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Richard Saich retweeted
"Today we start the fightback, in this election over and over, people kept telling me that they felt let down"
Green Party's Zoë Garbett becomes her party's first mayor, winning the contest in Hackney
Follow live results and analysis: bbc.in/3PtfEGT
Richard Saich retweeted
Warbixinta Cidda (a queer Somali collective of artists, culture workers and curators) levelled an important critique of this year's Somalia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. I had the great fortune of interviewing them as they also set out their vision of ethical artistic practice
Richard Saich retweeted
Penned some thoughts on Somaliland nationalism in the wake of the depraved mutual recognition agreement with Israel last Dec. It was mostly written about a month before the war on Iran & Lebanon and v recent (worrying) developments there. Hope it's a useful contribution!
Yasmin Dualeh offers a meditation on the likelihood of Somaliland nationalism's survival in the wake of Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, as well as its implications for imperial geopolitics and the future of Somali sovereignty in the Horn of Africa.
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Richard Saich retweeted
The decision by South African President @CyrilRamaphosa to place inequality at the heart of the G20 agenda is historic. It marks a significant step forward on the long road toward greater equality. It is no coincidence that countries from the Global South—Brazil and South Africa—have led the charge to put tax justice and social justice on the G20 agenda in recent years.
The World Inequality Lab wecomes @JosephEStiglitz's report and back its call for a global panel on inequality, modelled after the IPCC. It’s time to scale up the work we’ve championed for over 10 years to measure and address the drivers of inequality.
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Richard Saich retweeted
BREAKING: Huge defeat for the Government as Labour conference votes that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
The resolution accepts the UN Commission of Inquiry report and demands sanctions and a full arms embargo.
The Government must listen and act. Stop arming Israel now!
Richard Saich retweeted
Today is publication day!
EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132403…
Richard Saich retweeted
Peckham anti-gentrification legal challenge fundraiser against Berkeley Homes dismal social cleansing plans!
Going well and heading for £20,000.
Can you help with a bit of dosh and/or a retweet?
Love ya! 💚
Morning All. We've past the 12K mark - Come on!
Can you help us fundraise and hit 13K?
bit.ly/ACAFundraise
Richard Saich retweeted
I’m in @FT on Trump’s recent move to make the Pentagon the top shareholder in the US only rare earths mine. This is the “worst of all worlds” resource nationalism: a toxic mix of environmental harm, militarism, Big Tech, financial de-risking, and asset appreciation. Link below ⬇️
Richard Saich retweeted
🚨It’s working - new data has revealed that Israeli imports to the UK are plummeting due to our consumer boycott campaign.📉
We must continue to grow the mass boycott to isolate and weaken genocidal Israel’s apartheid regime. (1/7)
"'It’s about sanitation and hygiene,' says Martin about his passion for public loos. 'It’s about helping people, health and wellbeing, equality, and it’s just about making things right.'"
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Richard Saich retweeted
Announcing my book, Techno-Negative!
It will be out in Spring 2026, published with @UMinnPress.
Richard Saich retweeted
The UK government is blocking Palestinian students in Gaza from taking up UK scholarships.
Some have been killed while waiting, reports @guardian.
We’ve written to the Home Secretary demanding action.
theguardian.com/education/20…
Richard Saich retweeted
this is reprehensible. AFT should be ashamed
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"To equate a spray can of paint with a suicide bomb isn't just absurd, it is grotesque. It is a deliberate distortion of the law to chill dissent, criminalise solidarity and suppress the truth." - Zarah Sultana
Richard Saich retweeted
“Fairer taxation of large fortunes”.
Spain 🇪🇸will work with Brazil 🇧🇷 and other countries to ensure taxation of the super- rich.
Spain’s PM @sanchezcastejon announcement during launch of the Sevilla Platform for Action.
Watch⤵
#TaxThePower #TaxTheSuperRich
Richard Saich retweeted
Colonialism was violent & led to immense econ inequalities. Good this is recognized. But it needs to be understood within a broader theory of (the uneven development of) capitalism. There is no 'counterfactual' world where capitalism leads to equality, evenness & convergence 🫠
Richard Saich retweeted
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
🧵A thread on a NEW STUDY written with @gatonievas
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