The Autonomy Institute

We've been in Brazil with @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social, linking up with organisations taking on the radical right worldwide 🌏 Interlink – our new intelligence and convening project – will assist all those looking to understand and counter insurgent reactionary forces 👇 interlink.zone

We need a new progressive policy agenda to deal with growing extreme temperatures in the UK 🌡️ Making the case for a maximum working temperature, additional worker protections and more 👇 autonomy.work/portfolio/ex...

Once we operationalise the public investment function in a radical way, who knows where we could go? @abenanav.bsky.social's proposal unlocks the possibility of abundance and democracy. Read it in full on the Autonomy site: autonomy.work/portfolio/be...

The current market setup holds us back. Our economies could be so much more. In this new essay, @abenanav.bsky.social proposes a transition plan out of our current conjuncture. A new intervention on what kind of post-capitalist economy is possible: autonomy.work/portfolio/be...

Do we need new conceptions of economies after capitalism? Read @abenanav.bsky.social's new essay for the @autonomy-institute.bsky.social 👇 buff.ly/VvkC73J

To accompany the essay, there's also a 20 minute video essay from Aaron on our YouTube channel, covering many of the piece's key themes You can watch the full video here: youtu.be/wZFfVmoVTJw?...

Who won the 20th century? – @jemgilbert.bsky.social

How did the US-China trade war ramp up? And what role did Obama and Biden play? 🇨🇳 You can catch up with the full interview with Nick Srnicek – diving into his recent book 'Silicon Empires' – through the link below 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vN7...

The Labour government needs to go beyond tinkering if it is to deliver real change Chris Hinchcliff MP speaking at our recent Forum 2029 event 📣

Could a return to universalism help turn the electoral tables for the Labour Party? 📈 chrishinchliff.bsky.social at our recent Forum 2029 event 👇

To make hope convincing, progressives need to believe that they're capable of winning 🤝 Forum 2029 offers a deep dive into progressive political strategy and analysis – sign-up to our next event 👇 buff.ly/knnarU8

Could a National Energy Guarantee be the policy to help turn around the Labour government's polling difficulties? 📈 Forum 2029 offers a deep dive into progressive political strategy and analysis – sign-up to our next event 👇 buff.ly/knnarU8

Jacob Stringer on the challenges faced by tenants unions taking on landlords and capital 👇

What is the Authoritarian Stack?

The surprising truth about green jobs 🌍️ Nic Beuret 👇

What defines our age? For young people, it is increasingly the complete inaccessibility of the housing market – @jemgilbert.bsky.social

Who actually won the 20th century? @jemgilbert.bsky.social

Policy choices over several decades have amounted to little more than "a charter for landlords to make money" – @jemgilbert.bsky.social

Why is nobody building housing in London? 🏠 Anna Minton on why the main problems are not to do with the planning system 👇

@nicholasbeuret.bsky.social on the labour movement being stuck in defensive struggles over the transition economy 👇

Author @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social discusses the reality of energy transition in terms of green jobs the climate squeeze on living standards 📉 What is the sustainable world we are fighting for? 👇

Our workplace consultancy has helped move over 100 organisations to a #4DayWeek 📈 Get in touch with us if you want to learn more about how shorter working hours could work in your organisation 👇

NEW clip from our new video essay with @nsrnicek.bsky.social. Essential viewing for understanding the AI economy. Full video here: youtu.be/2vN7vr0qwMo?...

event: xenofeminism @ 10 years tues 7th oct, 18:30 (london) @reproutopia.bsky.social | @helenhester.bsky.social tickets: buff.ly/kHeUXUN

"The issue with this kind of investment is that we only get the stack above the critical infrastructure" Our AI and Tech Lead Bhargav Srinivasa Desikan spoke to @novaramedia.com about the problems with detaching public control from newly-announced AI investment 👇

TODAY – #forum2029 is back with @macrodosepod.bsky.social live: 'the policies and politics we need' 🚨 Weds 17th Sept, 18:30 Oxford House, Bethnal Green Speakers: James Schneider / Ayeisha Thomas-Smith / John McTernan / Antonia Jennings / Asad Rehman Tickets: buff.ly/HL0dIzk

SPEAKERS: John McTernan (@johnmct.bsky.social) will be joining us in London for our final #forum2029 panel 🎉 Weds 17th September – recorded live for @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🎤 Sign-up 👇 buff.ly/HL0dIzk

SPEAKERS: James Schneider from @progintl.bsky.social will be joining us for our final #forum2029 panel in London 🎉 Weds 17th September – recorded live for @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🎤 Sign-up 👇 buff.ly/HL0dIzk

SPEAKERS: Asad Rehman from @friends-earth.bsky.social will be joining us for our final #forum2029 panel in London 🎉 Weds 17th September – recorded live for @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🎤 Sign-up 👇 buff.ly/HL0dIzk

NEW SPEAKER: Antonia Jennings (@antoniajennings.bsky.social) will be joining us for our final #forum2029 panel in London 🎉 Weds 17th September – recorded live for @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🎤 Sign-up 👇 buff.ly/HL0dIzk

NEW SPEAKER: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith from @neonuk.bsky.social will be joining us for our final #forum2029 panel in London 🎉 Weds 17th September – recorded live for @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🎤 Sign-up 👇 buff.ly/HL0dIzk

THIS WEEK: Forum 2029 – 'UK policy and the crisis in Global South living standards' Weds 10th Sept, 18:30 (Online) Speakers: @devikadutt.bsky.social // @nickdearden.bsky.social // @alexcobham.bsky.social // Jerome Phelps Sign-up (Zoom Link): buff.ly/YLTZjIC

Join Autonomy TOMORROW 🚨 'Tax, work, incomes: building a fairer system' 📆 Weds 3rd September, 18:30 (Online) 📣 Caitlin Boswell (Tax Justice), Rebecca Gowland (Partiotic Millionaires), Sara Reis (Women’s Budget Group), Alfie Stirling (Joseph Rowntree Foundation) Sign-up: buff.ly/ZjWBJKq

THIS WEEK 🚨 'Tax, work, incomes: building a fairer system' 📆 Weds 3rd September, 18:30 (Online) 📣 Caitlin Boswell (Tax Justice), Rebecca Gowland (Partiotic Millionaires), Sara Reis (Women’s Budget Group), Alfie Stirling (Joseph Rowntree Foundation) Sign-up: buff.ly/ZjWBJKq

🚨SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 We're excited to welcome John McTernan (@johnmct.bsky.social) to our in-person #forum2029 @macrodosepod.bsky.social live event on Weds 17th September 🎉 Sign-up here: buff.ly/VvCkUwM

Our new #UBSHub podcast series exploring 'Public Luxury' has launched ⏳ Here's a taster of an upcoming episode with Hugh Smith from Camden Council talking about their approach to #UBS at the municipal level👇 Listen to the first episode: buff.ly/AWMYSVo

🚨 From our #UBS Hub “Cooperative Public Services in Practice: Lessons from Argentina's Empresa Pública de Alimentos (EPA)” How a grassroots movement and a network of cooperatives built a self-sustaining food system in Argentina 🇦🇷👇 buff.ly/Zy17vVq

Catch up on the latest from our #UBS Hub: “The Future of Tourism: Holidays as Public Luxury” 🏖️ Tourism today is extractive, unequal, and unsustainable. We imagine what it could be instead: a public good, democratically owned and ecologically viable👇

By 2050, climate crisis could push nearly 1 million more people in the UK into poverty through soaring food prices 🚨 We set out the impact of climateflation in the recent research from our #UBS Hub👇 buff.ly/pgYA6ls

With temperatures rising today, Jack Kellam spoke to Aaron Paul on BBC London about our research into the effects of extreme heat on the UK workforce – and the need for a legal maximum temperature 📈 🌡️

New report from our #UBS Hub: “The Future of Tourism: Holidays as Public Luxury” 🏖️ Tourism today is extractive, unequal, and unsustainable. We imagine what it could be instead: a public good, democratically owned and ecologically viable👇

Major hikes in food prices are baked in. What should we do about it? Quick explainer:

🚨 NEW from our #UBS Hub “On the Horizon: Climate-Induced Inflation and the Price of Food” 📈 Our latest report shows how climate shocks are already driving up food prices — and could push nearly 1 million people into poverty by 2050 Excl. in @theguardian.com: buff.ly/DztJhiC

🚨 NEW from our #UBS Hub “Cooperative Public Services in Practice: Lessons from Argentina's Empresa Pública de Alimentos (EPA)” How a grassroots movement and a network of cooperatives built a self-sustaining food system in Argentina 🇦🇷👇 buff.ly/Zy17vVq

You can read the full report on the Autonomy website 👇 buff.ly/AW4izj5

New report from the Autonomy Institute: 'Their Capital at Risk' Is #AI becoming a major corporate risk? 🚨 Our latest analysis shows 3 in 4 of America’s largest companies now cite AI as a threat in their official filings 📈 Here’s what we found 👇 buff.ly/AW4izj5

TOMORROW we'll be back in Bethnal Green for the next edition of Forum 2029 🎉 Join us for the conversation 👇 Sign-up: buff.ly/DWeUcfd 📣 Jeremy Gilbert (@jemgilbert.bsky.social), Adam Cantwell-Corn (@adamc-c.bsky.social), Natalie Fenton, Lena Swedlow

Coming up next week 🚨 Forum 2029: 'Media, tech and democratic reform: how can our systems be tranformed for public good?' 📣 Jeremy Gilbert (@jemgilbert.bsky.social), Adam Cantwell-Corn (@adamc-c.bsky.social), Natalie Fenton, Lena Swedlow Sign-up: buff.ly/DWeUcfd

Next Forum 2029 event 🚨 'Media, tech and democratic reform: how can our systems be tranformed for public good?' 📆 Weds 16th July, 18:30 (London, in-person) 📣 Jeremy Gilbert (@jemgilbert.bsky.social), Adam Cantwell-Corn (@adamc-c.bsky.social), Natalie Fenton, Lena Swedlow Sign-up: buff.ly/DWeUcfd

Forum 2029 🚨 Great to continue our event series building a new progressive policy consensus last night, with a fantastic panel on public services 👇 Next event? Weds 16th July (18:30 in-person). More details: buff.ly/1WUz0hh

Forum 2029: TONIGHT 18:30 BST 🚨 'Public services: ending austerity logics' 📣 Anna Coote, Jamie Driscoll (@jamiedriscoll.bsky.social‬), Luke Fletcher, Abby Jitendra (@abbyabhaya.bsky.social‬) Sign-up for the Zoom link: buff.ly/a0bYAMx