Presently (ha!) enjoying some of New England’s wooded landscape with Jonathan White’s fascinating new book

When the horror starts for all of us, regular immigrants, second generation citizens, people with strange-sounding names, communities that celebrate different holidays, we will ask ourselves at what point it could have still been stopped. At THIS point.

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'Democracy has run out of future' - great to see this thoughtful, detailed engagement with my book in Foreign Policy by Ivan Krastev and Leonard Benardo
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LSE European Institute Profile Books

Protest repression in US campus is becoming ever more extreme. Yet, the 'free speech' and 'anti-cancel culture' crowd is now surprisingly silent.

A very timely essay

For those interested in my … thoughts on Kant, his upcoming 300th anniversary, and the case for peace, check out this weekend’s Financial Times edition FT Weekend Financial Times

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.

Germany's Interior Ministry has issued a “Betätigungsverbot” against me, a ban on any political activity. Not just a ban on visiting Germany but also from participation via Zoom. Here is the speech whose publication caused this ban. Judge for yourselves! yanisvaroufakis.eu/2024/04/12/my-…

Very sad to see what is happening to Goldsmiths, Queen Mary and many other unis in UK. Great institutions admired internationally and the livelihoods of hundreds of people are being destroyed because of the obvious failure of 'free market' policies.

Essential reading:
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza 972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…

“Democracy can survive turmoil, distress and decline; what it struggles to withstand is the expectation of an end.”

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Hasten slowly? On the politics of the future with Sarah Hall for UK in a Changing Europe:
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‘Technology and Power: A socialist internet?’ - Different Class reading group, 10 April, 8pm BST.
Supporting text: Platform Socialism James Muldoon
Open to all - join us: mailchi.mp/lse/different-…
Marta Lorimer or @mlorimer in other places Nathan Charlton Danny Birchall LSE European Institute

‘Wise and beautiful’ – generous review of In the Long Run by Paschal Donohoe in the Irish Times
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1/ I’m an Israeli academic. My community is too silent about the ongoing war in Gaza. Here is how I see things based on reading hundreds of articles and watching thousands of videos and images about the war. This tweet chain contains my conclusions as a sort of executive summary.

“Free” was awarded the Ridenhour Book Prize which celebrates “those who persevere in acts of truth-telling that protect the public interest, promote social justice or illuminate a more just vision of society”. I’m delighted & hope to live up to that! 🌹

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Can we look forward to 24 hour societies that allow us to vote in the middle of the night and visit the dentist at 3am? Dr Sally Cloke Jonathan White Alice Bennett ⏰ Alice Vernon will be wide awake and fizzing with ideas about sleep at 10pm (or listen now bbc.in/49WKxc0 )