Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There's a lot in here about the awful ideology of the tech oligarchs and the hype about how AI is a threat to existence. Very good watch. youtu.be/TUcmEntBR2g?... @taylorlorenz.bsky.socialyoutu.beThe Dark Money Behind AI Doomer PanicYouTube video by Taylor Lorenz 000
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I cover that exact issue in depth in the article. 000
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The rise of far-right parties like One Nation in Australia is the direct result of decades of soaring inequality and neoliberal capitalism. Unfortunately, the way progressives typically respond has failed time and time again. alexwhite.org/2026/06/the-... #auspol 154
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 31/08/2026For the past 20 years of my professional life, progressive campaigning has suffered from a serious, self-inflicted delusion. The misguided belief that if we simply present voters with enough facts, logic, and policy data, they will reject the far-right. alexwhite.org/2026/05/smug... #auspolalexwhite.orgSmugness, clicktivism and campaigning for hearts and minds | Alex WhiteFor the past twenty years of my professional life as a campaigner, progressive campaigning has suffered from a serious, self-inflicted delusion. The 010
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I wrote this in March but it's relevant now. "Above all the other material drivers, the massive increase in wealth inequality and wealth extraction from the immiserated majority to the billionaire-class is the primary driver for people voting for One Nation." alexwhite.org/2026/03/unde... #auspolalexwhite.orgUnderstanding the One Nation earthquake | Alex WhiteThe recent South Australian election has caused a political earthquake, but it is vital that we do not misread the shockwaves. The One Nation surge is not due 073
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I wrote this in March but it's relevant now. "Above all the other material drivers, the massive increase in wealth inequality and wealth extraction from the immiserated majority to the billionaire-class is the primary driver for people voting for One Nation." alexwhite.org/2026/03/unde... #auspolalexwhite.orgUnderstanding the One Nation earthquake | Alex WhiteThe recent South Australian election has caused a political earthquake, but it is vital that we do not misread the shockwaves. The One Nation surge is not due 031
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Here's my August list of articles and stories that I found interesting and challenging. alexwhite.org/2026/08/what... #auspolalexwhite.orgWhat I'm reading (August 2026) | Alex WhiteStories and links that are of interest or relevance to leaders, strategists, campaigners and organisers. 012
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This frivolous and conspicuous squillionaire consumption is a drain on housing construction resources that is desperately needed to build housing during the housing crisis, not a useless mansion. #auspol 021
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 01/08/2026this may seem like a joke but it is actual policy in the usa 000
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Capital wants you to ruin your body for their productivity #auspol 152
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I wrote this back in 2011 and it is still a banger alexwhite.org/2011/05/from... #auspolalexwhite.orgFrom Progressive Australia: "Beyond preoccupations" | Alex WhiteA friend of mine recently asked me "why socialism?" -- why would progressive people on the left still call themselves socialists or argue that our goal should 021
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Gently pushing back on neoliberal economics that aim to depoliticise economics. #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed... 041
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026After decades of enforcing austerity, it's rational to be skeptical and suspicious of the state. I'm not sure ridicule is a course for political action either. 010
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This is a great example of the limits of the state as a rational social force and demonstrates how powerless groups attempt to assert control over systems they do not understand and cannot influence. Wellness influencers and 5g cranks as modern day benandanti? 110
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The beliefs and superstitions of subaltern groups is fascinating for past epochs, and even more so today. Lead tablets down wells and kolossi meets faraday cages and injected bleach. 110
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Call me crazy but introducing marketisation to vital health products and medication seems like a catastrophically bad idea. The reason why supermarkets & petrol companies offer discounts is because they're profiting massively - why would we want that with medicine? #auspol 0134
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 14/07/2026"An economic crisis, for instance, engenders on the one hand discontent ... and spontaneous mass movements, and on the other conspiracies among the reactionary groups" Every resurgence of fascism bears witness to a failure of moderation and centrism. #auspol 243
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Looks like wanting to cut penalty rates and paid parental leave is actually pretty unpopular www.nine.com.au/australia-ne... #auspol 0164
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Good point alexwhite.org/2026/03/oil-...alexwhite.orgOil and gas war profiteering | Alex WhiteWhy should Australians continue to quietly subsidise the war profiteering of multinational gas companies? It is time to demand an ultra-profits windfall tax. 010
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The ultra-rich corporate executives and billionaires have a vested interest in keeping you focused on other issues. They won’t want you taking a look at why their prices have skyrocketed and how they benefit from draining your wages and income. alexwhite.org/2026/07/what... #auspol 1158
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 09/07/2026When the state sells off public assets like electricity, water, or housing, it encloses the commons. It transforms essential human needs into commodities that must prioritise profits. www.theage.com.au/national/ris... #auspol 083
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It is utter nonsense that sacking 80,000 workers, or increasing the mortgage payments for a worker on avg income will reduce the cost-of-living crisis or inflation, which is largely caused by corporate profiteering & international shocks to supply chains. alexwhite.org/2026/07/rese... #auspol 022
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I agree alexwhite.org/2026/06/figh...alexwhite.orgFighting the cost-of-living crisis | Alex WhiteAustralians are facing a brutal cost-of-living crisis. Rent, groceries, insurance, and energy is skyrocketing, while real wages are stagnant or have gone 001
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 03/07/2026can't get in the way of those profits www.theage.com.au/politics/fed... 000
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This principle doesn't apply to people on the NDIS who'll be kicked off tho...? #auspol 110
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Better candidates are not enough substack.com/@alexwhite/n... #auspol 000
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Increasing "foreign direct investment" is not a sign of a healthy, productive economy. It more often tracks the transition from national ownership to permanent subordination to Wall St and US Empire. #auspol www.afr.com/policy/econo... 021
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Australia's anti-monopoly laws are utterly fucked. www.realcommercial.com.au/news/bunning... #auspol 072
Reposted by Alex WhiteAlex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Right-wing economists continue to try to convince you that sacking 80,000 workers will magically reduce the cost-of-living crisis AND tackle the rise of the far right. #auspol 115
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Right-wing economists continue to try to convince you that sacking 80,000 workers will magically reduce the cost-of-living crisis AND tackle the rise of the far right. #auspol 115
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 29/06/2026These "centrists" would rather have Trump and white supremacist Christofascism than ever allow moderate social democrats... 030
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 26/06/2026"Global leaders are banking on tech advances to solve climate change." It's a lie. projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c... #auspol #climate #carboncapture 030
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026A textbook symptom of over-accumulation and the deepening contradictions of late-stage capitalism - the ultra-rich have so much money and nowhere profitable to invest it and so instead goes into frivolous, unproductive and absurd speculative assets like a T-Rex handbag. 000
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Why is One Nation surging? When living standards stall, the entire economic and political system faces a legitimation crisis where the old political narratives lose all credibility. People correctly register that their stress is caused by the system. alexwhite.org/2026/06/econ... #auspol 011
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The technocrat measures the citizen by their literacy, while citizens starve for honesty. A truth told with bad intent beats all the data you can invent. alexwhite.org/2026/06/disi... #auspolalexwhite.orgFeeling disillusioned? | Alex WhiteIn March 2026, the ABC had a writeup of the McKinnon Foundation's poll that found that most Australians are thoroughly disillusioned with politics. 000
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Instead of cutting the NDIS, why not tax gas exports and introduce an ultra-wealth tax? #auspol 020
Alex White @alexjpwhite.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Want to make sense of the rise of One Nation? "The massive increase in wealth inequality and wealth extraction from the immiserated majority to the billionaire-class is the primary driver for people voting for One Nation." More here: alexwhite.org/2026/03/unde... #auspol 313
