

Filippo Barbera
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@FilBarbera
Prof. of Economic Sociology, University of Turin. Forum diseguaglianze e diversità. Foundational economy, territorial development, innovation. Neomelodico.





Per un incidente della storia #Meloni propone una riforma antifascista. Per questo bisogna votare #SI’ #sisepara


This is probably the most important article of the month: an op-ed by Oman's Foreign Minister, who mediated the talks between the U.S. and Iran, in which he writes that the U.S. "has lost control of its foreign policy" to Israel. He repeats that a deal was possible as an outcome of the talks (something confirmed by the UK's National Security Advisor, who also attended: x.com/i/status/20341…) and that the military strike by the U.S. and Israel was "a shock." Interestingly, given he is one of Iran's neighbors and given that Oman has been struck multiple times by Iran since the war began (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran…), he writes that "Iran’s retaliation against what it claims are American targets on the territory of its neighbours was an inevitable result" of the U.S.-Israeli attack. He describes it as "probably the only rational option available to the Iranian leadership." He says the war "endangers" the region's entire "economic model in which global sport, tourism, aviation and technology were to play an important role." He adds that "if this had not been anticipated by the architects of this war, that was surely a grave miscalculation." But, he adds, the "greatest miscalculation" of all for the U.S. "was allowing itself to be drawn into this war in the first place." In his view this was the doing of "Israel’s leadership" who "persuaded America that Iran had been so weakened by sanctions, internal divisions and the American-Israeli bombings of its nuclear sites last June, that an unconditional surrender would swiftly follow the initial assault and the assassination of the supreme leader." Obviously, this proved completely wrong, and the U.S. is now in a quagmire. He says that, given this, "America’s friends have a responsibility to tell the truth," which is that "there are two parties to this war who have nothing to gain from it," namely "Iran and America." He says that all of the U.S. interests in the region (end to nuclear proliferation, secure energy supply chains, investment opportunities) are "best achieved with Iran at peace." As he writes, "this is an uncomfortable truth to tell, because it involves indicating the extent to which America has lost control of its own foreign policy. But it must be told." He then proposes a couple of paths to get back to the negotiating table, although he recognizes how difficult it would be for Iran "to return to dialogue with an administration that twice switched abruptly from talks to bombing and assassination." That's perhaps the most profound damage Trump did during this entire episode: the complete discrediting of diplomacy. If Iran was taught anything, it is: don't negotiate with the U.S., it's a trap that will literally kill you. The great irony of the man who sold himself as a dealmaker is that he taught the world one thing: don't make deals with my country. Link to the article: economist.com/by-invitation/…

Peter Thiel on how the psychedelics revolution changed introspection: “We stopped going to outer space because we started going to inner space.” “We landed on the Moon in July, 1969.” “Three weeks later, Woodstock started— and that’s when the hippies took over the country.”

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VITTORIA DELLA LEGA, ANNULLATA LA GITA IN MOSCHEA Dopo le nostre segnalazioni e la nostra opposizione a questa scelta, per fortuna la gita organizzata dalla #scuola di Trezzo sull'Adda nella #moschea di Mezzago è stata annullata. Basta con l'islamizzazione della scuola! Questa gita prevedeva attività di laboratorio sulla vita di Maometto, sui cinque pilasti dell’Islam, sui diritti delle donne e sulla scrittura araba e tra le motivazioni didattiche si indicava la necessità di approfondire la conoscenza dell'Islam. Non era quindi una semplice visita culturale un modo per "promuovere" la religione islamica. Ricordiamo che non c'è alcuna intesa tra Stato italiano e comunità musulmane. Da donna inoltre considero avvilente portare degli adolescenti a sentire un imam parlare dei diritti delle donne nella religione islamica. Stop all'ideologia nella scuola!

This guy has made over 30 videos covering different topics since the war began. He has been 100% accurate in each and every video. Watch him in his latest video explaining how he knows without a doubt Netanyahu is dead


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@maxcoccia Tanto quanto non li ha fatti con il comunismo e il settarismo moralista che ne è derivato

🔴🟣 La @FranceInsoumise s’est notamment qualifiée pour le second tour dans les villes suivantes (liste non-exhaustive) : •Angoulême •Argenteuil •Avignon •Besançon •Brest •Caen •Clermont-Ferrand •Creil •Lille •Limoges •Lyon •Marseille •Montpellier •Nancy •Nantes •Paris •Poitiers •Rennes •Roubaix •Saint-Brieuc •Saint-Étienne •Saint-Pierre-des-Corps •Strasbourg •Tours •Tourcoing •Toulouse Rappelons que la @FranceInsoumise, mouvement fondé il y a seulement dix ans, a fait face ces derniers mois à des attaques d’une rare violence. LFI se présentait dans la plupart des communes bien souvent seule (ou presque). Malgré cela, le mouvement réalise des scores particulièrement élevés dans plusieurs grandes villes, comme Roubaix, Lille ou encore Toulouse, déjouant les pronostics. À Saint-Denis, la victoire est même acquise dès le premier tour.


Io invece ho l'impressione che la sequenza di riforme neo-liberali ideologicamente in sintonia con l'idea di cambiamento cara a Calenda abbia reso sospettosi gli italiani, che non si fidano di voi. Veh? donzelli.it/libro/97888684…




Ho l’impressione che l’Italia sia fondamentalmente per il #No. Ma non solo su questo referendum. Siamo per il No al cambiamento in qualsiasi settore. Da questo punto di vista siamo il paese più conservatore d’Europa. Troviamo sempre una ragione per non cambiare: la giustizia, la scuola, il regionalismo o per non fare investimenti infrastrutturali ed energetici. Questo conservatorismo è trasversale alla destra e alla sinistra che sono normalmente immobili in attesa che l’altra parte faccia “l’errore” di proporre qualcosa. Da questo stallo dobbiamo uscire se vogliamo sopravvivere e diventare qualcosa di più di una meta turistica.