Joshua Lew McDermott @jlew_mcd

Internationalist. Political Economist. Informal workers are workers. Joined June 2022

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Gbenga Komolafe @GbengaKomolafe_

3 years ago

In a regime of neo liberal slavery, there is only one form of education, education for slaves but it is possible to transcend the norms…if we care deep enough

Movement for African Emancipation @Arise4freedom

5 years ago

In a regime of neo liberal slavery, there is only one form of education, education for slaves but it is possible to transcend the norms…if we care deep enough

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edna bonhomme, phd @jacobinoire

3 years ago

This article really spoke to me, especially as I think about how my writing career has been circuitous, isolating, & fraught given my working class background. I often find that middle & upper class writers have more sense of confidence & community. theguardian.com/culture/2022/d…

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WIEGO @WIEGOGLOBAL

3 years ago

In India🇮🇳, the govt is aiming to register 380 million workers in informal employment on a new database, the e-Shram, to deliver social security payments. @cyrusafa talked to @avimajithia to understand its promises, shortcomings, challenges & context. 🔗soundcloud.com/informaleconom…

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Gbenga Komolafe @GbengaKomolafe_

3 years ago

FIWON Lagos State Chapter End of Year Get Together…

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Joshua Lew McDermott @jlew_mcd

3 years ago

My latest article "Searching for the Informal Labor Movement: Theorizing Class and Collective Action among Informal Workers in West Africa" was just published online by @RRPENEWS

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catherine liu @bureaucatliu

3 years ago

@DrSarahLiu Stop announcing your accomplishments. Problem solved

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Branko Milanovic @BrankoMilan

3 years ago

I get weekly newsletters from many smart people. Here is one: In para 11 "The US & Europe need to work more closely on stemming external interference in their electoral processes" In para 13 "What the EU & US [can] do together- would they try to destabilise public life in China"

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New Orleans DSA 🇵🇸 @NewOrleansDSA

3 years ago

Take the pledge at MakeEntergyPay.com Once we get 10k pledges, we hit Entergy where it hurts. #MakeEntergyPay

Sam Karlin @samkarlin

3 years ago

Take the pledge at MakeEntergyPay.com Once we get 10k pledges, we hit Entergy where it hurts. #MakeEntergyPay

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Tarbram @tropicalcamatte

3 years ago

One of the great confusions marxists made in the last 50 years was to see the dissolution of the fordist working class - unionised, integrated, rights-bearing and relatively protected - as the end of the proletariat - rather than as its return.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks

3 years ago

“We will not blame him for the crimes of his ancestors if he relinquishes the royal rights of his ancestors; but as long as he claims their rights, by virtue of descent, then, by virtue of descent, he must shoulder the responsibility for their crimes.” —James Connolly on George V

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Jamel Jackson @JamelJackson10

3 years ago

@SenJohnKennedy

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Richard D. Wolff @profwolff

3 years ago

Biden's student-debt relief plan is "better than nothing," a low bar ("nothing" is GOP's offer). Student debt is a systemic fail: higher ed costs far exceed peoples' ability to pay. On that, Biden plan offers nothing.

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Existential Comics (find me on bluesky) @existentialcoms

3 years ago

Capitalists need increasingly educated workers to manage technologically advance businesses, but they also need the working class to be as uneducated as possible. This manifests in a special hatred of those who attempt to learn how society actually functions, i.e. "humanities".

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Helen Yaffe @HelenYaffe

3 years ago

Once you have read about how the #USblockade of #Cuba obstructs Cuba's access to world trade, markets, investment and even humanitarian aid, please check out the '1 cent for Cuba' campaign which seeks to make the US blockade of Cuba unenforceable. 1c4cuba.eu (3/3).

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Helen Yaffe @HelenYaffe

3 years ago

After the devastating fire in #Matanzas, #Cuba, I donated to the Cuban government's emergency fund. My online payment was confirmed (took a screenshot) but a few days later I was told by @HSBC_UK that the payment was blocked because "the whole world sanctions Cuba." Wrong! (1/3)

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Karl Marx @marxhaunting

3 years ago

One of the most difficult tasks confronting philosophers is to descend from the world of thought to the actual world.

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Connor Spence - ALU @ConnorSpence_

3 years ago

Fun fact: did you know that after every hour of work at amazon the computer taunts you with a 30 second break where you say mantras that help you come to peace with your own exploitation?

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Friendly Neighborhood Comrade @SpiritofLenin

3 years ago

75 yrs ago the partition of India took place which led to the deaths of 1 million people and the displacement of 17 million. Between 1765-1938 Britain stole £45 thrillion from India. The word "loot" itself entered the English language from the Hindustani word meaning 'to rob.'

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Richard D. Wolff @profwolff

3 years ago

Masters always said slaves "needed" masters to plan, control, run their economies. Lords told same to serfs. Eventually, slaves & serfs revolted; turns out they never needed masters or lords. Now, when employees hear we "need" CEO's and executives, we just smile. Don't be fooled