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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Sep 4

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'Your Third Eye is Open, but the Other Two are Blind': Interview with Def Ill

Interregnum catches up with Austrian rapper Def Ill to talk politics, culture, and the history of hip hop.

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Sep 1

Sevra Guzel on how the powerful mobilise censorship laws to stifle dissent. 'Platforms prioritise compliance with powerful actors over the rights of individual users, and filters make that compliance invisible.'

#censorship #freespeech #dissent #copyright #law #resistance #automation #ai #filters

Weaponized Copyright: The New Censorship

Most think of copyright enforcement as a tool to protect the entertainment industry from pirated content. However, copyright enforcement systems have become a shadowy frontline in the suppression of d...

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Aug 26

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The complexity of language highlights the absurdity of borders.

The Way Things are Said

What is the difference between a dialect and a language? In this thought-provoking piece, Christopher Hütmannsberger reflects on the politics of language and nationalism, and explores how linguistic h...

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hello, we are trying to get in touch with Jon about a piece about his new book. Would it be possible to send us his email? We haven't been able to find it anywhere.

Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jul 27

A collection of talks, media appearances and articles by Interregnum's Panos Theodoropoulos that relate to the publication of The Precarious Migrant Worker: The Socialization of Precarity (Polity Press, 2025).

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The Precarious Migrant Worker: Around the World

A collection of talks, media appearances and articles by Interregnum's Panos Theodoropoulos that relate to the publication of The Precarious Migrant Worker: The Socialization of Precarity (Polity Pres...

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jul 7

In a gripping post for our Futures and Histories section, Dr Vassilis Galanos (@velocitygravity.bsky.social ) draws on Marx and Bataille to theorise digital speculation, desire, and the future of our very social relations based on the rise of 'hype' as mediator of our lives.

Eleven Theses on Technological Hype as Capital

Hype is a kind of currency in the tech world, and when so much of the market for innovation depends on speculation, all kinds of monsters appear. Vassilis Galanos theorises this hype as a form of capi...

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jul 2

'Death to the IDF means death to an occupying force which is dispossessing Palestinians and killing them on an industrial scale EVERY SINGLE DAY. It does not mean death to a particular religious group.'

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What REALLY Happened at Glastonbury

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jul 1

In our final piece for art and poetry month, Christopher Hütmannsberger reflects on love friendship, solidarity and hope for the future.

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At Least We Still Have Us

In our final piece for art and poetry month, Christopher Hütmannsberger reflects on love friendship, solidarity and hope for the future.

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jun 30

Fawzi Asraf, a queer Palestinian writer and poet based in Sheffield, offers a poem tenderly negotiating desperation, desire and despair.

Sanguine

Fawzi Asraf offers a poem tenderly negotiating desperation, desire and despair.

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jun 29

Graeme Eddolls contemplates hope, struggle and reinvention in the face of structural oppression. 'Those doves will fly again'.

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Defunct

Graeme Eddolls contemplates hope, struggle and reinvention in the face of structural oppression. 'Those doves will fly again'.

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our member, Panos Theodoropoulos, will be in Melbourne on the 15th of July to present on The Precarious Migrant Worker. More info here:

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The Precarious Migrant Worker with Panos Theodoropoulos

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jun 23

Cee Smith offers a poem on bravery, pain and facing things head on. A humble reflection on interactions with those fighting for Palestine against the genocide.

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Headlining Bystander

Cee Smith offers a poem on bravery, pain and facing things head on. A humble reflection on interactions with those fighting for Palestine against the genocide.

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jun 16

Vassilis Galanos offers a Joycian poem, which plays complexly with language and its limits: 'all sound is loanlanguage surmounded by silonce'. Follow Vassilis here: @velocitygravity.bsky.social

Peristerra Inbetweencognita

Vassilis Galanos offers a Joycian poem, which plays complexly with language and its limits: 'all sound is loanlanguage surmounded by silonce'.

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jun 14

In another publication from our Art & Poetry month, Jed Forward reflects poignantly on whiteness, history and human agency.

Whites

Jed Forward reflects poignantly on whiteness, history and human agency.

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Clash Montréal @clashmtl.bsky.social · Jun 11

IT MAY BE THE ANARCHISTS

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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · Jun 10

“I have sustained more cuts & burns... particularly problematic because they’re on my fingers, always in contact with warm water & chemicals. Almost every action I perform hurts: I have to just keep ignoring the pain.”

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Jun 9

Another world is possible if we fight for it.

FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jun 8

'This poem is raw and unedited – it was written immediately upon leaving Rojava, during the seven hour car ride from the Syrian border back to Kurdish Iraq, feeling overwhelmed by what I was leaving behind.'.

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A Theory of Thunder

Iona Soper contributes a powerful poem which remembers their time in a Scottish delegation to Rojava.

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · Jun 7

In our first publication as part of Art & Poetry month, Sam Button offers a political poem reflecting on the tyranny of the new regime governing the United States of America. Read here: interregnum.ghost.io/the-unfurlin...

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · May 18

Matteo Ciccognani surveys the poverty of Hollywood's attempts to portray revolutionaries and collective struggles, and considers the current state of revolutionary paradigms in popular culture.
#hollywood #revolution #spectacle #barthes

The enduring legacy of Hollywood’s ‘individualist revolutionaries’

Matteo Ciccognani surveys the poverty of Hollywood's attempts to portray revolutionaries and collective struggles, and considers the current state of revolutionary paradigms in popular culture.

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · May 15

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On the 31st of May, a member of our collective will be in Cyprus to celebrate 120 years of the Industrial Workers of the World. He will be speaking on years of research in Glasgow's factories and warehouses. We hope to see some of our Cypriot comrades there.

120 YEARS INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD! - Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Cyprus

Let's welcome the scorching hostile summer right, with a top class (working class that is) celebration! Come one, come all, and bring your families and friends! There will be free drinks and snacks fo...

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · May 12

Ambrose McMonagle and Cassandra Lovelock reflect on the growing fervour of anti-trans rhetoric and the on-going failures of the political establishments through lived experiences, both personal and professional.

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Out of the Clinics, Into the Streets!

Authors Ambrose McMonagle and Cassandra Lovelock reflect on the growing fervour of anti-trans rhetoric and the on-going failures of the political establishments through lived experiences, both persona...

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · May 8

See you tomorrow at the Kinning Park Complex!

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Interregnum @intrrgum.bsky.social · May 7

The Precarious Migrant Worker: The Socialisation of Precarity is available from Polity Press. In this blog piece for Polity, the author, Interregnum member Panos Theodoropoulos writes about the book's relevance in the current rapidly changing socioeconomic environment.

From the ground up: The socialisation of precarity and the future of social struggles

The Precarious Migrant Worker: The Socialisation of Precarity is available today from Polity Press. In this blog piece for Polity, the author, Interregnum member Panos Theodoropoulos writes about the ...

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