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Professor of Political Economy, Labour and resistance to exploitation. Blogs at http://andreasbieler.blogspot.co.uk Views my own!

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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 1d
Huge Costs to Workers and the Environment: Tech Bubbles and New Investments in the US, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/huge...
Huge Costs to Workers and the Environment
Early in his second presidency, Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs was met with widespread scepticism. Critics warned of economic decline and a global backlash. Yet the current landscape for the Uni...
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CSSGJ @cssgj.bsky.social · 2d
CSSGJ is pleased to host Dr.Ian Bruff on 24th November at 6p.m. (UK time). The title of his talk is 'All that has Never Been True: The Dismal Ruins of Neoliberalism'. Please register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-that-h... @abieler.bsky.social @ianbruff.bsky.social @sinembal.bsky.social
All that has Never Been True: The Dismal Ruins of Neoliberalism
All that has Never Been True: The Dismal Ruins of the Neoliberalism = Free Markets Assumption - a public talk by Ian Bruff
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 2d
The finishing touches are being put on a special issue of the Journal of Labor and Society edited by @alejopedregal.bsky.social, Nemanja Lukić and I on the ecomodernist features of imperialism. We have some incredible contributions that I can't wait to share.

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Ross Balzaretti @rossbalzaretti.bsky.social · 2d
If you are in Nottingham, there will be protests south side of Trent Buidling while the Council is in session tomorrow 1-2pm and Tuesday 10-11. Please join if you can.

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Ross Balzaretti @rossbalzaretti.bsky.social · 2d
University warned closures will be 'colossal blow' ahead of decision

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University warned closures will be 'colossal blow' ahead of decision
Staff, students and high-profile musicians have decried the proposals
www.nottinghampost.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d
In 2023/24, UK govt gave £78.2bn tax relief on pension contributions.

32% benefitted 29.2m basic rate (20%) taxpayers.

68% went to higher and additional rate (40% and 45%) tax payers.

Equalizing tax relief at 20% to all, leaves govt £14.5bn spare to alleviate poverty.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 4d
Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership, socialistproject.ca/2025/11/labo...
Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership
Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 5d
Big pharma wants billions more from our NHS – the government must not give in. Tell your MP to defend our health system:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-your-mp...
Tell your MP: Stop pharma’s raid on the NHS
The UK government is seriously considering demands from Donald Trump and big pharma to hike the amount the NHS pays for medicines – and it could run into the billions. This would represent a big win f...
act.globaljustice.org.uk

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 6d
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
you.38degrees.org.uk

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 7d
$50-bn in Subsidies has Failed to Secure EV Jobs, Investment or Future, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/50-b...
$50-bn in Subsidies has Failed to Secure EV Jobs, Investment or Future
On October 16, 2023, it was all smiles for the cameras in Loyalist Township where politicians and corporate executives gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony to build a new $2.761-billion Electric Veh...
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 8d
📣 New publication!

📄 In a new ETUI working paper, Diletta Porcheddu and Sara Prosdocimi delve into the intersection of #AI and labour relations in #finance, focusing on how #socialdialogue and #collectivebargaining can foster ethical and responsible AI adoption.

🔗 Read more here: etui.org/Z96
Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 8d
Data Center Resistance: Stopping the Corporate AI Offensive, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/data...
Data Center Resistance
Major tech companies – OpenAI (GPT), Google (Gemini), Anthropic (Claude), Meta (Llama), and xAI (Grok) – are spending heavily to boost the computing power of their respective large language artificial...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 8d
Three Dimensions of Militarism in the Climate Crisis, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/thre...
Three Dimensions of Militarism in the Climate Crisis
War, famously, is the pursuit of politics by other means. Cliche though it may be, the impacts of war and militarism are often overlooked by social movements focusing on formal political processes. An...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 9d
Complex Challenges Require Radical Responses: Confronting Trump’s Tariffs, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/comp...
Complex Challenges Require Radical Responses
Robert Chernomas and Fred Wilson, in their SP Bullet of October 24th, “Beyond the ‘Elbows Up’ Response to the Tariff War,” call for a “national industrial policy” strategy to respond to the economic c...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 9d
Macron, Merz, and Starmer: The rearguard of liberal democracy, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/macr...
Macron, Merz, and Starmer
Large parts of the world are ruled by autocrats. Vladimir Putin is the worst of them all, Xi Jinping is not much better, and even America, the bastion of freedom, has fallen into the hands of a would-...
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CSSGJ @cssgj.bsky.social · 9d
CSSGJ is pleased to host Fabiola Mieres and Christiane Kuptsch from ILO on 17th November at 6 pm (UK time). Their title is 'Temporary Labour Migration: Towards Social Justice?'. Please register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/temporary-... @abieler.bsky.social @sinembal.bsky.social @oliverdodd.bsky.social
Temporary Labour Migration: Towards Social Justice?
Temporary Labour Migration: Towards Social Justice? - a public talk by Fabiola Mieres & Christiane Kuptsch
www.eventbrite.co.uk

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 11d
Macron, Merz, and Starmer: The rearguard of liberal democracy, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/macr...
Macron, Merz, and Starmer
Large parts of the world are ruled by autocrats. Vladimir Putin is the worst of them all, Xi Jinping is not much better, and even America, the bastion of freedom, has fallen into the hands of a would-...
socialistproject.ca

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 12d
Rosebank is a climate disaster waiting to happen that will enrich a powerful few.

This is the last chance to stop Rosebank and we only have a few weeks left. I've just written to the government to share my views. Join me here:

act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-keir-st...
Tell Keir Starmer: Stop Rosebank
This is the moment that activists across the UK have been building towards: it's decision time for the UK government. Oil giant Equinor has just resubmitted a new application for Rosebank - the bigges...
act.globaljustice.org.uk

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 13d
📍 Malta

Together with @ccre-cemr.bsky.social, we’ve kicked off the first #LABProject workshop - unions & local governments from across Europe discussing social dialogue in small islands and remote regions.

Everyone deserves access to quality public services, no matter where they live.
Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 13d
Canadian Auto Isn’t in ‘Crisis’, It’s in Danger of Extinction, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/cana...
Canadian Auto Isn’t in ‘Crisis’, It’s in Danger of Extinction
Canadian autoworkers have faced many crises over the years, but the present threat is distinct. Lana Payne, President of Unifor, has warned that “If we don’t push back hard against him [US President D...
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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 13d
From the Blue Community co-founder Council of Canadians:
John Cartwright: Passing the torch of Council Chair.
After thirteen years on the Board of Directors and six years as Chair, John Cartwright is stepping down from his long-time leadership role.
blue-community.net/2...

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Dr Hannah Murray @hlmurray.bsky.social · 14d
RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.

Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
www.change.org

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 15d
“We were absolutely gobsmacked.”

48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare.
No consultation. No vision.

This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities.
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
@uonucu.bsky.social
Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 16d
Political Sovereignty and Elbows Up: How is it going so far? See socialistproject.ca/2025/11/poli...
Political Sovereignty and Elbows Up
How lucky were the Liberals when the last federal election season began? Very. Twin perceived threats came to their assistance. Like all parties in trouble, they dumped their leader, Justin Trudeau, a...
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Nessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 21d
Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis ed @abieler.bsky.social

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Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis
‘Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis is a clear-eyed and incisive account of how the multiple overlapping crises facing European capitalism are exacerbating the inherent contradictio...
www.e-elgar.com

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 22d
‪This morning, EU environment ministers meet to agree a way forward for the Climate Law🌍 ...but leaked drafts show plans to weaken the 2040 target of slashing emissions by 90% if it is hurting industry "competitiveness" 🏭

Read more on 🔍 Deregulation Watch 🔎
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
Photo of cardboard placards saying "There is No Planet B", "Our House is on FIRE", and "System Change Not Climate Change"

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Adam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 22d
Brilliant piece by @alfnilsen.bsky.social on Stuart Hall as a master dialectician from and for the Global South @dukepress.bsky.social
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Stuart Hall and Us in the Global South - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
How does reading and rereading Stuart Hall’s work bring out his stunning intellectual agility and the “this-worldliness” of his thinking for the Global South as a master dialectician?
www.ppesydney.net

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 22d
A World Transformed 2025: Britain’s Left-Wing and Experiments in Democracy, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/a-wo...
A World Transformed 2025
The biggest left-wing event in Great Britain – The World Transformed – was held regularly under the patronage of the Labour Party from 2016 onward. Since the party under the leadership of Keir Starmer...
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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 22d
Murky Water. Debate in London, UK
Join us for a lively debate about what needs to happen to England’s privatised water and sewerage industry and how do we get there? The session will be chaired by Lord Sikka, and there will be opportunity for questions.
blue-community.net/2...
Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 23d
The Sharm el-Sheikh Farce: Trump’s Gaza “Peace Plan”, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/shar...
The Sharm el-Sheikh Farce: Trump’s Gaza “Peace Plan”
Right after two years of massacre, genocide, and destruction of Gaza’s cities, villages, farmlands, industries, and infrastructure by Israel – in retaliation for Hamas’s strategically misguided and co...
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