Iain Overton examines the lack of consequences for the Brexiters that promised us sunny uplands
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Sam Bright investigates a murky aspect of our political system, where landlords fund private rental research and fossil fuel firms donate to environmental groups
New virtual writing groups for people working on dissertations in philosophy will be forming soon. Joshua Smart (Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville), once again, is organizing them. He writes in with the following information: Signups are open through Sunday, January 29th. To join, fill out a short survey at www.jasmartphilosophy.com/virtual-dissertation-groups. What it is: Virtual Dissertation Groups is a free service for those currently working on their doctoral dissertations in philosophy departments (or philosophy of science or the like). Since 2014, VDG has connected students from over 30 countries to provide peer feedback on dissertation work with a minimal time commitment. How it works: Each dissertator is placed in a group of three on the basis of a short survey about their project/area of work. Toward the end of each full month of the semester, one member will send some work (3k – 6k words) to the other two, who then return feedback in a week or so.
Former party staffer says Labour leader covered up allegations of sadistic and criminal abuse of domestic violence victims – and has still not even said a word to support the abused women A whistleblower who repeatedly warned Keir Starmer about alleged criminal abuse of domestic violence victims by a right-wing Labour MP’s staffer and lover […]
The timing is convenient coming just as Mastercard is piloting a biometric-authenticated payments system in the UK, which will require digital, not physical, wallets.
I use World Bank data to test Nitzan and Bichler's 'stagflation thesis' --- the idea that inflation in the midst of economic stagnation is the norm.
The post Is Stagflation the Norm? appeared first on Economics from the Top Down.
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First Minister tells Starmer to stop being a ‘pale imitation’ of the Tories and provide some actual opposition Nicola Sturgeon has derided Labour leader Keir Starmer’s ‘pale imitation’ of the Tories after the UK government trampled on Scottish autonomy to overrule Holyrood’s gender reform bill. Starmer has sided with the Tories against the bill, telling […]
What if the press reaction should Russia succeed in Ukraine is a big Emily Litella "Never mind"?
Writing about tragic theatre in 1910, Yeats mused on J. M. Synge’s Deirdre of the Sorrows (along with Racine, Titian, Molière and Japanese Noh theatre) to consider what it is makes the ‘art of the flood’. ‘Tragedy must always be a drowning and breaking of the dykes that separate man from man… it is upon […]
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Law enforcement agencies spent millions in taxpayer funds buying weapons from vendors cited for gun safety violations, a new analysis reveals.
The post California Police Are Buying Guns From Dealers With Troubling Records appeared first on The Intercept.
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Superb by Mick Lynch in this clip published by Joe.co.uk from last night’s Parliament Square gathering against the government’s planned anti-union laws: SKWAWKBOX needs your help. The site is provided free of charge but depends on the support of its readers to be viable. If you’d like to help it keep revealing the news as […]
Examining long-term wage growth of male workers, an analysis finds that job mobility can provide insights into the disparities in lifetime earnings distribution.
Benedict shared with skeptics, postmodernists, and existentialists the suspicion of the modern trust in the benevolence of the human will.
In January 1944, Adolfo Kaminsky was up against himself. As a document forger in the French Resistance, the 18-year-old was informed by a contact that the authorities were making imminent plans to raid ten Jewish children’s homes across Paris in an attempt to accelerate the destruction of European Jewry. Anti-fascist militants active in rescue work […]
At the start of each year, the World Economic Forum—organiser of the annual Davos conference currently underway in Switzerland—releases its list of the ‘global risks’ expected to dominate over the following twelve months. This year, researchers at the WEF decided that these risks are so great, and so interwoven, that we are now entering an […]
Parlamentares que defenderam ou minimizaram terrorismo em Brasília editaram e apagaram posts para esconder apoio aos atos de 8 de janeiro.
The post Esses deputados estão fingindo nunca ter apoiado os terroristas após posts comprometedores appeared first on The Intercept.
An exclusive investigation by Sian Norris reveals the 'national disgrace' of council tenants struggling with mould
The goal of Net Zero emissions by 2050 has had a remarkable rise to the forefront of climate politics. Governments and corporations are falling over one another to commit to it. That in itself might sow some suspicion about how firm or flexible a target Net Zero is. In a recent piece with Duncan McLaren, […]
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