Halil Kaya
@halilikaya.bsky.social
"...Venezuelan capitalism was tied closely to the profitability of the energy sector, which was in a death spiral after the collapse of oil prices after 2010 and US sanctions." by Michael Roberts
www.counterfire.org/article/vene...
www.counterfire.org/article/vene...
Venezuela and Oil
Trump's goal in Venezuela was to take control of its oil, but prices are low, and presented problems for the Chavista leaders too, explains Michael Roberts
Within hours of the US military strikes o...
www.counterfire.org
January 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
"...Venezuelan capitalism was tied closely to the profitability of the energy sector, which was in a death spiral after the collapse of oil prices after 2010 and US sanctions." by Michael Roberts
www.counterfire.org/article/vene...
www.counterfire.org/article/vene...
must-read on @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social
"Trump’s effort to reduce 🇨🇳 economic infl. in the region has less to do w/ any “spheres of infl.” geopolitical strategy & more to w/ the pres.’s desire to reduce US dependency — & by extension, hemispheric dependency — on 🇨🇳."
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
"Trump’s effort to reduce 🇨🇳 economic infl. in the region has less to do w/ any “spheres of infl.” geopolitical strategy & more to w/ the pres.’s desire to reduce US dependency — & by extension, hemispheric dependency — on 🇨🇳."
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
The Geopolitics of Trump’s Venezuela Campaign - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
The attack on Maduro is part of a wider attempt to push China out of the region
www.rosalux.de
January 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
must-read on @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social
"Trump’s effort to reduce 🇨🇳 economic infl. in the region has less to do w/ any “spheres of infl.” geopolitical strategy & more to w/ the pres.’s desire to reduce US dependency — & by extension, hemispheric dependency — on 🇨🇳."
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
"Trump’s effort to reduce 🇨🇳 economic infl. in the region has less to do w/ any “spheres of infl.” geopolitical strategy & more to w/ the pres.’s desire to reduce US dependency — & by extension, hemispheric dependency — on 🇨🇳."
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
"The US Is a Weakened and Dangerous Empire":
"It’s de rigueur among leftists to talk about the decline & fall of the US empire, but that decline is relative to others & descends from an age of historically unprecedented hyperpower."
jacobin.com/2026/01/us-t... v @jacobinmag.bsky.social
#imperialism
"It’s de rigueur among leftists to talk about the decline & fall of the US empire, but that decline is relative to others & descends from an age of historically unprecedented hyperpower."
jacobin.com/2026/01/us-t... v @jacobinmag.bsky.social
#imperialism
The US Is a Weakened and Dangerous Empire
The kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is a crude act of Trumpian aggression. Yet it also illustrates the US leadership’s weakness, as it moves to lock down control of the Western Hemis...
jacobin.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
"The US Is a Weakened and Dangerous Empire":
"It’s de rigueur among leftists to talk about the decline & fall of the US empire, but that decline is relative to others & descends from an age of historically unprecedented hyperpower."
jacobin.com/2026/01/us-t... v @jacobinmag.bsky.social
#imperialism
"It’s de rigueur among leftists to talk about the decline & fall of the US empire, but that decline is relative to others & descends from an age of historically unprecedented hyperpower."
jacobin.com/2026/01/us-t... v @jacobinmag.bsky.social
#imperialism
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Economists don’t understand capitalism
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Economists don’t understand capitalism
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Call for Papers: Historical Materialism Cluj / Kolozsvár, 'Interregnum Here and Now: Post-communist Collapse, Planetary Crisis, and Emancipatory Resolve', April 16–18 2026.
Deadline for abstracts: February 8 2026.
Deadline for abstracts: February 8 2026.
Historical Materialism Cluj / Kolozsvár - Historical Materialism
www.historicalmaterialism.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Call for Papers: Historical Materialism Cluj / Kolozsvár, 'Interregnum Here and Now: Post-communist Collapse, Planetary Crisis, and Emancipatory Resolve', April 16–18 2026.
Deadline for abstracts: February 8 2026.
Deadline for abstracts: February 8 2026.
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Apply now -- deadline December 20th
Announcing Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice (IGJ), "Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis", Toronto, 1-5 June 2026 antipodeonline.org/institute-fo... -- submit your application by 20 December 2025
December 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Apply now -- deadline December 20th
"Sudan: How Imperialism Fuels War and Mass Violence":
"The country has become the battleground for two petro-monarchies, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) supporting the RSF and Saudi Arabia allied with the regular army."
transform-network.net/blog/analysi... via @transformeurope.bsky.social
"The country has become the battleground for two petro-monarchies, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) supporting the RSF and Saudi Arabia allied with the regular army."
transform-network.net/blog/analysi... via @transformeurope.bsky.social
Sudan: How Imperialism Fuels War and Mass Violence - transform!europe
this article examines how Sudan’s civil war is rooted in imperial exploitation, foreign interference, and competing regional powers.
transform-network.net
December 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"Sudan: How Imperialism Fuels War and Mass Violence":
"The country has become the battleground for two petro-monarchies, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) supporting the RSF and Saudi Arabia allied with the regular army."
transform-network.net/blog/analysi... via @transformeurope.bsky.social
"The country has become the battleground for two petro-monarchies, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) supporting the RSF and Saudi Arabia allied with the regular army."
transform-network.net/blog/analysi... via @transformeurope.bsky.social
"The meaning of China’s $1tn trade surplus":
"It highlights how far western productive capacity has fallen behind — and how much leverage China has accumulated in critical sectors and technologies."
www.ft.com/content/8093...
"It highlights how far western productive capacity has fallen behind — and how much leverage China has accumulated in critical sectors and technologies."
www.ft.com/content/8093...
The meaning of China’s $1tn trade surplus
Beijing’s latest milestone underscores its industrial strength — and growing economic imbalances
www.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"The meaning of China’s $1tn trade surplus":
"It highlights how far western productive capacity has fallen behind — and how much leverage China has accumulated in critical sectors and technologies."
www.ft.com/content/8093...
"It highlights how far western productive capacity has fallen behind — and how much leverage China has accumulated in critical sectors and technologies."
www.ft.com/content/8093...
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Please share widely. Let's create a list of BA/BS and MA/MS programs that provide support for refugee scholars and scholars at risk. Thank you!!!
I have been many getting requests 4 support from Sudanese refugee students for financial support to pursue their degrees. I would love to connect them to uni programs that provide scholarships for scholars at risk. If your institution does please reply below.
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Please share widely. Let's create a list of BA/BS and MA/MS programs that provide support for refugee scholars and scholars at risk. Thank you!!!
Reposted by Halil Kaya
Antibes Seen from the Salis Gardens - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10297
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10297
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Antibes Seen from the Salis Gardens - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10297
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10297
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“We are nothing on earth if we are not first of all slaves to a cause — the cause of the people, the cause of justice and freedom.”
— Frantz Fanon, who died on this day in 1961.
🚨 🎉 Keep a lookout: ROAPE’s special issue Fanon at 100 drops in the next 10 days 🚨 🔥
#Fanon100
— Frantz Fanon, who died on this day in 1961.
🚨 🎉 Keep a lookout: ROAPE’s special issue Fanon at 100 drops in the next 10 days 🚨 🔥
#Fanon100
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“We are nothing on earth if we are not first of all slaves to a cause — the cause of the people, the cause of justice and freedom.”
— Frantz Fanon, who died on this day in 1961.
🚨 🎉 Keep a lookout: ROAPE’s special issue Fanon at 100 drops in the next 10 days 🚨 🔥
#Fanon100
— Frantz Fanon, who died on this day in 1961.
🚨 🎉 Keep a lookout: ROAPE’s special issue Fanon at 100 drops in the next 10 days 🚨 🔥
#Fanon100
"Trump’s 28-pt plan for Ukraine is much like his 20-pt plan for Gaza. Neither enforces int. law, protects the victims, or holds the perpetrators of colonial aggression & occ. accountable. Both punish the victims & reward the aggressors."
tempestmag.org/2025/11/oppo... @tempestcollective.bsky.social
tempestmag.org/2025/11/oppo... @tempestcollective.bsky.social
Oppose Trump’s surrender plan for Ukraine
The Ukraine Solidarity Network-U.S. statement in opposition to the Trump/Putin plan for Ukrainian surrender to Russian imperialism.
tempestmag.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Trump’s 28-pt plan for Ukraine is much like his 20-pt plan for Gaza. Neither enforces int. law, protects the victims, or holds the perpetrators of colonial aggression & occ. accountable. Both punish the victims & reward the aggressors."
tempestmag.org/2025/11/oppo... @tempestcollective.bsky.social
tempestmag.org/2025/11/oppo... @tempestcollective.bsky.social
yağmursuz bir gün daha… :(
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
yağmursuz bir gün daha… :(
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Fellow academics and cultural workers, please consider joining me and scholars like Robin Kelley, Angela Davis and Ruthie Gilmore in signing this important UAE boycott letter:
spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
For a Cultural and Academic Boycott of the UAE – Spectre Journal
TAGATU3 call for a cultural and academic boycott of the UAE.
spectrejournal.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Fellow academics and cultural workers, please consider joining me and scholars like Robin Kelley, Angela Davis and Ruthie Gilmore in signing this important UAE boycott letter:
spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
"John Rees on ...kind of party Your Party can be":
"So what co-operation btwn these forces cld mean is a dynamic, movement-rooted, broad party of the left that could sink real roots in the abandoned & neglected working-class communities in every part of the land."
www.counterfire.org/article/two-...
"So what co-operation btwn these forces cld mean is a dynamic, movement-rooted, broad party of the left that could sink real roots in the abandoned & neglected working-class communities in every part of the land."
www.counterfire.org/article/two-...
Two types of party
John Rees on the forms of political parties in the history of the labour movement and what kind of party Your Party can be
The Pandora’s Box of politics from which all evils fly is the alienation o...
www.counterfire.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"John Rees on ...kind of party Your Party can be":
"So what co-operation btwn these forces cld mean is a dynamic, movement-rooted, broad party of the left that could sink real roots in the abandoned & neglected working-class communities in every part of the land."
www.counterfire.org/article/two-...
"So what co-operation btwn these forces cld mean is a dynamic, movement-rooted, broad party of the left that could sink real roots in the abandoned & neglected working-class communities in every part of the land."
www.counterfire.org/article/two-...
"It's been 12 years since Rana Plaza. Why is Amazon still refusing to protect Bangladeshi garment workers?":
"Workers in Bangladesh know what “cheap” really costs. The minimum wage for garment workers is now $105 per month."
progressive.international/wire/2025-11... via @progintl.bsky.social
"Workers in Bangladesh know what “cheap” really costs. The minimum wage for garment workers is now $105 per month."
progressive.international/wire/2025-11... via @progintl.bsky.social
It’s been 12 years since Rana Plaza. Why is Amazon still refusing to protect Bangladeshi garment workers?
Nazma Akter condemns Amazon for its continued refusal to sign the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety.
progressive.international
December 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"It's been 12 years since Rana Plaza. Why is Amazon still refusing to protect Bangladeshi garment workers?":
"Workers in Bangladesh know what “cheap” really costs. The minimum wage for garment workers is now $105 per month."
progressive.international/wire/2025-11... via @progintl.bsky.social
"Workers in Bangladesh know what “cheap” really costs. The minimum wage for garment workers is now $105 per month."
progressive.international/wire/2025-11... via @progintl.bsky.social
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I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Halil Kaya
Aphrodite diagonally
📷 James Yang (Alone)
#monochrome #bnwphoto #noiretblanc #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #minimalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #dark #noir #portrait #sensualart #sensual #conceptual
📷 James Yang (Alone)
#monochrome #bnwphoto #noiretblanc #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #minimalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #dark #noir #portrait #sensualart #sensual #conceptual
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Aphrodite diagonally
📷 James Yang (Alone)
#monochrome #bnwphoto #noiretblanc #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #minimalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #dark #noir #portrait #sensualart #sensual #conceptual
📷 James Yang (Alone)
#monochrome #bnwphoto #noiretblanc #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #minimalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #dark #noir #portrait #sensualart #sensual #conceptual
Reposted by Halil Kaya
Wheat Field - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wheat Field - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
Reposted by Halil Kaya
Wild! Ppl throw away 80% of items purchased on Black Friday after few uses
Black Friday deliveries also generate 429,000 tonnes of emissions
Black Friday is built on exploited retail workers, migrant warehouse workers, garment workers in Bangladesh, forced labour in Congo
Community > capitalism!!
Black Friday deliveries also generate 429,000 tonnes of emissions
Black Friday is built on exploited retail workers, migrant warehouse workers, garment workers in Bangladesh, forced labour in Congo
Community > capitalism!!
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Wild! Ppl throw away 80% of items purchased on Black Friday after few uses
Black Friday deliveries also generate 429,000 tonnes of emissions
Black Friday is built on exploited retail workers, migrant warehouse workers, garment workers in Bangladesh, forced labour in Congo
Community > capitalism!!
Black Friday deliveries also generate 429,000 tonnes of emissions
Black Friday is built on exploited retail workers, migrant warehouse workers, garment workers in Bangladesh, forced labour in Congo
Community > capitalism!!
must-read
"...if #China does not want to buy anything from us in trade, then how can we trade with China?"
www.ft.com/content/f294...
#capitalism #Europe
"...if #China does not want to buy anything from us in trade, then how can we trade with China?"
www.ft.com/content/f294...
#capitalism #Europe
China is making trade impossible
Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
must-read
"...if #China does not want to buy anything from us in trade, then how can we trade with China?"
www.ft.com/content/f294...
#capitalism #Europe
"...if #China does not want to buy anything from us in trade, then how can we trade with China?"
www.ft.com/content/f294...
#capitalism #Europe
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Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
Reposted by Halil Kaya
UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
At least 67 Palestinian children killed in Gaza since ‘ceasefire’ began: UN
UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.