Weekend listening for you… really enjoyed this discussion on Macrodose with @_rajpatel Jason W. Moore - their book History of the World In 7 Cheap Things as springboard to discussion of the emergence of capitalism, class today, and futures for socialism.

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The fun new annual tradition of the COP fossil fuel pisstake continues

“Walking is a form of thinking.”
—John Berger

“Silk Road felt like a benign cult – on any given evening you would find Chinese diners excited to finally discover the food of Xinjiang in London, a dozen impeccably turned out Goldsmiths’ fashion students and half of Left Twitter.” Feeling a bit seen but v glad it’s reopened.

smh

Princeton University Hassan Sayed, a fifth year PhD candidate in economics, and Achinthya Sivalingan, a SPIA MPA second year, have been arrested, evicted, and permanently banned from the Princeton University campus, thereby preventing them from finishing their degrees.

Starting a thread of all the groups allegedly in control of the student protests

It's the Russians!

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tfw Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane

He’s not wrong. (See also: the manifesto this government was supposedly elected on.)

The other striking shift is the elite policy convergence on the need for greater state intervention in various forms, driven by China, climate change, and data economy.

'unfastidiousness about objective factuality' is an incredible turn of phrase.

🔴 UPDATE #Israel #Palestine

France's Sciences Po university called in police to break up an unauthorised pro-Palestinian encampment, as Israel's bombardment of Gaza sparks a wave of anger across campuses in the US and Western Europe

Read more ⤵️
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Fox news bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

If you’ve been listening to Macrodose over the last 12 months or so, you’ll be well ahead of the curve on inflation.

The big lurking menace here remains climate change, which will prevent economies stabilising at 2% inflation Mehreen Khan

thetimes.co.uk/article/8a3556…

if you’re in DC, you better also pull up to this!

Climate and Community Project has been doing incredibly sobering work on the relationship between war, carbon emissions, and eco-apartheid, and this lineup of panelists is great, too!!

Incredible scenes from Boston happening right now. The world is watching history being made. God bless our students.

The politics of Stephen Watson, head of Greater Manchester Police, who decided to open an investigation into Angela Rayner. He agreed to speak at a hard right-wing fringe Freedom Association meeting where he engaged in culture wars. Time for Watson to explain. #PMQs #PrivateEye

Massive demonstrations took place across Argentina as people protested President Javier Milei’s decision to implement heavy cuts in public spending, especially for public universities.

“The Owl of Minerva has flown? Wow. I didn’t know that. You're telling me now for the first time. The hour must be getting late. What else can you say. Every epoch is a sphinx that plunges into the abyss as soon as its riddle has been solved. I'm actually sad to hear that.'

Today we remember Blair Peach. He was murdered while fighting the far right in Southall. We must continue to fight against all hatred and continue the struggle for justice.

Harvest failures=rising prices.

But why light bonfires when you could be putting up interest rates? /sarcasm