Albena Azmanova
@azmanova.bsky.social
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Professor of Politics - City, University of London / Author - Capitalism on Edge; The Scandal of Reason / co-editor, journal Emancipations / co-director, Radical Critical Theory Circle / Senior Fellow, OSUN-Economic Democracy Initiative .. more

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Sociology 20%
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The Embattled University — this special issue of the jouranl Aocial Research could not be mote prescient, alas. I am glad to have been part if this team: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54948
Project MUSE - Social Research: An International Quarterly-Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2025
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📍 Live from #CivSocWeek 2025

Keynote @azmanova.bsky.social at the opening session:

"A future of peace & justice is within reach—not just for Europe, but for the world. But when leaders refuse to take us there, civil society must lead the way."

👉 Watch live: europa.eu/!3qwk8C

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🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE

Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody.

We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

Blinken trashed democracy, humanitarianism, and liberalism, stating that Israel's Gaza policy was OK because backed by majority of Israelis, killing civilians justified by Hamas embedding themselves in the population,and Israel upholds the rule of law because it has procedures:
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Journalists berate Blinken over Gaza policy at his final press conference
They repeatedly interrupted as Blinken sought to defend his handling of the conflict.
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An enlightening account by James Galbraith, in book review form, of the struggle to tie the Fed to public purpose. The Origins of the Modern Era of the Federal Reserve | Institute for New Economic Thinking www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives... #inet
The Origins of the Modern Era of the Federal Reserve
Fifty years ago the actions of the Federal Reserve mattered. Today, so far as the aggregate measures of the American domestic economy go, they do not.
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