Author, educator, twice dissident// professor @ City, U of London https://xitter.cf/t.co/Ko3Mox7XOl books: Capitalism on Edge (2020), Scandal of Reason (2012)
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Capitalism on Edge is "the big-think book of our times", in James Galbraith's view:
project-syndicate.org/say-mo…
Looking forward to delivering a set of lectures on populism tomorrow at CERIS-Diplomatic School of Brussels, and exploring this dark watermark of our age with diplomats and senior officials from some 40 countries:
ceris.be/event/populism-and-…
The latest report of the European Center for Populism Studies out; will be launched at the European Parliament on 3 Feb:
populismstudies.org/populism…
The new Emancipations issue is out, with a new feature — a poem.
Cover art is by the Palestinian photographer Ahmed Abu Awad.
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On 10 Dec at 13:30 CET: "Academic Freedom in Times of Authoritarianism and Genocide" at KU Leuven; will be livestreamed; full info here:
soc.kuleuven.be/anthropology…
There’s a word for the EU’s inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam | The Guardian
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
UN experts: “All states must act decisively to prevent Israel’s destruction of the conditions of life in Gaza”
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-wo…
A detailed report on the economy of genocide as inflicted by Israel on the Palestinian people, with the support of Western institutions:
— read and share widely ohchr.org/en/documents/count…
theguardian.com/commentisfre… Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard E Harcourt | The Guardian
The Embattled University — this special issue could not be more prescient, alas:
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54948
I will be discussing a phenomenon I refer to as "Victimhood Olympics"—a dynamic in which both the left and the right excel—at the Women Against Fascism gathering in Brussels tomorrow at the Full Circle club: fullcircle.eu/event-6169814
Also, diverting resources from economic welfare to military defense will impoverish our societies and will bring the far-right to power. Our centrist governments are digging their own grave and bringing democracy to its deathbed.
Paradoxically, the EU's new arms race implies we don't have the resources NOW to help Ukraine and serves as an excuse for Europe to not back its declarations of support with proper action. Europe has the means, but not the will and the courage to confront Russia.
NO to the new arms race! Russia is an aggressor and Putin is a dictator. They have to be stopped. But Europe and Russia already have what it takes to start a nuclear war, a new arms race is not going to change that. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
NO to the new arms race! Russia is an aggressor and Putin is a dictator. They have to be stopped. But Europe and Russia already have what it takes to start a nuclear war, a new arms race is not going to change that. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
The end of the right to protest in the US has come: theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Looking forward to presenting, with Kalypso Nicolaidis, some ideas on how Europe can think big again -- at LSE on 25 March
On the one hand, democracies are incapable to think beyond their immediate concerns. On the other, there is a need for urgent action that is future-focused.
Join us to consider strategies for this paradox w/ @AAzmanova and @KalypsoNicolaid
🗓️25 Mar
lse.ac.uk/european-institute…
youtu.be/4Pw9RhPyNhw?feature…
The final extermination of Palestine begins. And no one with real power is willing to stop it. This is turning us all into monsters.
Albena Azmanova retweeted
📍 Live from #CivSocWeek 2025
Keynote @AAzmanova at the opening session:
"A future of peace & justice is within reach—not just for Europe, but for the world. But when leaders refuse to take us there, civil society must lead the way."
👉 Watch live: europa.eu/!3qwk8C
Albena Azmanova retweeted
Democracies can anchor their present into a better future, yet keep chaining their future to an anxious present.
Join us to consider three strategies for solving this paradox with @AAzmanova, @KalypsoNicolaid and @innes_abby
🗓️ 25 Mar, 6.30pm
lse.ac.uk/european-institute…
How to make sense of Trump's economic policy: kpfa.org/episode/letters-and…
