Ann Pettifor
@annpettifor.bsky.social
Published January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. Check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
A brilliant expose of the ' Every Man for Himself' - posture of EU govts towards Spain - the ruins of the Eurooean project.... What will happen when the US comes for Grernland? www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...
The Ceuta crisis has exposed Europe's hollow centre
How the incursion revealed a continent divided against itself
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Starmer's decision to ban Hasan Abi...was one of its more apalling errors...perhaps not as serious as its attack on civil liberties and juries...but pretty serious anyway. youtu.be/yeLx0r-MxuM?...
I got cornered by British News in Michigan
YouTube video by HasanAbi
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"Elected politicians and governments appear indifferent to such consequences. Most are captive to the oligarchical power of Finance and Fossil Capital... with the help of deregulatory ‘mainstream’ economists, now govern our fossil-based economies...." annpettifor.substack.com/p/it-is-time...
It is Time to Storm the Gates of Private Power
if humanity is to address the question of survival.
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Ann Pettifor@annpettifor.bsky.social · 2d agoI am angry.
Just read the article - excellent, couldn’t agree more
Ann Pettifor@annpettifor.bsky.social · 2d agoI am angry.
Washington state wildfires force 60,000 people to evacuate homes. #WildFires #Blues www.bbc.com/news/article...
Washington state wildfires cause 60,000 people to evacuate homes
Videos from Spokane - the second most populous city in Washington - show huge plumes of smoke and roaring fires close to nearby houses.
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It’s not just permission to drill for fossil fuels in currently licensed fields. We need to change from a material growth mentality to focus on redistribution & well-being. Creating non-elected growth corporations which elide challenge should be dropped. @annpettifor.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk
Kevin Anderson@kevinclimate.bsky.social · last wk.Open letter to the PM on Rosebank & Jackdaw oil and gas fields, covered in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Full letter here: climateuncensored.com/letter-to-th...
Leopold Aschenbrenner of Situational Awareness is still pretty confident and promising to fight another day. "One person close to the firm said its remaining portfolio on Friday, including private investments, was worth roughly $10bn." www.ft.com/content/a0a5...
The witch hunt of Anthony Fauci brought to mind Hawthorne's Hester Prynne, a young woman who has given birth to a baby of unknown paternity. Her sentence requires her to stand on the scaffold of a former gallows for three hours, exposed to public humiliation, and to wear a scarlet "A" -
This is Ed MIliband as foreign secretary.
Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 6d ago++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
Meteored España: ⚠️ The new heat wave threatens to reignite the major wildfires in Spain and France. 🌡️ Temperatures will soar again, and the risk of fires will be extreme in wide areas over the coming days.
I don't think that it is coincidence that the biggest promoters of the idea that AI will one day become self aware and autonomous are a group of people whose own lack of self awareness is almost comical.
PM Carney: "I'm going to take this opportunity to thank President Scheinbaum and the Mexican people for sending 200 firefighters to help us with our fires here. That's what friends do when you have crisis and fires." 🎥 Credit CBC News ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️
Keynes is my hero; I am not an economist, but I consider his accomplishments, both professional and human, qualify him as a great man. Made and lost a few fortunes, but when in funds founded, among other things, the Cambridge Arts Theatre and supported early Impressionists. We need more like him.
Ann Pettifor@annpettifor.bsky.social · 2w agoLord Robert Skidrlsky and I comment on Keynes's economic theories and policies in this film.,, open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
This 1 hr film on John Maynard Keynes is well worth watching. His equality-based critique of the standard (neoclassical) economics' and typical political fixation on growth & finance, rather than people & balance, is as relevant now as it was nearly 100 years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPYr...
Keynes: The Secret Architect of the Modern World | FD Finance
YouTube video by FD Finance
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Ann Pettifor@annpettifor.bsky.social · 2w agoLord Robert Skidrlsky and I comment on Keynes's economic theories and policies in this film.,, open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
So (A) we are stupidly allowing Trump's armed forces to use our military bases for his illegal war of aggression on Iran, which damages our economy, thus making us a target; (B) Trump imposes unwarranted tariffs on us as a 'thank you'. (C) Logical conclusion: retaliate - stop the US using our bases.
Lord Robert Skidrlsky and I comment on Keynes's economic theories and policies in this film.,, open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
Keynes Against Capitalism
A film about the life of the bisexual, modern and intensely radical economist, John Maynard Keynes.
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BBC journos wd not stand for UK moonshots. "Where's the money coming from? "What tax levy will pay for it?" Nick Robinson would ask. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social The money would come from where it has always come from. FT: Japan’s trains are getting much faster as the country embraces moonshots
I cannot recommend enough the subscription of @annpettifor.bsky.social newsletter, if you can go straight to the paid subscription, there's always something good waiting for you there. This text here, although being short, just opened a whole rabbit hole for me.
Keynes Against Capitalism
A film about the life of the bisexual, modern and intensely radical economist, John Maynard Keynes.
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A Houthi Blockade Could Worsen an Already Fragile Oil Market www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/b...
Houthi Blockade Could Worsen an Already Fragile Oil Market
With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, the militant group’s threats in the Red Sea jeopardize Saudi Arabia’s main workaround for oil exports.
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Bloomberg: Houthis warn shipowners....This war is hotting up.
Watch your back, Andy… the Starmerites are already revolting www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...
Watch your back, Andy… the Starmerites are already revolting
As sacked cabinet minister Darren Jones openly challenges the government’s plan to cut VAT on electricity bills, Starmer’s old guard are showing signs they will not go quietly – denting Burnham’s hone...
independent.co.uk
The productive capacities of society are truly unbelievable. Scarcity is entirely about power.
A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
I am reminded that Hitler was Time magazine's man of the year in 1938.
International media conglomerate Axel Springer, which owns Politico, announced that it is awarding its 2026 Award to far right billionaire Peter Thiel, recognizing the Palantir co-founder for his “societal impact” and entrepreneurial feats as he seeks to build a mass surveillance network in the U.S.
Politico Owner Axel Springer Gives Prize to Far Right Billionaire Peter Thiel
The award ceremony is slated to include remarks from Bari Weiss.
truthout.org
