Harry Cleaver
@harrycleaver.bsky.social
ex-economist, retired professor, Autonomist Marxist, Zeroworker, anti-capitalist, pro-Wilderness, pro-all-sentient-beings, pro-commons,
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Harry Cleaver
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Harry Cleaver
Content by our about Harry Cleaver, autonomist Marxist theoretician, and author of Reading Capital Politically, an autonomist reading of Karl Marx's Capital. (b. 1944)
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Ah, I'll bet the subversion of the Australian government began much sooner! From the OSS to the CIA, as WWII ended they were out to replace European colonial influence all around the world, thru interventions of all sorts, including among intellectuals as well as politicians.
C. J. Coventry, 'The “Eloquence” of Robert J. Hawke: United States informer, 1973–79', in the March 2021 issue of the Australian Journal of Politics & History.
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The “Eloquence” of Robert J. Hawke: United States informer, 1973–79
In the 1970s, the leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and future Prime Minister of Australia, Robert J. “Bob” Hawke, was an informer of the United States of America. Using diploma...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Ah, I'll bet the subversion of the Australian government began much sooner! From the OSS to the CIA, as WWII ended they were out to replace European colonial influence all around the world, thru interventions of all sorts, including among intellectuals as well as politicians.
Although this thread is about misconceptions of "productivity" in software production, it's applicable in general. Economists always limit "output" to what was intended by bosses, ignoring all the side effects & byproducts that harm workers, consumers, & the environment.
How do you measure productivity? Let’s start by talking about the engineering obsession with quantitative metrics. You can easily measure productivity on an assembly line. The faster a car comes off the line at a given quality level, the more productive you are.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Although this thread is about misconceptions of "productivity" in software production, it's applicable in general. Economists always limit "output" to what was intended by bosses, ignoring all the side effects & byproducts that harm workers, consumers, & the environment.
Despite lousy US school history textbooks, which hide uncomfortable history, YOU can still learn and see the parallels by reading: D. Peukert, Inside Nazis Germany: Conformity, Opposition, and Racism in Everyday Life, 1982. Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Despite lousy US school history textbooks, which hide uncomfortable history, YOU can still learn and see the parallels by reading: D. Peukert, Inside Nazis Germany: Conformity, Opposition, and Racism in Everyday Life, 1982. Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
The data centers are also stealing underground water, unregulated in many states, like Texas. So they follow in the footsteps of other capitalists, from agribusiness to bottled water companies, stealing what should belong to all of us at minimum cost.
Apparently our electricity bills are going through the roof and this is partly related to data centers that hog huge amounts of electricity to generate information. I, for one, feel hopping mad about this. The companies that are using the data centers should bear the cost.
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5 Big Reasons Why Electricity Prices Are So High Right Now
The average U.S. household is projected to spend nearly $1,000 this winter to heat its home.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The data centers are also stealing underground water, unregulated in many states, like Texas. So they follow in the footsteps of other capitalists, from agribusiness to bottled water companies, stealing what should belong to all of us at minimum cost.
You know, they are not only pretty little things, with winged seeds to blow, but their young leaves make a nice addition to salads. Just don't take 'em all, leave some, so the plants thrive.😊
January 26, 2026 at 1:42 PM
You know, they are not only pretty little things, with winged seeds to blow, but their young leaves make a nice addition to salads. Just don't take 'em all, leave some, so the plants thrive.😊
"fatally shot"? Newspeak. The man was MURDERED in cold blood! But then ABC has sold its soul completely, so no wonder.
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 PM
"fatally shot"? Newspeak. The man was MURDERED in cold blood! But then ABC has sold its soul completely, so no wonder.
I wonder if the AFL-CIO is just acting out of solidarity or because they see the writing on the wall? The Nazis came for the unions after attacking their political opponents, i.e., retribution! Trump et al. will do the same if not stopped. Read: Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich, 1993.
America’s unions stand in solidarity with our @mnaflcio.org union family as they stand up to the federal government’s militarized immigration enforcement, fight for truth and freedom, and demand ICE peacefully leave Minnesota.
Our solidarity is our strength. When we fight, we win.
Our solidarity is our strength. When we fight, we win.
January 26, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I wonder if the AFL-CIO is just acting out of solidarity or because they see the writing on the wall? The Nazis came for the unions after attacking their political opponents, i.e., retribution! Trump et al. will do the same if not stopped. Read: Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich, 1993.
Say it loudly & MORE clearly: ICE = Trump's Gestapo. This is fascism in action, just like in Nazis Germany shortly after the Nazis takeover of the country. After immigrants, they're coming for political opponents, then trade unionists! Read up: Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see.
Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.
It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.
It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Say it loudly & MORE clearly: ICE = Trump's Gestapo. This is fascism in action, just like in Nazis Germany shortly after the Nazis takeover of the country. After immigrants, they're coming for political opponents, then trade unionists! Read up: Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
LOL, oh so true. This year, I discovered my 25-yr-old Honda Civic, which still runs well w/no problems, is classified as a “Classic Auto” in Texas & no longer requires annual inspection. 😊👍Although you'd think older vehicles would need MORE inspection, hey, I ain't gonna complain.
A kill switch only works if you keep buying the cars.
So don’t.
Old truck. Paid off. Unimpressive, but reliable.
Freedom doesn’t look the way they trained you to think.
So don’t.
Old truck. Paid off. Unimpressive, but reliable.
Freedom doesn’t look the way they trained you to think.
January 25, 2026 at 2:23 PM
LOL, oh so true. This year, I discovered my 25-yr-old Honda Civic, which still runs well w/no problems, is classified as a “Classic Auto” in Texas & no longer requires annual inspection. 😊👍Although you'd think older vehicles would need MORE inspection, hey, I ain't gonna complain.
They DO "conspire", only they call it "policy making", usually behind closed doors. Read Silvia's poem, "In Praise of Conspiracy Theory" Midnight Notes, #9, May 1988. la.utexas.edu/users/hcleav...
January 25, 2026 at 2:18 PM
They DO "conspire", only they call it "policy making", usually behind closed doors. Read Silvia's poem, "In Praise of Conspiracy Theory" Midnight Notes, #9, May 1988. la.utexas.edu/users/hcleav...
Whether in the UK or in the US, the hold of Zionists over far too many bought-off politicians has NOT been broken & people continue to suffer the consequences in Palestine & among supporters elsewhere. Zionist fascism, whether in Palestine or abroad MUST continue to be exposed & fought.
Detailed report on the case of Usama Ghanem, indefinitely suspended by @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for taking part in pro-Palestine protests and now facing deportation back to the Egyptian dictatorship. www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/e...
A student at a UK university lost his visa after pro-Palestinian activism. Some academics urge a reversal | CNN
Egyptian student Usama Ghanem took part in pro-Palestinian campus protests, prompting disciplinary action which could see him deported from Britain within days.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Whether in the UK or in the US, the hold of Zionists over far too many bought-off politicians has NOT been broken & people continue to suffer the consequences in Palestine & among supporters elsewhere. Zionist fascism, whether in Palestine or abroad MUST continue to be exposed & fought.
"All to please a wannabe king"? In minds of some of the agents, perhaps. But the entire operation is much more than that; it's an effort to cow resistance to the replacement of our pseudo-democracy with a theocratic, authoritarian state, much like the one in Iran, but White Christian instead.
All to please a wannabe king who is demented and thrives on violence.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"All to please a wannabe king"? In minds of some of the agents, perhaps. But the entire operation is much more than that; it's an effort to cow resistance to the replacement of our pseudo-democracy with a theocratic, authoritarian state, much like the one in Iran, but White Christian instead.
Given the declining number of coal miners, the entire world coal-mining labor force could be pensioned off handsomely & the entire industry shut down. Twould be good for the miners, the rest of us & the planet.
In 2000 95% of Poland's electricity was from coal. Today it is 51%. Total coal generation in TWh dropped by 36%.
Source is new @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review.
Source is new @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review.
January 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Given the declining number of coal miners, the entire world coal-mining labor force could be pensioned off handsomely & the entire industry shut down. Twould be good for the miners, the rest of us & the planet.
Judges TRIES to block feds. Short of seizing the evidence, taking it out of the fascists' hands, there is no guarantee it won't be destroyed by those who flaunt the law daily.
Judge blocks feds from destroying evidence in Minnesota shooting https://www.axios.com/2026/01/25/minnesota-shooting-trump-evidence-lawsuit-pretti https://www.axios.com/2026/01/25/minnesota-shooting-trump-evidence-lawsuit-pretti
January 25, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Judges TRIES to block feds. Short of seizing the evidence, taking it out of the fascists' hands, there is no guarantee it won't be destroyed by those who flaunt the law daily.
Say it loudly & clearly: ICE = Trump's Gestapo. This is fascism in action, just like in Nazis Germany shortly after the Nazis takeover of the country. After immigrants, they're coming for political opponents, then trade unionists! Read up: Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Say it loudly & clearly: ICE = Trump's Gestapo. This is fascism in action, just like in Nazis Germany shortly after the Nazis takeover of the country. After immigrants, they're coming for political opponents, then trade unionists! Read up: Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
"Our government" is too broad to target. ICE agents murdered. Say it loudly & clearly: ICE = Trump's Gestapo. This is fascism in action, just like in Nazis Germany. After immigrants, they're coming for political opponents, then trade unionists!
Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and Minneapolis resident, was murdered by ICE today. He was a lawful gun owner. Our government saw his Second Amendment right as a threat and executed him in the streets.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
"Our government" is too broad to target. ICE agents murdered. Say it loudly & clearly: ICE = Trump's Gestapo. This is fascism in action, just like in Nazis Germany. After immigrants, they're coming for political opponents, then trade unionists!
Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
THAT nurse is correct. It has always been about control. Smart capitalists try to harness our energy; fascist ones try to repress it, but it's still control in both cases. Trump is guilty of mass murder during the pandemic!
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 PM
THAT nurse is correct. It has always been about control. Smart capitalists try to harness our energy; fascist ones try to repress it, but it's still control in both cases. Trump is guilty of mass murder during the pandemic!
Never forget, the mass media is all owned by capitalists & it will always ere on the side of authority in the presence of any doubt about what has happened. They don't own it to spread truth but to manage what people know & don't know, to make it easier to control them. Only the slant varies.
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Never forget, the mass media is all owned by capitalists & it will always ere on the side of authority in the presence of any doubt about what has happened. They don't own it to spread truth but to manage what people know & don't know, to make it easier to control them. Only the slant varies.
Yep! Well said. The terrorizing of first immigrant communities & then whole cities is clearly to cow any resistance to the replacement of our pseudo-democracy with an authoritarian theocracy. If you doubt "theocracy", read MONEY, LIES & GOD (2025).
🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
January 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Yep! Well said. The terrorizing of first immigrant communities & then whole cities is clearly to cow any resistance to the replacement of our pseudo-democracy with an authoritarian theocracy. If you doubt "theocracy", read MONEY, LIES & GOD (2025).
Thomas Kuhn was correct in his The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), paradigms never completely die until the last practitioner croaks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Str...
January 25, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Thomas Kuhn was correct in his The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), paradigms never completely die until the last practitioner croaks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Str...
Say it loudly & clearly: ICE = Trump's Gestapo. This is fascism in action, just like in Nazis Germany shortly after the Nazis takeover of the country. After immigrants, they're coming for political opponents, then trade unionists! Read up: Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
January 25, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Say it loudly & clearly: ICE = Trump's Gestapo. This is fascism in action, just like in Nazis Germany shortly after the Nazis takeover of the country. After immigrants, they're coming for political opponents, then trade unionists! Read up: Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
Say it loudly & clearly: ICE = Trump's Gestapo. This is fascism in action, just like in Nazis Germany shortly after the Nazis takeover of the country. After immigrants, they're coming for political opponents, then trade unionists! Read up: Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Federal agents shoot person in Minnesota, governor says
Minneapolis officials said they are investigating.
www.nbcnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Say it loudly & clearly: ICE = Trump's Gestapo. This is fascism in action, just like in Nazis Germany shortly after the Nazis takeover of the country. After immigrants, they're coming for political opponents, then trade unionists! Read up: Tim Mason, Social Policy in the Third Reich (1993).
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A Free Palestine demonstration passing through my street right now. Berlin
January 24, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A Free Palestine demonstration passing through my street right now. Berlin
Besieging the bastards is good strategy, on the ground & on TV, when capitalist media bothers to show it, rather than blacking it out by ignoring it - as they do about so many things.
January 25, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Besieging the bastards is good strategy, on the ground & on TV, when capitalist media bothers to show it, rather than blacking it out by ignoring it - as they do about so many things.
Capitalists may worship "private property" but it's a secondary issue compared to the perceived need to discipline workers by terrorizing whole communities. Those abandoned cars are ONE of their reminders of their presence & threat.
This has happened in Maine also. The
Feds just leave cars on the side of the road or even in the road with nobody in them in the dead of winter.
Feds just leave cars on the side of the road or even in the road with nobody in them in the dead of winter.
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Capitalists may worship "private property" but it's a secondary issue compared to the perceived need to discipline workers by terrorizing whole communities. Those abandoned cars are ONE of their reminders of their presence & threat.