leighphillips.bsky.social
Journalist & science writer (Nature, Sci Am, New Scientist, Guardian, Telegraph, Jacobin). Almost a geologist. Co-author of People’s Republic of Walmart (Verso, 2019). Author of Austerity Ecology (Zer0 Books, 2014).
👤 Joined on 27 November 2023
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@leighphillips.bsky.socialRecommend @matthuber.bsky.social @leighphillips.bsky.social @fredstaffordcs.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social as a key intervention on abundance. Both private market interests + an NGO-govt-legal bureaucracy hinder abundance. Class struggle must overcome both to deliver a plentiful future.
Show PostNow there's a piece I have been waiting for: "Abundance is the precondition of socialism, but socialism is also the precondition of abundance." Let's go! https://jacobin.com/2025/08/klein-thompson-abundance-liberalism-socialism
Show PostBest take on left-Abundance I've seen. Long read, but worth it. jacobin.com/2025/08/klei...
Show PostDo you not agree w/ Klein here? A welfare state is great (necessary!), but it won't necessarily build new housing, energy, transit, and other public infrastructure. I assure you I'm principled btw. 😉
Show Post@fredstaffordcs.bsky.social knocks it out of the park with this. The NYPA nuclear announcement should be celebrated as one of the most critical experiments in rebuilding state capacity in the country. The way we win is with big public investment at all scales: jacobin.com/2025/07/hoch...
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