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.
🧵With EU relations and alignment back in the news most Brits say, across a series of areas, they want at least a slightly closer relationship with Europe than the one Britain has at the moment.
No10’s account is incredible.
I held Developed Vetting for nearly ten years and spent three years at the heart of the Cabinet Office. I have never heard of a Developed Vetting denial being overruled. Here’s why…🧵
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
JD Vance talked to an almost empty auditorium. Populism without populus.
www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/jd-va...
Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention, 12-13 April 2026
Reform UK: 24% (no change from 6-7 April)
Conservatives: 19% (=)
Greens: 18% (+2)
Labour: 17% (+1)
Lib Dems: 13% (=)
Restore Britain: 4% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Plaid Cymru: 1% (=)
Your Party: 0% (-1)
yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
Interessante Einschätzungen von @gabrielagreilinger.com dazu, wieso Magyar in Ungarn gewonnen hat 👇
Orban is out but defeating him at the ballot box is not the same as dismantling Orbanism.
The illiberal infrastructure, that is the captured judiciary, the loyalist media landscape, the Fidesz-aligned oligarchs, the constitutional hardball in Basic Law, doesn’t disappear with a concession call
Man sieht auch absolut keinen Rechtsruck unter Arbeiter:innen, wenn man Rechts-Links-Positionierungen anschaut. Der Teil der Arbeiterklasse, der vorher schon rechts war, hat in der AfD eine Partei gefunden. Linke Arbeiter wurden dagegen vergessen und demobilisiert.
Es wird gerade viel diagnostiziert, dass die Arbeiter jetzt die AfD wählen. Problem ist, dass das fast ausschließlich über subj. Einschätzung als Arbeiter passiert. Verwendet man objektive Daten über Berufe ist die AfD keineswegs bei Arbeitern am stärksten. Hier mit Parteinähe und Daten des ESS.
Der Iran-Krieg könnte auch manche europäische Regierung mit ihrer Finanzpolitik in Schwierigkeiten bringen. Was ist zu tun, vor allem in Deutschland?
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Ich hoffe, die Schuldenbremse wird bald abgeschafft. Hoffen darf man ja...
Book cover of "The AI Matrix" by Daniel Mügge, Regine Paul and Vali Stan, showing a world map, hands grabbing Dollar bills, a robot arm and interconnected cables
Regine Paul, Vali Stan and I have analysed how deeply #AI is entangled in global politics and corporate profit-hunting. “The AI Matrix” is the result – and the digital book-version is open access: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... (Link doesn't work? Try this one: www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/M...)
It appears that the electorate has rejected Meloni's Constitutional changes concerning the functioning of the Justice System.
Impact on the stability of her govt = Zero. Her allies have nowhere to go (and they campaigned for YES vote, too)
Impact on Italy's foreign and security policies = Zero.
If you're a researcher in Norway who is concerned with the uncritical implementation of LLMs in universities, please consider signing the petition Maria Danielsen, Knut Ørke and Holger Pötzsch at UiT have written. I wrote more about the background on my blog. nettskjema.no/a/602234#/pa...
🏆Nominations are open for the £4,300 Stein Rokkan Prize
✨ Mark this #InternationalWomensDay by nominating outstanding work by women in comparative social sciences 📚️
🎙️ Presented with @sciencecouncil.bsky.social & @sampol.bsky.social
⏳ Nominate by Fri 1 May
#IWD2026
Nominations for the Stein Rokkan Prize 2026 are now open 🙋♂️🙋♀️ The annual Rokkan book prize for comparative social science is presented by the International Science Council (ISC), the University of Bergen, and the ECPR.
More information: ecpr.eu/prizes/stein...
⭐ Powerful, Rigorous, Timely ⭐
🎉Congratulations to @valentimvicente.bsky.social on winning the 2025 Stein Rokkan Prize for his book on 'The Normalization of the Radical Right' (Oxford University Press, 2024)
🏆Presented with @sciencecouncil.bsky.social @sampol.bsky.social
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@paolocrosetto.bsky.social, ti piacerà 👋😊
A meme with simple graphics and the following message: bikes run on fat and save you money; cars run on money and make you fat.
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Semester programme, seminars in Comparative Political Economy, University of Bergen
This semesters's programme of the interdisciplinary seminars in Comparative Political Economy @unibergen.bsky.social
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University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
State censoring of higher education in the US: "more than half of America’s college students" are affected by such policies.
www.economist.com/united-state...
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To stop an authoritarian leader without using violence, people must take to the streets.
It’s how the Berlin Wall fell in East Germany. It’s how Ben Ali was forced out during the Arab Spring. It’s how Al Bashir was kicked out of Sudan.
The good people of Minnesota understand all of this.
Secretary Noem has forfeited her right to lead. I’m calling on her to resign.
Gregory Bovino must also be fired.
No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
Yes, I am single-issue posting. Because, here in the U.S., the regime's ICE attack on the country is the main story. No one is safe here as long as heavily armed gangs of thugs are roaming the streets and the regime is covering their crimes with lies.
