Albena Azmanova
azmanova.bsky.social
Albena Azmanova
@azmanova.bsky.social
Professor of Politics - City, University of London / Author - Capitalism on Edge; The Scandal of Reason / co-editor, journal Emancipations / co-director, Radical Critical Theory Circle / Senior Fellow, OSUN-Economic Democracy Initiative
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard E Harcourt | The Guardian
Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt
A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort
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June 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The Embattled University — this special issue of the jouranl Aocial Research could not be mote prescient, alas. I am glad to have been part if this team: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54948
Project MUSE - Social Research: An International Quarterly-Volume 92, Number 2, Summer 2025
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June 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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📍 Live from #CivSocWeek 2025

Keynote @azmanova.bsky.social at the opening session:

"A future of peace & justice is within reach—not just for Europe, but for the world. But when leaders refuse to take us there, civil society must lead the way."

👉 Watch live: europa.eu/!3qwk8C
March 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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#Precarity looming large 5 years on from #COVID-19: @azmanova.bsky.social via @iwm.at at reflects on power of #BigPharma to refuse public-private initiative – competitiveness ‘killed off … necessary policy’.
www.eurozine.com/capitalisms-...
Capitalism’s nervous breakdown
Competitive labour markets, whether private or public, often set profit margins over employment rights. Job insecurity and new forms of exploitation are on the rise. As is the Far Right, cashing in on...
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March 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE

Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody.

We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud
March 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Blinken trashed democracy, humanitarianism, and liberalism, stating that Israel's Gaza policy was OK because backed by majority of Israelis, killing civilians justified by Hamas embedding themselves in the population,and Israel upholds the rule of law because it has procedures:
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Journalists berate Blinken over Gaza policy at his final press conference
They repeatedly interrupted as Blinken sought to defend his handling of the conflict.
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January 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
An enlightening account by James Galbraith, in book review form, of the struggle to tie the Fed to public purpose. The Origins of the Modern Era of the Federal Reserve | Institute for New Economic Thinking www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives... #inet
The Origins of the Modern Era of the Federal Reserve
Fifty years ago the actions of the Federal Reserve mattered. Today, so far as the aggregate measures of the American domestic economy go, they do not.
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January 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Journal Emancipations' latest issue is out -- The Critique of Capitalism Now
scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/emancipation...
Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis | Vol 3 | Iss 3
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January 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM