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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 8d

The FM of Italy and Greece issued a joint statement on the Global Sumud Flotilla, calling on Israel “to ensure the safety and security of the participants and to allow all consular protection measures.”

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Scrutiny on Israel grows as Sumud Flotilla sails closer to Gaza

Israeli vessels harrassed some Flotilla boats, crews remain determined to break Israel’s devastating blockade on Gaza.

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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Aug 21

The whoooooooooooole shebang is out with @europeanlawopen.bsky.social.

Everything you wanted to know about Marxism and EU law, but were afraid to ask.

Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

New symposium out now🎉

Edited by @pashukanist.bsky.social, @nanoboss.bsky.social + me in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social seeks to introduce Marxist approaches to EU law scholarship.

Read now 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🧵 (1/9) A thread on the symposium (please share!)

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thanks! I'd like to hear more about your critique of sustainable freight policy. Could you send me an e-mail to [email protected]?

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

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It's 100 pages and around 60,000 words of Marxist analysis of the EU. We hope that it signals a break from the past, by introducing ideas and authors that offer a challenge to the very precepts of EU law.

Read the full symposium here 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#EULaw #Marxism

European Law Open: Volume 4 - Issue 2 | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - European Law Open - Volume 4 - Issue 2

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Finally, my paper examines EU emissions trading arguing:

🔹 It has tended towards a regressive wealth redistribution, passing on costs to workers
🔹 The urgency of the climate crisis demands a different use of public power, to consciously shape decarbonisation.

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The de-politicisation of decarbonisation through climate rent: a Marxist critique of the EU emissions trading system | European Law Open | Cambridge Core

The de-politicisation of decarbonisation through climate rent: a Marxist critique of the EU emissions trading system - Volume 4 Issue 2

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

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🔹 Kivotidis' paper highlights the limitations of critical approaches to the democratic deficit which overlook the issue of class rule and state power in their, and outlines the structural function and class character of the EU.

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‘E pluribus unum......forum?’ A Marxist approach to the EU’s democratic deficit | European Law Open | Cambridge Core

‘E pluribus unum......forum?’ A Marxist approach to the EU’s democratic deficit - Volume 4 Issue 2

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

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🔹 Tzanakopoulou's paper focuses on class struggle. Distancing itself itself from liberal, idealistic readings of the EU, the paper adopts a historical materialist lens to analyse the division of class struggle betwene the trasnational and member state levels

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Classes and individuals in the European Union: Marxist and cosmopolitan approaches | European Law Open | Cambridge Core

Classes and individuals in the European Union: Marxist and cosmopolitan approaches - Volume 4 Issue 2

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

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The rest of the symposium contains three subsatntive pieces, which use the tools of Marxism to engage in concrete EU law debates

📌 Maria Tzanakopoulou on class struggle in the EU
📌 Dimitrios Kivotidis on the democratic deficit
📌 Andrew Woodhouse on the climate crisis & emissions trading

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

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The programmatic piece:
🔹 Sets out Marxism’s distinctive theoretical and methodological approach
🔹 Outlines how Marxists from various ‘disciplines’ have understood the EU
🔹 Shows Marxist approaches can deepen and extend the insight of exsiting critical approaches to EU law

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

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The centrepiece of the symposium is a 24,000 word programmatice article laying the groundwork for future approaches to EU law by me, @pashukanist.bsky.social, @nanoboss.bsky.social

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Capitalism, imperialism and European Union Law: towards a Marxist approach | European Law Open | Cambridge Core

Capitalism, imperialism and European Union Law: towards a Marxist approach - Volume 4 Issue 2

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Our introduction reflects on why Marxism has largely been absent from EU law:

🔹 EU law is often framed as technocratic & consensual, not as a site of class struggle
🔹 The field is unusually supportive of the European project, with limited critical approaches

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Introduction: symposium on Marxist approaches to EU Law | European Law Open | Cambridge Core

Introduction: symposium on Marxist approaches to EU Law - Volume 4 Issue 2

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Aug 21

New symposium out now🎉

Edited by @pashukanist.bsky.social, @nanoboss.bsky.social + me in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social seeks to introduce Marxist approaches to EU law scholarship.

Read now 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🧵 (1/9) A thread on the symposium (please share!)

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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wherein, @nanoboss.bsky.social, @andywoodhouse.bsky.social and I attempt to chart out the Marxist tradition and its relationship to EU law - both historically and theoretically, as part of our broader symposium in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social

Tis a chunky tome.

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Capitalism, imperialism and European Union Law: towards a Marxist approach | European Law Open | Cambridge Core

Capitalism, imperialism and European Union Law: towards a Marxist approach - Volume 4 Issue 2

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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Jul 4

Definitely read @andywoodhouse.bsky.social's piece, which gives us a forensic Marxist account of EU emiisions trading. One more substantive piece left now in our @europeanlawopen.bsky.social Marxism and EU symposium, the monster by me, @andywoodhouse.bsky.social and @nanoboss.bsky.social.

Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Jul 3

New publication 🙌

It uses the concept of "climate rent" to critique the distribution of power and wealth in the EU Emissions Trading System.
It's part of an upcoming symposium on Marxism + EU law edited by Me, @pashukanist.bsky.social + @nanoboss.bsky.social

Read it here👉 doi.org/10.1017/elo....

The picture is a screenshot of the title of the paper (The de-politicisation of decarbonisation through climate rent: a Marxist critique of the EU emissions trading system) on the online website of the European Law Open journal

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Jul 3

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.

Join us. The time is now.

Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Jul 3

Big thanks to @acelg-uva.bsky.social for the fellowship and feedback on the paper
Thanks also to @pashukanist.bsky.social @nanoboss.bsky.social @tillyclough.bsky.social, Dimitrios + Maria

Link to @europeanlawopen.bsky.social is here: doi.org/10.1017/elo....

Abstract below 👇

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Jul 3

2: As a method of climate action, the Emissions Trading System retains captial's control over economic production, and seeks to shape that actin the direciton of climate objectives. However, the severity of climate change calls the use of public power to shape the rapid decarbonisation of society.

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Jul 3

The paper makes a two-fold argument:

1) the Emissions Trading System has tended to increase the economic wealth of capital by redistributing economic value away from workers. By raising the cost of essential goods, the poorest in society pay the cost of climate action.

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Jul 3

New publication 🙌

It uses the concept of "climate rent" to critique the distribution of power and wealth in the EU Emissions Trading System.
It's part of an upcoming symposium on Marxism + EU law edited by Me, @pashukanist.bsky.social + @nanoboss.bsky.social

Read it here👉 doi.org/10.1017/elo....

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Daniella Lock @daniellalock.bsky.social · Jun 26

Here I argue the Home Secretary's case that Palestine Action is concerned in terrorism is lacking in evidence, and proscribing the group is disproportionate. It will criminalise a significant proportion of civil society and be counterproductive for maintaining safety.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Jun 25

‘Given the size of Palestine Action and the breadth of support so far expressed for it, proscribing it could lead to a significant proportion of civil society being criminalised, including MPs, journalists and NGOs.’

New on the blog: Daniella Lock on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

Daniella Lock | Heavy Power

During a parliamentary debate on the Terrorism Bill in 2000, MPs asked whether the legislation could be used to...

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Jun 24

No matter how often I see this data, I always find it shocking. Of all the massive growth in output produced by the world's workers since 1980, more than half of it has been captured by the richest 1%. This is what happens when capital controls production.

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thanks so much Ana 🙏

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Ana Bobić @anabobic.bsky.social · Jun 13

read this pretty much in one breath, a great piece. We should all do more history.

Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Jun 13

New publication in Industrial Law Journal 🎉

The early EU once imagined a different kind of environmental policy. It was rooted in social democracy, not neoliberal logic.

It's open access so you can give it a read at the link below 👇

doi.org/10.1093/indl...

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Jun 13

Big thanks to @pashukanist.bsky.social @gjdavies.bsky.social @tillyclough.bsky.social @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social and others for help with the paper along the way 🙏

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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · Jun 13

New publication in Industrial Law Journal 🎉

The early EU once imagined a different kind of environmental policy. It was rooted in social democracy, not neoliberal logic.

It's open access so you can give it a read at the link below 👇

doi.org/10.1093/indl...

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