Terrific interview of Melinda Cooper
“There can be no truly radical change to capitalism today without some larger vision of collectivized money creation and spending.'
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Excited to speak at Futurebuild 2024 alongside a great panel. Discussing why our financialised housing system is a major barrier to accessing affordable and decent homes, and to decarbonising the UK's housing stock. invt.io/1txbwy2oft6

Listen to Kavita Puri new series for a moving & shocking account of the Bengal famine. Witness testimony & survivor accounts remember 3 million who died & reflect on causes - some uncomfortable from a British perspective London Met Uni Oral History Society bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

Excellent read on the return of industrial policy for a green transition and the reality of trade offs and tensions for different groups rather than a win-win narrative.

'The relationship between the occupation and environmental injustices in Palestine has been well documented'

More than 2,700 children have been killed so far in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer you must act now to stop the killing and maiming of Palestinian children ✋

We demand a #CeasefireNOW !

Join the campaign: map.org.uk/CeasefireNOW

Connecting all the dots: Kate Aronoff on the US denying its historical responsibility, pushing to keep climate finance donor-driven, and finding billions of dollars for killing people but hardly anything for helping people survive the climate crisis. #TC4 newrepublic.com/article/176354…

Enough. Ceasefire now. Anything else takes these criminal actions into definitions of horror that defy description and our common humanity. THIS MUST STOP NOW!
GOV.UK UK Prime Minister Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Attorney General Rishi Sunak James Cleverly🇬🇧 Conservatives The Labour Party

There are no words to describe this level of cruelty.

🥳 Come along to the Housing Justice Assembly this weekend!

💡 Join renters from across Britain and Ireland for workshops, food, and a party!

🗓️ Friday 15th - Sunday 17th September

✍️ Register: londonrentersunion.org/hja/

The roots of our housing crises: 'housing is commodified and seen in terms of balance sheets' instead of a basic need for all.

'Britain owes a staggering £18.6tn' for its pivotal role in the transatlantic slave trade. Report calculates the true cost including past & present violent exploitation of Africans, and cumulative wealth extraction that has enriched colonising countries. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Orthodox economics fails to understand the power dynamics and racialised hierarchies embedded in today's international monetary system - 'when gaining independence, many former colonies were forced to compensate European rulers'

If you want to know about community housing and are in or near Harrow area come to this event. Today 6pm Oneforty 👇🏽

theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m…

Amazing achievement. London’s first community land trust (CLT) led by local residents. Takes housing out of the market away from being an asset for the few and links to local incomes in perpetuity theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

[1/2] Book Launch: Imperialism & the Political Economy of Global South's Debt, 18th April from 1 pm London time with The OU Economics Department, Dr. Christina Laskaridis, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, RLS Dakar
Event will be in ENG, FR, SP
Free Registration here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…

This Thursday from 12:30 - 1:30 PM ET, the Brooklyn LPE Collective & Harvard LPE student group join forces!!

.Ndongo Samba Sylla/nssylla.bsky.social will offer a new perspective on sovereign debt in the Global South...through an MMT lens!

In-person @ Harvard, but also on ZOOM!

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📢📢📢 OU Economics OU Arts & Social Sciences & Rosa Luxemburg Foundation RLS Dakar Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung North Africa is proud to host the Book Launch: Imperialism & the Political Economy of Global South's Debt, 18th April
Ndongo Samba Sylla/nssylla.bsky.social new book is 🔥🔥🔥
Register here: shorturl.at/dknE2
*Event will be in ENG, FR, SP*

Privatised gains and socialised risks remains deeply entrenched. Upheld by vested interests. SVB 'spent close to a million dollars...lobbying for the deregulatory policies that ultimately created the conditions for it's downfall' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…