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Ollie @okw.bsky.social · Aug 23

Daniel Bessner sent me an advanced copy of his forthcoming "Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture at the End of the American Century".

Applying his ideas to the new Superman movie in a sort-of double review led to some really interesting results:
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Imperialist Realism or: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Indispensable Superman

Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture at the End of the American Century (forthcoming)

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Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 1d

Also available as a long read style podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/5Uct...

Why is Zack Polanski the only politician making sense of the Manchester Synagogue attack?

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Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so heartened, and a little overwhelmed, by the response to my latest article. After just two days, it’s already my most-read post ever.

Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 3d

"What a breath of fresh air. A capable leader with a distinct political, personal and religious identity. He’s wielding that identity to stick up for everybody, from all walks of life."

possibilityspace.substack.com/p/heaton-park on @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Why is Zack Polanski the only politician making sense of the Manchester Synagogue attack?

This week on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, worshippers were attacked outside a synagogue in Manchester.

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Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for reading ☺️

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 3d

Why is Zack Polanski the only politician making sense of the Manchester Synagogue attack?

This week on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, worshippers were attacked outside a synagogue in Manchester.

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Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 3d

Why is @zackpolanski.bsky.social the only politician making sense of the Manchester Synagogue attack?

possibilityspace.substack.com/p/heaton-park

Why is Zack Polanski the only politician making sense of the Manchester Synagogue attack?

This week on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, worshippers were attacked outside a synagogue in Manchester.

possibilityspace.substack.com

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 5d

Brixton again last night. Refused led chants of Free Palestine, shouted out Kneecap & Bob Vylan, and displayed Aaron Bushnell’s immortal words on the curtain.

The gulf between what our government wants us to believe and the view on the ground in London remains vast.

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 5d

He also says, unchallenged, that statehood came without conditions. That is simply untrue: open.substack.com/pub/possibil...

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 9d

Shabana Mahmood’s attack on Indefinite Leave to Remain threatens the stability of countless families, including many of my friends and colleagues.

A grotesque politics that scapegoats the best among us to appease the worst.

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 9d

forcing software engineers on six figure salaries to litter pick for the satisfaction of white retirees

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Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 12d

Sam Altman thinks he lives in Saints Row IV

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 13d

A landmark victory for the No Azure for Apartheid campaign.

Every worker that Microsoft fired for simply asking them to enforce their own TOS deserves an apology and their job back.

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 14d

My Labour MP Chris Curtis used to work at Labour Together.

He’s just scrubbed that information from his LinkedIn and deleted his twitter account 👀

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 15d

"Unless they can explain how they’ll remove 700,000 armed settlers backed by the Israeli state, presenting “two states” as a sensible solution should be treated like climate denial."

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The UK’s Recognition of Palestine: A Bantustan, Not a State

Presenting “two states” as a sensible solution should be treated like climate denial.

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Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 16d

Labour: "The first duty of any government is to keep the country safe"

also Labour: "We are clear that the Palestinian state must be demilitarised"

Keir Starmer is an arrogant colonial toad.

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Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 17d

says it all really

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 20d

Happy Friday everybody, time to kick back and experience shader compilation stutter rather than attempt to fix it.

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 20d

In a healthy society, you couldn’t pivot from “it's legal to starve Palestinians” to “this is an appalling genocide” without a long stint in the village stocks.

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 20d

Thornberry admits this is genocide, but backs the UK arming it and back the criminalisation of those who take direct action against it.

What does that reveal about her views on genocide, or for that matter, of the Palestinian people?

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 20d

the practiced nonchalance with which the génocidaires are now admitting what they've been party to is staggering

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Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 20d

After two years, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has finally acknowledged Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Less than a week ago, he dismissed Green Party leader Zack Polanski's question on the issue as “sixth form politics.”

The cardinal sin of all leftists is being right too early.

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 21d

well, i’m not just gonna do what he tells me am i?

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 22d

lmao the British Consulate in Jerusalem just (accidentally?) retweeted me calling them war criminals

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 23d

This is the exact face I used to pull after hiding my Game Boy Advance in the hollow strut of my bunk bed.

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 24d

SEO flattens everything. It's profoundly degrading and homogenizing. It’s painful to watch it ruin publications you love, but hilarious to watch it degrade the outlets you hate.

The Daily Express, shilling for System of a Down 😅

Ollie @okw.bsky.social · 25d

@aegies.bsky.social FYI DualShock 4 controllers work on PS3 via USB