Capitalism is the best system except you might not be able to afford a house to live in. on.ft.com/3XbOPH7

1) Leo Panitch no es particularmente conocido en la izquierda hispanohablante. Marxista inglés, discípulo de Miliband y editor del Socialist Register, es principalmente reconocido por su trabajo sobre el imperialismo estadounidense junto a Sam Gindin. jacobinlat.com/2024/09/el-mar…

Great news!

Puzzle that left advocates of public power should but don't grapple with: 😵 TVA: Cannot prioritize generation projects in its system; TVA itself operates competitive interconnection queue 😵 NYPA: Same; NYISO operates queue 😵 Nebraska utilities: Same; SPP operates queue.

Since this article was published in a high profile, peer-reviewed journal (a core outlet of degrowthers themselves), I don't think people should refer to it as a 'hit piece.'

"Capitalism has been fuelled from its earliest days by energy infrastructures which have successively empowered and disempowered workers." NEW ESSAY: Read @EwanGibbs on energy, workers’ power, and the possibilities — and risks — of the green “transition” break-down.org/post/james-wat…

My article “Making sense of critical theory’s economic gap” is now available at Constellations :) Inside: equal parts genealogy and conceptual analysis of why critical theory struggles - counterintuitively - to think meaningfully about the economy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

I wrote a few words for the ⁦New Left Review⁩’s Sidecar blog about the elections in eastern Germany and the Left’s inability to turn the right-populist tide. newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Today New York convening a summit on future of clean energy in NYS, with particular focus on nuclear. As state w/ largest public power utility, it's unfortunate the left coalition shaping it has trained it on *renewables only.* Our 2022 call to broaden: theintercept.com/2022/07/23/new…

Same.

I don't know who needs to hear this (do we still say that?), but climate change is a world-historical challenge of *investment*, which requires power/control over the social surplus. The core issue is capital has most of that power (& they're unwilling to invest).

Trump-Harris: débat sur élections US à ManiFiesta ce dimanche 8 septembre à 11h que j'aurai le plaisir d'animer comme directeur politique du PTB Avec EA Serge Halimi, journaliste Le Monde diplomatique 🖋; Zoe Alexandra journaliste à New York Peoples Dispatch; Matt Huber , prof US climat

If you were looking for 80-minute discussion of history of electric utilities & deregulation, the political economy of electricity, where unions stand, and the problems with the Left view of all of the above, here's your podcast, now unlocked and free! Also ft Leigh Phillips.

Must listen!

A good read on why it’s important to challenge this number. ‘For decades, we've been told 80% of the world's biodiversity is found on Indigenous lands—but it's wrong’ phys.org/news/2024-09-d…