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Burnham’s sticking plaster budget; a LIBOR-style scandal amongst the world’s biggest shipping companies; and Anthropic’s accounting troubles.
This week's podcast is live!
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Malm was set to speak at the launch event for Tribune’s latest issue, but has been denied entry to the UK.
Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur faced similar treatment under Keir Starmer. Now, under Andy Burnham, the barring of prominent left-wing figures contines.
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The government's tiny cost-of-living measures are little help for households at breaking point, writes @graceblakeley.
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Burnham claims to be a man of the people, but his government’s first budget reveals that he has little understanding of how bad things really are.
The average household has experienced more than a decade of stagnation, and they don’t see an end in sight.
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Why should you care about rate rigging among oil tanker companies?
Because the market for oil supertankers is dominated by a few powerful companies that have made huge profits from the Iran war - and you've paid the price at the pump.
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"The UK’s Slow-Motion Crisis Demands a Rapid-Response Budget"
Stagnant wages, rising prices and cuts to services – no wonder there’s a widespread sense that everything is getting worse. Will tomorrow’s Budget grapple with the scale of the problem? Unlikely.
@graceblakeley for Zeteo UK:
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0.1% of people on the planet emit more CO2 than the poorest 3.5 billion people combined.
One year’s worth of emissions from the top 1% will result in an estimated 1.3 million excess deaths from extreme heat.
Just a few stats from Oxfam's incredible new report.
Natural disasters aren’t natural. A storm doesn’t decide who has insurance, savings or somewhere safe to go. People built the systems that leave others exposed. People can change them.
Read #DisasterDivide:
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#ClimateJustice #MakeRichPollutersPay
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Natural disasters aren’t natural. A storm doesn’t decide who has insurance, savings or somewhere safe to go. People built the systems that leave others exposed. People can change them.
Read #DisasterDivide:
oxfam.org/en/research/disast…
#ClimateJustice #MakeRichPollutersPay
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“The UK economy has been stuck in a slow-moving crisis for 18 years.”
@graceblakeley argues falling confidence, stagnant wages, rising bills and weak public services demand a much bigger response than John Healey’s cautious first Budget.
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The UK economy has been stuck in a slow-moving crisis for 18 years
Wages have stagnated, prices have risen and basic services have been cut – giving rise to a widespread sense that everything is getting worse
If Burnham won't respond, Reform will benefit
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You’ll have heard a lot about violence among French protestors.
You’ll hear very little about the violence committed by French police against the protesters.
And you’ll hear almost nothing about the violence of austerity.
This is not a coincidence.
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“You’ll hear very little about the violence committed by French police against the protesters. And you’ll hear almost nothing about the violence of austerity.”
@graceblakeley on France’s protests, cost-of-living crisis and the questions the media aren’t asking.
Back before 2008, a few savvy investors realised the bubble was about to burst, and purchased credit default swaps that would pay out when it did.
Today, there's a surge in CDS trading again - this time, linked to the debt of the big tech companies.
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This week's podcast - on how the AI boom is changing the way money moves around the world, the Man City scandal, and more - is now live
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"The Manchester City Scandal Is About Much More Than Football"
This is not just a story of cheating in sport. It is a story that reveals the venality of our own government, the thin line between the state and capital, and the limits of British democracy, argues @graceblakeley for Zeteo UK:
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“An essential story about one of America’s greatest champions for workers.” –@BernieSanders
"This book couldn’t be more timely.” –Sara Nelson (@FlyingWithSara)
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American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs is out today!!
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Der KI-Boom erzeugt dieselben globalen Ungleichgewichte, die schon 2008 die Finanzkrise ausgelöst haben. @graceblakeley erklärt in ihrer neuen Kolumne, wer die ersten sind, die ihre Jobs verlieren.
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Profits generated by AI firms in one part of the global economy are being sucked into US equity markets, fuelling the boom even further.
This kind of circularity is typical of periods of overaccumulation - and these tend to end in globe-spanning crises. graceblakeley.substack.com/p…
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»Der Konflikt zwischen den Saudis und den Houthis und die Kriege zwischen den USA und dem Iran sowie Russland und der Ukraine werden so schnell nicht enden. Diese Kämpfe werden weiterhin Druck auf die Energiepreise ausüben«, erklärt @graceblakeley.
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