Professor at ICTA-UAB, Political Science and Public Law • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality and ecological economics
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New research highlights from 2025!
This thread covers some of our latest work on capitalism, imperialism, post-growth and ecosocialist futures. It's all open access, and free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵
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Out today - 1pm UK: Is capitalism destroying democracy — and why can’t we seem to stop it?
As billionaire wealth soars to record highs and public trust in capitalism collapses, the ultra-rich are turning unprecedented fortunes into political power. As more countries slide toward authoritarianism, are we witnessing a crisis of democracy—or the inevitable consequences of a system designed to concentrate wealth and power?
This week on The Tea, we’re joined by one of the world's top political economists, @jasonhickel to ask what it would take to build an economy that serves people and the planet, rather than the ultra-rich.
Watch here: youtu.be/HoxXswIyre8
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People want a future that puts human needs before profit. So why don’t we have one?
This week on The Tea, we are joined by one of the world's leading political economists, Jason Hickel, to explore what it would take to break free from a system that serves capital over people.
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“You have to be crazy to look at the world and say this is the best it could be.”
This week on The Tea, we are joined by one of the world's leading political economists, Jason Hickel, to challenge a system that leaves millions suffering needlessly despite our enormous productive and technological capabilities.
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Every shred of dignity we have has come through struggle.
This week on The Tea, we are joined by one of the world's leading political economists, @jasonhickel , to explore how the powerful have never handed down progress, but ordinary people have fought for it.
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Jason Hickel retweeted
Out today - 1pm UK; Is capitalism destroying democracy — and why can’t we seem to stop it?
As billionaire wealth soars to record highs and public trust in capitalism collapses, the ultra-rich are turning unprecedented fortunes into political power. As more countries slide toward authoritarianism, are we witnessing a crisis of democracy—or the inevitable consequences of a system designed to concentrate wealth and power?
This week on The Tea, we’re joined by one of the world's top political economists, Jason Hickel, author of the acclaimed best-selling book Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World. His work challenges the logic of endless economic growth and asks what it would take to build an economy that serves people and the planet, rather than the ultra-rich.
Watch here: youtu.be/HoxXswIyre8
I joined Fakto podcast at Manifiesta in Belgium to talk about capitalism, climate change, and why we need worker control over production. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ejsHXe…
Must-watch short on the Bandung movement, when global South countries challenged imperial power in the world-system. More relevant now than ever. youtu.be/xpDU-Ib8VaA?is=zkvf…
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Under capitalism, no investor will voluntarily walk away from a highly profitable industry like fossil fuels – even if it’s causing ecological breakdown.
This is why solving the climate crisis requires overcoming capitalism.
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This is how the Nazis talked about the Jews in the late 1920s.
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Never forget that the clowns who are currently saying “we can’t stop climate change, just accept it” are the same people who spent the last decade doing everything possible to prevent us from stopping climate change.
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I sat with a friend who was telling me how Israel executed his entire family, including his wife and children.
He told me, "We were trapped in a house in northern Gaza. The army was announcing over loudspeakers that everyone inside should come out with their hands on their heads, and that the army wouldn't kill them."
He said, "I didn't know what to do except leave. My family and I left the house one by one, with our hands on our heads. A soldier called us to stand against a wall. Suddenly, I heard gunfire, and I didn't wake up until I was in the hospital. I learned that they had executed my entire family. I was injured and bled for a long time, and I survived after ambulances arrived. One of the doctors told me that Israel had killed my entire family, including my mother, father, wife, and two children." He told me the story with eyes full of sorrow, pain, and tears.
This is one of the testimonies of Israel's terrorism against families in Gaza.
Today in 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested by apartheid police, with support from the CIA, for resisting white minority rule. He was imprisoned for 27 years. US government agencies listed Mandela as a "terrorist" until 2008.
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we're told Israel is "the only democracy in the Middle East" – but they govern a population under military occupation without the right to vote. that’s apartheid.
Western governments know this, and choose to support them anyway. why?
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This grotesque headline is from the Telegraph. 3,000 people in Britain have been killed in heatwaves this year so far. 20,000 in Europe.
Even if Britain did get to “embrace Mediterranean life”, what about the actual Mediterranean, what do they get to embrace? What about India?
The indifference of the British elite toward mass suffering is astonishing.
2,877 fatalities. “And August, traditionally the hottest month, is yet to arrive.” theguardian.com/environment/…
This new study finds that the total death toll in Europe during the June heatwave exceeds 20,000 people.
"This result highlights the accelerating threat of mass heat mortality events in Europe despite previous adaptations to heat." Pre-print here: zenodo.org/records/21083733
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capitalism has always required cheap labor and resources from a periphery, and the West has maintained that imperial arrangement through violence.
it’s imperative that we transition to a post-capitalist economic system.
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Andy Burnham wants me to be happy with a £2 bus fare, but I want an end to Israeli genocide.
This new study finds that the total death toll in Europe during the June heatwave exceeds 20,000 people.
"This result highlights the accelerating threat of mass heat mortality events in Europe despite previous adaptations to heat." Pre-print here: zenodo.org/records/21083733
This result might even be conservative. The study estimates 5,210 deaths in France, which is shy of the 5,700 that the French authorities just recently announced: theguardian.com/world/2026/j…
