MichaelLondonSF
@michaellondonsf.bsky.social
semi-retired / activist on London housing and planning / UCL Bartlett / grandfather JustSpace.org.uk michaeledwards.org.uk
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Yes but this way the manoeuvring is more transparent, I hope
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Yes but this way the manoeuvring is more transparent, I hope
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Never before in the history of me writing a blog post have I been more sure that a lot of people will be angry with me. Such is the price one pays for thinking that cars are actually okay, and thinking that getting rid of their worst features, drivers, might make them good.
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Never before in the history of me writing a blog post have I been more sure that a lot of people will be angry with me. Such is the price one pays for thinking that cars are actually okay, and thinking that getting rid of their worst features, drivers, might make them good.
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Having been in the depths of COVID era policy recently for the Inquiry, a very striking theme was how moat people were aghast at how little money was available through social security when times were tough. Now imagine being a disabled lone parent...
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Having been in the depths of COVID era policy recently for the Inquiry, a very striking theme was how moat people were aghast at how little money was available through social security when times were tough. Now imagine being a disabled lone parent...
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Ooops. The year is wrong. I just published it yesterday. Will fix.
November 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Ooops. The year is wrong. I just published it yesterday. Will fix.
I hadn’t registered what pronouns she used so I wrote ‘they’ which I think of as safe. I am really sorry that I was wrong
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I hadn’t registered what pronouns she used so I wrote ‘they’ which I think of as safe. I am really sorry that I was wrong
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BTW. Calling someone who uses the pronouns she/her, “them” is DEEPLY transphobic. Especially if not followed by an apology when this is pointed out.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
BTW. Calling someone who uses the pronouns she/her, “them” is DEEPLY transphobic. Especially if not followed by an apology when this is pointed out.
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the implications of Trump’s playing with tariffs. His book is for everyone who wants to really understand the mess we are in, which means – it is for everyone.” [3/3]
www.versobooks.com/products/337...
www.versobooks.com/products/337...
The Story of Capital
For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. ...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
the implications of Trump’s playing with tariffs. His book is for everyone who wants to really understand the mess we are in, which means – it is for everyone.” [3/3]
www.versobooks.com/products/337...
www.versobooks.com/products/337...
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His knowledge goes well beyond the generalities of commodity fetishism and capitalist exploitation of nature. Although often critical of Marx, he uses Marx to explain problems we are experiencing today, from 2008 meltdown to the return of rents and [2/3]
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
His knowledge goes well beyond the generalities of commodity fetishism and capitalist exploitation of nature. Although often critical of Marx, he uses Marx to explain problems we are experiencing today, from 2008 meltdown to the return of rents and [2/3]