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Halil Kaya
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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 20d
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.
Historical Materialism Cluj / Kolozsvár - Historical Materialism
www.historicalmaterialism.org

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graceblakeley.substack.com
Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 21d
Economists don’t understand capitalism

halilikaya.bsky.social
Halil Kaya @halilikaya.bsky.social · 24d
"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
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

halilikaya.bsky.social
Halil Kaya @halilikaya.bsky.social · 24d
"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...
The meaning of China’s $1tn trade surplus
Beijing’s latest milestone underscores its industrial strength — and growing economic imbalances
www.ft.com

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David Harvey @davidharvey.org · 27d
Coming 24 February 2026 by @versobooks.bsky.social

www.versobooks.com/products/337...
The Story of Capital
For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. ...
www.versobooks.com

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roapejournal.bsky.social
Review of African Political Economy @roapejournal.bsky.social · 27d
“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

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monet.bsky.social
Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 27d
Antibes Seen from the Salis Gardens - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10297

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 28d
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.

halilikaya.bsky.social
Halil Kaya @halilikaya.bsky.social · 28d
"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
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

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Halil Kaya @halilikaya.bsky.social · 29d
yağmursuz bir gün daha… :(

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 29d
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...
For a Cultural and Academic Boycott of the UAE – Spectre Journal
TAGATU3 call for a cultural and academic boycott of the UAE.
spectrejournal.com

halilikaya.bsky.social
Halil Kaya @halilikaya.bsky.social · Dec 3
"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-...
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

halilikaya.bsky.social
Halil Kaya @halilikaya.bsky.social · Dec 3
"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
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

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Dec 2
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...

halilikaya.bsky.social
Halil Kaya @halilikaya.bsky.social · Dec 2
I miss autumn.

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · Nov 30
Wheat Field - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504

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monet.bsky.social
Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · Nov 28
Vetheuil, Paysage - 1879
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9285

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · Nov 28
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!!

halilikaya.bsky.social
Halil Kaya @halilikaya.bsky.social · Nov 26
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
China is making trade impossible
Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
www.ft.com

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · Nov 24
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.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Nov 21
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

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · Nov 19
The Saturday Mothers have won the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award in the Campaigning category! The group were awarded for their dedicated peaceful human rights movement which has run for the last 30 years in #Turkey: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
Awards 2025 campaigning winner The Saturday Mothers - Index on Censorship
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers are the winners of Index on Censorship’s 2025 Freedom of Expression Awards in campaigning
www.indexoncensorship.org

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roapejournal.bsky.social
Review of African Political Economy @roapejournal.bsky.social · Nov 19
ROAPE’s Reginald Cline-Cole introduces Volume 55 Issue 185 of the journal, with an editorial: Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism’s edifice 🔥 🔥 🔥
Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism’s edifice - ROAPE
ROAPE’s Reginald Cline-Cole introduces Volume 55 Issue 185 of the journal
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · Nov 17
Israel’s entire inventory of combat capable aircraft comes from the U.S.; Israel’s attack and transport helicopters are also all of U.S. origin.
Excerpt from the report, "U.S. Military Aid and Arms Transfers to Israel, October 2023 – September 2025."

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Adela @adelapazos.bsky.social · Nov 16
Aphrodite diagonally

📷 James Yang (Alone)
#monochrome #bnwphoto #noiretblanc #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #minimalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #dark #noir #portrait #sensualart #sensual #conceptual

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Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social · Nov 13
Apply now — Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis”, deadline 20 December 2025 antipodeonline.org/2025/11/13/a...
Apply now—Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis” - Antipode Online
Toronto, Ontario, Canadathe traditional territory of the Huron Wendat, the Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit June 1st – 5th, 2026 The contemporary global landscape is increasingly defined by w...
antipodeonline.org

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costsofwar.bsky.social
The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · Nov 12
Since Oct. 7, 2023, the U.S. has spent over $9.65 billion on military activities in Yemen, Iran, and the wider region.

Including military aid to Israel, the U.S. has spent over $31 billion on the post-10/7 wars.

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · Nov 11
I wrote this essay in the current Sudan issue of Transition Magazine titled "The Politics of Hunger" which argues that the current hunger crisis has been decades in the making. It begins with Nimeiri and looks at US engagement over the decades.

transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
The Politics of Hunger in Sudan – Transition Magazine
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu

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Sara Salem @sarasalem.bsky.social · Nov 10
I wrote this piece for @antipodeonline.bsky.social on street names as anticolonial traces, looking at Lusaka's map as a cartography of solidarity. Though these solidarities are less vivid today, I suggest these traces continue to hold revolutionary potential

antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
Intervention—“Cairo Road” - Antipode Online
Sara Salem, London School of Economics and Political Science Growing up in Lusaka, Zambia, I distinctly remember Cairo Road, one of Lusaka’s main thoroughfares named after the city my father was from....
antipodeonline.org

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jvp.bsky.social
Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Oct 30
Last Wednesday, Palestinians in Deir el-Balah held a mass funeral for 54 unidentified Palestinians whose bodies were returned by the Israeli military after months of being held. Today, Palestinians continue to hold funerals for dozens more loved ones, many showing evidence of torture and execution.