Sandipto Dasgupta
@sandipto.bsky.social
Political theorist, @thenewschool.bsky.social
Author: Legalizing the Revolution, @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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Author: Legalizing the Revolution, @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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A new era for LPE — a more democratic one, not subject to university administrators and not reliant on funder money.
LPE lfg
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LPE lfg
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LPE 2.0: A New Association to Meet the Times
As the Trump administration attempts to suppress critical inquiry and operate outside of conventional legal boundaries, the work of LPE scholars, organizers, and practitioners has never been more…
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December 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A new era for LPE — a more democratic one, not subject to university administrators and not reliant on funder money.
LPE lfg
lpeproject.org/blog/lpe-2-0...
LPE lfg
lpeproject.org/blog/lpe-2-0...
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They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
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Speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern, yes leadership is apparently planning to cut 50% of the faculty at the New School for Social Research in order to eliminate social research and replace scholarship with a trendy MA degree mill For the 21st Century 1/
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern, yes leadership is apparently planning to cut 50% of the faculty at the New School for Social Research in order to eliminate social research and replace scholarship with a trendy MA degree mill For the 21st Century 1/
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I wrote a short piece on capitalism and the states-system for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bet...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bet...
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I wrote a short piece on capitalism and the states-system for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bet...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bet...
The spectrum of pro and anti Mamdani opinion amongst Delhi elites go from ‘Knew his uncle at Stephen’s’ to ‘Knew his mother at Miranda House’
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The spectrum of pro and anti Mamdani opinion amongst Delhi elites go from ‘Knew his uncle at Stephen’s’ to ‘Knew his mother at Miranda House’
Buying a copy tomorrow to frame it
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Buying a copy tomorrow to frame it
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Watch Dan Edelstein speak on his book, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin, in conversation with @judith-surkis.bsky.social and @sandipto.bsky.social on October 10th.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGW...
Dan Edelstein on The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin
YouTube video by Remarque NYU
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November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Watch Dan Edelstein speak on his book, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin, in conversation with @judith-surkis.bsky.social and @sandipto.bsky.social on October 10th.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGW...
Excited about this discussion on my book tomorrow.
Will be streamed on Youtube
8 PM IST/ 2.30 PM GMT/ 9.30 AM EST
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Will be streamed on Youtube
8 PM IST/ 2.30 PM GMT/ 9.30 AM EST
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November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Excited about this discussion on my book tomorrow.
Will be streamed on Youtube
8 PM IST/ 2.30 PM GMT/ 9.30 AM EST
(link in replies)
Will be streamed on Youtube
8 PM IST/ 2.30 PM GMT/ 9.30 AM EST
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Symposium on the Bandung Conference and the Third World's many International Laws at @ajil.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Symposium on the Bandung Conference and the Third World's many International Laws at @ajil.bsky.social
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I wrote a little bit about Aimé Césaire's play A Season in the Congo, written after Patrice Lumumba's assassination, for
@bostonreview.bsky.social.
@bostonreview.bsky.social.
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I wrote a little bit about Aimé Césaire's play A Season in the Congo, written after Patrice Lumumba's assassination, for
@bostonreview.bsky.social.
@bostonreview.bsky.social.
Mahmood Mamdani's new book (just released from @harvardpress.bsky.social) is an account of the fate of postcolonial Uganda, intertwined with a intellectual and political autobiography.
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Mahmood Mamdani's new book (just released from @harvardpress.bsky.social) is an account of the fate of postcolonial Uganda, intertwined with a intellectual and political autobiography.
Made a mistake in posting the Steinbaum piece. Here it is: lpeproject.org/blog/anti-mo...
Anti-Monopolism as an Ideology of the Left
Some on the left dismiss anti-monopolism as a distraction from the core conflict between labor and capital. But this view misunderstands both history and strategy: antitrust has long been a tool for…
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October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Made a mistake in posting the Steinbaum piece. Here it is: lpeproject.org/blog/anti-mo...
Sorry, my mistake. Here: lpeproject.org/blog/anti-mo...
Anti-Monopolism as an Ideology of the Left
Some on the left dismiss anti-monopolism as a distraction from the core conflict between labor and capital. But this view misunderstands both history and strategy: antitrust has long been a tool for…
lpeproject.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sorry, my mistake. Here: lpeproject.org/blog/anti-mo...
... politically pursue the other. In my view, given our current conjecture of capitalism anti-monopoly is an immensely important political argument to make, and one that would have wide support. However, the distinction is important to keep in mind, FWIW.
October 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
... politically pursue the other. In my view, given our current conjecture of capitalism anti-monopoly is an immensely important political argument to make, and one that would have wide support. However, the distinction is important to keep in mind, FWIW.
Steinbaum makes a very compelling case (read it). I just think (like Maier) that Anti-monopoly politics is more coherently a pro-democracy/ democratic control of capitalism case rather than an anti-capitalist one. He also thinks that the former acts as an alibi for the inability to...
October 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Steinbaum makes a very compelling case (read it). I just think (like Maier) that Anti-monopoly politics is more coherently a pro-democracy/ democratic control of capitalism case rather than an anti-capitalist one. He also thinks that the former acts as an alibi for the inability to...
Winant piece: lpeproject.org/blog/marxism...
Steinbaum piece:
Steinbaum piece:
Marxism and Antitrust: A Provocation
How should we understand the relationship between Marxism and antitrust? To what extent do these traditions involve conflicting methods and assumptions? And, despite their differences…
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October 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Winant piece: lpeproject.org/blog/marxism...
Steinbaum piece:
Steinbaum piece:
Everyone should read the excellent debate between @gabrielwinant.bsky.social and @econmarshall.bsky.social
on the politics of anti-monopoly. Worth adding here Charles Maier's acute observation about the history of anti-monopoly pol. in the US as a replacement for a broader critique of capitalism
on the politics of anti-monopoly. Worth adding here Charles Maier's acute observation about the history of anti-monopoly pol. in the US as a replacement for a broader critique of capitalism
October 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Everyone should read the excellent debate between @gabrielwinant.bsky.social and @econmarshall.bsky.social
on the politics of anti-monopoly. Worth adding here Charles Maier's acute observation about the history of anti-monopoly pol. in the US as a replacement for a broader critique of capitalism
on the politics of anti-monopoly. Worth adding here Charles Maier's acute observation about the history of anti-monopoly pol. in the US as a replacement for a broader critique of capitalism
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Some news: In 2026-27, I'll be visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, leading the theme seminar on
‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘
There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.
‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘
There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.
June 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Some news: In 2026-27, I'll be visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, leading the theme seminar on
‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘
There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.
‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘
There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.
For those in the Boston/ Cambridge area, will be speaking about my book at @mitpolisci.bsky.social on Friday (October 17), at 3.30 PM.
October 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For those in the Boston/ Cambridge area, will be speaking about my book at @mitpolisci.bsky.social on Friday (October 17), at 3.30 PM.
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October 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM