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Right to a point. Trying to ride both Keynesian and neoliberal horses leads to rising debt/GDP. So what gives, the social safety net or neoliberalism? No prizes for guessing Ganesh's answer. Consequences of socialising private debt ignored as ideologically inconvenient? www.ft.com/content/85bc...

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Juxtaposing an elderly priest quietly calling for peace and tolerance against the mayhem in the background was powerful stuff. Hope I'm like that when I'm 90!

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Psst…the only way to stop climate change is to stop burning fossil fuels. Pass it on.

submitted 5 days ago • 24 comments

My piece for Cracks in Pomo on the rights war on "suicidal empathy." substackfwd.xyz?url=https://...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

'The Hill – "nonpartisan reporting on the inner workings of Government and the nexus of politics and business".' Hmmm

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Four LAPD officers on horseback surround a man laying on the ground, trample him, and beat him with their polycarbonate "saber" batons.

submitted 6 days ago • 287 comments

The media use the term 'violence' to describe the actions of the protesters in LA, but do not use the term 'violence' for the often violent actions of ICE and the police? Why? Is an action no longer violent if it is committed by someone with a uniform working for the State?

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

Bang on. As trying to be all things to all men is no longer viable, Labour has reached a fork in the road. Whichever way it turns it must own and sell the narrative. What is the Labour project? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Digging out my old copy of Lord of the Flies to remind myself how this all ends. Oh, who would be on the rescue ship?

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

South Korea gender divide update 😲 Young men lean right by 50 points (74% conservative vs 24% centre-left) Young women lean left by 22 points (58% centre-left vs 36% cons)

submitted 11 days ago • 51 comments