Marco Loprieno
@mal7777.bsky.social
international climate policy & degrowth expert, musician & video-maker, founder of the EXIT_LAB collective, living in Brussels
"IN HISTORY AS IN NATURE WHAT IS ROTTEN IS THE LABORATORY OF LIFE " [Karl Marx, The Capital]
"IN HISTORY AS IN NATURE WHAT IS ROTTEN IS THE LABORATORY OF LIFE " [Karl Marx, The Capital]
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Marco Loprieno
@mal7777.bsky.social
· Mar 21
Minerali critici e gas: Putin, Trump e la spartizione dell'Ucraina - Valigia Blu
Putin, Trump, Zelensky, Unione Europea: intorno all’Ucraina emerge un nuovo modello geopolitico, dove gli affari dettano le relazioni internazionali la battaglia per l’approvvigionamento dei materiali...
www.valigiablu.it
2025.03.21 - Oggi Valigia Blu pubblica l'articolo che ho scritto con Pat Lugo sulla situazione in Ucraina. Vincerà la 'geopolitica muscolare' o la cooperazione? Chi sarà all’altezza delle incombenti sfide globali, prima fra tutti la crisi climatica? @valigiablu.it
www.valigiablu.it/ucraina-gas-...
www.valigiablu.it/ucraina-gas-...
2025.03.21 - Oggi Valigia Blu pubblica l'articolo che ho scritto con Pat Lugo sulla situazione in Ucraina. Vincerà la 'geopolitica muscolare' o la cooperazione? Chi sarà all’altezza delle incombenti sfide globali, prima fra tutti la crisi climatica? @valigiablu.it
www.valigiablu.it/ucraina-gas-...
www.valigiablu.it/ucraina-gas-...
Minerali critici e gas: Putin, Trump e la spartizione dell'Ucraina - Valigia Blu
Putin, Trump, Zelensky, Unione Europea: intorno all’Ucraina emerge un nuovo modello geopolitico, dove gli affari dettano le relazioni internazionali la battaglia per l’approvvigionamento dei materiali...
www.valigiablu.it
March 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
2025.03.21 - Oggi Valigia Blu pubblica l'articolo che ho scritto con Pat Lugo sulla situazione in Ucraina. Vincerà la 'geopolitica muscolare' o la cooperazione? Chi sarà all’altezza delle incombenti sfide globali, prima fra tutti la crisi climatica? @valigiablu.it
www.valigiablu.it/ucraina-gas-...
www.valigiablu.it/ucraina-gas-...
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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
on.soundcloud.com/mXakWfv7tGYz...
Composed and performed 8 years ago, enjoy!
Composed and performed 8 years ago, enjoy!
THE DONALD
my contribution to #resist because we need now to take a stand against hate politics, mass manipulation, xenophobia, total incompetence, climate & covid 19 deniers, EXXON ...
Marco MAL LOPRIENO: saxe
on.soundcloud.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
on.soundcloud.com/mXakWfv7tGYz...
Composed and performed 8 years ago, enjoy!
Composed and performed 8 years ago, enjoy!
Reposted by Marco Loprieno
La Silicon Valley non è mai stata "di sinistra".
Le sua corrente reazionaria parte negli anni '90 con le prime tirate misogine, si espande con il primo mandato Trump e trionfa con Musk e il DOGE.
Ora si sta realizzando il suo sogno finale: sbarazzarsi della democrazia.
Mio per @valigiablu.it 👇
Le sua corrente reazionaria parte negli anni '90 con le prime tirate misogine, si espande con il primo mandato Trump e trionfa con Musk e il DOGE.
Ora si sta realizzando il suo sogno finale: sbarazzarsi della democrazia.
Mio per @valigiablu.it 👇
Il golpe della Silicon Valley: un lungo processo ideologico, culturale e politico - Valigia Blu
La creazione del Dipartimento per l’efficienza governativa (DOGE) non è dunque solo un’impresa personalistica di Musk: è piuttosto il risultato di un lungo processo ideologico, culturale e politico ch...
www.valigiablu.it
February 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
La Silicon Valley non è mai stata "di sinistra".
Le sua corrente reazionaria parte negli anni '90 con le prime tirate misogine, si espande con il primo mandato Trump e trionfa con Musk e il DOGE.
Ora si sta realizzando il suo sogno finale: sbarazzarsi della democrazia.
Mio per @valigiablu.it 👇
Le sua corrente reazionaria parte negli anni '90 con le prime tirate misogine, si espande con il primo mandato Trump e trionfa con Musk e il DOGE.
Ora si sta realizzando il suo sogno finale: sbarazzarsi della democrazia.
Mio per @valigiablu.it 👇
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‘Profits from fossil fuel production have to be shared with domestic governments in the form of royalties and other taxes. Few governments, in countries rich or poor, would willingly relinquish those revenues.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on climate ‘overshoot’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on climate ‘overshoot’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · So much for Paris: Climate Overshoot
All fossil fuel projects are politically constituted. Either they are state projects, controlled and administered by...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
‘Profits from fossil fuel production have to be shared with domestic governments in the form of royalties and other taxes. Few governments, in countries rich or poor, would willingly relinquish those revenues.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on climate ‘overshoot’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on climate ‘overshoot’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Hamas says it appreciates positions adopted by Jordan and Egypt that have rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza and touted an Arab reconstruction plan.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ aje.io/55khfi
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ aje.io/55khfi
Fear of war looms in Gaza as Israel wreaks havoc in occupied West Bank
Palestinians in Gaza condemn Israel for threatening to resume ‘intense fighting’ if Hamas does not release all captives.
aje.io
February 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Hamas says it appreciates positions adopted by Jordan and Egypt that have rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza and touted an Arab reconstruction plan.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ aje.io/55khfi
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ aje.io/55khfi
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Israel has threatened to resume war in Gaza if captives are not released this weekend, while Hamas insists it remains committed to the ceasefire deal and accuses Israel of violating it.
— in pictures aje.io/hg5pq7
— in pictures aje.io/hg5pq7
February 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Israel has threatened to resume war in Gaza if captives are not released this weekend, while Hamas insists it remains committed to the ceasefire deal and accuses Israel of violating it.
— in pictures aje.io/hg5pq7
— in pictures aje.io/hg5pq7
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Official deadline for NDCs? Today. The EU? not ready. The people affected by the climate emergency? Can't wait. Read more details here below 👇🏽 caneurope.org/europe-is-st... @caneurope.org
Europe is staying the course - it’s time for a new plan under the Paris Agreement - CAN Europe
Written by James Trinder, additional content by Frosina Antonovska & Özlem Katisöz At the World Economic Forum, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reminded us that “The Paris Agreement continue...
caneurope.org
February 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Official deadline for NDCs? Today. The EU? not ready. The people affected by the climate emergency? Can't wait. Read more details here below 👇🏽 caneurope.org/europe-is-st... @caneurope.org
La guerra di Putin alla transizione energetica globale www.valigiablu.it/transizione-...
Sempre attuale anche se scritto due anni fa: Marco Loprieno & Pat Lugo
Sempre attuale anche se scritto due anni fa: Marco Loprieno & Pat Lugo
La guerra di Putin alla transizione energetica globale - Valigia Blu
Le politiche di decarbonizzazione dell'Unione Europea e dei paesi occidentali potrebbero aver spinto Putin ad accelerare l'invasione in Ucraina.
www.valigiablu.it
February 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"ENOUGH" 6.5 trillions US dollars spent on the 20 years (2001 - 2021) of "the war on terror". 3.5 trillions were ENOUGH to eradicate world poverty!
Marco Loprieno: sampling; field recordings; soprano sax; percussions; electronics
Pat Lugo: Photos & Visuals
#valigiablu
youtu.be/yyWJa-A_kLs?...
Marco Loprieno: sampling; field recordings; soprano sax; percussions; electronics
Pat Lugo: Photos & Visuals
#valigiablu
youtu.be/yyWJa-A_kLs?...
ENOUGH!
YouTube video by exit_lab
youtu.be
February 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"ENOUGH" 6.5 trillions US dollars spent on the 20 years (2001 - 2021) of "the war on terror". 3.5 trillions were ENOUGH to eradicate world poverty!
Marco Loprieno: sampling; field recordings; soprano sax; percussions; electronics
Pat Lugo: Photos & Visuals
#valigiablu
youtu.be/yyWJa-A_kLs?...
Marco Loprieno: sampling; field recordings; soprano sax; percussions; electronics
Pat Lugo: Photos & Visuals
#valigiablu
youtu.be/yyWJa-A_kLs?...
It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Finally Going Home!
YouTube video by AJ+
youtu.be
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reposted by Marco Loprieno
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
February 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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✌️ HUGE VICTORY
(See the post on Client Earth, FB 1 day ago)
🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life.
(See the post on Client Earth, FB 1 day ago)
🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life.
February 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
✌️ HUGE VICTORY
(See the post on Client Earth, FB 1 day ago)
🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life.
(See the post on Client Earth, FB 1 day ago)
🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life.
Reposted by Marco Loprieno
#ExtinctionRebellion with local campaign groups, councillors and residents voiced opposition to #Farnborough Airport's plans which would almost double the number of private jet flights to 70,000 a year - blatantly ignore the #ClimateCrisis.
#BanPrivateJets #TaxTheRich
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
#BanPrivateJets #TaxTheRich
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
February 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
#ExtinctionRebellion with local campaign groups, councillors and residents voiced opposition to #Farnborough Airport's plans which would almost double the number of private jet flights to 70,000 a year - blatantly ignore the #ClimateCrisis.
#BanPrivateJets #TaxTheRich
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
#BanPrivateJets #TaxTheRich
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
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"We can expect to see a resurgence of infectious diseases like measles and polio that had almost been eliminated. When — not if — the next pandemic strikes, we can expect the federal response to be even worse than it was when Trump confronted Covid."
RFK Jr. and the MAGA Death Trip
The war on science is turning deadly
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"We can expect to see a resurgence of infectious diseases like measles and polio that had almost been eliminated. When — not if — the next pandemic strikes, we can expect the federal response to be even worse than it was when Trump confronted Covid."
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🧵 Trump-Musk, il caos coordinato e pianificato: i prodromi di un colpo di Stato | @marcoarvati.bsky.social www.valigiablu.it/trump-musk-c... via @valigiablu.it
Trump-Musk, il caos coordinato e pianificato: i prodromi di un colpo di Stato - Valigia Blu
Le prime mosse della nuova amministrazione Trump evidenziano un attacco sistematico alla burocrazia federale e alle istituzioni democratiche. Trump sta cercando di centralizzare il potere attraverso o...
www.valigiablu.it
February 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🧵 Trump-Musk, il caos coordinato e pianificato: i prodromi di un colpo di Stato | @marcoarvati.bsky.social www.valigiablu.it/trump-musk-c... via @valigiablu.it
La guerra di Putin alla transizione energetica globale www.valigiablu.it/transizione-...
Sempre attuale anche se scritto due anni fa: Marco Loprieno & Pat Lugo
Sempre attuale anche se scritto due anni fa: Marco Loprieno & Pat Lugo
La guerra di Putin alla transizione energetica globale - Valigia Blu
Le politiche di decarbonizzazione dell'Unione Europea e dei paesi occidentali potrebbero aver spinto Putin ad accelerare l'invasione in Ucraina.
www.valigiablu.it
February 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
La guerra di Putin alla transizione energetica globale www.valigiablu.it/transizione-...
Sempre attuale anche se scritto due anni fa: Marco Loprieno & Pat Lugo
Sempre attuale anche se scritto due anni fa: Marco Loprieno & Pat Lugo
F**k you Facebook and Instagram, we’re off: it’s time to rebuild our digital home www.valigiablu.it/facebook-ins...
F**k you Facebook and Instagram, we're off: it's time to rebuild our digital home - Valigia Blu
Zuckerberg is right to say that it is time to get back to basics. But for us, the real return to the origins of this wonderful and complex adventure called "the web" is to leave his platforms, to retu...
www.valigiablu.it
February 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
F**k you Facebook and Instagram, we’re off: it’s time to rebuild our digital home www.valigiablu.it/facebook-ins...
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🚨 Competitiveness Compass is out 🚨
Commission takes a big misstep by framing regulation as an obstacle to competitiveness. It is not the rules protecting people, climate & environment that hold companies back, but the lack of investment & high energy prices driven by the EU’s fossil gas dependency.
Commission takes a big misstep by framing regulation as an obstacle to competitiveness. It is not the rules protecting people, climate & environment that hold companies back, but the lack of investment & high energy prices driven by the EU’s fossil gas dependency.
Commission's compass requires calibration: EU needs a net-zero industrial strategy but not deregulation
CAN Europe regrets that the Commission takes a dangerous misstep by framing regulation as the primary obstacle to competitiveness. It is not the rules that protect people, climate and the environment ...
caneurope.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨 Competitiveness Compass is out 🚨
Commission takes a big misstep by framing regulation as an obstacle to competitiveness. It is not the rules protecting people, climate & environment that hold companies back, but the lack of investment & high energy prices driven by the EU’s fossil gas dependency.
Commission takes a big misstep by framing regulation as an obstacle to competitiveness. It is not the rules protecting people, climate & environment that hold companies back, but the lack of investment & high energy prices driven by the EU’s fossil gas dependency.
Here it is the follow-up to Mr Draghi's competitiveness strategy for the EU. But who really needs deregulation? What we need is a strong clear vision to ensure the transition... Definetely this is not a good start! #ClimateEmergency
👇 EU Competitiveness Compass: @caneurope.bsky.social checked-it out against the urgent needs for #EU to address #ClimateEmergency, increasing inequalities & obstacles to the #energytransition. It's not enough. People, planet and European economy need a more calibrated & ambitious compass.
🚨 Competitiveness Compass is out 🚨
Commission takes a big misstep by framing regulation as an obstacle to competitiveness. It is not the rules protecting people, climate & environment that hold companies back, but the lack of investment & high energy prices driven by the EU’s fossil gas dependency.
Commission takes a big misstep by framing regulation as an obstacle to competitiveness. It is not the rules protecting people, climate & environment that hold companies back, but the lack of investment & high energy prices driven by the EU’s fossil gas dependency.
January 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here it is the follow-up to Mr Draghi's competitiveness strategy for the EU. But who really needs deregulation? What we need is a strong clear vision to ensure the transition... Definetely this is not a good start! #ClimateEmergency
"IN GOD THEY TRUST" exit_lab production 2021
concept, visual and sound: Marco MAL LOPRIENO
ACOUSTIC CITIES in the age of climate emergency
#climateemergency #trump #climateaction
youtu.be/E2IWea9BU9I?...
concept, visual and sound: Marco MAL LOPRIENO
ACOUSTIC CITIES in the age of climate emergency
#climateemergency #trump #climateaction
youtu.be/E2IWea9BU9I?...
IN GOD THEY TRUST!
YouTube video by exit_lab
youtu.be
January 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"IN GOD THEY TRUST" exit_lab production 2021
concept, visual and sound: Marco MAL LOPRIENO
ACOUSTIC CITIES in the age of climate emergency
#climateemergency #trump #climateaction
youtu.be/E2IWea9BU9I?...
concept, visual and sound: Marco MAL LOPRIENO
ACOUSTIC CITIES in the age of climate emergency
#climateemergency #trump #climateaction
youtu.be/E2IWea9BU9I?...
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GEO magazine
www.stern.de/geo/gruener-...
www.stern.de/geo/gruener-...
Lieber rot als tot? Philosoph Kohei Saito will mit Karl Marx das Klima retten
Nur der Kommunismus kann uns vor dem Untergang retten: Mit dieser These wurde Kohei Saito zum Bestseller-Autor. Im GEO-Gespräch erläutert er seine Vision für ein besseres Leben
www.stern.de
January 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
GEO magazine
www.stern.de/geo/gruener-...
www.stern.de/geo/gruener-...
Reposted by Marco Loprieno
🌍 Climate change isn’t just an environmental issue! It’s a threat that concerns us all.
🔥 400,000 lives lost yearly
🏠 26M displaced by disasters
💧 1B face severe water shortages
Those least responsible will suffer the most. 💔⚖️
(Source: Amnesty International)
#ClimateJustice #HumanRights
🔥 400,000 lives lost yearly
🏠 26M displaced by disasters
💧 1B face severe water shortages
Those least responsible will suffer the most. 💔⚖️
(Source: Amnesty International)
#ClimateJustice #HumanRights
January 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🌍 Climate change isn’t just an environmental issue! It’s a threat that concerns us all.
🔥 400,000 lives lost yearly
🏠 26M displaced by disasters
💧 1B face severe water shortages
Those least responsible will suffer the most. 💔⚖️
(Source: Amnesty International)
#ClimateJustice #HumanRights
🔥 400,000 lives lost yearly
🏠 26M displaced by disasters
💧 1B face severe water shortages
Those least responsible will suffer the most. 💔⚖️
(Source: Amnesty International)
#ClimateJustice #HumanRights
just arrived here, exploring alternatives to Meta...
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
just arrived here, exploring alternatives to Meta...