"Individualism and socialism are in truth not antagonistic but correlative. ... there is in free trade nothing that conflicts with a rational socialism. On the contrary, we have but to carry out the free trade principle to its logical conclusions to see that it brings us to such socialism."-H George

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterday

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

It's making a comeback baby... press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Pax Economica

The forgotten history of the liberal radicals, socialist internationalists, feminists, and Christians who envisioned free trade as the necessary prerequisite for anti-imperialism and peace

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterday

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

It’s happening.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterday

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterday

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

millions must read www.marxists.org/archive/marx...

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterday

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

Clearly many people have been reading @mwpalen.bsky.social's work

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterday

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

@mwpalen.bsky.social vindication press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Pax Economica

The forgotten history of the liberal radicals, socialist internationalists, feminists, and Christians who envisioned free trade as the necessary prerequisite for anti-imperialism and peace

press.princeton.edu

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterday

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...

Inside Britain's university crisis

As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter

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"...history has the potential to change a people’s future by changing its self-understanding." History is exceptionally powerful, which is why its expert work is degraded, distorted, accepted only as tourism. Always the authoritarian political instrument of choice. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...

Opinion | Trump's Smithsonian Attacks Are Attacks on America’s Future (Gift Article)

This is how we decide who we are and who we want to be.

nytimes.com

i liked this episode a lot—this is the exact thing i try to do with the political philosophy podcast: explore the intersection of big picture political values & political practice in a contemporary way www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/free-enterpr...

The end of free enterprise rhetoric? with Larry Glickman

From the right's ultimate ethical appeal, to hardly mentioned.

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Often my academic friends ask how they can help when they learn how Texas is restricting teaching and denying tenure. The answer: Join AAUP. Your dues—small as they are (~$30)—help build collective power to fight for legislation, policy, and in the courts for students, faculty, & staff. Join us!

Glad someone senior from the sector is pushing back. Labour MPs need to understand the serious real anger from graduates and the people who produce them. And the dangerous financial situation they have allowed to fester, or indeed worsened, in one of Britain’s leading sectors.

Labour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head says

LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance

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The UK is torching one of the few sectors in which they still have a global edge, horrifying to watch.

“proposed cuts of 28 per cent of staff in the department” of history at Exeter.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6d ago

And not just Exeter. At least 2 History Leicester FBAs have had to leave the University to stay in the profession due to risk of redundancy, and they won't be the only ones. The much broader issue affects thousands of excellent academics across a spectrum of disciplines (including STEM ones). 1/2

I am so lucky to have such brilliant colleagues

Dr Laura Sangha@lsangha.bsky.social · 2w ago

Last week, about a third of the History department were able to gather together on graduation day. Rather than lend our intellectual authority to the official procession and ceremony we invited our students to come and celebrate their achievements with us in a shady courtyard. They came. 1/

My next book "The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918: Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire" is coming out with Liverpool UP in two weeks. I am in talks with an Indian publisher to release a South Asian version as well. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918 | Home

Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire

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In 2026 so far, the Trump admin has bombed: —Iran—14,000+ strikes; 1 JSOC mission —Somalia—strikes on 66 days —Caribbean/E. Pacific—31 strikes —Iraq—strikes on 26+ days —Syria—strikes on 18 days —Arabian Sea—9 strikes —Nigeria—strikes on 3 days; 1 JSOC raid —Venezuela—strikes on 2 days; 1 JSOC raid

Wesley Morgan@wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Year-end tally of Trump admin combat actions in 2025: —Yemen—1,000+ strikes* —Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid** —Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids*** —Iran—3 B-2 strikes —Iraq—1 strike —Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes —Caribbean—11 strikes —Eastern Pacific—20 strikes —Venezuela—1 known CIA strike

Another reminder, in case anyone still cares about such things: This war is so clearly unconstitutional that even the Trump Administration (including its very compliant OLC) hasn't offered any argument to the contrary. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...

Trump Encounters a More Determined Iran as War Widens

With Iran flexing its might, President Trump appears to be weighing military options again, after rejecting plans to escalate.

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Marty Lederman@martylederman.bsky.social · last wk.

Your daily reminder that the war against Iran is so blatantly unconstitutional that even the Trump Administration (including OLC) hasn't offered any argument that Trump has unilateral authority to direct DOD to engage in such a war. @justsecurity.org www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · 7d ago

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

'Scything into the humanities is generational self-harm that will become civilizational if it continues. ... The skills nurtured in the humanities are not an optional extra. They are critical for us to remain ourselves.'

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last wk.

'The humanities are vital for distinctly human skills, including judgment, proportion and the ability to approach problems that have no empirical answer. There is no future in which these skills are not vital.' (And yes, both the 'great' university trope and the platform are ick). 1/2

'Germany’s top research organisations are preparing for the possibility of Alternative for Germany (AfD) taking power in a German state for the first time, drawing up plans that include relocating scientists facing political pressure and strengthening legal protections for researchers'. 1/2

‘We’ll stand our ground’: German science prepares for AfD rise

With right-wing party looking set to win elections in two eastern German states, the country’s top research bodies are preparing plans to protect scientists

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Only 70 years ago, a white Virginia librarian was arrested for sitting next to a Black person at a public political meaning in Arlington, VA.

What if, just spitballing here, the government gave a foreigner billions of dollars and made him the richest man on the planet

Last week, about a third of the History department were able to gather together on graduation day. Rather than lend our intellectual authority to the official procession and ceremony we invited our students to come and celebrate their achievements with us in a shady courtyard. They came. 1/

Trump’s Tariff War with the world is back on.

Trump Unveils New Tariffs Designed to Withstand Legal Scrutiny — The Wall Street Journal

New duties, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, will replace a temporary tariff put in place after the Supreme Court derailed Trump’s trade agenda in February

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President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat against Canada marks “the starting point” for potentially difficult negotiations on the North American trade deal, analysts at CIBC said.

Trump’s New Tariff Marks Start of Tough USMCA Talks, CIBC Says

President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat against Canada marks “the starting point” for potentially difficult negotiations on the North American trade deal, analysts at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said.

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels threaten blockade against Saudi Arabia ft.trib.al/GLUbdUy

Yemen’s Houthi rebels threaten blockade against Saudi Arabia

Renewed fighting puts kingdom’s crude exports through Red Sea at risk

ft.trib.al

Government-promoted anti-intellectualism is a common feature of fascist states, with “intellectualism” coded as feminine and/or Jewish/leftist.

NPR@npr.org · 2w ago

If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?

"The smoke is so bad I'm going to increase taxes on Americans"

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3w ago

Trump says he is going to increase tariffs on Canada due to the wildfires