Jason Hickel
@jasonhickel.bsky.social
Professor at ICTA-UAB and Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
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Jason Hickel
@jasonhickel.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Here’s a quick roundup of highlights from research we published in 2024, on unequal exchange, ecosocialism, and post-capitalist transformation.
As always, free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵
As always, free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵
The UN General Assembly resolution against torture was rejected by only three countries: the US, Israel, and Argentina, who remind the world that they oppose even the most basic principles of humanity.
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The UN General Assembly resolution against torture was rejected by only three countries: the US, Israel, and Argentina, who remind the world that they oppose even the most basic principles of humanity.
In a sane world, the government guilty of committing genocide would be dismantled, and forced to pay reparations. Instead they are allowed to corral their victims into a concentration camp and steal their land. We live in the most obscene of all possible timelines.
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
In a sane world, the government guilty of committing genocide would be dismantled, and forced to pay reparations. Instead they are allowed to corral their victims into a concentration camp and steal their land. We live in the most obscene of all possible timelines.
This new report from the Grantham Institute is crucial. And it's quite striking to see it published... it seems to indicate people are willing to consider policy ideas long treated as taboo.
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
Revisiting central bank independence for the climate era: insights from the People’s Bank of China - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
This paper explores the relationship between independence and climate action through an in-depth study of the PBoC, comparing it with Western central banks.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This new report from the Grantham Institute is crucial. And it's quite striking to see it published... it seems to indicate people are willing to consider policy ideas long treated as taboo.
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
Delinking is gaining traction among some political movements in the global South. What is it, and how can it be achieved?
jasonhickel.substack.com/p/what-is-de...
jasonhickel.substack.com/p/what-is-de...
What is delinking?
A crucial strategy for transformation in the 21st century.
jasonhickel.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Delinking is gaining traction among some political movements in the global South. What is it, and how can it be achieved?
jasonhickel.substack.com/p/what-is-de...
jasonhickel.substack.com/p/what-is-de...
Refaat Alareer's book "If I Must Die" is now available in paperback and e-book, and the audio book will release December 9.
orbooks.com/catalog/if-i...
orbooks.com/catalog/if-i...
If I Must Die
This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics,...
orbooks.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Refaat Alareer's book "If I Must Die" is now available in paperback and e-book, and the audio book will release December 9.
orbooks.com/catalog/if-i...
orbooks.com/catalog/if-i...
Western politicians say "Israel is defending our values" and all I can think about is images of children disembowelled by Israeli bombs, made in the USA.
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Western politicians say "Israel is defending our values" and all I can think about is images of children disembowelled by Israeli bombs, made in the USA.
Israel continues to block aid and materials into Gaza for shelters, thus purposefully denying conditions necessary for life as winter comes on. They are continuing the genocide in full view of the world.
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Israel continues to block aid and materials into Gaza for shelters, thus purposefully denying conditions necessary for life as winter comes on. They are continuing the genocide in full view of the world.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The @theguardian.com runs with "tensions rise", to describe what is in fact unilateral US aggression against a country that poses zero threat to the US or to anyone else.
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The @theguardian.com runs with "tensions rise", to describe what is in fact unilateral US aggression against a country that poses zero threat to the US or to anyone else.
BREAKING: "Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday... in a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa."
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Ecuador voters reject return of US military bases in referendum
Voters in Ecuador appeared to have rejected the return of US military bases according to early results of a Sunday referendum, in a damaging blow to President Daniel Noboa, who is friendly with Donald...
www.lemonde.fr
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
BREAKING: "Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday... in a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa."
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
This monster also promoted the invasion of Iraq, which killed hundreds of thousands of people and created mass child malnutrition.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This monster also promoted the invasion of Iraq, which killed hundreds of thousands of people and created mass child malnutrition.
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
For those on the left who are not socialists, or who do not ally with socialist parties, I don't really understand: what exactly is the project? What is the plan?
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
For those on the left who are not socialists, or who do not ally with socialist parties, I don't really understand: what exactly is the project? What is the plan?
Horrifying reports have emerged that the RSF militia in has brutally massacred more than a thousand people in el-Fasher, Sudan.
The RSF is fighting against the government of Sudan and is backed by the UAE.
The RSF is fighting against the government of Sudan and is backed by the UAE.
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Horrifying reports have emerged that the RSF militia in has brutally massacred more than a thousand people in el-Fasher, Sudan.
The RSF is fighting against the government of Sudan and is backed by the UAE.
The RSF is fighting against the government of Sudan and is backed by the UAE.
An important corrective to US propaganda, from a former minister in the government of Ecuador: "US warships off Venezuela aren't there to fight drugs"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
The US warships off Venezuela aren’t there to fight drugs
Washington’s Caribbean build-up isn’t about traffickers. It’s about projecting power and pushing regime change.
www.aljazeera.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
An important corrective to US propaganda, from a former minister in the government of Ecuador: "US warships off Venezuela aren't there to fight drugs"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
"As lungs need air, so the U.S. economy needs Latin American minerals."
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"As lungs need air, so the U.S. economy needs Latin American minerals."
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
Reposted by Jason Hickel
BREAKING 🇨🇺🇺🇳 With 165 countries in favour, the United Nations has voted to condemn the US blockade of Cuba for the 33rd time — despite an unprecedented campaign by the State Department to stop them.
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
BREAKING 🇨🇺🇺🇳 With 165 countries in favour, the United Nations has voted to condemn the US blockade of Cuba for the 33rd time — despite an unprecedented campaign by the State Department to stop them.
You honestly cannot make this up. The level of impunity, the total disregard for international norms, is just staggering.
October 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
You honestly cannot make this up. The level of impunity, the total disregard for international norms, is just staggering.
This article, on how Israel used drones to massacre children in Gaza while they were drinking tea, is more than 16 years old.
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This article, on how Israel used drones to massacre children in Gaza while they were drinking tea, is more than 16 years old.
New research on 42 countries around the world shows that in most cases people generally do not believe the system they live under is fair. With one exception: China.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New research on 42 countries around the world shows that in most cases people generally do not believe the system they live under is fair. With one exception: China.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
The attempts by Western institutions to normalise Israel since the ceasefire are disgusting and absurd.
First, Israel has not stopped killing Palestinians, and by all accounts is eager to do more of it.
First, Israel has not stopped killing Palestinians, and by all accounts is eager to do more of it.
October 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The attempts by Western institutions to normalise Israel since the ceasefire are disgusting and absurd.
First, Israel has not stopped killing Palestinians, and by all accounts is eager to do more of it.
First, Israel has not stopped killing Palestinians, and by all accounts is eager to do more of it.
What we must all remember from the Gaza genocide is that the international system is rotten to its core and needs to be completely replaced.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
What we must all remember from the Gaza genocide is that the international system is rotten to its core and needs to be completely replaced.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
Today is a good day to remind everyone that the US narrative claiming the President of Venezuela is a drug trafficker is 100% lies. The Trump administration knows this, the Nobel committee knows this... it is a campaign to manufacture consent for invasion. Don't fall for it.
October 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Today is a good day to remind everyone that the US narrative claiming the President of Venezuela is a drug trafficker is 100% lies. The Trump administration knows this, the Nobel committee knows this... it is a campaign to manufacture consent for invasion. Don't fall for it.
It is clear that with this ceasefire Western governments and media want us all to let bygones be bygones.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It is clear that with this ceasefire Western governments and media want us all to let bygones be bygones.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
Here's @drguddisingh.bsky.social in the final episode of this series on the social determinants of child health in Britain. And for health professionals, don't miss Whamproject, which organizes to address these problems.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Three Ages of Child
A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Here's @drguddisingh.bsky.social in the final episode of this series on the social determinants of child health in Britain. And for health professionals, don't miss Whamproject, which organizes to address these problems.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...