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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 28d

This paper shows that US sanctions against Venezuela killed more than 40,000 people in the first year, 2017-2018. The authors argue that the sanctions violate the Geneva and Hague conventions against collective punishment of civilian populations.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · Jul 25

this morning I have been thinking about Orlando Letelier, the Chiliean economist assassinated by Pinochet's junta a month after he wrote the famous The Nation critique of the Chicago boys funding by the CIA, and Milton Friedman's overt support for their shock therapy.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Jul 23

New research published by The Lancet finds that economic sanctions imposed by the USA and EU are associated with more than 500,000 deaths per year since 1970, five times more than deaths by war.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The health toll of economic sanctions

Financing for global health is the main topic of discussion in 2025, especially since the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville earlier this month. This issue contain...

www.thelancet.com

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Josh Ryan-Collins @jryancollins.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Treasury and Bank of England should instead be coordinating to develop credit policies to ensure more credit flows to SMEs and green transition and scale up the National Wealth Fund so it can fully support UK infrastructure, housing and green energy.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Carrots with(out) sticks: credit policy and the limits of green central banking

This article considers the role of central bank interventions in credit and financial markets in support of decarbonization. Drawing on the critical macrofinance literature, we argue that central b...

www.tandfonline.com

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Critical Takes on Corporate Power @criticaltakes.bsky.social · Jul 10

It's hard to think about the institutions of the future when so many bad things are happening right now.

But let's have a go: what might corporate power look like, in the more just world that we all long to live in?

criticaltakes.org/the-corporat...

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · Jul 10

last week, I was in an expert hearing on housing at European Parliament.

I told MEPs that I worry the Commission's European Affordable Housing Plan, in partnership w European Investment Bank, may morph into another derisking vehicle for institutional landlords.

Tim White @timwhite100.bsky.social · Jul 7

I have an article in the Guardian today on how finance capitalism is wreaking havoc on housing across Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White

We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White

www.theguardian.com

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Mike McCarthy @itsmccarthy.bsky.social · Jul 6

We are living through something closer to late oligarchy than late capitalism. Capitalism renews through crisis, whereas oligarchy in capitalist democracy seems to more and more undermine the conditions for accumulation.

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social · Jun 11

What would it take to transform the global food system?

For @philbakernz.bsky.social, redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4q...

What actions do you think are needed? #foodjustice #foodsystems

Transforming food systems: tackling inequality and redistributing resources

YouTube video by Institute of Development Studies

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Ben Wood @benjaminmwood.bsky.social · Jun 9

Another excellent & helpful paper from Jennifer Clapp & colleagues explaining why excessive corporate power in food systems (& beyond) needs to be addressed. Highly recommend! May be of interest @criticaltakes.bsky.social @katesievert.bsky.social @hfsaus.bsky.social

Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · Jun 6

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy to share this new article just published in Food Policy journal! We show that concentrated corporate power matters for people's agency within food systems.

Open access! Highlights and abstract below

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Ben Wood @benjaminmwood.bsky.social · Jun 9

Another excellent & helpful paper from Jennifer Clapp & colleagues explaining why excessive corporate power in food systems (& beyond) needs to be addressed. Highly recommend! May be of interest @criticaltakes.bsky.social @katesievert.bsky.social @hfsaus.bsky.social

Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · Jun 6

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy to share this new article just published in Food Policy journal! We show that concentrated corporate power matters for people's agency within food systems.

Open access! Highlights and abstract below

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[email protected] @viacampesina.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 5

🇺🇳 Treaty on Transnational Corporations and their Supply Chains with regards to Human Rights

🌐 Global Campaign to Reclaim People Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
✊🏽 https://www.stopcorporateimpunity.org

#bindingtreaty
#stopcorporateimpunity
#stopTNCimpunity

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · Jun 4

What is the new geopolitics of #food?

Rewatch our webinar for an enlightening discussion on how conflict, trade wars, aid cuts, & weak institutions are contributing to rising food prices, profiteering, ecological crisis, & hunger.

And the need for cooperative self-reliance.
youtu.be/bA7eAx_2g0I

THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OF FOOD | IPES-Food webinar

YouTube video by IPES-Food

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Jun 2

This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · May 31

UN: “100 per cent of the population of Gaza is at risk of famine.”

Food is a fundamental human right and denying it is a violation of international humanitarian law. Yet, here we are.

ipes-food.org/food-cannot-...

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Entire Gaza population at risk of famine, says UN

Latest warning on starving population comes as Hamas considers ceasefire proposal

www.ft.com

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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · May 31

3.3 billion people — almost half of humanity — live in countries that spend more on debt interest than on education or health.

The United Nations debt dashboard offers data & insights on key public debt & development spending indicators for 188 countries.

Explore the dashboard ▶️ ow.ly/kN1n50TaZho

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · May 29

The Pensions Review is a great opportunity to boost the UK economy & help savers — but it's being missed.

The state must use its fiscal might to enable better outcomes for both the economy & the public, while policymakers must be innovative & take risks.

www.common-wealth.org/publications...

To Unlock Pension Funds, We Need to Unlock the Pensions Review | Briefing | Common Wealth

www.common-wealth.org

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · May 29

Welcome and overdue.

But it isn't just the planning system.

Privatisation has led to under-investment and asset sweating of our water system.

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DeSmog @desmog.com · May 26

🔴 REVEALED 🔴

BP, Chevron, Shell, and other oil majors back arts and community groups to protect their business models, subpoenaed documents show.

✏️ @rebeccajohn.bsky.social‬ reports: buff.ly/ZQ1IaRF

REVEALED: Now There’s Proof That the Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action

BP, Chevron, Shell, and other oil majors back arts and community groups to protect their business models, subpoenaed documents show.

www.desmog.com

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · May 26

☠️"Our #foodsystem is killing us. Designed in a different century for a different purpose it is now a source of jeopardy, destroying more than it creates.

"1/4 of all adult deaths globally – 12M every year – are due to poor diets" writes @stuartgillespie.bsky.social
#UPFs #junkfood

It’s time to stop the great food heist powered by big business. That means taxation, regulation and healthy school meals | Stuart Gillespie

The global food system has been captured by a few rapacious companies that profit from public ill-health. We need a radical overhaul

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Percival @rob-percival.bsky.social · May 22

"Junk food manufacturers are pressuring the government to adopt junk health policy, and the price will be paid in the public’s health."

my @thesoilassociation.bsky.social comment on the latest DHSC U-turn

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

UK ban on junk food adverts targeting children is delayed until next year

Experts say delay from October to January after lobbying by food industry is huge setback for public health

www.theguardian.com

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · May 21

🔥Time to stop the great food heist

And we know what to do....

my new article for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

It’s time to stop the great food heist powered by big business. That means taxation, regulation and healthy school meals | Stuart Gillespie

The global food system has been captured by a few rapacious companies that profit from public ill-health. We need a radical overhaul

www.theguardian.com

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · May 20

📢 Announcing our WEBINAR | The New Geopolitics of Food: trade wars, hunger & the case for cooperative self-reliance

What happens when food becomes a pawn in global power struggles?

Join IPES-Food experts + @thinink.bsky.social
📆June 3
🕑14h CEST/8am EDT

REGISTER: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · May 21

Looking forward to participating in this webinar with @ipes-food.org colleagues and moderated by @thinink.bsky.social on June 3! Do join us! Details below ⬇️

IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · May 20

📢 Announcing our WEBINAR | The New Geopolitics of Food: trade wars, hunger & the case for cooperative self-reliance

What happens when food becomes a pawn in global power struggles?

Join IPES-Food experts + @thinink.bsky.social
📆June 3
🕑14h CEST/8am EDT

REGISTER: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social · May 17

I used a lot of FOIs for a research project on multistakeholder partnerships and the role of the FDF - hard to think of a trade association that’s been more effective at lobbying policy makers

www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publicati...

The informal governance of public-private partnerships in UK obesity policy: Collaborating on calorie reduction or reducing effectiveness?

www.research.ed.ac.uk

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Rob Percival @rob-percival.bsky.social · May 17

I spent the half-year working on this investigation. Extraordinary influence of UPF lobby behind the scenes.

'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇

www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms

Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

www.theguardian.com

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