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europeanpowell.bsky.social
Essential viewing @zackpolanski.bsky.social talks with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Smash the status quo apart.
Democracy is a problem Capital is trying to solve via propaganda.
We need to solve the problem of Capital’s exploitation of Democracy
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How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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flyingrodent.bsky.social
I absolutely get this because I went through it between 2019 and 2021: the full round of anger, denial, bargaining, depression and acceptance. And what I ended up with is: politics is not real, 98% of daily politics is meaningless words that mean little more than “Fuck you” and “We decide”.
I feel fucking mental because I've written about it multiple times on here and multiple times elsewhere but it's not done anything, and yet I feel like I have to keep saying it because I'm watching those people fall further and further down the rabbit hole and I have no idea what else to do. I'm watching the fascists win not by being especially cunning or clever but by instead standing around and holding a big sign that says "jump in this hole if you're an easy mark!" and somehow guiding around two thirds of our political elite directly into the big hole. ALT Marie Le Conte @youngvulga... • 3h this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself it is also free to read youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent- you-… I know it shouldn't be the worst thing but somehow it is. Obviously I hate that some of the worst people alive are having a great time but what really gets under my skin, what makes me want to fling myself at the wall until 1 pass out, is that so many people I thought of as "cleverer than a housefly" are falling for it. That's also why I kept struggling to write about it so honestly, by the way. I don't love that I'm essentially arguing that many of my acquaintances are either malevolent or thick as mince - possibly both! - but that's where we've got to. I just can't think of any other explanation. Some of them have said that Bluesky is lame and again: how fucking dim and/or devoid of moral fibre do you have to be to look at a tableau with "occasionally tedious" on one end and actively seeking to destroy the West as we know it" on the other and go hmmm, but I just don't want to sit with the nerds at the front of the bus? Fucking look at yourself in the mirror for a minute there, jesus christ!
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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maconnolly888.bsky.social
This includes general health , education at all levels,child care, aged care, disability care, veterans care, mental and dental health
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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maconnolly888.bsky.social
No human services should be run for-profity
They should all be operated and funded directly by the state
Makes for sustainable service quality, creates jobs, give people what they need
All sovereign currency-issung nations can afford to do this
johnquiggin.bsky.social John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 6h
This from Cory Doctorow @pluralistic.fr is about hospices in the US in the private equity era. But it's true of for-profit provision of all human services, always and everywhere

pluralistic.net/2025...
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
Neo-liberalism is build on myths. One such myth is that their laissez-faire and "free market" policies will reduce bureaucracy.
"The idea that the market is somehow opposed to and independent of government has been used at least since the 19th century to justify laissez-faire economic policies, but such policies never actually have the effect of lessening the role of government. In late 19th century England, for instance, an increasingly liberal society did not lead to a reduction of state bureaucracy but the opposite: an endlessly mushrooming array of legal clerks, registrars, inspectors, notaries, and police officials."
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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edpoole1975.bsky.social
The predictable knee jerk incompetence of this government. Instead of addressing the material problems in people lives they scapegoat immigration and make the material problems worse. 50k nurse could quit the UK!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
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November 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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modernmoneylab.bsky.social
It is the time of year when I get more boring than usual, to remind you there exists a global online Masters degree in economics with live webinars solidly based on #MMT and a respect for our planetary boundaries

Let's change the world!

For details, [email protected]
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social
So, the government are giving the BoE £34 billion every year the pay the banks for….er..nothing!

It also appears that it’s the OBR that’s calling the shots not Reeves.

It’s hard to get your head around how pathetic this is 🤔
Rachel Reeves’ fatal mistake - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau | The Econoclasts
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November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social
It's a LIE.
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
Its a scandal that hospices have to rely on charity for most of their funding. What we need is a publicly funded & fully resourced hospice system within the NHS.
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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jujuliagrace.bsky.social
EveryDoctor has started to gather testimony from frontline NHS staff to bring into the public domain, because we are fed up of seeing political rhetoric filling the papers, with an absolute lack of focus on what’s actually happening to patients+ staff. We’ll keep you updated 💙🚨
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social
Private healthcare is a scam.
bladeofthes.bsky.social BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15d
Private Healthcare
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Appalling
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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scg1.bsky.social
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“The real problem isn't deficits, It's Neoliberalism“ Top Economist warns
YouTube video by ProfSteveKeen
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November 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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fadhelkaboub.bsky.social
Join me tomorrow Monday Nov. 17 in Johannesburg (in-person and online) for a High-Level Dialogue: “Rethinking Debt Sustainability and Exploring Alternative Financing Models Better Suited to Africa’s Context”
Event info: bit.ly/47AyuCi
Online RSVP: shorturl.at/0eOj2
In-person RSVP: shorturl.at/KKXgn
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Why money isn’t our limit — but political courage is youtu.be/8LyKv8veLCc?...
Why money isn’t our limit — but political courage is
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November 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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richardjmurphy.bsky.social
I have this morning published my guide to AI (artificial intelligence) and how it might be used by someone who wishes to campaign for a better world in which we all might live. It's a free download. Give it a go.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Rachel Reeves has already made a complete mess of her Budget, so I thought I should offer an alternative. This is the first part. There are several more to come. When the country's economy is failing, it's time to be radical. Nothing less will do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
The Alternative Budget 2025 – The Background
Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long. I will be commenting on that Budget on the day on BBC Radio 2, and elsewh...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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europeanpowell.bsky.social
Watch @whitneyweb.bsky.social
discuss Palantir, Epstein 2.0, Surveillance Capitalism, Larry Ellison, Blackrock, AI slop, and why we should read books
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Epstein 2.0, Digital Blackmail, AI Surveillance, Anti-Humanism, Propaganda - Whitney Webb
YouTube video by Before Skool
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November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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learnmmt101.bsky.social
MMT101.ORG
@MMT101DotORG
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1. Tax revenues don't pay for services. All government spending is new money. There can be no tax revenue unless the government has first spent money into the economy.

The UK Government is the monopoly issuer of net new UK pounds.
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
Neo-Liberalism, Trickle-down economics, Thatcherism or whatever you call it really has more in common with fundamentalist religion than anything else.
"Mainstream economists nowadays might not be particularly good at predicting financial crashes, facilitating general prosperity, or coming up with models for preventing climate change, but when it comes to establishing themselves in positions of intellectual authority, unaffected by their failings, their success is unparalleled. One would have to look at the history of religions to find anything like it.
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social
Your regular reminder that the government doesn't need to borrow, it can create as much money as it needs.

#LearnMMT
UK borrowing costs up after markets spooked by Reeves’s income tax U-turn
Pound down 0.5% against dollar in early trading after chancellor drops plans for upcoming budget
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November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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oliver48.bsky.social
Clive Lewis just made the Economist look like the Daily Star by exposing its bogus ‘economics’"
#TaxTheRich
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Clive Lewis just made the Economist look like the Daily Star by exposing its bogus 'economics'
Labour MP Clive Lewis eviscerates the Economist's analysis of government spending, as he calls out the old household analogy
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November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social
She’s right!
Francesca Albanese accuses UK of ‘enabling genocide’ in Gaza
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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richardjmurphy.bsky.social
How can Rachel Reeves deliver a Budget when the government is collapsing? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... You cannot deliver a credible Budget from a government that has already lost its coherence, as this one would appear to have done
How can Rachel Reeves deliver a Budget when the government is collapsing?
According to The Guardian and many other media sources, based on briefings from 10 Downing Street, senior members of the Labour Party have already been manoeuvring for position in anticipation of Keir...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM