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When David Graeber explained why Corporations behave the way they do in modern Capitalism!

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Social democracy is not a viable alternative to capitalism. It is a tempting prospect, but ultimately suffers from violent contradictions that cannot be sustained. 🧵

"Lakoff is right: we need to support and celebrate the arts for its subversive potential. But this potential is, without question, lost as soon as the arts become valued only for their contribution to economic growth." Read @tomcrompton.bsky.social's latest blog post here:

If you're a journalist or media professional, come and join me, @elsieroderiques.bsky.social and others in your field to talk about the media's cultural values footprint this Thursday! www.tickettailor.com/events/commo...

📢 Narrative & Culture Change Roundup #50

Kicking off my 2025, with a round up of stuff I've been reading and listening to over the last few months. Hope you find some gems in there to help ease you into the new year 💕

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Come and join the Comms team at NEON!

It is a really special role in an amazing team - with a budget to commission messaging research, a training component, rapid response work and working with the Spokes Network & Worker-led Transition programmes.

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We’re here at the beautiful St Ethelburgas for the very first ‘Values in the Media’ conference, where we’re discussing what the UK media can do to take responsibility for its influence on UK values #VIM24

"Mainstream news has always been shaped by dominant cultural values & the reverse is also true: the media helps shape cultural values. It’s time for the sector to acknowledge the inevitability of this&take responsibility for its “cultural values footprint.” New blog from @elsieroderiques.bsky.social

Oh blimey! Didn't look at Bluesky for 10 days and my followers have doubled. Is the exodus from the-site-that-shall-not-be-named finally here?!!!!

I've got a new blog out today exploring the common ways that the word 'values' is understood and how perhaps we're missing the transformative power of values for systemic change. open.substack.com/pub/valuesna...

Today is World Wombat Day so I must again say that my favourite ever blessing is an Indigenous Australian one and it goes "may the wombat of happiness snuffle through your underbrush"

Do you work in the media? Come along to this event on Nov 28th and explore the question of how the mainstream media shapes our cultural values www.linkedin.com/events/value...

The assumptions and beliefs that drive the climate crisis are unlikely to deliver us safely out of the climate crisis. Most people and leaders don't believe that and instead push harder on the same dangerous levers.

The latest Culture Soup roundup has been published! 📢 If you'd like to see the latest writing and thinking in the field of narrative & culture change in one place, you can check it out here: valuesnarrativesculture.substack.com/p/narrative-...

“The plural of incremental change is not system change. The plural of incremental change is failure." - George Monbiot

📣 New animation from the Common Cause Foundation advocating for the need to shift our cultural values in order to meet the social and environmental challenges of our time. Check it out, share and let us know what you think: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDoD...

Hello 👋 Could this be the place to fill the twitter-shaped hole in my life?