Jeremy Gilbert
@jemgilbert.bsky.social
Cultural theory, political analysis, dance party politics.
Latest book: Hegemony Now (Verso, 2022)
www.jeremygilbert.org
Latest book: Hegemony Now (Verso, 2022)
www.jeremygilbert.org
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Listened to this today. It's really helpful. Chatting to my loved ones over Xmas, it's clear that they also agree that we need change. Really really big change.
Things like spending a couple of billion on statutory youth services (not just half a bil).
Things like spending a couple of billion on statutory youth services (not just half a bil).
If you want to hear, not me, but the normally mild-mannered @profafinlayson.bsky.social suggest that Britain might now be entering a pre-revolutionary phase, get your ears around this massive Christmas pressie of a Culture, Power, Politics Emergency Podcast.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/12/24/p...
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Pre-revolutionary Britain? (Emergency Pod December 2025)
Alan Finlayson is back to discuss with Jem the key developments in UK politics since the last time they talked about it. Covering the Labour deputy leadership, the politics of immigration, the orig…
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December 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Listened to this today. It's really helpful. Chatting to my loved ones over Xmas, it's clear that they also agree that we need change. Really really big change.
Things like spending a couple of billion on statutory youth services (not just half a bil).
Things like spending a couple of billion on statutory youth services (not just half a bil).
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It is well known that It's a Wonderful Life rose to cultural prominence because it entered the public domain in 1974 and was able to be freely broadcast on television, but I also think that it is because it is a film that works when best stumbled upon when flipping channels about halfway through.
December 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It is well known that It's a Wonderful Life rose to cultural prominence because it entered the public domain in 1974 and was able to be freely broadcast on television, but I also think that it is because it is a film that works when best stumbled upon when flipping channels about halfway through.
If you want to hear, not me, but the normally mild-mannered @profafinlayson.bsky.social suggest that Britain might now be entering a pre-revolutionary phase, get your ears around this massive Christmas pressie of a Culture, Power, Politics Emergency Podcast.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/12/24/p...
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/12/24/p...
Pre-revolutionary Britain? (Emergency Pod December 2025)
Alan Finlayson is back to discuss with Jem the key developments in UK politics since the last time they talked about it. Covering the Labour deputy leadership, the politics of immigration, the orig…
culturepowerpolitics.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If you want to hear, not me, but the normally mild-mannered @profafinlayson.bsky.social suggest that Britain might now be entering a pre-revolutionary phase, get your ears around this massive Christmas pressie of a Culture, Power, Politics Emergency Podcast.
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/12/24/p...
culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/12/24/p...
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‘They don’t want statues to themselves in town squares, like Churchill, Attlee, Gladstone, or even Thatcher. They want the seven-figure salaries and jet-setting lifestyle of a Tony Blair or a Bill Clinton. You don’t get those by trying to re-nationalise water.’ 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Here's me for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social arguing that the only way to forestall a Reform government is to make a more decisive break with neoliberalism than Starmer is ever going to, or most of the parliamentary 'soft left' still seem capable of imagining.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?
Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism
www.newstatesman.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
‘They don’t want statues to themselves in town squares, like Churchill, Attlee, Gladstone, or even Thatcher. They want the seven-figure salaries and jet-setting lifestyle of a Tony Blair or a Bill Clinton. You don’t get those by trying to re-nationalise water.’ 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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This is good from Jem and makes a nice companion piece with our most Jemsplaining ever recent ACFM on the Labour Party and it's new 'faction' Mainstream.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is good from Jem and makes a nice companion piece with our most Jemsplaining ever recent ACFM on the Labour Party and it's new 'faction' Mainstream.
novaramedia.com/2025/12/21/w...
novaramedia.com/2025/12/21/w...
In today's Guardian, Larry Elliott says it's hard to understand why Keir Starmer's government is so unpopular. Well, here's me explaining why.
Here's me for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social arguing that the only way to forestall a Reform government is to make a more decisive break with neoliberalism than Starmer is ever going to, or most of the parliamentary 'soft left' still seem capable of imagining.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?
Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism
www.newstatesman.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In today's Guardian, Larry Elliott says it's hard to understand why Keir Starmer's government is so unpopular. Well, here's me explaining why.
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💯 every word of this article 👇
"...the country must be taken in a decisively different direction, if it it isn’t going to head towards fascism and total social breakdown."
"...the country must be taken in a decisively different direction, if it it isn’t going to head towards fascism and total social breakdown."
Here's me for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social arguing that the only way to forestall a Reform government is to make a more decisive break with neoliberalism than Starmer is ever going to, or most of the parliamentary 'soft left' still seem capable of imagining.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?
Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism
www.newstatesman.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
💯 every word of this article 👇
"...the country must be taken in a decisively different direction, if it it isn’t going to head towards fascism and total social breakdown."
"...the country must be taken in a decisively different direction, if it it isn’t going to head towards fascism and total social breakdown."
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Cunk spittin Christmas cheer
December 20, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Cunk spittin Christmas cheer
Here's me for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social arguing that the only way to forestall a Reform government is to make a more decisive break with neoliberalism than Starmer is ever going to, or most of the parliamentary 'soft left' still seem capable of imagining.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?
Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism
www.newstatesman.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Here's me for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social arguing that the only way to forestall a Reform government is to make a more decisive break with neoliberalism than Starmer is ever going to, or most of the parliamentary 'soft left' still seem capable of imagining.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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I remember people saying after the ‘08 crash that this had to be the end of loot-and-burn neoliberalism, of stripping state capacity to keep the rich warm, and we should create a new system to avoid the “errors” of the old. And ever since, it’s just been screaming abuse at anyone who said this.
Good news lads, we’re on the cusp of a new paradigm in sensible regulation and valuing human creativity, and all it’s going to take is uh an almighty financial crash
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When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr
The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction should prompt a global conversation, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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December 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I remember people saying after the ‘08 crash that this had to be the end of loot-and-burn neoliberalism, of stripping state capacity to keep the rich warm, and we should create a new system to avoid the “errors” of the old. And ever since, it’s just been screaming abuse at anyone who said this.
Gleeful pearl-clutching over Compass publishing a (weakly-argued, but politically-irrelevant) paper by a former staffer has, of course, ignored the fact that the organisation published a precise and comprehensive rebuttal by no less a figure than Martin Shaw, almost the following day.
I argue that Compass, which works to unite progressives in the UK, should not be engaging with Blue Labour, the strand most identified with Labour’s extreme new anti-immigrant policies.
Following the publication of our new paper, 'Soft Skills, Hard Labour: The Case for a New Soft Left/Blue Labour Politics' last week, @martinshaw.bsky.social asks: is now really the time to re-engage with Blue Labour?
Read it below👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/is-now-reall...
Read it below👇
www.compassonline.org.uk/is-now-reall...
December 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Gleeful pearl-clutching over Compass publishing a (weakly-argued, but politically-irrelevant) paper by a former staffer has, of course, ignored the fact that the organisation published a precise and comprehensive rebuttal by no less a figure than Martin Shaw, almost the following day.
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
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There should be more letters like Barry Gardiner's sent to David Lammy to insist that he meet Filton24 hunger strikers' representatives and prevent their deaths.
Tell your MP to write a letter; write to newspapers telling them to end the media blackout; call radio phone-ins
Young lives are at stake
Tell your MP to write a letter; write to newspapers telling them to end the media blackout; call radio phone-ins
Young lives are at stake
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
There should be more letters like Barry Gardiner's sent to David Lammy to insist that he meet Filton24 hunger strikers' representatives and prevent their deaths.
Tell your MP to write a letter; write to newspapers telling them to end the media blackout; call radio phone-ins
Young lives are at stake
Tell your MP to write a letter; write to newspapers telling them to end the media blackout; call radio phone-ins
Young lives are at stake
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LITM Extra - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim spend some time exploring the life and times of Bruce Springsteen.../
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim spend some time exploring the life and times of Bruce Springsteen.../
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
LITM Extra - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim spend some time exploring the life and times of Bruce Springsteen.../
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim spend some time exploring the life and times of Bruce Springsteen.../
Huge news and probably the most significant win for the UK left since Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015. A comprehensive rejection of Starmerism by the country's biggest union and Labour's largest affiliate.
🚨I am delighted to have been elected as UNISON's next General Secretary.
This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
December 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Huge news and probably the most significant win for the UK left since Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015. A comprehensive rejection of Starmerism by the country's biggest union and Labour's largest affiliate.
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There's micro-moments of positivity shared resonance from Barbara Friedrickson. Infinite Relationality from @jemgilbert.bsky.social Antonio Damasio's Spinozan 'consciousness' and this...
Our Brains 'Sync Up' When We Collaborate share.google/E0StLXR1xhRT...
Our Brains 'Sync Up' When We Collaborate share.google/E0StLXR1xhRT...
Our Brains Really Do 'Sync Up' When We Collaborate, Study Reveals
Ever experienced a moment of flow when working with another human to achieve a common goal, almost as if you and your collaborator are tuned in to each other's brains? You may have literally been 'in ...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
There's micro-moments of positivity shared resonance from Barbara Friedrickson. Infinite Relationality from @jemgilbert.bsky.social Antonio Damasio's Spinozan 'consciousness' and this...
Our Brains 'Sync Up' When We Collaborate share.google/E0StLXR1xhRT...
Our Brains 'Sync Up' When We Collaborate share.google/E0StLXR1xhRT...
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The examples you all raise in the show suggest that you can’t really inhabit the mainstream culture, but that the idea of a mainstream culture arises around the places where everyone’s experiences and notions overlap. I haven’t met anyone since the early 1990s who considered themselves mainstream.
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The examples you all raise in the show suggest that you can’t really inhabit the mainstream culture, but that the idea of a mainstream culture arises around the places where everyone’s experiences and notions overlap. I haven’t met anyone since the early 1990s who considered themselves mainstream.
It's the new @novaramedia.com ACFM episode about the concept of the mainstream with Nadia, @kmilb.bsky.social and me. (I misattributed 'Peculiarities of the English' to Nairn-Anderson themselves, but we corrected this in the show notes so don't @ me). novaramedia.com/2025/12/07/i....
Is There Anything Left of the Mainstream? | Novara Media
Is Stranger Things the last remnant of the 'mainstream'? The gang explore the political meanings of a multifaceted term.
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December 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It's the new @novaramedia.com ACFM episode about the concept of the mainstream with Nadia, @kmilb.bsky.social and me. (I misattributed 'Peculiarities of the English' to Nairn-Anderson themselves, but we corrected this in the show notes so don't @ me). novaramedia.com/2025/12/07/i....
Here’s our episode of Love is the Message about Zohran’s election victory!
ZOHRAN MAMDANI
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence celebrate the election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of NYC.../
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence celebrate the election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of NYC.../
Zohran Mamdani
Podcast Episode · Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture · 04/12/2025 · 1h 42m
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December 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Here’s our episode of Love is the Message about Zohran’s election victory!
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EVENT: 'Housing, Power and Property' 🏠
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
Housing, Power and Property
A symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
EVENT: 'Housing, Power and Property' 🏠
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
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A scene from our The Politics of Feeling book launch in London - great discussion on fascist optimisms and nihilism, left structures of feelings, AI and Stranger Things with @ajsecor.bsky.social @jemgilbert.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A scene from our The Politics of Feeling book launch in London - great discussion on fascist optimisms and nihilism, left structures of feelings, AI and Stranger Things with @ajsecor.bsky.social @jemgilbert.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social
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Oh, man. Rest in Peace, Jimmy. ♥️
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Jimmy Cliff You Can Get It If You Really Want
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November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Oh, man. Rest in Peace, Jimmy. ♥️
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SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT pt.3 : DRC Today
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence review the music and politics of DRC from 1960 to today.../
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence review the music and politics of DRC from 1960 to today.../
Soundtrack for a Coup D'Etat pt.3: DRC Today
Podcast Episode · Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture · 20/11/2025 · 1h 28m
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November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT pt.3 : DRC Today
Apple: tinyurl.com/5hc3h3sc
Spotify: tinyurl.com/a9v8fvs2
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence review the music and politics of DRC from 1960 to today.../
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Spotify: tinyurl.com/a9v8fvs2
Patreon: tinyurl.com/32d4p6k5
@jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence review the music and politics of DRC from 1960 to today.../
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EVENT: 'Housing, Power and Property' 🏠
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
Housing, Power and Property
A symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
EVENT: 'Housing, Power and Property' 🏠
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
Join @jemgilbert.bsky.social, @bethstratford.bsky.social, Nick Bano & more for an afternoon symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
Fri 12th Dec | 1pm | UEL, London (FREE) 👇
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Book launch for The Politics of Feeling with @ajsecor.bsky.social and @jemgilbert.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social on 25.11 at 15.00 in London. Details here, last time I checked there were a couple of tickets left
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November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Book launch for The Politics of Feeling with @ajsecor.bsky.social and @jemgilbert.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social on 25.11 at 15.00 in London. Details here, last time I checked there were a couple of tickets left
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...