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Keir Milburn

@kmilb.bsky.social

Co-director of Abundance. Co-author of Radical Abundance (2025) and author of Generation Left (2019). Co-host of the #ACFM podcast.

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How to Think Ecologically Are humans distinct from nature? Are there natural limits to inequality? Do bacteria have agency?

This #ACFM episode on the concept of ecology pairs with our forthcoming episode on the Green Party, but it also frames the general problem the UK left finds itself in. As people are split between several different parties and projects we need to think ecologically...
novaramedia.com/2026/02/22/h...

22.02.2026 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you saying emergency podcasts are the future of PolSci?

03.03.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Radical Abundance: A Political Agenda for Cities ​​What is the political agenda necessary to make cities more just and sustainable? In a world of excess wealth and increasing social inequalities cities are becoming less accessible, inclusive and div...

In the link below you can watch the talk @bertrussell.bsky.social and I gave about our book Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future in Amsterdam this weekend. It was followed by an excellent discussion and is well worth a look.

www.spui25.nl/programma/ra...

02.03.2026 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Radical Abundance: A Political Agenda for Cities ​​What is the political agenda necessary to make cities more just and sustainable? In a world of excess wealth and increasing social inequalities cities are becoming less accessible, inclusive and div...

In the link below you can watch the talk @bertrussell.bsky.social and I gave about our book Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future in Amsterdam this weekend. It was followed by an excellent discussion and is well worth a look.

www.spui25.nl/programma/ra...

02.03.2026 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if the huge spike of inflation we’ll be getting will pop the AI bubble. Data centers are incredibly energy hungry and the price of energy is going through the roof. If this is the trigger then it's much more likely to carry through to the rest of the economy and become utterly catastrophic

01.03.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know of one. I’d like to play it if it exists

01.03.2026 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Talk 1 of 3 in the Netherlands over the next few days with @kmilb.bsky.social

Details here www.in-abundance.org/latest/lates...

26.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kat and Tom caught up with PRS og β€œDaddy” @kmilb.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Radical Abundance, how it could map onto football, and Leeds United.

Full interview here: youtu.be/gBvCXLR87B0

26.02.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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V helpful and something we should all be doing. (Also liked the drive-by of apolitical 'new' materialisms)

25.02.2026 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Think Ecologically Are humans distinct from nature?

Listen to the ACFM on how to think ecologically.

novaramedia.com/2026/02/22/h...

25.02.2026 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This #ACFM episode on the concept of ecology helps frame the general problem the UK left finds itself in. As people are split between several different parties and projects we need to think of the left as an ecosystem in which different parts interact and influence the possibilities open to others.

25.02.2026 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks. That book looks amazing.

24.02.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Microdose: Organising for Revolution With Rodrigo Nunes Keir and Jem thrash out the future of political organisation with author Rodrigo Nunes.

Indeed, novaramedia.com/2021/12/01/m...

22.02.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We need to think of the left as an ecosystem in which different parts interact and influence the possibilities open to others even without formal links. Thinking this way can help us avoid the default to ruthless competition, indeed no-holds-barred-war, that has blighted Your Party, for instance.

22.02.2026 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Think Ecologically Are humans distinct from nature? Are there natural limits to inequality? Do bacteria have agency?

This #ACFM episode on the concept of ecology pairs with our forthcoming episode on the Green Party, but it also frames the general problem the UK left finds itself in. As people are split between several different parties and projects we need to think ecologically...
novaramedia.com/2026/02/22/h...

22.02.2026 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Main hall for @kmilb.bsky.social speaking on how we can win a green democratic future ✊🏼🌱

21.02.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wednesday, 8 April - Radical Abundance with @kmilb.bsky.social & @bellacaledonia.bsky.social!

Keir Milburn on the need for radical abundance, a world of human and non-human flourishing made possible by democratically planned production.

lighthousebookshop.com/events/radic...

17.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe left must not be drawn into a defense of normative neoliberalism”

@kmilb.bsky.social, co-author of Radical Abundance, writes for @thenation.com:
www.thenation.com/article/econ...

14.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Podcast: James Butler, Peter Geoghegan and Ethan Shone Β· On Politics: Mandelson and the Private Life of Power

This is one of the best discussions of Epstein, Mandelson, and corporate/oligarch recapture of the Labour Party.

All political parties must now be assessed as pro-democracy/anti-oligarch or pro-oligarch/anti-democracy. There is absolutely zero middle ground.

www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

15.02.2026 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Need Radical Abundance If we want abundance we have to ask, an abundance of what exactly, and produced under what economic logic?

β€œThe left must not be drawn into a defense of normative neoliberalism”

@kmilb.bsky.social, co-author of Radical Abundance, writes for @thenation.com:
www.thenation.com/article/econ...

12.02.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Need Radical Abundance If we want abundance we have to ask, an abundance of what exactly, and produced under what economic logic?

β€œThe left must not be drawn into a defense of normative neoliberalism”

@kmilb.bsky.social, co-author of Radical Abundance, writes for @thenation.com:
www.thenation.com/article/econ...

09.02.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œAmong many things we learn from this compelling guide, the most fundamental is the knowledge that we are all in one, indivisible class struggle”

Radical Abundance by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social in @lseusablog.bsky.social:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

09.02.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe left must not be drawn into a defense of normative neoliberalism”

@kmilb.bsky.social, co-author of Radical Abundance, writes for @thenation.com:
www.thenation.com/article/econ...

08.02.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The good Pol Prof is back with another good thread!

07.02.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œAmong many things we learn from this compelling guide, the most fundamental is the knowledge that we are all in one, indivisible class struggle”

Radical Abundance by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social in @lseusablog.bsky.social:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

06.02.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Radical Abundance | @kmilb.bsky.social | Edinburgh | Apr 8 | @lighthousebks.bsky.social
lighthousebookshop.com/events/radic...

05.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Select tickets – We Rise 2026 – Cardigan Centre, Leeds We Rise 2026 – Cardigan Centre, Leeds, Sat 21 Feb 2026 - Join us at Global Justice Youth’s annual activist conference, We Rise, to learn from inspiring international speakers, join collaborative works...

πŸ”₯ Speakers include:

Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social
Rahila Gupta @rahilag.bsky.social
Pallavi Pundir
Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social
Alyssa Elliott @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social
Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social
Nepali organiser

Book your place now: www.tickettailor.com/events/globa...

03.02.2026 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My dog's treatment cost Β£1,600 - vet bills are shocking The government sets out proposals as data finds vet prices rose at nearly twice the inflation rate.

Private equity is buying up swathes of UK's services: care homes, vet surgeries, water and energy companies, etc., etc.

They get a monopoly, neglect infrastructure, load with debt, rip us all off

"My dog's treatment cost Β£1,600 - vet bills are shocking"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

28.01.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1