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On the EU's #security U-turn - read my latest review of the ETUI - European Trade Union Institute paper by Christophe Degryse linkedin.com/pulse/europes-…

“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Dylan Thomas was born 110 years ago today. The story behind his beloved masterpiece and a rare recording of the poet himself reading it: themarginalian.org/2017/01/24/dyl…

'Die Abstiegsgesellschaft' (society of social decline ) Oliver Nachtwey accelerates - as will the tsunami of libertarian #authoritarianism in Europe - it is clear Germany's famous 'social partners' model has been buried ETUI - European Trade Union Institute EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS industriAll Europe

The fantastic political philosopher Erica Benner speaking in Brussels @Ecopolis_be - her latest book on democracy has lots of lessons for Brussels #EUBubble - & also Belgian politics - hear this podcast Engelsberg Ideas as an eye-opener podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ei-… Alberto Alemanno

'Self-limitation is the key to democratic rule' - Erica Benner - hope we can discuss that with her ecopolis on 9 November, because our 'progressive' & green liberal approach to democracy has fundamental problems with the idea of #limits Dirk Holemans

Of hoe ook klimatologen de ruwe realiteit van #climatecollapse blijven ontkennen VRT NWS

Lol, misschien eerst eens goed nadenken over mijn tweet voor je reageert

The political spat between the European Greens and the 'green' party of Dr. Jill Stein🌻 is symptomatic of the failure of international green party politics - I wonder what real ecologists in the US think about it Nathan John Hagens

« Le discours du changement climatique est inaudible pour les victimes des catastrophes. Car cela les rend responsables de leur malheur. » François Gemenne , membre du GIEC La suite : ➡️bit.ly/mondeincertain 🎧 en podcast audmns.com/XZrHTJe

Incroyable expo "Nach der Natur" au forum Humboldt de Berlin. Avec une présentation vidéo qui résume la thèse de "Abondance et liberté", ou comment la conquête de la liberté moderne est passée par une guerre contre la nature.

How do politicians think about voters? Most of them have a cynical, minimalist view of them - great paper and thread Lior Sheffer et al

Welcome to the ‘brave new world’ of dark capitalism. With #Trump's victory, the capitalist ‘superorganism’ started its darkest metamorphosis – a turn towards BigTech-Billionaire-dominant, authoritarian future. But: the return of the light begins in the darkest hour of the night

"Das Program des zum US-Präsidenten gewählten Globalisierungskritikers Donald Trump war im Kern die aggressive Verteidigung einer exklusiven imperialen Lebensweise (»America First!«)" mit "offen aggressive Positionen gegenüber dem Herausforderer China". #KapitalismusAmLimit

Great thread Grace Blakeley on #USAElection2024 #Trump2024 - but can we please all stop posting on X - keep following but stop posting and use Bluesky, LinkedIn or other alternative? Dirk Holemans Amitav Ghosh Helen Thompson POLIS

Natürlich muss jetzt die Frage diskutiert werden: Warum sind die liberalen, linken, ökologischen Kräfte im Westen dabei zu verlieren? Alles, was bisher gemacht, gedacht und gesagt wurde, steht auf dem Prüfstand.

Are there already any thorough and reliable statistics on how young people voted (also considering gender)?Pippa Norris

'...last week, foreign affairs minister Justin Tckatchenko, confirmed Papua New Guinea would withdraw from high-level talks at the (COP) summit, which begins on 11 November in Baku, Azerbaijan, describing it as “a total waste of time”.' theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…

My not very cheerful New Year reflections on the 2020s. Not so much the Roaring Twenties as the Pouring Twenties, with a rising probability of world war.