Andreas Bieler
@abieler.bsky.social
Professor of Political Economy, Labour and resistance to exploitation. Blogs at http://andreasbieler.blogspot.co.uk Views my own!
Sign the urgent petition against the plan to slash night, weekend and bank holiday pay for thousands of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS staff. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Nottingham: Don't cut night & weekend pay for NHS staff
Sign the urgent petition against the plan to slash night, weekend and bank holiday pay for thousands of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS staff.
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Sign the urgent petition against the plan to slash night, weekend and bank holiday pay for thousands of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS staff. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Huge Costs to Workers and the Environment: Tech Bubbles and New Investments in the US, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/huge...
Huge Costs to Workers and the Environment
Early in his second presidency, Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs was met with widespread scepticism. Critics warned of economic decline and a global backlash. Yet the current landscape for the Uni...
socialistproject.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Huge Costs to Workers and the Environment: Tech Bubbles and New Investments in the US, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/huge...
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CSSGJ is pleased to host Dr.Ian Bruff on 24th November at 6p.m. (UK time). The title of his talk is 'All that has Never Been True: The Dismal Ruins of Neoliberalism'. Please register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-that-h... @abieler.bsky.social @ianbruff.bsky.social @sinembal.bsky.social
All that has Never Been True: The Dismal Ruins of Neoliberalism
All that has Never Been True: The Dismal Ruins of the Neoliberalism = Free Markets Assumption - a public talk by Ian Bruff
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November 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
CSSGJ is pleased to host Dr.Ian Bruff on 24th November at 6p.m. (UK time). The title of his talk is 'All that has Never Been True: The Dismal Ruins of Neoliberalism'. Please register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-that-h... @abieler.bsky.social @ianbruff.bsky.social @sinembal.bsky.social
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RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
www.change.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
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If you are in Nottingham, there will be protests south side of Trent Buidling while the Council is in session tomorrow 1-2pm and Tuesday 10-11. Please join if you can.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you are in Nottingham, there will be protests south side of Trent Buidling while the Council is in session tomorrow 1-2pm and Tuesday 10-11. Please join if you can.
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University warned closures will be 'colossal blow' ahead of decision
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
University warned closures will be 'colossal blow' ahead of decision
Staff, students and high-profile musicians have decried the proposals
www.nottinghampost.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
University warned closures will be 'colossal blow' ahead of decision
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
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In 2023/24, UK govt gave £78.2bn tax relief on pension contributions.
32% benefitted 29.2m basic rate (20%) taxpayers.
68% went to higher and additional rate (40% and 45%) tax payers.
Equalizing tax relief at 20% to all, leaves govt £14.5bn spare to alleviate poverty.
32% benefitted 29.2m basic rate (20%) taxpayers.
68% went to higher and additional rate (40% and 45%) tax payers.
Equalizing tax relief at 20% to all, leaves govt £14.5bn spare to alleviate poverty.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In 2023/24, UK govt gave £78.2bn tax relief on pension contributions.
32% benefitted 29.2m basic rate (20%) taxpayers.
68% went to higher and additional rate (40% and 45%) tax payers.
Equalizing tax relief at 20% to all, leaves govt £14.5bn spare to alleviate poverty.
32% benefitted 29.2m basic rate (20%) taxpayers.
68% went to higher and additional rate (40% and 45%) tax payers.
Equalizing tax relief at 20% to all, leaves govt £14.5bn spare to alleviate poverty.
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The finishing touches are being put on a special issue of the Journal of Labor and Society edited by @alejopedregal.bsky.social, Nemanja Lukić and I on the ecomodernist features of imperialism. We have some incredible contributions that I can't wait to share.
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The finishing touches are being put on a special issue of the Journal of Labor and Society edited by @alejopedregal.bsky.social, Nemanja Lukić and I on the ecomodernist features of imperialism. We have some incredible contributions that I can't wait to share.
Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership, socialistproject.ca/2025/11/labo...
Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership
Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path...
socialistproject.ca
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership, socialistproject.ca/2025/11/labo...
Big pharma wants billions more from our NHS – the government must not give in. Tell your MP to defend our health system:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-your-mp...
act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-your-mp...
Tell your MP: Stop pharma’s raid on the NHS
The UK government is seriously considering demands from Donald Trump and big pharma to hike the amount the NHS pays for medicines – and it could run into the billions. This would represent a big win f...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Big pharma wants billions more from our NHS – the government must not give in. Tell your MP to defend our health system:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-your-mp...
act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-your-mp...
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
$50-bn in Subsidies has Failed to Secure EV Jobs, Investment or Future, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/50-b...
$50-bn in Subsidies has Failed to Secure EV Jobs, Investment or Future
On October 16, 2023, it was all smiles for the cameras in Loyalist Township where politicians and corporate executives gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony to build a new $2.761-billion Electric Veh...
socialistproject.ca
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
$50-bn in Subsidies has Failed to Secure EV Jobs, Investment or Future, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/50-b...
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[Accord UE-Mercosur - Passez à l'action]
Sans débat, sans décision du Parlement, E. Macron vient, tout seul, de changer la position de la France et dire qu'il attendait sa conclusion.
Pour nous, c'est toujours NON. Dites-le lui, en 2 minutes chrono : www.collectifstoptafta.org/accord-ue-me...
Sans débat, sans décision du Parlement, E. Macron vient, tout seul, de changer la position de la France et dire qu'il attendait sa conclusion.
Pour nous, c'est toujours NON. Dites-le lui, en 2 minutes chrono : www.collectifstoptafta.org/accord-ue-me...
October 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
[Accord UE-Mercosur - Passez à l'action]
Sans débat, sans décision du Parlement, E. Macron vient, tout seul, de changer la position de la France et dire qu'il attendait sa conclusion.
Pour nous, c'est toujours NON. Dites-le lui, en 2 minutes chrono : www.collectifstoptafta.org/accord-ue-me...
Sans débat, sans décision du Parlement, E. Macron vient, tout seul, de changer la position de la France et dire qu'il attendait sa conclusion.
Pour nous, c'est toujours NON. Dites-le lui, en 2 minutes chrono : www.collectifstoptafta.org/accord-ue-me...
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📣 New publication!
📄 In a new ETUI working paper, Diletta Porcheddu and Sara Prosdocimi delve into the intersection of #AI and labour relations in #finance, focusing on how #socialdialogue and #collectivebargaining can foster ethical and responsible AI adoption.
🔗 Read more here: etui.org/Z96
📄 In a new ETUI working paper, Diletta Porcheddu and Sara Prosdocimi delve into the intersection of #AI and labour relations in #finance, focusing on how #socialdialogue and #collectivebargaining can foster ethical and responsible AI adoption.
🔗 Read more here: etui.org/Z96
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣 New publication!
📄 In a new ETUI working paper, Diletta Porcheddu and Sara Prosdocimi delve into the intersection of #AI and labour relations in #finance, focusing on how #socialdialogue and #collectivebargaining can foster ethical and responsible AI adoption.
🔗 Read more here: etui.org/Z96
📄 In a new ETUI working paper, Diletta Porcheddu and Sara Prosdocimi delve into the intersection of #AI and labour relations in #finance, focusing on how #socialdialogue and #collectivebargaining can foster ethical and responsible AI adoption.
🔗 Read more here: etui.org/Z96
Data Center Resistance: Stopping the Corporate AI Offensive, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/data...
Data Center Resistance
Major tech companies – OpenAI (GPT), Google (Gemini), Anthropic (Claude), Meta (Llama), and xAI (Grok) – are spending heavily to boost the computing power of their respective large language artificial...
socialistproject.ca
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Data Center Resistance: Stopping the Corporate AI Offensive, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/data...
Three Dimensions of Militarism in the Climate Crisis, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/thre...
Three Dimensions of Militarism in the Climate Crisis
War, famously, is the pursuit of politics by other means. Cliche though it may be, the impacts of war and militarism are often overlooked by social movements focusing on formal political processes. An...
socialistproject.ca
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Three Dimensions of Militarism in the Climate Crisis, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/thre...
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CSSGJ is pleased to host Fabiola Mieres and Christiane Kuptsch from ILO on 17th November at 6 pm (UK time). Their title is 'Temporary Labour Migration: Towards Social Justice?'. Please register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/temporary-... @abieler.bsky.social @sinembal.bsky.social @oliverdodd.bsky.social
Temporary Labour Migration: Towards Social Justice?
Temporary Labour Migration: Towards Social Justice? - a public talk by Fabiola Mieres & Christiane Kuptsch
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November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
CSSGJ is pleased to host Fabiola Mieres and Christiane Kuptsch from ILO on 17th November at 6 pm (UK time). Their title is 'Temporary Labour Migration: Towards Social Justice?'. Please register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/temporary-... @abieler.bsky.social @sinembal.bsky.social @oliverdodd.bsky.social
Complex Challenges Require Radical Responses: Confronting Trump’s Tariffs, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/comp...
Complex Challenges Require Radical Responses
Robert Chernomas and Fred Wilson, in their SP Bullet of October 24th, “Beyond the ‘Elbows Up’ Response to the Tariff War,” call for a “national industrial policy” strategy to respond to the economic c...
socialistproject.ca
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Complex Challenges Require Radical Responses: Confronting Trump’s Tariffs, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/comp...
Macron, Merz, and Starmer: The rearguard of liberal democracy, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/macr...
Macron, Merz, and Starmer
Large parts of the world are ruled by autocrats. Vladimir Putin is the worst of them all, Xi Jinping is not much better, and even America, the bastion of freedom, has fallen into the hands of a would-...
socialistproject.ca
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Macron, Merz, and Starmer: The rearguard of liberal democracy, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/macr...
Macron, Merz, and Starmer: The rearguard of liberal democracy, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/macr...
Macron, Merz, and Starmer
Large parts of the world are ruled by autocrats. Vladimir Putin is the worst of them all, Xi Jinping is not much better, and even America, the bastion of freedom, has fallen into the hands of a would-...
socialistproject.ca
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Macron, Merz, and Starmer: The rearguard of liberal democracy, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/macr...
Rosebank is a climate disaster waiting to happen that will enrich a powerful few.
This is the last chance to stop Rosebank and we only have a few weeks left. I've just written to the government to share my views. Join me here:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-keir-st...
This is the last chance to stop Rosebank and we only have a few weeks left. I've just written to the government to share my views. Join me here:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-keir-st...
Tell Keir Starmer: Stop Rosebank
This is the moment that activists across the UK have been building towards: it's decision time for the UK government. Oil giant Equinor has just resubmitted a new application for Rosebank - the bigges...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Rosebank is a climate disaster waiting to happen that will enrich a powerful few.
This is the last chance to stop Rosebank and we only have a few weeks left. I've just written to the government to share my views. Join me here:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-keir-st...
This is the last chance to stop Rosebank and we only have a few weeks left. I've just written to the government to share my views. Join me here:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-keir-st...
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📍 Malta
Together with @ccre-cemr.bsky.social, we’ve kicked off the first #LABProject workshop - unions & local governments from across Europe discussing social dialogue in small islands and remote regions.
Everyone deserves access to quality public services, no matter where they live.
Together with @ccre-cemr.bsky.social, we’ve kicked off the first #LABProject workshop - unions & local governments from across Europe discussing social dialogue in small islands and remote regions.
Everyone deserves access to quality public services, no matter where they live.
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📍 Malta
Together with @ccre-cemr.bsky.social, we’ve kicked off the first #LABProject workshop - unions & local governments from across Europe discussing social dialogue in small islands and remote regions.
Everyone deserves access to quality public services, no matter where they live.
Together with @ccre-cemr.bsky.social, we’ve kicked off the first #LABProject workshop - unions & local governments from across Europe discussing social dialogue in small islands and remote regions.
Everyone deserves access to quality public services, no matter where they live.
Reposted by Andreas Bieler
From the Blue Community co-founder Council of Canadians:
John Cartwright: Passing the torch of Council Chair.
After thirteen years on the Board of Directors and six years as Chair, John Cartwright is stepping down from his long-time leadership role.
blue-community.net/2...
John Cartwright: Passing the torch of Council Chair.
After thirteen years on the Board of Directors and six years as Chair, John Cartwright is stepping down from his long-time leadership role.
blue-community.net/2...
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
From the Blue Community co-founder Council of Canadians:
John Cartwright: Passing the torch of Council Chair.
After thirteen years on the Board of Directors and six years as Chair, John Cartwright is stepping down from his long-time leadership role.
blue-community.net/2...
John Cartwright: Passing the torch of Council Chair.
After thirteen years on the Board of Directors and six years as Chair, John Cartwright is stepping down from his long-time leadership role.
blue-community.net/2...
Canadian Auto Isn’t in ‘Crisis’, It’s in Danger of Extinction, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/cana...
Canadian Auto Isn’t in ‘Crisis’, It’s in Danger of Extinction
Canadian autoworkers have faced many crises over the years, but the present threat is distinct. Lana Payne, President of Unifor, has warned that “If we don’t push back hard against him [US President D...
socialistproject.ca
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Canadian Auto Isn’t in ‘Crisis’, It’s in Danger of Extinction, see socialistproject.ca/2025/11/cana...
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“We were absolutely gobsmacked.”
48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare.
No consultation. No vision.
This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities.
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
@uonucu.bsky.social
48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare.
No consultation. No vision.
This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities.
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
@uonucu.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
“We were absolutely gobsmacked.”
48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare.
No consultation. No vision.
This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities.
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
@uonucu.bsky.social
48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare.
No consultation. No vision.
This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities.
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
@uonucu.bsky.social