"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975

“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

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Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after pressure from the United States government. This is a direct attack on the First Amendment.

Everyone who values freedom of speech should be outraged — and they should speak out.

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

The body of evidence showing that when centrist parties adopt the priorities and talking points of the far right, they torpedo themselves is vast and powerful. Yet Keir Starmer's Labour Party seems determined to ignore it.
A few examples in 🧵:
theconversation.com/how-should-l...

Look at this graph.

The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.

This is why we must build back union power.

Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"

The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.

The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

@channel4news.bsky.social Very interesting how technical issues seem to prevent an interview from central London, and yet you get crisp audio and video from 3,500 km away!

Man of the people? The millionaire, right-wing, private schooled, city banker, who claims an EU parliament pension and pays his taxes in Belgium?
You've been had by this grifter. Wake up and smell the Rubles!

To all the #horror fans out there:

Lxs Rifadxs de la Basura delves into the lives of over 10,000 ‘voluntary’ waste pickers in Mexico City. Despite their vital role, they often lack proper equipment, training, and fair pay, as local authorities refuse to recognise their employment. Watch their powerful story:
youtu.be/zDxByLtUkDk

I have 214.6K followers, and I figure at least some of them are looking to gift books this holiday season, so:

HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question.

Go!

El diálogo acerca posiciones y permite llegar a acuerdos posibles.

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This Thursday!

I’ve been spending lots of time explaining the burst of online & offline misogyny happening now, so thought I’d make a thread telling you about some of those conversations. If you haven’t seen the ISD report on the days post election, recommend a quick read but 1/: www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...

New WIEGO podcast on how workers can leverage legal frameworks and administrative justice to advance social protection