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The hyperscalers are morphing into vertically integrated behemoths that control everything from copper mining, to power generation, to infrastructure investment.
This kind of concentrated corporate power hasn't been seen since the trusts of the Gilded Age
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There’s a tech sell-off happening now because investors are worried about hold ups to the data centre buildout after the midterms.
Corporate Dems are going to freak out about this - “just look at all that precious shareholder value disappearing!!”
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They’ll soon start pushing newly elected representatives to green light new data centres.
Communities need to get organised if they want to hold the line and block big tech. The left needs to get behind them.
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Republicans lost because people can’t afford to eat and billionaires want to build data centres in their backyards.
The Democratic establishment has no solutions to these problems. Socialists need to prove that they do.
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Lessons from Brazil:
The left needs to get SO much more disciplined about not engaging with opponents’ narratives.
Ignore, block, and get back to *your* message.
The Iran war has given BP its highest profits in 18 years.
It has cost US households $2,000, and UK households £2,400.
Fossil capitalism is based on a systematic transfer of wealth from workers to fossil capitalists.
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Burnham’s sticking plaster budget; a LIBOR-style scandal amongst the world’s biggest shipping companies; and Anthropic’s accounting troubles.
This week's podcast is live!
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Malm was set to speak at the launch event for Tribune’s latest issue, but has been denied entry to the UK.
Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur faced similar treatment under Keir Starmer. Now, under Andy Burnham, the barring of prominent left-wing figures contines.
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Burnham claims to be a man of the people, but his government’s first budget reveals that he has little understanding of how bad things really are.
The average household has experienced more than a decade of stagnation, and they don’t see an end in sight.
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Why should you care about rate rigging among oil tanker companies?
Because the market for oil supertankers is dominated by a few powerful companies that have made huge profits from the Iran war - and you've paid the price at the pump.
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0.1% of people on the planet emit more CO2 than the poorest 3.5 billion people combined.
One year’s worth of emissions from the top 1% will result in an estimated 1.3 million excess deaths from extreme heat.
Just a few stats from Oxfam's incredible new report.
Natural disasters aren’t natural. A storm doesn’t decide who has insurance, savings or somewhere safe to go. People built the systems that leave others exposed. People can change them.
Read #DisasterDivide:
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#ClimateJustice #MakeRichPollutersPay
The UK economy has been stuck in a slow-moving crisis for 18 years
Wages have stagnated, prices have risen and basic services have been cut – giving rise to a widespread sense that everything is getting worse
If Burnham won't respond, Reform will benefit
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You’ll have heard a lot about violence among French protestors.
You’ll hear very little about the violence committed by French police against the protesters.
And you’ll hear almost nothing about the violence of austerity.
This is not a coincidence.
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Back before 2008, a few savvy investors realised the bubble was about to burst, and purchased credit default swaps that would pay out when it did.
Today, there's a surge in CDS trading again - this time, linked to the debt of the big tech companies.
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This week's podcast - on how the AI boom is changing the way money moves around the world, the Man City scandal, and more - is now live
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Profits generated by AI firms in one part of the global economy are being sucked into US equity markets, fuelling the boom even further.
This kind of circularity is typical of periods of overaccumulation - and these tend to end in globe-spanning crises. graceblakeley.substack.com/p…
"From the AI bust, a new set of Mega Big Tech companies will emerge.
These companies would not just control markets – they would control entire societies. They would be hegemonic. The ultimate capitalist planners."
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Latest podcast ep - on monopoly capitalism and AI, Trump's fracturing base, and the Spanish housing protests - out now.
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From the AI bust, Mega Big Tech companies will emerge - with even more power than they currently command.
These companies will not just control markets – they will control entire societies. They will be hegemonic. The ultimate capitalist planners.
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"Trump is now losing support from two directions.
He is losing independent and moderate voters over his terrible handling of the economy; and he is losing parts of his base over issues like corruption, corporate capture, and assaults on civil liberties."
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