Yusuf
@yusufimaadkhan.com
political philosophy, social epistemology, anarchy, sometimes charts 📈 | PhDing @LSEGovernment | he/him
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Your good news of the day.
NEW: Far-right Zionist group Betar US will disband following an investigation by NY State Attorney General Letitia James into the group's "violence against and harassment of Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish activists" and failure to register as a charity in NY despite soliciting donations.
January 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Your good news of the day.
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“What provides India greater freedom of choice and sovereignty? Locking into hydrocarbon coalitions or doubling down on…a green electro-state track? How India chooses to address this question will shape the destiny of its 1.4 billion citizens—and the world.”
- @shreyas-shende.bsky.social
- @shreyas-shende.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“What provides India greater freedom of choice and sovereignty? Locking into hydrocarbon coalitions or doubling down on…a green electro-state track? How India chooses to address this question will shape the destiny of its 1.4 billion citizens—and the world.”
- @shreyas-shende.bsky.social
- @shreyas-shende.bsky.social
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"Late Acceleration: The Indian Emergency and the Early 1970s Energy Crisis" - Elizabeth Chatterjee
Awesome paper.
academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
Awesome paper.
academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
August 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Late Acceleration: The Indian Emergency and the Early 1970s Energy Crisis" - Elizabeth Chatterjee
Awesome paper.
academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
Awesome paper.
academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
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I'm struck by the intellectual firepower of the time, from people who materially suffered from the oppressive racial caste system they critiqued, unlike most of the historical luminaries of political philosophy who materially benefited from it.
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I'm struck by the intellectual firepower of the time, from people who materially suffered from the oppressive racial caste system they critiqued, unlike most of the historical luminaries of political philosophy who materially benefited from it.
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“If China were run by someone other than Xi, would the general picture look very different? I suspect not. Xi did not capture the state. The party, or its interests, produced him.”
January 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
“If China were run by someone other than Xi, would the general picture look very different? I suspect not. Xi did not capture the state. The party, or its interests, produced him.”
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“Xi was a skilled if cautious bureaucrat but his real talent was as a climber of the gargantuan ziggurat that is the Chinese state system.”
@tomstevenson.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tomstevenson.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
January 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
“Xi was a skilled if cautious bureaucrat but his real talent was as a climber of the gargantuan ziggurat that is the Chinese state system.”
@tomstevenson.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tomstevenson.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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We gotta combine this cartogram and this sort of map projection
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitud...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitud...
December 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We gotta combine this cartogram and this sort of map projection
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitud...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitud...
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Was trying to think where else I’d seen the Atlantis map projection recently.
HT @70sbachchan.bsky.social - “A New Non-Alignment” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/non...
HT @ocks.org for an implementation of the Atlantis projection in D3 observablehq.com/@d3/atlantis
HT @70sbachchan.bsky.social - “A New Non-Alignment” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/non...
HT @ocks.org for an implementation of the Atlantis projection in D3 observablehq.com/@d3/atlantis
February 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Was trying to think where else I’d seen the Atlantis map projection recently.
HT @70sbachchan.bsky.social - “A New Non-Alignment” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/non...
HT @ocks.org for an implementation of the Atlantis projection in D3 observablehq.com/@d3/atlantis
HT @70sbachchan.bsky.social - “A New Non-Alignment” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/non...
HT @ocks.org for an implementation of the Atlantis projection in D3 observablehq.com/@d3/atlantis
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I hear that! But the interactions between BRICS/everyone else that @katemac.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social track, raise the big q:
“Can bilateral collaborations and Chinese technological advances add up to a systemic change, a shift in the world order?“
bsky.app/profile/yusu...
“Can bilateral collaborations and Chinese technological advances add up to a systemic change, a shift in the world order?“
bsky.app/profile/yusu...
July 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I hear that! But the interactions between BRICS/everyone else that @katemac.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social track, raise the big q:
“Can bilateral collaborations and Chinese technological advances add up to a systemic change, a shift in the world order?“
bsky.app/profile/yusu...
“Can bilateral collaborations and Chinese technological advances add up to a systemic change, a shift in the world order?“
bsky.app/profile/yusu...
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Rebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperity
“..unity is essential to turn this fragile moment into lasting power…In climate talks and beyond, the South must close ranks.”
Excellent piece from @aygoswami.bsky.social
“..unity is essential to turn this fragile moment into lasting power…In climate talks and beyond, the South must close ranks.”
Excellent piece from @aygoswami.bsky.social
Rebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperity
In response to the challenges posed by Donald Trump's tariffs and the dismantling of multilateralism, BRICS leaders are uniting to defend the Global South's interests. Despite a history of fragile sol...
www.downtoearth.org.in
August 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Rebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperity
“..unity is essential to turn this fragile moment into lasting power…In climate talks and beyond, the South must close ranks.”
Excellent piece from @aygoswami.bsky.social
“..unity is essential to turn this fragile moment into lasting power…In climate talks and beyond, the South must close ranks.”
Excellent piece from @aygoswami.bsky.social
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"To put it bluntly, where non-aligned countries wanted a seat at the capitalist table in order to collectively flip it, contemporary polyaligned countries want something qualitatively different: a larger slice of the pie on the way to a green capitalist future." - @iliasalami.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"To put it bluntly, where non-aligned countries wanted a seat at the capitalist table in order to collectively flip it, contemporary polyaligned countries want something qualitatively different: a larger slice of the pie on the way to a green capitalist future." - @iliasalami.bsky.social
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have a look at the first of my articles on ujamaa and anarchy :)
this was exciting to explore so, naturally, there is more to come.
doi.org/10.1111/dech...
this was exciting to explore so, naturally, there is more to come.
doi.org/10.1111/dech...
Rereading Ujamaa, Rethinking Freedom
This article examines the compatibility of Ujamaa's conceptualization of freedom with the limits of the sovereign state. This is done by examining popular enactments of Ujamaa in Tanzania in the 1960...
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
have a look at the first of my articles on ujamaa and anarchy :)
this was exciting to explore so, naturally, there is more to come.
doi.org/10.1111/dech...
this was exciting to explore so, naturally, there is more to come.
doi.org/10.1111/dech...
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The social forces that animated the original anti-colonial liberation movements remain powerful, and there is no reason to believe they would acquiesce to a return to direct foreign rule.
But Trump II seems intent on relearning the lessons not only of WWII, but of the end of empire as well.
10/End
But Trump II seems intent on relearning the lessons not only of WWII, but of the end of empire as well.
10/End
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The social forces that animated the original anti-colonial liberation movements remain powerful, and there is no reason to believe they would acquiesce to a return to direct foreign rule.
But Trump II seems intent on relearning the lessons not only of WWII, but of the end of empire as well.
10/End
But Trump II seems intent on relearning the lessons not only of WWII, but of the end of empire as well.
10/End
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What Getachew makes clear is how recent the norm of universal statehood as the expression of sovereign self-determination is, how much struggle it took to establish that norm, and how the universal part was not a foregone conclusion.
That offers a cautionary tale for what we're seeing now.
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That offers a cautionary tale for what we're seeing now.
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Going through Adom Getachew's Worldmaking After Empire, and the Woodrow Wilson citations on Reconstruction and empire as tutelage for self-determination are eye-opening.
I think he himself would recognize Trump as a dyed in the wool Wilsonian, even if the historians who sanitized Wilson wouldn't.
I think he himself would recognize Trump as a dyed in the wool Wilsonian, even if the historians who sanitized Wilson wouldn't.
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
What Getachew makes clear is how recent the norm of universal statehood as the expression of sovereign self-determination is, how much struggle it took to establish that norm, and how the universal part was not a foregone conclusion.
That offers a cautionary tale for what we're seeing now.
🧵
That offers a cautionary tale for what we're seeing now.
🧵
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We think of the postwar world order as having been built by the US. But as Getachew makes clear, that world order was completed by the intellectual giants of the African, pan-African and African diaspora liberation movements.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
We think of the postwar world order as having been built by the US. But as Getachew makes clear, that world order was completed by the intellectual giants of the African, pan-African and African diaspora liberation movements.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
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A sobering thought: were Nigel Farage to become Prime Minister then the terrifying scenes from Minneapolis would become terrifying scenes here.
January 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
A sobering thought: were Nigel Farage to become Prime Minister then the terrifying scenes from Minneapolis would become terrifying scenes here.
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Does the UK military have forces embedded on the US carrier strike group that illegally attacked Venezuela?
It's been reported they do. But government refuses to say.
Because in the UK political system, there's no right to know. Why should we tolerate this?
#DCUKparliament
It's been reported they do. But government refuses to say.
Because in the UK political system, there's no right to know. Why should we tolerate this?
#DCUKparliament
January 13, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Does the UK military have forces embedded on the US carrier strike group that illegally attacked Venezuela?
It's been reported they do. But government refuses to say.
Because in the UK political system, there's no right to know. Why should we tolerate this?
#DCUKparliament
It's been reported they do. But government refuses to say.
Because in the UK political system, there's no right to know. Why should we tolerate this?
#DCUKparliament
Me on my way to hunt down treasure for the british museum under the command of governor george osborne
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Me on my way to hunt down treasure for the british museum under the command of governor george osborne
I will do it. I will steal things back for the British. This is the final stage of imperialism
Job opening: “The British Museum Plans to Hire a Treasure Hunter. Duties Include Recovering Missing Artifacts Before They’re Lost to History” Christian Thorsberg, The Smithsonian, 7 January 2026 bit.ly/3LD5529
January 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I will do it. I will steal things back for the British. This is the final stage of imperialism
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So, yeah. While my point has been that what’s popular should not dictate what movements fight for it’s also the case that getting rid of this abominable organization is popular. And can be made more so through the consistent rhetorical and organizing efforts already taking place & expanding.
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
So, yeah. While my point has been that what’s popular should not dictate what movements fight for it’s also the case that getting rid of this abominable organization is popular. And can be made more so through the consistent rhetorical and organizing efforts already taking place & expanding.
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📢 CFP: LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory
📅 28–29 May 2026 • London (in person)
Grad students in political theory & related fields: submit an anonymized abstract (≤1000 words) by 22 Feb 2026.
✨ Keynotes: Sean Ingham & Shuk Ying Chan
🔗 Submit via form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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📢 CFP: LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory
📅 28–29 May 2026 • London (in person)
Grad students in political theory & related fields: submit an anonymized abstract (≤1000 words) by 22 Feb 2026.
✨ Keynotes: Sean Ingham & Shuk Ying Chan
🔗 Submit via form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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📢 CFP: LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory
📅 28–29 May 2026 • London (in person)
Grad students in political theory & related fields: submit an anonymized abstract (≤1000 words) by 22 Feb 2026.
✨ Keynotes: Sean Ingham & Shuk Ying Chan
🔗 Submit via form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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📢 CFP: LSE Graduate Conference in Political Theory
📅 28–29 May 2026 • London (in person)
Grad students in political theory & related fields: submit an anonymized abstract (≤1000 words) by 22 Feb 2026.
✨ Keynotes: Sean Ingham & Shuk Ying Chan
🔗 Submit via form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking.
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking.
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
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I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!
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"Our plans are measured in centuries."
January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
"Our plans are measured in centuries."