Andy Burnham's policy and statements on war and the arms trade (2001-26)
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We must come to see the chart as we see the humble paragraph. Merely as the vessel. Limited? Yes Contestable? Of course. But maybe also ripe with the possibility of clarification in a world of turmoil.
What started as an online satire has exploded into India’s largest youth political uprising in years. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was sparked after a high-ranking judicial figure dismissed unemployed youth as “cockroaches" #India 🧵 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j....
Opposition parties shut down Indian parliament in solidarity with ‘cockroach’ protests
Proceedings suspended as politicians call for Modi government to address police violence and education scandals
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I’d like to believe that some of this can be countered with feed design. But really a big part is *who* is actually active on this site. bsky.app/profile/geof...
Geoffrey Hughes@geofffhughes.bsky.social · 2w agoIt's so bleak. Most of the non-English, internationally-focused stuff never left twitter, but it's basically unusable for me. Even the "following" feed is so bad that I'm reduced to checking a list of reputable accounts one-by-one by hand every morning.
OK, so to give a bit of earlier backstory as to why they're called the CJP, the chief justice of India referred to NEET youth in India as "cockroaches" within the system who were a threat to Indian society who turned to activism or journalism www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
‘Cockroach Janta Party’: Top Indian judge’s comment sparks satire, protest
Controversial remark by Supreme Court chief justice triggers a political movement, with thousands of Gen Z signing up.
aljazeera.com
Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 2w agoi might write up a thread on the Cockroach Janata Party tomorrow if anyone is interested?
we should have more india posts on this website, especially considering it's one of the world's largest democracies
I don't think these outlets will do meaningful reporting on India or ask activists and human rights defenders onto their platforms to unpack what's happening in India. We'll continue to ask. But in the meantime, keep looking at the videos coming out of India.
For years, my colleagues and I have tried to get people in the US to pay attention to India - things are dire in the world's largest country. And yet, the big players are somehow always afraid to do any meaningful coverage. And I am including the so-called progressive outlets.
I am so proud of the Indians on the streets calling for accountability from this fascist government. They have made the world look, and it is no easy feat. The world ignored the other protest waves - from Shaheen Bagh to Bhima Koregaon to Punjab. Maybe this time things change.
I hope, finally, this is the time that Westerners finally pay attention to India. Indians are in the streets, bleeding and fighting for a better future. This has gone beyond the CJP and its centrist demands. People are demanding the end of everything that has held India back.
Key takeaways from @advaitarun.bsky.social’s interview revisiting his “Bubble or Nothing” report which maps the capital structure of the AI and data center sector www.preaquarterly-digital.com/preaquarterl... publicenterprise.org/wp-content/u...
Out today: The Pension Real Estate Association interviewed me on "Bubble or Nothing" and the current state of the AI investment boom. We talk about my report, what it missed, and what's changed since. Really happy with how this turned out: www.preaquarterly-digital.com/preaquarterl...
“You wrote about Hyman Minsky in 'Bubble or Nothing.' Why?” www.preaquarterly-digital.com/preaquarterl...
Pop pop pop (21 July) "Financial engineering" is such a quaint word for speculative chicanery... www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
just finished jager's HYPERPOLITICS and he's very much caught between thinking that mass politics, as in early 20th century political parties, is the "ideal form" of political organization, and the recognition that such form emerged from specific sociological conditions we are unlikely to return to
Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · last yr.My grand unifying theory of politics rn is that we haven't invented an ideology for the material conditions of the 21st century yet, so it's just been cargo cults for everybody.
Undeterred after facing police action, protesters returned to Jantar Mantar to continue their protest. Several protesters, injured in the lathicharge a day earlier, turned up at the protest site with bandages. Scenes from Jantar Mantar at midnight. 📷 Ayush Tiwari/ Scroll
Dominic Toretto if he sucked: “I live my life a quarter mile at a time…like a Fabian”
s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 2w agoI’m sorry but this was posted by Kier Starmer’s actual verified account and I am DECEASED my brother in Christ I just…was his social media person just like grip it and rip it or what
I’m sorry but this was posted by Kier Starmer’s actual verified account and I am DECEASED my brother in Christ I just…was his social media person just like grip it and rip it or what
This is something of a revolution in paradiplomacy! Traditionally and obviously NYC has been zealously symbolically pro Israel (even if tacitly willing to facilitate the UN and work with eg Palestinian delegations). This is reminiscent of boycotts against South Africa…a big blow to Netanyahu
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w agoBenjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
International law is not dead - The Iran war cannot lead the left to submit to an anarchic world order @newlefteviews.bsky.social “The law is an instrument of class warfare not just for the rulers but one that can and should be repurposed by the ruled into real constraints on power.”
International law is not dead
The Iran war cannot lead the left to submit to an anarchic world order
newstatesman.com
I know there might be international law experts who disagree with me on the details of this interpretation, but I’m not a lawyer, my discipline is about understanding power, and i view international law as fundamentally political; others may disagree
some questions about what I mean by this: the most likely pathway to Netanyahu’s arrest is one in which it becomes politically convenient or important for someone to execute the arrest warrant. that’s unlikely to be the mayor of New York right now, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be someone sometime
Anjali Dayal@anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 2w agoafter Mamdani’s interview with the New York Times last week, a few people asked me how it was possible that he didn’t know the answer to whether or not he could arrest Netanyahu if the prime minister arrived in NYC, & by my lights the answer is just that diplomatic immunity holds until it doesn’t
his legal team has come up with this answer: NYC doesn’t have the authority to arrest him, but the federal government does and should. he says Netanyahu is not welcome in NYC regardless
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w agoBenjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
after Mamdani’s interview with the New York Times last week, a few people asked me how it was possible that he didn’t know the answer to whether or not he could arrest Netanyahu if the prime minister arrived in NYC, & by my lights the answer is just that diplomatic immunity holds until it doesn’t