AOC represents EVERY WOMAN in America right now who is sick and tired of misogyny & misinformation.

She represents us and the rage we feel.

Just glorious

The South Centre 's Anne Wanyagathi joined the IMF Civil Society Policy Forum panel "Making IMF Tax Policy Work for People" alongside Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, the Tax Justice Network, the International Trade Union Confederation and the IMF, during the IMF Spring Meetings 2026.

It will be the law of the jungle.

Market analysts are already predicting that rich countries will outbid poor countries for scarce oil and gas supplies. This means energy famine for the Global South.

Link: www.ft.com/content/6ca1...

Interesting - 'microeconomic populism'. by @stephangruber.bsky.social

There's a global race to secure EV battery gigafactories & reduce reliance on China.

But not all clean-tech projects are created equal. Some generate good jobs & domestic capacities, others produce ecological harm & low value-added enclaves.

New paper & thread 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The state of the state Recent economic, democratic and geopolitical events have raised the question of ‘the state' anew, as problems of territory, sovereignty, protectionism, borders, authoritarianism and surveillance ha...

Members of the Editorial Board of @econsocjournal.bsky.social have contributed to a series of reflections on the (contradictory, emergent, uncertain) 'state of the state', introduced by Andrew Barry and me (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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.

The extractive foundations of Bretton Woods: gold, apartheid, and the racial politics of monetary order This article revisits gold’s role within Bretton Woods, contributing to recent efforts to develop a more global and thematically inclusive international political economy (IPE). Challenging dominan...

The extractive foundations of Bretton Woods: gold, apartheid, and the racial politics of monetary order, by @jbrgreen.bsky.social

Great reading list on the political economy of AI from @himself.bsky.social

MaynoothPalFest - Programme 2026 Festival Programme The images used on this site are a small sample of the extraordinary work of photographer Eman Mohammed and subject to copyright. We display them here with kind permission.

Jam-packed programme. Kicks off today. Fantastic events running Mon-Thurs! @maynoothuniversity.ie

sites.google.com/view/maynoot...

The world is at a crossroads. But there are still opportunities for global economic justice movement!

Join our Policy Forum on 18-19 June to realistically analyse the current context, share ideas, develop strategies and energise our collective work.

Register now: www.eurodad.org/eurodad_poli...

Spring, Earrach, Udaberri, Primavera, Gwenton, Forår, Kevät, Frühling, 春天, Wiosna, ربيع, however you say it, it's only fab out on the campus at the moment. 🌺🐈

Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us

"This weekend, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula Silva, will meet in Barcelona with the heads of states of South Africa, Mexico, Colombia and many more countries to press ahead [with a global minimum tax]."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Residents of Dublin’s oldest Traveller housing site ‘devastated’ by redevelopment setback Refurbishment and construction of Ballyfermot’s Labre Park promised since 1999

Yet another stalled regeneration promise. An enraging yet familiar story. Written by @kittyholland.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Téir Abhaile Riú (Go Home With You, Now) - Clannad, 1976 YouTube video by CR's Video Vaults

For those of us who grew up in the Ireland of the 1970s and 1980s, Moya made traditional music accessible.
She showed us that our music was just as relevant and cool as that from the UK and the USA, and that there was more depth in it for us to connect with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmUx...

Important thread by @alexcobham.bsky.social

Page not found - Tax Justice Network The Tax Justice Network believes our tax and financial systems are our most powerful tools for creating a just society that gives equal weight to the needs of everyone.

After four sessions of (sometimes heated) discussions, the #UNtaxConvention negotiations are now entering crunch time. We've just submitted to the UN our written input as a negotiations stakeholder. Here's a summary of what we submitted. taxjustice.net/2026/04/03/u...

Documents say asylum law centre was in “unprecedented crisis”. The Legal Aid Board tried to hide this with redactions. A spokesperson for the board said it redacted accounts that weren’t “evidence-based” and had not tried to “hide or trivialise the scale of any crisis”.

Documents say asylum law centre was in “unprecedented crisis”. The Legal Aid Board tried to hide it with redactions. A technical fail made it easy to reveal what sat behind the black rectangles. The board said it redacted accounts that weren’t “evidence-based”. www.dublininquirer.com/documents-sa...

In radio in Ireland, the “accent ceiling” persists On volunteer-run community radio, there’s room for people with all kinds of accents – but it’s rare to move beyond that.

In radio in Ireland, the “accent ceiling” persists. On volunteer-run community radio, there’s room for people with all kinds of accents – but it’s rare to move beyond that. read more here www.dublininquirer.com/in-radio-in-...

"For every additional dollar of windfall profit, approximately $0.20 is booked in tax havens. This diversion intensifies during commodity booms."

Noteworthy in light of <gestures broadly at the world>

taxobservatory.world/publication/...

1/ 🌍 New research from the ITO by @alice-chiocchetti.bsky.social, @nmoreaukastler.bsky.social, @qparrinello.bsky.social &
@giuliavaraschin.bsky.social shows that commodity booms generate massive windfall profits, but a growing share ends up in tax havens 🧵⤵️

taxobservatory.world/publication/...

One of my favorites paper got published 🤓 It covers a lot of ground and it’s the best summary of my views on misinformation and what to do about it. Give it a read :)

🔓 osf.io/preprints/ps...
👉 doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Another bookshop in London would like to stock my greeting cards. Is anyone interested in bringing 30 cards to the anarchist bookstore in Whitechapel for me please?

Super. Looking forward to it Abdallah

"Every Gazan student in Ireland is haunted by what they cannot express...." by @abdallahaljazzar.bsky.social

i appear to have asked a question akin to "how do Rebel Alliance schoolteachers feel about Darth Vader?"

The far-right have called a rally in Coleraine this weekend, this is the peaceful counter. 'The Causeway Trade Union Council is organising a peaceful counter-demo to show that the north coast stands for peace, solidarity, and inclusion. Where: Coleraine Town Hall When: 2PM, Saturday 4th April

The far-right have called a rally in Coleraine this weekend, this is the peaceful counter.

'The Causeway Trade Union Council is organising a peaceful counter-demo to show that the north coast stands for peace, solidarity, and inclusion.

Where: Coleraine Town Hall

When: 2PM, Saturday 4th April'

MaynoothPalFest Welcome to Maynooth PalFest26 This celebration of Palestinian culture will take place between 20 and 23 April across the university campus and in Maynooth town. Most events are free and all are ope...

Maynooth Festival of Palestinian Culture 20-23 April 2026
Great line-up. See you there!

@afp-ire.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @musociology.bsky.social

sites.google.com/view/maynoot...

91 Year-Old Lelia Doolan to Lead a Peace Walk from Shannon to Dublin - GOCOM Radio Lelia Doolan, the 91-year-old broadcaster and activist, has called on the public to “stand up – and walk – for peace,” following her appearance on the GOCOM

Lelia Doolan, the 91-year-old Irish broadcaster and activist, has called on the public to “stand up – and walk – for peace."

The initiative is aimed at highlighting opposition to the use of Shannon Airport by US military aircraft and advocating for Irish neutrality.

#SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm