"The war also prompted further liberalisation, sometimes as a requirement of international aid: last year’s $15.6bn loan from the International Monetary Fund was reportedly conditional on Kyiv cutting back on social expenditures." Austerity for Ukraine! newstatesman.com/the-weekend-es…

This is an historic milestone - a truly millennial event! #coal #fossilfuels #EnergyTransition

Just a public service announcement to everyone writing on the #capitalocene. This is _not_ an alternative geological periodization. It is a geohistorical mode of critique (of Man/Nature thinking) & a gateway to narrating capitalism as a #worldecology of power, profit & life. 1/2

The most viewed Review of Political Economy in 2023: 7146 views "Classical-Keynesian Political Economy, not Neoclassical Economics, is the Economic Theory of the Future" By Heinrich Bortis tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Neil Young Reviewed: “Archives III is more legacy than most artists muster in a lifetime... ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️" Out today, the 3rd instalment of Neil Young Archives’s archives digs deep into his work between 1976 & 1987. Read MOJO's review and the full tracklisting: mojo4music.com/articles/new-m…

Week 315. On September 21st in Stockholm many different solidarity movements will join forces and protest for justice and freedom for everyone. As climate justice activists we have to stand in solidarity with all oppressed and marginalised people all over the world, because no

This is the third US or UK ISM activist targeted and killed by the Israeli army She came to Palestine as a humanitarian, not to join Israel’s occupation forces, so don’t expect Tony Blinken to call her an “American hero” Don’t expect the State Dept to say anything, in fact

Pretty detailed NYT investigation shows an Israeli sniper positioned in a Gaza hospital killed a teenage boy, then soldiers killed his family as they returned from burying him, and later bulldozed their remains into a mound of garbage nytimes.com/video/world/mi…

Inside the making of Paul Weller’s Wild Wood: “We were all on Es, man. Es and whizz!” On this day in 1993, Paul Weller released his second solo album Wild Wood. Here, Weller, producer Brendan Lynch and more recall the making of his solo masterpiece. mojo4music.com/articles/stori…

Two more horrendous photos from Megiddo Concentration Camp It's time people stop referring to these places as prisons. These are not prisons. These are concentration camps/torture camps.

Compare how the Biden-Harris administration talks about an American killed by Israeli forces compared to an American killed by Hamas.

Israel murdered Jacob Folkenflik, an American citizen who was attempting to deliver food to starving people in Gaza Did Tony Blinken call him “an American hero?” No, he reserved that language for an American who went to fight for Israel’s occupation army

Americans killed by Israeli forces: –Peace activist Ayşenur Eygi –Teenagers Mohammad Khdour & Tawfic Abdel Jabbar –World Central Kitchen worker Jacob Flickinger –Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh –Peace activist Rachel Corrie

The Biden-Harris administration is subsidizing the murder of its own citizens

Bike networks in Austin, Texas. Yesterday I saw presentation of Austin's bicycle infrastructure. Speaker mentioned 'networks' over a dozen times, great. #Connectivity. Their focus is clear: all ages & abilities. Later on a run, I went to see some to share below.

It breaks our hearts to hear of the passing of Sergio Mendes. Not only did Sergio play a pivotal role Brazilian bossa to international audiences all around the world, he was a beautiful human being and friend to many.

‘No barriers to brilliance’! Recognition by Daily Mail and Times Higher (3rd in world for reducing inequality) shows London South Bank University - LSBU delivers on this. I’m delighted to work with colleagues who support talent across the board.

My statement on the death of Aysenur Eygi, a recent University of Washington graduate, who was killed while protesting occupation in the West Bank:

The International Court of Justice ruled that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law and that Israel must stop its “illegal” occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. It’s time for International sanctions.

Songlines: Walking in rugged southwest #China, I met ethnic Bai villagers who crooned romantic odes to the liver (alongside the heart, their organ of love) & glimpsed the ghost of explorer #JosephRock, who played Caruso on a phonograph there 100 years ago. theworld.org/segments/2024/…