Anthony Barnett
@anthonybarnett.bsky.social
‘Notes on Now’ every month in Byline Times, Co-founder openDemocracy Led Charter 88 from 1988-2005. Iron Britannia; The Lure of Greatness; Taking Control! Etc Online articles in Authory.
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The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Geoffrey Bindman and his pursuit of justice for all
From calling for Tony Blair to be tried to defending Gaza, Geoffrey always fought for everyone to have the rights they deserved
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November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
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Dan Hind on democratising the BBC: 'An institution that began life as a private company and became a chartered corporation must now become a public service cooperative.'
Abolish the BBC?
The ever-brilliant Dan Hind on the crisis at the national broadcaster: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
The ever-brilliant Dan Hind on the crisis at the national broadcaster: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
Abolish the BBC?
The real crisis for the broadcaster is the rise of US-based digital media and the growing need for a democratic media
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Dan Hind on democratising the BBC: 'An institution that began life as a private company and became a chartered corporation must now become a public service cooperative.'
A taste of Jamie Mackay, if you don't read his Week in Italy, you should! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sicily deserves better than the looming prospect of a giant bridge that will never get built | Jamie Mackay
Troubled waters over the world’s longest suspension bridge are no surprise. The Italian government should be funding public services, says Florence-based writer Jamie Mackay
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A taste of Jamie Mackay, if you don't read his Week in Italy, you should! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Can you imagine tolerance and trust in politics? We and @anthonybarnett.bsky.social ( opendemocracy.net ) can!
Join the movement to replace the Lords with a House of Citizens by pledging your support today: 858.org.uk/pledge
#Democracy #CitizensAssembly #UKPolitics
Join the movement to replace the Lords with a House of Citizens by pledging your support today: 858.org.uk/pledge
#Democracy #CitizensAssembly #UKPolitics
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Can you imagine tolerance and trust in politics? We and @anthonybarnett.bsky.social ( opendemocracy.net ) can!
Join the movement to replace the Lords with a House of Citizens by pledging your support today: 858.org.uk/pledge
#Democracy #CitizensAssembly #UKPolitics
Join the movement to replace the Lords with a House of Citizens by pledging your support today: 858.org.uk/pledge
#Democracy #CitizensAssembly #UKPolitics
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Remembering today the late 🇺🇸American theatre, film and television actress #KimHunter born #OnThisDay in 1922, seen here in the fantasy romantic film "A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH” (1946) written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
🎬 Eagle-Lion Films
🎬 Eagle-Lion Films
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Remembering today the late 🇺🇸American theatre, film and television actress #KimHunter born #OnThisDay in 1922, seen here in the fantasy romantic film "A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH” (1946) written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
🎬 Eagle-Lion Films
🎬 Eagle-Lion Films
“The BBC remains structurally bound to a concept of the political that is becoming intensely unpopular” This is great by Dan Hind. Tragic he clings to the Nazi X open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
Abolish the BBC?
The real crisis for the broadcaster is the rise of US-based digital media and the growing need for a democratic media
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“The BBC remains structurally bound to a concept of the political that is becoming intensely unpopular” This is great by Dan Hind. Tragic he clings to the Nazi X open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Geoffrey Bindman and his pursuit of justice for all
From calling for Tony Blair to be tried to defending Gaza, Geoffrey always fought for everyone to have the rights they deserved
www.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Helpful as ever, and here it Mitch McConnell spelling out Trump's role, edition.cnn.com/videos/polit... (he also specifically described it as a "violent insurrection" whose purpose was to prevent the peaceful handover of power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Ld...)
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Helpful as ever, and here it Mitch McConnell spelling out Trump's role, edition.cnn.com/videos/polit... (he also specifically described it as a "violent insurrection" whose purpose was to prevent the peaceful handover of power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Ld...)
Great thread👇
British "patriots" assaulting the BBC to gain approval from American fascists is just fucking weird on a deep level.
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Great thread👇
This is outrageous: mailchi.mp/a783c317bf48...
ALERT: Boris Kagarlitsky put in solitary confinement!
mailchi.mp
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is outrageous: mailchi.mp/a783c317bf48...
You are in quite a journey yourself @petergeoghegan.bsky.social !
"What I like about Barnett is his intellectual restlessness."
It's one of the many things I love about @anthonybarnett.bsky.social too. Very much recommend this interview with Anthony in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
It's one of the many things I love about @anthonybarnett.bsky.social too. Very much recommend this interview with Anthony in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Anthony Barnett: “The Sixties were a catastrophic failure”
The writer and campaigner on nationalism, the rise of the new right and how a fractured left can organise in response
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You are in quite a journey yourself @petergeoghegan.bsky.social !
I take this back! Trevor Philips takeaway at the end shows he was listening and impressed
This is a great interview worth watching in full, the laziness and disinterest of Philips is extraordinarily revealing of the complacency of those who think they 'know how to govern'
Trevor Philips, "What is the implication of the white poppy?"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I take this back! Trevor Philips takeaway at the end shows he was listening and impressed
This is a great interview worth watching in full, the laziness and disinterest of Philips is extraordinarily revealing of the complacency of those who think they 'know how to govern'
Trevor Philips, "What is the implication of the white poppy?"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is a great interview worth watching in full, the laziness and disinterest of Philips is extraordinarily revealing of the complacency of those who think they 'know how to govern'
Meta take in $16 billion a year from running scams www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Meta take in $16 billion a year from running scams www.reuters.com/investigatio...
I agree with Jennifer Lawrence in the New York Times
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I agree with Jennifer Lawrence in the New York Times
Learn from Mandela by the late much missed Peter Weiss (h/t @johncavanaugh.org & @ips-dc.org ) otherwords.org/three-lesson...
Three Lessons from Mandela - OtherWords
Everyone seems to agree that Nelson Mandela, like Martin Luther King Jr., is one of the great figures not only of the 20th century but, indeed, of the long trail of history. Here are three lessons we ...
otherwords.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Learn from Mandela by the late much missed Peter Weiss (h/t @johncavanaugh.org & @ips-dc.org ) otherwords.org/three-lesson...
A salute to Peter Weiss ips-dc.org/remembering-... seen here with Vanessa Redgrave and Cora Weiss. A vital figure for IPS in Washington @ips-dc.org and and TNI in Amsterdam @tninstitute.bsky.social
Remembering Peter Weiss - Institute for Policy Studies
Remembering Peter Weiss
ips-dc.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A salute to Peter Weiss ips-dc.org/remembering-... seen here with Vanessa Redgrave and Cora Weiss. A vital figure for IPS in Washington @ips-dc.org and and TNI in Amsterdam @tninstitute.bsky.social
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"Needless to say, copies of the Byline Times special issue have been circulating widely this week among the ranks of anti-Reform parties in the corridors of Westminster. The Gill case was also the main thrust of Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey's PMQs questions"
Having an impact – outside of the system 👇
Having an impact – outside of the system 👇
With a little help from Bob Dylan…
Why does Bob Dylan’s masterpiece, ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’, keep playing in Paul Connew’s head as he tries to review the state of Britain’s political, media and public opinion landscape?
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October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Needless to say, copies of the Byline Times special issue have been circulating widely this week among the ranks of anti-Reform parties in the corridors of Westminster. The Gill case was also the main thrust of Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey's PMQs questions"
Having an impact – outside of the system 👇
Having an impact – outside of the system 👇
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One month into Gaza ceasefire, what does Palestinians’ future look like?
One month into Gaza ceasefire, what does Palestinians’ future look like?
Israel is still launching deadly strikes on Gaza, as Netanyahu seeks to cling to power until next year’s elections
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
One month into Gaza ceasefire, what does Palestinians’ future look like?
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If someone had told me a year ago, that this could happen in the UK I wouldn't have believed it.
Now it's all happening very fast. Even if you consider Cummings as the 'career psychopath' he always was, this is a dangerous new level.
Now it's all happening very fast. Even if you consider Cummings as the 'career psychopath' he always was, this is a dangerous new level.
Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If someone had told me a year ago, that this could happen in the UK I wouldn't have believed it.
Now it's all happening very fast. Even if you consider Cummings as the 'career psychopath' he always was, this is a dangerous new level.
Now it's all happening very fast. Even if you consider Cummings as the 'career psychopath' he always was, this is a dangerous new level.
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A recommended read. It might seem like kreminology of the fringes of US right-wing politics but it’s really about how and why an avant-garde is now the mainstream. This will affect UK politics where the extreme is also now in the ascendant using similar methods.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A recommended read. It might seem like kreminology of the fringes of US right-wing politics but it’s really about how and why an avant-garde is now the mainstream. This will affect UK politics where the extreme is also now in the ascendant using similar methods.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
A fine and deserved salute to the great Peter Weiss from @tninstitute.bsky.social www.tni.org/en/article/t...
TNI is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Peter Weiss at the age of 99 | Transnational Institute
Peter and his family—particularly his wife Cora and his father-in-law Samuel Rubin—were involved in the Transnational Institute from its very beginning. His vision, guidance, perseverance, and support...
www.tni.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A fine and deserved salute to the great Peter Weiss from @tninstitute.bsky.social www.tni.org/en/article/t...
It’s arrived. Looks superb. Don’t wait for the reviews! The great Peter Oborne on form.
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It’s arrived. Looks superb. Don’t wait for the reviews! The great Peter Oborne on form.
Who is writing the budget?
Today, I revealed that City lobbyists have been seconded into the Treasury under the Labour Party, and that the Treasury wouldn’t tell me whether they are ‘helping’ write Rachel Reeves’ budget: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
REVEALED: Labour let City lobbyists work in Treasury
The Treasury didn't answer questions about whether lobbyists for the banking industry seconded into it are helping write this month's budget.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Who is writing the budget?
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Abolish Westminster | Adam Ramsay | Substack
Discussing the UK's unfolding constitutional omnicrisis -written by Adam Ramsay. Click to read Abolish Westminster, by Adam Ramsay, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
abolishwestminster.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you like my investigations of the corporate capture of the British state, and analysis of the wider constitutional omnicrisis they're a part of, sign up to my newsletter here: abolishwestminster.substack.com