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Rutger Bregman’s book Moral Ambition calls for successful people to use their talents to “make a difference.” But he’s suspicious of systemic change — making his call for personal morality into a shallow exercise in self-help.

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This looks interesting, forthcoming from Pluto Press. www.plutobooks.com/978074534960...

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Are you rich and successful enough to be moral? My review of Rutger Bregman's new book is out on Jacobin US.

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Het kabinet stelt haar plan niet uit, het plan is uitstel.

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🚨 Out now: Die zweite Surplus-Ausgabe »Die Ära der Kettensäge« ist da. Libertäre Rechte ergreifen weltweit die Macht. Sie bauen eine Welt, in der das Recht der Stärkeren gilt. Die Tage im Briefkasten, am Kiosk oder sofort online auf: 👉 www.surplusmagazin.de/surplus-2-die-ara-der-kettensage/

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Zanobi Strozzi, Trionfo della Fama

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Shouting 'tax the rich!' and then getting funded by a billionaire tax-evader. There are no such contradictions in Bregman's moral universe.

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The Politics of Critical Theory: A Conversation with Alex Demirović Wednesday, May 14, 19:00 CEST, Webinar/Zoom Register now! criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-po...

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pictured: elite capture, 1940 to present

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Schokkend dat sommige media meegaan in de absurde 'Hitler was links'-thesis, gepropageerd door extreemrechts. Wie zegt dat staatsinterventies in de markt – ten behoeve van werknemers of niet – überhaupt al socialistisch zijn, heeft weinig van het socialisme begrepen (of van het kapitalisme).

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📚 Waardenloze Politiek Het politieke midden heeft het belang van inhoudelijk politiek conflict verwaarloosd, stelt @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social. Daardoor is het richtingloos, waardenloos en alternatiefloos geworden. Kom naar de boeklancering op 17 april in SPUI25 ⬇️ aissr.uva.nl/content/even...

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‘There is of course the question of how he stayed sane during the manifest horrors of Mussolini’s invasions and proclamations. In this context an assertion of alternative reality might be a subtle form of protest.’ Michael Wood on Dino Buzzati’s weird fiction: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Kurt Vonnegut man

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Het enige positieve dat nu nog te zeggen valt, is dat niet meer te ontkennen valt dat Nederland militant is in zijn anti-intellectualisme. Wat overigens al bekend is sinds Deetman de studieduur bekortte tot onder het wetenschappelijk minimum.

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Hayao Miyazaki called generative AI an “insult to life itself.” While AI companies plagiarize his life’s work, it’s a time to remember Miyazaki’s roots in the Japanese communist movement and his message of solidarity against capitalism and war.

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when the 'Labour non-dom changes are chasing the rich away' narrative falls apart, one American billionaire at the time www.ft.com/content/5cbf...

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Das ist der Punkt wo es auch in Deutschland reichen sollte. Wie kann es sein, dass die Regierung eines mit Haftbefehl gesuchten mutmaßlichen Kriegsverbrechers bestimmen soll, dass ein jüdischen Philosoph nicht sprechen darf? Genug ist genug! www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

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👀 look out - this is sure to be one of the best books of the decade! There are few people in the English-speaking world who write as well as Phil, and even fewer people with such a deep understanding of the permanent restructuring of global production.

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De Economist - alweer - deze week: "Is Elon Musk remaking government or breaking it?" Soms moet je als zogenaamde liberale media stoppen met je te verstoppen achter quasi-genuanceerde vragen.

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The only light in Gaza right now is from Israeli bombs. Israel has cut off electricity and water to 2.1 million Palestinians — resuming its genocidal war and pushing Gaza toward total humanitarian collapse.

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Trump's Age of Dark Enlightenment

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Israel just committed the largest child massacre in its history, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...

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NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey

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The administration is attempting to incapacitate the redistributive and social protective arms of the state, while exploiting its vast bureaucratic powers to silence, threaten, and deport. New online by Melinda Cooper: www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

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Abundance for the tech overlords, scarcity for us slaves.

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Dutch universities go on strike - for the first time since anyone can remember. We protest the treatment and budget cuts of our extreme-right government. The strikers take turns - and Leiden university kicks off tomorrow. ✊🏼

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1911 wird von Clara Zetkin initiiert, in Deutschland, Dänemark, Österreich-Ungarn und der Schweiz erstmals ein Internationaler Frauentag begangen. 1914 wird dann in Deutschland an diesem Tag das Wahlrecht für Frauen gefordert

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listen to these lectures, they are fantastic! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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De Alexander Doegin van de polder.

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Whether he is really 'Putin's brain' or not, it is crazy to read Alexander Dugin's playbook now: 'It is especially important to introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity [...] It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics.'

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This isn’t how you beat Russia. It’s how you become Russia.

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✨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS✨ We are excited to publish the Call for Abstracts for our 10th annual conference: ABOLITION. The conference will take place at Aarhus University, Denmark, on 10-11 October 2025. As usual, we also accept papers outside this year's theme! marxistiskestudier.com/2025/03/06/c...

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when Trump said our foreign policy will benefit American capital, he meant BlackRock #WallStreetConsensus also, farewell the BlackRock Democrat, Blackstone Republican line of thinking that sees fractures in financial capital where there arent any

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Why do media mindlessly keep referring to a 'shouting match' between Trump and Zelensky if all the shouting came from one side?

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Over Judith Shklar. www.groene.nl/artikel/wree... @groene.nl

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‘Dostoevsky never lets us know on which side he stands in a debate. Whatever he thought, his novel doesn’t think the same: it’s full of voices – contradictory, incompatible, all clamouring to be heard.’ Daniel Soar on ‘The Brothers Karamazov’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.

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Das starke Wahlergebnis bietet der Linken die entscheidende Chance, sich als radikale Opposition zu erneuern. Um die AfD langfristig zu stoppen, muss die Partei die kommenden Jahre nutzen, um sich tiefer in der Gesellschaft zu verankern.

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Geweldig artikel van Dietmar Dath, waarin hij wijst op het gevaar van AI: een netwerk waarin we ons eigen werk niet meer herkennen en die de mogelijkheid tot solidair collectief handelen uitsluit.

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Wagenknecht’s BSW fails to enter parliament by a whisker while her old party die Linke, on a new, clear leftwing progressive platform, gets in on their best result since 2009. Quite a story and devastating for Wagenknecht who is dammed to political irrelevance.

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Don't you just sometimes feel like playing videogames you played as a kid? Just asking.

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‘De mensen aan de top werken constant met elkaar samen, terwijl ze ons ervan overtuigen dat we moeten concurreren in dit vrijemarktsysteem, omdat dat het efficiëntst is.’ @graceblakeley.bsky.social in gesprek met @helmerstoel.bsky.social

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