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Traversing the Inferno Reading Phil Neel's Hellworld (part 1)

I've started a series on my Substack where I'll be reading Phil A. Neel's new book 'Hellworld: The Human Species and the Planetary Factory' and writing posts about each chapter as I go

The book is an attempt to map the configuration of the capitalist mode of production at a planetary scale...

All bad things lead back to Reagan chart

“A Country of Long Credits and Long Seasons”: The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Agrarian Question A major contradiction in U.S. capitalism before the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 was a mismatch between the credit needs of agriculture and the financial resources of the country. Pitching the South...

Fantastic article by Mikael Omstedt on the early, regionalised Fed and finance capital's difficulties with the "agrarian question" -- carrying on the seminal work of George Henderson

“Right to the Discipline” grants - Antipode Online Call for Proposals, November 2025 Last year we received 169 strong applications with a success rate of 5.9%. We anticipate funding a similar number of 10-12 grants in the next application year. Antipo...

Call for proposals -- Antipode Foundation "Right to the Discipline" grants -- submit your application by 10 April 2026 antipodeonline.org/a-right-to-t...

‘Could have been an email’: Officials balk at Hegseth's generals meeting The last-minute gathering featured hundreds of senior military officials, who swear an oath to the Constitution, attending something more akin to a campaign rally.

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Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023

The Western economic system is a slow-motion suicide pact. #Degrowth #PostCapitalisn

Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature & crop land a day
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Imperialism “cannot make us abandon the path of socialism,” reaffirms Cuban foreign minister : Peoples Dispatch Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, condemns UN inaction on Palestine and US blockade of Cuba at solidarity event

“This has been the main goal of the US policy against Cuba for more than six decades – to make life as economically difficult, unbearable as possible,” Rodríguez asserted. But imperialism “cannot make us abandon the path of socialism.”
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One Battle After Another

damn guess that was the best movie ever made

because I feel like I'm genuinely going to get backlash for liking a movie: as an immigrant family with a newborn at a time when fascist govts and the world at large seem bent on cruelly ripping families like mine apart, I deeply resonated with an underdog story about trying to survive that world

How has he forgotten the Farage Riots that he spent so long covering?

Las declaraciones efectuadas en el juicio contra la dirección de Valle de Odieta destapan muchas irregularidades El pasado día 6 de septiembre finalizó el juicio contra los responsables de la macrogranja Valle de Odieta de Caparroso, por un supuesto delito ambiental. El juicio deriva del grave episodio de contam...

«Se confirma la postura de la administración foral en favor de Valle de Odieta, en contra del interés público y del sector ganadero local en particular. La inacción de las diversas entidades y Gobierno de #Navarra nos ha obligado a ejercer la Acusación Popular para poder defender el medio ambiente».

Never forget whose side the Media is on.

1m+ marched to stop the Genocide in Palestine. They barely covered it.

2m marched to stop Brexit. They barely covered it.

Less than a 1/10th show up for a Far Right Riot, nonstop coverage.

The Far Right thugs are their voters.

Everybody in the UK, whether it is Pro Palestine, Anti-Brexit or Scottish Independence can turn up and have peaceful marches with hundreds of thousands or millions of people and have almost no trouble.

But the Far Right can't.

What Is Missing From Your Understanding of Revolutionary Democratic Centralism Steve Bloom ruminates on the meaning and practice of democratic centralism, arguing that respect for minority positions is key to building a truly disciplined revolutionary formation.

Steve Bloom ruminates on the meaning and practice of democratic centralism, arguing that respect for minority positions is key to building a truly disciplined revolutionary formation.

Gente como al final el que "martirizo" al Kirk sea al 100% fan de Nick Fuentes esto va a ser increíble, lo digo como una situación tan cómica/trágica "esto último por que si el tipo hubiese sido de color u otras cosas lo que hubiese pasado telita".

Ha muerto un león Quizá seguir sintiendo empatía cuando tipos como Charlie Kirk te piden que dejes de hacerlo sea mucho mejor arma que un rifle para combatir a esta gente

Asesinan a un icono de la alt-right y de pronto, quienes se burlaron de la empatía la reclaman. Ese ejercicio de ficción revela algo incómodo: quizá sentir compasión por quien negaba toda compasión sea la única forma real de derrotar su política

@gerardotece.bsky.social 👇🏼

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MAGA propagandist Charlie Kirk shot in the neck in assassination attempt. In critical condition.

Tensions in the US continue to escalate as the Trump regime and its fascist propaganda networks continue to antagonize the population.

Political violence is as American as apple pie. An armed society, a polarised society, a society with a broken political system and a dangerous clown on his tawdry golden throne, what could possibly go wrong?

If I were on the socialist left, I would simply not argue in large, prominent outlets that Trump's economic policies have positive ecological dimensions.

As disagreements heat up... what sort of new left party do we need? When Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn announced the formation of a political alternative to Labour, you could almost hear the sound of people cheering across Britain. The support for Your Party is a po...

As disagreements heat up… what sort of new left party do we need? socialistworker.co.uk/labour/as-di...

Viñeta titulada Tellado llama a "cavar la fosa" del Gobierno. "Se ha manipulado mi matáfora" dice el portavoz del PP.

Las "metáforas" de Miguel Tellado protagonizan la viñeta de @jrmora.com
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Polycrisis — is this the sequel? It is not clear this term best describes the unusual moment we’re living through

Adam Tooze blows cold on the term he popularised. on.ft.com/45SdIgK Polycrisis — is this the sequel?

The Fed Has Never Been Independent While Donald Trump’s attacks on the Fed are deeply authoritarian, the institution itself is far from blameless. From the 2008 crash to the pandemic, its primary aim has been to protect the interests of the wealthy.

While Donald Trump’s attacks on the Fed are deeply authoritarian, the institution itself is far from blameless.

From the 2008 crash to the pandemic, its primary aim has been to protect the interests of the wealthy.

How Nigel Farage’s biopolitics captured Westminster Reform UK’s migration proposals prove that the party hasn’t just joined the debate – it owns it

“Keep feeding this machine & Britain gets a Farage premiership; started it of consent & there’s still a chance to break the spell.”

Starmerism - capitulating to Conservatism.

How Nigel Farage’s biopolitics captured Westminster
www.opendemocracy.net/en/reform-uk...

Nigel Farage is sat in the pub with his mates, some new people walk in.

His mates, "Get those immigrants out of here!"

Nigel Farage, "Oi that's my ex wives, kids and girlfriend!"

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Los científicos ya no encuentran que Twitter sea profesionalmente útil y se han cambiado a Bluesky academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...

White House is considering a National Day of Memorial if Donald Trump dies.

Sources say, "Well everyone is going to take the day off and party, so we have to make it look like they are mourning."