Jacobin [Unofficial]Culture Vultures Want a Piece of Democratic Socialism
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://jacobin.com/2026/06/knicks-kalshi-polymarket-mamdani-socialism
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦“In a vision of #socialism that could be plausibly realized in our lifetimes, large areas of social life would be outside the logic of #commodification: #healthcare, #education, #transportation, #energy, #telecommunications.”
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BG | berlinergazette.deReproductive technologies and their associated forms of #commodification and profit-making emerged in the 1980s. Since then, they have evolved into a global #fertility industry. In her article, Susanne Lettow maps the emerging trajectories of reproductive bioeconomies in neo-authoritarian #capitalism and suggests pathways for critique and resistance: https://berlinergazette.de/making-babies-making-money-reproductive-bioeconomies-in-neo-authoritarian-capitalism/
#bioeconomy #genome #parents #babies #children #ElonMusk #PeterThiel
Making Babies, Making Money: Reproductive Bioeconomies in Neo-Authoritarian Capitalism · BG | berlinergazette.de
Reproductive technologies and their associated forms of commodification and profit-making emerged in the 1980s. Since then, these technologies have evolved into a global fertility industry that constitutes a highly dynamic economic sector today. In her article, Susanne Lettow maps the emerging trajectories of reproductive bioeconomies in neo-authoritarian capitalism and suggests a path for critique and resistance.
The Tigress AwakensNo French Titles
I come from ranchers on one side of my familyand short, blue collared life spans on the other. Rural Wyoming homesteadersdigging and planting,corralling, herding, harvesting— In that world there just isn't much timeFor hands doing something outside of dirtOr any room in my headfor men like Marc Chagallspending whole lifetimespainting brides cornflower blueor cows floating over villages. I can’t imagine working days and days on a single canvas with crops to tendjust so strangers in […]https://thetigressawakes.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/no-french-titles/
How to Buy a Slice of Your Neighbor’s Home and Hike the Rent
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://jacobin.com/2026/04/arrived-bezos-rental-investment-landlords
BellingenNSW"... With this arrival, this conquest, one idea reigns supreme. You are a numbers person. You believe in possession through measuring the thing. The land is this many metres, the elevation is this high off the ground. Where a traveller may have seen the land, been curious about what 50 names say about the tree, already your mind was quartering, the stake hammered right in..."
"Possession—the numbers game—requires brute strength and the willingness to eradicate the speakers too."
- Yumna Kassab, The Conquest of Land and Dream
#land #biodiversity #life #quality #diversity #dispossession #commodification #quantifiability #ratability #scalability #values #language #naming #LanguagePolicies #SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #IndigenousPeoples #writers
https://meanjin.com.au/essays/the-conquest-of-land-and-dream/
TRADFEM [Unofficial]L’activisme excessif est l’ADN du mouvement tordu FRI
Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts
"The experts said crimes outlined in documents released by the US justice department were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption and extreme misogyny. The crimes, they said, showed a commodification and dehumanisation of women and girls."
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/epstein-files-crimes-against-humanity-un-experts
#misogyny #crime #dehumanisation #commodification #racism #supremacy #corruption #UltraRich #RacketTheory
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“At its worst, #ArtificialIntelligence could become an accomplice to the #corporation in the marginalization and #commodification of #humanity.” - #TimWu, The Age of #Extraction: How #Tech #Platforms Conquered our #Economy and Threaten Our Future #Prosperit#AI
Strypey"The commodification of knowledge and the commercialisation of the higher education sector hinder attempts to reduce inequity. The higher education system needs to transform to be more open and responsive to societal needs, offering the opportunity to increase knowledge equity."
Dr #AdrianGonzalez, Professor Emeritus #RichardHeller, 2026
https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/25/calling-for-a-bold-new-vision-for-higher-education/
WEEKEND READING: Calling for a bold new vision for higher education - HEPI
Join HEPI for a webinar on Thursday 29 January from 1.30pm to 2.30pm examining the findings of Student Working Lives (HEPI Report 195), a landmark study on how paid work is reshaping the student experience in UK higher education amid rising living costs and inadequate maintenance support. View our speakers and sign up here. This […]