Reposted by GlumBirdNetpol @netpol.org · 12/10/2023Answering questions from Police Federation members, the Home Secretary rejected claims that police forces are “institutionally racist”. That's what Braverman means by a "“campaign against political correctness” - the same as always, cover for state racism www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...independent.co.ukBraverman doubles down on ‘woke’ police crackdown: ‘PC patrols not policing pronouns’Home secretary tells police conference she is fighting a ‘campaign against political correctness in policing’ 011
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 11/10/2023putting together the bibliography for PART ONE of For Land lmao this ain't even all of it (articles goes on for a few more pages) 020
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 06/10/2023So, I just did some reading on this and, yeah, looks like alluvial gold mining gangs in the Amazon used fucking jetpacks and dressed up as aliens to attack indigenous people this year.indiatoday.in'7-foot flying aliens' in Peru ate faces, claim locals. Cops say they were...Terrified villagers in Peru claimed they were attacked by 7-feet-tall flying aliens. Now, local officials have stated that members of illegal gold mining gangs were likely behind the incidents. 120
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 06/10/2023this came to me in a dream and idk what to do with the idea so you all have to suffer with me 010
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 05/10/2023Deforestation in the Amazon is threatening South American monsoon patterns. If this study is correct, we are on the verge of a *rapid* decline in rainfall, of up to 30% present rates. This is the rainforest's death knell.science.orgThe South American monsoon approaches a critical transition in response to deforestationThere is evidence that the South American Monsoon is approaching a critical transition due to deforestation and land-use change. 010
Reposted by GlumBirdElizabeth Sampat @twoscooters.bsky.social · 24/09/2023This is the whole point of AI. It’s not to actually replace humans. It’s to change your title from “head writer” to “assistant AI technician,” not credit you, and pay you half of what you were paid before 3427921200
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 04/10/2023The Tory Party conference this year has been a circus of absurdity and reaction on a scale eclipsing any of their prior efforts. They have nothing but PR massaged violence to offer. An opposition in waiting, preparing to consolidate the far-right around it for the long haul. 100
Reposted by GlumBirdRowan 🏺 @rowantree.bsky.social · 03/10/2023This is chilling.youtube.com🚨 Undercover on the government's Rwanda planFor the past three months, Led by Donkeys has been investigating the government’s plan to forcibly send asylum seekers to Rwanda, a cornerstone of the Prime ... 013
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 02/10/2023Economic terrorism.news.sky.comChancellor Jeremy Hunt to confirm toughening of benefits sanctions while raising living wageWork and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride announced last month he was looking into changes to the Work Capability Assessment. Reducing welfare spending and getting people into work is part of the reason ... 000
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 01/10/2023For more of our analysis, check out this video:youtube.comFor Bread: on capitalism's global food crisisIn this short video, we give an overview of the fundamental factors driving the global food crisis. The piece looks at the way fertiliser has shaped agricult... 021
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 01/10/2023As we said last year: "Capitalism is not only destroying its own capacity to create food... It is ending the environmental conditions which have allowed for agricultural production per se." The food crisis is just starting.theguardian.comEurope’s olive oil supply running out after drought – and the odd hailstormHeatwaves around Mediterranean have damaged harvests and forced producers to import from South America 1137
Reposted by GlumBirdNetpol @netpol.org · 01/10/2023Refugee campaigner Tony Pierre is demanding an explanation from the Home Office and Northumbria Police after immigration enforcement officers raided his home without a warrant www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...theguardian.comRefugee activist’s house in Home Office raid for ‘unknown illegal persons’Campaigner Tony Pierre is demanding answers as to why his home was searched by immigration officers without a warrant 021
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 30/09/2023To be clear: this is the first time since February 2022 that British troops will be deployed in Ukraine *openly*. That is a major escalation, verging on catastrophic. Whether or not the troops are there for training (doubt), the potential for open direct conflict is huge.theguardian.comBritish troops could deploy to Ukraine to train soldiers, says Grant ShappsDefence secretary says proposal being discussed would reduce reliance on UK and other Nato members’ bases 100
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 30/09/2023New podcast: www.patreon.com/posts/90077697?patreon.com[Podcast #33] Approaching Ecosocialism, part two: development debates and social bases | PatreonOfficial Post from Prolekult 033
Reposted by GlumBirdAlex Heffron @alexheffron.bsky.social · 29/09/2023Let’s be real the lack of solidarity with disabled people across the British left is fucking appalling. Even the bare basics are lacking. We’re still being told things like: “sorry we haven’t got the budget for it”. (I don't think it's just a British thing but it is very bad here) 4163
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 28/09/2023The second volume of Capital is absolutely fucking insufferable to try and translate into supplementary study aids and pedagogic materials. 030
Reposted by GlumBirdHolly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 28/09/2023Canada research chair of water resources and climate change: “The low streamflows in rivers across Alberta this year are unprecedented. In Calgary, he said the Bow River is at about half its normal level.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 196
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 28/09/2023It feels futile to say that to not be beaten by the culture war shit, the left needs to stop biting at this point. Focus on signifiers and individuals above conditions, policy and class throughout the online left seems pretty ubiquitous, to the point of compulsivity. 110
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 27/09/2023The neoliberal climate consensus, insufficient and tentative as it was, has collapsed.bbc.co.ukRosebank oil field given go-ahead by regulatorDevelopment and production consents have been given to the offshore development west of Shetland. 042
Reposted by GlumBirdNetpol @netpol.org · 26/09/2023Presenting a reluctance to accept the importance of accountability for using lethal force as some kind of wellbeing issue is a new low for Rowley. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...theguardian.comMet chief says anxiety led firearms police to refuse to carry weaponsForce says some of the officers have started to return to duties but others are still refusing to carry firearms 021
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2023oh boy, full fash from Braverman "She said multiculturalism “has failed because it allowed people to come to our society and live parallel lives in it", and even "pursue lives aimed at undermining the stability and threatening the security of our society"."lbc.co.ukUncontrolled migration poses ‘existential challenge’ to the West, says Home Secretary Suella Bra...The Home Secretary has warned that a failure to control migration poses an "existential challenge" to the West. 011
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2023Getting my head around the extent of plastic pollution has been fucking terrifying. It's everywhere, in the water and the air. It's estimated that the average person now consumes 5 grams of plastic a week, the equivalent of a credit card, through water, food and air intake. 010
Reposted by GlumBirdJack Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 25/09/2023"Every morning, news reaches us from around the globe. And yet we lack remarkable stories." Nothing to see here; just Walter Benjamin being so prophetic it's actually frightening. 011
Reposted by GlumBirdRowan 🏺 @rowantree.bsky.social · 26/09/2023The UK is a nightmare for trans people. Attitudes are not just becoming more reactionary, but are moving from a laissez-faire ignorance to hardened hate. There is no previously existing model of solidarity, but there is an increasingly entrenched cult of anti-trans violence and dehumanisation.bigissue.comBritain becoming more liberal-minded – but less tolerant of trans people, survey finds - The Big I...Britain is becoming more progressive and tolerant, a new survey has revealed – except when it comes to attitudes towards trans people. 163
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2023This is chosen very specifically. It is vile in every conceivable way. Join any migrant support group in your area. If there isn't one, start one. This cannot stand.bbc.co.ukAnti-gay discrimination not qualification for asylum, says Suella BravermanThe home secretary says fearing discrimination for being gay or a woman is not enough to qualify for refugee protection. 162
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2023There's a difference between understanding how institutions utilise history for ideological reproduction and "the sins of the father pass unto the son". The latter is a-historical moralising and, regrettably, seems to be the dominant view among the popular anglophone left. 100
Reposted by GlumBirdNetpol @netpol.org · 25/09/2023As reporting makes clear, it was the Home Office that asked for this: a Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) request to heighten the sense of a crisis. It is actively seeking to undermine the prosecution of Chris Kaba's killer www.bbc.com/news/uk-6690...bbc.comChris Kaba: MoD offers military support after armed Met officers turn in weaponsReview into armed police is set up as dozens turn in weapons after an officer faces a murder charge. 246
Reposted by GlumBirdNetpol @netpol.org · 25/09/2023Britain's media has been played like a fiddle by the government. "Army stood down as enough Met Police armed officers return to duty" www.bbc.com/news/uk-6690...bbc.comChris Kaba: Army stood down as enough Met Police armed officers return to dutyUp to 300 officers had stood back from firearms duties after the prosecution of a colleague. 101
Reposted by GlumBirdRowan 🏺 @rowantree.bsky.social · 25/09/2023Thank you to @timescarcass.bsky.social @smenor.com and @glumbird.bsky.social for your responses to this. It was genuinely helpful today. Solidarity to you all, and I would recommend the replies to the post below for anyone grappling with the extent of the current crisis. 121
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 25/09/2023In light of the Canadian Parliament's applause for the Waffen SS, it's worth again reminding ourselves of what fascism is as a political and economic structure.youtube.comDecay: on fascism and breakdownDecay: on fascism and breakdown is a feature length Marxist documentary looking at 20th Century fascism, early English settler colonialism in the Americas an... 243
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 25/09/2023Important report herethinknpc.orgDisabled people and the environmental crises - NPCThis Everyone's Environment paper is one of four published in September 2023, each exploring the input from a different social group 021
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 25/09/2023Jesus fucking Christ. He's just taking a sledgehammer to all legislation that will better anyone's life.thetimes.co.ukRishi Sunak to halt ban on gender therapyA ban on conversion therapy is expected to be shelved by Rishi Sunak, five years after the Conservatives vowed to legislate against the practice. The government is expected to announce that the legisl... 032
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 25/09/2023"You've got nothing to worry about. It's only working out as a dry run for martial law." www.lbc.co.uk/news/londone...lbc.co.ukPublic have 'absolutely' nothing to worry about amid armed police walkout, minister tells LBCA minister has told LBC Londoners have nothing to worry about over the walkout of armed police officers after one of their colleagues was charged with murder. 041
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 25/09/2023Rickets and scurvy. A four-fold increase in hospital admittance for malnutrition since 2008. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/time...thetimes.co.ukThousands of people admitted to hospital with malnutritionAlmost 11,000 people in England were hospitalised with malnutrition last year, as doctors warned that the cost of living crisis has also led to a rise in “Victo 021
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 25/09/2023Making everything dependent on industrial technology couldn't possibly deepen any problem whatsoever. Life support for permanent use is, as all doctors know, the best medicine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...bbc.co.ukFarmers turn to tech as bees struggle to pollinateWith bee populations struggling, mechanical pollination may be increasingly needed as a back-up. 121
Reposted by GlumBirdJeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 24/09/2023Here is the write-up that goes with the CNN story on the chances of resumed nuclear explosive testing. www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1218... 295
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 24/09/2023In the seventh episode (and the second seriesish - new aesthetic), we discuss debates between the first and second waves of ecosocialism on Marx's view of nature, and the importance of understanding this today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qwt...youtube.comMarx and Nature | Approaching MarxismPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/prolekultKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/prolekultApproaching Marxism is an educational series providing introductions to core Marx... 001
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 24/09/2023In the sixth episode, we discuss the revisionist controversy in the German social democrat party. We then offer the lessons of this as a way to begin discussing problems in the contemporary communist movement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8_j...youtube.comOrthodoxy and Revisionism | Approaching MarxismApproaching Marxism is an educational series providing introductions to core Marxist concepts, their ambiguities and development, and the debates that they h... 101
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 24/09/2023In the fifth episode, we discuss how to approach Marx's life and work, the danger and necessity of canonisation, and the importance of developing both analytical and popular Marxist approaches. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFzo...youtube.comMarx | Approaching MarxismApproaching Marxism is an educational series providing introductions to core Marxist concepts, their ambiguities and development, and the debates that they h... 101
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 24/09/2023In the fourth episode, we take a look at the concept of class in Marxism. We begin by highlighting that Marx never gave a definition of the concept, but only of concrete classes, then work backward to illustrate some elements of his view. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN68...youtube.comClass | Approaching MarxismApproaching Marxism is an educational series providing introductions to core Marxist concepts, their ambiguities and development, and the debates that they h... 101
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 24/09/2023Episode three looks at the "base-superstructure" framework used by Marx in his famous "Preface to a Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy". It looks at many vulgar applications of this, and a recent intervention which outlines its limits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkjR...youtube.comBase and superstructure | Approaching MarxismApproaching Marxism is an educational series providing introductions to core Marxist concepts, their ambiguities and development, and the debates that they h... 101
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 24/09/2023The second episode looks at the concept of a mode of production in Marx's work and Marxism more broadly. It gives an overview of the concept and a critique of common reductionist errors in its application. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBxV...youtube.comModes of production | Approaching MarxismApproaching Marxism is an educational series providing introductions to core Marxist concepts, their ambiguities and development, and the debates that they h... 101
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 24/09/2023The first episode of the series gives an introduction to its overall purpose and the need for more detailed introductory materials within Marxism. This one is a very short primer on the general problems the series is intended to address! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV-c...youtube.comApproaching Marxism: introductionApproaching Marxism is an educational series providing introductions to core Marxist concepts, their ambiguities and development, and the debates that they h... 101
Reposted by GlumBirdProlekult @prolekult.bsky.social · 24/09/2023Approaching Marxism is an educational series providing introductions to core Marxist concepts, their ambiguities and development, and the debates that they have spawned since. Episode guide - a thread 163
GlumBird @glumbird.bsky.social · 24/09/2023Literally "if I can't murder black men I quit" www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...bbc.co.ukChris Kaba: Armed officers step back from duties after murder chargeSome police relinquish right to hold firearms after colleague is charged with the murder of Chris Kaba. 010
