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Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Chatting with Adam Hanieh about his book Crude Capitalism at East Bristol Books as part of their Climate Talks series later this month. Tickets are pay what you can: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

EBB Climate Talks: Adam Hanieh's *Crude Capitalism* at East Bristol Books

A conversation with Professor Adam Hanieh around his book *Crude Capitalism* (Verso). Part of EBB's Climate Talks series. *Crude Capitalism* traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism f...

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madeline lane-mckinley @lalouverouge.bsky.social · 12d

My book comes out next month and I have some tour dates in the Pacific Northwest lined up:

Portland - 11/13 at Powell’s on Hawthorne at 7pm
Eugene - 11/14 at ROAR Student Center at 4:30pm
Olympia - 11/28 at Le Voyeur at 4:30pm
Seattle - 11/29 at Left Bank Books at 7:30pm

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Abs Ashley @ainokash.bsky.social · May 20

📣🚨 CFP: Neurodiversity Special Issue: A Critical Turn in Neurodiversity Studies: Bridging the Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences 📣🚨

📝Abstract deadline: 3 August 2025
✉️ Please share widely with arts, humanities and social science networks!

Full call: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...

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the87press @the87press.bsky.social · Mar 12

Check out Sean O'Brien's @seanobrien.bsky.social full lecture on theHythe whether you'd like to read it or watch 🌿 Marx and the Climate Crisis: Marx and Environmentalism

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Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social · Mar 10

Fourth instalment in the lecture series on Marx and the Climate Crisis: Marx and Environmentalism available now from @the87press.bsky.social:

www.the87press.co.uk/thehythe-ope...

Marx and the Climate Crisis #4: Marx and Environmentalism by Sean O’Brien — the87press

The second lecture extends our line of inquiry into societal nature relations as it pertains to the problem of energy. At the heart of the relation between capital and climate lies energy. Fossil fuel...

www.the87press.co.uk

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Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social · Mar 7

This is out later today. Fourth and final lecture in the “Marx and the Climate Crisis” series, this one on Marx and environmentalism. Stay tuned!

the87press @the87press.bsky.social · Mar 7

TODAY the final part of Sean O'Brien's series 'Marx and the Climate Crisis' comes out on your Youtube channel along with a transcript on theHythe ✨ This lecture focuses on Marx and and Environmentalism 🌿
Watch the first three parts of the lecture series🔗 link in bio

#letscreate #lecture #marx

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Jason Smith @profitratedown.bsky.social · Feb 23

Long, very interesting (and informative) interview with two members of the Endnotes collective about the history of the journal:
chuangcn.org/2025/02/neit...

chuangcn.org

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Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social · Feb 21

Wrong Sean O’Brien!

Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social · Feb 20

Oi, wrong Sean O’Brien. This is gonna keep happening, isn’t it

Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social · Feb 19

Thanks for reading!

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Alva Gotby @alvagotby.bsky.social · Feb 7

An excerpt from my book Feeling at Home on the @versobooks.bsky.social blog! www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

Domestic Violence Is a Housing Problem

The processes of caring work, low pay, and domestic abuse are all intertwined. Women’s caring responsibilities and low income sometimes force them to move in with parents or other family members, or t...

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Endnotes @endnotesjournal.bsky.social · Feb 18

We are very happy to publish this interview by @seanobrien.bsky.social with Beverly Best about her recent book: "The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx’s Capital" (@versobooks.bsky.social 2024)

endnotes.org.uk/posts/sean-o...

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prada meinhof @prada-meinhof.bsky.social · Feb 17

“...the devilish outcome of a system of blindly asserted social averages and tipping points, is the nature of class domination under capital.”

endnotes.org.uk/posts/sean-o...

Interview with Beverly Best, author of The Automatic Fetish, by @seanobrien.bsky.social.

via @endnotesjournal.bsky.social

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Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social · Feb 17

The Law of Vale? 😭

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Future Histories @futurehistories.bsky.social · Feb 16

A new episode of Future Histories!

This time I talk to Jacob Blumenfeld (@cominsitu.bsky.social; @ktbberlin.bsky.social) about climate barbarism, managing decline, the subject of fossil capitalism and the implications of transitioning away from it.

www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...

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Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social · Feb 17

I interviewed Bev Best about her book, The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Vale in Marx’s Capital.

Up now at @endnotesjournal.bsky.social

endnotes.org.uk/posts/sean-o...

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Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social · Feb 17

Wrong Sean O’Brien! Lol this keeps happening to me 😩

Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thanks for watching! Parts 2 and 3 are out too, if you’re interested. Part 2 is here: www.the87press.co.uk/thehythe-ope...

Marx and the Climate Crisis #2: Marx and Energy by Sean O’Brien — the87press

The second lecture extends our line of inquiry into societal nature relations as it pertains to the problem of energy. At the heart of the relation between capital and climate lies energy. Fossil fuel...

www.the87press.co.uk

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Paul Rekret @paulrekret.bsky.social · Nov 24

A hyper-carceral model of schooling has been championed by successive British governments as they've handed primary education over to the private sector with predictably horrifying results www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents

Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step in

www.theguardian.com

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · Nov 22

Here is the video of the BSA panel on The Frankfurt School Beyond Its Centenary: Exploring Contemporary Critical Social Theory and its Critique of Political Economy I participated in alongside Stephan Lessenich, Cecilia Sebastian, and Esteban Torres.

m.youtube.com/watch?si=KIz...

The Frankfurt School Beyond Its Centenary

YouTube video by britsoci

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hi. My department is hiring two tenure-track assistant profs in American lit -- one pre-1900 and one post-1900.

WVU is, to say the obvious, a complicated place. What isn't complicated is that our students are amazing and deserve so much more than they've received. More below.