The Polycrisis
@thepolycrisis.bsky.social
Political economy of climate, finance, geopolitics & other things, by @70sbachchan.bsky.social and @katemac.bsky.social All our stuff is now here! http://www.thepolycrisis.org
There are already signs of "Red Queen race" scenarios -- where AI is deployed against AI, says @himself.bsky.social on our new podcast season pod.link/1884213852/e...
Seven Kings | Silicon World Order
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Ep01 of the new podcast season, Silicon World Order, is here! We try to make sense of AI through different lenses, and ask whether it can be made better pod.link/1884213852/e...
01 | Silicon World Order | Seven questions - Intro to season
Listen to 01 | Silicon World Order | Seven questions - Intro to season from The Polycrisis wherever you get your podcasts!
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Brazilian Spring is incredibly inspiring. Here is Lula's improbable comeback architect Janones sharing Brazilian lessons for a new spring rising across the world "If the global left unites, we'll sweep the far right off the face of the earth, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT!"
Domestic politics - Planetary change. Lula's victory speech in 2022 was a vision of political ecology for the 21st century. To contain Brazil's powerful and destructive "bible, beef and bullet" forces requires a social-political force. Our 2nd Polycrisis essay : phenomenalworld.org/analysis/lul...
New podcast season coming later this week; here's the trailer. Yes, we're looking at AI youtu.be/dHbjEGu2v2o
Six ways of looking at AI: Polycrisis S02 trailer
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The youth protests in rich and poor countries have common themes: opportunity, cost of living, democracy
Youth and the future
Global solidarity in discontent
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18/ Millions marched in France today "The Anglo media seems to have lost all interest in covering the mass protests in France today because there was no rioting or looting, just boring legitimate demands from young people for decent education funding and an end to austerity." - @moshik_temkin
It's been 4 years since our first essay was published! A lot of things have changed; others not so much. Here are some of our most memorable essays, panels, interviews, threads & podcast episodes..
The Polycrisis
The Polycrisis is a newsletter on geopolitics and climate, by Tim Sahay and Kate Mackenzie.
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Reflecting on rise of NO FUTURE Gen Z protests protests in many countries during the 2020s. Have been thinking about Anton Jaeger's book Hyper-politics and its diagnosis of lack of social organization and institution building... thepolycrisis.org/disaster-and... bsky.app/profile/kate...
Kate Mackenzie@katemac.bsky.social · 2mo ago2/ Nepal’s Gen Z protests last year effectively challenged the political ruling class. Protests were dangerous, dozens were killed. But then, appointment of interim PM, and elections in March. The 2 old major parties now minorities. A lot still hasn’t changed, but it hasn’t been long
Latin american politics is not for beginners... "The very-normal state of right-wing politics in Latin America: Yes that's a Chinese electric car"
15/ Two headlines but its same story: Food prices alarm sounds -Wall St bank earnings shatter records, traders thrive on Iran war volatility "The worst crises should not be the best times for companies in vital survival sectors" Read @isabellamweber.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Isabella M. Weber@isabellamweber.bsky.social · 3w ago“Fascism is rising from frustration, born out of a crisis of livelihoods. So, we need to reclaim these essentials now.” I spoke to the @theguardian.com's Michael Segalov about ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS and making life affordable for all. 🗞️ Read online now. Link below.
14/ What is hallmark of the polycrisis? Its not only that crisis are overlapping. Or that they smack into our faces & spawn more. Its that we think crisis are solved once they disappear from the pages of newspapers. 2020s Energy & Food crisis -> political time bombs bsky.app/profile/70sb...
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 7mo agoPut yourself in shoes of someone in a oil & gas importing country Its triage: which hospitals get fuel, which industries shut, which crops get fertilizers? Those who don't have deep pockets in a bidding war pay in increased hunger, lost wages and shrinking economies. tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWesleyan
Looks like things are kicking off again. @katemac.bsky.social & I have written about the wave of NO FUTURE Gen Z protests from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh to Kenya to India....good to see European Gen Z protests kick off on the 4th anniversary of our first essay! thepolycrisis.org/an-introduct...
An Introduction
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Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2w agomemetic wave of protests across europe?
Our panellists for tomorrow's screening of "Without Consent: Mining in Neskantaga's ancestral Homelands"! For those that weren't able to get a ticket, a broadcast of the conversation will be published at Thursday 6pm on Montez Press Radio
Listen here to the Break-Down’s NYCW China panel with Li Shuo, @jeremywallace.bsky.social and our own Tim @70sbachchan.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5BuP...
Understanding China w/Tim Sahay, Li Shuo and Jeremy Wallace
The BREAK—DOWN · Episode
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Listen here to the Break-Down’s NYCW China panel with Li Shuo, @jeremywallace.bsky.social and our own Tim! @70sbachchan.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5BuP...
Understanding China w/Tim Sahay, Li Shuo and Jeremy Wallace
The BREAK—DOWN · Episode
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"Political science knows that it is in the second term that the autocratic project doubles down. Take the case of Donald Trump. The risk is not that the son repeats the father, but that he surpasses him." -- Miriam Leitão, O Globo archive.ph/16R2L#select...
One of the things that a lot of resource-rich countries are doing is banning exports of unprocessed critical minerals like cobalt and lithium mining.com.au/drc-imposes-...
DRC imposes immediate ban on copper and cobalt concentrates exports
The DRC has banned the exports of copper and cobalt concentrates, as the country doubles down on domestic processing and local value-addition.
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various African countries have been figuring out ways to navigate the 2020s geopolitical landscape with all its the challenges. Being able to orientate towards new green industries, unsurprisingly, helps New essay w/ @70sbachchan.bsky.social @phenomenalworld.bsky.social
Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay | Green Strategy in Africa
On the continent’s industrial development agenda for the twenty-first century
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Our essay “Scorched Earth”, about heatwaves and the politics of adaptation, is now published in Arabic on Project Zero! alsifr.org/scorched-earth
أرضٌ محروقة
بينما تتسارع موجات الحرّ والفيضانات والحرائق، يتحوّل التكيّف معها إلى معركة سياسية ومالية، حيث تصبح الحماية نفسها امتيازاً يخضع للثروة والقدرة على الإنفاق. فهل يستطيع العالم بناء قدرة عادلة على الصمود...
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1/ Each Summer, @katemac.bsky.social & I write a essay with a different focus on political economy of Climate Don't miss our trilogy over last 3 summers Global Boiling: Scorched Earth: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo... Uninsurable Earth: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
Global Boiling | The Polycrisis
Stocks and flows, action and inaction in the planetary impasse
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Video of our AGAINST MONEY book club with @jwmason.bsky.social and @arjunjayadev.bsky.social is now up!
Video: Against Money book club
We recorded a discussion with Arjun Jayadev and JW Mason on their new book, Against Money.
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I have loved @thepolycrisis.bsky.social field notes from the frontiers of change so much, can’t wait for the next season, many thanks @katemac.bsky.social & @70sbachchan.bsky.social 💫
07 | Demand Destruction | Techno-optimism?
Podcast Episode · The Polycrisis · 24 June · 29min
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It was great! We're planning to publish it soon Thanks @jwmason.bsky.social and @arjunjayadev.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...
JW Mason@jwmason.bsky.social · 4mo agoReally enjoyed this discussion. I believe the recording will be getting posted soon.
New book club! AGAINST MONEY, with @jwmason.bsky.social Mon June 29, 4pm EST us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Israel's crimes in Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza are barely getting reported in the western press.
