Leigh Claire La Berge
@lclaberge.bsky.social
Writer, professor, author of “Marx for Cats,” (2023) and "Fake Work" (2025); pre-apocalypse, post-pet; NY-based Marxist humorist.
The NY TIMES's description of the moment the police apprehended Luigi Mangione, brought to you by McDonalds.
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The NY TIMES's description of the moment the police apprehended Luigi Mangione, brought to you by McDonalds.
Neoliberal snow day! Our first of the season. It's not even snowing but that hardly matters.
Reminder: a neoliberal snow day describes the shutting ONLY of schools while all other services continue operations.
Reminder: a neoliberal snow day describes the shutting ONLY of schools while all other services continue operations.
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Neoliberal snow day! Our first of the season. It's not even snowing but that hardly matters.
Reminder: a neoliberal snow day describes the shutting ONLY of schools while all other services continue operations.
Reminder: a neoliberal snow day describes the shutting ONLY of schools while all other services continue operations.
Seen in the wild at a public library (!) in NYC, which feels great.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Seen in the wild at a public library (!) in NYC, which feels great.
This headline from the NY Times could describe so many appalling government regimes across so many times and places.
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This headline from the NY Times could describe so many appalling government regimes across so many times and places.
What better way to inaugurate the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social era?
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
What better way to inaugurate the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social era?
Happy birthday, Michel Foucat! 99 years ago today.
October 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Happy birthday, Michel Foucat! 99 years ago today.
It's a rare historical occurrence that a political reactionary embraces the cat, but, alas, here we are.
October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It's a rare historical occurrence that a political reactionary embraces the cat, but, alas, here we are.
I swear at least 2% of the decline is due to my own decision to stop drinking beer.
October 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I swear at least 2% of the decline is due to my own decision to stop drinking beer.
Quick commies, get your socialism at a discount through Amazon Prime.
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Quick commies, get your socialism at a discount through Amazon Prime.
US Treasury Sec. says: Bailout a chainsaw-wielding fascist in Argentina? Sure. A Democratic Socialist in NYC? Drop dead.
September 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
US Treasury Sec. says: Bailout a chainsaw-wielding fascist in Argentina? Sure. A Democratic Socialist in NYC? Drop dead.
Everyone: American political discourse cannot be any more stupid.
Kamala Harris:
Kamala Harris:
September 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Everyone: American political discourse cannot be any more stupid.
Kamala Harris:
Kamala Harris:
La Berge on cats; Adorno on music; Jameson on Postmodernism and Kornbluh on Immediacy. This is Marxism. Who'd have thunk it? Syllabus by @gavinmueller.bsky.social with @annakornbluh.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
La Berge on cats; Adorno on music; Jameson on Postmodernism and Kornbluh on Immediacy. This is Marxism. Who'd have thunk it? Syllabus by @gavinmueller.bsky.social with @annakornbluh.bsky.social
Sad news from The Wall Street Journal
September 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Sad news from The Wall Street Journal
At this valuation, the price to produce an undergraduate essay using ChatGPT is around $3,500, about the same rate an adjunct instructor gets paid to teach the class for which the essay is being written.
August 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
At this valuation, the price to produce an undergraduate essay using ChatGPT is around $3,500, about the same rate an adjunct instructor gets paid to teach the class for which the essay is being written.
If you've been waiting for a propitious moment in the current conjuncture to buy "Fake Work" from @haymarketbooks.org ymarketbooks, this is it, folks: 40% off for the next two days. Thanks to everyone who's already purchased, we've just sold out our initial print run. More soon!
August 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you've been waiting for a propitious moment in the current conjuncture to buy "Fake Work" from @haymarketbooks.org ymarketbooks, this is it, folks: 40% off for the next two days. Thanks to everyone who's already purchased, we've just sold out our initial print run. More soon!
"Fake Work" spotted in new and noteworthy non-fiction at McNally Jackson Williamsburg with @maris.bsky.social and @haymarketbooks.org
July 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"Fake Work" spotted in new and noteworthy non-fiction at McNally Jackson Williamsburg with @maris.bsky.social and @haymarketbooks.org
With the rise of AI, I've begun to wonder if future graders of expository essays will even be able to grasp the sheer brilliance of Mandy Berry's famous Student Essay Unplugged? We many never see this kind of essay again, folks.
July 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
With the rise of AI, I've begun to wonder if future graders of expository essays will even be able to grasp the sheer brilliance of Mandy Berry's famous Student Essay Unplugged? We many never see this kind of essay again, folks.
Happy Bastille Day! Feline reminder that philosophical patron saint of the French Revolution, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, put a cat on the cover of "The Social Contract" because cats were his “test of character”; those who don’t enjoy cats “have the despotic instinct of men.”
@dukepress.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Happy Bastille Day! Feline reminder that philosophical patron saint of the French Revolution, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, put a cat on the cover of "The Social Contract" because cats were his “test of character”; those who don’t enjoy cats “have the despotic instinct of men.”
@dukepress.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
Melinda Cooper starter pack but it's only her. FYI she's one of the most creative, incisive critics of American political economy; well worth a follow for fellow travelers.
@melindacooper.bsky.social
@melindacooper.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Melinda Cooper starter pack but it's only her. FYI she's one of the most creative, incisive critics of American political economy; well worth a follow for fellow travelers.
@melindacooper.bsky.social
@melindacooper.bsky.social
Happy 50th! I read JAWS as the end of the narrative arc of the whaling industry, one which began with Moby Dick and ends with the shark as figure of deindustrialization.
June 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Happy 50th! I read JAWS as the end of the narrative arc of the whaling industry, one which began with Moby Dick and ends with the shark as figure of deindustrialization.
FYI publishers, editors, et al: I'd absolutely love to review Arundhati Roy's forthcoming memoir, "Mother Mary Comes to Me." DM me.
June 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
FYI publishers, editors, et al: I'd absolutely love to review Arundhati Roy's forthcoming memoir, "Mother Mary Comes to Me." DM me.
Weekend reading. My understanding of technology is that its a technique that uses labor to reconfigure labor, either extend or contract any labor's specific horizon. Let's see if that holds after reading this.
June 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Weekend reading. My understanding of technology is that its a technique that uses labor to reconfigure labor, either extend or contract any labor's specific horizon. Let's see if that holds after reading this.
Scholarly publishing advice for academics and cats, from the inimitable @rcolesworthy.bsky.social in the @chronicle.com
I actually did start "Marx for Cats," as a video series; it's still up, too, at vimeo.com/marxforcats
I actually did start "Marx for Cats," as a video series; it's still up, too, at vimeo.com/marxforcats
June 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Scholarly publishing advice for academics and cats, from the inimitable @rcolesworthy.bsky.social in the @chronicle.com
I actually did start "Marx for Cats," as a video series; it's still up, too, at vimeo.com/marxforcats
I actually did start "Marx for Cats," as a video series; it's still up, too, at vimeo.com/marxforcats