Neil Warner

This is a truly timeless piece... harpers.org/archive/1941...

Our project 'Socialization in Theory and Practice: Democratizing Access to Land and Energy' now has its own website, including upcoming events, publications and resources on socialization and information about the project:
socializationproject.de

Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died Israeli military’s abrupt U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’

As they knew full well all along
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As Eunice says, this is a really insightful essay. @neilwarner.bsky.social shows how anti-oligarchic politics offers social democrats a route past the false dichotomy of either "protecting democracy against the populist right" or "attacking the failures of the neoliberal system"

Anti-oligarchy as anti-fascism 03 Renewal 33.3-33.4_Warner03 Renewal 33.3-33.4_Warner.pdf95 KBdownload-circle Progressive responses to the rise of the far right have often been confused due to a tendency to overemphasise its dis...

Great piece by @neilwarner.bsky.social in the latest and fabulous issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social. As he says, the social-Democratic left has much to gain from a more robust anti-oligarchy narrative.
renewal.org.uk/articles/ant...

Thanks a lot Eunice!

Have seen this take a lot and really disagree. Gov’t could invest in anchor institutions for towns; build FE colleges in town centres; set up childcare co-ops; retrofit iconic buildings and make them into community gyms, etc. We are more than individual consumers - that’s the point of politics!

Indonesian stocks plunge for a second day https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/eea488f1-206b-4dcd-a4f7-b4dbf3d47be9

The Indonesia selloff is a reminder of the quiet power of index providers. When MSCI questions a market’s investability, capital can vanish fast. Benchmarks don’t just measure markets. They shape them. This was a theme in @robinwigglesworth.ft.com fab book "Trillions"

Thanks Phil!

Definitely a v interesting article that I will be reading a second time.

The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech after being elected NYC mayor Mayor-elect centered affordability and the working people of the city in his speech while emphasizing: ‘Hope is alive’

Another example is some of Mamdani's language, e.g. "if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Draws on the Fighting Oligarchy Tour of AOC & Bernie, the New Deal, Popular Front, a range of historic and recent literature on fascism and/or neoliberalism, and analogies between political & economic authoritarianism now being used on the far right (e.g. Thiel, Yarvin, 'CEO-monarch' idea)

I enjoyed writing this in the great new issue of Renewal. It's an effort to think through how fighting the far right should be integrated with campaigns for economic alternatives in a "postneoliberal" context

YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**

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Cover of discussion paper ‘The US dollar system as a source of international disorder’

‘The more that other countries look to escape US financial coercion, the more the US will scale it up… The global dollar system may now be a source of instability rather than stability.’ Our new paper by
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social & @himself.bsky.social
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/60...

Let me introduce the concept of weaponising firesales

Other topics include UK's changing electoral coalitions, historic contexts for government fiascos like aid & welfare cuts, global wealth inequality, need for a stronger feminist agenda in Labour & new narratives vs Tories & Reform, Scottish social democracy & "the absolute state of the Labour left"

That's just a small & biased selection based on my own specific interests, pieces I'm esp familiar with from editing. There's a lot more there on a range of different questions

The unexpected Albolanche: Australian Labor’s historic landslide victory A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.

I also really enjoyed @redrabbleroz.bsky.social's thoughtful and account of Australian Labor's 2025 election victory and its implications
renewal.org.uk/articles/the...

A new fiscal strategy, not rudderless tinkering A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.

I think this works well in conversation with a piece by Lydia Prieg of @neweconomics.bsky.social, which suggests a useful & thought-provoking set of options to deal with the fiscal straightjacket the government has repeatedly found itself in, including great fiscal-monetary coordination

The real cost of a Labour government A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.

This includes an excellent piece by @pjsloman.bsky.social on how the current Labour government's fiscal policy shows how it is struggling to find a coherent or convincing answer to "familiar dilemmas of British social democracy": reconciling "social purpose with financial constraints"

This issue contains a great set of free-to-read articles, including @marzmac.bsky.social on the lessons of the 1970s "Eurocommunism" experiment's attempts to "combine radical critique with institutional realism". But there's also a lot more there that's worth subscribing for..

Big credit Rebbeca for bringing this @renewaljournal.bsky.social issue together too, and for a fascinating free-to-read piece on how 1940s Labour succeeded in channeling and appealing to people's desires for the "good life", in contrast to today's Labour. But you should subscribe for much more...

Fantastic to see this out! A brilliant range of different perspectives & ideas on how to pursue effective social democratic strategies, challenge concentrations of wealth & power and fight back against the far right

Absolute blockbuster of a new issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social, edited by @morganj0nes.bsky.social @neilwarner.bsky.social and @beccagold.bsky.social which takes a big picture view of the past year and a half of Labour government.

James Tobin's conversation with JFK that shows he understood in 1962 that the deficit was not constrained numerically but by available resource limits, and that gold was not needed to sustain a currency.
Council of Economic Advisers Oral History Interview
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The new edition of @renewaljournal.bsky.social is one of the most exciting yet, featuring essays from four Labour MPs, as well as from some of the sharpest writers and academics from across the wider left.

Subscribe now to get the print edition delivered straight to your doorstep!

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We're putting the finishing touches on the next issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social, which is a double issue about Labour's time in power.

Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard Two other people held on suspicion of criminal damage after protest at insurance company’s offices Greta Thunberg has been arrested in London after taking part in a protest holding a sign expressing support for Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers. The Swedish activist arrived after a protest had begun outside the offices of an insurance company in London and she sat down with a sign saying “I support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide.” Continue reading...

Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard