len guenther
@leninvan.bsky.social
Shelter worker, DTES, Vancouver
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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#Nature, #Women, and #Capital: A Critical Reconsideration. Seminar by Giovanna Vertova & me at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
#DomesticLabour
#Reproduction
#feminism
#capitalistmodeofproduction
#Saito
#Cassegård
#ecologism
youtu.be/Ufa_3m9IqxU?...
#DomesticLabour
#Reproduction
#feminism
#capitalistmodeofproduction
#Saito
#Cassegård
#ecologism
youtu.be/Ufa_3m9IqxU?...
HistCon Speaker Series Winter 25: "Nature, Women, and Capital: A Critical Reconsideration"
YouTube video by History of Consciousness
youtu.be
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#Nature, #Women, and #Capital: A Critical Reconsideration. Seminar by Giovanna Vertova & me at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
#DomesticLabour
#Reproduction
#feminism
#capitalistmodeofproduction
#Saito
#Cassegård
#ecologism
youtu.be/Ufa_3m9IqxU?...
#DomesticLabour
#Reproduction
#feminism
#capitalistmodeofproduction
#Saito
#Cassegård
#ecologism
youtu.be/Ufa_3m9IqxU?...
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Great (and intriguing) interview by Frank Ruda and @agonhamza.bsky.social to @adamtooze.bsky.social for Crisis and Critique. Food for thought, even if and when you disagree.
Adam Tooze on approaching history, polycrisis, the contemporary USA, Batman… and many other things
YouTube video by Crisis and Critique
youtu.be
May 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Great (and intriguing) interview by Frank Ruda and @agonhamza.bsky.social to @adamtooze.bsky.social for Crisis and Critique. Food for thought, even if and when you disagree.
"He has figured out how to do something that the Left has at times struggled to do in recent years: articulate principled leftist politics in a way that resonates with average people."
jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
Zohran Mamdani Is Right on Public Safety
In last night’s New York City mayoral debate, socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani warded off attacks about “defunding the police” by articulating a principled and compelling message on public safety.
jacobin.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"He has figured out how to do something that the Left has at times struggled to do in recent years: articulate principled leftist politics in a way that resonates with average people."
jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
Tanya Talaga on nation-building strategies at the expense of First Nations... and the Global South. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: As northern Canada burns, southern Canada makes climate change worse
Amid a wildfire crisis, the Ontario and federal governments’ legislative efforts threaten to trample First Nations rights and erode the environment
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tanya Talaga on nation-building strategies at the expense of First Nations... and the Global South. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
On uneven development, technological diffusion, and a nation's capacity to absort the the technologies that can compensate for uneven development.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
North–South Trade as a Source of Uneven Development: A Critical Literature Review on the Role of Absorptive Capacity - Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade
An idea from classical development theory is that North–South trade is harmful to the South. This idea has been countered by recent models of trade and endogenous growth that claim that North–South tr...
link.springer.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
On uneven development, technological diffusion, and a nation's capacity to absort the the technologies that can compensate for uneven development.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds.
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database
In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.
wid.world
June 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds.
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
Yesterday, BC's NDP government greenlit a gas pipeline in the province's northwest.
Lobbyists for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline argued that the project was “substantially started.” Clearing began in August 2024 and continued through... 1/x
www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/ca...
Lobbyists for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline argued that the project was “substantially started.” Clearing began in August 2024 and continued through... 1/x
www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/ca...
Prime Minister Carney: stop the American pipeline takeover
Tell Prime Minister Carney to block Donald Trump’s billionaire donors from owning or building pipelines in Canada! #cdnpoli #PRGT
www.dogwoodbc.ca
June 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yesterday, BC's NDP government greenlit a gas pipeline in the province's northwest.
Lobbyists for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline argued that the project was “substantially started.” Clearing began in August 2024 and continued through... 1/x
www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/ca...
Lobbyists for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline argued that the project was “substantially started.” Clearing began in August 2024 and continued through... 1/x
www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/ca...
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Kathleen Edwards announces new album 'Billionaire', co-produced by Jason Isbell; hear two songs
Kathleen Edwards Announces New Album 'Billionaire' Co-Produced By Jason Isbell: Hear Two Tracks
In 2020, Kathleen Edwards released her fifth album Total Freedom after taking a break from music. Last month she was covered by Waxahatchee and Brennan Wedl in Nashville, and now the Canadian singer-s...
www.stereogum.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Kathleen Edwards announces new album 'Billionaire', co-produced by Jason Isbell; hear two songs
Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says there's a "critical" need to build up First Nations infrastructure. But that work won't qualify for the federal government's push to fast-track "nation-building" projects. "It's about looking to make sure that it's not just for one community... 1/2
June 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says there's a "critical" need to build up First Nations infrastructure. But that work won't qualify for the federal government's push to fast-track "nation-building" projects. "It's about looking to make sure that it's not just for one community... 1/2
“Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation of the Mental Health Act.”
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
BC government faces legal challenge as national news media promote forced abstinence
Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation...
drugdatadecoded.ca
June 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation of the Mental Health Act.”
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
There's no rain in the coming week's forecast for those parts of Canada that need it most. Is it time for something else?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhcr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhcr...
A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow | Kate Raworth
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There's no rain in the coming week's forecast for those parts of Canada that need it most. Is it time for something else?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhcr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhcr...
Another good appraisal of abundance agendas, by Sandeep Vaheesan.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Real Path to Abundance - Boston Review
To deliver plentiful housing and clean energy, we have to get the story right about what’s standing in the way.
www.bostonreview.net
May 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Another good appraisal of abundance agendas, by Sandeep Vaheesan.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
Certainly borne out by the last 30 years of Canadian housing.
May 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Certainly borne out by the last 30 years of Canadian housing.
IPSOS polling earlier this year showed that 89% of Canadians supported removing inter-provincial trade barriers and increasing economic independence. Mark Carney rode that sentiment to a minority win, and one of his government's pledges is... 1/2
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
An east-west oil pipeline is a trap—Canada needs an east-west electricity grid - CCPA
Trump’s economic warfare and threats of annexation have triggered a rare moment of political agreement in Canada. We desperately need to reduce our economic dependence on the United States, our leader...
www.policyalternatives.ca
May 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
IPSOS polling earlier this year showed that 89% of Canadians supported removing inter-provincial trade barriers and increasing economic independence. Mark Carney rode that sentiment to a minority win, and one of his government's pledges is... 1/2
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...