Trout Lake, BC
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Melinda Cooper wrote a smashing book, come hear us praise it!
Melinda Cooper on financial counter-revolution at the CUNY GC in mid-April. With comments by @GeoffPMann and @DanielaGabor. Link for registration below.
centerforthehumanities.org/p…
Geoff Mann retweeted
“Canada’s policies must be much more aggressive in order to achieve its emissions reduction mandate and be greatly strengthened to have any hope of reaching net-zero” says earth scientist David Hughes, author of new report Getting to Net Zero in Canada.
policynote.ca/net-zero-2/
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Ya disponible el nuevo número de @NewLeftReview
Con textos de Perry Anderson sobre el derecho internacional como instrumento de hegemonía, @caitdoherty sobre capitalismo caníbal de Fraser, @alybatt y @GeoffPMann sobre el debate Brenner y mucho más.
➡️ newleftreview.es
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“To talk clearly about how Musk has changed Twitter’s content, one has to be able to talk clearly about Musk’s politics. They are not complicated.” —@bentarnoff go.nybooks.com/3RVME9i
Geoff Mann retweeted
"State-backed financing and mortgage insurance for the big banks have cost the public billions over several decades – but it’s not the only way to do housing."
New article on mortgage deregulation and bank bailouts at 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳
themainlander.com/2023/12/14…
My excellent and insightful and supportive colleagues at @GeogSFU are hiring for a super important position in the climate science of extreme events. If this is up your alley please check out the position and/or spread the word.
sfu.ca/geography/about/work-…
"Nigeriens can count."
Another powerful update from @majapearce in the @LRB
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n20/…
Geoff Mann retweeted
“It is impossible to talk about the blues, country, or where the two might overlap without talking, explicitly or not, about race, authenticity, and contemporary America’s relationship to its past.” —@GeoffPMann on Hank Williams Jr.’s blues go.nybooks.com/3u5fbj9
In case folks are interested I have a new piece out on country music in @nybooks, which I hope you find worthwhile, even if it is not your thing. It is my thing.
nybooks.com/articles/2023/11…
Geoff Mann retweeted
Join us on Nov 23 for @CCPA_BC's annual Fundraising Gala. We're thrilled that Sundance Chief Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is our keynote.
This is our main fundraiser of the year—your presence supports our vital work. Hope to see you there! policyalternatives.ca/office…
A new piece on climate & uncertainty. I hope folks find it worthwhile, and thanks in advance if you get a chance to read it.
Thanks very much to @KirstenZickfeld, @alybatt, @MichelleBonner and Panos Grames for help along the way.
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n17/…
Excellent review of Brett Christophers' and @gmorgenson's new books on the scourge of asset management
thebaffler.com/salvos/kudzu-…
Is there a better writer than @BaptisteOduor working right now? There can't be many. Seriously, he could write about paint drying and I would probably be riveted.
newleftreview.org/sidecar/po…
Geoff Mann retweeted
What does U.S. climate politics look like after the IRA? I helped edit a special section for @DissentMag taking stock of the present moment, featuring many brilliant thinkers on a wide range of issues—online now!
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NEW: A wealth tax on the super rich would raise an estimated $32 billion in the first year and $409 billion over ten years.
Enough to pay for pharmacare, free tuition, 100K affordable homes per year & a major increase in public transit investment combined policynote.ca/wealth-tax-2/
A review of Earth Transformed. The editors chose a harsher way to describe it than I might have, but it's true I do have some serious concerns if the book is described as a "masterpiece". What it does do, I think, is epitomize the liberal understanding of climate change.
Hailed as a masterpiece, Peter Frankopan's sprawling climate book The Earth Transformed is a flawed history that has little to teach us, writes @GeoffPMann. newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/…
A new piece on the politics of economics in the @LRB. As always, apologies for the self-promotion but hoping it's of interest to some.
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n08/…
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‘“We’ll take it,” the driver said. “Nicer than Florida. Who’d believe it?” In eastern Canada, “Florida” is the word that captures the essence of nice weather.’
@GeoffPMann on climate change in Newfoundland, part of our year-long project with @wwn_art.
lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/february…
Am I to understand that the Ontario government is actually telling First Nations "we don't owe you any reparations for colonialism because we spent all that money colonizing your land"?
theguardian.com/world/2023/f…
