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Lucathequietone @lucathequietone.bsky.social · 18d

Arhuta parafrasi nenniana del prof. @marioricciardi.bsky.social, sulla querelle nella corrente riformista del PD.

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Daniela Tafani @danielatafani.bsky.social · 18d

Freedom of the press is a counterpower. As Kant and French revolutionaries knew, to claim the freedom of the press is to claim the power of the people, opposed to that of the State and able to monitor it, judge it and, ultimately, overturn it.
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"The sole palladium of the people's rights". Freedom of the pen as a counterpower in Kant and his contemporaries

For Kant's contemporaries, his claim that the “freedom of the pen” is “the only palladium of the people's rights” - represented a clear political stance that favoured the thesis of the people's sovere...

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18d

this particular document is hidden in a cache of 33,000 documents released by a Washington committee on September 2

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 19d

Lord Peter Mandelson did not disclose in the House of Commons register two flights he took at Jeffrey Epstein’s expense in 2003 worth a total of $7,486, raising further questions about their relationship.

www.ft.com/content/4cf6...

Mandelson did not declare flights paid for by Epstein in 2003

Former UK ambassador to the US was a backbench MP in House of Commons at the time

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Robert Talisse @roberttalisse.bsky.social · 18d

I've just noticed that my neighbor is no longer displaying the flag at half staff. Calling his employer.

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 18d

“Thought leaders” 🤡

An individual can hold whatever position they like about their personal relationship to abortion.

An elected official who seeks to legislate antichoice positions is a part of the authoritarian project of the right and has no place whatsoever in the Democratic Party.

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 18d

Ezra Klein 🤝 Neera Tanden

Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead

Neera Tanden @neeratanden
This is something people really have to take seriously. We need to expand the tent.
Leah Libresco Sarg...
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Ezra Klein says the more worried you are about authoritarianism, the more willing you've got to be to run pro-life Democrats in red states.
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almost always incredibly high. I think they happen to be higher now. And I do think a lot of what is happening in terms of the structure of the system itself is dangerous. I think that the hour is late in many ways. My view is that a lot of

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Jacobin Magazin @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social · 19d

»Ein kurzer Blick auf den heutigen Zustand der Vereinten Nationen zeigt, dass sie nicht in der Lage sind, Initiativen zu ergreifen, und sich stattdessen auf moralische Appelle beschränken«, schreibt Marius Wuttke.

Der säkulare Papst

Heute vor 64 Jahren kam der UN-Generalsekretär Dag Hammarskjöld ums Leben. Oft zu einer spirituellen Figur verklärt, war er in Wahrheit ein ernsthafter Streiter für eine gerechtere Weltordnung, dessen Scheitern das Problem der Vereinten Nationen offenlegt.

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Libération @liberation.fr · 18d

Volodymyr Zelensky dit qu’il rencontrera Donald Trump en marge de l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU la semaine prochaine

Le président ukrainien a fait savoir ce samedi 20 septembre qu’il compte discuter avec son homologue américain des «garanties de sécurité» que son pays demande à ses alliés occidentaux face à la Russie.

www.liberation.fr

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Mario Ricciardi @marioricciardi.bsky.social · 18d

A very nice interview. Redford turns out to be a remarkable human being, sensible, thoughful, upright: youtu.be/A_gvdH282xs?...

1976: ROBERT REDFORD on Fame, Freedom and Watergate | Classic Movie Interviews | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 20d

Just showing off, really.

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àrea [dal lat. area] @areapsy.bsky.social · 20d

@mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social
La Finanza e la procura di Milano indagano su una presunta evasione fiscale di #Amazon
In Tribunale si presentano il viceministro dell'economia e il direttore delle Entrate.
Trump non vuole che si tocchino i gioielli Usa.
Sul piatto maxi sconto per l'azienda di Bezos.

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The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 20d

🚨New meet the JLS author blog post 🚨

Anti-intellectualism and Scepticism of Expertise in Capital Cases: A Persistent Challenge for Mentally Ill Defendants by Dr Chloé Deambrogio, University of Warwick.

Read here 👇

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Jacobin Magazin @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social · 21d

»Die Kulturkämpfer der harten Rechten werden immer versuchen, progressiven Wandel in Museen, bei Denkmälern und an Universitäten zu verhindern – weil sie erkennen, wie wichtig Kunst, Kultur und Erinnerung für die Gesellschaft sind«, sagt Dan Hicks im Interview.

Denkmäler überdenken, Unbenannte benennen

Dan Hicks, Professor für zeitgenössische Archäologie in Oxford, findet: Welche Figuren mit Statuen gewürdigt werden und wessen Schädel anonym in Museumsdepots liegen, ist kein ewiges kulturelles Erbe, sondern muss Gegenstand demokratischer Aushandlung sein.

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Steven Forti @stevenforti.bsky.social · Jul 25

Una importante lettera di 22 soci dell’Associazione Il Mulino che prende le distanze dalla posizione espressa dalla Rivista Il Mulino su Gaza: non sono “danni collaterali”, ma è un genocidio. Da leggere.

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www.rivistailmulino.it/a/su-gaza-e-...

SU GAZA E ISRAELE

Riceviamo e pubblichiamo un intervento di ventidue soci dell'Associazione "il Mulino"

www.rivistailmulino.it

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Lucathequietone @lucathequietone.bsky.social · Jul 30

Oggi di cose da leggere ce ne sono. @marioricciardi.bsky.social sulla tecnocrazia che divora se stessa e rigurgita Trump (scusate l'orrenda metafora: purtroppo la trovo comunque appropriata).

Orticoltore @orticoltore.bsky.social · Jul 30

Nel mandato della precedente comm. EU c'è stata la CoFE ed alcune indicazioni (come le consulte dei cittadini), ma la gestione del contingente ha spazzato via la visione di futuro.
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Il sipario sul centrismo tecnocratico | il manifesto

Usa (Commenti) La foto è stata scattata a Turnberry, in Scozia, ma sullo sfondo non c’è la sala di un antico maniero, ma quella di un golf resort di proprietà della famiglia di Donald Trump (chi fosse...

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Lucathequietone @lucathequietone.bsky.social · Jul 13

Today he's on fire!

Mario Ricciardi @marioricciardi.bsky.social · Jul 13

Oggi su @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social

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Lucathequietone @lucathequietone.bsky.social · Jul 13

Da leggere. Una riflessione lucida e assolutamente condivisibile.

Mario Ricciardi @marioricciardi.bsky.social · Jul 13

Non era difficile prevedere che sui dazi finiva così. Ne avevo scritto a maggio per @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jul 13

1. Yesterday, 86 people were arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."
They are the opposite of terrorists. They were protesting *against* terrorism. 🧵