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Marxist journal that understands anti-oppression struggles as constitutive of class struggle. Pro-Black, pro-queer, and resolutely internationalist.
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Issue 12 is in the mail!
With features by @redprof.bsky.social , Clara Mattei, Ilya Matveev, and @jferre.bsky.social.
With features by @redprof.bsky.social , Clara Mattei, Ilya Matveev, and @jferre.bsky.social.
With COP 30 winding down, we're reposting some of critiques of Green Capitalism and productivism from the previous year.
By @kaibosworth.bsky.social , @andrewonearth.bsky.social , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social , @adamcalo.bsky.social , and Maywa Montenegro.
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By @kaibosworth.bsky.social , @andrewonearth.bsky.social , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social , @adamcalo.bsky.social , and Maywa Montenegro.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
With COP 30 winding down, we're reposting some of critiques of Green Capitalism and productivism from the previous year.
By @kaibosworth.bsky.social , @andrewonearth.bsky.social , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social , @adamcalo.bsky.social , and Maywa Montenegro.
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By @kaibosworth.bsky.social , @andrewonearth.bsky.social , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social , @adamcalo.bsky.social , and Maywa Montenegro.
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marxedproject.org/event/mcnall...
Another book launch for Slavery and Capitalism (11/29) hosted by Marxist Education Project.
@ucpress.bsky.social
Another book launch for Slavery and Capitalism (11/29) hosted by Marxist Education Project.
@ucpress.bsky.social
Slavery and Capitalism: A Book Talk by David McNally - Marxist Education Project
Join us for a book talk by David McNally on his recently published Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History. McNally injects new life into Karl Marx’s writings on enslavement ... Read more
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November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Another book launch for Slavery and Capitalism (11/29) hosted by Marxist Education Project.
@ucpress.bsky.social
Another book launch for Slavery and Capitalism (11/29) hosted by Marxist Education Project.
@ucpress.bsky.social
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Hey yall! Today we have John Mullen analyzing the political crisis in France.
Hey yall! Today we have John Mullen analyzing the political crisis in France.
Class Struggle in France in 2025 – Spectre Journal
John Mullen analyzes the instability of French national politics and how Marxists can intervene in the France Insoumise to positive effect.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Hey yall! Today we have John Mullen analyzing the political crisis in France.
Hey yall! Today we have John Mullen analyzing the political crisis in France.
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Congrats to Lise Vogel and @kmunro-econ.bsky.social .
Can't wait to read it.
Congrats to Lise Vogel and @kmunro-econ.bsky.social .
Can't wait to read it.
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Congrats to Lise Vogel and @kmunro-econ.bsky.social .
Can't wait to read it.
Congrats to Lise Vogel and @kmunro-econ.bsky.social .
Can't wait to read it.
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EPISODE 3: BLACK AUGUST, BLACK SEPTEMBER
Orisanmi Burton joins us to discuss the legacy of Assata Shakur, the prison as a form of warfare, and transnational solidarity between Black and Palestinian revolutionary struggles.
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Orisanmi Burton joins us to discuss the legacy of Assata Shakur, the prison as a form of warfare, and transnational solidarity between Black and Palestinian revolutionary struggles.
open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
Episode 3: Black August, Black September
With Orisanmi Burton
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November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
EPISODE 3: BLACK AUGUST, BLACK SEPTEMBER
Orisanmi Burton joins us to discuss the legacy of Assata Shakur, the prison as a form of warfare, and transnational solidarity between Black and Palestinian revolutionary struggles.
open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
Orisanmi Burton joins us to discuss the legacy of Assata Shakur, the prison as a form of warfare, and transnational solidarity between Black and Palestinian revolutionary struggles.
open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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Check out my piece in @journalspectre.bsky.social on welfare policy by center-left govs in Latin America.
With all the talk about socialists in office at local level (#Mamdani) & municipal socialism, it's helpful to note the limits of state-management by the Left spectrejournal.com/the-turning-...
With all the talk about socialists in office at local level (#Mamdani) & municipal socialism, it's helpful to note the limits of state-management by the Left spectrejournal.com/the-turning-...
The Turning Tide – Spectre Journal
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November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Check out my piece in @journalspectre.bsky.social on welfare policy by center-left govs in Latin America.
With all the talk about socialists in office at local level (#Mamdani) & municipal socialism, it's helpful to note the limits of state-management by the Left spectrejournal.com/the-turning-...
With all the talk about socialists in office at local level (#Mamdani) & municipal socialism, it's helpful to note the limits of state-management by the Left spectrejournal.com/the-turning-...
ICYMI: Ralf Ruckus's look at the crisis of social reproduction in the PRC is still live on our website.
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
ICYMI: Ralf Ruckus's look at the crisis of social reproduction in the PRC is still live on our website.
@reproutopia.bsky.social with a wonderful reflection on Monique Wittig for @eflux.bsky.social .
www.e-flux.com/journal/158/...
www.e-flux.com/journal/158/...
Beautiful Soup: On the Afterlives of Monique Wittig’s Unique Utopias - Journal #158
Sophie Lewis on the fiction writing of Monique Wittig, radical French theorist of lesbianism.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
@reproutopia.bsky.social with a wonderful reflection on Monique Wittig for @eflux.bsky.social .
www.e-flux.com/journal/158/...
www.e-flux.com/journal/158/...
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New Episode!
Socialism, Star Trek, and Space with Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Link in bio and at end of this thread 👇🏼
Socialism, Star Trek, and Space with Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Link in bio and at end of this thread 👇🏼
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New Episode!
Socialism, Star Trek, and Space with Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Link in bio and at end of this thread 👇🏼
Socialism, Star Trek, and Space with Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Link in bio and at end of this thread 👇🏼
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November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Second part of our two week run of pieces on feminist struggle in China.
Ralf Ruckus interview @yige-dong.bsky.social .
Second part of our two week run of pieces on feminist struggle in China.
Ralf Ruckus interview @yige-dong.bsky.social .
The Crisis of Social Reproduction, Women’s Agency, and Feminism in China – Spectre Journal
Ralf Ruckus interviews Yige Dong on the crisis of social reproduction in China, highlighting left feminisms and expanding women's agency
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November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Second part of our two week run of pieces on feminist struggle in China.
Ralf Ruckus interview @yige-dong.bsky.social .
Second part of our two week run of pieces on feminist struggle in China.
Ralf Ruckus interview @yige-dong.bsky.social .
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One of the critiques of Everything for Everyone, mostly from men, was its lack of focus on production, manufacturing and industrial restructuring. There are references, but mostly background. Well, I wrote an Everything for Everyone story about all those things. Hear an abbreviated version tonight!
This Tuesday I'll be joining Jasper Bernes in discussion, talking about his book The Future of Revolution. I'll be reading from a SF story I was wrote in response. It's about about revolutionary factory workers in Brazil, set in the world of Everything for Everyone. www.e-flux.com/events/67832...
The Future of Revolution: Jasper Bernes with M. E. O’Brien - Events - e-flux
Join us for a presentation by Jasper Bernes, followed by a response from M. E. O’Brien.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
One of the critiques of Everything for Everyone, mostly from men, was its lack of focus on production, manufacturing and industrial restructuring. There are references, but mostly background. Well, I wrote an Everything for Everyone story about all those things. Hear an abbreviated version tonight!
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How Declining Fertility, Disrupted Social Reproduction, and Women’s Resistance Undermine CCP Capitalism
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Hey y'all, our next two pieces will on social reproduction theory in the PCR.
First up, we have Ralf Ruckus writing on challenge posed by social reproduction to Chinese capitalists and its impact on working class families.
Hey y'all, our next two pieces will on social reproduction theory in the PCR.
First up, we have Ralf Ruckus writing on challenge posed by social reproduction to Chinese capitalists and its impact on working class families.
China’s Other Crisis – Spectre Journal
The People’s Republic of China has been hit by capitalism’s historical tendency toward fertility decline, a result of both increasing economic burdens on the proletariat and women’s resistance. So far...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How Declining Fertility, Disrupted Social Reproduction, and Women’s Resistance Undermine CCP Capitalism
If you haven't read this piece by @andrewosborne.bsky.social yet, you can find it in our archive.
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you haven't read this piece by @andrewosborne.bsky.social yet, you can find it in our archive.
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My new article "Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common" now published in Area Development and Policy (open access)!!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common
This paper critically examines the emerging discourse on technofeudalism. While mainstream narratives celebrate technological advancement driven by American tech giants, proponents of the technofeu...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My new article "Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common" now published in Area Development and Policy (open access)!!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
ICYMI: Keith Rosenthal's reappraisal of Fiorello La Guardia's historical legacy is still live on our website.
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
ICYMI: Keith Rosenthal's reappraisal of Fiorello La Guardia's historical legacy is still live on our website.
Hakan Yilmaz reviewing David Camfield's Red Flags ( @fernpub.bsky.social ) for Tempest.
tempestmag.org/2025/11/actu...
tempestmag.org/2025/11/actu...
“Actually existing socialism” and the communist transition
A review of David Camfield’s new book Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left by David Camfield.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hakan Yilmaz reviewing David Camfield's Red Flags ( @fernpub.bsky.social ) for Tempest.
tempestmag.org/2025/11/actu...
tempestmag.org/2025/11/actu...
Congrats to @brunoleipold.com for winning the 2025 Deutscher Prize for Citizen Marx ( @princetonupress.bsky.social )
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Congrats to @brunoleipold.com for winning the 2025 Deutscher Prize for Citizen Marx ( @princetonupress.bsky.social )
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
If you're still in London, you can catch a book discussion with Tithi Bhattacharya on her Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence ( @dukepress.bsky.social
)
Thursday 11/13, 5-7pm GMT
@soasuni.bsky.social
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)
Thursday 11/13, 5-7pm GMT
@soasuni.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/soas-book-...
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If you're still in London, you can catch a book discussion with Tithi Bhattacharya on her Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence ( @dukepress.bsky.social
)
Thursday 11/13, 5-7pm GMT
@soasuni.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/soas-book-...
)
Thursday 11/13, 5-7pm GMT
@soasuni.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/soas-book-...
In case anyone wants to vent some spleen, we're reposting @dnbrgr.bsky.social 's July review of Chuck Schumer's biography.
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Chuck Schumer in America—A Warning – Spectre Journal
Dan Berger reviews Chuck Schumer's very bad, no good, awful book.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In case anyone wants to vent some spleen, we're reposting @dnbrgr.bsky.social 's July review of Chuck Schumer's biography.
spectrejournal.com/chuck-schume...
spectrejournal.com/chuck-schume...
spectrejournal.com/chinas-other...
Hey y'all, our next two pieces will on social reproduction theory in the PCR.
First up, we have Ralf Ruckus writing on challenge posed by social reproduction to Chinese capitalists and its impact on working class families.
Hey y'all, our next two pieces will on social reproduction theory in the PCR.
First up, we have Ralf Ruckus writing on challenge posed by social reproduction to Chinese capitalists and its impact on working class families.
China’s Other Crisis – Spectre Journal
The People’s Republic of China has been hit by capitalism’s historical tendency toward fertility decline, a result of both increasing economic burdens on the proletariat and women’s resistance. So far...
spectrejournal.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
spectrejournal.com/chinas-other...
Hey y'all, our next two pieces will on social reproduction theory in the PCR.
First up, we have Ralf Ruckus writing on challenge posed by social reproduction to Chinese capitalists and its impact on working class families.
Hey y'all, our next two pieces will on social reproduction theory in the PCR.
First up, we have Ralf Ruckus writing on challenge posed by social reproduction to Chinese capitalists and its impact on working class families.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Issue 4 pre-orders coming soon
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Issue 4 pre-orders coming soon