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Florian T. Schäfer

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Political economy and international development. Research on labour in global production and Chinese overseas investments. Lecturer @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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When the government accuses asylum seekers of being given "golden tickets" and "tearing the country apart" and the media cheers them on, you know the mainstream elite has accepted fascism as a valid alternative to the radical change needed to address the many crises this country is facing

16.11.2025 09:09 👍 231 🔁 81 💬 8 📌 5

You will not see a more tangible encapsulation of the genocide. A war of utter annihilation waged as a joint enterprise between the Israeli state on the ground and its allies in consistent support. The debt of reparations that the West owes to the Palestinian people at this point is incalculable.

05.08.2025 10:12 👍 238 🔁 145 💬 3 📌 2

Really interesting and nuanced paper on the multiple layers of China's 'party-state-capital nexus'.

02.08.2025 09:20 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

05.07.2025 06:12 👍 5370 🔁 1792 💬 170 📌 78
Three headlines, one on Israel dropping a 500lb bomb on café, one on senior doctor killed, one on UK MPs banning Palestine Action

Three headlines, one on Israel dropping a 500lb bomb on café, one on senior doctor killed, one on UK MPs banning Palestine Action

These three headlines tell you everything you need to know about the state of the liberal order

03.07.2025 06:21 👍 329 🔁 130 💬 4 📌 4
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UK MPs vote to proscribe Palestine Action as terrorist group Minister argues move will not impinge on people’s right to protest but critics call it ‘grave abuse of state power’

For anyone who still thinks the mainstream is a bulwark against the far right or that the liberal hegemony cannot accommodate authoritarianism, the eagerness of Labour MPs in the UK to crackdown on democratic rights should be a wake up call

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

03.07.2025 06:08 👍 267 🔁 89 💬 3 📌 4
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Kanzler Merz: "Das ist die Drecksarbeit, die Israel macht" Kanzler Merz bezeichnete das Vorgehen Israels gegen den Iran im ZDF als "Drecksarbeit für uns alle". Auch Deutschland sei vom Mullah-Regime betroffen.

"Das ist die Drecksarbeit, die Israel macht" (Merz)
👉Die Worte eines Kanzlers unwürdig,
👉Die Denke, unwürdig...
👉Der Zynismus, unwürdig...
Der Kanzler.....
Merz zerstört 80 Jahre Lehren aus dem Dritten Reich.
Denkt er nicht nach...?

www.zdfheute.de/politik/g7-g...

17.06.2025 15:37 👍 223 🔁 63 💬 21 📌 8

Luring starving people out into the open with the promise of food and then gunning them down in cold blood. We have a word for this and we should start using it. The word is "evil".

17.06.2025 07:12 👍 205 🔁 89 💬 5 📌 2
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We’re rooting for Germany’s conservative Chancellor… as long as he implements the AfD’s core policy.

Reactionary centrism at its best/worst. Shameless newspaper.

24.05.2025 16:31 👍 63 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 3

The US president appears extremely concerned by handpicked anecdotes of violence against South Africans…

…who are white.

Other Africans face daily violent atrocities—at much greater risk—in Congo, Somalia, and South Sudan.

The President terminated 100% of refugee arrivals from those countries.

21.05.2025 18:42 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
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This obsession is with “young men turning to the right” is everything that is wrong with the discussion about the far right.

It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵

14.05.2025 12:25 👍 582 🔁 246 💬 23 📌 51

Der Weg für Versorgung der Menschen in Gaza muss jetzt bedingungslos geebnet werden. Sie machen sich zum Handlanger der Israelischen Regierung, die seid 18 Monaten Hunger als Kriegswaffe & Druckmittel einsetzt. Das ist rechtswidrig & eine moralische Schande. Wollen Sie das vielleicht umformulieren?

12.05.2025 08:07 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0