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@RobertKennedyJr And how about neocons support for stepping up support for Israel?

It didn’t take long for the neocons in Washington to spin the Hamas terror attacks to advance their agenda of war against Iran. If President Biden doesn’t resist them, they might get their wish.

Vasara (Summer) Restaurant, Palanga, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1967, designed by Aleksandras Eigirdas. Apple Central World, Bangkok, Thailand, 2020, designed by Foster + Partners. Innovation under capitalism.

What can public banks do to address NY's housing crisis? A LOT! ➡️Low-interest loans for affordable rental, shared-equity, and other social housing ➡️Purchase bonds to fund social housing, in the process recapturing interest payments currently extracted by Wall St. Learn more:

Who’s going to tell him?

Chile held a constitutional plebiscite because its mighty people came together and began to plant the seeds for a new democracy. Votes are won and lost, but the people remain. It falls on them to build a new political project that can overcome the long shadow of their history.

We are told over and over that degrowth is a non-starter and will alienate everyday people from ecological action. Of course, these same people never provide evidence, just their opinion. So what does the evidence say? I think Citizens' Assemblies provide the answer. A 🧵

#PeoplesHistory | 🇵🇸 Today, we remember the Palestinian political cartoonist Naji Al-Ali, who died on a day like today in 1987 after having been shot in the neck, in London, by a person who many suspect was working for the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad.

"Apolitical" technology will not change the world. We need to design socio-technical systems that address real geopolitical problems, with a long view of history and a understanding of different social systems. The alternative is more redundant plutocratic bureaucracies.

Interesting development

London increasingly feels like a subsidiary of Visa and Mastercard

Electric cars are a popular solution for those who don't want anything much to change. Beware of the EVangelists.

#PeoplesHistory | 🇮🇷 On this day in 1953, the CIA’s first successful coup overthrew Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and his democratically elected government. British intelligence backed their US counterparts in this illegal act.

Central bankers looking for the neutral rate.

drought, water shortages, climate change - as usual it is farmers that are bearing the brunt edition.cnn.com/2022/08/17/bus…