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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

On the day a German state parliament elects the first far-right speaker since WWII, this is tabloid Bild’s homepage this evening: Ronaldo, Messi, a reality show and an article about a Playboy shoot all come before coverage of what the result means…for the ruling party CDU. @okwonga.bsky.social

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026

Just starting @dacemoglumit.bsky.social ‘s new book and already hoping there’ll be a review from @quinnslobodian.com

This is a photograph of 3 lines from a book. The quote reads ‘In this book, I focus on the crisis of liberalism - rather than the sordid ideas and strategies of antiliberal forces - because I believe that these noxious currents are alive only as a result of liberalism’s crisis and weakness.’ The word ‘only’ is highlighted.

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026

Anti-Fascist Economics by @isabellamweber.bsky.social added to the list of New Economy / post-capitalist frameworks Framework count as of September 2026: 22 paradigmproject3.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/l...

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026

Already arrived at local bookstore in Berlin @gilduran.com !

A hand is holding a new copy of ‘The Nerd Reich’ by Gil Durán

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026

Thanks for flagging the paper! Looks like might be one for @eliothiggins.bsky.social too

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 26/06/2026

You’ve Smashed your last Pumpkin

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 26/06/2026

Looking for research about lotteries and political support for capitalism: The dream of becoming rich one day > self-identity as "temporarily disadvantaged millionaire" > parasocial class solidarity with the wealthy ("it could be me paying this wealth tax"). pointers welcome!

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 02/06/2026

Aaron Benanav’s Beyond Capitalism paper sets out a detailed long-term plan for a systemic transition. Even though it intentionally does not tackle the short-term path to power, it makes a key point about mass mobilization. /2 autonomy.work/portfolio/be...

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Beyond capitalism: from design to implementation

The third instalment of Aaron Benanav's 'Beyond capitalism' series turns to the question of transition to a multidimensional economy.

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 02/06/2026

Two Aarons - @thierryaaron.bsky.social and @abenanav.bsky.social - have recently written about broad movements winning elections as a condition for system change. This supplies several essential elements of transition strategy. Although not an Aaron myself, I’m taking the liberty to make a 🧵

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 29/05/2026

Thanks for flagging @benbraun.eurosky.social! Great read, the political analysis from @abenanav.bsky.social is also a major contribution. I put some thoughts together on implications for the New Economy field more broadly: paradigmproject3.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/t...

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“This plan does not specify how power is won”

The New Economy and the First Mile Problem For this week I was preparing an introductory post to the Economic & Political Systems Institute (EPSI), to go with the soon to be updated website.&nb…

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Aaron Benanav @abenanav.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I'm excited to release part 3 of my series on beyond capitalism with @Autonomy_Inst. The big question people often asked about my recent work is—ok sure, but how do we get there? Please have a look at my first sketch of an answer to that question. autonomy.work/portfolio/be...

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Beyond capitalism: from design to implementation

The third instalment of Aaron Benanav's 'Beyond capitalism' series turns to the question of transition to a multidimensional economy.

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Sven Giegold @sven-giegold.de · 24/04/2026

Monatelang war diese spannende Studie in den Schubladen von Katherina Reiche verstaubt. Jetzt könnt Ihr sie lesen. "Die Stärkung der regionalen Wertschöpfung durch Erneuerbare Energien" zeigt wie Regionen von Erneuerbaren profitieren. Diese Fakten, die Reiche nicht passen, verdienen Verbreitung!

Titel der Studie: "Die Stärkung der regionalen Wertschöpfung durch Erneuerbare Energien"

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Grüne Fraktion Pankow @gruenebvvpankow.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Auch im #Komponistenviertel soll man schlafen können! Unser Antrag auf Tempo 30 nachts in der Indira‑Gandhi‑Straße zwischen Berliner Allee und Chopinstraße war erfolgreich – wir freuen uns! 💪💚 #gemeinsamfuerPankow

Lärmschutz darf nicht an der Kreuzung enden!

Auf der Berliner Allee gilt nachts Tempo 30 – doch viele Autos biegen in die Indira‑Gandhi‑Straße ab und geben dort wieder Vollgas.
Gerade im Sommer raubt der Verkehrslärm den Anwohnenden den Schlaf. Unser Antrag auf Tempo 30 nachts in der Indira‑Gandhi‑Straße zwischen Berliner Allee und Chopinstraße war erfolgreich – wir freuen uns! 💪💚

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This is now definitively a national security threat: let’s treat it like one. Prof Emeritus Rupert Read. Director of the Climate Majority Project. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme... Without paywall: archive.ph/ZMs9y#select... climatemajorityproject.com PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 19/12/2025

Great article @quinnslobodian.com - it also indirectly shows why the many callers for a new system or political order need to be more propositional. Any consensus that ‘emerges’ and is featured at places like Harvard is likely to be rebranded, toothless centrism.

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 10/11/2025

‘Given the urgency of the climate emergency, extreme inequality and persistent poverty, a radical shift is now imperative. A global transition to a sustainable and equitable future demands a decisive rejection of neoliberalism.’ From Oxfam’s new report policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...

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Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon ...

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 06/11/2025

Shout out to @edzitron.com @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @sarahkendzior.bsky.social for the inspiration. On days like today, when breaking through the noise feels impossible, you’re what I think of to keep going.

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 17/10/2025

If you’ve ever called for a new political order, economy, or narrative, I have one question: Where is that new system going to come from? This week I was at 2 events where speakers again called for a long-term project. No one seemed to disagree. But where is the plan to make it happen?

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 16/10/2025

Which American president said this about how their government was helping small business? a) Jimmy Carter b) Ronald Reagan c) Bill Clinton Answer and link to source below.

'We've gotten the Prompt Payments Act on the books so the small firms doing business with the Government are paid promptly.
We're increasing Federal procurement from minority enterprise. We've provided small business with more opportunity to participate in international trade through the Export Trading Company Act; signed into law the Small Business Innovation Development Act, assuring small high-tech firms a greater share of government research and development'

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 15/10/2025

Updated list of calls for a new political order, paradigm, narrative or project at paradigmproject3.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/c... Since 2015 hundreds of academics and writers have now made this type of call. Far too few people are working on answering it directly.

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Calls for a new paradigm compiled

A periodically updated list of calls for a new paradigm/consensus narrative/political order ‘Google the Powell memo … we need to be thinking in the way that they were thinking.’ A…

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 15/10/2025

‘What we need is a political project’ to counter the neoliberal political and cultural project, including the values it promotes like individualism. @febalata.bsky.social at great World Bank panel on extreme wealth, live-streaming now

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 29/09/2025

New Ed Miliband quote now added to the growing list of calls for a new economy/political order paradigmproject3.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/c...

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 25/09/2025

‘Those who have less have only themselves to blame’ Data driven analysis shows far right voters in Germany are more likely to vote for free market policies

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Really tough issue. One thing is to tackle things that people (quite often wrongly) blame on migrants, eg lack of GP appointments or housing shortages. Fairness matters a lot - if people can see or can be persuaded that they & others are being treated equally, that should help.

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 26/08/2025

The widespread assumption that a next paradigm will emerge spontaneously is not helping 🧵 There’s a lot riding on a new, non-neoliberal paradigm. Hundreds of academics and campaigners have called for one, to help drive mass systemic change as well as coordinating progressive efforts. /1

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 25/08/2025

Introducing 🥁🥁🥁 paradigm-project.org (Mini-🧵) Neoliberalism* has been called out as the root cause of so many problems, from worsening mental health to global inequality. And yet, among the dozens of initiatives working to replace it /1 *including related ideologies

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Introducing: the Paradigm Project

Climate scientists, inequality and poverty campaigners, and hundreds of academics including Nobel prize winners. All have called for fundamental changes to the current economic and political …

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 25/08/2025

…and another tech visionary looking for state funding to support their flailing business. The whole model is to move from investor to government cash as fast as possible. Paying clients? Optional www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Deal to get ChatGPT Plus for whole of UK discussed by Open AI boss and minister

Exclusive: Deal that could have cost £2bn was floated at meeting between technology secretary Peter Kyle and Sam Altman

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Noam Maggor @maggor.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

"Markets are not an end in their own right. They are a tool to be placed in the service of worthy national goals. It is the job of politics and our elected leaders to chart those goals" Jennifer Harris with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social at #BeyondNeoliberalism @glgerstle.bsky.social youtu.be/pkSbdbjtdSk

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Jennifer Harris at Beyond Neoliberalism

YouTube video by Beyond Neoliberalism Conference

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glgerstle.bsky.social @glgerstle.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

So many important questions raised and discussions had at #BeyondNeoliberalism conference 29-31 May. Thanks to @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and the many, many other participants who made this such a signal occasion. beyond-neoliberalism.org. Stay tuned for more clips and posts in coming weeks...

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Beyond Neoliberalism

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Noam Maggor @maggor.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

@glgerstle.bsky.social: "How do we generate enthusiasm for a market-shaping popular politics?" It was a thrill to discuss #BeyondNeoliberalism with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social to launch our conference beyond-neoliberalism.org

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 27/05/2025

If you see this 🧵 and will be at the Beyond Neoliberalism conference this week, a boost would be very welcome (I’m on the waiting list). The one input I wanted to share is that a new paradigm will take a more focused effort than it’s getting. @maggor.bsky.social @ranaforoohar.bsky.social /1

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 21/04/2025

This new post has a selection of calls for a new narrative / alternative paradigm published since 2015. Most recent entry: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor last week. Who is actually working on it though? progressivestrategy.beehiiv.com/p/calls-for-...

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Calls for a new narrative

A selection since 2015

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 07/04/2025

The question is what they’ll do now to create a distraction

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 04/04/2025

Hahaha the trolling from the car specialist cited in this Forbes article. “The spectacular failure of Cybertruck was a failure of empathy”

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Martyna Linartas @martynalinartas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Mein Baby ist da! Am 15. April erscheint es bei @rowohlt.bsky.social, am selben Abend um 19h feiern wir Premiere in der @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social in Berlin - kommt vorbei! 🥳

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 01/04/2025

I’m trying to find a single instance of a self-made billionaire saying they love money for the sake of it. No luck so far. It’s all ‘I love positively contributing to the lives of other people’. Any pointers very welcome. I’d settle for an admission it’s about topping the rich list.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 31/03/2025

Meanwhile in Germany, over the weekend Bild literally using the good olde ‘it’s just common sense’ framing to push its policy preferences on the incoming government. I.e. Tax cuts, longer working hours and clampdown on migrants.

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 28/03/2025

Airbnb founder’s vision for government: an Apple Store We have officially reached the clown neoliberalism stage

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 25/03/2025

Too many have confused promoting stability with doing the same thing over and over again. If the situation changes, the only way to maintain stability is to adapt. Otherwise, before long you’re achieving nothing but protecting your own position while actively creating instability for others.

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 14/03/2025

I’ve been posting about the urgent need for a new narrative for a while. Also about how parallel projects are unlikely to lead to a synthesis version. So (deep breath): here’s my own attempt. The point is it’s doable, not to say ‘this is it’! @davidrvetter.bsky.social @isabellamweber.bsky.social

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