Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

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As @melissa-geog.bsky.social puts it in her book 'The Trouble with Freedom', when asked to rank the importance of freedom most Americans would put it as an 11 out of 10. Listen to her latest interview on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-trouble-... #booksky #sociology

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Our 2026 books available in this promotion: The trouble with freedom by @melissa-geog.bsky.social Useful Art by John Byrne Lying abroad by Carol Chillington Rutter AIDS in Soviet Russia by Rustam Alexander New Labour, New Britain? by @gsoh31.bsky.social Policing the beats by Lambros Fatsis

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🎓So proud of our amazing PhD student Dr Irna Nurlina for passing her Viva today 😭 With huge thanks to @maranogueira.bsky.social & Rita Padawangi for being generous & thoughtful examiners 🙏 (& Joel for being a great chair & @melissa-geog.bsky.social as ace co-sup!)

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Co-hosted by @uk.theconversation.com, @acadsocsciences.bsky.social, and Sage, this event is part of our Social Science Perspectives series – exploring critical issues through social science research. @melissa-geog.bsky.social @scottrw630.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @cumberlandlodge.bsky.social

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