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
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Matt Huber
@matthuber.bsky.social
· May 20
My book has been 'out of stock' for months on Verso's site, but I'm happy to report it's back up! www.versobooks.com/products/775...
Love this from @brunoleipold.com. In 1844-5 Engels was flirting w/ Fourierist/Owenist socialist communes.
"Marx, by comparison, never had any time for such small-scale experiments, & Engels would subsequently, partially under Marx's influence, abandon these earlier enthusiasms" (171).
"Marx, by comparison, never had any time for such small-scale experiments, & Engels would subsequently, partially under Marx's influence, abandon these earlier enthusiasms" (171).
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Love this from @brunoleipold.com. In 1844-5 Engels was flirting w/ Fourierist/Owenist socialist communes.
"Marx, by comparison, never had any time for such small-scale experiments, & Engels would subsequently, partially under Marx's influence, abandon these earlier enthusiasms" (171).
"Marx, by comparison, never had any time for such small-scale experiments, & Engels would subsequently, partially under Marx's influence, abandon these earlier enthusiasms" (171).
Incredible piece on the financial “straitjacket” that confronts all forms of municipal power.
“If the city were to get into fiscal trouble and face a decision between paying teachers and paying bondholders, it would have to pay bondholders.” thebaffler.com/latest/payin...
“If the city were to get into fiscal trouble and face a decision between paying teachers and paying bondholders, it would have to pay bondholders.” thebaffler.com/latest/payin...
Paying for It | David I. Backer
Should Zohran Mamdani become the next mayor of New York City, he will be restricted by the municipal bond market.
thebaffler.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Incredible piece on the financial “straitjacket” that confronts all forms of municipal power.
“If the city were to get into fiscal trouble and face a decision between paying teachers and paying bondholders, it would have to pay bondholders.” thebaffler.com/latest/payin...
“If the city were to get into fiscal trouble and face a decision between paying teachers and paying bondholders, it would have to pay bondholders.” thebaffler.com/latest/payin...
It's cool that the President of Colombia reads Marx and talks about capital, but this is NOT what the 'logic of capital' entails. The logic of capital is about profit/accumulation. If you can make more profit by consuming less, you will. 1/7
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It's cool that the President of Colombia reads Marx and talks about capital, but this is NOT what the 'logic of capital' entails. The logic of capital is about profit/accumulation. If you can make more profit by consuming less, you will. 1/7
"If [Mamdani] can buck the trend of the enviro left’s hostility to nuclear, he could demonstrate to NYC...that the left can think rationally about the energy system, its affordability, & the wide scope of the climate problem. That would truly be charting a new path."
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"If [Mamdani] can buck the trend of the enviro left’s hostility to nuclear, he could demonstrate to NYC...that the left can think rationally about the energy system, its affordability, & the wide scope of the climate problem. That would truly be charting a new path."
I learned almost 2 weeks ago, but still reeling from the loss of my brother & best friend, Jeff Huber. Link here to his obituary. We laughed so much together. Onlookers were often puzzled at what we were actually laughing about, so we called it Hubmor. www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/c...
October 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I learned almost 2 weeks ago, but still reeling from the loss of my brother & best friend, Jeff Huber. Link here to his obituary. We laughed so much together. Onlookers were often puzzled at what we were actually laughing about, so we called it Hubmor. www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/c...
I've been too swamped to continue this thread (hope to return to it), but WOW the editors include this endnote w/ a resolution by Marx to a Congress for the IWMA (1st International).
Perfect distillation of Marx's political views on technology/machinery!
Perfect distillation of Marx's political views on technology/machinery!
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I've been too swamped to continue this thread (hope to return to it), but WOW the editors include this endnote w/ a resolution by Marx to a Congress for the IWMA (1st International).
Perfect distillation of Marx's political views on technology/machinery!
Perfect distillation of Marx's political views on technology/machinery!
Everyone should read this book. It's too wedded to the lifestyle consumption politics in spots for my liking, but I think it has a core *socialist* message (unintended, I'm sure): much of our environmental and human problems stem from avoidable poverty & inequality. (1/2)
September 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Everyone should read this book. It's too wedded to the lifestyle consumption politics in spots for my liking, but I think it has a core *socialist* message (unintended, I'm sure): much of our environmental and human problems stem from avoidable poverty & inequality. (1/2)
A core argument of my book:
“Solutions that address affordability first, and also help fight climate change, are more likely to see strong support from voters.” www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...
“Solutions that address affordability first, and also help fight climate change, are more likely to see strong support from voters.” www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...
The First Rule About Solving Climate Change
While battleground voters overwhelmingly agree climate change is a problem, addressing it is not a priority for them.
www.searchlightinstitute.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A core argument of my book:
“Solutions that address affordability first, and also help fight climate change, are more likely to see strong support from voters.” www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...
“Solutions that address affordability first, and also help fight climate change, are more likely to see strong support from voters.” www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...
There are many arguments against capitalism, but here's a powerful one: it's 2025 and our economic system still hasn't figured out how to deliver modern sanitation services to *nearly half of humanity*.
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
There are many arguments against capitalism, but here's a powerful one: it's 2025 and our economic system still hasn't figured out how to deliver modern sanitation services to *nearly half of humanity*.
Reposted by Matt Huber
I have a new piece of writing in the Spanish publication "Metapolis" arguing against the idea that the "youth" are the agent of transformation in climate politics. metapolis.net/project/the-...
The Kids Are Not Alright: Why Youth Will Not Cool the Planet
metapolis.net
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I have a new piece of writing in the Spanish publication "Metapolis" arguing against the idea that the "youth" are the agent of transformation in climate politics. metapolis.net/project/the-...
Reposted by Matt Huber
A new piece on extractive capitalism for @thetls.bsky.social, reviewing 4 new books, including @triofrancos.bsky.social's much-anticipated EXTRACTION and Partha Dasgupta's widely-
praised ON NATURAL CAPITAL
praised ON NATURAL CAPITAL
Paying Nature’s price
“What does it mean”, asks Thea Riofrancos in Extraction, “to defend people and the planet from extraction – when others frame this same extraction as
www.the-tls.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A new piece on extractive capitalism for @thetls.bsky.social, reviewing 4 new books, including @triofrancos.bsky.social's much-anticipated EXTRACTION and Partha Dasgupta's widely-
praised ON NATURAL CAPITAL
praised ON NATURAL CAPITAL
I have a new piece of writing in the Spanish publication "Metapolis" arguing against the idea that the "youth" are the agent of transformation in climate politics. metapolis.net/project/the-...
The Kids Are Not Alright: Why Youth Will Not Cool the Planet
metapolis.net
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I have a new piece of writing in the Spanish publication "Metapolis" arguing against the idea that the "youth" are the agent of transformation in climate politics. metapolis.net/project/the-...
“Marx – who was as great a promethean progressive as one could find – thought technology ought to serve social and human needs. Today, we have the formula exactly backwards – society serves tech.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? | Dustin Guastella
The ‘knowledge economy’ promised cultural and social growth. Instead, we got worsening inequality and division. Artificial intelligence will supercharge it
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“Marx – who was as great a promethean progressive as one could find – thought technology ought to serve social and human needs. Today, we have the formula exactly backwards – society serves tech.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New 'open access' article out; a commentary on the impt work on class & climate by Klaus Dörre.
His focus on ownership/production & empirics on the German auto sector are both strong, but I critique his separation of 'class' and 'ecology' as 2 'axes'. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
His focus on ownership/production & empirics on the German auto sector are both strong, but I critique his separation of 'class' and 'ecology' as 2 'axes'. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New 'open access' article out; a commentary on the impt work on class & climate by Klaus Dörre.
His focus on ownership/production & empirics on the German auto sector are both strong, but I critique his separation of 'class' and 'ecology' as 2 'axes'. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
His focus on ownership/production & empirics on the German auto sector are both strong, but I critique his separation of 'class' and 'ecology' as 2 'axes'. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I've been profoundly depressed seeing so many leftists either joke about or celebrate the murder of someone for political speech. Glad to see this political clarity from @benburgis.bsky.social and Meagan Day in @jacobinmag.bsky.social.
jacobin.com/2025/09/char...
jacobin.com/2025/09/char...
September 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I've been profoundly depressed seeing so many leftists either joke about or celebrate the murder of someone for political speech. Glad to see this political clarity from @benburgis.bsky.social and Meagan Day in @jacobinmag.bsky.social.
jacobin.com/2025/09/char...
jacobin.com/2025/09/char...
"That is the task before organized labor: not to win some PR war, not to continue pouring money into elections...not even simply to invest in new organizing by the standard methods, but to once again test the bounds of strategic disruption to see if those muscles still work."
September 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"That is the task before organized labor: not to win some PR war, not to continue pouring money into elections...not even simply to invest in new organizing by the standard methods, but to once again test the bounds of strategic disruption to see if those muscles still work."
Keep thinking about this: the Democrats are basically a conservative status quo party. Its professional class base just wants Trump gone to "go back to normal."
They cant fathom huge swathes of society hate them & will support any movement that promises to smash that status quo.
They cant fathom huge swathes of society hate them & will support any movement that promises to smash that status quo.
September 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Keep thinking about this: the Democrats are basically a conservative status quo party. Its professional class base just wants Trump gone to "go back to normal."
They cant fathom huge swathes of society hate them & will support any movement that promises to smash that status quo.
They cant fathom huge swathes of society hate them & will support any movement that promises to smash that status quo.
Great by Edward Luce. on.ft.com/4gg0mhz
September 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Great by Edward Luce. on.ft.com/4gg0mhz
Finally read @alex1789.bsky.social critique of the new arguments about techno/neo-feudalism on the left. Great stuff! americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/08/tech...
September 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Finally read @alex1789.bsky.social critique of the new arguments about techno/neo-feudalism on the left. Great stuff! americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/08/tech...
If I were on the socialist left, I would simply not argue in large, prominent outlets that Trump's economic policies have positive ecological dimensions.
September 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If I were on the socialist left, I would simply not argue in large, prominent outlets that Trump's economic policies have positive ecological dimensions.
Having trouble with the use of “The Weight” by The Band in a Best Western commercial.
September 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Having trouble with the use of “The Weight” by The Band in a Best Western commercial.
Ecosocialists have been saying this for the better part of two decades, but don’t offer much of a strategy on how to address it. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...
September 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Ecosocialists have been saying this for the better part of two decades, but don’t offer much of a strategy on how to address it. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...
Nice to see Hickel affirm arguments I've made for a while.
-Stop using the word 'degrowth' when we just mean socialism.
-Degrowth is *not* a movement w/ any capacity to achieve real power (only appeals to academics).
-Lifestyle consumption shaming is terrible politics.
youtu.be/bjlqWHXrTak?...
-Stop using the word 'degrowth' when we just mean socialism.
-Degrowth is *not* a movement w/ any capacity to achieve real power (only appeals to academics).
-Lifestyle consumption shaming is terrible politics.
youtu.be/bjlqWHXrTak?...
Capitalism’s Addiction To Growth Means Civilisational COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Jason Hickel
YouTube video by Novara Media
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Nice to see Hickel affirm arguments I've made for a while.
-Stop using the word 'degrowth' when we just mean socialism.
-Degrowth is *not* a movement w/ any capacity to achieve real power (only appeals to academics).
-Lifestyle consumption shaming is terrible politics.
youtu.be/bjlqWHXrTak?...
-Stop using the word 'degrowth' when we just mean socialism.
-Degrowth is *not* a movement w/ any capacity to achieve real power (only appeals to academics).
-Lifestyle consumption shaming is terrible politics.
youtu.be/bjlqWHXrTak?...
Alright I'm going to try to do a 🧵as I read this translation (paying most attention to the how it differs from the Fowkes translation I'm more familiar with).
The world is in dire straights, but I feel pretty lucky to be teaching a Fall seminar based on these two books from @princetonupress.bsky.social.
September 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Alright I'm going to try to do a 🧵as I read this translation (paying most attention to the how it differs from the Fowkes translation I'm more familiar with).