William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸
@marxinhell.bsky.social
Political theorist in Montreal, via Custer, Lubbock, New Underwood, Rapid City, Northfield, State College, and WashPa. Free Palestine.
The McGill Assoc. of Univ. Teachers (MAUT) yesterday *overwhelmingly* endorsed the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, & calls upon McGill to end its partnerships with Israeli universities & other institutions.
("Overwhelmingly" means 104 yea to 8 nay!)
("Overwhelmingly" means 104 yea to 8 nay!)
October 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The McGill Assoc. of Univ. Teachers (MAUT) yesterday *overwhelmingly* endorsed the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, & calls upon McGill to end its partnerships with Israeli universities & other institutions.
("Overwhelmingly" means 104 yea to 8 nay!)
("Overwhelmingly" means 104 yea to 8 nay!)
Why would you think this? Why, if you thought it, would you type it out and share it with the world?
(If you can't read it, the UEFA statement says "Stop killing children. Stop killing civilians")
(If you can't read it, the UEFA statement says "Stop killing children. Stop killing civilians")
August 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Why would you think this? Why, if you thought it, would you type it out and share it with the world?
(If you can't read it, the UEFA statement says "Stop killing children. Stop killing civilians")
(If you can't read it, the UEFA statement says "Stop killing children. Stop killing civilians")
There is a new Chotiner interview that really underscores what is unique about Israel's genocide in Gaza: it would be very easy for the world to stop it if only a few countries wanted to.
August 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There is a new Chotiner interview that really underscores what is unique about Israel's genocide in Gaza: it would be very easy for the world to stop it if only a few countries wanted to.
Another Josh Marshall classic:
August 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Another Josh Marshall classic:
A nice (unwitting) demonstration of the universalizing (if never completed) tendency of basic political rights: if due process is only for citizens, then no citizen has due process, since the police can call them an alien and disappear them without a hearing.
May 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A nice (unwitting) demonstration of the universalizing (if never completed) tendency of basic political rights: if due process is only for citizens, then no citizen has due process, since the police can call them an alien and disappear them without a hearing.
Yeah, they have identified with the Empire and with Vader for a while. Here's the head of the Premier Sector of the USBP on Twitter.
May 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Yeah, they have identified with the Empire and with Vader for a while. Here's the head of the Premier Sector of the USBP on Twitter.
Just found out that Marx's Inferno will be appearing in Spanish translation in 2026 from Edicions Bellaterra.
And, if you haven't read it on English yet, now is a good time to get it, since PUP is having a 50% off sale right now.
And, if you haven't read it on English yet, now is a good time to get it, since PUP is having a 50% off sale right now.
May 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Just found out that Marx's Inferno will be appearing in Spanish translation in 2026 from Edicions Bellaterra.
And, if you haven't read it on English yet, now is a good time to get it, since PUP is having a 50% off sale right now.
And, if you haven't read it on English yet, now is a good time to get it, since PUP is having a 50% off sale right now.
Someone felt shamed into unliking it
April 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Someone felt shamed into unliking it
In two weeks, I will be presenting at the CUNY Graduate Center Political Theory Workshop. (The paper title has changed to "Freedom and control at work") Details below. If you want to meet up while I'm in NYC, drop me a note.
April 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In two weeks, I will be presenting at the CUNY Graduate Center Political Theory Workshop. (The paper title has changed to "Freedom and control at work") Details below. If you want to meet up while I'm in NYC, drop me a note.
I'm not too worried about it.
April 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm not too worried about it.
The two genders (I'm the first):
April 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The two genders (I'm the first):
And here is the only time Chait has mentioned Khalil's name:
April 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
And here is the only time Chait has mentioned Khalil's name:
Woke up early and decided to check something on Twitter:
April 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Woke up early and decided to check something on Twitter:
I don't doubt that this trend is significant, but I do doubt that decreased reliance on evidence leads to poor legislative performance. My bet would be on the opposite direction of causation here.
April 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I don't doubt that this trend is significant, but I do doubt that decreased reliance on evidence leads to poor legislative performance. My bet would be on the opposite direction of causation here.
This article is really excellent. What if the massive proliferating hodgepodge of biases could be explained by a small number of fundamental beliefs plus confirmation bias? doi.org/10.1177/1745...
April 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This article is really excellent. What if the massive proliferating hodgepodge of biases could be explained by a small number of fundamental beliefs plus confirmation bias? doi.org/10.1177/1745...
Montréal is back on its bullshit this morning
April 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Montréal is back on its bullshit this morning
This is old now, but I knew this would be a good episode as soon as I saw the sources.
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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April 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is old now, but I knew this would be a good episode as soon as I saw the sources.
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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It's his signature therevolvingdoorproject.org/larry-summer...
April 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's his signature therevolvingdoorproject.org/larry-summer...
Many such cases! (From something I just wrote)
April 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Many such cases! (From something I just wrote)