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isaac retweeted
Labour people in Manchester keep saying the Man City football story and Abu Dhabi investment are separate.
That's just not right. There are lots of direct ties that deserve renewed scrutiny.
This naming rights deal is one inews.co.uk/news/man-city-pa…
isaac retweeted
This looks like a red herring. The rules set by Osborne meant that large developers were always likely to benefit, most importantly the need to lend out at commercial rates
Housing loans granted while Burnham was mayor investigated by councillors bbc.in/4ytvJNs
isaac retweeted
Lots I'd push back on here in terms of Build to Rent being a panacea, and the Weimar reference raised an eyebrow. But interesting how rare it is to see direct engagement manchestermill.co.uk/in-defe…
Bernstein hagiographer Mike Emmerich having a normal one today in this piece which appears to compare criticisms of Manchester Life and MCCs dealings with Abu Dhabi to the rise of fascism in Weimar Germany.
In defence of Manchester’s Abu Dhabi deals
@emmerich_mike, an ally of Sir Howard Bernstein, argues that critics of Manchester’s economic model are rewriting history.
manchestermill.co.uk/in-defe…
isaac retweeted
Aujourd'hui, au cœur de la manifestation, j'étais là où un maire doit être : aux côtés de notre jeunesse, pour la protéger et apaiser les tensions.
Et ce sont ces jeunes qui ont fait bloc autour de moi. Spontanément. Fraternellement.
Merci à vous. J’espère que tout le monde va bien.
Vous êtes l’honneur de la France.
isaac retweeted
The Abu Dhabi partnership represents 'Manchesterism' and the 'Manchester Model' because it shows the redevelopment of the city Burnham celebrates was dependent on rentier capitalism...but it's part of a bigger story which we explore in this report 👇
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
isaac retweeted
Did Abu Dhabi help regenerate east Manchester?
Zero affordable housing units were inc in Manchester Life developments, despite the council’s own guidance for 20% – the equivalent of 294 housing units
isaac retweeted
Just a reminder for anyone interested in Abu Dhabi in Manchester. We conducted a forensic investigation into the deal with a range of findings that seem more relevant than ever....land deals, tax payments, offshore companies + 'sweetheart deals'
sheffield.ac.uk/management/n…
isaac retweeted
Some big implications of the ruling beyond the football club given Abu Dhabi's significant integration into the political economy of Manchester 👇
isaac retweeted
Before there was the modern factory, there was the plantation.
Before “scientific management”, there were calculations of the productivity, cost and replacement of enslaved workers.
isaac retweeted
French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon:
The Germans say they want to create the largest conventional army in Europe.
Well, if I were president, I would tell them I do not think that is a good idea.
Because if they build the biggest army, they must explain: who are they preparing to go to war against?
isaac retweeted
In retirement, the former President of Chile, @GabrielBoric, says, 'The fanaticism of moderation, in the end, leads nowhere'. He is right. To be centrist and moderate, to be so accommodating to the capitalist system leaves the Left and Centre-Left unable to use governmental power to build the historical bloc of the working class to root itself with social power. Coming up next year, a dossier from @tri_continental on the three forms of power (social power, governmental power, state power).
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Shout out for the Rentier City in the People’s Daily!
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isaac retweeted
"the story" from the perspective of 'left' media should have been this reanimated 19th century 'race scientist' (& followers) spouting long disproved racist bs to generate a witch hunt. Eternal shame on Bastani, Novara et al for jumping on a racist pile-on rather than exposing it
