Neil Warner
@neilwarner.bsky.social
Researcher in political sociology at LSE. Interested in history & political economy of socialist parties and labour movements, economic policy ideas including socialisation of investment & economic democracy.
FT podcast on Peter Thiel contains some seriously mad stuff from Gillian Tett, who seems to really appreciate how Thiel's "Socratic, intellectual questioning approach" leads him to explore interesting new ideas about how dictatorships are good
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August 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
FT podcast on Peter Thiel contains some seriously mad stuff from Gillian Tett, who seems to really appreciate how Thiel's "Socratic, intellectual questioning approach" leads him to explore interesting new ideas about how dictatorships are good
shows.acast.com/ft-tech-toni...
shows.acast.com/ft-tech-toni...
Kites for Palestine on the north end of the Isle of Iona
August 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Kites for Palestine on the north end of the Isle of Iona
From Oban in west Scotland: "Stop the genocide now"
August 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
From Oban in west Scotland: "Stop the genocide now"
I have a new article out on wage-earner funds, a famous attempt at economic democracy in Sweden in the 70s & 80s. It explores the funds' defeat, emphasising the issue's stronger resonance with businesses compared to workers & the Social Democratic Party
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journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
May 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I have a new article out on wage-earner funds, a famous attempt at economic democracy in Sweden in the 70s & 80s. It explores the funds' defeat, emphasising the issue's stronger resonance with businesses compared to workers & the Social Democratic Party
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Australian Labor is set to receive its highest two-party preferred vote since 1943
www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
May 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Australian Labor is set to receive its highest two-party preferred vote since 1943
www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Welcome Comrade Joker
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May 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Welcome Comrade Joker
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apnews.com/article/may-...
Fun story of Farage and a crowd of Reform supporters not being on the same page about billionaires on.ft.com/4cPhfOH
April 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Fun story of Farage and a crowd of Reform supporters not being on the same page about billionaires on.ft.com/4cPhfOH
For some reason, I'm getting endless youtube ads from BP which are promoting its recent "strategy reset", which is basically a commitment to stop even pretending to care about climate change and to double down on fossil fuels
April 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For some reason, I'm getting endless youtube ads from BP which are promoting its recent "strategy reset", which is basically a commitment to stop even pretending to care about climate change and to double down on fossil fuels
A strong majority of voters for every other party are against AfD participation in government
February 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A strong majority of voters for every other party are against AfD participation in government
I generally dislike attempts to connect contemporary electoral geography to maps of old borders etc in history. So it's unfortunate that this is very on-the-nose
February 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I generally dislike attempts to connect contemporary electoral geography to maps of old borders etc in history. So it's unfortunate that this is very on-the-nose
Big contrasts in how people voted according to whether they described their financial situation as good or bad
February 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Big contrasts in how people voted according to whether they described their financial situation as good or bad
German election exit poll by age: Die Linke comes first in the 18-24 age group. AfD comes first in age groups from 25 to 44. CDU/CSU comes first in age groups above 45
www.tagesschau.de/inland/bunde...
www.tagesschau.de/inland/bunde...
February 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
German election exit poll by age: Die Linke comes first in the 18-24 age group. AfD comes first in age groups from 25 to 44. CDU/CSU comes first in age groups above 45
www.tagesschau.de/inland/bunde...
www.tagesschau.de/inland/bunde...
It was great to be at this powerful mobilisation yesterday against Russian aggression and US bullying #StandWithUkraine
February 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It was great to be at this powerful mobilisation yesterday against Russian aggression and US bullying #StandWithUkraine
The New York Times does criticise Trump's mass ethnic cleansing plan for its lack of attention to logistics
February 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The New York Times does criticise Trump's mass ethnic cleansing plan for its lack of attention to logistics
RIP Michael Burawoy, one of the great theorists of an optimistic pessimism that's needed now more than ever
February 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
RIP Michael Burawoy, one of the great theorists of an optimistic pessimism that's needed now more than ever
Bogues concluded the interview with reflections on the question of sovereigty now, and the need for Caribbean unity
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Bogues concluded the interview with reflections on the question of sovereigty now, and the need for Caribbean unity
During Manley's 1989-92 government, Boges tried to negotiate with the Inter-American Development Bank. They wanted privatizations, and told him that "“as a debtor country, you have no sovereignty".
January 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
During Manley's 1989-92 government, Boges tried to negotiate with the Inter-American Development Bank. They wanted privatizations, and told him that "“as a debtor country, you have no sovereignty".
After Manley lost the 1980 Jamaican election, the NIEO suffered a major defeat at the 1981 North-South summit in Cancún. Reagan simply said "next item" when it came up on the agenda. Socialist governments also pointed Manley to the IMF. Manley concluded that "time is out of joint" for his ideas
January 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
After Manley lost the 1980 Jamaican election, the NIEO suffered a major defeat at the 1981 North-South summit in Cancún. Reagan simply said "next item" when it came up on the agenda. Socialist governments also pointed Manley to the IMF. Manley concluded that "time is out of joint" for his ideas
Manley was a major figure in the Global South's campaign for a New International Economic Order in the 1970s, a "trade union of the poor" to "complete the liberation of the Third World". He and Tanzania's Julius Nyrere worked as "a tag team" in this campaign.
January 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Manley was a major figure in the Global South's campaign for a New International Economic Order in the 1970s, a "trade union of the poor" to "complete the liberation of the Third World". He and Tanzania's Julius Nyrere worked as "a tag team" in this campaign.
Manley's domestic and foreign policies provoked increasingly organised opposition from Jamaican elites, multinationals and the United States
January 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Manley's domestic and foreign policies provoked increasingly organised opposition from Jamaican elites, multinationals and the United States
Manley governments in the 1970s carried out a great number of reforms, a "program of full decolonization". This included "overturning colonial laws like the Master Servant law, putting forward public programs like free education, and bringing ordinary Black people to the centre of Jamaican society"
January 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Manley governments in the 1970s carried out a great number of reforms, a "program of full decolonization". This included "overturning colonial laws like the Master Servant law, putting forward public programs like free education, and bringing ordinary Black people to the centre of Jamaican society"
Some highlights from the interview: how Michael Manley's ideas developed under of the influence of Jamaica's mass movement for independence, organised labour politics, Harold Laski at the LSE, and a circle of West Indian students in London in the 1940s and 1950s
January 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Some highlights from the interview: how Michael Manley's ideas developed under of the influence of Jamaica's mass movement for independence, organised labour politics, Harold Laski at the LSE, and a circle of West Indian students in London in the 1940s and 1950s
I'm getting ads for Mormonism on youtube, I think because I've been watching clips from "Heretic"
January 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I'm getting ads for Mormonism on youtube, I think because I've been watching clips from "Heretic"
The dream lives on
December 29, 2024 at 9:44 PM
The dream lives on