Robert Reiner
@waylon18.bsky.social
Retired criminology professor. Democratic Socialist.Written on political economy of crime, criminal justice and policing 1970s until severe COVID 2021. Last book Social Democratic Criminology. Love old mysteries, Westerns, country music, music 1930-70
Pinned
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Salutary rap on knuckles to those many commentators who show what’s wrong but not what is to be done. With persuasive checklist of solutions. But why should the powerful who would lose out stop protecting themselves with their media smokescreens?
Salutary rap on knuckles to those many commentators who show what’s wrong but not what is to be done. With persuasive checklist of solutions. But why should the powerful who would lose out stop protecting themselves with their media smokescreens?
Where’s the plan?
Too many campaigners talk about what’s wrong, but never explain what must change or how it could happen.
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Salutary rap on knuckles to those many commentators who show what’s wrong but not what is to be done. With persuasive checklist of solutions. But why should the powerful who would lose out stop protecting themselves with their media smokescreens?
Salutary rap on knuckles to those many commentators who show what’s wrong but not what is to be done. With persuasive checklist of solutions. But why should the powerful who would lose out stop protecting themselves with their media smokescreens?
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If you have a heart, a brain, compassion, conscience, care about core Judaeo-Christian values beware. The MAGA juggernaut is threatening your annihilation in the name of the Western civilisation it is corrupting
If you have a heart, a brain, compassion, conscience, care about core Judaeo-Christian values beware. The MAGA juggernaut is threatening your annihilation in the name of the Western civilisation it is corrupting
New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945
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December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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If you have a heart, a brain, compassion, conscience, care about core Judaeo-Christian values beware. The MAGA juggernaut is threatening your annihilation in the name of the Western civilisation it is corrupting
If you have a heart, a brain, compassion, conscience, care about core Judaeo-Christian values beware. The MAGA juggernaut is threatening your annihilation in the name of the Western civilisation it is corrupting
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Tonight, UK peers debate Clause 104 of the Crime & Policing Bill.
Together with #VAWG sector colleagues, @filiahaguemums.bsky.social are calling for 104 to be removed in its entirety.
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#NoClause104 #16Days #16DaysofActivism
Together with #VAWG sector colleagues, @filiahaguemums.bsky.social are calling for 104 to be removed in its entirety.
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk/2025/12/08/n...
#NoClause104 #16Days #16DaysofActivism
December 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Tonight, UK peers debate Clause 104 of the Crime & Policing Bill.
Together with #VAWG sector colleagues, @filiahaguemums.bsky.social are calling for 104 to be removed in its entirety.
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk/2025/12/08/n...
#NoClause104 #16Days #16DaysofActivism
Together with #VAWG sector colleagues, @filiahaguemums.bsky.social are calling for 104 to be removed in its entirety.
🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk/2025/12/08/n...
#NoClause104 #16Days #16DaysofActivism
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Has the British public been tricked about what the Filton trial videos really show?
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Has the British public been tricked about what the Filton trial videos really show?
Starmer desperately needs the trial of six peace activists who targeted Israeli arms firm Elbit to go his way, and bolster his government's claim that Palestine Action is a terrorist organisation
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December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Has the British public been tricked about what the Filton trial videos really show?
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Acute analysis of how the promotion of social democratic values against right wing assaults faces network of Catch 22s. Concentrate on bread and butter issues and they go for appealing abstract slogans. Go for stirring principles and seem out of touch and woke.
Acute analysis of how the promotion of social democratic values against right wing assaults faces network of Catch 22s. Concentrate on bread and butter issues and they go for appealing abstract slogans. Go for stirring principles and seem out of touch and woke.
Trump has declared civilisational war on Europe. It won’t be easy – but here’s how to fight back | Paul Taylor
With democratic values under attack from populists within and former allies without, there are no simple solutions, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
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December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Acute analysis of how the promotion of social democratic values against right wing assaults faces network of Catch 22s. Concentrate on bread and butter issues and they go for appealing abstract slogans. Go for stirring principles and seem out of touch and woke.
Acute analysis of how the promotion of social democratic values against right wing assaults faces network of Catch 22s. Concentrate on bread and butter issues and they go for appealing abstract slogans. Go for stirring principles and seem out of touch and woke.
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Spot on analysis and policy proposals by the great economist Joseph Stiglitz. The poor getting poorer, the middle stagnating whilst the mega rich soar away. No moral or pragmatic justification. Must fundamentally restructure political economy globally.
Spot on analysis and policy proposals by the great economist Joseph Stiglitz. The poor getting poorer, the middle stagnating whilst the mega rich soar away. No moral or pragmatic justification. Must fundamentally restructure political economy globally.
The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded | Editorial
Editorial: Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal
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December 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Spot on analysis and policy proposals by the great economist Joseph Stiglitz. The poor getting poorer, the middle stagnating whilst the mega rich soar away. No moral or pragmatic justification. Must fundamentally restructure political economy globally.
Spot on analysis and policy proposals by the great economist Joseph Stiglitz. The poor getting poorer, the middle stagnating whilst the mega rich soar away. No moral or pragmatic justification. Must fundamentally restructure political economy globally.
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No good deed, thanks to the vicious propaganda campaigns of the billionaire media, now goes unpunished.
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
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They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
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UK charities face ‘culture of fear’ as threats and violence surge
Exclusive: Charity Commission chief condemns public hostility towards staff helping women and refugees and at places of worship
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December 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
No good deed, thanks to the vicious propaganda campaigns of the billionaire media, now goes unpunished.
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
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Trump’s business thrives on bullying weaker democratic allies and cosying up to brutal dictators. What happened to truth, justice and the American way? Superman stuck in his telephone box
Trump’s business thrives on bullying weaker democratic allies and cosying up to brutal dictators. What happened to truth, justice and the American way? Superman stuck in his telephone box
Trump is cashing in on his allies while he still has time
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December 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Trump’s business thrives on bullying weaker democratic allies and cosying up to brutal dictators. What happened to truth, justice and the American way? Superman stuck in his telephone box
Trump’s business thrives on bullying weaker democratic allies and cosying up to brutal dictators. What happened to truth, justice and the American way? Superman stuck in his telephone box
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Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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December 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
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If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets”
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
Be Outraged: Your True Income Tax Rate May be Triple the Rate the Richest Billionaires Pay
“If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets.” So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers
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December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets”
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they knew they’re currently paying income tax at triple the rate our richest megabillionaires are paying?
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The cruelty of our still Thatcherite culture is shown by the attacks on Motability, the latest front in the war on welfare. The only beneficiaries are the super rich, whose media blame the vulnerable for the majority’s insecurity as wealth streams upwards
The cruelty of our still Thatcherite culture is shown by the attacks on Motability, the latest front in the war on welfare. The only beneficiaries are the super rich, whose media blame the vulnerable for the majority’s insecurity as wealth streams upwards
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The cruelty of our still Thatcherite culture is shown by the attacks on Motability, the latest front in the war on welfare. The only beneficiaries are the super rich, whose media blame the vulnerable for the majority’s insecurity as wealth streams upwards
The cruelty of our still Thatcherite culture is shown by the attacks on Motability, the latest front in the war on welfare. The only beneficiaries are the super rich, whose media blame the vulnerable for the majority’s insecurity as wealth streams upwards
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Punchy demonstration of the cruelty of austerity policies pursued over last fifteen years. Nearly half a million excess deaths, or as Engels put it bluntly social murder. The only gainers are the ultra wealthy oligarchs.
Punchy demonstration of the cruelty of austerity policies pursued over last fifteen years. Nearly half a million excess deaths, or as Engels put it bluntly social murder. The only gainers are the ultra wealthy oligarchs.
Austerity is in the air again – from ‘overdiagnosis’ to the benefits bill. Here is what's at stake | Zoe Williams
A mindblowing new show reveals the human cost when the political system turns against the people, putting stories and faces to the hundreds of thousands of citizens thought to have died due to austeri...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Punchy demonstration of the cruelty of austerity policies pursued over last fifteen years. Nearly half a million excess deaths, or as Engels put it bluntly social murder. The only gainers are the ultra wealthy oligarchs.
Punchy demonstration of the cruelty of austerity policies pursued over last fifteen years. Nearly half a million excess deaths, or as Engels put it bluntly social murder. The only gainers are the ultra wealthy oligarchs.
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Emergency’Dirty Harry’ moments should not be the only perspective on the ethics of war
Emergency’Dirty Harry’ moments should not be the only perspective on the ethics of war
Does Pete Hegseth even believe that war crimes exist? | Sidney Blumenthal
The US defense secretary’s belief that the military should not be held to account has been a defining factor in his career
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December 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Emergency’Dirty Harry’ moments should not be the only perspective on the ethics of war
Emergency’Dirty Harry’ moments should not be the only perspective on the ethics of war
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If government wants to save money and human misery by cutting counter productive imprisonment it can’t be done on the cheap. In first place must boost probation expenditure. And then on getting tough on causes of crime
If government wants to save money and human misery by cutting counter productive imprisonment it can’t be done on the cheap. In first place must boost probation expenditure. And then on getting tough on causes of crime
Risk of the ailing Probation Service being ‘set up to fail’
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December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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If government wants to save money and human misery by cutting counter productive imprisonment it can’t be done on the cheap. In first place must boost probation expenditure. And then on getting tough on causes of crime
If government wants to save money and human misery by cutting counter productive imprisonment it can’t be done on the cheap. In first place must boost probation expenditure. And then on getting tough on causes of crime
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Glimmer of hope for wicked problem of sexual offences against women
Glimmer of hope for wicked problem of sexual offences against women
Soteria shows early promise in transforming rape investigations | End Violence Against Women
The police inspectorate has today (22nd August 2024) published its report on progress in delivering a new model for investigating rape and serious sexual offences, known as Operation Soteria. Operatio...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Glimmer of hope for wicked problem of sexual offences against women
Glimmer of hope for wicked problem of sexual offences against women
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Important call to arms for left
Important call to arms for left
Is arrogance holding back the left?
Call To Action
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December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Important call to arms for left
Important call to arms for left
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Panoramic view of history of capitalism
Panoramic view of history of capitalism
Sven Beckert’s Chronicle of Capitalism’s Long Rise
Capitalism is a global economic system, so a proper chronicle of its rise to dominance has to examine the entire world, as historian Sven Beckert does in his massive new book, Capitalism: A Global His...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Panoramic view of history of capitalism
Panoramic view of history of capitalism
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Hopeful analysis of Putin regime vulnerability. Fed by Trump’s selfish narcissism
Hopeful analysis of Putin regime vulnerability. Fed by Trump’s selfish narcissism
Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall
The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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December 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Hopeful analysis of Putin regime vulnerability. Fed by Trump’s selfish narcissism
Hopeful analysis of Putin regime vulnerability. Fed by Trump’s selfish narcissism
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As US policy under Trump becomes ever more racist, when does Fascism tip into Nazism?
As US policy under Trump becomes ever more racist, when does Fascism tip into Nazism?
Trump vows to slam America’s doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
National guard shooting prompts extraordinary outburst and targeting of people from startling range of countries
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December 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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As US policy under Trump becomes ever more racist, when does Fascism tip into Nazism?
As US policy under Trump becomes ever more racist, when does Fascism tip into Nazism?
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Contrary to Jagger/Richards time is not on our side in resistance to MAGA. Its campaigns to gerrymander elections and threaten Europe- in the name of‘Western’ civilisation! - proceed apace. Europe unite including Britain. Democrats awake!
Contrary to Jagger/Richards time is not on our side in resistance to MAGA. Its campaigns to gerrymander elections and threaten Europe- in the name of‘Western’ civilisation! - proceed apace. Europe unite including Britain. Democrats awake!
TIME IS ON OUR SIDE
No It's Not
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December 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Contrary to Jagger/Richards time is not on our side in resistance to MAGA. Its campaigns to gerrymander elections and threaten Europe- in the name of‘Western’ civilisation! - proceed apace. Europe unite including Britain. Democrats awake!
Contrary to Jagger/Richards time is not on our side in resistance to MAGA. Its campaigns to gerrymander elections and threaten Europe- in the name of‘Western’ civilisation! - proceed apace. Europe unite including Britain. Democrats awake!
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Trump’s ‘wars’ on drugs, ‘terror’, Antifa etc indeed fraught with danger for many people. Not so much for him surely?
Trump’s ‘wars’ on drugs, ‘terror’, Antifa etc indeed fraught with danger for many people. Not so much for him surely?
Trump’s war on drugs is fraught with danger for him
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December 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Trump’s ‘wars’ on drugs, ‘terror’, Antifa etc indeed fraught with danger for many people. Not so much for him surely?
Trump’s ‘wars’ on drugs, ‘terror’, Antifa etc indeed fraught with danger for many people. Not so much for him surely?
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End of MAGA? We can only hope so. But beware scorched earth destruction by ever vengeful Trump
End of MAGA? We can only hope so. But beware scorched earth destruction by ever vengeful Trump
Sunday thought: Really, truly, the end of Trump is near
MAGA is cracking up, but beware
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December 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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End of MAGA? We can only hope so. But beware scorched earth destruction by ever vengeful Trump
End of MAGA? We can only hope so. But beware scorched earth destruction by ever vengeful Trump