Jason Hickel
@jasonhickel.bsky.social
Professor at ICTA-UAB and Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
The UN General Assembly resolution against torture was rejected by only three countries: the US, Israel, and Argentina, who remind the world that they oppose even the most basic principles of humanity.
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The UN General Assembly resolution against torture was rejected by only three countries: the US, Israel, and Argentina, who remind the world that they oppose even the most basic principles of humanity.
Someone in the replies claims China's clean energy development is only for export. This is false. China is installing more clean energy capacity than the rest of the world combined, while *also* exporting clean energy tech that's helping the rest of the world decarbonize.
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Someone in the replies claims China's clean energy development is only for export. This is false. China is installing more clean energy capacity than the rest of the world combined, while *also* exporting clean energy tech that's helping the rest of the world decarbonize.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The @theguardian.com runs with "tensions rise", to describe what is in fact unilateral US aggression against a country that poses zero threat to the US or to anyone else.
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The @theguardian.com runs with "tensions rise", to describe what is in fact unilateral US aggression against a country that poses zero threat to the US or to anyone else.
This monster also promoted the invasion of Iraq, which killed hundreds of thousands of people and created mass child malnutrition.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This monster also promoted the invasion of Iraq, which killed hundreds of thousands of people and created mass child malnutrition.
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
You honestly cannot make this up. The level of impunity, the total disregard for international norms, is just staggering.
October 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
You honestly cannot make this up. The level of impunity, the total disregard for international norms, is just staggering.
This article, on how Israel used drones to massacre children in Gaza while they were drinking tea, is more than 16 years old.
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This article, on how Israel used drones to massacre children in Gaza while they were drinking tea, is more than 16 years old.
New research on 42 countries around the world shows that in most cases people generally do not believe the system they live under is fair. With one exception: China.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New research on 42 countries around the world shows that in most cases people generally do not believe the system they live under is fair. With one exception: China.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
38 years ago, Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated in a French-backed coup. He aspired to a fair and just society, and an economy built on self-sufficiency, ecological regeneration, and freedom from Western domination.
October 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
38 years ago, Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated in a French-backed coup. He aspired to a fair and just society, and an economy built on self-sufficiency, ecological regeneration, and freedom from Western domination.
My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.
(Part 2 below)
(Part 2 below)
October 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.
(Part 2 below)
(Part 2 below)
And absolutely staggering inequalities between countries, with rich countries causing most of the ecological overshoot and poorer countries suffering most of the ecological shortfall.
October 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
And absolutely staggering inequalities between countries, with rich countries causing most of the ecological overshoot and poorer countries suffering most of the ecological shortfall.
This new study in Nature provides a comprehensive update to the "doughnut" framework.
October 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This new study in Nature provides a comprehensive update to the "doughnut" framework.
On the 1st of October 1965, the US collaborated in initiating a coup against Sukarno, the first president of independent Indonesia. The coup-makers installed a brutal right-wing dictatorship that systematically exterminated up to one million people with the direct support of the CIA.
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
On the 1st of October 1965, the US collaborated in initiating a coup against Sukarno, the first president of independent Indonesia. The coup-makers installed a brutal right-wing dictatorship that systematically exterminated up to one million people with the direct support of the CIA.
Absolutely wild. Israel targeted and massacred 31 journalists and media staff in Yemen. The second-deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded. The Israeli regime is built on war crimes.
September 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Absolutely wild. Israel targeted and massacred 31 journalists and media staff in Yemen. The second-deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded. The Israeli regime is built on war crimes.
China's progress on renewable energy is breathtaking. In the first half of this year they installed more than twice as much solar as the rest of the world *combined*.
This is what you can achieve when you can plan production around social objectives.
This is what you can achieve when you can plan production around social objectives.
September 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
China's progress on renewable energy is breathtaking. In the first half of this year they installed more than twice as much solar as the rest of the world *combined*.
This is what you can achieve when you can plan production around social objectives.
This is what you can achieve when you can plan production around social objectives.
New research published in The Lancet finds that Western unilateral sanctions have caused 38 million deaths since 1970. The average death toll ranges from 400,000 to over 1 million per year.
Staggering levels of violence. This system is intolerable and must be replaced.
Staggering levels of violence. This system is intolerable and must be replaced.
September 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
New research published in The Lancet finds that Western unilateral sanctions have caused 38 million deaths since 1970. The average death toll ranges from 400,000 to over 1 million per year.
Staggering levels of violence. This system is intolerable and must be replaced.
Staggering levels of violence. This system is intolerable and must be replaced.
On September 11th 1973, Salvador Allende, the progressive, democratically elected leader of Chile, was attacked and deposed in a US-backed coup that installed the right-wing dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
On September 11th 1973, Salvador Allende, the progressive, democratically elected leader of Chile, was attacked and deposed in a US-backed coup that installed the right-wing dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
This paper shows that US sanctions against Venezuela killed more than 40,000 people in the first year, 2017-2018. The authors argue that the sanctions violate the Geneva and Hague conventions against collective punishment of civilian populations.
September 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This paper shows that US sanctions against Venezuela killed more than 40,000 people in the first year, 2017-2018. The authors argue that the sanctions violate the Geneva and Hague conventions against collective punishment of civilian populations.
This is wonderful news, I have always wanted to see this happen. The US "department of defense" has never been primarily about defense; it is a euphemism for an institution that is mostly focused on wars of imperial aggression. At least now there is no pretending otherwise.
September 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is wonderful news, I have always wanted to see this happen. The US "department of defense" has never been primarily about defense; it is a euphemism for an institution that is mostly focused on wars of imperial aggression. At least now there is no pretending otherwise.
In this new piece I argue that the climate crisis cannot be solved within capitalism. I think we need to take this fact seriously and consider what it means for the climate movement.
Link in the reply.
Link in the reply.
September 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In this new piece I argue that the climate crisis cannot be solved within capitalism. I think we need to take this fact seriously and consider what it means for the climate movement.
Link in the reply.
Link in the reply.
Thanks to the @novaramedia.com team for hosting me!
September 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Thanks to the @novaramedia.com team for hosting me!
China is much more efficient at converting production into human welfare than the US. China is currently increasing its investments in public healthcare provisioning, which it is correct to do, and I predict the social dividends will be impressive.
August 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
China is much more efficient at converting production into human welfare than the US. China is currently increasing its investments in public healthcare provisioning, which it is correct to do, and I predict the social dividends will be impressive.
On the 21st of August 1971, the popular socialist president of Bolivia, Juan José Torres, was deposed in a US-backed coup following his move to convene a People's Parliament of workers and peasants. He was replaced by a violent right-wing military dictatorship, with Nixon's support.
August 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
On the 21st of August 1971, the popular socialist president of Bolivia, Juan José Torres, was deposed in a US-backed coup following his move to convene a People's Parliament of workers and peasants. He was replaced by a violent right-wing military dictatorship, with Nixon's support.