Richard Saich

Fellow @lsehistory | History of Neoliberalism, Social Movements, Post-War | 🌱 🏳️‍🌈 he/him |

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

"Today we start the fightback, in this election over and over, people kept telling me that they felt let down"

Green Party's Zoë Garbett becomes her party's first mayor, winning the contest in Hackney

Follow live results and analysis: https://t.co/xrJch3u7Mf

[ontologoff 🛜 @ontologoff]

Warbixinta Cidda (a queer Somali collective of artists, culture workers and curators) levelled an important critique of this year's Somalia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. I had the great fortune of interviewing them as they also set out their vision of ethical artistic practice

[ontologoff 🛜 @ontologoff]

Penned some thoughts on Somaliland nationalism in the wake of the depraved mutual recognition agreement with Israel last Dec. It was mostly written about a month before the war on Iran & Lebanon and v recent (worrying) developments there. Hope it's a useful contribution!

[Richard Saich @richardsaich]

https://t.co/WJ86qeulkY

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

The decision by South African President @CyrilRamaphosa to place inequality at the heart of the G20 agenda is historic. It marks a significant step forward on the long road toward greater equality. It is no coincidence that countries from the Global South—Brazil and South Africa—have led the charge to put tax justice and social justice on the G20 agenda in recent years.

The World Inequality Lab wecomes @JosephEStiglitz's report and back its call for a global panel on inequality, modelled after the IPCC. It’s time to scale up the work we’ve championed for over 10 years to measure and address the drivers of inequality.

▶️https://t.co/QI5Jz6IdI2

[Palestine Solidarity Campaign @PSCupdates]

BREAKING: Huge defeat for the Government as Labour conference votes that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

The resolution accepts the UN Commission of Inquiry report and demands sanctions and a full arms embargo.

The Government must listen and act. Stop arming Israel now!

[Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos]

Today is publication day!

EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 https://t.co/xLruQBWy8o

[56a Infoshop @56aInfoshop]

Peckham anti-gentrification legal challenge fundraiser against Berkeley Homes dismal social cleansing plans!

Going well and heading for £20,000.

Can you help with a bit of dosh and/or a retweet?

Love ya! 💚

[Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos]

I’m in @FT on Trump’s recent move to make the Pentagon the top shareholder in the US only rare earths mine. This is the “worst of all worlds” resource nationalism: a toxic mix of environmental harm, militarism, Big Tech, financial de-risking, and asset appreciation. Link below ⬇️

[Palestine Solidarity Campaign @PSCupdates]

🚨It’s working - new data has revealed that Israeli imports to the UK are plummeting due to our consumer boycott campaign.📉

We must continue to grow the mass boycott to isolate and weaken genocidal Israel’s apartheid regime. (1/7)

[Dylan Gottlieb @dygottlieb]

Yuppies has a cover! And a release date!

Out May 12 with @Harvard_Press

[Richard Saich @richardsaich]

"'It’s about sanitation and hygiene,' says Martin about his passion for public loos. 'It’s about helping people, health and wellbeing, equality, and it’s just about making things right.'"

https://t.co/pp1KoNmZol

[Thomas Dekeyser @ThomasDekeyser]

Announcing my book, Techno-Negative!

It will be out in Spring 2026, published with @UMinnPress.

[Richard Saich @richardsaich]

@lizingleson @LSEnews Congratulations!

[UCU @ucu]

The UK government is blocking Palestinian students in Gaza from taking up UK scholarships.

Some have been killed while waiting, reports @guardian.

We’ve written to the Home Secretary demanding action.

https://t.co/ugcMRB7z81

[Richard Saich @richardsaich]

Van Gosse on the AHA elections: https://t.co/hfPCJOr2CB

[Richard Saich @richardsaich]

"To equate a spray can of paint with a suicide bomb isn't just absurd, it is grotesque. It is a deliberate distortion of the law to chill dissent, criminalise solidarity and suppress the truth." - Zarah Sultana

[ICRICT @icrict]

“Fairer taxation of large fortunes”.
Spain 🇪🇸will work with Brazil 🇧🇷 and other countries to ensure taxation of the super- rich.
Spain’s PM @sanchezcastejon announcement during launch of the Sevilla Platform for Action.
Watch⤵
#TaxThePower #TaxTheSuperRich

[Ingrid H. Kvangraven @ingridharvold]

Colonialism was violent & led to immense econ inequalities. Good this is recognized. But it needs to be understood within a broader theory of (the uneven development of) capitalism. There is no 'counterfactual' world where capitalism leads to equality, evenness & convergence 🫠