Jonathan Preminger

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#egyworkers #Jan25 مسيرة نقابية للتضامن مع الثورة — 3arabawy Leaders of the independent Union of Real Estate Tax Authority Employees, march from Galaa Street to join the Tahrir Square occupation, in solidarity with the revolution.

09-02-2011 EGYPT: Strikes begin to spread across Egypt, as new independent unions emerge during the anti-Mubarak movement. arabawy.org/24684/unions...

National Insurance is a regressive tax that hits the less well-off hardest Compared to income tax, national insurance contributions attract little sustained scrutiny even though they provide large amounts to the public purse.

Regressive Taxation.

Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance.

Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied.

Successive govts appease the rich. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry, public purse robbed of billions.

Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money 37 years of privatisation has been a disaster

England's water companies promise £104bn investment by 2030.

Shareholders won't pay, customers will. Shareholders will own resulting assets, income streams.

Customers already paid, companies handed £85bn dividend to shareholders.

35% of customer bills pays for debt interest and dividends.

Thank you, @brisunipress.bsky.social

The constitutive and discursive role of borders in neoliberal settler-colonialism The article argues that in Israel–Palestine borders function less as markers of sovereignty than as tools that manage, depoliticise and exploit Palestinian labour while sustaining the fiction of a …

My contribution to this great new issue of Futures of Work: "The constitutive and discursive role of borders in neoliberal settler-colonialism" - futuresofwork.co.uk/2026/01/27/t...

When workers meet borders: Contestation, exploitation and ideologies This editorial introduces a special issue examining borders as ideological and institutional instruments of power that shape labour, mobility, exploitation and inequality across diverse global cont…

A pleasure to work with Blandine Emilien on this issue, and please visit our introduction too: "When workers meet borders contestation, exploitation and ideologies": futuresofwork.co.uk/2026/01/27/w...

Futures of Work A space for radical critiques of the changing world of work

🔶New issue of Futures of Work.

This issue explores how borders shape workers’ lives, treating them not as neutral lines but as contested and ideological forces. The articles show how bordering practices structure labour mobility and inequality.

futuresofwork.co.uk

Private equity - "decimated" US hospitals according to report - now targeting the NHS - The Lowdown In late August the release of a report by US senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on the destruction of hospitals in his home state of Connecticut, and across the US by private equity companies highlights on...

Private equity – “decimated” US hospitals – now targeting the NHS.

Neglected investment
Asset-stripping
Staff/Wage cuts
Tax dodges
Profiteering
Didn't pay suppliers leading to lack of equipment, disposables
Lack of food for patients
Building maintenance neglected
High patient reinfections

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot

Looking for ways to take action on ICE and keep the pressure up for Palestine? Join this week’s JVP Power Half-Hours to take action in the community together.

US EEOC scraps guidance that expanded workplace protections for LGBTQ workers The U.S. agency that enforces laws prohibiting workplace discrimination on Thursday rescinded legal guidance that had strengthened protections against unlawful harassment for LGBTQ workers and women w...

Don't think this couldn't happed here. It will if we're not vigilant and prevent Farage implementing his Trumpist Agenda

US EEOC scraps guidance that expanded workplace protections for LGBTQ workers | Reuters www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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BUIRA Annual Conference 2026: Regulation in a Time of Disruption, 23-25 June, Essex University. Call for papers now open: www.buira.net/2026/01/22/c...

The march will be from Russell Square to Whitehall
The Jewish Bloc will assemble at the SW Corner of Russell Square, (opposite Montague Street) WC1B 4JP from 12.00
#StopArmingIsrael
#IsraelOutOfGaza

The Trump administration announced that it will be moving to “phase 2” of the ceasefire plan. And yet, during the past three months that the so-called ceasefire has been in effect, the Israeli military has killed over 400 Palestinians...

Anyone know how to get in touch with @newleftreview.bsky.social ? They're not answering my emails... Thank you

Superb new book on the 1926 General Strike in this 100th anniversary year @sslh.bsky.social @strikemap.org @redhen90.bsky.social @keithbeard.bsky.social @buiraonline.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @iassc.bsky.social

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With open-access introduction: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

Our Handbook on the Sociology of Work is out! With Chris Rees, @odulbozkurt.bsky.social and Stephanie Limoncelli, and many truly wonderful chapter authors: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

THREAD: The ceasefire isn’t stopping Israel from committing genocide in Gaza. Here’s how Israel is still killing Palestinians.

Is academic research experiencing the same ‘enshittification’ that Cory Doctorow identifies in online platforms?

Martina Linnenluecke and I say yes!

A summary of our paper is out today in The Conversation

Full paper at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

theconversation.com/the-5-stages...

Boycott Eurovision
Boycott every artist from the Eurovision
Boycott every song from the Eurovision
This competition is allowing a Genocidal, Murderer, Demonic country to participate and whitewash it's crimes

Understanding the relationship between Zionism and Fascism Despite the mutual admiration between Zionists and fascists, they are usually seen as separate political movements. However, when viewed through the lens of Western racism, colonialism, and…

READ: Despite the mutual admiration between Zionists and fascists, they are usually seen as separate political movements. However, when viewed through the lens of Western racism, colonialism, and imperialism, the connections become clear. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/unde...

Homes haven't 'become' unaffordable.

They have been made unaffordable because they don't want you to be able to own your own home and live for 'free'.

The Settlers Are Not Leaving: Decolonization, not coexistence What Palestinians actually mean by “one democratic state,” and what liberation can look like when the settler society refuses to leave.

What Palestinians actually mean by “one democratic state,” and what liberation can look like when the settler society refuses to leave.

mondoweiss.net/2025/12/the-...

#Palestine #Israel

Israel’s military chief says the ‘Yellow Line’ dividing Gaza will be Israel’s new border. Palestinians say this is a ‘second Nakba.’ Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir says Israel views the “Yellow Line” dividing Gaza as its new border. Palestinians in Gaza report widespread demolitions east of the line, reshaping Gaza’s landscape…

Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir says Israel views the "Yellow Line" dividing Gaza as its new border. Palestinians in Gaza report widespread demolitions east of the line, reshaping Gaza's landscape through force in what they call a “second Nakba.” mondoweiss.net/2025/12/isra...

Israel is occupying Gaza
There is no ceasefire
It’s all lies
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