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With a heavy heart I have to inform you about the passing of Achim Szepanski (szepanski). As a friend, comrade+his translator the loss is a punch in the gut. Achim founded the legendary label Mille Plateaux/Force Inc., was a one of a kind thinker... Missing him dearly, RIP

History made in Mexico with Claudia Sheinbaum's election as the first woman president. On the significance of this moment, I'm sharing again these notes my friend Étienne von Bertrab 🇵🇸 wrote a few months ago on the future and its implications for development blogs.ucl.ac.uk/dpublog/2024/0…

Urban Salon events coming up (2) Walking as Method 11 Nov 1800-1930 Bartlett School of Planning Urban Salon The Bartlett School of Planning James Vigus Clare Qualmann

Here is our commentary on how the 2024 Economics Nobel integrates colonialism into economics, while leaving a colonial worldview intact (with Surbhi Kesar & Devika Dutt). To explain how & why they do this, we go back to the colonial origins of economics. epw.in/journal/2024/4…

Good article with some very interesting data about late-night licencing in London. Thanks JoshGD for the conversation and the chance to share thoughts on what can shift in London’s night-time economy.

I opposed tuition fees from the start because it was inevitable they would be ratcheted up. If we had a fair taxation system we could scrap tuition fees & lift this burden from young people.

Comrades Musk and Weidel projecting their deepest desires here 🚩

Back on X. Mostly because of Will Stronge analogy - feels like living in Mad Max here

Can you recommend the best blogs, news sites, podcasts etc. that cover China’s political economy and urban issues?

Does anyone know which scholars are working on night-time economy and urban policy issues in Chinese cities? Grateful for any leads

The European Union 🇪🇺 is SILENT on the scandal of its Member state Greece offering refuge — and a continental breakfast! — to the ICC-indicted war criminal Netanyahu as he bombards Tehran. The rules-based international order is dust on the bottom of Netanyahu’s boot.

I want regime change in Iran — and in Israel too.