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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· 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...
February 5, 2026 at 1:37 AM
"To meet that moment, we need more than a handful of class struggle unions or socialist mayors. We need a class struggle labor movement and a class struggle political party. That requires many more capable leaders than our movement has now." jacobin.com/2026/02/fain...
Four Lessons From the UAW’s Turn Toward Class Struggle
Chris Brooks, former chief of staff to United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, was key to an attempt to transform a once mighty union hobbled by corruption and lethargy. Here’s what he learned from ...
jacobin.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
"To meet that moment, we need more than a handful of class struggle unions or socialist mayors. We need a class struggle labor movement and a class struggle political party. That requires many more capable leaders than our movement has now." jacobin.com/2026/02/fain...
Reposted by Matt Huber
"For us, flourishing is inseparable from the transformation of the technical and social means by which we reproduce our lives."
"Hegel helps us see that work like Saito’s is premised on a false dichotomy—the choice is not between growth and degrowth but capital growth and rational growth."
"Hegel helps us see that work like Saito’s is premised on a false dichotomy—the choice is not between growth and degrowth but capital growth and rational growth."
“…the task is to rationalize growth: to expand and develop the forces of production so that they might better enable and express the fundamental end of animals like us. In other words, our freedom.” thepointmag.com/politics/rad...
Radical Eudaimonism | The Point Magazine
The choice is not between growth and degrowth but capital growth and rational growth.
thepointmag.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:49 AM
"For us, flourishing is inseparable from the transformation of the technical and social means by which we reproduce our lives."
"Hegel helps us see that work like Saito’s is premised on a false dichotomy—the choice is not between growth and degrowth but capital growth and rational growth."
"Hegel helps us see that work like Saito’s is premised on a false dichotomy—the choice is not between growth and degrowth but capital growth and rational growth."
“…the task is to rationalize growth: to expand and develop the forces of production so that they might better enable and express the fundamental end of animals like us. In other words, our freedom.” thepointmag.com/politics/rad...
Radical Eudaimonism | The Point Magazine
The choice is not between growth and degrowth but capital growth and rational growth.
thepointmag.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:04 AM
“…the task is to rationalize growth: to expand and develop the forces of production so that they might better enable and express the fundamental end of animals like us. In other words, our freedom.” thepointmag.com/politics/rad...
"Proclaimed after the so-called end of history in the early 1990s, the ‘rules-based order’ was administered by the US as the world’s policeman, world court and world executioner all at once, and by them alone, at their discretion. They never applied this order to themselves..."
Wolfgang Streeck, American Violence — Sidecar
An interview with Wolgang Streeck
newleftreview.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:49 PM
"Proclaimed after the so-called end of history in the early 1990s, the ‘rules-based order’ was administered by the US as the world’s policeman, world court and world executioner all at once, and by them alone, at their discretion. They never applied this order to themselves..."
It is remarkable that US imperial power has forced an ideologically socialist regime to push through a highly neoliberal reform of their oil sector. Will it actually entice capital to invest? I'm still doubtful (and the article raises many doubts!)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/w...
Venezuelan Lawmakers Approve Sweeping Overhaul of Oil Sector
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It is remarkable that US imperial power has forced an ideologically socialist regime to push through a highly neoliberal reform of their oil sector. Will it actually entice capital to invest? I'm still doubtful (and the article raises many doubts!)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/w...
“The city contends that Radiant Solar engaged in a dizzying array of mechanical and monetary malfeasance for years…Radiant’s solar panel systems often failed to deliver the energy savings it had advertised & sometimes did not work at all.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/n...
New York Sues Solar Panel Firm, Saying It Bilked Hundreds of Customers
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 AM
“The city contends that Radiant Solar engaged in a dizzying array of mechanical and monetary malfeasance for years…Radiant’s solar panel systems often failed to deliver the energy savings it had advertised & sometimes did not work at all.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/n...
You won't get 'affordability' without confronting capitalist class power. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
January 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
You won't get 'affordability' without confronting capitalist class power. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My review of Jean-Baptiste Fressoz's "More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy" is out from
@jacobinmag.bsky.social. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
@jacobinmag.bsky.social. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
My review of Jean-Baptiste Fressoz's "More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy" is out from
@jacobinmag.bsky.social. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
@jacobinmag.bsky.social. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
This is tonight!
Upcoming 1/21 Roundtable on #Venezuela, #Oil, and Global #Politics w/ the Marxist Education Project, @matthuber.bsky.social @stevemaherecon.bsky.social @llchristyll.bsky.social & @cperezbustillo.bsky.social RSVP here: marxedproject.org/event/venezu...
Roundtable on Venezuela, Oil, and Global Politics - Marxist Education Project
Join us for a timely conversation among leading left critics of the Trump administration's attack on Venezuelan sovereignty and its attempt to seize that nation's oil wealth. Matt Huber challenges int...
marxedproject.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This is tonight!
Reposted by Matt Huber
My favorite thing I've written in a while. At my core, I'm an energy history nerd (a disciple of Vaclav Smil's hardcore energy materialism).
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
Another Energy Transition Is Possible
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz’s dizzying history of energy consumption argues that no energy transition has ever occurred: each generation consumes more of past fuels. Not only are his claims ahistorical but ...
jacobin.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM
My favorite thing I've written in a while. At my core, I'm an energy history nerd (a disciple of Vaclav Smil's hardcore energy materialism).
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
Reposted by Matt Huber
Beautiful words from @matthuber.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Beautiful words from @matthuber.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Reposted by Matt Huber
Matt Huber against the dour, anti-political degrowthism of the contemporary Left
"...if we struggle, and wrestle control of production away from the depredations of capital, there is nothing we can’t do. An energy transition is not only possible; it’s only the beginning of what we can accomplish."
"...if we struggle, and wrestle control of production away from the depredations of capital, there is nothing we can’t do. An energy transition is not only possible; it’s only the beginning of what we can accomplish."
My favorite thing I've written in a while. At my core, I'm an energy history nerd (a disciple of Vaclav Smil's hardcore energy materialism).
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
Another Energy Transition Is Possible
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz’s dizzying history of energy consumption argues that no energy transition has ever occurred: each generation consumes more of past fuels. Not only are his claims ahistorical but ...
jacobin.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Matt Huber against the dour, anti-political degrowthism of the contemporary Left
"...if we struggle, and wrestle control of production away from the depredations of capital, there is nothing we can’t do. An energy transition is not only possible; it’s only the beginning of what we can accomplish."
"...if we struggle, and wrestle control of production away from the depredations of capital, there is nothing we can’t do. An energy transition is not only possible; it’s only the beginning of what we can accomplish."
Reposted by Matt Huber
As usual, a good source for challenging our work as climate justice nerds. And yes, we must believe in the ability of humanity to organise capital and innovation in a way that makes everyone’s lives enjoyable and dignified - which requires to transition away from fossil in a just way.
My favorite thing I've written in a while. At my core, I'm an energy history nerd (a disciple of Vaclav Smil's hardcore energy materialism).
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
Another Energy Transition Is Possible
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz’s dizzying history of energy consumption argues that no energy transition has ever occurred: each generation consumes more of past fuels. Not only are his claims ahistorical but ...
jacobin.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
As usual, a good source for challenging our work as climate justice nerds. And yes, we must believe in the ability of humanity to organise capital and innovation in a way that makes everyone’s lives enjoyable and dignified - which requires to transition away from fossil in a just way.
My favorite thing I've written in a while. At my core, I'm an energy history nerd (a disciple of Vaclav Smil's hardcore energy materialism).
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
Another Energy Transition Is Possible
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz’s dizzying history of energy consumption argues that no energy transition has ever occurred: each generation consumes more of past fuels. Not only are his claims ahistorical but ...
jacobin.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM
My favorite thing I've written in a while. At my core, I'm an energy history nerd (a disciple of Vaclav Smil's hardcore energy materialism).
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
So Fressoz's book More & More & More gave me much to think about and criticize. jacobin.com/2026/01/fres...
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.
Really interesting analysis from Adam Hanieh:
"In effect, the country is returning to the subordinate position it occupied in the early 20th C – rich in crude, but dependent on American capital and American refineries to turn that crude into value."
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
"In effect, the country is returning to the subordinate position it occupied in the early 20th C – rich in crude, but dependent on American capital and American refineries to turn that crude into value."
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
Venezuela’s Oil in the Grip of US Empire
The Trump administration’s kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro has refocused global attention on Venezuela and its enormous oil reserves. Yet to simply accept Trump’s bellicose language at face value – inclu...
www.versobooks.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Really interesting analysis from Adam Hanieh:
"In effect, the country is returning to the subordinate position it occupied in the early 20th C – rich in crude, but dependent on American capital and American refineries to turn that crude into value."
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
"In effect, the country is returning to the subordinate position it occupied in the early 20th C – rich in crude, but dependent on American capital and American refineries to turn that crude into value."
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
Reposted by Matt Huber
Upcoming 1/21 Roundtable on #Venezuela, #Oil, and Global #Politics w/ the Marxist Education Project, @matthuber.bsky.social @stevemaherecon.bsky.social @llchristyll.bsky.social & @cperezbustillo.bsky.social RSVP here: marxedproject.org/event/venezu...
Roundtable on Venezuela, Oil, and Global Politics - Marxist Education Project
Join us for a timely conversation among leading left critics of the Trump administration's attack on Venezuelan sovereignty and its attempt to seize that nation's oil wealth. Matt Huber challenges int...
marxedproject.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Upcoming 1/21 Roundtable on #Venezuela, #Oil, and Global #Politics w/ the Marxist Education Project, @matthuber.bsky.social @stevemaherecon.bsky.social @llchristyll.bsky.social & @cperezbustillo.bsky.social RSVP here: marxedproject.org/event/venezu...
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...
Cool that @jacobinmag.bsky.social transcribed my conversation w/ Vivek Chibber on his "Confronting Capitalism" podcast. I really think it's worth a read or listen! jacobin.com/2026/01/abun...
Real Abundance Requires Class Struggle
Today liberals lead the call for abundance. But if they really want to deliver plenty for all, they’ll need to confront the entrenched power of the capitalist class.
jacobin.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Cool that @jacobinmag.bsky.social transcribed my conversation w/ Vivek Chibber on his "Confronting Capitalism" podcast. I really think it's worth a read or listen! jacobin.com/2026/01/abun...
Really enjoyed this Sinica podcast. Cutting through so much of the BS circulating around Venezuela. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Eric Olander: After the Maduro Capture — Assessing China's Real Exposure in Venezuela
Podcast Episode · Sinica Podcast · 01/08/2026 · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Really enjoyed this Sinica podcast. Cutting through so much of the BS circulating around Venezuela. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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.