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Socialist. Against the extreme centre.

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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 4h
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 6h
Media Lens Has Andy Burnham Ever Heard Of The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation? www.medialens.org/2026/has-and...
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Has Andy Burnham Ever Heard Of The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation? – Media Lens
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 10h
As a corporate journalist I’m angrier about the “Zionism is racism” motion than I am about genocide. Here’s why... Normal Island News www.normalisland.co.uk/p/as-a-corpo...
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As a corporate journalist I’m angrier about the “Zionism is racism” motion than I am about genocide. Here’s why...
The Green Party of the UK committed one of the gravest crimes in living memory today when it passed a motion declaring that “Zionism is racism”.
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 10h
Zionism Is OBVIOUSLY A Racist Ideology Caitlin Johnstone www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/zionism-is...
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Zionism Is OBVIOUSLY A Racist Ideology
Video reading by Tim Foley:
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 19h
Ricky Hale The Green Party passes motion declaring Zionism is racism www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-green-...
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The Green Party passes motion declaring Zionism is racism
The Green Party has passed a motion declaring Zionism is racism at its annual conference.
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 20h
DEJA VU AT FAIRFORD On the bizarre incident at Fairford and the Wild West’s unquenchable thirst for war Tariq Ali tariqali1943.substack.com/p/deja-vu-at...
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DEJA VU AT FAIRFORD
On the bizarre incident at Fairford and the Wild West’s unquenchable thirst for war
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 20h
Michael Roberts Brazil – four more years? thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/10/03/b...
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Brazil – four more years?
The most important election in South America takes place tomorrow. Nearly 159 million Brazilians are eligible to vote in the first round of the election for President. The presidential vote takes p…
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 22h
Brazil: The Future of the Far Right Rodrigo Nunes Interviewed by Carlos Pérez 30.09.2026 The limits of Lulismo, the sons of Bolsonaro and the new politics of disintegration www.equator.org/articles/bra...
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Brazil: The Future of the Far Right • EQUATOR
The limits of Lulismo, the sons of Bolsonaro and the new politics of disintegration
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 22h
"One of Turkey's great chroniclers of the Cold War, the novelist Sevgi Soysal was among the thousands of leftists arrested after the 1971 coup. Her incredible prison diaries are now being published in English for the first time" www.equator.org/articles/the...
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The Wounded Age • EQUATOR
The prison memoirs of a revolutionary Turkish novelist
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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hey everyone I just stole someone's house because of their ethnicity, is me auctioning it off to someone of the same ethnicity as myself racism or not? And is the buyer materially incentivising me to steal more houses? Thanks in advance for resolving my moral quandary.
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Israel’s road to genocide Avi Shlaim & Jamie Stern-Weiner 26 August 2026 www.eurozine.com/israels-road...
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI Won't Solve Humanity's Problems Because Our Problems Aren't Caused By Lack Of Intelligence Caitlin Johnstone www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/ai-wont-so...
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AI Won't Solve Humanity's Problems Because Our Problems Aren't Caused By Lack Of Intelligence
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They're Still Trying To Rehab Biden's Genocidal Image, And Other Notes Caitlin Johnstone www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/theyre-sti...
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They're Still Trying To Rehab Biden's Genocidal Image, And Other Notes
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The West wants Netanyahu gone - so Palestinians can be killed more quietly again Trump, nosediving in the polls and bristling over a disastrous war on Iran, needs a scapegoat – and the Israeli prime minister best fits the bill Jonathan Cook jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-west-w...
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The West wants Netanyahu gone - so Palestinians can be killed more quietly again
Trump, nosediving in the polls and bristling over a disastrous war on Iran, needs a scapegoat – and the Israeli prime minister best fits the bill
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The faulty premises underlying Europeans’ ‘war on Russia’ hyper-ventilation Alastair Crooke strategic-culture.su/news/2026/09...
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The faulty premises underlying Europeans’ ‘war on Russia’ hyper-ventilation
It was the West’s mistaken analysis that has trapped the West into an escalatory staircase of actions that risk taking Europe to a war with…
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/10/2026
‘Renters do not feel any reason to be grateful to Bristol Labour because they are having to spend a larger proportion of their wages on accommodation.’ D.K. Renton on Labour v. the Greens in Bristol. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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D.K. Renton · Diary: Bristol goes Green
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
From 2012. This should never be forgotten. How the BBC betrayed the NHS: an exclusive report on two years of censorship and distortion www.opendemocracy.net/en/how-bbc-b...
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Reading the Crisis: Democracy with Richard Seymour Stuart Hall Foundation m.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Ku...
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Reading the Crisis: Democracy with Richard Seymour
YouTube video by Stuart Hall Foundation
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Palestine Action crowdfunder for UK supreme court challenge blocked due to US sanctions Exclusive: CrowdJustice platform says US firm Stripe, its payment processor, ‘cannot support accounts or transactions’ linked to group www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Palestine Action crowdfunder for UK supreme court challenge blocked due to US sanctions
Exclusive: CrowdJustice platform says US firm Stripe, its payment processor, ‘cannot support accounts or transactions’ linked to group
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When Rage Meets Faith Christofascism explained Samantha Asumadu Sep 14, 2026 samanthaasumadu.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
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What’s the difference between Cambridge Professor James Orr and Patriot Platform’s Danny Tommo?
This isn't the horse shoe theory, this is a zygote split.
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Elite Welfare and the Good Fortune of Just Being There. Fooks, G. J., Mullan, K., Mills, T., Yates, D., & Willmott, J. eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/24...
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Public Positions Lorna Finlayson www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do the Hate Crime Headlines Tell the True Story? Dr Alan Maddison jewishvoiceforliberation.org.uk/article/do-t...
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Do the Hate Crime Headlines Tell the True Story? - Jewish Voice for Liberation
Headlines about hate crime claim it's " highest ever" when they refer to police recorded offences: Home Office says such figures used alone are not reliable
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Heather Mendick Hamja Ahsan: Art, Germany & 'postcolonial antisemitism' m.youtube.com/watch?v=v4GP...
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Diane Abbott MP, BBC Newsnight and the Pro-Israel ‘Racism Definition’ Moral Panic By Gavin Lewis znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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Diane Abbott MP, BBC Newsnight and the Pro-Israel 'Racism Definition' Moral Panic
Introduction Black British MP Diane Abbott has recently been readmitted to the UK Labour Party having been excluded for expressing - in historical terms -
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
BBC fails to explain why Question Time host repeatedly fails to debunk the lie of ‘spiralling welfare’ By John Pring www.disabilitynewsservice.com/bbc-fails-to...
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BBC fails to explain why Question Time host repeatedly fails to debunk the lie of ‘spiralling welfare’
The BBC has failed to explain why the host of its flagship current affairs programme Question Time has repeatedly pushed the idea that social security spending must be cut, while ignoring official …
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows FT findings prompt fresh probe by statistics regulator into health service claims over controversial data project www.ft.com/content/cc1f...
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Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows
[FREE TO READ] FT findings prompt fresh probe by statistics regulator into health service claims over controversial data project
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Double Down News The RAF Fairford Video They Want To Ban — THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING youtu.be/NBO7-jngFXs?...
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The RAF Fairford Video They Want To Ban — THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!
YouTube video by Double Down News
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking There is growing concern that AI can blunt memory and reasoning. But science shows ways to keep the brain sharp. By Helen Pearson archive.ph/0wb2M
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exclusive: British State Targets Palestine Action With Yet Another Crooked Trial scheerpost.com/2026/10/02/e...
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Exclusive: British State Targets Palestine Action With Yet Another Crooked Trial
The Grayzone Once again, the British state is exploiting anti-democratic terrorism measures to secure convictions of Palestine Action defendants who targeted an Israeli weapons plant. UK media is c…
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave Jeremy Scahill, Murtaza Hussain, and Reza Sayah www.dropsitenews.com/p/minab-scho...
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why is Labour Friends of Israel not led by Labour members? The pro-Israel group does not have to declare its funders because majority of board are not Labour party members www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-labou...
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Why is Labour Friends of Israel not led by Labour members?
The pro-Israel group does not have to declare its funders because majority of board are not Labour party members
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'We’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
[Jacobin Radio] The Dig Featuring Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian on their book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. What the world’s bizarre richest man reveals about our financially fabulist, hard tech, far-right political-economic era. podcastaddict.com/jacobin-radi...
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Jacobin Radio - The Dig: Muskism w/ Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian
Listen to Jacobin Radio - The Dig: Muskism w/ Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian by Jacobin on Podcast Addict. Featuring Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian on their book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. What the world’s bizarre richest man reveals about our financially fabulist, hard tech, far-right political-economic era. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Find Against Tech Oligarchy at Haymarketbooks.org Learn more about Hate Speech at UCPress.edu The Dig goes deep into politics everywhere, from labor struggles and political economy to imperialism and immigration. Hosted by Daniel Denvir.
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
[In Solidarity - by openDemocracy] Can Burnham 'Unbreak' Britain? podcastaddict.com/in-solidarit...
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is this the first ever SLAPP by our own Government? The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-...
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Is this the first ever SLAPP by our own Government? | Good Law Project
The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thousands of young people could lose key disability benefits Govt could limit the Personal Independence Payment (Pip), and further strip Motability support. Hope the govt sees sense and doesn't repeat Starmer policies. Why not end corporate welfare?
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Thousands could lose key disability benefits in welfare changes
The plans risk reigniting tensions with backbench Labour MPs over welfare spending
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Suits vs. picket lines: Corporations, class politics and Burnham’s Labour conference A few days at Labour conference lays bare the vast disparity in how different groups – big business and workers in particular – pursue their political interests Ethan Shone www.opendemocracy.net/suits-vs-pic...
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Suits vs. picket lines: Corporations, class politics and Burnham’s Labour conference
A few days at Labour conference lays bare the vast disparity in how different groups – big business and workers in particular – pursue their political interests
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A national care service needs a wealth tax – not a regressive pension reform Burnham’s plan to fund a care system by scrapping the triple lock is a bold political vision built on shaky economics By James Meadway www.opendemocracy.net/burnham-soci...
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Scrapping pensions triple lock won't fund social care
Burnham’s plan to fund a care system by scrapping the triple lock is a bold political vision built on shaky economics
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I ended up having more thoughts about ‘intellectuals’ (not really a topic I’d much reflected on before) in the days since we did the podcast, which I have shared here willd10.substack.com/p/what-hope-...
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What hope for ‘intellectuals’?
and what use were they anyway?
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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An #ACFM reading session special. Join Nadia Idle, @jemgilbert.bsky.social, and I as we read and discuss Guy Debord’s classic Situationist text Society of the Spectacle. novaramedia.com/2026/09/27/a...
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Are We Still Living in Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle?
A close reading of Situationism's most quotable text.
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
[Empire Files] Israel’s Systematic Sexualized & Gendered Violence on Palestinians | New Report w/ Abby Martin & Palestinian Feminist Collective podcastaddict.com/empire-files...
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Dark Arts of Camden Labour: Part I Jessica Murray & Paul Holden Sagal Abdi-Wali is promising ‘hope’ in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. But the Starmerite machine that made her spent years trying to destroy it. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/the-...
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The Dark Arts of Camden Labour: Part I
Sagal Abdi-Wali is promising ‘hope’ in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. But the Starmerite machine that made her spent years trying to destroy it.
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BBC criticised for not having Green representative on QT panel ahead of by-election "How is this remotely fair?" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bbc...
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BBC criticised for not having Green representative on Question Time ahead of by-election
The BBC has been criticised for not having a Green Party representative on the Question Time panel ahead of a by-election next week.
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tom Mills Reform’s Donations are not Normal tamills1981.github.io/society-from...
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Reform’s Donations are not Normal – Society From the Top Down
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK Universities Set to Strike in ‘Last-Ditch Fight Over Existential Cuts’ 'It is carnage.' by Soraya Kishtwari novaramedia.com/2026/09/30/u...
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UK Universities Set to Strike in ‘Last-Ditch Fight Over Existential Cuts’
'It is carnage'.
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Craig Murray Losing My Religion www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
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Losing My Religion - Craig Murray
I have lost faith both in Western social democracy, and in the institutions of international law. As both have been fundamental to the work of my life, this is rather a blow as I approach 70. A number...
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every Economics Concept Explained in 30 Minutes Prof SteveKeen m.youtube.com/watch?v=bHHO...
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Every Economics Concept Explained in 30 Minutes
YouTube video by ProfSteveKeen
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
RICHARD SAKWA - The Russo-Ukraine War: Follies of Empire youtu.be/jS0-TuatOz0?...
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RICHARD SAKWA - The Russo-Ukraine War: Follies of Empire
YouTube video by Praxis Peace Institute
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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reading the Crisis: Democracy with Richard Seymour Stuart Hall Foundation m.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Ku...
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Reading the Crisis: Democracy with Richard Seymour
YouTube video by Stuart Hall Foundation
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