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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 · 24/07/2026

I grew up there, have friends and family in Argentina, and ‘they’ are some of the kindest, most welcoming people I’ve ever met, as many other foreigners living there can also tell you. Looking fwd to more 300 character summaries of whole countries though.

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 23/07/2026

What’s with the gratuitous Argentina bashing? A developing country manages to overperform in a single domain (football) and suddenly it’s open season?

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 23/07/2026

And no coincidence this comes as Tesla stock is tanking. It’s all just an attempt to salvage the brand

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026

Thanks for standing up against that BS

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 10/07/2026

Not to get too dramatic, but this paper is tackling the most important question in the world right now: how to make the transition happen in practice. The future research agenda outlined at the end should be the number one research priority for climate & system change donors.

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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 · 04/06/2026

These updates are fantastic thank you

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 03/06/2026

Other thinkers on climate and system change are suggesting change can only come from a mass movement winning national elections. This is just a quick reaction to the emphasis on local level change in the extracted clip though. Looking fwd to hearing the whole episode. bsky.app/profile/max....

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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

But it’s been very encouraging to see these two contributions tackling “first mile” questions of power and strategy coming so close to each other in recent days. /ends @abenanav.bsky.social @thierryaaron.bsky.social

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

Caveats include that there are real limits to national-level action, such as foreign exchange constraints and geopolitical pressures, as the Benanav paper notes. /20

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

Once a country is chosen, the focus on elections also automatically answers a large number of first “How to win” type questions, including timelines, competition, and potential metrics for success. (More on this in a future thread.) Two data points don’t make a trend, let alone a consensus. /19

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

Prioritising elections means that by definition, the answer to the Where To Play question will be: nationally. In Benanav’s paper, this decision is made explicit: “this plan is formulated at the level of a single country because democratic mandates are typically secured at that level.” /18

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

A WTP choice doesn’t necessarily have to be geographical. It can also refer to a target audience or a particular market segment. The transition question of where to focus is often defined too broadly (e.g. “we are building a global movement”), or too locally to drive large-scale change. /17

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

It also goes some way towards addressing the first essential choice in the Playing to Win framework: Where to Play (WTP). An organisation or campaign has to define where it will focus its efforts, and where it will not. /16

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

There are also many and varied policy proposals. What has been missing is a more specified “winning aspiration” type goal. “Winning elections with a durable mandate from a broad coalition” certainly looks like a good candidate to fill that gap. /15

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

Lafley and Martin use GM’s “a different kind of business, a different kind of car” strategy statement in the 90s as an example of a goal that doesn’t meet this standard. In transition fields, there is broad agreement around the long-term vision, e.g. “people and planet over profit”. /14

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

Here I’ll focus only on the first 2 strategy elements in PTW and how they apply to the transition, with more to come later. The first element in the PTW framework is a “winning aspiration”: a goal that already contains within itself the idea of beating the competition. /13

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

Playing to Win also presents strategy as a series of integrated choices. If an organisation’s decisions are not approached as choices, they are by definition not strategic (“Strategy is Choice”). There is much more to say, including that PTW approaches strategy as a hypothesis. /12

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

We’ve already seen that system change will have to repeatedly overcome elite resistance and backlash. That’s the first reason why a strategy framework that centers on beating the competition stood out as potentially of value for a transition strategy. /11

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

Playing to Win recognises that in any domain where there are gains to be made, there will be competing interests with their own agency entering the fray. This is why Martin & Lafley propose the purpose of a strategy is to win. /10

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

Playing to Win (PTW) starts by asking what strategy is for, and what it is. All too often, strategies are set as if the organisation is operating in a neutral environment, or gloss over opposing forces as mere contextual elements. /9

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

It is the basis for the current strategy course from creative design firm IDEO, for example. Co-author Roger Martin has also published over 400k words on the practical implementation of the framework in a regular newsletter. /8 www.ideou.com/products/des...

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Designing Strategy

Learn a repeatable strategy process that blends rigor and creativity—identify problems, test possibilities, and turn strategic choices into action.

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

Possibly because it started as a framework for business, Playing to Win doesn’t appear to have had much pickup in system change fields yet. First published in 2013, Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works by Lafley and Martin continues to stand out among the mass of strategy materials. /7

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

This emphasis on elections clarifies two open questions in transition strategy: 1) What is the goal and 2) Where to play/focus. It also helps to answer the next strategy question: 3) How to win. These strategic questions are taken (and slightly adapted) from the Playing to Win framework. /6

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

In his thread on the difference between power & agency in climate action, Aaron Thierry also highlights the need for movements capable of “electing representatives committed to climate action & human rights” & “sustaining them in office against incumbent resistance”. /5 bsky.app/profile/thie...

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

...For that, a political coalition must take power” Given the emphasis throughout the paper on the transition being democratic, it’s clear that by “must take power” Benanav means “a political coalition must win elections”. /4

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

While necessary, not least to counteract elite pushback, “Movements cannot legislate, create new public institutions, and coordinate the simultaneous transformations across investment, finance, taxation, and firm governance that the transition requires... /3

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

autonomy.work

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 · 01/06/2026

and I'd sign up to watch in a flash!

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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 30/05/2026

Hi @thierryaaron.bsky.social on this point, I just published a post yesterday about elections as a lever for system change. The coordination challenge is also at the research and policy level, w various fields now making very similar points. 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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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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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 11/05/2026

slightly increase a band Unpromising Straits

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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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Max Heywood @max.eurosky.social · 16/03/2026

Also his reference to ‘the great men of history’ in this clip shows he takes it as given he’s one of them.

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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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