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@davidegilbert.bsky.social
not a metaphor // @ Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) //
author of 𝐶𝘰𝑢𝘯𝑡𝘦𝑟𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘋𝑖𝘴𝑝𝘰𝑠𝘴𝑒𝘴𝑠𝘪𝑜𝘯, 𝑅𝘦𝑐𝘭𝑎𝘪𝑚𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘓𝑎𝘯𝑑
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520397767/countering-dispossession-reclaiming-land
author of 𝐶𝘰𝑢𝘯𝑡𝘦𝑟𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘋𝑖𝘴𝑝𝘰𝑠𝘴𝑒𝘴𝑠𝘪𝑜𝘯, 𝑅𝘦𝑐𝘭𝑎𝘪𝑚𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘓𝑎𝘯𝑑
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520397767/countering-dispossession-reclaiming-land
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My latest: Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
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Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation
Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
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February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
My latest: Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
www.hauntologies.net/p/iranian-pr...
www.hauntologies.net/p/iranian-pr...
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NEW: Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge -- establishing an occupation demanding 'land back' in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Video]
Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan to Stay Until 'Land Back' - UNICORN RIOT
Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling, establishing an occupation. Organizers demand land back in the form of "returning Fort Snelling" to the Dakota pe...
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February 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM
NEW: Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge -- establishing an occupation demanding 'land back' in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Video]
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Does imagining the future fill you with dread? Enter Solarpunk. In this comprehensive introduction, the environmental philosopher Yogi Hale Hendlin details the concepts, ethos and visions underpinning this daring, startling vision of a more ecologically grounded future @feralyogi.bsky.social
In solarpunk cities of the future, tech follows nature’s lead | Aeon Essays
The vision of solarpunk: joining nature with technology in vibrantly inclusive ways to create a world that truly blooms
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February 10, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Does imagining the future fill you with dread? Enter Solarpunk. In this comprehensive introduction, the environmental philosopher Yogi Hale Hendlin details the concepts, ethos and visions underpinning this daring, startling vision of a more ecologically grounded future @feralyogi.bsky.social
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"(...) from the grassroots through the perfumed circles of the black bourgeoisie (...)"
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Huey P. Newton, In Defense of Self Defense, The Black Panther, June 20, 1967
The Huey P. Newton Archive—co-founder, lead theoretician and Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party—on the Marxist Internet Archive.
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February 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
"(...) from the grassroots through the perfumed circles of the black bourgeoisie (...)"
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A poem for everyone across Catalonia tonight:
The wind // has no friend // but you //
Schools are closed for high winds // they say the turbulence will intensify //
Who was it that called it the winds of change? // if its not you then its not anyone //
The wind // has no friend // but you //
Schools are closed for high winds // they say the turbulence will intensify //
Who was it that called it the winds of change? // if its not you then its not anyone //
February 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
A poem for everyone across Catalonia tonight:
The wind // has no friend // but you //
Schools are closed for high winds // they say the turbulence will intensify //
Who was it that called it the winds of change? // if its not you then its not anyone //
The wind // has no friend // but you //
Schools are closed for high winds // they say the turbulence will intensify //
Who was it that called it the winds of change? // if its not you then its not anyone //
Thanks to @drxdunlap.bsky.social and @theobromin.bsky.social for the editorial input, and Human Geography for publishing
February 11, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Thanks to @drxdunlap.bsky.social and @theobromin.bsky.social for the editorial input, and Human Geography for publishing
This is my second of two articles looking at first blockades and now sabotage to keep oil in the ground, expand Indigenous anarchist control of autonomous territories, and nurture new natures
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This is my second of two articles looking at first blockades and now sabotage to keep oil in the ground, expand Indigenous anarchist control of autonomous territories, and nurture new natures
Our collection of articles on emancipatory sabotage is coming together. My contribution “Domination and Sabotage”
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February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Our collection of articles on emancipatory sabotage is coming together. My contribution “Domination and Sabotage”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Can sabotage be an act of care? A way to build the future?
In our new @antipodeonline.bsky.social article, Eric Kioko & I introduce the Sabotage Matrix, a tool to rethink infrastructure sabotage as both destructive and constructive.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In our new @antipodeonline.bsky.social article, Eric Kioko & I introduce the Sabotage Matrix, a tool to rethink infrastructure sabotage as both destructive and constructive.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
![A 2x2 matrix titled "Sabotage Matrix", showing the material and immaterial effects of infrastructure sabotage, divided into destructive (left) and constructive (right) axes.
Top-left (Q1): Labeled "Destructive material effects" with a photo of a partially dismantled dam.
Top-right (Q2): Labeled "Constructive material effects" with a photo of a dislodged water pipe on dry earth.
Bottom-left (Q3): Labeled "Destructive ideational effects", with the quote: "We are saying [sabotage] is good, because it has made the things that were in darkness to come into the light."
Bottom-right (Q4): Labeled "Constructive ideational effects", with the quote: "The reason for us being included, it is because of the destructions they have seen."
The vertical axis is labeled "Material" (top) and "Immaterial" (bottom), and the horizontal axis is labeled "Destructive" (left) and "Constructive" (right).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:opouudsmslyt4wwrlgf7v4ca/bafkreif3uyqyulyovtfcwpsmqtkisuxnb2d6nh6dfissgaqqal3zvnk65e@jpeg)
June 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Can sabotage be an act of care? A way to build the future?
In our new @antipodeonline.bsky.social article, Eric Kioko & I introduce the Sabotage Matrix, a tool to rethink infrastructure sabotage as both destructive and constructive.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In our new @antipodeonline.bsky.social article, Eric Kioko & I introduce the Sabotage Matrix, a tool to rethink infrastructure sabotage as both destructive and constructive.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Is infrastructure sabotage always a destructive act led by seditious individuals? no
my new article in Human Geography studies Colombian public sector workers ‘breaking’ infrastructure to oppose privatization in 1992, and argues sabotage can reshape policies, politicize society & more
my new article in Human Geography studies Colombian public sector workers ‘breaking’ infrastructure to oppose privatization in 1992, and argues sabotage can reshape policies, politicize society & more
December 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Is infrastructure sabotage always a destructive act led by seditious individuals? no
my new article in Human Geography studies Colombian public sector workers ‘breaking’ infrastructure to oppose privatization in 1992, and argues sabotage can reshape policies, politicize society & more
my new article in Human Geography studies Colombian public sector workers ‘breaking’ infrastructure to oppose privatization in 1992, and argues sabotage can reshape policies, politicize society & more
The open access authors version is available here: ddd.uab.cat/record/325388
Encountering degrowth
Degrowth theory and movements aim to find ways of living well while downscaling the economy, heal the many metabolic rifts that threaten global ecologies with capitalist exploitation of the earth, and...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The open access authors version is available here: ddd.uab.cat/record/325388
Thanks to @natureandspace.bsky.social for their publishing this piece: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Thanks to @natureandspace.bsky.social for their publishing this piece: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Grateful to have collaborated on this work with many great minds --> How to create new, more equal and less violent worlds? Degrowth visions promise such worlds, but a central problem remains how to understand degrowth as it exists now. Here we offer some ways to ground degrowth political theorizing
New paper out: Encountering Degrowth
We propose “encounters” as a way to study degrowth as lived practice, seen in territorial dynamics across Greece, Southern Italy, and Indonesia, and what this reveals about political economy, agrarian change, and global capitalism
www.academia.edu/162467926/En...
We propose “encounters” as a way to study degrowth as lived practice, seen in territorial dynamics across Greece, Southern Italy, and Indonesia, and what this reveals about political economy, agrarian change, and global capitalism
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Encountering Degrowth Accepted 2026
Degrowth theory and movements aim to find ways of living well while downscaling the economy, heal the many metabolic rifts that threaten global ecologies with capitalist exploitation of the earth, and...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Grateful to have collaborated on this work with many great minds --> How to create new, more equal and less violent worlds? Degrowth visions promise such worlds, but a central problem remains how to understand degrowth as it exists now. Here we offer some ways to ground degrowth political theorizing
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OnlineFirst - "Encountering degrowth" by @davidegilbert.bsky.social, Donatella Gasparro, Giorgos Kallis, Lucia Munoz-Sueiro, Julia Grosinger, Maroula Tsagkari, Feroz Khan, Grace Wright, and Angelos Varvarousis:
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January 26, 2026 at 10:53 PM
OnlineFirst - "Encountering degrowth" by @davidegilbert.bsky.social, Donatella Gasparro, Giorgos Kallis, Lucia Munoz-Sueiro, Julia Grosinger, Maroula Tsagkari, Feroz Khan, Grace Wright, and Angelos Varvarousis:
@icta-uab.bsky.social
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@icta-uab.bsky.social
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And the open access version here:
ddd.uab.cat/record/325388
ddd.uab.cat/record/325388
Encountering degrowth
Degrowth theory and movements aim to find ways of living well while downscaling the economy, heal the many metabolic rifts that threaten global ecologies with capitalist exploitation of the earth, and...
ddd.uab.cat
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
And the open access version here:
ddd.uab.cat/record/325388
ddd.uab.cat/record/325388
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Encountering degrowth - David Gilbert, Donatella Gasparro, Giorgos Kallis, Lucia Munoz-Sueiro, Julia Grosinger, Maroula Tsagkari, Feroz Khan, Grace Wright, Angelos Varvarousis, 2026
Degrowth theory and movements aim to find ways of living well while downscaling the economy, heal the many metabolic rifts that threaten global ecologies with c...
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February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
To face the production of plastic mats in factories (unending, massive, disposable, ecologically damaging) with a grassy per- sistence (tenacious, expansive, rooted, ecological).
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
To face the production of plastic mats in factories (unending, massive, disposable, ecologically damaging) with a grassy per- sistence (tenacious, expansive, rooted, ecological).
Thukul’s poem made perfect sense for elaborating Sumatran peasant movements’ relation to ideas of degrowth, this choice of grounding oneself in a material fabric of plastic (state, corporation, industry, fossil fuel) or grass (community, union, artisanal, ecological).
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Thukul’s poem made perfect sense for elaborating Sumatran peasant movements’ relation to ideas of degrowth, this choice of grounding oneself in a material fabric of plastic (state, corporation, industry, fossil fuel) or grass (community, union, artisanal, ecological).
"Plastic mat, grass mat, plastic mat, grass mat, a symbol of two forces. Plastic mat, grass mat, we sit facing each other. Plastic mats are made in factories, grass mats are woven by hand. Plastic mats are pressed nonstop, grass mats still persist. Where are you sitting? "
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
"Plastic mat, grass mat, plastic mat, grass mat, a symbol of two forces. Plastic mat, grass mat, we sit facing each other. Plastic mats are made in factories, grass mats are woven by hand. Plastic mats are pressed nonstop, grass mats still persist. Where are you sitting? "
I nodded my head and remembered how Widji’s name translates to “the sprouting seed” in Javanese. “Ah, well listen to this.” Afzal played a song, Sanggar Satu Bumi’s adaptation of Thukul’s 1994 poem, Grassroots:
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I nodded my head and remembered how Widji’s name translates to “the sprouting seed” in Javanese. “Ah, well listen to this.” Afzal played a song, Sanggar Satu Bumi’s adaptation of Thukul’s 1994 poem, Grassroots:
A bit of my writing just published, "Encountering Degrowth"
...he asked me if I knew of Widji Thukul, the poet and PRD activist that New Order special forces police disappeared in February of 1998...
...he asked me if I knew of Widji Thukul, the poet and PRD activist that New Order special forces police disappeared in February of 1998...
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
A bit of my writing just published, "Encountering Degrowth"
...he asked me if I knew of Widji Thukul, the poet and PRD activist that New Order special forces police disappeared in February of 1998...
...he asked me if I knew of Widji Thukul, the poet and PRD activist that New Order special forces police disappeared in February of 1998...
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![TIME FOR SOCIALISM: DISPATCGES FROM A WORLD ON FIRE, 2016-2021 by Thomas Piketty (2021 [2020]; translated by Kristin Couper from VIVEMENT LE SOCIALISME! CHRONIQUES, 2016-2020)
World-renowned economist Thomas Piketty has documented many of the recent political events that have shaken the planet, always arguing for a more equitable world. This collection brings together those articles and is prefaced by an extended introductory essay in which he argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as a counterweight against the hypercapitalism that defines our current economic ideology. These essays offer readers an accessible way to understand the struggle against inequalities and tax evasion, in favour of a globalization more respectful of work and the environment.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:liweifjp72sawd2tfklp6egk/bafkreibpyddew7cuftb3ybndf3orkimv77qaftorifnj65hgpqodo4gppq@jpeg)
![PIRATE ENLIGHTENMENT, OR THE REAL LIBERTALIA by David Graeber (2022 [2019]; originally published as LES PIRATES LUMIÈRES)
A provocative rereading of the European Enlightenment, by situating its roots in the thought of precolonial indigenous societies, the pirates of the Caribbean in early modernity who relocated to the northeast coast of Madagascar and interacted with and learned from indigenous Malagasy people, the peoples who moved back and forth across the Indian Ocean of what woukd become Indonesia, India, Southeast Asia, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Gulf, and the east coast of Africa. Graeber also centres indigenous Malagasy women this materialist history of debates about democracy and property in the European salons of the Enlightenment.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:liweifjp72sawd2tfklp6egk/bafkreigzqbwzeopd2viyxzsj3wthxtesnhf6aatzfdgzsoyblpflfai7hm@jpeg)
December 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
From warehousing commodities to detaining human beings the slippery slope is a fascist one
February 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM
From warehousing commodities to detaining human beings the slippery slope is a fascist one
What? Someone drenched in tech and AI has misinformed ideas of food? Even after centuries of attack and systemic under-investment agroecology feeds 1/3 - 1/2 humanity. Most industrial agriculture doesn’t feed people at all, goes into feedstocks and non food and not essential processed foods
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 AM
What? Someone drenched in tech and AI has misinformed ideas of food? Even after centuries of attack and systemic under-investment agroecology feeds 1/3 - 1/2 humanity. Most industrial agriculture doesn’t feed people at all, goes into feedstocks and non food and not essential processed foods
degrowth movements and theories give a clear reading of these forces as being part of the source of exploitation of life, both social and ecological. So no matter where they claim to be on the political spectrum we understand them as driving many crisis
We need to stop referring to these people as centrist Democrats. They are advancing a right-wing agenda and should be referred to as such.
NEW: The “centrist” Abundance think tank pushing Democrats toward deregulation is run by a registered corporate lobbyist for OpenAI, Larry Ellison’s Oracle, and a crypto think tank.
February 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
degrowth movements and theories give a clear reading of these forces as being part of the source of exploitation of life, both social and ecological. So no matter where they claim to be on the political spectrum we understand them as driving many crisis