Peter Dwyer
@lfcscally.bsky.social
Socialist, recovering academic, now in the NHS. LFC season ticket holder. Editor Review of African Political Economy. https://roape.net/ Check out our genuinely free access journal https://www.scienceopen.com/collection/957770c3-4943-4fde-a72b-841025ea4ab1
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Peter Dwyer
@lfcscally.bsky.social
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Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE)
<p>Since 1974 the Review of African Political Economy has provided radical analysis of trends, issues and social processes in Africa, adopting a broadly materialist interpretation of change.</p>
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Am no friend of Putin. Honest.
Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
October 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Am no friend of Putin. Honest.
Random picture from a trip to China.
September 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Random picture from a trip to China.
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Nigel Farage claims his mass deportation plan would save the UK hundreds of billions of pounds over the coming decades.
New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period
New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period
Farage’s Trillion Pound Black Hole: The Real Cost of Reform UK’s Mass Deportation Plan
Exclusive: Reform's plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis of official statistics a...
bylinetimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Nigel Farage claims his mass deportation plan would save the UK hundreds of billions of pounds over the coming decades.
New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period
New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period
zabalaza4socialism.org.za/2025/08/18/c... A short piece on the rise of the far right in Europe I was asked to write for South African activists.
From Crisis to Consolidation: The Resistible Rise of the Far Right in Europe Since 2010 – Zabalaza for Socialism
zabalaza4socialism.org.za
September 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
zabalaza4socialism.org.za/2025/08/18/c... A short piece on the rise of the far right in Europe I was asked to write for South African activists.
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The immigration debate is going badly off track, thanks to a combination of opportunism, racism and spinelessness in the UK's political and media class.
But it's not too late to turn things round.
Me in Time magazine
time.com/7312223/uk-i...
But it's not too late to turn things round.
Me in Time magazine
time.com/7312223/uk-i...
Britain Is Getting the Immigration Debate All Wrong
There are worrying signs about the country's direction, as Reform tops the polls, and mainstream politicians chase the far right, writes Jonathan Portes.
time.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The immigration debate is going badly off track, thanks to a combination of opportunism, racism and spinelessness in the UK's political and media class.
But it's not too late to turn things round.
Me in Time magazine
time.com/7312223/uk-i...
But it's not too late to turn things round.
Me in Time magazine
time.com/7312223/uk-i...
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Two out of every five people arrested after participating in anti-immigration riots had been previously reported to the police for domestic.😡
Well that blows their screaming dribble out the water
with their signs shouting
protect our women and children 🤔🤦
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Well that blows their screaming dribble out the water
with their signs shouting
protect our women and children 🤔🤦
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Two out of every five people arrested after participating in anti-immigration riots had been previously reported to the police for domestic.😡
Well that blows their screaming dribble out the water
with their signs shouting
protect our women and children 🤔🤦
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Well that blows their screaming dribble out the water
with their signs shouting
protect our women and children 🤔🤦
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Only on a boat trip in Ireland.
August 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Only on a boat trip in Ireland.
Just my everyday walk for a swim in Mullaghmore, Ireland, last week.
August 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just my everyday walk for a swim in Mullaghmore, Ireland, last week.
Calling people in Oxford. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxfordshir...
Oxfordshire Your Party Public Meeting
Let's get this party started! A public meeting for all Your Party supporters in Oxfordshire to discuss what kind of party we want.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Calling people in Oxford. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxfordshir...
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Reform Party just held a press conference on women’s safety. Nigel Farage didn’t attend. Can you hazard a guess why?
August 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reform Party just held a press conference on women’s safety. Nigel Farage didn’t attend. Can you hazard a guess why?
The small village of Dean is in lockdown as Vance visits. But those cheeky rural dwellers have managed to poke him.
August 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The small village of Dean is in lockdown as Vance visits. But those cheeky rural dwellers have managed to poke him.
JD Vance & his toys in an Oxfordshire village. 22 cars & counting.
August 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
JD Vance & his toys in an Oxfordshire village. 22 cars & counting.
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July 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Hope is on its way in the UK. Sign up! Sign up! Come out, come out, wherever you are. The time is now. Help shape this.
Transform has been working from its inception towards this day. We will play an enthusiastic part in building this new party.
Let's get this party started!
www.yourparty.uk
Let's get this party started!
www.yourparty.uk
July 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hope is on its way in the UK. Sign up! Sign up! Come out, come out, wherever you are. The time is now. Help shape this.
Today, the media will wax lyrical about Tebbit & the success of Thatcherism. Yesterday the Thatcherite anti trade union paper, the Financial Times, said it failed.
July 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Today, the media will wax lyrical about Tebbit & the success of Thatcherism. Yesterday the Thatcherite anti trade union paper, the Financial Times, said it failed.
Was very excited to be at this yesterday when Jhttps://x.com/KHALID4EWH/status/1933896145693999550
Khalid Sadur - Independent on X: ".@jeremycorbyn at today's Merseyside Community Independents rally: "I am determined there will be, in short time, a strong, alternative, democratic, socialist, left wing voice that brings people together" "We are one! And we want to be one!" Would you join such a movement? https://t.co/t2wLH6oKIW" / X
.@jeremycorbyn at today's Merseyside Community Independents rally: "I am determined there will be, in short time, a strong, alternative, democratic, socialist, left wing voice that brings people together" "We are one! And we want to be one!" Would you join such a movement? https://t.co/t2wLH6oKIW
x.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Was very excited to be at this yesterday when Jhttps://x.com/KHALID4EWH/status/1933896145693999550
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We condemn Israel's impunity to act as the lead rottweiler of global capital unleashing unlimited genocide & war on the Middle East from Gaza, the West Bank & Lebanon to Syria. Now threatening a nuclear holocaust by waging all out war against Iran!
End all trade, boycott & sanction Israel now!
End all trade, boycott & sanction Israel now!
June 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We condemn Israel's impunity to act as the lead rottweiler of global capital unleashing unlimited genocide & war on the Middle East from Gaza, the West Bank & Lebanon to Syria. Now threatening a nuclear holocaust by waging all out war against Iran!
End all trade, boycott & sanction Israel now!
End all trade, boycott & sanction Israel now!
Calling African writers & African writers in the diaspora. Ugandan based publisher looking for new writers. editorhousefacility.com
Home - Editor House Facility Uganda
Books,Research,Writing & Editing Editor House Facility (EHF) publish books—including academic books, fiction, poetry and memoirs. Founded in Kampala, Uganda, in […]
editorhousefacility.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Calling African writers & African writers in the diaspora. Ugandan based publisher looking for new writers. editorhousefacility.com
Excited that me and my dear friend & long-time collaborator Leo Zeilig have joined a great bunch of people Editor House Facility. Were keen to publish work by Africans & their diaspora. If you’re looking to get work edited or published let us know. editorhousefacility.com
Home - Editor House Facility Uganda
Books,Research,Writing & Editing Editor House Facility (EHF) publish books—including academic books, fiction, poetry and memoirs. Founded in Kampala, Uganda, in […]
editorhousefacility.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Excited that me and my dear friend & long-time collaborator Leo Zeilig have joined a great bunch of people Editor House Facility. Were keen to publish work by Africans & their diaspora. If you’re looking to get work edited or published let us know. editorhousefacility.com
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Independent councillors, candidates & previous councillors who share progressive politics will come together to hear the experiences of other Independents, how they are organising & how they have changed the tide in local government.
Register us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Independent councillors, candidates & previous councillors who share progressive politics will come together to hear the experiences of other Independents, how they are organising & how they have changed the tide in local government.
Register us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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We had a great session today knocking on doors and meeting voters with our candidate, Jabu Nala-Hartley.
Vote Jabu for a strong, socialist voice for Barton, Sandhills & Risinghurst.
#LocalElections2025
#VoteSocialist
#Oxford
Vote Jabu for a strong, socialist voice for Barton, Sandhills & Risinghurst.
#LocalElections2025
#VoteSocialist
#Oxford
April 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We had a great session today knocking on doors and meeting voters with our candidate, Jabu Nala-Hartley.
Vote Jabu for a strong, socialist voice for Barton, Sandhills & Risinghurst.
#LocalElections2025
#VoteSocialist
#Oxford
Vote Jabu for a strong, socialist voice for Barton, Sandhills & Risinghurst.
#LocalElections2025
#VoteSocialist
#Oxford
Great piece about the politics of Trump.
“The radicalization of the right has not taken place just in the United States, but in country after country, even ones that have been democracies for decades”
tempestmag.org/2025/04/trum...
tempestmag.org/2025/04/trum...
Trump and the Billionaires
DK Renton raises questions about how to understand the second Trump administration and its relationship to the capitalist class.
tempestmag.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Great piece about the politics of Trump.
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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81% say Labour is handling the cost of living badly.
Wonder why? 🤔
4.6% rise in Rail Fares
4.99% rise in Council Tax
41% rise in Water Bills
14% rise in Tuition Fees
18.4% rise in Energy Bills
50% rise in local Bus Fares
16% rise Rail Cards
22% rise in Stamp prices
£60 rise in Income Tax
Wonder why? 🤔
4.6% rise in Rail Fares
4.99% rise in Council Tax
41% rise in Water Bills
14% rise in Tuition Fees
18.4% rise in Energy Bills
50% rise in local Bus Fares
16% rise Rail Cards
22% rise in Stamp prices
£60 rise in Income Tax
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
81% say Labour is handling the cost of living badly.
Wonder why? 🤔
4.6% rise in Rail Fares
4.99% rise in Council Tax
41% rise in Water Bills
14% rise in Tuition Fees
18.4% rise in Energy Bills
50% rise in local Bus Fares
16% rise Rail Cards
22% rise in Stamp prices
£60 rise in Income Tax
Wonder why? 🤔
4.6% rise in Rail Fares
4.99% rise in Council Tax
41% rise in Water Bills
14% rise in Tuition Fees
18.4% rise in Energy Bills
50% rise in local Bus Fares
16% rise Rail Cards
22% rise in Stamp prices
£60 rise in Income Tax
‘Warfare not wheelchairs’
Whoever did this graphic, they nailed it.
Wilson said Labour was a moral mission or it was nothing.
It is nothing.
Wilson said Labour was a moral mission or it was nothing.
It is nothing.
March 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
‘Warfare not wheelchairs’