@tom-malleson.bsky.social
Economic insecurity is rampant and devastating. A program of Free Groceries for All could help families cope with the cost of living and dampen the appeal of the far-right — and it’s an idea that's realistic enough to actually get implemented.
jacobin.com/2025/11/inse...
jacobin.com/2025/11/inse...
Food Assistance for All
Economic insecurity is rampant in the United States. A program of universal grocery subsidies could help working-class families deal with the cost of living — and be wildly popular.
jacobin.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Economic insecurity is rampant and devastating. A program of Free Groceries for All could help families cope with the cost of living and dampen the appeal of the far-right — and it’s an idea that's realistic enough to actually get implemented.
jacobin.com/2025/11/inse...
jacobin.com/2025/11/inse...
Here’s the truly interesting question about Larry Summers: Is it merely coincidental that someone imbued with the assumptions of neoclassical economics would also be so dismissive of people at the bottom of power hierarchies and so attached to people at the top of them?
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Here’s the truly interesting question about Larry Summers: Is it merely coincidental that someone imbued with the assumptions of neoclassical economics would also be so dismissive of people at the bottom of power hierarchies and so attached to people at the top of them?
Larry Summers: Why aren't there many women in high-end scientific professions? Because of "different availability of aptitude at the high end", and the "difference in the standard deviation" of "overall IQ".
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Larry Summers: Why aren't there many women in high-end scientific professions? Because of "different availability of aptitude at the high end", and the "difference in the standard deviation" of "overall IQ".
Larry Summers: "...health impairing pollution should be done in the country with the lowest cost, which will be the country with the lowest wages. I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Larry Summers: "...health impairing pollution should be done in the country with the lowest cost, which will be the country with the lowest wages. I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that.”
Across the world the Right is gaining ground. Progressive parties are in desperate need of new policy that will genuinely improve people’s lives. Free groceries is a good place to start!
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Free Groceries for All: A Realistic Path Towards Universal Basic Income
Economic insecurity is a major problem of the contemporary world. Universal Basic Income (UBI) has been widely advocated as a potentially powerful antidote; however, it remains relatively unpopular be...
www.degruyterbrill.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Across the world the Right is gaining ground. Progressive parties are in desperate need of new policy that will genuinely improve people’s lives. Free groceries is a good place to start!
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
A rare voice of reason and compassion amidst the madness.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With the world in crisis, many say end globalisation. I say that would be a mistake | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Terms like ‘deglobalisation’ have become commonplace, but what we need is true multilateralism, says Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A rare voice of reason and compassion amidst the madness.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please don't look away.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Gaza must be eliminated’: Israel’s airwaves are filled with pro-genocide propaganda | Arwa Mahdawi
Here is a collection of 20 of the more outrageous statements by Israeli lawmakers or public figures since 7 October 2023
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Please don't look away.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fantastic new article from the brilliant @alexhemingway.bsky.social!
A federal wealth tax could raise half a trillion dollars for Canada.
Extreme wealth concentration is damaging our economy and society. Taxing the super-rich could fund transformative public investments to build a stronger, more resilient Canada.
New report: bcpolicy.ca/wealth-tax
Extreme wealth concentration is damaging our economy and society. Taxing the super-rich could fund transformative public investments to build a stronger, more resilient Canada.
New report: bcpolicy.ca/wealth-tax
A wealth tax could raise half a trillion dollars for a stronger, fairer Canada
New report on the effects of wealth inequality, the revenue potential of a wealth tax, counter-arguments and an outline of transformative public investments.
bcpolicy.ca
June 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Fantastic new article from the brilliant @alexhemingway.bsky.social!
Most workers have no viable alternative to undemocratic work, and so no choice but to suffer its harms.
But what if there were an actual legal right to workplace democracy?
I argue that there should be.
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
But what if there were an actual legal right to workplace democracy?
I argue that there should be.
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
Why Canada needs a law that gives workers the right to govern their workplace
In its governance structure, the modern workplace operates as a kind of mini dictatorship. But what if there were an actual legal right to workplace democracy?
theconversation.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Most workers have no viable alternative to undemocratic work, and so no choice but to suffer its harms.
But what if there were an actual legal right to workplace democracy?
I argue that there should be.
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
But what if there were an actual legal right to workplace democracy?
I argue that there should be.
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
"In response to the documentary, Israeli settlers and soldiers broke into my yard, vandalised it and assaulted me.... Settlers then stole my pan-African flag, given to me by Black Lives Matter, and burned it among a pile of Palestinian flags."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I told the truth about the West Bank and was threatened and assaulted. Now I'm relying on you to act | Issa Amro
Our lives are blighted by illegal settlements, and 22 more have just been approved. Unless Israel is held to account, we will be erased, says Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"In response to the documentary, Israeli settlers and soldiers broke into my yard, vandalised it and assaulted me.... Settlers then stole my pan-African flag, given to me by Black Lives Matter, and burned it among a pile of Palestinian flags."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
😭😭😭😭
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
(Noticing also how the Toronto Star today has zero mention of Gaza, but plenty on Ukraine... This is what systemic racism looks like)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
(Noticing also how the Toronto Star today has zero mention of Gaza, but plenty on Ukraine... This is what systemic racism looks like)
Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes
Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving life under bombardment and is just one of dozens of minors who have died
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
😭😭😭😭
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
(Noticing also how the Toronto Star today has zero mention of Gaza, but plenty on Ukraine... This is what systemic racism looks like)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
(Noticing also how the Toronto Star today has zero mention of Gaza, but plenty on Ukraine... This is what systemic racism looks like)
I chat to the Not Local podcast about the scourge of wealth inequality in our world today... Check in out!
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Not Local
Society & Culture Podcast · International affairs podcast with experts in the U.S. and abroad.
notlocal.substack.com
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May 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I chat to the Not Local podcast about the scourge of wealth inequality in our world today... Check in out!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
I’m loving Loretta Ross’s new book "Calling In."
“Calling out is a short-term fix, whereas calling in is a long-term remedy”
Brilliant and wise discussion of how to build sustainable social movements.
www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Callin...
“Calling out is a short-term fix, whereas calling in is a long-term remedy”
Brilliant and wise discussion of how to build sustainable social movements.
www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Callin...
Calling In
From a pioneering Black feminist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, an urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook about how to rein in the exces...
www.simonandschuster.ca
April 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I’m loving Loretta Ross’s new book "Calling In."
“Calling out is a short-term fix, whereas calling in is a long-term remedy”
Brilliant and wise discussion of how to build sustainable social movements.
www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Callin...
“Calling out is a short-term fix, whereas calling in is a long-term remedy”
Brilliant and wise discussion of how to build sustainable social movements.
www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Callin...
Thrilled to see the publication of this symposium on the work of Joe Carens! Joe is a preeminent political theorist, one of the architects of democratic market socialism, not to mention a phenomenal teacher, mentor, and friend.
Here’s my friendly engagement with his work: tinyurl.com/carens2025
Here’s my friendly engagement with his work: tinyurl.com/carens2025
Carensian market socialism: a friendly investigation
Joseph Carens’s model of market socialism is widely influential and has been called the “Platonic ideal” of market socialism. This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Carensian model...
www.tandfonline.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thrilled to see the publication of this symposium on the work of Joe Carens! Joe is a preeminent political theorist, one of the architects of democratic market socialism, not to mention a phenomenal teacher, mentor, and friend.
Here’s my friendly engagement with his work: tinyurl.com/carens2025
Here’s my friendly engagement with his work: tinyurl.com/carens2025
A culture of care is the recognition that building relationships is the heart and soul of organizing. It is not a waste of time, nor peripheral to the “real work;” it is the real work. It is the mortar between the bricks that binds us. And we'll never win without it. @chanellegallant.bsky.social
A Culture of Care: The Secret to Building Organizations People Want to Stay In
What we learned about organizing white folks away from the racist right.
convergencemag.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A culture of care is the recognition that building relationships is the heart and soul of organizing. It is not a waste of time, nor peripheral to the “real work;” it is the real work. It is the mortar between the bricks that binds us. And we'll never win without it. @chanellegallant.bsky.social
Does anyone really believe that a billionaire class can co-exist with democracy?
Elon Musk hands out $1m checks to voters amid Wisconsin supreme court election race
Musk denied he was buying votes but said the court election outcome would be critical to Trump’s agenda and ‘the future of civilization’
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Does anyone really believe that a billionaire class can co-exist with democracy?
What do you call a country that beats and arrests an artist for making a film that is critical of it?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
No Other Land’s Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses say
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
What do you call a country that beats and arrests an artist for making a film that is critical of it?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Drop the Charges against the Indigo 11! Support the Toronto Community Justice Fund!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyaW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyaW...
Drop the Charges Against the Indigo 11!
YouTube video by friendsofthe11
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March 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Drop the Charges against the Indigo 11! Support the Toronto Community Justice Fund!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyaW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyaW...
Although meritocracy is a central ideological pillar of our time, it is a deeply ableist and inegalitarian concept because there is nothing like a “level playing field” between us in terms of our bodily abilities or energy levels or choice-making capacities.
March 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Although meritocracy is a central ideological pillar of our time, it is a deeply ableist and inegalitarian concept because there is nothing like a “level playing field” between us in terms of our bodily abilities or energy levels or choice-making capacities.
I’m loving Fred Block’s new book! It’s about reshaping society to provide the social and physical infrastructure (which he calls “habitation”) to ensure a basis of good and flourishing lives for all, in a decentralized participatory democracy. Brilliant stuff!
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-hab...
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-hab...
The Habitation Society | Columbia University Press
In The Habitation Society, leading economic and political sociologist Fred Block argues that we are at a time of “blocked transition” from one mode of ec... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
March 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I’m loving Fred Block’s new book! It’s about reshaping society to provide the social and physical infrastructure (which he calls “habitation”) to ensure a basis of good and flourishing lives for all, in a decentralized participatory democracy. Brilliant stuff!
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-hab...
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-hab...
A fundamental feature of Western societies over the last 100 years has been democratic asymmetry: We have had (relative) political democracy fused together with economic oligarchy. This has always been a strange, unstable mix.
February 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A fundamental feature of Western societies over the last 100 years has been democratic asymmetry: We have had (relative) political democracy fused together with economic oligarchy. This has always been a strange, unstable mix.
The horrors from Israel seem neverending.... www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordeal
Senior doctors and surgeons describe the torture, starvation, humiliation and denial of medical care they endured while being held without charge
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The horrors from Israel seem neverending.... www.theguardian.com/global-devel...