Economics can either enable the slide toward fascism, or defend affordability, dignity, and democracy.
I wrote ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS with my baby by my side—a constant reminder that the future should be livable for all.
Out in October with Random House.
This is sure to be a good read!
This is excellent. David Brophy skilfully takes apart Vijay Prashad and Tings Chak's Monthly Review article on Xinjiang. tempestmag.org/2026/04/dism...
As a longtime Alan Partridge fan, I love this
Denmark has voted. Now comes the test.
Taxing the super rich is within reach, but only if it survives coalition negotiations.
After decades of rising inequality, fairness cannot be negotiated away.
#TaxTheSuperRich
Not listened to this yet but it’s sure to be a good one
As in “are all in this together.”
Important point. Also, the way criticism of Chinese policies by scholars can be picked up and used to bolster American / European / “Western” identity politics, as in “clearly we have the moral high ground” (when “we” have nothing of the kind) is an issue many China scholars constantly grapple with
Well said
Delighted to see more Labour MPs embrace the need to tax the super rich. But there is so much more to do.
For an ambitious and stable economy take a look at our 10 policies - starting with a wealth tax and taxing wealth like work
patrioticmillionaires.uk/latest-news/...
We saw Trump’s Iran bombs being loaded in the UK 👇
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social 1989, im 11 years old and watching the fall of the berlin wall on tv with my mom. as we sit there watching tom brokaw narrate, im thinking, "wow the 1990s are coming. and in ten years THE YEAR 2000. its amazing to live in the jet pack future." and yet here we fucking are. • Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social • 39m I dislike living in this kind of interesting times. I would rather live in the part where the arc of the moral universe is bending toward justice. I hope we can get on with that again soon. 21:05 • 10 Mar 2026 • Everybody can reply
Just the same. What happened? Our leaders were not very good or nice people; they decided that the moment meant they were the best, most justified, most correct people who had ever lived and as a special treat for being so awesome, they could now do whatever the fuck they wanted, forever.
If you're looking for an academic Chinese Politics job, apply to this one:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQT568/a...
Here is the long-awaited emergency podcast from me and @profafinlayson.bsky.social on the Gorton & Denton by-election.
You can find this in any app by searching for Culture, Power, Politics.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/03/03/g...
Mad about policy, but extra especially mad because we’re all having more fun than they are too!
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🗳️ BREAKING | Greens surge to 2nd (YouGov)
➡️ Ref: 23% (-1)
🟢 Grn: 21% (+4)
🔵 Con: 16% (-2)
🔴 Lab: 16% (-2)
🟠 Lib: 14% (=)
Poll: @YouGov, 1-2 Mar (+/- vs 23 Feb)
Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran.
Iraq lessons must be learned.
Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe.
Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.
One thing is clear.
Keir Starmer is singularly incapable of standing up to Donald Trump.
and strengthen “our” reactionaries in the name of battering theirs.
Only an egalitarian and internationalist politics can bring either peace or justice. The foreign policy world of Biden and congressional leadership is simply incompatible with such a project.
Reactionaries use violence to dominate others but they also revel in it.
Liberal imperialists don’t take the same pleasure in violence but they do embrace war, as we’re seeing today. War is a structural necessity to maintain global hierarchy.
In the end, they collaborate with…
Honestly, I do think that it’s good on the whole that the UK is more aggressive in its interviewing technique than their American counterparts, but this interview was fairly ridiculous and I think anyone watching it would struggle to think it was a good faith attempt to get to know Polanski.
Sir Keir supports whatever illegal shit the US tells him to
The most unpopular prime minister since records began stands resolutely behind the unprovoked attack on Iran by the two countries that are actively carrying out a genocide in the Middle East.
But please, do elaborate more about "extremism on the Left", Mr Human Rights lawyer KC.
Happy Chinese New Year everyone! 🐎🎆🐎🎆
So happy to see this!
Guardian: The Yangtze River in China, which has been in ecological decline for 70 years, is showing signs of recovery due to a sweeping fishing ban.
One biologist said it was the most positive freshwater conservation story seen anywhere in the world in 20 years.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our member Phil White had a great chat with @politicsjoe.bsky.social, discussing Davos, democracy and taxing the super-rich.
Catch the full interview here: https://youtu.pulse.ly/trlourlsit
Several copies of the book Islamic China
The book is out! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
