António Castelo
@antoniocastelo.bsky.social
Documentary Filmmaker
Researcher
PhD candidate focusing on Transnational Environmental Crime in West Africa
Researcher
PhD candidate focusing on Transnational Environmental Crime in West Africa
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When David Graeber explained why Corporations behave the way they do in modern Capitalism!
youtu.be/QOVnb3y8hm4
youtu.be/QOVnb3y8hm4
David Graeber on Modern Capitalism
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
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January 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
When David Graeber explained why Corporations behave the way they do in modern Capitalism!
youtu.be/QOVnb3y8hm4
youtu.be/QOVnb3y8hm4
We need better words. Who is working on that?
January 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We need better words. Who is working on that?
"The United Nations says over 30 million people in Sudan are in need of aid. More than half this number are children."
The Structural Adjustment Programs inflicted by the World Bank and IMF have irreparable consequences for African peoples.
The Structural Adjustment Programs inflicted by the World Bank and IMF have irreparable consequences for African peoples.
US says Sudan's RSF rebels committing 'genocide' – DW – 01/07/2025
US Secretary of State Blinken announced sanctions on the leaders of the rebel group. The RSF has been at war with Sudan's military since April 2023, in a conflict that has further devastated the Afric...
www.dw.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"The United Nations says over 30 million people in Sudan are in need of aid. More than half this number are children."
The Structural Adjustment Programs inflicted by the World Bank and IMF have irreparable consequences for African peoples.
The Structural Adjustment Programs inflicted by the World Bank and IMF have irreparable consequences for African peoples.
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Peak corporate media
Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos
Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes had drawn a cartoon of the paper’s owner kneeling before Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Peak corporate media
This headline is a perfect example on how to protect corporations. Siri doesn't eavesdrop, it is programmed to record and store intelligence on customers for commercial and potentially political purposes.
Apple to pay £76m over claims Siri eavesdropped on iPhone users
Millions could receive payouts after tech giant settles claims that conversations triggered adverts for certain products
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This headline is a perfect example on how to protect corporations. Siri doesn't eavesdrop, it is programmed to record and store intelligence on customers for commercial and potentially political purposes.
If we are headed nowhere in particular we will be steered by corporate power influencing political leadership. Is this the best we can do in the West? Corporate media dictating narrative and smoke-filled boardrooms dictating policy? Where are our ideas?
January 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If we are headed nowhere in particular we will be steered by corporate power influencing political leadership. Is this the best we can do in the West? Corporate media dictating narrative and smoke-filled boardrooms dictating policy? Where are our ideas?
The so-called Green Transition creates high demand for new natural raw resources for which supply routes and locations are being implemented hastily. We are repeating some of the worst mistakes of the first scramble for the riches of the global South from the 1400s to the late 1900s.
www.news.com.au
January 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The so-called Green Transition creates high demand for new natural raw resources for which supply routes and locations are being implemented hastily. We are repeating some of the worst mistakes of the first scramble for the riches of the global South from the 1400s to the late 1900s.
Macron, Trudeau, Obama, Sunak, etc. All democratically elected. All put forward liberal agendas benefiting corporations and the wealthiest. All of them corroded democracy. The Left needs to come forward with a new ideological horizon. It has to learn to engage. Without utopias we are directionless.
January 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Macron, Trudeau, Obama, Sunak, etc. All democratically elected. All put forward liberal agendas benefiting corporations and the wealthiest. All of them corroded democracy. The Left needs to come forward with a new ideological horizon. It has to learn to engage. Without utopias we are directionless.
Trump and Musk in the White House is a landmark in the European colonial project started in the 1400s. Descendents of white settlers from two different continents are living proof that capitalism and imperialism have managed to surpass every other social and moral frame of economic organization.
December 28, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Trump and Musk in the White House is a landmark in the European colonial project started in the 1400s. Descendents of white settlers from two different continents are living proof that capitalism and imperialism have managed to surpass every other social and moral frame of economic organization.
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As David Graeber explains, the Neo-Liberal myth that Free-Market policies will end bureaucracy, is well a Myth!
December 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
As David Graeber explains, the Neo-Liberal myth that Free-Market policies will end bureaucracy, is well a Myth!
Spoken in Portuguese. Carlos Lopes remains one of the brightest minds in macroeconomic analysis of North-South relations.
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December 28, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Spoken in Portuguese. Carlos Lopes remains one of the brightest minds in macroeconomic analysis of North-South relations.
Most loans were captured by the IMF through deals signed by autocrats after coup d'etats, most of which had foreign support. These have mostly benefitted multinational corporations based in the North - who are hired for project implementation - and local elites, who pocket large sums immediately.
December 27, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Most loans were captured by the IMF through deals signed by autocrats after coup d'etats, most of which had foreign support. These have mostly benefitted multinational corporations based in the North - who are hired for project implementation - and local elites, who pocket large sums immediately.
"How does it become a man to behave toward the American Government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it."
"Resistance to Civil Government"
Henry David Thoreau, 1849
"Resistance to Civil Government"
Henry David Thoreau, 1849
December 26, 2024 at 10:15 PM
"How does it become a man to behave toward the American Government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it."
"Resistance to Civil Government"
Henry David Thoreau, 1849
"Resistance to Civil Government"
Henry David Thoreau, 1849
The great global conflicts are rising not from grievances between different national or religious groups but between the global elites and the people. We need new models, parliamentary procedure alone doesn't spell democracy.
December 26, 2024 at 12:26 PM
The great global conflicts are rising not from grievances between different national or religious groups but between the global elites and the people. We need new models, parliamentary procedure alone doesn't spell democracy.
Liberal democracies are nationalist and capitalist. How does this not descend to oligarchy and right wing populism? Do we have any models to escape this pitfall?
December 26, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Liberal democracies are nationalist and capitalist. How does this not descend to oligarchy and right wing populism? Do we have any models to escape this pitfall?
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A year-long investigation by The Post reveals more than 3,100 students died at Indian boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 — and more than 800 of those students are buried in cemeteries at or near the schools they attended.
Read the full findings: wapo.st/408M3VV
Read the full findings: wapo.st/408M3VV
December 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
A year-long investigation by The Post reveals more than 3,100 students died at Indian boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 — and more than 800 of those students are buried in cemeteries at or near the schools they attended.
Read the full findings: wapo.st/408M3VV
Read the full findings: wapo.st/408M3VV
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It’s easy to get under that thin orange skin.
December 22, 2024 at 10:06 PM
It’s easy to get under that thin orange skin.
Immigration without rights stems directly from slavery and forced labour. The state aims for just enough through the border, and then denies citizenship and social security, effectively condemning people to the exploitation from predatory bosses and migration-lenders, a.k.a. traffickers.
Champagne’s sordid secret: the homeless and hungry migrants picking grapes for France’s luxury winemakers
A Guardian investigation finds an underpaid, underfed workforce, some of whom are forced to sleep on the streets, exploited by a system of labour providers
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Immigration without rights stems directly from slavery and forced labour. The state aims for just enough through the border, and then denies citizenship and social security, effectively condemning people to the exploitation from predatory bosses and migration-lenders, a.k.a. traffickers.
We criticize so-called developing countries for failing to demonstrate respect for democratic processes, free press and fair governance. How cynical can we be?
Journalists who were unlawfully spied on have ‘no doubt’ UK reporters are still targeted
Belfast-based Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey won landmark victory that PSNI’s surveillance was unlawful
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:51 AM
We criticize so-called developing countries for failing to demonstrate respect for democratic processes, free press and fair governance. How cynical can we be?
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Le militant écologiste Paul Watson de retour en France après cinq mois de détention
Le militant écologiste Paul Watson de retour en France après cinq mois de détention
Connu pour ses actions-chocs, le militant a suscité un élan de sympathie en France où les autorités avaient demandé au Danemark de ne pas l’extrader vers le Japon.
www.lemonde.fr
December 20, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Le militant écologiste Paul Watson de retour en France après cinq mois de détention
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Elon Musk voiced his support for Alternative for Germany, a far-right German political party that has been classified by German intelligence as a suspected extremist organization.
The billionaire Tesla founder wrote in a post on X, the social media platform he owns: “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The billionaire Tesla founder wrote in a post on X, the social media platform he owns: “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
Elon Musk praises far-right German AfD party
The far-right Alternative for Germany party is classified by German intelligence as a ‘suspected extremist’ organization.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Elon Musk voiced his support for Alternative for Germany, a far-right German political party that has been classified by German intelligence as a suspected extremist organization.
The billionaire Tesla founder wrote in a post on X, the social media platform he owns: “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The billionaire Tesla founder wrote in a post on X, the social media platform he owns: “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The capitalists who lean left have to bring change within their circles. We would gain by shifting to a more coop ecosystem of industry, trade and business ownership. This ultra-accumulation is perverting the little that is left of the democratic process beyond recognition.
December 21, 2024 at 9:37 AM
The capitalists who lean left have to bring change within their circles. We would gain by shifting to a more coop ecosystem of industry, trade and business ownership. This ultra-accumulation is perverting the little that is left of the democratic process beyond recognition.