Dimitra Spanou

Excellent clip on the history of hostile architecture in NYC-it’s current form seen in the leaning benches in subways &lack of any seating (except Amtrak Lounge) in Moynihan station impacting ppl who are unhoused, older, and/or disabled. Of course, Robert Moses & his legacy are responsible for this.

Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive The manosphere is known for misogyny, but that’s not the only thing that influencers in this space offer. Young men explain the allure and the problems of the manosphere in their own words

Very interesting analysis and very well presented.
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face” – Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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General strike against 13-hour work day brings Greece to a halt Transport systems, hospitals and schools hit, as workers say laws kill hopes of work-life balance

13-hour work day, 6 days per week, on the lowest wages in Europe, and with half the population unable to afford a week of holiday. This is what "recovery from the crisis" looks like...

Israeli naval forces board pro-Palestinian flotilla 75 miles from Gaza Greta Thunberg arrested and taken into custody after six of the flotilla’s boats were boarded

Shameless
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.

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Today I am finding inspiration in Gibson-Graham on the question of scale: "Western Enlightenment thought tempts us to attach meaning to otherwise 'empty' scales of analysis and the global comes out a winner again"

No more payphones in Athens. Remnants of another era, they are now in the process of being removed. Perhaps it was about time, given that they have been abandoned and are no longer in use anyway

Best news of the day: I am now supervising my first BA thesis!

‘The Thailand of Europe’: foreigners live holiday dreams in Greece but locals priced out Studies show one in two Greeks will not go on holiday this year as average salary remains low

Here's another example that shows neoliberal austerity doesn't help the many. It is irrational and we need to reframe it as bad management.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Israel’s “Dirty Work” and Germany’s Staatsräson - By: Hanno Hauenstein - Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung - Palestine Print Print 🖨By: Hanno Hauenstein German chancellor Friedrich Merz has characterized Israel’s most recent war against Iran as a service to the Western world. While Israel is committing genocide in Gaz...

Someone (not me) kindly went ahead and translated this article of mine to English. Read it for free online @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social
www.rosalux.ps/israels-dirt...

Η βαριά βιομηχανία του τουρισμού: Κέρδη για λίγους, βάρος για πολλούς Το σκληρό πρόσωπο της τουριστικής σεζόν, οι εργαζόμενοι που τα παρατάνε και τι αφήνει πίσω στις τοπικές κοινωνίες όλο αυτό το κύμα επισκπετών.

Κοινωνική, οικολογική, πολιτισμική καταστροφή μπροστά στα μάτια μας.
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They both look very interesting, Matina! Looking forward to reading / hearing the outcomes

YouTube video by Αστικό Τοπίο Η αθέατη εργασία των γυναικών στη συγκρότηση της πόλης

What I am watching on a rainy Monday morning for inspiration. The invisible work of women in the constitution of the city, with Dina Vaiou.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAAq...

Veronica Gago · The fascistisation of social reproduction (2025)

Despite the differences, I can't help but draw parallels with Greece

www.radicalphilosophy.com/article/the-...

Has anyone ever said "My rights are a distraction?" It's always someone else's rights, right?

You’ll Never Get Off the Dinner Treadmill There’s no such thing as an easy weeknight meal.

We could actually get off the dinner treadmill if we started thinking food making, and other care practices, outside the family / household as we know them.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Silvia Federici on The Arcana of Reproduction [book-strip index="1" style="buy"] The Arcana of Reproduction is a unique book in the world of Marxist feminism. Generally, Marxist feminists have elaborated on the methodological significance of Marx...

Monday morning creative procrastination reading.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/s...

I am just going to drop this here

Greek PM seeks ‘reset’ with former far-right activist as migration minister Shaken by rail protests, Kyriakos Mitsotakis brings in new transport minister while tacking right on migration

The man who said that Trump should come to Greece to learn how to deal with illegal migration, is the new migration minister.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Frankfurt at its best

Just finished watching a first (and still largely incomplete) version of the documentary on women activists that we are shooting with director Vaggelio Soumeli. Great to see this effort take shape! So touched to hear all these wonderful stories again.

Εκεί όπου η φεμινιστική θεωρία συναντά τις εφαρμοζέμενες πολιτκές. Εξαιρετικό άρθρο παρέμβασης της Ντίνας Βαΐου.
epohi.gr/articles/zon...

I can't believe they still use these arguments. Who buys that in 2025?

Her writings on hope are so inspiring

The conference is organized by the Talking About Palestine Collective in Partnership with Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost.

Unfortunately the university cancelled the rooms for this much-needed academic conference on the silencing of Palestine just a few days before the event. Don't they see that this is bad news for academic freedom?
www.talkingpalestine.de

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