Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
@OlufemiOTaiwo
Associate Professor of Philosophy and African Studies at Georgetown. Author of Reconsidering Reparations and Elite Capture, @cpluscp member.
Elite Capture is officially out today. Thanks to @haymarketbooks and @PlutoPress and a whole mess of people besides.
and @abbyhiggins here details the corporate capture of the auditing industry that supposedly exists to root out labor abuses, including "the rise of a parallel cottage industry that advises factories on gaming the audit system". theguardian.com/global-develop…
in another, @AcharyaPramod and @katiemcque identify 4 practices by these corporations: Big recruitment fees Deceiving workers about the identity of their employer Confiscating passports and other identity documents Limiting employees’ freedom to quit theguardian.com/business/2023/…
"Hamas dissected a pregnant woman's body," but it's actually a report of the Sabra and Shatila massacre where Israeli soldiers did that to a Palestinian woman. "Hamas keeps babies in cages," but the images show Palestinian babies caged by the Israeli military. What a circus.
A pregnant woman in Southern Israel was found by Hamas terrorists. They dissected her body. Her stomach was cut open and they took the fetus out with the umbilical cord. And let the unborn child die slowly out of his mother’s womb. This is what inhuman savages Hamas do to people.
Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza for a fifth day and calls up reservists as it pledges to launch a ground invasion. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/fjpo6m
"In the last few months alone, striking or threatening to strike has led to a string of labor deals where workers have pushed for and won higher pay. With each successful outcome, others are more likely" everyone on their side understands how this works cnbc.com/2023/10/09/fro…
hard to see much upside of this platform these days
tried this browser extension out thanks to @abbyhiggins, feels nice to see the headlines again
New by me —> Miss the headlines Elon Musk removed from links in tweets? Take 10 seconds to install this browser extension (@ControlPanelFT by @jbscript) to bring them back. niemanlab.org/2023/10/elon-m…
Dear journalists covering Gaza, The Israeli military has a history of intentionally spreading misinformation to journalists as a war strategy. Be very very careful reporting Israeli military sources w/out independent confirmation or w/out understanding the possible motives ⤵️
🧵More on the Israeli disinformation campaign: The Israeli army has now said it has no information to confirm that “Hamas beheaded babies”. These baseless claims, which seem to have originated from the army itself, have been repeated by US officials & the likes of @CNN /1
derisking-based decarbonisation wont work because it doesnt penalise carbon capital, episode 132
We are not in an energy transition. We are in an energy addition. Energy demand keeps going up, and only a small portion of that is being covered by the increases in renewable energy. 82% of the worlds energy still comes from fossil fuels. bp.com/content/dam/bp…
Today, I'm thinking of all those in Israel and Palestine suffering unimaginable pain, trauma and fear. The horrific attacks on civilians in Israel were deplorable. This cannot justify the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians, who are paying the price for a crime they did not…