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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · 1d

Searing and vitally important piece by Sharone Lifschitz two years after October 7 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic

www.theguardian.com

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 8d

🚨ICYMI🚨

Housing expert and author of Big Capital: Who Is London For? @annaminton.bsky.social joins @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss the nightmare of trying to build houses in a system designed to inhibit it 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

#starmer #housing #regeneration

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 9d

A joy to chat about the scourge of regeneration with @annaminton.bsky.social for an @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social deep dive.

From Baltimore to Liverpool docks, “market renewal pathfinders” (who remembers them?) to city sterilisation - we’ve got it all.

Listen up!

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

Build, baby, build – Is Labour losing the Regeneration Game?

Podcast Episode · Oh God, What Now? · 30/09/2025 · 1h

podcasts.apple.com

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · 8d

Really enjoyed this conversation with @hannahfearn.bsky.social

Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 9d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Labour has staked its future on building hundreds of thousand of homes and fixing up crumbling communities. But does “regeneration” actually work?
@annaminton.bsky.social joins OGWN regular and development wonk @hannahfearn.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

#starmer

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · 9d

Really looking forward to talking to @thelrm.bsky.social about her great new book on women walking in the city

Morag Rose @thelrm.bsky.social · 10d

Really looking forward to visiting @housmansbookshop.bsky.social its always been one of my London touchstones. I will be in conversation with the always excellent @annaminton.bsky.social and looking forward to seeing loiterers old and new x

Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 11d

📚BOOK EVENT📚

@thelrm.bsky.social, author of The Feminist Art of Walking visits @housmansbookshop.bsky.social for an author talk

🗓️ Wed, Oct 8
⏰ 7 pm
📍 @housmansbookshop.bsky.social
housmans.com/event/book-l...

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · 20d

The fact that Starmer sat next to Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman at the King's banquet presumably to thank him for the £90 billion 'investment' aka asset stripping tells you all you need to know about this government

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 30

Occasionally I come across an article in the foreign press that’s strikes me as so important that I want to share it with you. The following was originally written by an Israeli professor of law named Orit Kamir. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Jun 24

Tomorrow!

Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Jun 18

Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt #JoannaKusiak and #JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Jun 20

Wednesday 25th UEL book event with Joanna Kusiak & Joe Penny - please join us!

Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Jun 18

Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt #JoannaKusiak and #JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Jun 18

Please join us for this great event on Wednesday 25th June wt #JoannaKusiak and #JoePenny talking about their new books on the financialization of housing & grassroots alternatives in London & Berlin
Wednesday 25 June 5pm-7pm, in person, University Square, Stratford US1.01
booking: lnkd.in/eEJdcmeq

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · May 29

On now!

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · May 29

Coming up right now: the new season of BBC Rethink on Radio 4. Delighted to be back for a second season. This time we're Rethinking Social Housing, joined by Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, @annaminton.bsky.social @rohhyde.bsky.social and Jasmine Basran

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink...social housing

What's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · May 26

my @theguardian.com piece on how regeneration is sterilizing the city and driving children and families out:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A new kind of gentrification is spreading through London – and emptying out schools | Anna Minton

Thanks to ‘placemaking’, thriving communities are hollowing out, to be replaced by luxury apartments and expensive restaurants, says author Anna Minton

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · May 26

Thanks @shedworking.bsky.social

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dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 @davemacleod.bsky.social · Mar 12

whoever is doing this campaign in London well bloody done 👍

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Feb 25

Clear eyed assessment as ever by @edwardluce.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8632...

The Trump 50 per cent doctrine

With ruthless purges of the US government, the president is tipping the scales towards autocracy

www.ft.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jan 25

How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk

A superb article from @peterjukes.bsky.social & @bylinetimes.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/01/25/h...

From Z to X: How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk

“Money and information are the twin tactical nukes of modern politics” according to Steve Bannon. But the the seeds for this tech dystopia were sown more than a decade ago

bylinetimes.com

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Jan 23

Outstanding piece in @financialtimes.com on the legal meaning of genocide by @simonkuper.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/9466...

What is genocide?

And what I learnt from my great-uncle Leo’s attempt to answer

www.ft.com

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Jan 23

This is great @adelap.bsky.social

Jeremy Till @jeremytill.bsky.social · Jan 23

This fossil fuel skit by Olivia Coleman for @makemymoneymatter.bsky.social is great if you haven't seen it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeZw...

Oblivian starring Olivia Colman

YouTube video by Make My Money Matter

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Jan 7

This is a great piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social

Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · Jan 7

"America didn't elect Elon Musk. Yet he is acting as Donald Trump’s de facto co-president. Musk’s self-appointed remit includes gunning for regime change in allied democracies...His silence on Russia and China speaks even louder." My column. www.ft.com/content/ff7b...

Musk’s war on America’s allies

The question of whether he is speaking for Trump is urgent for Europe

www.ft.com

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Dec 26

This is all true - Camila Batmanghelidjh did incredible work
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

Camila Batmanghelidjh remembered by Lemn Sissay

The poet tells of his relationship with the founder of Kids Company, who was the ‘embodiment of integrity’ in her work for children in need

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Nov 29

That would be great - deadlines as well though…

Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social · Nov 28

Delighted to say that I've been awarded a
@Soc_of_Authors grant to work on my current book about the global housing crisis. It's not easy being a writer and it's awards like this that enable us to keep going #SoA @PenguinUKBooks @NicolaBarr123

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Nov 17

Oops! Warning ahead:

Dave Troy @davetroy.com · Nov 13

1/IMPORTANT thread about Bluesky funding and origins. Many folks know that it was seeded by Jack Dorsey around a libertarian vision of a magical network that wouldn’t need moderation because it would be decentralized and baked into a protocol (somehow).

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Sharda Rozena @shardarozena.bsky.social · Nov 17

Calling all regulated tenants in the UK to take part in a research project on security of tenure and proposals for future rent controls. Please get in touch to find out more and spread the word among your neighbours, friends, family etc

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Misty K Snow @mistyksnow.bsky.social · Nov 15

Myspace died because a right wing billionaire (Rupert Murdoch) bought it and tried to make a bunch of unpopular changes to the platform.

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