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Here is a quote I gave in 2021 about Jeff Bezos' ownership of The Washington Post. It will always conspire against the public to protect and advance the interests of its owner and his social class. Billionaire ownership of the media ≠ a free press.

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Can we all agree that the libertarian movement in the US is just a group of fools who advocate for less regulation and less taxes, but want government contracts and public subsidies.

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Let's hope that German workers/voters surprise everyone today by blocking the far-right AfD and giving @dielinke-chawi.bsky.social a greater share of the vote than expected!

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This talk argues that AI will reinforce the historical trend of depriving Black workers of their autonomy and compelling them to produce more while receiving a smaller share of the economic pie. Feat. @ocampomar.bsky.social & A. J. Schumann https://buff.ly/4gQfa5n

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Air travel is (was?) the safest mode of transportation in the United States, but now thanks to Trump's disastrous policy of gutting the FAA, fatal airplane accidents are starting to become a common occurrence. Can we get some competent people in power to stop this madness please!?

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UPDATE: It's happening now. German police entered the new venue to break up our meeting with Francesca Albanese and Amnesty International. The miss no chance to prove that totalitarianism is back in Germany even before the AfD has won gvt

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Labor's lobbying spending is dwarfed by corporate interests. It's time to reallocate resources toward more organizing, writes @ocampomar.bsky.social inequality.org/article/expa...

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Thousands of Amazon workers at RDU1 in Garner, NC, are voting this week to unionize with CAUSE. Hear from union president Reverend Ryan Brown about how the campaign to organize the first Amazon union in the South got here. inequality.org/article/the-...

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U.S. #dataviz & #nonprofitsky people: please consider signing on to this letter to Congress about the challenges to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the US Census. This data is essential to so much. 📊🤝 (Deadline Friday.) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Billionaires have a wide range of sociopolitical interests that often pull in opposite directions. But they all unite around one thing: wealth defense. The protection of their wealth from taxation or expropriation & resistance to redistribution. That is oligarchy. inequality.org/article/an-o...

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I’ve crossed the Panama Canal 4 times (I’m weird, I know). This CNN report is dead on. More than 1/2 the revenue generated by the canal now comes from the NEW expanded parallel canal that the US did NOT pay for. Moreover, the treaty mandates EQUAL rates. US ships are NOT charged more. Trump lies.

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I am not looking forward to MAGA blaming everyone but Trump and his tariff regime for the oncoming increase in prices of groceries and other consumer goods.

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Hegseth knows nothing about strategic planning. What would “victory” against Mexican cartels look like? Is there a hilltop to seize, flag to capture, river to cross, or capital to occupy? It’s easy to wade into a quagmire, but hard to get out — especially since cartels will have their own responses.

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It was definitely an unforgettable Sunday for US-Colombia relations. But one thing is for sure: The Colombian right & many in the so-called center have exposed themselves as supporters of punitive measures against their own country just bc they do not want to offend a racist xenophobe in the WH.

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There is no organized left in the United States, agreed, but that is not how conservatives and reactionaries perceive it. They genuinely believe that the most milquetoast liberal centrists are "far-left" radicals. It would be a laughable absurdity if the consequences were not so dire.

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Trump supporters: "I am voting for Trump bc of high prices in the supermarket." Trump's trade/tax plan with Mexico & Canada: "Tariffs would raise the prices of imported goods, such as food and clothing. Consumers could lose as much as $78 billion in annual spending power." 🥴 qz.com/trump-tariff...

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This is somehow much worse than what I expected

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The Democrats are giving Trump one of the easiest layups.

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La derecha no sabe de economía. Vicky Davila va implementar una terapia de choque a lo Milei donde el desempleo y la pobreza aumentará. El motivo es atacar a los sindicatos y el movimiento obrero. Ella es un peligro para la economía y sociedad colombiana. www.lasillavacia.com/en-vivo/vick...

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The Celtics have played .500 basketball for the past month and a half. The team still has the third best record in the league. They are going through the motions. No need to hit the panic button. #Celtics #NBA #Boston

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100 days into her presidency, President Sheinbaum has an impressive approval rating of 80 percent! The Democrats in the US can learn a thing or two from Sheinbaum and Morena, who ran an unapologetically progressive political campaign and govern from the left. elpais.com/mexico/2025-...

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“Colonial expansion is a Russian psyop new to American politics”. never has a career pivot to one-note audience pandering rotted a brain more

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The crisis in the Democratic Party should be its undoing. They hand over the NLRB to the GOP while the ILA credits Trump for winning a tentative contract, ignoring that the GOP & the ruling class will not hesitate to steamroll workers when the opportunity presents itself. qz.com/port-strike-...

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Maduro sigue siendo un lastre para la izquierda latinoamericana, pero la realidad difícil y pragmática es que no tiene sentido que Colombia suspenda las relaciones diplomáticas o comerciales con Venezuela. Una gran frontera compartida significa que necesitamos estar en diálogo.

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Great post by @sarahanderson.bsky.social, @inequality.org, and @ips-dc.org on the alarming picture of US extreme wealth disparities. blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities... What's even more alarming is that this is the economic model offered (ahem...shoved down the throat) of the world...

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Tech billionaires' wealth skyrocketed in 2024, thanks in large part to "the hype surrounding artificial intelligence and the billions of dollars invested into its development." IPS scholar @ocampomar.bsky.social in @newsweek.com:

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The three books that will be occupying my time this January. #OcampoReads

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As we move into 2025, our latest blog post by Sarah Anderson summarises the state of wealth inequality in ten key facts spanning the richest individuals, household wealth and the racial wealth divide. #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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President Petro details his top 11 achievements of the year. They include: - poverty reduction - economic growth not dependent on hydrocarbons - 440k hectares of land redistributed to the peasantry - pension reform - inflation cut in half - higher minimum wage www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYPv...

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La sociedad no va acabar con la pobreza con fantasías neoliberales como la caridad, sino pagando a los trabajadores salarios dignos o con la autogestión obrera, ese es el mejor programa anti-pobreza. Feliz Año Nuevo.

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Mr. "Step Back and Go Fuck Yourself in the Face" has opened a Cyber Charm School.

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I appreciate Musk bc he proves every socialist critique of the capitalist state. The wealthy converts its economic power into political power; uses racism to divide the working class; embraces populism to cheat gullible supporters so they can exploit labor, accumulate capital & protect their wealth.

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The Biden administration's State Department is easily the worst DOS in recent memory. So many foreign service officers and State Department employees are complicit in genocide and imminent famine.

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I am quoted in this article by @newsweek.com The frenzy surrounding AI has caused the value of tech stocks to skyrocket, thus making tech billionaires even richer. This class of billionaires have even more material power, which they can convert into political power. www.newsweek.com/america-bill...

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Musk wants to destroy all resources that are free and independent. This is why he is targeting Wikipedia. Musk's goal is to put it under his autocratic control, politicize knowledge production, and erode democratic accountability. Right now is the perfect time to donate to Wikipedia.

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You got to love President Gustavo Petro. He decrees a minimum wage increase of 9.5 percent and makes the entire neoliberal business class cry on Christmas Eve. www.elespectador.com/politica/sal...

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La derecha latinoamericana es sinónimo con el narcotráfico, el paramilitarismo, la corrupción y la antidemocracia.

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This is poorly argued. Oligarchy is the politics of wealth defense, i.e., protection from taxation &/or expropriation, resistance to redistribution. Oligarchy & democracy can coexist bc oligarchy requires extreme wealth concentration & democracy requires the dispersion of formal political power.

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Frente a algunos monumentos históricos de Berlín. 1. Fernsehturm y la Catedral de Berlín 2. La Puerta de Brandeburgo 3. Edificio del Reichstag 4. Estación Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz

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