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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · 3d

"... the history of the term Staatsräson is explicitly a history of violence. It’s about all of these forms of behavior that are not moral but are politically necessary: lying, deceit, violence, expropriation…”

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Unreason of State

The history of the idea of reason of State is a history of violence.

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · 5d

An interview with Patrick Samzun of the anarchist journal Réfractions, on analyzing & fighting the contemporary far-Right:

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Creative aggression against anti-politics

Capacious forms of transformative resistance require "creative aggression."

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Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · 6d

Faculty Writing | Abdaljawad Omar, "Water without name " | for @communispress | buff.ly/axPbMVd

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · 12d

"My modest proposal would be an antifascist take on Nietzsche’s idea of becoming who one is: becoming what the far right imagines you to be, realizing their imaginary enemy."

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<i>Become who you are</i> … against fascism

Become what the far right imagines you to be, realize their imaginary enemy.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 15d

reminder at this anniversary that Jameson's 90th birthday was celebrated with short essays by many many nerds on his many many major books! www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/j...

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · 15d

Starting November 12, I'll be teaching a course at BISR on how a tragic anti-colonialism was developed—in theory, practice and dramaturgy—by a range of writers, from Lorraine Hansberry to Frantz Fanon, from C.L.R. James to Anna Seghers, from Aimé Césaire to Ghassan Kanafani.

Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · 17d

Tragedy and Decolonization: From Pessimism to Emancipation | Fall Courses | BISR Online buff.ly/hGCOeW3

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 16d

What looks to be another important critique of Sohn Rethel's real abstraction. (I know i'm old but it blows my mind Constellations has published this!)

Jan Overwijk @jloverwijk.bsky.social · 16d

🚨New article!🚨
Katherina Kinzel and I critically assess Alfred Sohn-Rethel's notion of real abstraction. Although we appreciate his materialist impulse, we argue that he ultimately ends up Kantianizing Marx rather than Marxianizing Kant.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Marxism Without Irony: On the Failure of Alfred Sohn‐Rethel's Transcendental Materialism

Click on the article title to read more.

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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 16d

PART 2 of my interview w/ Alberto Toscano & @stschrader1.bsky.social on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, military repression, what it reveals about MAGA’s fascist/authoritarian project—and about illiberalism already immanent in US carceral/imperialist state www.thedigradio.com/podcast/stat...

State of Impunity w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader

Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the...

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Stuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 20d

This was such a great convo with @danieldenvir.bsky.social & @alfatau.bsky.social! Please check it out!

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 20d

New ep: Trump’s intense police, ICE, military repression w/ Alberto Toscano and @stschrader1.bsky.social. What does this reveal about MAGA’s fascist authoritarian project—and about the illiberalism immanent in carceral and imperialist state? FIRST in 2-part series www.thedigradio.com/podcast/fasc...

Fascist Police State w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader

Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the...

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · 21d

In conversation with Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Rose Aguilar on political repression in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination.

www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

The Authoritarian Playbook: Free speech crackdown after Kirk's murder

Trump and his allies immediately responded to Kirk’s murder by blaming the "far-left" and left-wing extremism without knowing who did it or what the motivation was.

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 27d

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Postmodern Culture
Volume 34, Number 2, January 2024
#S2O #OpenAccess via @ProjectMUSE
tinyurl.com/wnyk7kf4

CONTRIBUTORS
Stephen D. Carter
Paul Earlie
Sungyong Ahn
Rashmi Varma
Anna Bernard
Brenna Bhandar
Timothy Brennan
John Cox
Nadia Hajal-Backleh
Rohini Hensman
and more!

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Postmodern Culture
Volume 34, Number 2, January 2024
#S2O #OpenAccess via @ProjectMUSE

CONTRIBUTORS
Stephen D. Carter
Paul Earlie
Sungyong Ahn
Rashmi Varma
Anna Bernard
Brenna Bhandar
Timothy Brennan
John Cox
Nadia Hajal-Backleh
Rohini Hensman
David Palumbo-Liu
Vijay Prashad
Sarah Shields
Ajantha Subramanian
Alberto Toscano
Travis Alexander
Erika Teichert

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · 23d

"A racist, eugenicist, military state, Sparta received Hitler's seal of approval for its biological selectionism as the first truly racist and Nordic state, a legitimate precursor to the Third Reich."

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Greeks, Romans, Germans How the Nazis Usurped Europe’s Classical Past : Johann Chapoutot : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Greek Roman German history

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · 23d

A "super-Sparta" undergirded by a "flexible" economy centred on weapons production and with "autarkic characteristics", grounded on the principle that ethno-national "life is more important than law". The unabashed rhetoric and practice of 21st century fascism.

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נתניהו מודה: "אנחנו בסוג של בידוד. נהיה סופר־ספרטה"

בנאום בכנס של משרד החשב הכללי, ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו מודה כי ישראל נמצאת כיום ב"סוג של בידוד" מדיני ■ עוד אמר ראש הממשלה כי כלכלת ישראל תצטרך להיות "עם סממנים אוטרקיים"

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Adnan Sarwar @adnan-sarwar.bsky.social · 29d

Awaiting arrest for holding a placard in support of Palestine Action protestors read, Selected Political Writings by Ghassan Kanafani, The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Late Facism by Alberto Toscano Wilding by Isabella Tree among other books

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · Sep 4

The rest of the recordings and other events from the Centre for Climate Justice @ UBC here:
www.youtube.com/@centreforcl...

Centre for Climate Justice

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · Sep 4

A recording of the Long Arc of Fascism panel discussion on "Fascism as Capitalist Counter-Revolution" with Brenna Bhandar, Avery Everhart, Gastón Gordillo and Alberto Toscano, chaired by Naomi Klein (April 19, 2025).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCK1...

Panel 2: Fascism as Capitalist Counter Revolution

YouTube video by Centre for Climate Justice

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Palestine Book Forum in the new issue of Postmodern Culture, edited by Rashmi Varma, is now freely available, with short pieces on Ghassan Kanafani, Adania Shibli, Saree Makdisi, Haidar Eid and more.

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Pablo Elorduy @pelorduy.bsky.social · Aug 24

Alberto Toscano: “Hay un colapso simbólico del supremacismo occidental en su forma liberal”.

Tuve la suerte de tener esta conversación sobre nuestro tiempo con el autor de un gran ensayo acerca de la nueva extrema derecha.

Fotos de @aminguito.bsky.social

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Alberto Toscano: “Hay un colapso simbólico del supremacismo occidental en su forma liberal”

Este filósofo ha estudiado aquellos deseos sociales insatisfechos que la extrema derecha ha conseguido cabalgar para su resurgimiento en la última década. En esta entrevista explica también cómo afron...

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · Sep 2

“[A] blueprint for mass deportation, marketed as development.”

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Slumlord Empire • Protean Magazine

In this essay, Alberto Toscano and Brenna Bahndar explore how the ideology of real estate has come to find direct geopolitical expression in Trump’s crass drive to acquire territory as “property”—a tu...

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Centre for Climate Justice @ccj-ubc.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our Long Arc of Fascism Teach-In with @ccms-sfu.bsky.social in April brought people together to workshop how best to be engaged and move forward. Recordings from the sessions now up on our YouTube channel - highlights from this wonderful day of action here: youtu.be/JGYSvNEMKj4?...

Highlights: Long Arc of Fascism Teach-in

YouTube video by Centre for Climate Justice

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Outras Palavras @outraspalavras.net · Aug 15

PALANTIR, O BRAÇO DIGITAL DO FASCISMO TARDIO

Corporação do bilionário Peter Thiel multiplica seu capital fornecendo a Washington e Tel Aviv sistemas que identificam quem deportar ou matar. Seus anúncios pregam o supremacismo do Ocidente. Sua proximidade com Trump assegura contratos e imunidade

Palantir, o braço digital do fascismo tardio | Outras Palavras

Corporação do bilionário Peter Thiel multiplica seu capital fornecendo aos EUA e Israel sistemas que identificam quem deportar ou matar. Seus anúncios pregam o supremacismo do Ocidente. Conexão com Tr...

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · Aug 15

I tried to explore some elements of our moment that make it worthwhile to think through the problem of Caesarism here:
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

Kings of Capital

The pathological personalization of power is at the core of the far Right’s rise.

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Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social · Jul 29

I will be teaching this online course in September at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.

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Hail Caesar! Capitalism, Caesarism, and Crisis - Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Why do modern mass democracies so often turn to charismatic authoritarian leaders? How can we understand the desire for redemptive strongmen that repeatedly emerges in complex capitalist societies? An...

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Philippe W. #C^3 @philippewerle.bsky.social · Aug 8

Palantir Technologies, fondée par Peter Thiel, conçoit l’infrastructure de la répression, et nous explique pourquoi dans ses campagnes de publicité. Le philosophe Alberto Toscano analyse à partir de ce cas les noces de la Big Tech, de l’extrême droite et de l'état.
www.contretemps.eu/palantir-tec...

Conçu pour dominer. Palantir Technologies, bras armé numérique de la répression mondiale - CONTRETEMPS

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Kathryn Joyce @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social · Aug 1

"While any recognition of Palestinian suffering may seem like a victory, it’s a mistake to see these recent statements as evidence of a pivot towards finally confronting Israel’s war against the Palestinian people — let alone doing something about it." New from @alfatau.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com

How to Hide a Genocide

Naming Gaza's mounting famine a humanitarian crisis rather than a facet of genocide allows Western powers to continue their unshakable alliance with Israel and their rejection of all efforts to hold i...

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