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Stuart White
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I am an academic interested in political theory, anti-oligarchic political economy, and democracy. I post in a personal capacity and reposting does not necessarily mean agreement. He/him.

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Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · 6h
As usual, this UBI proposal doesn't sound at all universal. It sounds more like the earnings-related supplement to unemployment benefit introduced by the Wilson government to mitigate industrial change in the 60s. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says
Lord Stockwood says people in government ‘definitely’ talking about idea as technology disrupts industries
www.theguardian.com

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Noriko Manabe @nmanabe.bsky.social · 22h
Here is my second blogpost on ICE protest songs and chants, from the Minnesota general strike and after Alex Pretti’s killing, with a large section on singing at protests and more songs about ICE. medium.com/@norikomanab...
ICE protest songs and chants, Minnesota general strike (January 23) and beyond
Transcriptions of songs and chants at ICE protests. Songs about ICE’s masculinity issues and other issues connected with ICE.
medium.com

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Archon Fung @politicsprof.bsky.social · 23h
Like many men of a certain age, I’m a huge Springstein fan. Here’s a new track with some Dylanesque notes.
brucespringsteen.net Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 1d
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 1d
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 1d
Some personal news.
Why I Have Joined the Greens
While defections are in the news, there's another that might be worth reporting on. My own. Yesterday I cancelled my Your Party membership ...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 1d
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day - the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d
Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 25% (+1)
LAB: 21% (+2)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 14% (=)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 25-26 Jan.
Changes w/ 18-19 Jan.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 2d
Poverty is deepening.

🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.

People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.

This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 2d
Those below the poverty line are, increasingly, well below it

New @statspeter.bsky.social @katieschmuecker.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social study

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com

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Jeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert.bsky.social · 2d
kay @profafinlayson.bsky.social and I have recorded a LESS THAN ONE HOUR long emergency podcast on what the blocking of Andy Burnham's route back to parliament means.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/01/26/w...
Hope it's useful!
Why was Burnham Blocked? (Emergency Pod January 2026)
In this actual emergency podcast, Alan and Jem  give way to overwhelming public pressure to respond to a recent decision taken by Labour’s National Executive Committee. The NEC have voted to …
culturepowerpolitics.org

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Dan Hind @dannyhinduk.bsky.social · 3d
It's well worth comparing the depth and seriousness of Burnham's proposals for reform in the UK with the utter frivolity and short-sightedness of response from SW1's media-political establishment.

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CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 3d
Anyway, the Labour Party rule book is basically these days filled with clauses saying “the governing NEC has absolute power to do whatever they like”. So enough from me on this psychodrama, roll on people having the chance to vote for a different party that actually values internal democracy 💚

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d
Seen in Los Angeles

(Credit: Zurita Carpio)

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Mike Freiberg @repfreiberg.bsky.social · 3d
Secretary of State Steve Simon’s statement on the outrageous request from the US Attorney General www.sos.mn.gov/about-the-of...

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Jack Mellor 💚🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @jackmellor.bsky.social · 3d
Action network link for all @greenparty.org.uk members wanting to get involved in Gorton and Denton
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social @nwyounggreens.bsky.social

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A Green MP in Gorton and Denton?
A Green MP in Gorton & Denton? 💚 A historic by-election is coming to Gorton & Denton, and we have a genuine chance to do something huge. This could be the moment we elect the Green Par...
actionnetwork.org

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Archon Fung @politicsprof.bsky.social · 4d
Thank you, President Roth. No official at my university (Harvard) can make a statement like yours as an official because our institutional voice policy forbids it. That’s too bad, because the successful defense of democracy just might require leaders of its institutions to speak up and defend it.
simsjames.bsky.social James Sims @simsjames.bsky.social · 4d
"We should bear witness to the brutality and demand that our government protect our freedoms—not crush them with armed, masked men who think they can act with impunity. As people who have chosen learning, it’s the least we can do." —Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social on Minneapolis
Minneapolis is Now Ground Zero for Our Democracy
www.wesleyan.edu

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James Sims @simsjames.bsky.social · 4d
"We should bear witness to the brutality and demand that our government protect our freedoms—not crush them with armed, masked men who think they can act with impunity. As people who have chosen learning, it’s the least we can do." —Wesleyan University President @msroth.bsky.social on Minneapolis
Minneapolis is Now Ground Zero for Our Democracy
www.wesleyan.edu

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 4d
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”

Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 4d
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 4d
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 4d
We are not here to be disappointed by Labour anymore. At the by-election in Gorton and Denton, we are here to replace them. This election is a two-way race now - Greens Vs Reform.
Graphic featuring Green Party leader Zack Polanski, with his portrait at the top on a green background. A large quote reads: “As days pass and Labour seemingly find new ways to disappoint people, I remain focused on growing the Green Party. At the upcoming by-election in Gorton and Denton, it’s become clear that the Greens are the only progressive party capable of beating Reform.” Green Party logo and branding appear at the bottom.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 4d
Not wanting the biggest by-election in history did indeed turn out to be the reason given by the NEC committee

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d
It's clear that the Green Party are the way to keep Reform out of Manchester.

We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote.

A new Green MP representing the community.

Let's go!

Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d
Entries are absurdly unbalanced, to favour US govt false statements, in a scenario where "sharply contested" both sides reporting would be highly inadequate

BBC are here being a real time conduit of the misinformation that they say their mission is to verify+counter
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Minneapolis live: Man, 37, shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis
The shooting follows days of protests in the city over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.

It leads on "sharply contested narratives"

It has a dramatic skew to the US government

It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Walz: "It's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state, and today that campaigned claimed another life. I've seen the video from several angles and it's sickening. But I have a strong statement here for our federal govt: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word."

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5d
If only we as a country, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, had some historical events from our founding era that might help us understand why agents of a distant government shouldn’t murder protesters on the streets of the city where they live.
A depiction of Crisps Attucks being killed by agents of the state on the streets of Boston for the crime of protesting.

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🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 5d
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

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just Dave @justdave.bsky.social · 5d

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Ben Carter @archaeoscape.bsky.social · 6d
"Slavery was real"

Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.

Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Large brick wall with a tiny white signat the base of the wall that says "Slavery was real"

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 6d
I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com