Mike McCarthy
@itsmccarthy.bsky.social
University of California Santa Cruz Prof. Director of Community Studies. Author: The Master’s Tools (Verso) + Dismantling Solidarity (Cornell). Likes: economic democracy, critical social theory, 2x2 tables.
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Mike McCarthy
@itsmccarthy.bsky.social
· Aug 23
Love to see that @jamellebouie.net engaged with my @hammerandhope.bsky.social essay on class, identity, black politics, labor and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in depth today at the @nytimes.com. I’m a bit blown away. Shared below as a thread:
Democratizing finance by turning everyone into a venture capitalist.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Democratizing finance by turning everyone into a venture capitalist.
Authors find increase in cultural protest (left: war, enviro, + right: anti-immigrant, anti-EU, and both: Covid pro and anti-containment measures) across Europe and diminishing economic protests, which are typically led by unions. Where is European labor these days?
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Authors find increase in cultural protest (left: war, enviro, + right: anti-immigrant, anti-EU, and both: Covid pro and anti-containment measures) across Europe and diminishing economic protests, which are typically led by unions. Where is European labor these days?
The Mamdani campaign, via its ties to DSA and working-class groups like taxi drivers, service workers, immigrants, knocked the last nail into the coffin of the economistic approach to politics. Now that the so-called anti-woke are more undead than alive, maybe we can finally understand the phenom.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Mamdani campaign, via its ties to DSA and working-class groups like taxi drivers, service workers, immigrants, knocked the last nail into the coffin of the economistic approach to politics. Now that the so-called anti-woke are more undead than alive, maybe we can finally understand the phenom.
Billionaires, so passé!
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Billionaires, so passé!
Let's see what happens after he makes a bunch of parents miss their kid's soccer game this weekend.
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Let's see what happens after he makes a bunch of parents miss their kid's soccer game this weekend.
It's amazing that the reactionary Silicon Valley right think that authoritarian forms of rule will be more efficient.
"With less than 24 hours to go...the Trump administration has not publicly shared a list.. or told many of the airports bracing for cuts how flights may be canceled."
"With less than 24 hours to go...the Trump administration has not publicly shared a list.. or told many of the airports bracing for cuts how flights may be canceled."
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It's amazing that the reactionary Silicon Valley right think that authoritarian forms of rule will be more efficient.
"With less than 24 hours to go...the Trump administration has not publicly shared a list.. or told many of the airports bracing for cuts how flights may be canceled."
"With less than 24 hours to go...the Trump administration has not publicly shared a list.. or told many of the airports bracing for cuts how flights may be canceled."
I'll be teaching this whole debate in my grad seminar on class analysis next quarter. Genuinely excited to dig into this!
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'll be teaching this whole debate in my grad seminar on class analysis next quarter. Genuinely excited to dig into this!
How can democratic socialists like Zohran find investments for the things people desperately need? Come to my talk today at the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU (link below) with @shahinvallee.bsky.social to discuss the thorny knot of finance and democracy, and how to cut it!
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How can democratic socialists like Zohran find investments for the things people desperately need? Come to my talk today at the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU (link below) with @shahinvallee.bsky.social to discuss the thorny knot of finance and democracy, and how to cut it!
Great piece by @schooldaves.bsky.social on the straightjacket the bond market imposes on municipal socialism.
thebaffler.com/latest/payin...
thebaffler.com/latest/payin...
Paying for It | David I. Backer
Should Zohran Mamdani become the next mayor of New York City, he will be restricted by the municipal bond market.
thebaffler.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Great piece by @schooldaves.bsky.social on the straightjacket the bond market imposes on municipal socialism.
thebaffler.com/latest/payin...
thebaffler.com/latest/payin...
Reposted by Mike McCarthy
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
Reposted by Mike McCarthy
Coming up on Nov. 4 at 4pm, @itsmccarthy.bsky.social &
@cedricdurand.bsky.social at the New School in NYC!
@cedricdurand.bsky.social at the New School in NYC!
attn NYC! We have a great event coming up at The New School on Nov. 4 at 4pm, @itsmccarthy.bsky.social &
@cedricdurand.bsky.social in conversation about their new books from @versobooks.bsky.social & the future of capitalism. Open to to the public w registration: event.newschool.edu/economicssem...
@cedricdurand.bsky.social in conversation about their new books from @versobooks.bsky.social & the future of capitalism. Open to to the public w registration: event.newschool.edu/economicssem...
November 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Coming up on Nov. 4 at 4pm, @itsmccarthy.bsky.social &
@cedricdurand.bsky.social at the New School in NYC!
@cedricdurand.bsky.social at the New School in NYC!
Reposted by Mike McCarthy
I know this is a controversial one, but here is me and Gianpaolo Baiocchi making the case for voting yes on NYC ballot proposals 2-4.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/y...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/y...
YES on Proposals 2-4 for social housing
We are on the precipice of a historic election in New York City. As we head to the ballot box to deliver a likely democratic socialist victory, we will also face three ballot questions on housing. …
www.nydailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I know this is a controversial one, but here is me and Gianpaolo Baiocchi making the case for voting yes on NYC ballot proposals 2-4.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/y...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/y...
Dylan Riley, Material Interests — Sidecar
On the new Marxism.
newleftreview.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“Unbridled desire to work”…they really want your soul don’t they? Your labor, it seems, is not enough.
October 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“Unbridled desire to work”…they really want your soul don’t they? Your labor, it seems, is not enough.
“Tax the rich, tax the rich!” It’s happening baby.
Governor Kathy Hochul is speaking on stage, but the crowd keeps interrupting to chant #TaxTheRich
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
“Tax the rich, tax the rich!” It’s happening baby.
Pretty epic
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: "If you have knocked a door, turn your flashlight on."
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Pretty epic
People are funny
October 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
People are funny
Politics as a vocation
October 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Politics as a vocation
Here is @christophsorg.bsky.social giving a brilliant talk on economic planning.
October 24, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Here is @christophsorg.bsky.social giving a brilliant talk on economic planning.
From @cominsitu.bsky.social's "Class as Moral Injury"
October 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
From @cominsitu.bsky.social's "Class as Moral Injury"
Reposted by Mike McCarthy
Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
Capitalism can’t help but undermine its own conditions for existence.
Source: New York Times
Source: New York Times
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Capitalism can’t help but undermine its own conditions for existence.
Source: New York Times
Source: New York Times
More gemeinschaft less gesellschaft please.
October 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
More gemeinschaft less gesellschaft please.
Very excited about this event with @cedricdurand.bsky.social at the New School in New York City. We have distinct arguments about this tortured post-Late Capitalism we are living through, I’m genuinely curious to see where the conversation goes.
attn NYC! We have a great event coming up at The New School on Nov. 4 at 4pm, @itsmccarthy.bsky.social &
@cedricdurand.bsky.social in conversation about their new books from @versobooks.bsky.social & the future of capitalism. Open to to the public w registration: event.newschool.edu/economicssem...
@cedricdurand.bsky.social in conversation about their new books from @versobooks.bsky.social & the future of capitalism. Open to to the public w registration: event.newschool.edu/economicssem...
October 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very excited about this event with @cedricdurand.bsky.social at the New School in New York City. We have distinct arguments about this tortured post-Late Capitalism we are living through, I’m genuinely curious to see where the conversation goes.
Thanks to everyone who submitted to the reconstructing critical social theory workshop happening this spring at UC Santa Cruz. We got something approaching 100 submissions, which makes the job of the organizing committee to whittle it down to 16 extraordinarily difficult.
October 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thanks to everyone who submitted to the reconstructing critical social theory workshop happening this spring at UC Santa Cruz. We got something approaching 100 submissions, which makes the job of the organizing committee to whittle it down to 16 extraordinarily difficult.