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Richard Hull @richardhull54.bsky.social · 1d

Have you seen this @profmartinp.bsky.social ?

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 1d

Great call to arms by @cnewf.bsky.social, following the tactic of Jed Esty's "Future of Decline" by looking to Stuart Hall & the New Left, & urging us to forego "private agency within our universities" in favor of "collective agency by running them."

Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books

Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.

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Martin Parker @profmartinp.bsky.social · May 19

This is what Carl Rhodes said about my book.

“Books about organizations too often offer hackneyed statements of the obvious, riddled with ideologically saturated saccharine meanderings of marginal importance."

He then says my book doesn't do that, so buy it.

www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...

The Organization of Things: A Cabinet of Curiosities

This is a book about knowledge and how it is organized. The business school has captured ideas about organization, and reduced them to questions of formal structures, documented processes, logistics ...

www.routledge.com

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ChumpTrump @chumptrump.bsky.social · May 14

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ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures @sociodigfutures.bsky.social · May 1

Space is a key feature of social life. But does the digitalisation of society affect its spatial dimensions, and if so, how? Listen to our latest podcast with Leverhulme Visiting Professor Theodore Schatzki and Dale Southerton

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#sociodigitalfutures @leverhulme.ac.uk

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Bristol Green Party @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social · May 1

TODAY WE CAN ELECT A GREEN MAYOR

Polling stations are now OPEN.
You can get out and vote Mary Page to be the first Green, West Of England Mayor.

Remember to bring ID.
💪Let’s do this!💪

TODAY
Green Party
VOTE
MARY
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FOR WEST OF ENGLAND MAYOR
Promoted by Jenny Vernon on behalf of Mary Page (Green Party)
all at 17 Great George Street, Bristol BS1 5@T.

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Martin Parker @profmartinp.bsky.social · Apr 30

Coop people! (And those who are alternative economy adjacent.) Last chance to submit an abstract for our special issue on coops in fiction, art and culture. Just an abstract to start off with, but do let us have a look at your ideas. See below.

www.ukscs.coop/pages/imagin...

Imagining co-operatives? | UK Society for Co-operative Studies

2026 Special Issue: Co-operatives and co-operative economy in art and culture

www.ukscs.coop

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Bristol Green Party @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social · Apr 30

TOMORROW IS YOUR CHANCE

🟩 Vote Mary Page to be the first ever GREEN MAYOR for the West Of England. 🟩

It’s gonna be a tight one, but with YOUR HELP we can do this!

Credit: John Darvall, BBC

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Woke Willy @wokewilly.bsky.social · Apr 29

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Martin Parker @profmartinp.bsky.social · Apr 28

It is terribly good.

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ChumpTrump @chumptrump.bsky.social · Apr 26

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ChumpTrump @chumptrump.bsky.social · Apr 11

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Martin Parker @profmartinp.bsky.social · Apr 10

A movement of movements for Bristol event on 17th April 2025. Can we co-ordinate our activities so that the many local and particular forms of activism can become a rising tide of change which is impossible to ignore? Tickets below.

www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/prs...

A movement of movements for Bristol? at PRSC

Bristol is a city full of energy and vibrant alternative initiatives, but they don’t always connect well together. The idea of a ‘movement of movements’ suggests that organizing might to scale out and...

www.headfirstbristol.co.uk

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Apr 9

In this episode of our #TransformingBusinessPodcast series with Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes, author of 'Stinking Rich', explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray #Billionaires as a ‘force for good’.

@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @profmartinp.bsky.social

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Mar 31

In this episode of our #TransformingBusinessPodcast series with Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes, author of 'Stinking Rich', explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray #Billionaires as a ‘force for good’.

@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @profmartinp.bsky.social

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PODCAST: The myth of the heroic billionaire - Transforming Society

In this episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray billionaires as a ‘force for good’.

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Apr 7

In the first episode of our #TransformingBusinessPodcast series with Martin Parker, Jane Holgate and John Page, authors of 'Changemakers', discuss the power of #Activism and challenge the belief that change is impossible

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PODCAST: Changemaking and radical hope in times of crisis - Transforming Society

Everybody wants to change the world, but can we actually make a difference? In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with Martin Parker, Jane Holgate and John Page, authors of…

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Martin Parker @profmartinp.bsky.social · Apr 1

Why do business schools ignore coops? A paper that was rejected from AMLE, JMS and BJM, but taken up by the excellent Management Learning.
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social · Mar 29

insightful and inspiring blog by @profmartinp.bsky.social - never give up

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Mar 28

@profmartinp.bsky.social hoped the #Pandemic might spark lasting change, but entrenched power and economic interests drove a return to business as usual, revealing that real progress demands active, sustained effort: buff.ly/YUnwDJg

Why didn’t we build back better? - Transforming Society

Martin Parker, editor of 'Life After COVID-19', hoped the pandemic might spark lasting change, but entrenched power and economic interests drove a return to business as usual, revealing that real…

www.transformingsociety.co.uk

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Mar 28

@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray #Billionaires as a ‘force for good’ in this episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with @profmartinp.bsky.social: buff.ly/Ntre0kK

PODCAST: The myth of the heroic billionaire - Transforming Society

In this episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes explains the dangerous and deceptive myths which portray billionaires as a ‘force for good’.

www.transformingsociety.co.uk

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Mar 28

@profmartinp.bsky.social hoped the #Pandemic might spark lasting change, but entrenched power and economic interests drove a return to business as usual, revealing that real progress demands active, sustained effort: buff.ly/YUnwDJg

Why didn’t we build back better? - Transforming Society

Martin Parker, editor of 'Life After COVID-19', hoped the pandemic might spark lasting change, but entrenched power and economic interests drove a return to business as usual, revealing that real…

www.transformingsociety.co.uk

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Mar 21

In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with @profmartinp.bsky.social, Jane Holgate and John Page discuss the power of #Activism and challenge the belief that change is impossible: buff.ly/2OTUVxn

PODCAST: Changemaking and radical hope in times of crisis - Transforming Society

Everybody wants to change the world, but can we actually make a difference? In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with Martin Parker, Jane Holgate and John Page, authors of…

www.transformingsociety.co.uk

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Martin Parker @profmartinp.bsky.social · Mar 22

A fascinating conversation about social change and activism. Do have a listen.

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Mar 21

In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with @profmartinp.bsky.social, Jane Holgate and John Page discuss the power of #Activism and challenge the belief that change is impossible: buff.ly/2OTUVxn

PODCAST: Changemaking and radical hope in times of crisis - Transforming Society

Everybody wants to change the world, but can we actually make a difference? In the first episode of our Transforming Business podcast series with Martin Parker, Jane Holgate and John Page, authors of…

www.transformingsociety.co.uk