Adam David Morton
@morton.bsky.social
Co-editor of Progress in Political Economy (PPE) https://www.ppesydney.net/ | Professor of Political Economy | University of Sydney | Own Views | Reposts ≠ endorsements |
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The Scaffolding of Disputed Sovereignty: Fantasy and Fragility in the Latin American Großraum - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
Cultivating Socialism by Rowan Lubbock is a particularly valuable contribution for those of us who work on the characteristics of sovereignty and on the global historical sociology of state formation ...
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From October on the geopolitics of Venezuela by @armandovanrankinir.bsky.social
“Venezuela appears in the equation as a more feasible and less geopolitically risky target, and one more profitable in the political calculations of MAGA’s interlocutors”.
“Venezuela appears in the equation as a more feasible and less geopolitically risky target, and one more profitable in the political calculations of MAGA’s interlocutors”.
Been Undone - Dark-Side Mix
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Wow a New Year and more new @itspetergabriel.bsky.social - the track Been Undone is stunning. Thank you!
Review of Southern Interregnum - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
Review by Kevin Gray of Alf Nilsen et al., Southern Interregnum: Remaking Hegemony in Brazil, India, China, and South Africa.
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To commence 2026 on @ppesydney.bsky.social we start the year with Kevin Gray reviewing @alfnilsen.bsky.social *Southern Interregnum* published with @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Adam David Morton
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Henri Lefebvre and Patrick Tort, “The Lukács Question”, translated by Federico Testa, edited and introduced by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, Historical Materialism, online first (open access).
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Novel Reading in 2025 - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
So what did I get through in a year’s worth of "novel" reading on the commute to work, in the evenings after work, and while travelling outside of my “normal” academic reading? My use of the term “nov...
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My "novel" reading in 2025 - always loosely defined - with a nod here in the list to @criveragarza.bsky.social who's literary archive was acquired this year as part of the fabulous Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at University of Texas, Austin
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Next Past & Present Reading Group Text - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
All the details on the next text selected by the Past & Present Reading Group, commencing in 2026.
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The next text to start 2026 in the Past & Present Reading Group @ppesydney.bsky.social has been announced @plutopress.bsky.social
Adam David Morton
@morton.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Mainstreaming Marxism: on the anarchic structure of world economy
This article argues that issues of class and race have been excluded from considerations of the anarchic structure of world economy. By studying together s
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More on the “mainstreaming of Marxism” here with International Affairs
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Adam David Morton
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· Dec 2
What another “mainstreaming” of Marxist critique!? Mark Carney proves he’s environmentally-friendly by recycling Giovanni Arrighi - on the variable geometry (of imperialism) 1/2
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· Nov 29
Cultivating Socialism - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
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All the blog posts on @bolshierowbot.bsky.social book forum *Cultivating Socialism* - a diverse set of engagements and a wonderful rejoinder from Rowan Lubbock himself
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Adam David Morton
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· Nov 27
Clearly not dancing the dialectic with Bertell Ollman - Dialectic investments in The Economist (15-21 November 2025)
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Adam David Morton
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· Nov 17
Mapping the World of David Ireland - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
In Literary Geographies and the Work of David Ireland, subtitled “An Australian Atlas”, Brett Heino has delivered a classic book on political economy, space, and literature. It is highly original and ...
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My commentary on Brett Heino’s wonderful new book *Literary Geographies and the Work of David Ireland*
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Adam David Morton
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· Nov 10
Launching the Literary Geographies of David Ireland - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
Launched on 31 October 2025 at Gleebooks, Sydney, this post focuses on the book by Brett Heino, Literary Geographies and the Work of David Ireland, which will be followed next week by a commentary fro...
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Brilliant overview by Brett Heino on his new book *Literary Geographies and the Work of David Ireland* launched @gleebooks.bsky.social @springer.springernature.com
Adam David Morton
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· Nov 6
It is made of a slightly different cover - less creasing-ification!!
Adam David Morton
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· Nov 6
Whereas as *that* is how to do a trilogy and its associated texts.
Adam David Morton
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· Nov 5
This frustrates the hell out of me. Differences between first and second imprint. Then different book sizes within the second imprint (volume two is smaller in height) and then different font sizes on the spine for the completed trilogy (with volume three). Agggh! @dukepress.bsky.social
Adam David Morton
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· Nov 4
The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume III: A Novel
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Now out! Although not got to Volume II yet and reckon I need to go back to reread the first in the trilogy to do it all justice @ianbruff.bsky.social
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Reposted by Andreas Bieler, Ian Bruff, Alf Gunvald Nilsen
Adam David Morton
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· Nov 3
Stuart Hall and Us in the Global South - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
How does reading and rereading Stuart Hall’s work bring out his stunning intellectual agility and the “this-worldliness” of his thinking for the Global South as a master dialectician?
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Brilliant piece by @alfnilsen.bsky.social on Stuart Hall as a master dialectician from and for the Global South @dukepress.bsky.social
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Adam David Morton
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· Oct 28
Fifty Years of Political Economy at the University of Sydney - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
In July 2025 the Journal of Australian Political Economy published a special issue (JAPE No.95) devoted to recollections and implications of 50 years of Political Economy courses at the University of ...
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Why the past, present and future struggle for political economy is so important, by Evan Jones
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Adam David Morton
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· Oct 28
Frustrating. Theoretical propositions that are historical commentaries. Patchy, at best, analysis of class, the state, capital. Preferred her article in Viewpoint Magazine that has all the main points. Hard to see how her arguments go beyond what’s contained in Chp26 of Capital, Vol.1?
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Andreas Bieler
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· Oct 23
The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads: Review of Kevin B. Anderson’s latest book.
In his recent book The Late Marx’s Revo-lutionary Roads (Verso, 2025), Kevin B. Anderson reveals Marx as a flexible, inquisitive thinker, w...
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The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads: Review of Kevin B. Anderson’s latest book, see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... @morton.bsky.social
Adam David Morton
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· Sep 30
Perhaps the biggest gig in Sydney for Political Economy this year: the 50th anniversary celebration of the Department of Political Economy!! www.ppesydney.net/celebrating-...
Adam David Morton
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· Sep 29
The State of the Revolution - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
First post of a new forum on Rowan Lubbock's book Cultivating Socialism, which focuses on how peasants, workers, and states attempted to redress the inequities of commercial agriculture across the Lat...
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The first in the series by @chrishesketh.bsky.social focused on the state and passive revolution 2/2
Adam David Morton
@morton.bsky.social
· Sep 29
Class and Dependency in Cultivating Socialism - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
Rowan Lubbock’s Cultivating Socialism: Venezuela, ALBA and the Politics of Food Sovereignty is an important book for understanding the agrarian dimensions of Venezuela’s socialist experiment and the ...
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Second forum post on "Cultivating Socialism" by Kyla Sankey that engages with Rowan Lubbock's book *Cultivating Socialism: Venezuela, ALBA and the Politics of Food Sovereignty*, discussing issues of class and dependency 1/2
Adam David Morton
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· Sep 25
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Political Economy (Education Focused) - University of Sydney - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
The Discipline of Political Economy at the University of Sydney is advertising a continuing education focused position, to be appointed at either Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level. This position is pa...
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JOB!
Permanent Lecturer / Senior Lecturer position (education focused) in Political Economy at the University of Sydney.
Permanent Lecturer / Senior Lecturer position (education focused) in Political Economy at the University of Sydney.
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Stuart Elden
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· Sep 23
Literary Geographies and the Work of David Ireland
This book uses the work of author David Ireland as a unique unique entry point into the spatial structures of Australian capitalism.
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Brett Heino, Literary Geographies and the Work of David Ireland: An Australian Atlas - Springer, 2025
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book launch in Sydney with @morton.bsky.social
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book launch in Sydney with @morton.bsky.social
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Adam David Morton
@morton.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Cultivating Socialism - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
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Further details on the forum are available here