Matt Huber
@matthuber.bsky.social
Geographer, Lifeblood (2013) @UMinnPress, Climate Change as Class War (2022) @VersoBooks https://www.versobooks.com/books/3973-climate-change-as-class-war
The thing is human history went through massive, species-altering transformations in the 19th C in ways that still shape us today (& Marx analyzed this very well!)
But also what Tooze describes here— the contingency of history — is not out of step w/ historical materialism.
But also what Tooze describes here— the contingency of history — is not out of step w/ historical materialism.
January 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The thing is human history went through massive, species-altering transformations in the 19th C in ways that still shape us today (& Marx analyzed this very well!)
But also what Tooze describes here— the contingency of history — is not out of step w/ historical materialism.
But also what Tooze describes here— the contingency of history — is not out of step w/ historical materialism.
I'll be doing this online event on Venezuela with Steve Maher and @llchristyll.bsky.social next Wed January 21st at 7:30pm. Thanks to Fred Murphy and the Marxist Education Project for organizing! marxedproject.org/event/venezu...
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I'll be doing this online event on Venezuela with Steve Maher and @llchristyll.bsky.social next Wed January 21st at 7:30pm. Thanks to Fred Murphy and the Marxist Education Project for organizing! marxedproject.org/event/venezu...
Neoliberals really have nothing to offer but dreams. www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Neoliberals really have nothing to offer but dreams. www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
One big difference between Chavez and Maduro is that oil prices collapsed not too long after Chavez's death in 2013. Chavismo thrived in the context of an oil boom.
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM
One big difference between Chavez and Maduro is that oil prices collapsed not too long after Chavez's death in 2013. Chavismo thrived in the context of an oil boom.
The main US oil company with a vested interest in Venezuela had no idea the invasion was happening. www.economist.com/business/202...
January 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The main US oil company with a vested interest in Venezuela had no idea the invasion was happening. www.economist.com/business/202...
Only Andreas Malm (or Wim Carton?) could connect Lenin’s reading of Hegel’s Logic to the science of climate tipping points.
“It would be over the top to claim that contemporary climate science is moving towards an objectively Leninist understanding of its object. But not by much.”
“It would be over the top to claim that contemporary climate science is moving towards an objectively Leninist understanding of its object. But not by much.”
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Only Andreas Malm (or Wim Carton?) could connect Lenin’s reading of Hegel’s Logic to the science of climate tipping points.
“It would be over the top to claim that contemporary climate science is moving towards an objectively Leninist understanding of its object. But not by much.”
“It would be over the top to claim that contemporary climate science is moving towards an objectively Leninist understanding of its object. But not by much.”
Another post on oil and Venezuela. matthuber.substack.com/p/us-oil-cap...
January 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Another post on oil and Venezuela. matthuber.substack.com/p/us-oil-cap...
Like, it's cool this capitalist winery gets to save all this money, but worth pointing out they still are perilously dependent on the grid for as much as 25% of the year!
January 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Like, it's cool this capitalist winery gets to save all this money, but worth pointing out they still are perilously dependent on the grid for as much as 25% of the year!
Wrote up some quick thoughts on oil and imperialism in light of Venezuela. open.substack.com/pub/matthube...
January 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Wrote up some quick thoughts on oil and imperialism in light of Venezuela. open.substack.com/pub/matthube...
Such a great and thoughtful idea from a CEO here. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
December 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Such a great and thoughtful idea from a CEO here. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
It is not without references to the spirit of the season.
December 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It is not without references to the spirit of the season.
I am sick and home alone on Christmas Eve so naturally I’m watching the 1986 biopic of Rosa Luxemburg (first time!)
December 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I am sick and home alone on Christmas Eve so naturally I’m watching the 1986 biopic of Rosa Luxemburg (first time!)
Excited to see a slightly edited (and profusely footnoted) version of my abundance essay w/ @leighphillips.bsky.social and @fredstaffordcs.bsky.social in the new issue of Catalyst. Love this pithy summary! Subscribe to @catalystjournal.bsky.social!
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Excited to see a slightly edited (and profusely footnoted) version of my abundance essay w/ @leighphillips.bsky.social and @fredstaffordcs.bsky.social in the new issue of Catalyst. Love this pithy summary! Subscribe to @catalystjournal.bsky.social!
I was asked by @the-breakdown.bsky.social to talk about a book that shaped my thinking in 2025 and was excited to talk about this one. breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/books-of-t...
December 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I was asked by @the-breakdown.bsky.social to talk about a book that shaped my thinking in 2025 and was excited to talk about this one. breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/books-of-t...
Decided to post something on substack for the 1st time (partially b/c of dissatisfaction with this place & the other place, it must be said).
My first post is a response to @simonpirani.bsky.social's critiques of my work with @fredstaffordcs.bsky.social on electricity politics (link in next post).
My first post is a response to @simonpirani.bsky.social's critiques of my work with @fredstaffordcs.bsky.social on electricity politics (link in next post).
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Decided to post something on substack for the 1st time (partially b/c of dissatisfaction with this place & the other place, it must be said).
My first post is a response to @simonpirani.bsky.social's critiques of my work with @fredstaffordcs.bsky.social on electricity politics (link in next post).
My first post is a response to @simonpirani.bsky.social's critiques of my work with @fredstaffordcs.bsky.social on electricity politics (link in next post).
I think the piece goes a bit too far in pivoting away from the IRA's focus on electricity + green industrialization. Yes, it would be good to expand to include housing/health care (less convinced of the climate disaster angle), but energy has to be at the *core* of decarb!
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I think the piece goes a bit too far in pivoting away from the IRA's focus on electricity + green industrialization. Yes, it would be good to expand to include housing/health care (less convinced of the climate disaster angle), but energy has to be at the *core* of decarb!
Really smart point. Stop hinging your climate policy on capitalist/GOP buy in. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Really smart point. Stop hinging your climate policy on capitalist/GOP buy in. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
BP's had a hell of a 20 yrs:
✅2004 -"Greenwashing" rebrand w/ "Beyond Petroleum" campaign. Invent "carbon footprint" deflecting blame.
✅2010-Spill 134 million gallons of oil into the sea.
✅2020-Claim ambition to shift from oil/gas to clean energy.
✅2025-Abandon such claims.
✅2004 -"Greenwashing" rebrand w/ "Beyond Petroleum" campaign. Invent "carbon footprint" deflecting blame.
✅2010-Spill 134 million gallons of oil into the sea.
✅2020-Claim ambition to shift from oil/gas to clean energy.
✅2025-Abandon such claims.
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
BP's had a hell of a 20 yrs:
✅2004 -"Greenwashing" rebrand w/ "Beyond Petroleum" campaign. Invent "carbon footprint" deflecting blame.
✅2010-Spill 134 million gallons of oil into the sea.
✅2020-Claim ambition to shift from oil/gas to clean energy.
✅2025-Abandon such claims.
✅2004 -"Greenwashing" rebrand w/ "Beyond Petroleum" campaign. Invent "carbon footprint" deflecting blame.
✅2010-Spill 134 million gallons of oil into the sea.
✅2020-Claim ambition to shift from oil/gas to clean energy.
✅2025-Abandon such claims.
I continue to think it's really going to be tough for socialists to take over utilities when a main source of opposition is workers/unions (who have very good reason for resisting being shifted to public sector labor law). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I continue to think it's really going to be tough for socialists to take over utilities when a main source of opposition is workers/unions (who have very good reason for resisting being shifted to public sector labor law). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
December 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The special issue on 'renewables capitalism' is fully out now. It looks amazing! All open access (for now)! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677660...
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The special issue on 'renewables capitalism' is fully out now. It looks amazing! All open access (for now)! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677660...
Those rays and breezes are not available all the time (and that problem is still not fully solved by technology no matter what some models might predict is possible).
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Those rays and breezes are not available all the time (and that problem is still not fully solved by technology no matter what some models might predict is possible).
I think it's fair to argue it is only when capital takes hold of production do we get the "capitalist mode of production" and capitalism more broadly (or what he calls here the "economic organization of modern society." (2/2).
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I think it's fair to argue it is only when capital takes hold of production do we get the "capitalist mode of production" and capitalism more broadly (or what he calls here the "economic organization of modern society." (2/2).
I think the more impt distinction (that Harvey goes on about) is btw *capital* & capitalism.
Marx acknowledges the "antediluvian" forms of capital (merchants' & usurers' capital) exist for 100's of years before the "primary" form (industrial) takes hold of *production*. (1/2)
Marx acknowledges the "antediluvian" forms of capital (merchants' & usurers' capital) exist for 100's of years before the "primary" form (industrial) takes hold of *production*. (1/2)
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I think the more impt distinction (that Harvey goes on about) is btw *capital* & capitalism.
Marx acknowledges the "antediluvian" forms of capital (merchants' & usurers' capital) exist for 100's of years before the "primary" form (industrial) takes hold of *production*. (1/2)
Marx acknowledges the "antediluvian" forms of capital (merchants' & usurers' capital) exist for 100's of years before the "primary" form (industrial) takes hold of *production*. (1/2)