E.P. Balduz
@isth.bsky.social
Post-Grad at CRMEP. Independent Researcher on Gillian Rose.
Re-thinking the gems of the early Frankfurt School.
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CTWGwebsite.github.io
Re-thinking the gems of the early Frankfurt School.
Editorial Board @crittheoryworkgrp.bsky.social
CTWGwebsite.github.io
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The Cabinet of the Progressive International condemns the United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing a colonial governance structure in Gaza — a calculated attempt to erase the horizon of Palestinian liberation.
“A calculated attempt to erase the horizon of Palestinian liberation.”
Statement from the Cabinet of the Progressive International on the UN Security Council resolution on Gaza.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Cabinet of the Progressive International condemns the United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing a colonial governance structure in Gaza — a calculated attempt to erase the horizon of Palestinian liberation.
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'More than 21% of those surveyed felt the Franco era was “good” or “very good”.'
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right?
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
'More than 21% of those surveyed felt the Franco era was “good” or “very good”.'
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Moving on to chapter 2 on temporalities and geographies of gender in my chapter-by-chapter summary of Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads. 1/7
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Moving on to chapter 2 on temporalities and geographies of gender in my chapter-by-chapter summary of Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads. 1/7
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Hello all, this is a new blog post at the CTWG. It is a written adaptation of my Hessen presentation from Spring. There, I give a condensed summary of the Hessen-Grossmann thesis while situating it within a broader genealogy of Marxist science historiography. Hope y’all find this fruitful.
Roots & Branches. Boris Hessen’s Marxist Science Historiography | CTWG
An Introduction to a Marxist Science Historiography
ctwgwebsite.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hello all, this is a new blog post at the CTWG. It is a written adaptation of my Hessen presentation from Spring. There, I give a condensed summary of the Hessen-Grossmann thesis while situating it within a broader genealogy of Marxist science historiography. Hope y’all find this fruitful.
The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)
Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives.
Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
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heyyyy guys haha you should do an edition of Dialectic of Nihilism :) with a new intro by one of my friends, preferably :)
Gillian Rose was born September 20th, 1947. All of Rose's books are 30% off through the weekend, to celebrate what would have been her 78th birthday
Rose, Gillian
Gillian Rose (1947–1995) was a British philosopher and sociologist. She is the author of The Melancholy Science, Paradiso, Mourning Becomes the Law, The Broken Middle; Dialectic of Nihilism, Hegel Con...
www.versobooks.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
heyyyy guys haha you should do an edition of Dialectic of Nihilism :) with a new intro by one of my friends, preferably :)
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Oxford has been around since 1096.
Imagine tossing almost a thousand years of academic reputation into the garbage, setting it on fire, and then pissing it out over a useless fucking plagiarism machine what loses billions of dollars a year telling people to kill themselves.
Imagine tossing almost a thousand years of academic reputation into the garbage, setting it on fire, and then pissing it out over a useless fucking plagiarism machine what loses billions of dollars a year telling people to kill themselves.
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
September 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Oxford has been around since 1096.
Imagine tossing almost a thousand years of academic reputation into the garbage, setting it on fire, and then pissing it out over a useless fucking plagiarism machine what loses billions of dollars a year telling people to kill themselves.
Imagine tossing almost a thousand years of academic reputation into the garbage, setting it on fire, and then pissing it out over a useless fucking plagiarism machine what loses billions of dollars a year telling people to kill themselves.
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Three indie media outlets in Chicago have teamed up to boost the reach of their reporting on the ICE presence there. They're all on bluesky. The Triibe @thetriibe.com , Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com , and Unravelled @unraveledpress.com
L.A. TACO interviews them here: lataco.com/chicago-ice-...
L.A. TACO interviews them here: lataco.com/chicago-ice-...
How L.A.'s Playbook Can Guide Chicago's Fight Against ICE ~ L.A. TACO
With ICE terrorizing Chicago, independent media outlets The Triibe, Unraveled Press and The Chicago Reader joined forces to report on ICE’s activities in the city and suburbs. We spoke with them about...
lataco.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Three indie media outlets in Chicago have teamed up to boost the reach of their reporting on the ICE presence there. They're all on bluesky. The Triibe @thetriibe.com , Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com , and Unravelled @unraveledpress.com
L.A. TACO interviews them here: lataco.com/chicago-ice-...
L.A. TACO interviews them here: lataco.com/chicago-ice-...
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we just wrapped recording for a pod ep on the undivided Kanafani—militant & novelist—in the writing & reception of the big 3 novels in translation: Men in The Sun (62), All That’s Left to You (66), & Returning to Haifa (69). can’t wait to share, & more on Kanafani coming soon!
on the unity of Kanafani the novelist & Kanafani the militant
September 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
we just wrapped recording for a pod ep on the undivided Kanafani—militant & novelist—in the writing & reception of the big 3 novels in translation: Men in The Sun (62), All That’s Left to You (66), & Returning to Haifa (69). can’t wait to share, & more on Kanafani coming soon!
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Looking forward to follow-up on Rabea Eghbariah's Towards Nakba as Legal Concept. Deleuze gave an advise on his posthumous Abecedaire in G the Gauche: It was to look at/for Jurisprudence as the Left's objective turf to be fought for. Eghbariah's Nakba case shows us the importance of this advise!!
Thanks to everyone who came out for the discussion of Sections I-II of “Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept” by Rabea Eghbariah—see you this Saturday, 9/13, @ noon EST for our discussion of section III & the conclusion with J.E. Morain. See you there!
September 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Looking forward to follow-up on Rabea Eghbariah's Towards Nakba as Legal Concept. Deleuze gave an advise on his posthumous Abecedaire in G the Gauche: It was to look at/for Jurisprudence as the Left's objective turf to be fought for. Eghbariah's Nakba case shows us the importance of this advise!!
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Thanks to everyone who came out for the discussion of Sections I-II of “Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept” by Rabea Eghbariah—see you this Saturday, 9/13, @ noon EST for our discussion of section III & the conclusion with J.E. Morain. See you there!
September 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thanks to everyone who came out for the discussion of Sections I-II of “Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept” by Rabea Eghbariah—see you this Saturday, 9/13, @ noon EST for our discussion of section III & the conclusion with J.E. Morain. See you there!
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A majority of Brazil's Supreme Court judges have voted to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting to overturn the 2022 election. https://cnn.it/3VIY1Cn
September 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A majority of Brazil's Supreme Court judges have voted to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting to overturn the 2022 election. https://cnn.it/3VIY1Cn
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video of the discussion from May with Alex Demirović about the politics of critical theory in the post-war Frankfurt School is now online
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDfe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDfe...
September 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
video of the discussion from May with Alex Demirović about the politics of critical theory in the post-war Frankfurt School is now online
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDfe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDfe...
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happy 9/11—Theodor W. Adorno’s Birthday—to those who celebrate, here’s my translation from a while back of Horkheimer’s 1938 birthday letter to Adorno on dialogue and dialectics! open.substack.com/pub/jamescra...
Translation: Horkheimer's Birthday Letter to Adorno (9/11/1938)
On dialectics and dialogue
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September 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
happy 9/11—Theodor W. Adorno’s Birthday—to those who celebrate, here’s my translation from a while back of Horkheimer’s 1938 birthday letter to Adorno on dialogue and dialectics! open.substack.com/pub/jamescra...
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Finally got my hands on a copy of @rafeefz.bsky.social, @pashukanist.bsky.social and Adam Hanieh’s latest
August 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Finally got my hands on a copy of @rafeefz.bsky.social, @pashukanist.bsky.social and Adam Hanieh’s latest
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Thanks to everyone who came out for the second study of Kanafani’s “On Zionist Literature”! Next up: two meetings on “Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept” by Rabea Eghbariah—Sections I & II presented by Esther Planas Balduz & Morgan Lily this Saturday, 9/6, @ noon EST. See you there!
September 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out for the second study of Kanafani’s “On Zionist Literature”! Next up: two meetings on “Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept” by Rabea Eghbariah—Sections I & II presented by Esther Planas Balduz & Morgan Lily this Saturday, 9/6, @ noon EST. See you there!
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The left gets a new publication
ctwgwebsite.github.io
ctwgwebsite.github.io
August 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The left gets a new publication
ctwgwebsite.github.io
ctwgwebsite.github.io
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NEW RECORDING: Origins of Mechanical Explanation: Boris Hessen on Newton's Principia, with Anatarah bin AlKaf (
@damashummus.bsky.social
)! The Hessen-Grossmann theses as a historical materialist account of the genesis of 'mechanical reason' in modernity!
www.patreon.com/posts/136644...
@damashummus.bsky.social
)! The Hessen-Grossmann theses as a historical materialist account of the genesis of 'mechanical reason' in modernity!
www.patreon.com/posts/136644...
Origins of Mechanical Explanation: Boris Hessen on Newton's Principia, by Anatarah bin AlKaf | crittheoryworkgroup
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August 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NEW RECORDING: Origins of Mechanical Explanation: Boris Hessen on Newton's Principia, with Anatarah bin AlKaf (
@damashummus.bsky.social
)! The Hessen-Grossmann theses as a historical materialist account of the genesis of 'mechanical reason' in modernity!
www.patreon.com/posts/136644...
@damashummus.bsky.social
)! The Hessen-Grossmann theses as a historical materialist account of the genesis of 'mechanical reason' in modernity!
www.patreon.com/posts/136644...
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A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
August 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
it is at the very heart of these sort of people conquering colonising and settling. the possession intent at the back of the concept of unclaimed land
shoutout to @pashukanist.bsky.social for sending me this www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘We would love to enter Eurovision!’ The boy who saw some unclaimed land – and founded his own country
Daniel Jackson was just 14 when he and his friends saw a strip of forest between Serbia and Croatia, and decided to claim it. Now 20, he is the president of Verdis, but has been forced to live in exil...
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
it is at the very heart of these sort of people conquering colonising and settling. the possession intent at the back of the concept of unclaimed land
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NEW FROM THE CTWG: VARIATIONS
A series of theoretical fragments and aphorisms from the group as a whole
ctwgwebsite.github.io/blog/2025/Va...
A series of theoretical fragments and aphorisms from the group as a whole
ctwgwebsite.github.io/blog/2025/Va...
Variations | CTWG
Fragmentary Theoretical Assays
ctwgwebsite.github.io
August 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEW FROM THE CTWG: VARIATIONS
A series of theoretical fragments and aphorisms from the group as a whole
ctwgwebsite.github.io/blog/2025/Va...
A series of theoretical fragments and aphorisms from the group as a whole
ctwgwebsite.github.io/blog/2025/Va...
Reposted by E.P. Balduz
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In which I blabber about Hessen and science historiography! The material covered here will be the basis of a much more detailed blog soon!
NEW RECORDING: Origins of Mechanical Explanation: Boris Hessen on Newton's Principia, with Anatarah bin AlKaf (
@damashummus.bsky.social
)! The Hessen-Grossmann theses as a historical materialist account of the genesis of 'mechanical reason' in modernity!
www.patreon.com/posts/136644...
@damashummus.bsky.social
)! The Hessen-Grossmann theses as a historical materialist account of the genesis of 'mechanical reason' in modernity!
www.patreon.com/posts/136644...
Origins of Mechanical Explanation: Boris Hessen on Newton's Principia, by Anatarah bin AlKaf | crittheoryworkgroup
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August 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
In which I blabber about Hessen and science historiography! The material covered here will be the basis of a much more detailed blog soon!