In TV piagnucolano: “non troviamo lavoratori, paghiamo troppe tasse!”. Poi il quotidiano di Confindustria va a vedere i conti e scopriamo che al fisco dichiarano redditi di 15mila euro. All'anno. Meno di camerieri, di lavapiatti, di cuochi. Evasori fiscali. Ecco cosa sono.

Your friendly reminder to submit a Panel Proposal to The Association of Social Anthropologists (ASA) UK conference, Birmingham, 8-11 April 2025! Deadline 9 Sept theasa.org/conferences/as… asainfo The RAI AfricanStudiesUK EASA College of Arts+Law American Anthropological Association Society for Cultural Anthropology JRAI

Also no words on how decision making is going to be democratised, even though BCC has committed to share power with communities in its policies.

The PM said we should expect a "painful" budget. But a strong economy needs investment not more spending cuts. You wouldn't cross your fingers + hope a patient recovers before you treat them - it's just as misguided to wait until our economy is thriving before we invest in it.1/5

This reduction is a step backward for the city. It signals a policy and political disengagement from delivering social and affordable housing, endorsing the principle that the provision of affordable and social housing is contingent on developers making 15-20% profit margins.

OtherwiseMag has just published its new issue—our 13th! Who would have guessed we'd last this long? 'Homeliness' offers a fantastic narrative on the struggles of the everyday. A big thank you to Rosa Sansone for curating such a moving issue. otherwisemag.com/homeliness

The council is currently liable for the cost of a compulsory purchase in the event of the termination of the Development Agreement. Is the Ladywood regeneration actually viable? ladywoodunite.com/2024/08/29/que… Jane Haynes Kate Knowles Jessica Murray Alexander Brock Ladywood Unite

This is an important information. Many developments in Birmingham are on this list

thinking about Judith Butler on grievability. Palestinians cannot be mourned in death because they have never counted as lives to begin with. We know this, we see it elsewhere too, but sometimes the hierarchy of human life is so clear it takes your breath away.

in other news, USS, UK academics pension fund, bought more than 3,000 shared ownership homes. Shared ownership has created a new form of housing precarity and housing speculation does not do any good towards the ongoing housing crisis. UCU theguardian.com/society/articl…

ASA2025 is coming to Birmingham. Please consider sending your proposals. Some of our editors will be hoping to attend. And our own letha_laetitia did the amazing logo for the conference. Deadline for panel proposals is fast approaching: 9 September theasa.org/conferences/as…

This is a victory for the housing movement in Birmingham

have you seen our latest story? In this story, Olesya Bortnyak describes the unsettling weight of a Syrian surname otherwisemag.com/mohamed-tomescu Published in collaboration with CINEPUB

Amazing initiative led by our own Laura Moran Otherwise Magazine

The absurdity of it all is that developers right to a competitive return (15-20% profit) is written into the national planning framework and not the right to #housing . If Labour wants to get it right, it needs to flip the order of priorities over #HousingCrisis