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Inderjeet Parmar

@usempire.bsky.social
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London Academic- Tracking the American Empire’s foreign policy establishment and its forging through wars and imperial international system building, and its crises; role of Trump and Trumpism in US and globally

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 6h
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Only 10% of the richest 0.01% of the population paid close to the top 47% (45% income tax marginal rate + 2% NIC) rate on earnings. A quarter of that group paid an effective average tax rate of 20% or less. The tax system appears to be progressive for some but is frequently not so at the very top
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Only one in ten top UK earners pay close to top tax rate, says CenTax
CenTax says equalising capital gains tax with income tax could raise £19.7bn by 2030, as HMRC data shows few top earners pay the 47 per cent top rate.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers for spreading our great energy across Holborn & St Pancras. This election could not be closer and every single volunteer brings us closer to electing our 6th Green MP. We can win this election - but only together. Sunday sign up below!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We can win this - but only with your help. linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reform won #Durham promising to show Britain how it would govern. Now another three councillors have walked away, with one making an extraordinary allegation about what happened after she raised a serious safeguarding concern.
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justfara @justfara.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump will TACO. He’ll never allow this to continue. He knows he will lose. Question is, why does it take the BBC to call Trump out ? Everyone in the U.S. knew exactly what Trump was doing, but nobody did anything. Pathetic…
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
UAE president 'personally told Netanyahu' of Hamas plans for major 'event' ahead of 7 October - www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-pres…
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UAE president 'personally told Netanyahu' of Hamas plans for major 'event' ahead of 7 October
Israeli prime minister brushed off warnings from Mohammed bin Zayed, an investigation for a new book reveals
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to appear in person Thursday and explain why he should not be held in contempt for allegedly violating the court’s injunction blocking Trump-backed congressional maps. 1/
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r/protectUSelections @protectuselections.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚫👑 No Kings Group Pivots to Mass Voter Turnout Events. Save The Date: Saturday, October 17 📆| USAToday
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🚫👑 No Kings Group Pivots to Mass Voter Turnout Events. Save The Date: Saturday, October 17 📆| USAToday
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
truthout.org/articles/mor...
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More Evidence Shows Netanyahu Was Warned of Oct. 7 Attack and Did Nothing
Israel also reportedly swept aside an offer from Hamas days after the attack to release Israeli captives.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
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Unions are extremely popular: 56 million workers would join a union if they could
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one
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Dr Bamo Nouri @bamonouri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Professor @usempire.bsky.social and I examine the new phase of the conflict for @theconversation.com
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
theconversation.com/iran-war-teh... - Tehran is inflicting high costs on American power and credibility
theconversation.com
Iran war: Tehran’s assertive rhetoric signals a new and dangerous phase in conflict
The US-Israeli war against Iran appears to be entering a new cycle of escalation.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Police injured, vehicles damaged as anti-migrant mob storms Portsmouth. It was a carefully organised event, a mob blocked roads and a stand off with police lasted until about 4am today. Two days ago 500 masked, black-clad men blocked access to Dover. Why no arrests? www.lbc.co.uk/article
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“We didn’t do anything wrong” •They did something wrong. “The donation wasn’t made” •Doesn’t matter. And plenty were. “We didn’t commission the polling” •They did. “Loose pub talk” •Haha. It’s their business model. “Contractors” •Fallguys “I wasn’t listening” •Utter horseshit. Farage translated.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wealthy want UK govt to ditch pensions triple lock, cut welfare spending. Silence on corporate welfare Oil/gas, water, energy profiteering HMRC not collecting £59bn last yr Poorest 20% paying higher proportion in income in taxes than the richest 20%. It is always about hitting the poor, old, sick.
independent.co.uk
Ditch pensions triple lock and cut welfare spending to calm markets, Burnham told
Bond market shock has ramifications for new prime minister’s first Budget, his former adviser warns
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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Had no idea she sent books in braille. ❤️
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hitlerism in its character but why should we be surprised or even shocked anymore? Trump is showing starkly what US empire has been doing for over a century to people across the Middle East Asia Africa and Latin America - empire means war and death and destruction
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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Pleased to see Tories are still incapable of learning the lesson that “ending the war on motorists” is not an election winning stance in London, which has the highest walking & cycling rates, lowest car ownership & best public transport of anywhere in Britain. It’s like they don’t know any of this
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ben Gvir films Palestinian women in cells, boasts of worsening prison conditions - www.middleeasteye.net/news/ben-gvir…
middleeasteye.net
Ben Gvir films Palestinian women in cells, boasts of worsening prison conditions
Rights groups accuse Ben Gvir of exploiting the suffering of female detainees at Damon Prison for political propaganda
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 30/08/2026
England's privatisation experiment is a historic debacle Scotland has water in public ownership. They - Invest 35% more into their infrastructure - Pay £107 less on average for water - 66% of their rivers have good ecological status, compared to England's 14.5% Take action: vist.ly/5gmpc
Screenshot of Guardian headline that says "From Scotland, I look at England's water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did"
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Why are Labour dragging their heels and not acting to end rip off Britain? They could announce a windfall tax now but are clearly afraid of something.
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Trump Watch 👀 @trumpwatch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🚨Pro Genocide Pedo Trump 🇮🇱 just got smacked down in federal court. A judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the free-speech rights of college students by targeting them over their political speech concerning Israel and Gaza. 🔥 Huge win for free speech. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
Judge deals blow to Trump moves to deport pro-Palestinian activists
A federal judge on Friday ruled that laws that President Donald ​Trump's administration used to cancel visas and initiate deportation proceedings against noncitizen college students based on their pro...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Say NO to mutualisation of water in England. Under this, shareholders & creditors would become interest-bearing bondholders. New entity would be hobbled by interest payments. Its cost of borrowing be higher than that for the govt. Welsh Water was mutualised, uses 41% of revenue to service debt.
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The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Daily Doze of Ronda 💫 @rondasmystic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Fuck! They all need to be arrested
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Lee Marsden @leemarsden.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
leemarsden.substack.com/p/goodbye-do... Goodbye, Dolly.
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Goodbye Dolly
Dolly Parton 1946 – 2026
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Protesters march around the Luminary hotel, a Marriott property in Fort Myers where immigration agents are staying.
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Dr Bamo Nouri @bamonouri.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Just out today for @theconversation.com : Latest sanctions on Iran risk strengthening Tehran and undermining US credibility Alongside the legendary Prof @usempire.bsky.social theconversation.com/latest-sanct...
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Latest sanctions on Iran risk strengthening Tehran and undermining US credibility
Washington has promised to unleash “economic D-Day” on Tehran and its allies. But Iran has lived through US sanctions for nearly 50 years.
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God @thegodshow.com · 24/08/2026
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Global Elites and American Power Today by Professor Inderjeet Parmer, City, University of London
YouTube video by UNA Harpenden
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
thewire.in/world/suppor... Democratic socialism is no longer a marginal current but one with demonstrably growing popularity, especially among youth and working-class segments of the Left.
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Support for Socialism on the Rise as US Primaries Approach
Democratic socialism is no longer a marginal current but one with demonstrably growing popularity, especially among youth and working-class segments of the Left.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I see Farage has honked out another one of his ‘racist ideas for idiots’… Don’t solve the problem by building more social housing, make people in the queue angry with each other instead. What a little racist shit-stirrer with his £5mill and 5 homes, whipping up hatred to make himself richer. (Times)
Put working Britons first in housing queue, says Reform
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British-born workers under 35 would be placed at the front of the queue for social housing, with priority given to married couples with children, in a new pledge from Reform UK
Nigel Farage's party has announced radical plans to overhaul the way such accommodation is allocated,
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veterans also given preference.
Those on benefits would be regarded as a lower priority under the new policy, to be announced by Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader.
The party has already pledged to bar foreigners from social housing and said they would be evicted after a "short grace period. Reform UK estimates that 540,000 social homes are occupied by foreign citizens and that of the 1.3 million people on waiting lists, 15 per cent - about 195,000 households — are foreign.
Tice said: "There are now 1.3 million people waiting for social housing in Britain. The vast majority of them do not have jobs. In terms of the social houses we have, less than half of households are in work and over half a million social homes are currently occupied by foreign nationals.
"Meanwhile, young British men and women, who are working hard, can't afford to move out of their family home… It is time for us to prioritise young British workers, and that is what our policy is about."
A Labour spokesman described
Reform's plans as unserious and unworkable. "Access to social housing is already tightly controlled. Illegal migrants, asylum seekers and migrants on student or work visas are not eligible for social housing," the spokesman said.
"This policy would go after long-term
UK residents that have contributed to our country but are not British citizens, including NHS staff. It would leave more families at risk of homelessness and drive up use of temporary accommodation at the taxpayers' expense. It would also mean renegotiations with the EU, resulting in years of wrangling"
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Israel is using children’s kites as pretext to strike Gaza: Hamas - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
middleeasteye.net
Israel is using children’s kites as pretext to strike Gaza: Hamas
<article data-history-node-id="446451" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-using-childrens-kites-pretext-strike-gaza-hamas" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-using-childrens-kites-pretext-strike-gaza-hamas" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel is using children’s kites as pretext to strike Gaza: Hamas</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Hamas said Israel is fabricating a pretext to intensify attacks on Gaza, after Israel threatened broad evacuations and air assaults if paper kites from the Strip continued to be launched.</p> <p>Earlier on Sunday, a statement by Netanyahu's office said Israel gave Hamas a three-day deadline to halt the kite launches.</p> <p>Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem responded with a statement on the group's website later on Sunday that this move amounts to "threatening children."</p> <p>He called on the United States, the UN Security Council, and mediating states to pressure Israel into halting what he described as an attempt to undermine a ceasefire.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Oh no! Not another strongly worded letter!
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We need more prominent political figures to talk shit openly about the disgusting, criminal, child-raping president. Have some balls, Y'all. It makes him mad. Hopefully, it causes a heart attack.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
JP Morgan CEO warns UK chancellor not to hike taxes on banks, could raise £19bn. Says it would lose jobs From an industry that has closed bank branches, profiteered, taken bailouts, sold dud financial products, engaged in frauds, facilitated illicit financial flows. People must prevail over banks
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JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon warns UK chancellor not to hike taxes on banks
Billionaire CEO of world’s biggest bank says any windfall tax on sector’s bumper profits could harm jobs in City
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Commission an immediate public inquiry to ensure we never see a tragic death like Dr Arday's again. goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.optionstheedge.com/topic/cultur... - A driving force behind the economic and cultural value of the tournament, international migration should not be overlooked.
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Lessons we could all learn from the 2026 Fifa World Cup
A driving force behind the economic and cultural value of the tournament, international migration should not be overlooked.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
truthout.org/articles/pal...
truthout.org
Palantir Paid No Federal Income Tax. Its Global Tax Rate Is Just 1.4 Percent.
The infamous surveillance company paid $22.7 million in global corporate taxes while raking in $1.6 billion in profits.
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.cityam.com/citi-boss-fi... - raise the taxes on banks and corporations and call their bluff - London is the greatest world city and their goose that lays golden eggs - they leave at their own peril
cityam.com
Citi boss fires warning at government over banking tax
The boss of Citi has warned there are "very viable" alternatives to London should Andy Burnham decide to launch a fresh banking tax
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Healthcare workers belong in hospitals, not detention centers. Over 100 nurses rallied outside Maine Medical Center in Portland on Aug 5, forcing ICE to release Debora Kapisha on Aug 6. Organize, speak out, and demand permanent protection for essential workers. 🎥NowThisImpact
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Wessex Water defends £80,000 pay rise to its CEO. WW loses 20.9% of its distributed water to leaks. Dumps sewage in rivers. Has criminal convictions. Customers fleeced. But CEO rewarded for failures. Nothing will change until profit motive is removed.
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Wessex Water defends £80,000 pay rise for CEO Ruth Jefferson
Wessex Water says the pay rises to £670,000 brings Ruth Jefferson "closer to market benchmarks".
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