Over the past four decades, neoliberal economics and globalisation have systematically dismantled the security once afforded to the working class through its own efforts. Through the privatisation of public services, the offshoring of manufacturing, and the outsourcing of what remained, wealth has been funnelled upwards, leaving behind hollowed-out communities reliant on failing public infrastructure and […]
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Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which "successful delivery... appears to be unachievable"
The media must not allow Reform UK to push the narrative that immigrants are putting women and girls in danger, argues Helena Wadia
How state attorneys general are fighting Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ is an old adage, which means that some image can express a very complex message more quickly than a written tract – of the sort that will follow in this blog post. At the Spring 2025 meetings of the IMF in Washington, the IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva was…
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September 29th, 2025: If Fans of back to back football champions the Brisbane Lions have swarmed to their home ground hoping to get a look at what a group of spectacularly pissed grand final winners look like in person. “I’ve waited 50 years for... Read More ›
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 28, 2025 by Tony Wikrent Trump not violating any law ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’ Trump Stuns By Saying ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked Directly NBC’s Kristen Welker ‘Don’t You Need to Uphold the Constitution?’ Joe DePaolo, May 4th, 2025 [mediaite.com] ‘An Egregious […]
Det som er aller mest slående nå i ettertid, er at vi, studenter på 1970-tallet, så oss i stand til å legge oss opp i selve kunnskapsutviklingen på de enkelte fag. I akademisk forstand var vi allerede myndige mennesker med kapasitet til å utfordre faglige autoriteter og bestride de vedtatte sannheter. Det dreide seg ikke bare om […]
Legendary Doctor Who producer Philip Hinchcliffe makes the case for the classic format of feature-length stories told over several episodes.
The new plot against America, the secret origins of Kimmelgate, and more from The Lever this week.
With four of our kids (the youngest, Linnea, wasn’t yet born) in Florence, twenty-five years ago. One of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever lived in (yours truly studied Italian there back in 1987).
Starbucks sells expensive sugared drinks, and some of them have coffee in them. It’s been very profitable and despite some declines, remains so. The CEO was paid about $96 million last year. He was brought in to “turn Starbucks around”, and his main moves have been towards returning Starbucks to its roots as a “third […]
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In a meeting with US antiwar figures, Iranian Pres. Masoud Pezeshkian forecasted a more intense round of conflict with Israel and the US, and slammed Washington’s intransigence. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived late to a September 24, 2025 meeting with American antiwar figures on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. He had come from a fateful tete-a-tete with Emmanuel Macron, where he attempted to cajole his French counterpart into delaying expiration of the JCPOA nuclear deal rather than instituting […] The post ‘No doubt they will attack’: Max Blumenthal meets Iran’s President in NYC first appeared on The Grayzone. The post ‘No doubt they will attack’: Max Blumenthal meets Iran’s President in NYC appeared first on The Grayzone. Jodie Whittaker doesn't plan on closing the door on Doctor Who, and she shares how she deals with the trolls hating on the Thirteenth Doctor.
Alex Kingston (River Song) teases a Doctor Who connection with her appearance on this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing on the BBC.
Paradise is not for sale, a state steps up for consumers, regulators aim for ticket sellers, and global leaders take a stand on the tech takeover.
Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea — instead of acting to defend the activists, researchers, and organizers facing persecution. The post What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump’s Executive Order on Antifa appeared first on The Intercept. A while back I wrote a series of posts about the 1998-9 Kosovo conflict. If you’re interested, here they are: Prelude to War, The Serbian Ascendancy, Things Fall Apart, And So To War. This post continues that story up to the unsuccessful Rambouillet peace conference of February-March 1999. So by early 1999, the Serbian province […]
How the blustery rhetoric of Trump and Kennedy makes life harder for local physicians The post A Pediatrician’s Lament appeared first on Nautilus. 1½-2 pounds steak½ pound calf’s kidney2 tablespoons flourSalt and freshly ground black pepper6 ounces freshly grated or packaged suet12 ounces self-raising flourDripping4 tablespoons finely chopped shallot or onion¼ pint rich beef stock2-4 tablespoons port wine (optional) Cut steak and kidney into rather small pieces, and shake well in a bowl containing flour and ¼ level […]
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