Andreas Bieler

Take Big Money Out of Our Politics British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Dissecting the Polycrisis, Charting the Conceptual Terrain of Enquiry Polycrisis has become a widely used concept. Politicians, public intellectuals and academics alike are drawing on it when describing our cur...

Dissecting the Polycrisis, Charting the Conceptual Terrain of Enquiry, see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2026/02/diss... @tninstitute.bsky.social

Closing the Loophole on Canada’s Complicity in Genocide and War Crimes On Wednesday, March 11, MPs will vote on Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. This bill, which is sponsored by NDP MP Jenny Kwan and jointly seconded by Liberal MPs Fares Al Soud and Nate Erskine-Sm...

Closing the Loophole on Canada’s Complicity in Genocide and War Crimes, see socialistproject.ca/2026/03/clos...

Global capitalist value chains exploit workers and the environment - LSE Review of Books In Capitalist Value Chains, Benjamin Selwyn & Christin Bernhold show how capitalist value chains (CVCs) intensify the exploitation of workers & the environment

NEW: Global capitalist value chains are exploiting workers and destroying the environment.

Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Destruction, Geopolitics by Benjamin Selwyn and Christin Bernhold @oxunipress.bsky.social reviewed by @abieler.bsky.social

@lseid.bsky.social

Oil, Capitalism, and Climate /w Adam Hanieh We are honoured to welcome author and academic Adam Hanieh back to Toronto to deliver this year’s talk. This event marks the fourth edition of the school’s annual lecture, held in the memory of the la...

Oil, Capitalism, and Climate /w Adam Hanieh, see socialistproject.ca/leftstreamed...

Water as a human right: The power of pledge.
The recording of the Right Livelihood webinar on the global network of Blue Communities and how we can stand up for the right to safe drinking water for everyone, everywhere, is now available online.
blue-community.net/2...

In cases you were wondering . . . this is a photo that annoyed Pete Hegseth so much because he thought it was "unflattering" so he got the photographer barred. I encourage all of you to use it as often as possible.

CAAT - UK out of the F-35 Fighter Jet Programme: End British involvement in the US-Israeli war on Iran F-35s, of which 15% are produced in the UK, are playing a critical role in the US-Israeli war on Iran, a war the British state is further implicated in through the use of British bases, jets, helicopters and the recent deployment of a warship. Take action now and email your MP to demand the UK cease all involvement in the war and withdraw from the F-35 Fighter Jet Programme.

Write to your MP to fight for no UK weapons nor any UK involvement in the US-Israeli war on Iran: caat.org.uk/take-action/...

#StopTheCuts #SaveHE #UniversityOfNotthingham #UoN #UoNUCU #UCU #LaborUnionsGetTheGoods

If these comments get you riled up, the best thing you can do as a union member is vote in our ongoing industrial mandate ballot. If passed, we can use industrial action to push back against:
-compulsory redundancies
-course closures
-obscene staff-student ratios

Just a quick reminder that our Vice Chancellor said this into a microphone in front of university employees last week and thought nothing of it!

Zulassungsstopp für Integrationskurse zurücknehmen! 130.000 Menschen sollen keine Sprach- & Integrationskurse mehr besuchen dürfen – trotz bewilligter Mittel. Das blockiert Integration, gefährdet Jobs und schadet der Wirtschaft. Der BAMF-Zulassungs...

130.000 Menschen sollen keine Sprach- & Integrationskurse mehr besuchen dürfen – trotz bewilligter Mittel. Das blockiert Integration, gefährdet Jobs und schadet der Wirtschaft. Der BAMF-Zulassungsstopp muss zurückgenommen werden! Unterzeichne jetzt die WeAct-Petition weact.campact.de/petitions/zu...

From Venezuela to Iran: Connecting the Global Dots A public talk delivered by Distinguished Professor, William Robinson, From Venezuela to Iran: Connecting the Global Dots

CSSGJ is pleased to host Prof. William I. Robinson on 16th March at 6p.m (UKtime). Title of his talk is 'From Venezuela to Iran: Connecting the Global Dots'. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-venez... @abieler.bsky.social @oliverdodd.bsky.social @sinembal.bsky.social @elifuzgoren.bsky.social

Important for critical political economy to tackle theoretical blindspots of past critical European integration research @corporateeurope.org @tninstitute.bsky.social @cpern.bsky.social Patriarchal and racist forms of oppression have been key to neo-liberal restructuring in Europe!

Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis - Progress in Political Economy (PPE) How is the European polycrisis inflected through the classed, raced, gendered and environmental conditions of global capitalism today?

@abieler.bsky.social and I wrote a piece for @ppesydney.bsky.social summarising the main arguments of our edited volume Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis

www.ppesydney.net/critical-pol...

Dissecting the Polycrisis, Charting the Conceptual Terrain of Enquiry Polycrisis has become a widely used concept. Politicians, public intellectuals and academics alike are drawing on it when describing our cur...

Dissecting the Polycrisis, Charting the Conceptual Terrain of Enquiry, see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2026/02/diss... plus open access article on the topic

A picture of the trent building with the following text over the top: Work at the university of nottingham! "The compact... about working for a university... where you weren't going to each very much money, but you had a secure job for life in a comfortable environment without a heavy workload: yeah, that's gone." -Your Vice Chancellor, into a microphone, at a recent town hall! 110% Workload! Low Pay! Zero Security! Lots of stress! Hearting barely works in any building! Join us today! ...because what else are you going to do? Brought to you by your UCU, Unison, and Unite Branches

That quote in the top right? The one where our vice chancellor said that we can no longer expect a comfortable place to work and a light workload in exchange for no pay? Yeah, she actually said that.

Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis - Progress in Political Economy (PPE) How is the European polycrisis inflected through the classed, raced, gendered and environmental conditions of global capitalism today?

Tackiing the polycrisis afresh with @abieler.bsky.social and Vincenzo Maccarrone in a new critical political economy book on the EU www.ppesydney.net/critical-pol... @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social @adamtooze.bsky.social @alexcallinicos.bsky.social

Days left to act: Ban cruel cages for hens Right now we have a unique opportunity to stop this industrial-scale torture: The UK government has proposed ending the use of cages for hens, and they have launched an official consultation to ask th...

Can you do me a quick favour today? ✍️

The government is finally asking if they should ban cages for hens in the UK. 🐔🐔 Lobbyists are trying to block it, so we need huge numbers to show them that the public wants this ban NOW: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Report UKLFI to the Charity Commission Dear Charity Commission,

Use @pscupdates.bsky.social new e-action to report UK Lawyers for Israel to the Charity Commission today: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/uklfi-charit...

Just turned up at the People’s Summit of The Hague Group to discuss how we can work together to stop Israel’s brutality and End the Nakba! Nice to be sitting next to Sally Rooney and Jason Hickel #FreePalestine

Today I’m at the People’s Summit of The Hague Group. 40 government representatives have been meeting this week to discuss action to stop Israel’s brutal genocide, and End The Nakba. Today, movements from across the world join them. #FreePalestine

In Spain, Amazon Workers Win with Quick-Hit Walkouts At an Amazon fulfillment center in Spain, we used a flurry of brief walkouts late last year to force the company to improve wages and time off. We struck for three days in November and in December in ...

In Spain, Amazon Workers Win with Quick-Hit Walkouts, see socialistproject.ca/2026/03/spai...

Ask your MP to meet with ‘Dirty Business’ activists! #DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March...

#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health.

Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership.

I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Dissecting the Polycrisis, Charting the Conceptual Terrain of Enquiry1 ‘Polycrisis’ is generally defined as a cluster of distinct, yet interrelated crises which reinforce each other. There is, however, little consensus on its constituent parts. Helleiner, when assessi...

🗣️'Polycrisis’ is generally defined as a cluster of distinct, yet interrelated crises which reinforce each other. There is, however, little consensus on its constituent parts.'

Prof. @abieler.bsky.social for the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies ⬇️

End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Stop the steal: protect workers’ and renters’ rights! Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. Sign this petition to stop the steal.

Have you seen this? Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. I'm really worried about it. I've signed a petition to stop the steal. Can you add your name too? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

Housing, pensions, and jobs — a win-win-win -Frank Hoffer Providing decent pensions in an ageing society, overcoming the affordability crisis driven by skyrocketing housing costs, and creating better-paid jobs for workers without university …

Housing, pensions, and jobs — a win-win-win, see globallabourcolumn.org/2026/02/26/h...

In an unprecedented move, one reflective of the deeply unprecedented times at our university, UoN branches of three different unions (@UCU.org.uk, @unisonorg.uk, and Unite) have all successfully passed motions of no confidence in the Vice Chancellor and the entire executive board.

For free access, see www.tandfonline.com/eprint/4JPBV... or email Andreas.Bieler@nottingham.ac.uk