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'We're no island of strangers' says Lucy Powell in plea to Labour faithful Labour must reject argument immigration causes all UK's problems and bring nation together, deputy leadership contender Lucy Powell told a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference

Labour must reject the argument immigration causes all UK's problems and bring nation together, deputy leadership contender @lucympowell.bsky.social told a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference👏

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New 📊 with @profjanegreen.bsky.social on why Labour's electoral challenges are being misunderstood ⚠️

1) We show that Labour are losing few voters to Reform *even in their most pro-Leave seats*, and explain why

2) Instead, Reform risk overtaking Labour in ++ seats by taking '24 Cons and non-voters

Hybrid | The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory: Launch Event This event is organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.

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Is it morally the wrong thing to do? Yes.
Is it bad for the country and the economy? Also yes.
Will it harm UK students? Also yes.
Is it also a bad move politically that will disproportionately harm Labour's own constituencies? Also yes.

There is absolutely no reason to do this. Pure destruction.

Weak authoritarian regimes tend to compensate for their weakness by engaging in even more brutal and indiscriminate repression and even more sweeping grand corruption than stronger authoritarian regimes. (6/N)

Weak autocracies are far more common than strong autocracies.

They are also often far more dangerous and damaging than strong autocracies.

Never take hope from an autocrat’s weakness. Instead, prepare for the worst.

A 🧵 based on 2 of my books: (1/N)

Farage’s plans to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain would ruin lives and tear families apart.

Rather than dismissing Reform’s xenophobic proposals as 'unrealistic' or 'unaffordable', our government should be clear that they are cruel and unjust. We must stand up for migrants' rights.

Now on FirstView: Republican revivals? Anton Jäger reflects on the history of republicanism in his review essay of Quentin Skinner’s Liberty as Independence and Bruno Leipold’s @brunoleipold.com Citizen Marx

Erdogan’s Irredentism Just Can’t Keep Up As international norms crumble, Turkey’s revisionist policies appear less provocative in comparison.

My latest from @foreignpolicy.com

"Just recently, Turkey stood out for its repeated assaults on international norms. Now, those norms have been shattered by a host of bigger and more aggressive actors, and Turkey looks almost calm in comparison.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/17/t...

The brilliant @georgemonbiot.bsky.social at Stop Trump tears into this government.

‘By bringing the fascist in chief here, they dishonour us, and they dishonour themselves. By rolling out the red carpet for Trump, they roll out the red carpet for Farage.’

Chamberlain Labour Approximately 100,000 on a far right march in London. A grim new milestone in post-war political history, and one conventional politics has ...

"They are legitimising the extreme right by letting them dictate the terms of politics, and in so doing are paving the way for them ... This is appeasement pure and simple. It didn't stop fascism in the 1930s. And it will not work today."

I'll be on Times Radio today at 3 pm discussing AI, the riots and the wider mainstreaming of racism and the far right

@lancasteruninews.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/radio?msocki...

Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away

What Salvador Allende Feared On September 11, 1973, Chile’s socialist president Salvador Allende was overthrown in a CIA-backed military coup. In this 1971 interview, published in English for the first time, Allende expressed his fears of internal destabilization and US interference.

On September 11, 1973, Chile’s socialist president Salvador Allende was overthrown in a CIA-backed coup.

In this 1971 interview, published in English for the first time in Jacobin, Allende expressed his fears of destabilization and US interference.

I often think of William Morris' thoughts on the "education of desire". What are the patterns and practices that can help our students feel their appetite for longer/calmer forms of thinking over the incessant cacophony of short form videos leeching out of every surface of their lives.

The crux of the matter is that the regime clearly thinks that it can manage economic volatility that its increased aggression against the opposition causes. Following Imamoglu's arrest, the central bank reserves saw a sharp decline but was restored rather fast.

Turkey Opposition Turns Istanbul Headquarters into Moving Target Turkey’s main opposition party is preparing an unusual form of resistance to a court-appointed trustee’s takeover of its Istanbul branch: moving its provincial headquarters to a different district of ...

Crazy : "Turkey’s main opposition party is preparing an unusual form of resistance to a court-appointed trustee’s takeover of its Istanbul branch: moving its provincial headquarters to a different district of the city every day"
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In front of main opposition CHP’s Istanbul HQ, police tear-gassed opposition MPs resisting the government’s move to replace the party’s elected officials with hand-picked trustees. Erdoğan is lifting a page from Putin’s playbook—ensuring the opposition is obedient and his hold on power is permanent.

CHP’nin yönetebilirlik kapasitesi hedefte: Otoriter rejimin yeni eşiği Korkmaz, "Karşımızda otoriter rejimlerin tipik pratikleri var. CHP’nin işi bu koşullarda hiç kuşkusuz zor. Ancak partinin çıkış yolu, daha yaratıcı pratikler ve yeni örgütlenme modelleri geliştirmekt...

Bianet's excellent interview with Seren Selvin Korkmaz provides some background to the dismissal of the CHP leadership in Istanbul. In particular, this event shows 1) the construction under way in Turkey of a hegemonic authoritarian regime, where elections have lost +
bianet.org/haber/chpnin...

Trump’s Collision Course With Brazil How U.S. policy is playing into China’s hands—and remaking Latin America.

Trump’s tariffs and sanctions are eroding Washington’s standing in Brazil and accelerating the country’s shift toward China, writes Hussein Kalout. “With Brazil, Trump seems to have walked into a trap of his own making.”

Türkiye'yi kapalı bir otokrasiye çevirme konusunda yeni bir adım. Ancak, formal siyaset kanallarını ne kadar tıkarlarsa tıkasınlar, toplumsal muhalefet kendine akacak bir kanal yaratır.

114 | What's Left of Representation? | What's Left of Philosophy Get more from What's Left of Philosophy on Patreon

new episode! we explore the concept of representation in politics, guided by Hanna Pitkin's pathbreaking work on the concept. substantive representation is hard to pin down in theory and even rarer to actually see in practice, but it is an ideal worth holding onto! www.patreon.com/posts/114-wh...

I know nobody has the bandwidth, but Turkey is spiraling well past a regime akin to Orbanism to Sisi territory right now.

Inaugurating Mesopotamian school of Political theory (obscured til now by philhellenism), calling for a proper focus on bureaucracy (elided til now because… slavery), noting the centrality of writing to labor, and vice versa, this (un)timely, frame-shifting essay is BIG. Bravo @dithomps.bsky.social

Reza Pahlavi being interviewed by the BBC

Just a reminder that Iran had a secular government that was overthrown by the US and UK in 1953 and the Shah, this man's dad, was installed. The Shah regime was an ally of Israel's, and the BBC just platformed his son to say that bombing Iran is something Iranians are happy about.

Waging an endless war is Netanyahu's "blood gambit".

He'll gladly watch the world burn if that's what it takes to stay in power. @yusufsarfati.bsky.social and I wrote about it recently for @democratization.bsky.social.

Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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YouTube video by Alonso Gurmendi The Israel - Iran War and International Law

New video from yesterday’s stream

The Israel - Iran War and International Law:
youtu.be/QrGNpzThK80

“Terörsüz Yeni Türkiye Yüzyılı” söylemi Denizci bir Genelkurmay Başkanı’na kapı aralar mı? Önümüzdeki YAŞ’ta verilecek karar Türkiye’nin güvenlik bürokrasisinde hangi dengelerin, hangi öncelikler temelinde yeniden kurulmakta olduğunu anlamamıza da yarayacaktır.

While the Chief of the Turkish General Staff has always come from the land forces, there could be a shift in favour of the naval and air components, illustrating the impact of technological change in the defence industry and the influence of Selçuk Bayraktar.
www.yeniarayis.com/yazi/terorsu...

A future far right UK govt could instead make an example of a supposedly "woke" institution like Sussex or SOAS. Half the establishment would cheer, the other half would victim-blame or stay mute. And the wider HE sector would quickly come to heel, purging faculty and curricula and dropping EDI.