Jeremy Gilbert
@jemgilbert.bsky.social
Cultural theory, political analysis, dance party politics.
Latest book: Hegemony Now (Verso, 2022)
www.jeremygilbert.org
Latest book: Hegemony Now (Verso, 2022)
www.jeremygilbert.org
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Oh, man. Rest in Peace, Jimmy. ♥️
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Jimmy Cliff You Can Get It If You Really Want
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November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Oh, man. Rest in Peace, Jimmy. ♥️
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SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT pt.3 : DRC Today
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence review the music and politics of DRC from 1960 to today.../
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence review the music and politics of DRC from 1960 to today.../
Soundtrack for a Coup D'Etat pt.3: DRC Today
Podcast Episode · Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture · 20/11/2025 · 1h 28m
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November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT pt.3 : DRC Today
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Spotify: tinyurl.com/a9v8fvs2
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence review the music and politics of DRC from 1960 to today.../
Apple: tinyurl.com/5hc3h3sc
Spotify: tinyurl.com/a9v8fvs2
Patreon: tinyurl.com/32d4p6k5
@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence review the music and politics of DRC from 1960 to today.../
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EVENT: 'Housing, Power and Property' 🏠
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
Housing, Power and Property
A symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
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November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
EVENT: 'Housing, Power and Property' 🏠
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
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Book launch for The Politics of Feeling with @ajsecor.bsky.social and @jemgilbert.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social on 25.11 at 15.00 in London. Details here, last time I checked there were a couple of tickets left
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www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Book launch for The Politics of Feeling with @ajsecor.bsky.social and @jemgilbert.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social on 25.11 at 15.00 in London. Details here, last time I checked there were a couple of tickets left
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
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The problem is distributing free pdfs of the readings for groups of senior faculty, or for grad seminars, as if there was someone else who was buying the books, while "we" get them for free. When "we" don't buy the books, there isn't anyone else to pick up the cost of publishing them.
This is the importance of buying the books we write and teach from university presses. The same administrations that don’t care about the humanities would be just as happy to have academic publishing handled by these companies. We can save our own publishing ecosystem- but we have to do it.
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The problem is distributing free pdfs of the readings for groups of senior faculty, or for grad seminars, as if there was someone else who was buying the books, while "we" get them for free. When "we" don't buy the books, there isn't anyone else to pick up the cost of publishing them.
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I've just signed a contract with @orbooks.bsky.social to write a book about the future of the BBC with @tommills.bsky.social and Thomas Chivers of @mediareformuk.bsky.social. The book, which will be published in the second half of 2026 will coincide with charter renewal.
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I've just signed a contract with @orbooks.bsky.social to write a book about the future of the BBC with @tommills.bsky.social and Thomas Chivers of @mediareformuk.bsky.social. The book, which will be published in the second half of 2026 will coincide with charter renewal.
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Just came across this podcast from @jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence. No indication of when it was made, but their discussion of the political nuances of the summer of love & the momentous influence of David Mancuso was excellent: www.loveisthemessagepod.co.uk/series1/welc...
E01: Welcome — Home
Tune in, turn on, get down!
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November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Just came across this podcast from @jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence. No indication of when it was made, but their discussion of the political nuances of the summer of love & the momentous influence of David Mancuso was excellent: www.loveisthemessagepod.co.uk/series1/welc...
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Nothing could be more @jemgilbert.bsky.social than the 11 minute introduction he provides to the subsequent hour & a half interview between him, Alan Finlayson and Neal Lawson of Compass, explaining what Compass is, to give listeners extra context to the ensuing discussion
Anyway great listen 🥀
Anyway great listen 🥀
The Factional Politics of the Labour Party
Podcast Episode · Culture, Power and Politics » Podcast · 16/11/2025 · 1h 35m
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November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Nothing could be more @jemgilbert.bsky.social than the 11 minute introduction he provides to the subsequent hour & a half interview between him, Alan Finlayson and Neal Lawson of Compass, explaining what Compass is, to give listeners extra context to the ensuing discussion
Anyway great listen 🥀
Anyway great listen 🥀
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Interesting post-publication addition! I wonder if Mahmood's proposals will be the final straw for many 'forever Labour' soft-leftists. FWIW, I fully agree with the article that this Labour leadership would be fine with going into coalition with the Tories post-2029.
Thanks Ian. The one qualification I would make now is that there's circumstantial evidence for a massive exit of members to the Greens even since the article was written, which might yet finally hand the husk of the party over to to Streeting. But we're not there yet.
Excellent piece by @jemgilbert.bsky.social I found especially interesting his point that the membership's centre of gravity remains soft left, meaning the 'what next for Labour' question has to be engaged with. It also made me think of the policy platform for Starmer's 2020 leadership campaign...
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Interesting post-publication addition! I wonder if Mahmood's proposals will be the final straw for many 'forever Labour' soft-leftists. FWIW, I fully agree with the article that this Labour leadership would be fine with going into coalition with the Tories post-2029.
Thanks Ian. The one qualification I would make now is that there's circumstantial evidence for a massive exit of members to the Greens even since the article was written, which might yet finally hand the husk of the party over to to Streeting. But we're not there yet.
Excellent piece by @jemgilbert.bsky.social I found especially interesting his point that the membership's centre of gravity remains soft left, meaning the 'what next for Labour' question has to be engaged with. It also made me think of the policy platform for Starmer's 2020 leadership campaign...
While many socialists are rightly repulsed by the misdeeds of the Starmer government, its tenure will come to an end soon enough. When it does, we must be ready to renew the Labour Party’s radical mission.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Thanks Ian. The one qualification I would make now is that there's circumstantial evidence for a massive exit of members to the Greens even since the article was written, which might yet finally hand the husk of the party over to to Streeting. But we're not there yet.
Great to see that ‘reply to the article without reading it’ is now fully a thing here on BlueSky.
While many socialists are rightly repulsed by the misdeeds of the Starmer government, its tenure will come to an end soon enough. When it does, we must be ready to renew the Labour Party’s radical mission.
Reclaiming Labour
While many socialists are rightly repulsed by the misdeeds of the Starmer government, its tenure will come to an end soon enough. When it does, we must be ready to renew the Labour Party’s radical mis...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Great to see that ‘reply to the article without reading it’ is now fully a thing here on BlueSky.
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While many socialists are rightly repulsed by the misdeeds of the Starmer government, its tenure will come to an end soon enough. When it does, we must be ready to renew the Labour Party’s radical mission.
Reclaiming Labour
While many socialists are rightly repulsed by the misdeeds of the Starmer government, its tenure will come to an end soon enough. When it does, we must be ready to renew the Labour Party’s radical mis...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
While many socialists are rightly repulsed by the misdeeds of the Starmer government, its tenure will come to an end soon enough. When it does, we must be ready to renew the Labour Party’s radical mission.
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Very good piece from @jemgilbert.bsky.social in the Tribune, if a tad overoptimistic.
While many socialists are rightly repulsed by the misdeeds of the Starmer government, its tenure will come to an end soon enough. When it does, we must be ready to renew the Labour Party’s radical mission.
Reclaiming Labour
While many socialists are rightly repulsed by the misdeeds of the Starmer government, its tenure will come to an end soon enough. When it does, we must be ready to renew the Labour Party’s radical mis...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Very good piece from @jemgilbert.bsky.social in the Tribune, if a tad overoptimistic.
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Housing, Power and Property - event at UEL, December 12th
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Housing, Power and Property
A symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Housing, Power and Property - event at UEL, December 12th
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
Very good from Neal Lawson www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer was never meant to be Labour’s prime minister – his leadership was doomed from the start | Neal Lawson
His alliance with the party’s anti-Corbyn faction was a shotgun marriage that totally lacked vision. Now Labour is paying the price, says Neal Lawson of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Very good from Neal Lawson www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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For more on the issues I have with throwing the term "feudalism" about you can check out this discussion I had with @jemgilbert.bsky.social on his excellent show, Culture, Power and Politics share.google/ncUCJoWzj7wZ...
What's Feudal About 'Technofeudalism'?
Join Jem and historian Eleanor Janega as they explore the links between capitalism and techno-feudalism in this insightful podcast episode.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For more on the issues I have with throwing the term "feudalism" about you can check out this discussion I had with @jemgilbert.bsky.social on his excellent show, Culture, Power and Politics share.google/ncUCJoWzj7wZ...
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I'll be there talking about tenant unions and building power. Come and join us!
Housing, Power and Property - event at UEL, December 12th
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
Housing, Power and Property
A symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I'll be there talking about tenant unions and building power. Come and join us!
Housing, Power and Property - event at UEL, December 12th
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
Housing, Power and Property
A symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Housing, Power and Property - event at UEL, December 12th
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
When we started doing this podcast I did not expect Tim to be playing tracks by East Anglian post-punk bands of which I hadn’t been previously aware. And yet here we are…
LITM Extra - What We're Listening To, Nov '25
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For patrons, @jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence share what music's been on their turntables recently.../
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For patrons, @jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence share what music's been on their turntables recently.../
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
When we started doing this podcast I did not expect Tim to be playing tracks by East Anglian post-punk bands of which I hadn’t been previously aware. And yet here we are…
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This morning I was wondering too about the impact that X has on the perceptions of mainstream journalists. These are the top 3 tweets replying to Mamdani's last campaign video. No wonder they lack true analyses, their perception is always already distorted by spending too much time over there.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This morning I was wondering too about the impact that X has on the perceptions of mainstream journalists. These are the top 3 tweets replying to Mamdani's last campaign video. No wonder they lack true analyses, their perception is always already distorted by spending too much time over there.
Presenters of BBC Radio's flagship news show react to news from NYC. One is on repeat: 'what happens when he can't deliver his programme?' The other can't stop trying to attribute Zohran's victory to his personality, his campaign style, anything but his programme. Pure ideology.
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Presenters of BBC Radio's flagship news show react to news from NYC. One is on repeat: 'what happens when he can't deliver his programme?' The other can't stop trying to attribute Zohran's victory to his personality, his campaign style, anything but his programme. Pure ideology.
Yes here's our @novaramedia.com #ACFM podcast about Your Party. Inevitably there were things we didn't get around to: e.g. the contentious role of the 'independent MPs'. We DO talk about historical precedents, online democracy and competing ideas of authority in a social media world.
The latest #ACFM podcast discusses Your Party. @NotJustYouHere, @jemgilbert, and I try to add some perspective on the mess of its founding while recognising it's a hugely difficult task. Luckily these numbers seem to indicate the project isn't still born.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/02/w...
novaramedia.com/2025/11/02/w...
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Yes here's our @novaramedia.com #ACFM podcast about Your Party. Inevitably there were things we didn't get around to: e.g. the contentious role of the 'independent MPs'. We DO talk about historical precedents, online democracy and competing ideas of authority in a social media world.
I think the real significance of Caerphilly is that once centre-left voters start accepting that they might have to vote for parties to the left of Labour in order to block Reform, then the entire basis for centrist political strategy since the 1970s is out of the window.
October 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I think the real significance of Caerphilly is that once centre-left voters start accepting that they might have to vote for parties to the left of Labour in order to block Reform, then the entire basis for centrist political strategy since the 1970s is out of the window.
Please, please, please if you know anyone who even might be in Unison, encourage them to vote for Egan. This would be the biggest win for progressive forces in the UK since 2015.
Come along to my campaign rally!
📆 next Monday 27th Oct, 7pm
Don't miss it 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📆 next Monday 27th Oct, 7pm
Don't miss it 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Please, please, please if you know anyone who even might be in Unison, encourage them to vote for Egan. This would be the biggest win for progressive forces in the UK since 2015.
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An observation on language and the Caerphilly by-election result.
I’ve read that the result is the outcome of ‘tactical voting’.
I define tactical voting as this reasoning.
I support party x.
I oppose party y.
In order to achieve the latter I will vote party z (1/2)
I’ve read that the result is the outcome of ‘tactical voting’.
I define tactical voting as this reasoning.
I support party x.
I oppose party y.
In order to achieve the latter I will vote party z (1/2)
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
An observation on language and the Caerphilly by-election result.
I’ve read that the result is the outcome of ‘tactical voting’.
I define tactical voting as this reasoning.
I support party x.
I oppose party y.
In order to achieve the latter I will vote party z (1/2)
I’ve read that the result is the outcome of ‘tactical voting’.
I define tactical voting as this reasoning.
I support party x.
I oppose party y.
In order to achieve the latter I will vote party z (1/2)