Marius S. Ostrowski

There's a lot to unpack in the 🇺🇸 results. About which voter groups went where. About the candidates. About messaging and strategy. About the fragility or resilience of democratic institutions. But there's one hard truth we need to confront urgently. 1/

It's time to leave this site till it stops serving the interests and the pocketbook of a fascist acolyte. If you want to stay in touch, find me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/marius… Till then: Solidarity. Vorwärts. ¡Hasta siempre! /END

But first: there are a lot of people whose lives will be irrevocably worsened by this result. People of colour. Women. Queer people. And their progressive allies. Hold them, and hold each other close. ✊🏻🌹 4/

There's a lot to unpack in the 🇺🇸 results. About which voter groups went where. About the candidates. About messaging and strategy. About the fragility or resilience of democratic institutions. But there's one hard truth we need to confront urgently. 1/

Nobel prize winning economists make for very poor historians, says FT: “Economists are socialised to look down on the rest the social sciences as unserious, but it’s a funny ol’ thing when you reach the end of numbers and bang into an institution. You need new tools, exactly the ones you were told lacked rigour. This week economists have been congratulating themselves on following Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson into institutions. They are, in effect, proud to have discovered the rest of the social sciences.” ft.com/content/1e2584…

Hugely looking forward to bringing everything I've learned to this new role. UK/EU geopolitics, skills and education, democratic resilience, the ideas that shape how we understand the world. All of it has its part to play in national strategy. Drop me a line to hear more!

New academic year, new chapter! Delighted to announce that I'm joining the @BlavatnikSchool @UniofOxford as @ESRC Policy Fellow and Researcher. I'll be working with @HeywoodFndation Fellow Lucy Smith to explore how #government can be better at #strategy bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/marius-…

@AnnLimb @Phillip_Blond @MarkMorrin @MikeMavrommatis Lifelong learning: It's been a blast! There's some grand plans on the horizon that I'm excited to share more about in due course. But first, it's time for a long-anticipated rest! Lifelong and prosper 🖖 #lifelonglearning #education #skills #policy #thinktank

@AnnLimb @Phillip_Blond @MarkMorrin @MikeMavrommatis Thank you also to the LEI's Advisory Board and membership, without whom our efforts simply would not be possible. You've taught me so much about how to make waves in thinktank world: the kind of lessons you only learn when you're digging into the coalface down the policy mines.

It's time to share some personal/professional news: As of the end of last month, I've officially stepped down as Executive Director of @Lifelong_Ed. My farewell statement 👇

I don't think anyone needs to wonder how the Holocaust happened & how Nazism was able to reach the Popularity that it did, ever again.

From today's Gaza ceasefire demo in London "From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime"

On the money as usual. We need an organisation committed to defending democracy at all costs. Exactly like what the "@Reichsbanner Schwarz–Rot–Gold" tried to be at the end of the Weimar Republic. A broad-church progressive force fighting to save democracy from fascism.

NEW: This is Labour's January 6th: let's take on and defeat Britain's fascist surge - my ⁦@TheNewEuropean⁩ column today theneweuropean.co.uk/the-mob-vs-sta…

Yesterday's riots have woken people up to the scale of the far right challenge. But we’re still getting a lot of things wrong. 1/ The fascists achieved something: they have terrorised Britain’s BAME population. I’ve got people contacting me saying they don’t feel safe…