Robert Reiner
@waylon18.bsky.social
Retired criminology professor. Democratic Socialist.Written on political economy of crime, criminal justice and policing 1970s until severe COVID 2021. Last book Social Democratic Criminology. Love old mysteries, Westerns, country music, music 1930-70
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Why on earth doesn’t government free peaceful Palestine and climate protesters instead? And those sentenced for property crimes without violence
What kind of society fast-tracks early release for domestic abusers? This is gambling with women’s lives | Joan Smith
Andy Burnham inherited the crisis in our prison system – but the solution cannot be to further endanger the women and children who have survived violence, says writer and campaigner for women’s rights...
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They Can Stand Up to FIFA, But They Can’t Stand Up for the Palestinians or for World Peace open.substack.com/pub/avigail/...
They Can Stand Up to FIFA, But They Can’t Stand Up for the Palestinians or for World Peace
On FIFA, Palestine, and what twenty-seven years in a therapy room teaches you about naming what's actually happening
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Kindergarten kids are learning more day by day. Trumpian diplomacy is a whirligig of mistakes chasing each other round and round
Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi
Amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, it’s clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldn’t have begun
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Our criteria for success are disastrously skewed. In my view, a successful person is one who does more good than harm, on any scale. On this measure, most billionaires are massive failures, while humble folk in my neighbourhood who look after other people are highly successful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The media is the message; no need for actual government
RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? | Arwa Mahdawi
Shouldn’t the health secretary have his hands full with the cyclosporiasis outbreak, measles or rabbit fever? Not when there are crispy salmon cakes to prepare, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias
Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic, says Yiannis Baboulias, a Greek writer based in London
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Hellfire used to terrify conservatives especially if a religious disposition. Now it’s depicted as pleasantly warm beach weather m. Any distortion to feed the rapacious god Capital.
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... ‘The corruption of American democracy by organic stupidity’ Compelling takedown of superpower ruled by a know nothing
Democracy is at stake when foolish humans bet on machines being intelligent | Rafael Behr
We need an enlightened US president to make the case for global AI regulation. Donald Trump is the exact opposite of what is needed, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Stagflation and the K-shaped economy
The Financial Times points out that, on the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump vowed to “immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One”. Yet, since his return to the White House in January…
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novaramedia.com/2026/08/03/h... Right wing foaming at the mouth because of a faraway enclave of which we knew nothing until this week. Addicted to moral panic
How Europe Betrayed Leftwing Spain Over Ceuta | Steven Methven
The deranged response to the Ceuta crisis by European governments shows just how powerful the right has become across the continent, writes Steven Methven.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... The majority of orthodox rabbinic opinion has long prohibited Jews from entering the site that was the heart of the ancient Temple, for ritual reasons. This remains the case, but the rising number of ultra nationalist orthodox are urging this illegal encroachment
Jordan convenes emergency meeting over Israel’s potential to ‘trigger religious conflict’
Israeli takeover of al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock compound in Jerusalem said to be ‘imminent’ threat
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It's the end of Reform as we know it open.substack.com/pub/theleadu... Good roundup of recent setbacks for Reform. Worried though that the racism that fuelled its rise remains strong and has infiltrated Labour policy on immigration and public order policing
It's the end of Reform as we know it
A bad few months for Nigel Farage's insurgent party has shown their true colours
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magazine.newstatesman.com/2026/08/03/t... Burnham is correct about the dire effects of New Labour embrace of neoliberalism. But the issue isn’t new v old. The founders and subsequent leaders of ‘old’ Labour embraced progress and modernity. The core shared question is advancing justice and wellbeing
The revenge of Old Labour
Andy Burnham is battling the ghosts of Labour’s past
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Far-right leaders want to exploit the Ceuta crisis. They may succeed observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...
Far-right leaders want to exploit the Ceuta crisis. They ...
EU ministers will hold an emergency meeting today to discuss ‘hybrid threats’ against the bloc
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www.theguardian.com/science/2026... Research cuts mean counting pennies to destroy pounds. Civilisation is collateral damage
Science funding cuts will harm Britain’s global standing | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an editorial about the threat to research funding, including plans to close the Jodrell Bank Observatory
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Christians and Jews supposedly believe we are all created in the image of god. But when linked to ethnicity and nationalism not so much. Two tiered humanity; us v them.
Ceuta was a carnival of anti-migrant content for hateful opportunists on the right – and a lesson for the left | Jonathan Liew
It was framed as a perfect storm because nativists dearly wanted it to be. Looking on, progressives failed to meet the moment too, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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This is simply wonderful news for the Migration Museum and its ongoing project to create the UK's first permanent museum exploring migration to and from the UK. The new Museum will be in the City of London, but is already working with collaborators outside London and outside England. 1/3
The Wolfson Foundation commits £600,000 to the UK’s ‘Missing Museum’
The Migration Museum is delighted to announce that The Wolfson Foundation has become a Founding Partner of the UK’s first permanent museum dedicated to exploring how the movement of people to and from...
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The same people who have been telling us "we can't stop climate change, instead we must adapt" have been hammering our capacity to adapt, through their promotion of austerity. What they're really saying is "keep burning fossil fuels for the sake of our donors". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The Jeep Rubicon Childkiller. Celebrate the climate emergency and mow down pedestrians with 5,000 pounds of pointless metal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202... I can’t see any non self interested public interest arguments against taxing surging bank profits more. It wouldn’t stop them investing into profitable businesses thus funding growth
Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn
Levy could raise £19bn to help pay for Andy Burnham’s support for those struggling with bills, say campaigners
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Here is an outstanding video by Heather Cox Richardson explaining how what the right is calling communist and radical was actually part of the Republican Party's platform in 1956. www.youtube.com/live/_Nt2CQR... #news #following #EconSky #universal #AcademicSky
Politics Chat, June 25, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Tired of London? Tired of life.
Does Andy Burnham really hate London? He wouldn’t be the only one | Zoe Williams
Both left and right have it in for Britain’s capital. But is London a stabby wasteland, a den of faceless bureaucrats, or just a mess of overprivileged wokerati, asks Zoe Williams
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