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New article out with @histmat.bsky.social
I revisit Marx's critique of the relationship between labour, technology and the surplus population and situate it within the context of capitalism's directionality
I revisit Marx's critique of the relationship between labour, technology and the surplus population and situate it within the context of capitalism's directionality
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New article out with @histmat.bsky.social
I revisit Marx's critique of the relationship between labour, technology and the surplus population and situate it within the context of capitalism's directionality
I revisit Marx's critique of the relationship between labour, technology and the surplus population and situate it within the context of capitalism's directionality
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Average Tory leadership hopeful: we should re-establish the Raj. Let's have a fifth Anglo-Asante war. I do not think that Romanians count as people on a legal or metaphysical level.
Labour response: after 14 years of Tory mismanagement only Labour can be trusted to strip Romanians of their souls.
Labour response: after 14 years of Tory mismanagement only Labour can be trusted to strip Romanians of their souls.
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Average Tory leadership hopeful: we should re-establish the Raj. Let's have a fifth Anglo-Asante war. I do not think that Romanians count as people on a legal or metaphysical level.
Labour response: after 14 years of Tory mismanagement only Labour can be trusted to strip Romanians of their souls.
Labour response: after 14 years of Tory mismanagement only Labour can be trusted to strip Romanians of their souls.
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We're not fighting to defend human rights, they've never been anything more than a PR exercise for Western imperialism.
You can't defend something that doesn't yet exist.
We're fighting for them to be created and universally applied for the first time.
Only then will they really be 'rights'.
You can't defend something that doesn't yet exist.
We're fighting for them to be created and universally applied for the first time.
Only then will they really be 'rights'.
October 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We're not fighting to defend human rights, they've never been anything more than a PR exercise for Western imperialism.
You can't defend something that doesn't yet exist.
We're fighting for them to be created and universally applied for the first time.
Only then will they really be 'rights'.
You can't defend something that doesn't yet exist.
We're fighting for them to be created and universally applied for the first time.
Only then will they really be 'rights'.
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Out today!!! "A Spanish Commune", about a little Spanish sister of the Paris Commune.
Endorsements from Kristin Ross and José Carlos Moya here:
www.versobooks.com/products/293...
@versobooks.bsky.social @cataratalibros.bsky.social
Endorsements from Kristin Ross and José Carlos Moya here:
www.versobooks.com/products/293...
@versobooks.bsky.social @cataratalibros.bsky.social
A Spanish Commune
The Paris Commune had a little Spanish sister, the Canton of Cartagena, whose impressive and neglected history is unearthed in this book.In July 1873, thousands of men and women proclaimed a Commune, ...
www.versobooks.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Out today!!! "A Spanish Commune", about a little Spanish sister of the Paris Commune.
Endorsements from Kristin Ross and José Carlos Moya here:
www.versobooks.com/products/293...
@versobooks.bsky.social @cataratalibros.bsky.social
Endorsements from Kristin Ross and José Carlos Moya here:
www.versobooks.com/products/293...
@versobooks.bsky.social @cataratalibros.bsky.social
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Some of the Palestinian bodies being released by Israel "show signs of torture, execution" according to AJ.
Meanwhile Hamas says its can't release the bodies of dead Israelis (because Israel dropped buildings on them).
The media focus for stories from these facts?
"Hamas won't release bodies"
Meanwhile Hamas says its can't release the bodies of dead Israelis (because Israel dropped buildings on them).
The media focus for stories from these facts?
"Hamas won't release bodies"
October 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Some of the Palestinian bodies being released by Israel "show signs of torture, execution" according to AJ.
Meanwhile Hamas says its can't release the bodies of dead Israelis (because Israel dropped buildings on them).
The media focus for stories from these facts?
"Hamas won't release bodies"
Meanwhile Hamas says its can't release the bodies of dead Israelis (because Israel dropped buildings on them).
The media focus for stories from these facts?
"Hamas won't release bodies"
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Writing isn’t just about what you say, it’s about what you refuse to lose in the process.
Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.
🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.
🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Writing isn’t just about what you say, it’s about what you refuse to lose in the process.
Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.
🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.
🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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Today, we rejoice in the sight of children celebrating in Gaza, but we mourn for the children whose laughter we will never hear.
My statement on the announcement of a ceasefire.
My statement on the announcement of a ceasefire.
October 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Today, we rejoice in the sight of children celebrating in Gaza, but we mourn for the children whose laughter we will never hear.
My statement on the announcement of a ceasefire.
My statement on the announcement of a ceasefire.
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Who on 'the left' could have predicted the catastrophe that is Starmer's Labour Party and the rise of the far right? Almost anyone outside the cult of centrism.
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Who on 'the left' could have predicted the catastrophe that is Starmer's Labour Party and the rise of the far right? Almost anyone outside the cult of centrism.
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New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...
Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper
Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...
www.thedigradio.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...
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One path to a successful career as a columnist is to be repeatedly wrong. Not to have unique takes on matters of opinion, but confident declarations proven wrong by events. If you can condescend to people proven right no matter how often you are wrong, the most prominent media would like to pay you.
October 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
One path to a successful career as a columnist is to be repeatedly wrong. Not to have unique takes on matters of opinion, but confident declarations proven wrong by events. If you can condescend to people proven right no matter how often you are wrong, the most prominent media would like to pay you.
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This government’s legacy will be its complicity in the greatest crime of our time.
My piece for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/labo...
My piece for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/labo...
Labour Party conference: Will Palestinians get a mention in Starmer’s speech?
The legacy of Keir Starmer's government will be its complicity in one of the greatest crimes against humanity of our times
www.middleeasteye.net
September 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This government’s legacy will be its complicity in the greatest crime of our time.
My piece for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/labo...
My piece for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/labo...
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I’m a member of Your Party - and if you haven’t joined yet, you should too.
I’ll remain a fierce advocate for the grassroots – and will continue to fight hard for maximum member democracy.
I’ll remain a fierce advocate for the grassroots – and will continue to fight hard for maximum member democracy.
September 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’m a member of Your Party - and if you haven’t joined yet, you should too.
I’ll remain a fierce advocate for the grassroots – and will continue to fight hard for maximum member democracy.
I’ll remain a fierce advocate for the grassroots – and will continue to fight hard for maximum member democracy.
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Now published: issue 33.1 of the Historical Materialism journal. Featuring articles on Black radicalism in Detroit, Marx as a dialectical writer, translations of Julius Dickmann and Fabiola Escárzaga, the question of 'alien powers', Marxist epistemology, Safdie Brothers’ Heaven Knows What, ...
brill.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Now published: issue 33.1 of the Historical Materialism journal. Featuring articles on Black radicalism in Detroit, Marx as a dialectical writer, translations of Julius Dickmann and Fabiola Escárzaga, the question of 'alien powers', Marxist epistemology, Safdie Brothers’ Heaven Knows What, ...
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In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in Global North + South, and be truly green?
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
September 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in Global North + South, and be truly green?
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
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This government could have taken on the super-rich to tackle inequality.
They chose to fan the flames of racism and embolden the far-right instead.
Our country needs a change in direction, now.
It’s time for a real alternative that redistributes wealth, ownership and power.
They chose to fan the flames of racism and embolden the far-right instead.
Our country needs a change in direction, now.
It’s time for a real alternative that redistributes wealth, ownership and power.
September 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This government could have taken on the super-rich to tackle inequality.
They chose to fan the flames of racism and embolden the far-right instead.
Our country needs a change in direction, now.
It’s time for a real alternative that redistributes wealth, ownership and power.
They chose to fan the flames of racism and embolden the far-right instead.
Our country needs a change in direction, now.
It’s time for a real alternative that redistributes wealth, ownership and power.
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Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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Just a reminder that this is next Monday (9/15) y'all.
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
September 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Just a reminder that this is next Monday (9/15) y'all.
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
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I really enjoyed this conversation on INDIGNITY with David for @ppfideas.bsky.social - it is even better if you listen to the whole series (previous two episodes were on philosophical and then legal/political interpretations of dignity)!
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today David talks to @leaypi.bsky.social about her new book 'Indignity: A Life Reimagined'. A conversation about death and displacement, identity and betrayal, secrecy and salvation.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today David talks to @leaypi.bsky.social about her new book 'Indignity: A Life Reimagined'. A conversation about death and displacement, identity and betrayal, secrecy and salvation.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I really enjoyed this conversation on INDIGNITY with David for @ppfideas.bsky.social - it is even better if you listen to the whole series (previous two episodes were on philosophical and then legal/political interpretations of dignity)!
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‘While the judiciary does not represent the diversity of the population at large, juries are the opposite.’
Francis FitzGibbon (@ffkc.bsky.social) on the Leveson report’s proposals to reduce the number of trials decided by juries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Francis FitzGibbon (@ffkc.bsky.social) on the Leveson report’s proposals to reduce the number of trials decided by juries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Francis FitzGibbon · Short Cuts: Why Juries Matter
In this country, trial by jury is constitutive of a fair, credible, legitimate system of criminal justice. It is what...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
‘While the judiciary does not represent the diversity of the population at large, juries are the opposite.’
Francis FitzGibbon (@ffkc.bsky.social) on the Leveson report’s proposals to reduce the number of trials decided by juries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Francis FitzGibbon (@ffkc.bsky.social) on the Leveson report’s proposals to reduce the number of trials decided by juries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the first in a 3-part conversation with philosopher & writer @leaypi.bsky.social about the idea of dignity and its role in the history of ideas and in the story of our lives. What is the difference between dignity and dignitas?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the first in a 3-part conversation with philosopher & writer @leaypi.bsky.social about the idea of dignity and its role in the history of ideas and in the story of our lives. What is the difference between dignity and dignitas?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the first in a 3-part conversation with philosopher & writer @leaypi.bsky.social about the idea of dignity and its role in the history of ideas and in the story of our lives. What is the difference between dignity and dignitas?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the first in a 3-part conversation with philosopher & writer @leaypi.bsky.social about the idea of dignity and its role in the history of ideas and in the story of our lives. What is the difference between dignity and dignitas?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Full marks to the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly to curating this great Special Issue on academic writing, with personal ‘Reflections on Writing’ from Nikki Lacey, Emily Jackson, Conor Gearty @tamarahervey.bsky.social & many more. Well done NILQ!
All open access: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
All open access: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
September 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Full marks to the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly to curating this great Special Issue on academic writing, with personal ‘Reflections on Writing’ from Nikki Lacey, Emily Jackson, Conor Gearty @tamarahervey.bsky.social & many more. Well done NILQ!
All open access: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
All open access: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
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Lea Ypi also talks very eloquently in this podcast with @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the left, philosophy and the parallels between the 1930s and today www.ft.com/content/b952...
Lea Ypi on parallels between the 1930s and today
Why the ‘unmixing of peoples’ is a dangerous idea
www.ft.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Lea Ypi also talks very eloquently in this podcast with @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the left, philosophy and the parallels between the 1930s and today www.ft.com/content/b952...
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In the latest episode of the podcast, @leninology.bsky.social joins @moonjets.bsky.social to discuss the life and work of anthropologist David Graeber.
Listen here: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Listen here: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Podcast: Richard Seymour and Thomas Jones · The Debt to David Graeber
www.lrb.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
In the latest episode of the podcast, @leninology.bsky.social joins @moonjets.bsky.social to discuss the life and work of anthropologist David Graeber.
Listen here: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Listen here: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
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excited to see this essay out in the RRPE Special Issue on Climate and Change I am co-editing with some other great scholars. This essay in particular, on the calculation debate and climate change, is super interesting. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
excited to see this essay out in the RRPE Special Issue on Climate and Change I am co-editing with some other great scholars. This essay in particular, on the calculation debate and climate change, is super interesting. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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It's remarkable how ~2017-2019 was an all-hands existential struggle to eradicate the unacceptable scourge of bigotry and racism from British politics forever, and now it's this, all day, every day, and not a single one of our commentariat has noticed nor has anything to say about it.
September 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's remarkable how ~2017-2019 was an all-hands existential struggle to eradicate the unacceptable scourge of bigotry and racism from British politics forever, and now it's this, all day, every day, and not a single one of our commentariat has noticed nor has anything to say about it.