı diye anılan, sadece aşırı sağcı & ırkçıların desteklediği devlet haline geldi. www.avlaremoz.com/2025/10/07/7...

Few thinkers have been championed by such a wide range of political coalitions, from American Progressives to Taiwanese anti-communists, early zionists to the global Green Party. So how did American libertarianism come to embrace Henry George, too? asteriskmag.com/issues/10/th...

What is Fascism? #Fascism was the most consequential political invention of the twentieth century. Its challenge to the liberal, capitalist order of Europe was momentous and murderous.

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