Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Will Trump’s Working-Class Base Turn on Him? www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Will Trump’s Working-Class Base Turn on Him?
Yanis Varoufakis thinks Democrats should temper their hopes that they can win back voters they abandoned long ago.
www.project-syndicate.org
August 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Will Trump’s Working-Class Base Turn on Him? www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
NEW: Amazon makes huge profits from selling clothes made by workers it fails to protect in its supply chain, finds a new Labour Behind the Label report.
It's time to #MakeAmazonPay.
It's time to #MakeAmazonPay.
Report: Unboxing Marketplace Fashion - Worker rights in the supply chains behind online fashion consumption - Labour Behind the Label
This report explores the rise of online fashion marketplaces, with a particular focus on the impact of Amazon. Through an investigation into worker rights behind three products sold on Amazon…
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NEW: Amazon makes huge profits from selling clothes made by workers it fails to protect in its supply chain, finds a new Labour Behind the Label report.
It's time to #MakeAmazonPay.
It's time to #MakeAmazonPay.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich smiles next to graffiti reading "Death to Arabs" on a wall in the northern West Bank settlement of Sanur.
August 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich smiles next to graffiti reading "Death to Arabs" on a wall in the northern West Bank settlement of Sanur.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Life expectancy at birth declined in Gaza by approximately 35 years in 2024.
August 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Life expectancy at birth declined in Gaza by approximately 35 years in 2024.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Ante un acuerdo humillante, recortes sociales, complicidad con Israel, políticas racistas y la sumisión de Europa a Trump, es urgente construir una alternativa basada en la paz y los derechos.
Entrevista a @isaserras.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.20minutos.es/internaciona...
Entrevista a @isaserras.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.20minutos.es/internaciona...
Isa Serra: "Se ha demostrado que el discurso europeo sobre los derechos humanos es pura hipocresía"
'La sumisión y humillación de Ursula von der Leyen con Trump resume la debacle europea', explica la eurodiputada de Podemos a 20minutos a pocos días de que acab
www.20minutos.es
July 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Ante un acuerdo humillante, recortes sociales, complicidad con Israel, políticas racistas y la sumisión de Europa a Trump, es urgente construir una alternativa basada en la paz y los derechos.
Entrevista a @isaserras.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.20minutos.es/internaciona...
Entrevista a @isaserras.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.20minutos.es/internaciona...
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children.
These are their names.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
These are their names.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children.
These are their names.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
These are their names.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
"That’s why this week, we say: Capitalism is illegal."
The 27th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 27th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 27 | Capitalism is illegal
A historic ICJ ruling confirms it: fossil-fuel capitalism violates international law.
buff.ly
July 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"That’s why this week, we say: Capitalism is illegal."
The 27th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 27th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
In an age of failing economies and a neofascist backlash, what we need is Marxism. To free ourselves from our technofeudal overlords, we must think like Karl Marx. The corporations are asset-stripping our brains, but we can take back control. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
July 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
In an age of failing economies and a neofascist backlash, what we need is Marxism. To free ourselves from our technofeudal overlords, we must think like Karl Marx. The corporations are asset-stripping our brains, but we can take back control. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
"Today, the Progressive International releases its latest investigation on the role of Charismatic Christianity as the ‘Spiritual Backbone’ for the rising far-right."
The 23rd @ProgIntl Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 23rd @ProgIntl Briefing of 2025 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 23 | The Reactionary International’s Holy War
New investigation reveals how Charismatic Christianity provides the spiritual infrastructure for the global far-right — from Washington to Buenos Aires.
buff.ly
July 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Today, the Progressive International releases its latest investigation on the role of Charismatic Christianity as the ‘Spiritual Backbone’ for the rising far-right."
The 23rd @ProgIntl Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 23rd @ProgIntl Briefing of 2025 is online now.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Ayman Odeh is a leader of deep principles. He believes in a future where both Palestinians and Israelis can live in dignity and peace – and that is something we should all support. This move to expel him from the Knesset is straight out of the far right's authoritarian playbook.
Knesset moves to oust Israeli Arab MK Ayman Odeh despite Israel-Iran war
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www.haaretz.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ayman Odeh is a leader of deep principles. He believes in a future where both Palestinians and Israelis can live in dignity and peace – and that is something we should all support. This move to expel him from the Knesset is straight out of the far right's authoritarian playbook.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Elon Musk's deep misunderstanding of US politics is now evident. He accused Trump of abandoning his principles by expanding the budget deficit. What? ALL Republican Presidents did exactly that. Reagan, the two Bushes and Trump 1.0 expanded the deficit... www.ft.com/content/3e5b...
Donald Trump attacks ‘hostile’ Elon Musk as row over tax bill erupts
US president says billionaire Tesla boss who bankrolled his campaign has become ‘hostile’
www.ft.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Elon Musk's deep misunderstanding of US politics is now evident. He accused Trump of abandoning his principles by expanding the budget deficit. What? ALL Republican Presidents did exactly that. Reagan, the two Bushes and Trump 1.0 expanded the deficit... www.ft.com/content/3e5b...
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
ANNOUNCING 🌐 The Accenture Files
Today, the Progressive International, Expose Accenture and the Movement Research Unit release the Accenture Files, revealing the central role of one of the world’s largest consultancy firms in the Reactionary International.
Today, the Progressive International, Expose Accenture and the Movement Research Unit release the Accenture Files, revealing the central role of one of the world’s largest consultancy firms in the Reactionary International.
May 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
ANNOUNCING 🌐 The Accenture Files
Today, the Progressive International, Expose Accenture and the Movement Research Unit release the Accenture Files, revealing the central role of one of the world’s largest consultancy firms in the Reactionary International.
Today, the Progressive International, Expose Accenture and the Movement Research Unit release the Accenture Files, revealing the central role of one of the world’s largest consultancy firms in the Reactionary International.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
'Killing People Needs to Have Some Justification': Why IDF Reservists Are Choosing Jail Over War www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Why IDF reservists are choosing jail over war
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www.haaretz.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
'Killing People Needs to Have Some Justification': Why IDF Reservists Are Choosing Jail Over War www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
"Operating in the shadows, Accenture has escaped accountability and evaded public scrutiny for far too long."
The 18th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 18th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 18 | The Accenture Files
Revealing the central role of the world’s largest consultancy in the global right-ward turn towards surveillance, exclusion, and strong-men: The Reactionary International.
buff.ly
May 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"Operating in the shadows, Accenture has escaped accountability and evaded public scrutiny for far too long."
The 18th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 18th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
In conversation with Ofer Cassif, the Knesset Member opposing the Genocide courageously and consistently www.youtube.com/watch?v=lao3...
Ofer Cassif, the Knesset Member Opposing the Genocide, in Conversation with Yanis Varoufakis
YouTube video by DiEM25
www.youtube.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In conversation with Ofer Cassif, the Knesset Member opposing the Genocide courageously and consistently www.youtube.com/watch?v=lao3...
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Palestinians in Gaza eat only one meal every 2-3 days, according to UNRWA.
May 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Palestinians in Gaza eat only one meal every 2-3 days, according to UNRWA.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Pedro Sánchez debe dejar las palabras y pasar a los hechos.
Si Israel es un Estado genocida tiene que ordenar un embargo total de armas y romper todo tipo de relación comercial con los genocidas.
📽 @irenemonterog.bsky.social
Si Israel es un Estado genocida tiene que ordenar un embargo total de armas y romper todo tipo de relación comercial con los genocidas.
📽 @irenemonterog.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Pedro Sánchez debe dejar las palabras y pasar a los hechos.
Si Israel es un Estado genocida tiene que ordenar un embargo total de armas y romper todo tipo de relación comercial con los genocidas.
📽 @irenemonterog.bsky.social
Si Israel es un Estado genocida tiene que ordenar un embargo total de armas y romper todo tipo de relación comercial con los genocidas.
📽 @irenemonterog.bsky.social
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Neoliberalism is dead. Even though it prevailed 50yrs ago by paying tribute to liberal thinkers, it shared neither their method nor their concept of the market. Today, we are on the cusp of another, even worse, ideological monstrosity: Technolordism! www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Trump and the Triumph of the Technolords | by Yanis Varoufakis - Project Syndicate
Yanis Varoufakis maps the evolution of the new, explicitly anti-democratic ideology emerging from the rubble of neoliberalism.
www.project-syndicate.org
April 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Neoliberalism is dead. Even though it prevailed 50yrs ago by paying tribute to liberal thinkers, it shared neither their method nor their concept of the market. Today, we are on the cusp of another, even worse, ideological monstrosity: Technolordism! www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
ANNOUNCING 🇵🇸 Stop Booking Apartheid!
Through Booking.com, Israeli settlers list dozens of hotels on stolen Palestinian land. That is why workers, activists and citizens are coming together to take action against Booking's complicity on 8 May.
Through Booking.com, Israeli settlers list dozens of hotels on stolen Palestinian land. That is why workers, activists and citizens are coming together to take action against Booking's complicity on 8 May.
May 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
ANNOUNCING 🇵🇸 Stop Booking Apartheid!
Through Booking.com, Israeli settlers list dozens of hotels on stolen Palestinian land. That is why workers, activists and citizens are coming together to take action against Booking's complicity on 8 May.
Through Booking.com, Israeli settlers list dozens of hotels on stolen Palestinian land. That is why workers, activists and citizens are coming together to take action against Booking's complicity on 8 May.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
🚨 SOS 🚨
Salvadoran and U.S. authorities must bring an immediate end to these actions.
Salvadoran and U.S. authorities must bring an immediate end to these actions.
May 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨 SOS 🚨
Salvadoran and U.S. authorities must bring an immediate end to these actions.
Salvadoran and U.S. authorities must bring an immediate end to these actions.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
"As long as the struggle of the workers against the bourgeoisie and the ruling class continues, as long as all demands are not met," Rosa Luxemburg wrote in 1894, "May Day will be the yearly expression of these demands."
May 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"As long as the struggle of the workers against the bourgeoisie and the ruling class continues, as long as all demands are not met," Rosa Luxemburg wrote in 1894, "May Day will be the yearly expression of these demands."
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Where’s the outrage over ‘systematic’ sexual violence against Palestinians? Despite mounting evidence of the army’s gender-based crimes, Israeli & Western women’s groups have largely ignored or denied the UN’s damning new report. www.972mag.com/systematic-s...
Where’s the outrage over sexual violence against Palestinians?
Despite mounting evidence of gender-based crimes, Israeli and international women’s groups have largely ignored or denied the UN’s damning new report.
www.972mag.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Where’s the outrage over ‘systematic’ sexual violence against Palestinians? Despite mounting evidence of the army’s gender-based crimes, Israeli & Western women’s groups have largely ignored or denied the UN’s damning new report. www.972mag.com/systematic-s...
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
“Mainstream American Jewish leaders,” writes the professor Peter Beinart, “have done something extraordinary: They have effectively redefined what it means to be a Jew. To silence condemnation of Israel, they have equated support for the state with Jewishness itself.”
Opinion | The Jewish Students Caught Up in Trump’s Antisemitism Crackdown
Going after antisemitism on campus has swept up Jewish students protesting the war in Gaza.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“Mainstream American Jewish leaders,” writes the professor Peter Beinart, “have done something extraordinary: They have effectively redefined what it means to be a Jew. To silence condemnation of Israel, they have equated support for the state with Jewishness itself.”
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.
The Last Hospitals in Gaza
In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving care—but they risk their own lives in the process.
nyer.cm
April 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.
Reposted by Benjamin Lawrence
The Israeli Army has now designated the whole of Gaza a Kill Zone. And the West whistles in the wind, looks the other way, perpetuates its insidious complicity in this crime against humanity, this real-time genocide www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli army no longer designates humanitarian zones in Gaza since fighting resumed
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www.haaretz.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Israeli Army has now designated the whole of Gaza a Kill Zone. And the West whistles in the wind, looks the other way, perpetuates its insidious complicity in this crime against humanity, this real-time genocide www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...