Andrea Levy
@andilutte.bsky.social
"Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will"
A harrowing heads-up from Paris Marx:
"As we watch DOGE tear through the US government and leave disaster in its wake, we might imagine that no one would support creating a similar initiative in other countries around the world. But the truth is that work has already begun."
"As we watch DOGE tear through the US government and leave disaster in its wake, we might imagine that no one would support creating a similar initiative in other countries around the world. But the truth is that work has already begun."
Elon Musk’s DOGE is tearing through the US government with disastrous consequences.
But beyond its borders, the extreme right is gearing up to push their own DOGE-inspired austerity campaigns in countries around the world.
But beyond its borders, the extreme right is gearing up to push their own DOGE-inspired austerity campaigns in countries around the world.
DOGE is going global. It needs to be stopped.
The extreme right is organizing for a new austerity campaign modeled on Elon Musk’s destructive efforts
www.disconnect.blog
March 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A harrowing heads-up from Paris Marx:
"As we watch DOGE tear through the US government and leave disaster in its wake, we might imagine that no one would support creating a similar initiative in other countries around the world. But the truth is that work has already begun."
"As we watch DOGE tear through the US government and leave disaster in its wake, we might imagine that no one would support creating a similar initiative in other countries around the world. But the truth is that work has already begun."
"Prior to his departure for the award ceremony, Hamdan was joking about where he might keep his Academy Award if he won. Surely it wouldn’t last a week in his home before settlers or soldiers took it."
NEW: The award-winning documentary No Other Land has been criticized for normalizing the Occupation and violating BDS guidelines.
Yet, for a community that has fought just for the very right to exist, the film tells their story to the world.
Anna Lippman reports from the West Bank:
Yet, for a community that has fought just for the very right to exist, the film tells their story to the world.
Anna Lippman reports from the West Bank:
The paradoxes of an Oscar win in a West Bank under siege
In the wake of its Oscar win, No Other Land has been criticized for normalizing the Occupation and violating BDS guidelines. Yet, for a community that has fought so hard for the very right to exist, t...
canadiandimension.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Prior to his departure for the award ceremony, Hamdan was joking about where he might keep his Academy Award if he won. Surely it wouldn’t last a week in his home before settlers or soldiers took it."
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If the purpose is to create Trumps's Gestapo to terrorise the American people, this is exactly the sort of guy you would expect to be hired.
New FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino: “The only thing that matters is power. Power. That is all that matters. A system of checks and balances? Haha! That’s a good one.”
February 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If the purpose is to create Trumps's Gestapo to terrorise the American people, this is exactly the sort of guy you would expect to be hired.
"taken from hospitals, ambulances and checkpoints in Gaza, illegally transferred across the border into Israeli-run prison facilities and subjected to months of torture, beatings, starvation and inhumane treatment before being released without charge."
More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture
More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture
Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained
* ‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention
At least 160 healthcare workers…
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"taken from hospitals, ambulances and checkpoints in Gaza, illegally transferred across the border into Israeli-run prison facilities and subjected to months of torture, beatings, starvation and inhumane treatment before being released without charge."
Apparently Bannon went a tad too Nazi for the extreme right in France.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French far-right leader cancels CPAC speech over Steve Bannon’s ‘Nazi’ salute
Jordan Bardella calls off US address after former Trump aide makes controversial gesture with outstretched arm onstage
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Apparently Bannon went a tad too Nazi for the extreme right in France.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
' “Even as imperilled species dwindle and vanish across America, this order will fan the flames of the extinction crisis. ... Burgum’s order threatens to leave future generations with a greatly impoverished, hotter planet. It’s monumentally shortsighted...” '
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A ‘recipe for extinction’: can the US’s envied nature protections survive Trump and his ‘God squad’?
Fears grow for endangered species as the US president sets about dismantling basic laws to protect them to make way for oil and gas drilling
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
' “Even as imperilled species dwindle and vanish across America, this order will fan the flames of the extinction crisis. ... Burgum’s order threatens to leave future generations with a greatly impoverished, hotter planet. It’s monumentally shortsighted...” '
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Andrea Levy
“Bigots’ Banquet,” Evin Collis, 2025
February 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Bigots’ Banquet,” Evin Collis, 2025
"There is an affective dimension to this that is not simply about some rational imperative of capital. These are people who enjoy enacting power against the vulnerable. This is the true essence of fascism." John Sanbonmatsu
Yesterday I joined The Nation's Sasha Abramsky and philosopher Robert Jones for a discussion of "Trump 2.0: American Fascist." You can listen here:
Peace and Social Justice | KZFR 90.1 FM CHICO
kzfr.org/broadcasts/4...
Peace and Social Justice | KZFR 90.1 FM CHICO
kzfr.org/broadcasts/4...
January 31, 2024 - Trump 2.0: American Fascist - Peace and Social Justice | KZFR 90.1 FM CHICO
Philosopher Robert Jones welcomes author and political commentator Sasha Abramsky and philosopher/social critic John Sanbonmatsu for a discussion of Trump, fascism, and Sasha Abramsky's latest...
kzfr.org
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"There is an affective dimension to this that is not simply about some rational imperative of capital. These are people who enjoy enacting power against the vulnerable. This is the true essence of fascism." John Sanbonmatsu
Reposted by Andrea Levy
#Unwra has delivered more than two thirds of all food aid since the start of the war and sheltered more than 1 million people.’
Israel Bans UNRWA as Trump Throttles Foreign Aid
UNRWA delivered the majority of food aid during the war and sheltered more than 1 million people. What happens when it’s banned?
theintercept.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#Unwra has delivered more than two thirds of all food aid since the start of the war and sheltered more than 1 million people.’
"One week into Donald Trump’s second administration and the verdict among far-right activists and neo-Nazis is that the next four years will be a time to relax, organize and take advantage of the popular awakening of American fascism."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Energized neo-Nazis feel their moment has come as Trump changes everything
Far-right chatrooms are abuzz as extremists plan to use the next four years as ‘breathing room’ and look to expand
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"One week into Donald Trump’s second administration and the verdict among far-right activists and neo-Nazis is that the next four years will be a time to relax, organize and take advantage of the popular awakening of American fascism."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Andrea Levy
New US administration ditches Biden's plan to limit levels of PFAS manufacturers can discharge into rivers from their waste pipes. Numerous studies have linked PFAS to cancers, liver, thyroid, kidney conditions, fertility issues & harm to fetal development 🧵
www.ewg.org/news-insight...
www.ewg.org/news-insight...
January 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
New US administration ditches Biden's plan to limit levels of PFAS manufacturers can discharge into rivers from their waste pipes. Numerous studies have linked PFAS to cancers, liver, thyroid, kidney conditions, fertility issues & harm to fetal development 🧵
www.ewg.org/news-insight...
www.ewg.org/news-insight...
Reposted by Andrea Levy
Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says
“The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression.” www.politico.eu/article/spai...
“The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression.” www.politico.eu/article/spai...
Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says
“The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression.”
www.politico.eu
January 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says
“The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression.” www.politico.eu/article/spai...
“The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression.” www.politico.eu/article/spai...
"Without accounting for the Earth system, our economy functions more like a Ponzi scheme, in which we incrementally steal a livable climate from the future and call it GDP growth."
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It.
A new study suggests global warming’s effect on GDP has been vastly underestimated. Will it finally break through the religion of infinite growth?
newrepublic.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
"Without accounting for the Earth system, our economy functions more like a Ponzi scheme, in which we incrementally steal a livable climate from the future and call it GDP growth."
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
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He accidentally did a Nazi salute... TWICE. While talking about the future of Western civilization.
He is who we think he is.
He is who we think he is.
Elon Musk gave two back to back Nazi salutes at the Trump inauguration parade
January 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
He accidentally did a Nazi salute... TWICE. While talking about the future of Western civilization.
He is who we think he is.
He is who we think he is.
Reposted by Andrea Levy
Under Pierre Poilievre, the Conservatives threaten to be one of the most reactionary and dangerous governments in Canadian history.
NEW from @johncke.bsky.social on Canada's coming hard-right turn:
NEW from @johncke.bsky.social on Canada's coming hard-right turn:
Waiting for Poilievre
The decline of the Liberals is part of an international trend where the political centre finds it harder and harder to hold off challenges from the populist right. The inability of the Biden-Harris ad...
canadiandimension.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Under Pierre Poilievre, the Conservatives threaten to be one of the most reactionary and dangerous governments in Canadian history.
NEW from @johncke.bsky.social on Canada's coming hard-right turn:
NEW from @johncke.bsky.social on Canada's coming hard-right turn:
Revealing choice of words. www.newsweek.com/israel-needs...
Israel needs 'Lebensraum' says blog by major national newspaper
A blog post in The Times of Israel stating that Israel needs "lebensraum," a concept associated with the Nazis, has been archived.
www.newsweek.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Revealing choice of words. www.newsweek.com/israel-needs...
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“The true extremism here is not to insist on 1.5 degrees as a target, but to just let things continue in the hope that we can have some kind of technofix later in the century. If these tipping points are crossed, there is no going back.”
“There can be no left case for geoengineering ... the dangers inherent are absolutely overwhelming.”
NEW EPISODE: @adriennebuller.bsky.social is joined by Andreas Malm to break down the future of climate politics, from ecofascism to geoengineering.
youtu.be/83fZSQNK1Qk?...
NEW EPISODE: @adriennebuller.bsky.social is joined by Andreas Malm to break down the future of climate politics, from ecofascism to geoengineering.
youtu.be/83fZSQNK1Qk?...
December 5, 2024 at 5:07 PM
“The true extremism here is not to insist on 1.5 degrees as a target, but to just let things continue in the hope that we can have some kind of technofix later in the century. If these tipping points are crossed, there is no going back.”
Trump's reign represents the foul fusion of kakistocracy and kleptocracy, as this article by Jeet Heer in The Nation evinces:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters
Who is being naïve now?
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Trump's reign represents the foul fusion of kakistocracy and kleptocracy, as this article by Jeet Heer in The Nation evinces:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
'“They are strip-mining journalism while substantially, unjustly and unlawfully enriching themselves to the detriment of publishers.”'
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Canadian media companies sue OpenAI in case potentially worth billions
Litigants say AI company used their articles to train its popular ChatGPT software without authorization
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:51 AM
'“They are strip-mining journalism while substantially, unjustly and unlawfully enriching themselves to the detriment of publishers.”'
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
"But the kakistocracy of 2016 looks like Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood compared with the president-elect’s new batch of sidekicks."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
‘Government by the worst’: why people are calling Trump’s new sidekicks a ‘kakistocracy’
The word is trending as Trump makes cabinet picks – but it’s not the first time it’s been used to describe lousy leadership
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:56 PM
"But the kakistocracy of 2016 looks like Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood compared with the president-elect’s new batch of sidekicks."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Law professor and public health expert Lawrence Gostin calls RFK Jr. "the world's most influential, well-funded anti-vaxxer" who is "probably single-handedly responsible for thousands of preventable illnesses and deaths by fomenting distrust."
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/15/r...
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/15/r...
November 15, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Law professor and public health expert Lawrence Gostin calls RFK Jr. "the world's most influential, well-funded anti-vaxxer" who is "probably single-handedly responsible for thousands of preventable illnesses and deaths by fomenting distrust."
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/15/r...
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/15/r...
So I'm new to BlueSky (have never been on Twitter-X) and I'm trying to find a stimulating feed. Anyone know if there's a LeftSky feed (and by left, I mean anticapitalist, ecosocialist, degrowth left)? And if there isn't one already, can we create one? How do we go about doing that?
November 16, 2024 at 11:24 PM
So I'm new to BlueSky (have never been on Twitter-X) and I'm trying to find a stimulating feed. Anyone know if there's a LeftSky feed (and by left, I mean anticapitalist, ecosocialist, degrowth left)? And if there isn't one already, can we create one? How do we go about doing that?
We could use a little good news:
"If the court finds her guilty of the charges with this provisional execution, Le Pen will not be able to run in elections even if she appeals against the judgment."
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
"If the court finds her guilty of the charges with this provisional execution, Le Pen will not be able to run in elections even if she appeals against the judgment."
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Marine Le Pen: prosecutor recommends jail and 5 year ban from public office in EU embezzlement trial
Request from Paris prosecutor threatens to undermine the National Rally leader’s efforts to polish image ahead of 2027 elections
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:51 AM
We could use a little good news:
"If the court finds her guilty of the charges with this provisional execution, Le Pen will not be able to run in elections even if she appeals against the judgment."
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
"If the court finds her guilty of the charges with this provisional execution, Le Pen will not be able to run in elections even if she appeals against the judgment."
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...