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
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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
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Sounding the alarm about MAGA dislike of Europe fuelling US abandonment. Paradoxically in name of Western civilisation! Yet another demonstration of the disaster of Brexit
Sounding the alarm about MAGA dislike of Europe fuelling US abandonment. Paradoxically in name of Western civilisation! Yet another demonstration of the disaster of Brexit
Europe is under siege
Menaced by Russia and China, abandoned by America.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Sounding the alarm about MAGA dislike of Europe fuelling US abandonment. Paradoxically in name of Western civilisation! Yet another demonstration of the disaster of Brexit
Sounding the alarm about MAGA dislike of Europe fuelling US abandonment. Paradoxically in name of Western civilisation! Yet another demonstration of the disaster of Brexit
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Individual malfunctioning is shaped by antisocial political economy and culture of neoliberalism. Don’t blame people or parents or genes for the inhumane environment shaped by capitalist oligarchy in name of liberty. Freedom for perch death to minnows (Tawney)
Individual malfunctioning is shaped by antisocial political economy and culture of neoliberalism. Don’t blame people or parents or genes for the inhumane environment shaped by capitalist oligarchy in name of liberty. Freedom for perch death to minnows (Tawney)
Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers – but empathy is the place to start | Gabor Maté
Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human development, says author and retired physician Gabor Maté
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December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Individual malfunctioning is shaped by antisocial political economy and culture of neoliberalism. Don’t blame people or parents or genes for the inhumane environment shaped by capitalist oligarchy in name of liberty. Freedom for perch death to minnows (Tawney)
Individual malfunctioning is shaped by antisocial political economy and culture of neoliberalism. Don’t blame people or parents or genes for the inhumane environment shaped by capitalist oligarchy in name of liberty. Freedom for perch death to minnows (Tawney)
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War crimes without a war? Or can US just make up wars? Against drugs, ‘terror’, anything disliked by Trump and MAGA. These labels used to launder clean murder and corruption on grand scale. But the stain of evil remains
War crimes without a war? Or can US just make up wars? Against drugs, ‘terror’, anything disliked by Trump and MAGA. These labels used to launder clean murder and corruption on grand scale. But the stain of evil remains
The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men | Jonathan Freedland
These deadly US boat strikes are the latest example of a president corrupting both the law and morality, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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War crimes without a war? Or can US just make up wars? Against drugs, ‘terror’, anything disliked by Trump and MAGA. These labels used to launder clean murder and corruption on grand scale. But the stain of evil remains
War crimes without a war? Or can US just make up wars? Against drugs, ‘terror’, anything disliked by Trump and MAGA. These labels used to launder clean murder and corruption on grand scale. But the stain of evil remains
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Perversion of language 1984 style. Islamophobic haters target Palestine Embassy labelling them the ‘haters’. Surely both antisemitism and Islamophobia are forms of hatred!
Perversion of language 1984 style. Islamophobic haters target Palestine Embassy labelling them the ‘haters’. Surely both antisemitism and Islamophobia are forms of hatred!
Palestine’s ambassador calls for better security after masked men target London embassy
Husam Zomlot says protest by activists waving Israeli flags and union jacks was ‘flagrant breach of diplomatic law’
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December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Perversion of language 1984 style. Islamophobic haters target Palestine Embassy labelling them the ‘haters’. Surely both antisemitism and Islamophobia are forms of hatred!
Perversion of language 1984 style. Islamophobic haters target Palestine Embassy labelling them the ‘haters’. Surely both antisemitism and Islamophobia are forms of hatred!
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Hurry! Buy White House while stocks last!
Hurry! Buy White House while stocks last!
Trump’s Monument to Corruption
And one of the first things to do when sanity and legality are restored
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December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Hurry! Buy White House while stocks last!
Hurry! Buy White House while stocks last!
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Screeching handbrake turn in US security policy published ditto voce. Embracing fascism and Russia; abandoning post war alliances UN NATO Europe as now unAmerican
Screeching handbrake turn in US security policy published ditto voce. Embracing fascism and Russia; abandoning post war alliances UN NATO Europe as now unAmerican
December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Screeching handbrake turn in US security policy published ditto voce. Embracing fascism and Russia; abandoning post war alliances UN NATO Europe as now unAmerican
Screeching handbrake turn in US security policy published ditto voce. Embracing fascism and Russia; abandoning post war alliances UN NATO Europe as now unAmerican
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The middle of the road pro Israel propaganda finds disturbing images and facts depicting cruelty suffering and harm to children and unwelcome nuisance. The banality of evil in measured calm tones
The middle of the road pro Israel propaganda finds disturbing images and facts depicting cruelty suffering and harm to children and unwelcome nuisance. The banality of evil in measured calm tones
Lorna Finlayson, Grown-Up Politics — Sidecar
‘Centrists’ and Gaza.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The middle of the road pro Israel propaganda finds disturbing images and facts depicting cruelty suffering and harm to children and unwelcome nuisance. The banality of evil in measured calm tones
The middle of the road pro Israel propaganda finds disturbing images and facts depicting cruelty suffering and harm to children and unwelcome nuisance. The banality of evil in measured calm tones
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Penetrating review of recent debates on class and race interdependence
Penetrating review of recent debates on class and race interdependence
The Many Faces of (In)Equality
Adolph Reed Jr. and Ken Warren, two of the most prominent participants in the race-vs-class saga haunting the left, return here to deepen their case and do so with great clarity. Along the way they pr...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Penetrating review of recent debates on class and race interdependence
Penetrating review of recent debates on class and race interdependence
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This got the largest applause of the night on BBCQT, and well deserved too 👇
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This got the largest applause of the night on BBCQT, and well deserved too 👇
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Let’s hope Labour continues to realise its voter vulnerability is to the left. Better late than never.
Let’s hope Labour continues to realise its voter vulnerability is to the left. Better late than never.
Give credit where it’s due: Labour is finally doing things its supporters actually want | Gaby Hinsliff
From tackling child poverty to being honest about Brexit, the party seems to have recognised the growing electoral threat to its left, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Let’s hope Labour continues to realise its voter vulnerability is to the left. Better late than never.
Let’s hope Labour continues to realise its voter vulnerability is to the left. Better late than never.
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I used to support Holocaust. But at least I didn’t deny it. Now I just support mass deportation
I used to support Holocaust. But at least I didn’t deny it. Now I just support mass deportation
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments
Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy
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December 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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I used to support Holocaust. But at least I didn’t deny it. Now I just support mass deportation
I used to support Holocaust. But at least I didn’t deny it. Now I just support mass deportation
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The three unwise men
The three unwise men
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
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December 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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The three unwise men
The three unwise men
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“Short on profitable investment opportunities, capitalists instead invest in politics itself & attempt to capture regulatory advantages, financial chicanery, favorable monetary policy, or even get involved in straight-up shakedowns, boondoggles & kleptocracy.” www.unpopularfront.news/p/politics-a...
Politics and Capitalist Stagnation
Live from New York
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December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“Short on profitable investment opportunities, capitalists instead invest in politics itself & attempt to capture regulatory advantages, financial chicanery, favorable monetary policy, or even get involved in straight-up shakedowns, boondoggles & kleptocracy.” www.unpopularfront.news/p/politics-a...
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Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
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There is widespread yearning for a party that could successfully articulate and promote Left values. Your Party offered this hope but then seemed to fall into narcissism of small differences trap. Beckett brings fresh optimism of will to popular front project
There is widespread yearning for a party that could successfully articulate and promote Left values. Your Party offered this hope but then seemed to fall into narcissism of small differences trap. Beckett brings fresh optimism of will to popular front project
Messy, combative and intoxicatingly fierce – don’t write off Your Party just yet | Andy Beckett
Spending time with its activists, I’ve seen signs of a refreshing challenge to stale mainstream politics, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
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December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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There is widespread yearning for a party that could successfully articulate and promote Left values. Your Party offered this hope but then seemed to fall into narcissism of small differences trap. Beckett brings fresh optimism of will to popular front project
There is widespread yearning for a party that could successfully articulate and promote Left values. Your Party offered this hope but then seemed to fall into narcissism of small differences trap. Beckett brings fresh optimism of will to popular front project