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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thank you dear Asiya!

Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Jun 2

My keynote for ILPC 2025 in Santiago is now published in an amended version in GLJ
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

mulpress.mcmaster.ca/globallabour...
@soasdevelopment.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · May 3

Everyone! The International Conference on Reproductive Labour, Paris on 21-22 May idhes.parisnanterre.fr/manifestatio...

https://idhes.parisnanterre.fr/manifestations…

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · May 3

This event will bring together researchers from Canada, Argentina, India, and several European countries, such as Austria, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, and France.

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · May 3

It has a dual objective: 1) Revisit analyses of reproduction developed within the international "wages for housework" movement and 2) renew knowledge, drawing from current research & struggles.

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · May 3

Everyone! The International Conference on Reproductive Labour, Paris on 21-22 May idhes.parisnanterre.fr/manifestations…

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Apr 25

Three great days of debates around Labour and the ecology!

Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Apr 25

Carlos Eduardo Martins offered a keynote on ‘Transformaciones tecnológicas, patrones de acumulación, disputas geopolíticas y mundo del trabajo en el largo siglo XXI’

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Apr 25

Now enjoying Mat Huber & Dario Azzellini giving their keynotes respectively on ‘Proletarian Ecology in an Age of Planetary Production’ and ‘Putting work at the centre of the socio-ecological transition’.

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Apr 25

The keynote is titled ‘Life and the Labour Process in the Planetary Social Factory’ and will be available on YouTube soon - watch this space!

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Apr 25

Honoured to have delivered a keynote at ILPC 2025, organised by Antonio Hurtado University in Santiago, Chile, and with a wonderful discussant note from Isabel Armijo, President of Anamuri - Asociación Gremial Nacional de Mujeres Rurales e Indígenas. www.ilpc.org.uk

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Apr 15

A taster of my article on Global and International Development - here open access as a shorter blog. Download the whole piece from the The European Journal Of Development Research! @eadi.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2207

Global and International Development against all Inequalities

By Alessandra Mezzadri Development: Contested Categories Since its inception after World War II, Development Studies has been deeply intertwined with the socio-economic transformation of formerly c…

www.developmentresearch.eu

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Apr 15

So very pleased Adam, gosh , I need to start checking Bluesky more often

Adam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · Mar 10

Now that was quick!
Book received @feministonmarx.bsky.social

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Adam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · Mar 10

Now that was quick!
Book received @feministonmarx.bsky.social

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Christopher Choong @chrischoongww.bsky.social · Mar 11

I guess this is apt as my first post here. Thanks @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social @lenarethel.bsky.social @feministonmarx.bsky.social Ben Richardson, and Andreas Murr (who took the pic)!

Juanita Elias @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social · Mar 11

📣 Congratulations @chrischoongww.bsky.social who passed his PhD viva today for the thesis 'The Everyday Political Economy of Raced Capitalism in Malaysia: Reinscribing Malay Women’s Lives, Labour, and Households'
@feministonmarx.bsky.social @lenarethel.bsky.social @warwickpais.bsky.social

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Mar 15

Our pleasure! Can’t wait to see where you take this project

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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · Mar 6

This is the real story of pre-colonial Nigeria.

Get your copy of The Forgotten Era by Max Siollun here: www.plutobooks.com/978074535008...

A book cover titled The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule by Max Siollun is displayed against a dark blue background. The book cover is green with yellow and blue decorative patterns. To the right of the book, there is a quote in white text that reads: "An essential book you’ll want to re-read many times – there is no more eloquent and informed guide than Max Siollun." Below the quote, in yellow text, is the attribution: Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland.

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Mar 6

I will be giving the CLSGC annual lecture on the reproductive laws of capitalism in May! Truly honoured

Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context @cclas1.bsky.social · Mar 1

CLSGC Annual Lecture 2025: The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the Planetary Social Factory w/ Dr Alessandra Mezzadri @feministonmarx.bsky.social

📍 Peston Lecture Theatre, Graduate Centre, @qmul.ac.uk
🗓️ Thursday, 13th May
⏰ 5.30pm - 7.30pm

Register here:
tinyurl.com/mezzadri2005

CLSGC Annual Lecture: The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the...

The Capitalist Laws of Social Reproduction in the Planetary Social Factory

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Mar 6

Dear all, the seminar on pluralising social reproduction approaches has been postponed, moved from tonight to March 20. I will recirculate info. Apologies, we are all sick!

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Mar 1

📌 Join us next week! We present our joint article recently published in the International Feminist Journal of Politics - on Pluralising Social Reproduction Approaches

📅 March 6 at 5pm GMT
📍At @SOAS SALT & Zoom

📷Info and registration➡️: shorturl.at/djuB5

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Feb 8

We are out folks!! Check our last piece 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 on pluralising social reproduction approaches

Juanita Elias @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social · Feb 3

It has been a joy to be (a small) part of this collective project with @feministonmarx.bsky.social @shirinmrai.bsky.social Sara Stevano & others

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Pluralizing social reproduction approaches

The concept of social reproduction (SR) has gained renewed interest in the past decade. Discussed and elaborated by generations of feminists, the concept offers a rejection of productivism and the ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Jan 14

www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...

The Elgar Companion to Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals

‘As a comprehensive guide, this Companion cuts across disciplines, including labour studies, political economy, political science, sociology and social policy. It serves as an important resource for a...

www.e-elgar.com

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Jan 14

Another piece out on Reproductive labour, Decent Work and SDGs - based on lecture I no longer teach but love. And doing some Feminist Economics ;) Grateful for massive work by editors, @mooremadelainef, Christoph Scherrer, and Marcel van der Linden. Link in thread. 1/2

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Jan 9

Global or International Development?Both,insofar fighting against inequalities anywhere.My piece for a EJDR SI on the Future of Development,edited by Pritish Behuria & Andy Sumner‬⁩
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Ale Mezzadri aka FeministOnMarx. @feministonmarx.bsky.social · Dec 14

Our bookshelf Nativity.We put Herod too in it,as he still inhabits today’s Palestine.But he should not be too confident,he may be gobbled up by our dinosaurs of light & beaten purple by the comet,which had enough of him already.He’ll lose again,the story says.MerryXmas y’all✊🏼🍉

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