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Kai Heron

@KaiHeron

Climate and land struggles, political economy, political theory and post-capitalist futures. Lecturer in Political Ecology.

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This is as succinct a programme for autocentric Southern development as you're likely to find. Thankfully, as US imperial power declines, opportunities for manoeuvres like this increase. The future depends on them.
progressive.international/blueprint/e994…

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'Resistance is pre-political. [...] It is a necessity, and even in its militarization, it grows from tangible material realities, rather than from ideological choices alone.' mondoweiss.net/2024/05/the-qu…

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'Intellectuals and journalists from around the world stand in solidarity with Dr. Jodi Dean and all those caught by the new wave of McCarthyite repression in the United States and beyond it.'

You can sign the open letter here: progressive.international/wire/2024-06-0…

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Returning to Harootunian's Marx After Marx I'm struck by how elegantly the book challenges the theorisations of time and historicity that structure many Marxist debates today. This is especially evident in debates about capitalist and anti-capitalist green transitions.

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Official The Break Down launch day!

In the 1st episode, Adrienne Buller speaks to Brett Christophers about the energy system: how it actually works, why it’s so important & why decarbonising can’t rely on markets.

Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=nDOZwI…

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If I were a Tory MP worried about how to keep my 90k salary after the election I'd also defect to Starmer's right wing Labour Party. Whatever it takes to hold onto a salary that is more than two times the UK average, I guess.

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Israel's unique contribution to warfare isn't a 'scorched-earth' policy, which it has always relied on, but a 'scorched-baby' policy that is designed to break the will of Hamas and the Palestinian people. Now that Israel can no longer use the threat of invading Rafah as leverage

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Labour intends to use the private sector to clear NHS waiting lists. Behind this seemingly reasonable sounding plan lies the idea that public-private partnerships can deliver good quality healthcare for all. They can't. We need public-common partnerships in the health sector now.

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70 rights organisations from across the world sign a joint statement warning of imminent famine in Gaza. Shortly after Israeli academics publish a draft paper based on Israeli data arguing Gaza is getting more than enough food. We see what you're doing. jns.org/gaza-food-supp…

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