Angela Mitropoulos
@mitropoulos.bsky.social
Contract & Contagion: From Biopolitics to Oikonomia (2012)
Pandemonium: Proliferating Borders of Capital and the Pandemic Swerve (2020)
More (open access) writings at https://s0metim3s.com/mitropoulos/
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May 2026 bring freedom, justice, and a defeat from which fascism cannot recover. Nothing is inevitable, so much is possible.
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
Chomsky began his career in atrocity denial with his defense of Faurrison. Since then, there have been so many obvious red flags — his anti-antifascism, the red-brown geopolitics, the conservative theory of language. His prominence, and the esteem he's been accorded on the US Left, is bewildering.
Chomsky's prominence despite his lack of seriousness to put it lightly said a lot how movements that indulged him preferred narrative simplism over confronting injustice wherever it comes from in a complex world
East Europeans getting troves of validation for hating on Chomsky and US people who blindly venerated him, despite genocide denial.
January 31, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Chomsky began his career in atrocity denial with his defense of Faurrison. Since then, there have been so many obvious red flags — his anti-antifascism, the red-brown geopolitics, the conservative theory of language. His prominence, and the esteem he's been accorded on the US Left, is bewildering.
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Years ago, a friend asked me why billionaires want MORE money when they could never spend the tiniest fraction of what they have.
My answer is that they want immunity. The immunity to do literally any horrific they want without consequence.
Nothing I've seen since has changed my mind.
My answer is that they want immunity. The immunity to do literally any horrific they want without consequence.
Nothing I've seen since has changed my mind.
January 31, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Years ago, a friend asked me why billionaires want MORE money when they could never spend the tiniest fraction of what they have.
My answer is that they want immunity. The immunity to do literally any horrific they want without consequence.
Nothing I've seen since has changed my mind.
My answer is that they want immunity. The immunity to do literally any horrific they want without consequence.
Nothing I've seen since has changed my mind.
Gods forbid anyone had the words to even begin describing the present circumstances.
Breaking News: Texas A&M ended its women’s studies program and changed hundreds of courses over race and gender to comply with new policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms.
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Hundreds of Classes on Race and Gender
New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.
nyti.ms
January 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Gods forbid anyone had the words to even begin describing the present circumstances.
Concentration camps are where people are detained without charge or trial and for an indefinite period.
The law's creation of extra-legal spaces, and the legalisation of extra-legal violence. It is an entirely accurate description of where ICE are sending people.
The law's creation of extra-legal spaces, and the legalisation of extra-legal violence. It is an entirely accurate description of where ICE are sending people.
January 30, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Concentration camps are where people are detained without charge or trial and for an indefinite period.
The law's creation of extra-legal spaces, and the legalisation of extra-legal violence. It is an entirely accurate description of where ICE are sending people.
The law's creation of extra-legal spaces, and the legalisation of extra-legal violence. It is an entirely accurate description of where ICE are sending people.
For the Right, eliminating a disease — and the US verged on doing so with measles — also means eliminating snake-oil markets in the "treatment of symptoms."
The US is the largest healthcare market by far; and one of the very worst at outcomes.
The US is the largest healthcare market by far; and one of the very worst at outcomes.
New from me: Last month I asked HHS about South Carolina's measles outbreak. They brushed me off, saying they weren't "concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak."
A month later, it's the biggest since measles was declared eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A month later, it's the biggest since measles was declared eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
HHS wasn't worried about South Carolina's measles outbreak. It's now enormous.
“CDC is not currently concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak," the agency said in December.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:26 PM
For the Right, eliminating a disease — and the US verged on doing so with measles — also means eliminating snake-oil markets in the "treatment of symptoms."
The US is the largest healthcare market by far; and one of the very worst at outcomes.
The US is the largest healthcare market by far; and one of the very worst at outcomes.
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We can now name the Oxford Professor said to have raped a junior academic: Bent Flyvbjerg.
Bent Flyvbjerg is the Oxford academic said to have raped colleague | Good Law Project
Professor who is reported to have raped a junior academic still holds position at the university' Said Business School
goodlaw.social
January 30, 2026 at 9:55 AM
We can now name the Oxford Professor said to have raped a junior academic: Bent Flyvbjerg.
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🧵Palantir built ICE’s data platform for Trump’s mass deportation push.
@nafeez.bsky.social investigates for @bylinetimes.bsky.social : are the same “military-grade” tools now being used to track democratic dissent as well as migrants? 1/12
🔗 bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/d...
@nafeez.bsky.social investigates for @bylinetimes.bsky.social : are the same “military-grade” tools now being used to track democratic dissent as well as migrants? 1/12
🔗 bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/d...
‘Domestic Terrorism’: ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent
Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to ...
bylinetimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:02 PM
🧵Palantir built ICE’s data platform for Trump’s mass deportation push.
@nafeez.bsky.social investigates for @bylinetimes.bsky.social : are the same “military-grade” tools now being used to track democratic dissent as well as migrants? 1/12
🔗 bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/d...
@nafeez.bsky.social investigates for @bylinetimes.bsky.social : are the same “military-grade” tools now being used to track democratic dissent as well as migrants? 1/12
🔗 bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/d...
Starmer? If only.
Leaving Starmer aside (and because I've written about it at length), I didn't think anyone would try to pathologise criticism of the oikos.
Leaving Starmer aside (and because I've written about it at length), I didn't think anyone would try to pathologise criticism of the oikos.
Evening.
*First time I've seen an explanatory note beneath a Telegraph headline.
*First time I've seen an explanatory note beneath a Telegraph headline.
January 28, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Starmer? If only.
Leaving Starmer aside (and because I've written about it at length), I didn't think anyone would try to pathologise criticism of the oikos.
Leaving Starmer aside (and because I've written about it at length), I didn't think anyone would try to pathologise criticism of the oikos.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Begging that some of ICE's billions be routed to colleges — for ethnic cleansing to proceed, but with "better training."
Opinion | To Avoid More Tragic Deaths, ICE Needs Higher Education and Training Standards
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
January 28, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Begging that some of ICE's billions be routed to colleges — for ethnic cleansing to proceed, but with "better training."
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I live an hour north of Minneapolis and they’re here too. They’re rounding up workers in chicken processing plants and breweries.
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I live an hour north of Minneapolis and they’re here too. They’re rounding up workers in chicken processing plants and breweries.
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Matt Goodwin makes a living out of railing against university educated elites & his whole schtick is "he was the first person in his family to go to university", which is a bit weird given that his Dad, now being heavily invoked for his Manchester connection, appears to have a string of degrees.
January 27, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Matt Goodwin makes a living out of railing against university educated elites & his whole schtick is "he was the first person in his family to go to university", which is a bit weird given that his Dad, now being heavily invoked for his Manchester connection, appears to have a string of degrees.
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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It’s always funny when palantir employees discover that they work at palantir
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It’s always funny when palantir employees discover that they work at palantir
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The casual common and dispersed ways people are joking about icing ICE agents is a huge shift that has happened extremely quickly, they have suffered a total ideological and cultural defeat by massive, decentralized, revolutionary resistance and mutual aid, from LA to Portland to Chicago to MPLS
January 26, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The casual common and dispersed ways people are joking about icing ICE agents is a huge shift that has happened extremely quickly, they have suffered a total ideological and cultural defeat by massive, decentralized, revolutionary resistance and mutual aid, from LA to Portland to Chicago to MPLS
By "people," she means "white people." And, in naming Renee Good and Alex Pretti, reminded me of the rage and grief in Walter Benjamin's remark that "even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he wins."
For now, the discourse shifts from vilification to recuperation.
For now, the discourse shifts from vilification to recuperation.
Leavitt: "Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America's streets. This includes Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the brave men and women of law enforcement, and the many Americans who have been victimized by illegal alien criminals"
January 26, 2026 at 8:19 PM
By "people," she means "white people." And, in naming Renee Good and Alex Pretti, reminded me of the rage and grief in Walter Benjamin's remark that "even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he wins."
For now, the discourse shifts from vilification to recuperation.
For now, the discourse shifts from vilification to recuperation.
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Last week, MAGA was claiming they're the *real* victims because some protesters called out a church who has an ICE agent pastor.
They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.
It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.
It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
Pro-ICE churches should be shamed
Cities Church in St. Paul are the persecutors, not the persecuted
www.salon.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Last week, MAGA was claiming they're the *real* victims because some protesters called out a church who has an ICE agent pastor.
They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.
It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.
It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
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The ultimate establishment post. Criticizing everyone else for using "fascism" for years and when you finally use it yourself, calling everyone who doesn't "perverse".
Fuck you, The Atlantic! You normalized their message with your endless paranoid scare campaign against so-called "wokeness".
Fuck you, The Atlantic! You normalized their message with your endless paranoid scare campaign against so-called "wokeness".
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
January 26, 2026 at 12:01 AM
The ultimate establishment post. Criticizing everyone else for using "fascism" for years and when you finally use it yourself, calling everyone who doesn't "perverse".
Fuck you, The Atlantic! You normalized their message with your endless paranoid scare campaign against so-called "wokeness".
Fuck you, The Atlantic! You normalized their message with your endless paranoid scare campaign against so-called "wokeness".
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Ah, yes. The man who signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act into law, and the deporter-in-chief. Thank you for your insights.
Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly
January 26, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Ah, yes. The man who signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act into law, and the deporter-in-chief. Thank you for your insights.
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Bolsonaro supporters protesting and demanding that he is set free got hit by a lightning bolt, 3 persons are in hospital now.
🚨⚡ Um raio atingiu bolsonaristas em Brasília nesta tarde. Eles estavam aguardando Nikolas Ferreira no Memorial JK para um protesto pela soltura de Bolsonaro quando um raio atingiu a praça. Três bolsonaristas foram para o hospital.
January 25, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Bolsonaro supporters protesting and demanding that he is set free got hit by a lightning bolt, 3 persons are in hospital now.
Panic! At the Boardroom.
60+ CEOs release letter on "recent challenges" creating "tragic loss."
Call for "immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE.
Signers include Target, UnitedHealth, Cargill, General Mills, MN sport teams
Call for "immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE.
Signers include Target, UnitedHealth, Cargill, General Mills, MN sport teams
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Panic! At the Boardroom.
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.