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PME, a Dutch pension fund overseeing about $70 billion, has severed ties with BlackRock based on an assessment that the world’s largest money manager no longer acts in its best interests on issues such as climate risk.
BlackRock Loses $5.9 Billion Mandate From Dutch Pension Fund PME
PME, a Dutch pension fund overseeing about $70 billion, has severed ties with BlackRock Inc. based on an assessment that the world’s largest money manager no longer acts in its best interests on issues such as climate risk.
bloom.bg
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
PME, a Dutch pension fund overseeing about $70 billion, has severed ties with BlackRock based on an assessment that the world’s largest money manager no longer acts in its best interests on issues such as climate risk.
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I fully support this statement released by the Palestine Action Group, in response to the murder of innocent Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach on Sunday. I am also deeply disturbed by the comments made by the Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal. #auspol #BondiBeachShooting
December 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I fully support this statement released by the Palestine Action Group, in response to the murder of innocent Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach on Sunday. I am also deeply disturbed by the comments made by the Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal. #auspol #BondiBeachShooting
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"Every single act of gun violence is 100% preventable."
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Every single act of gun violence is 100% preventable."
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
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Antony Loewenstein on the Hanukkah Massacre in Sydney & the Muslim Food Vendor Who Saved Lives
The Hanukkah Massacre in Sydney & the Muslim Food Vendor Who Saved Lives
At least 15 people were fatally shot during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach this Saturday, and at least another 42 people were injured, marking Australia’s worst mass shooting in ...
www.democracynow.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Antony Loewenstein on the Hanukkah Massacre in Sydney & the Muslim Food Vendor Who Saved Lives
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It's the murderers to blame for Bondi; not Muslims, Arabs, leftists, or peace marchers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
#bondi #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/taking-advan...
#bondi #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/taking-advan...
Taking Advantage of A national Tragedy | The West Report - Michael West
Who to blame for the Bondi Beach mass-shooting? Not Muslims, not Arabs, not peace protestors marching on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was the men who fired the bullets. In the aftermath of the Bondi...
michaelwest.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It's the murderers to blame for Bondi; not Muslims, Arabs, leftists, or peace marchers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
#bondi #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/taking-advan...
#bondi #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/taking-advan...
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The supremacist project is to steal all the value generated by society while calling those they steal from thieves and forcing them to pay the cost of the theft. When they eradicate those they hate, they eradicate the source of their wealth and privilege, and are left only with each other to rob.
December 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The supremacist project is to steal all the value generated by society while calling those they steal from thieves and forcing them to pay the cost of the theft. When they eradicate those they hate, they eradicate the source of their wealth and privilege, and are left only with each other to rob.
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NEWS: IFC watchdog accepts complaint filed by Indigenous leaders in Nepal over an environmentally destructive cable car on the sacred Mukkumlung mountain, habitat of endangered snow leopards and red pandas.
Press release: re-course.org/newsupdates/...
Info and quotes in thread 🧵 1/6
Press release: re-course.org/newsupdates/...
Info and quotes in thread 🧵 1/6
IFC Ombudsman investigates Indigenous rights abuses related to advisory support for cable car project in Nepal
The IFC Ombudsman will investigate the World Bank Group’s role in environmental damages and Indigenous rights abuses in Nepal. Read the press release here.
re-course.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
NEWS: IFC watchdog accepts complaint filed by Indigenous leaders in Nepal over an environmentally destructive cable car on the sacred Mukkumlung mountain, habitat of endangered snow leopards and red pandas.
Press release: re-course.org/newsupdates/...
Info and quotes in thread 🧵 1/6
Press release: re-course.org/newsupdates/...
Info and quotes in thread 🧵 1/6
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"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
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Data reveals disparate treatment of peaceful climate activists versus violent far-right agitators. Available in EN, ES, DE, FR, PT-BR, IT, AR and HI.
A Two-Tier System of Protest Policing
Data reveals disparate treatment of peaceful climate activists versus violent far-right agitators.
buff.ly
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Data reveals disparate treatment of peaceful climate activists versus violent far-right agitators. Available in EN, ES, DE, FR, PT-BR, IT, AR and HI.
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Why economic policy matters for the Greens www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Why economic policy matters for the Greens
As readers here will be aware, I have been tackling those who are seeking to drive the Greens in what they might describe as a Marxist direction, but which does, in reality, do two things.
The first i...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Why economic policy matters for the Greens www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
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People who protest for human rights are not a threat to the Australian community. That is a proposition that doesn't hold up to the smallest amount of scrutiny. And repeating it will not not make it true. Just stop it. #auspol
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
People who protest for human rights are not a threat to the Australian community. That is a proposition that doesn't hold up to the smallest amount of scrutiny. And repeating it will not not make it true. Just stop it. #auspol
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Left: Chief Rabbi says chants likes 'from the river to the sea incite hatred'
Right: Is Netanyahu inciting hatred when he says from the river to the sea?
Right: Is Netanyahu inciting hatred when he says from the river to the sea?
December 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Left: Chief Rabbi says chants likes 'from the river to the sea incite hatred'
Right: Is Netanyahu inciting hatred when he says from the river to the sea?
Right: Is Netanyahu inciting hatred when he says from the river to the sea?
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Julia Hartley-Brewer: Why is colonialism bad?
Me: “When Britain arrived in 1700s, India had 27% of global GDP. After 200 years of theft and millions starved to death, by 1947 India had 3% of global GDP, 90% living below the poverty line, a literacy rate of 17% and life expectancy of 27”
Me: “When Britain arrived in 1700s, India had 27% of global GDP. After 200 years of theft and millions starved to death, by 1947 India had 3% of global GDP, 90% living below the poverty line, a literacy rate of 17% and life expectancy of 27”
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Julia Hartley-Brewer: Why is colonialism bad?
Me: “When Britain arrived in 1700s, India had 27% of global GDP. After 200 years of theft and millions starved to death, by 1947 India had 3% of global GDP, 90% living below the poverty line, a literacy rate of 17% and life expectancy of 27”
Me: “When Britain arrived in 1700s, India had 27% of global GDP. After 200 years of theft and millions starved to death, by 1947 India had 3% of global GDP, 90% living below the poverty line, a literacy rate of 17% and life expectancy of 27”
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James Talarico: Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? I’m all for success, but this is not success. This is hoarding. The reason poverty still exists in the wealthiest country in history is not because we can’t feed the poor. It’s because we can’t satisfy the rich
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
James Talarico: Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? I’m all for success, but this is not success. This is hoarding. The reason poverty still exists in the wealthiest country in history is not because we can’t feed the poor. It’s because we can’t satisfy the rich
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James Talarico: Frankly I am tired of the ‘thoughts and prayers’ rhetoric from our leaders.
There is something profoundly cynical about asking God to solve a problem that we're not willing to solve ourselves.
The time for thoughts and prayers is over. It's time for us to act.
There is something profoundly cynical about asking God to solve a problem that we're not willing to solve ourselves.
The time for thoughts and prayers is over. It's time for us to act.
December 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
James Talarico: Frankly I am tired of the ‘thoughts and prayers’ rhetoric from our leaders.
There is something profoundly cynical about asking God to solve a problem that we're not willing to solve ourselves.
The time for thoughts and prayers is over. It's time for us to act.
There is something profoundly cynical about asking God to solve a problem that we're not willing to solve ourselves.
The time for thoughts and prayers is over. It's time for us to act.
Best take on Bondi shooting by Antony Loewenstein
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQ4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQ4...
The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: My Comments on the Bondi Attack
YouTube video by Antony Loewenstein
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Best take on Bondi shooting by Antony Loewenstein
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQ4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQ4...
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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Family confirms the man who tackled and disarmed a gunman during the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney was an Australian national of Syrian origin.
Video: Middle East Eye via X (@MiddleEastEye)
x.com/MiddleEastEy...
Video: Middle East Eye via X (@MiddleEastEye)
x.com/MiddleEastEy...
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Family confirms the man who tackled and disarmed a gunman during the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney was an Australian national of Syrian origin.
Video: Middle East Eye via X (@MiddleEastEye)
x.com/MiddleEastEy...
Video: Middle East Eye via X (@MiddleEastEye)
x.com/MiddleEastEy...
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Because the world needs more women economists, and especially those well-informed in MMT, ecological economics and economic pluralism, as well as (not instead of) econometrics.
modernmoneylab.org.au/courses/ to apply.
modernmoneylab.org.au/courses/ to apply.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Because the world needs more women economists, and especially those well-informed in MMT, ecological economics and economic pluralism, as well as (not instead of) econometrics.
modernmoneylab.org.au/courses/ to apply.
modernmoneylab.org.au/courses/ to apply.
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Spotted in a Mumbai restaurant: “London corner shop style samosas” and “Birmingham Balti”.
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Spotted in a Mumbai restaurant: “London corner shop style samosas” and “Birmingham Balti”.
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Laura Tingle says you have to look at Netanyahu’s reaction with a grain of salt after he blamed Albanese for the Bondi attack. Says he’s the only leader trying to link it with Australia’s support for a Palestinian state while still can’t explain how Oct7 occurred on his watch💥 #Abc
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Laura Tingle says you have to look at Netanyahu’s reaction with a grain of salt after he blamed Albanese for the Bondi attack. Says he’s the only leader trying to link it with Australia’s support for a Palestinian state while still can’t explain how Oct7 occurred on his watch💥 #Abc
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“institutions with the public authority to do so […] continually create new money, which is thus an everyday occurrence […]. The essential question […] is not if money creation occurs but, rather, how and for what purpose.”
Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson, “Green-Lighting Gatsby” (forthcoming).
Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson, “Green-Lighting Gatsby” (forthcoming).
A key counter-argument to this trash is that money creation is the rule, not the exception. Also, if excessive so-called “money printing” has shown anything, it's that depoliticized out-of-control credit creation for private speculation & profit leads to profound political inequality & instability.
Zack Polanski’s high-spend daydream is too good to be true
Who wouldn’t want to ignore the bond markets? But to apply modern monetary theory you need low government debt — you wouldn’t start from here
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“institutions with the public authority to do so […] continually create new money, which is thus an everyday occurrence […]. The essential question […] is not if money creation occurs but, rather, how and for what purpose.”
Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson, “Green-Lighting Gatsby” (forthcoming).
Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson, “Green-Lighting Gatsby” (forthcoming).
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Westpac’s annual general meeting (AGM) is two days away and we have just been given an opportunity to expose the bank in a way that its board, shareholders and customers can’t ignore: a homepage ad campaign in The Guardian.
👉 Can you chip in to help reveal the truth? chuffed.org/project/west...
👉 Can you chip in to help reveal the truth? chuffed.org/project/west...
Let’s call out Westpac’s broken climate promises with these powerful ads!
Westpac has just breached its own climate policy by cutting a deal with big gas company Santos.Westpac’s new policy, which came into effect just last month, meant the bank required detailed carbon red...
chuffed.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Westpac’s annual general meeting (AGM) is two days away and we have just been given an opportunity to expose the bank in a way that its board, shareholders and customers can’t ignore: a homepage ad campaign in The Guardian.
👉 Can you chip in to help reveal the truth? chuffed.org/project/west...
👉 Can you chip in to help reveal the truth? chuffed.org/project/west...
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Talarico: The first bill I want to vote on in the Senate is comprehensive political reform
Undecided voter: What is that specifically?
Talarico: I want to ban Super PACs. I want to cap campaign contributions. I don’t think members of Congress should be allowed to buy and sell stocks
Undecided voter: What is that specifically?
Talarico: I want to ban Super PACs. I want to cap campaign contributions. I don’t think members of Congress should be allowed to buy and sell stocks
December 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Talarico: The first bill I want to vote on in the Senate is comprehensive political reform
Undecided voter: What is that specifically?
Talarico: I want to ban Super PACs. I want to cap campaign contributions. I don’t think members of Congress should be allowed to buy and sell stocks
Undecided voter: What is that specifically?
Talarico: I want to ban Super PACs. I want to cap campaign contributions. I don’t think members of Congress should be allowed to buy and sell stocks