Stephen Shapiro
@stephenshapiro.bsky.social
Edinburgh based:
read my scholarly books below!
I work on contemporary cultural studies, horror, world-systems perspectives, and a Gramscian Marx.
read my scholarly books below!
I work on contemporary cultural studies, horror, world-systems perspectives, and a Gramscian Marx.
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what a difference a pre-made pizza makes
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November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
what a difference a pre-made pizza makes
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When I used to advise those during civil disobedience training, I used to say 3 things.
1. This will cost you something;
2. Everyone has a moment of doubt; &
3. No one is ever going to thank you for doing the right thing, but it's never wrong to do the right thing.
1. This will cost you something;
2. Everyone has a moment of doubt; &
3. No one is ever going to thank you for doing the right thing, but it's never wrong to do the right thing.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
When I used to advise those during civil disobedience training, I used to say 3 things.
1. This will cost you something;
2. Everyone has a moment of doubt; &
3. No one is ever going to thank you for doing the right thing, but it's never wrong to do the right thing.
1. This will cost you something;
2. Everyone has a moment of doubt; &
3. No one is ever going to thank you for doing the right thing, but it's never wrong to do the right thing.
Reposted by Stephen Shapiro
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Stephen Shapiro
Reposted by Stephen Shapiro
Reposted by Stephen Shapiro
I can't watch this - s1 was so depressing and a betrayal of the actual tv's show message.
If you like this sort of thing, better play Death Match Island
If you like this sort of thing, better play Death Match Island
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I can't watch this - s1 was so depressing and a betrayal of the actual tv's show message.
If you like this sort of thing, better play Death Match Island
If you like this sort of thing, better play Death Match Island
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blame the Americans
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
blame the Americans
Reposted by Stephen Shapiro
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
For those outside the UK, the Nottingham program was widely considered to be the pre-eminent one to train Americanists.
Ending this program would sound a death-knell for an entire field's history in the UK.
For those outside the UK, the Nottingham program was widely considered to be the pre-eminent one to train Americanists.
Ending this program would sound a death-knell for an entire field's history in the UK.
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
www.change.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
For those outside the UK, the Nottingham program was widely considered to be the pre-eminent one to train Americanists.
Ending this program would sound a death-knell for an entire field's history in the UK.
For those outside the UK, the Nottingham program was widely considered to be the pre-eminent one to train Americanists.
Ending this program would sound a death-knell for an entire field's history in the UK.
Jewish pride/Jewish self-hatred
Sandra Bernhard, Without You I"m Nothing (1990)
Sandra Bernhard, Without You I"m Nothing (1990)
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Jewish pride/Jewish self-hatred
Sandra Bernhard, Without You I"m Nothing (1990)
Sandra Bernhard, Without You I"m Nothing (1990)
Austrian marxist Karl Reitter on Value-form marxism
"… a Marxism without a working class and class struggle. Among the protagonists of this current are Moishe Postone and Michael Heinrich. Whether and in what form the proletariat still exists is largely irrelevant for this school of thought."
"… a Marxism without a working class and class struggle. Among the protagonists of this current are Moishe Postone and Michael Heinrich. Whether and in what form the proletariat still exists is largely irrelevant for this school of thought."
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Austrian marxist Karl Reitter on Value-form marxism
"… a Marxism without a working class and class struggle. Among the protagonists of this current are Moishe Postone and Michael Heinrich. Whether and in what form the proletariat still exists is largely irrelevant for this school of thought."
"… a Marxism without a working class and class struggle. Among the protagonists of this current are Moishe Postone and Michael Heinrich. Whether and in what form the proletariat still exists is largely irrelevant for this school of thought."
Cigar hand-rollers were among the most politicised unions, since they'd pay someone to read #marx and other left texts aloud to them while they worked.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Cigar hand-rollers were among the most politicised unions, since they'd pay someone to read #marx and other left texts aloud to them while they worked.
Roger-Pol Droit, Michel #foucault, entretiens (2004)
Pourtant, à mon sens, l’Histoire de la folie est au moins aussi marxiste que bien des histoires des sciences écrites par des marxistes
"However…the History of Madness is at least as Marxist as many histories of science written by Marxists."
Pourtant, à mon sens, l’Histoire de la folie est au moins aussi marxiste que bien des histoires des sciences écrites par des marxistes
"However…the History of Madness is at least as Marxist as many histories of science written by Marxists."
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Roger-Pol Droit, Michel #foucault, entretiens (2004)
Pourtant, à mon sens, l’Histoire de la folie est au moins aussi marxiste que bien des histoires des sciences écrites par des marxistes
"However…the History of Madness is at least as Marxist as many histories of science written by Marxists."
Pourtant, à mon sens, l’Histoire de la folie est au moins aussi marxiste que bien des histoires des sciences écrites par des marxistes
"However…the History of Madness is at least as Marxist as many histories of science written by Marxists."
from Robert Briffault's Europa: A Novel of the Days of Ignorance (1935).
This novel quotes Ray Lankester, one of only 8 to attend #Marx's funeral.
This novel quotes Ray Lankester, one of only 8 to attend #Marx's funeral.
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
from Robert Briffault's Europa: A Novel of the Days of Ignorance (1935).
This novel quotes Ray Lankester, one of only 8 to attend #Marx's funeral.
This novel quotes Ray Lankester, one of only 8 to attend #Marx's funeral.
Louis Kugelmann to #Marx, February 4, 1868
"With the "Primitive Accumulation”section, you have delivered a conclusion that is brilliant beyond all terms. – It's a pity that you couldn't start with it, you would have found some more readers."
Jenny Marx to Johann Philipp Becker, 5 October 1867
"With the "Primitive Accumulation”section, you have delivered a conclusion that is brilliant beyond all terms. – It's a pity that you couldn't start with it, you would have found some more readers."
Jenny Marx to Johann Philipp Becker, 5 October 1867
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Louis Kugelmann to #Marx, February 4, 1868
"With the "Primitive Accumulation”section, you have delivered a conclusion that is brilliant beyond all terms. – It's a pity that you couldn't start with it, you would have found some more readers."
Jenny Marx to Johann Philipp Becker, 5 October 1867
"With the "Primitive Accumulation”section, you have delivered a conclusion that is brilliant beyond all terms. – It's a pity that you couldn't start with it, you would have found some more readers."
Jenny Marx to Johann Philipp Becker, 5 October 1867
from Julian Radlmeier's Bloodsuckers: A Marxist Vampire Comedy
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
from Julian Radlmeier's Bloodsuckers: A Marxist Vampire Comedy
Theodore Cuno describes a trip aboard the channel steamer on the return trip from The Hague with #Marx, Engels, the refugees of the Paris Commune, and the delegates from America.
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Theodore Cuno describes a trip aboard the channel steamer on the return trip from The Hague with #Marx, Engels, the refugees of the Paris Commune, and the delegates from America.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Eventually the Marx-Engels Gesamt Ausgabe (MEGA) project will publish, for the first time, a seance in 1889/90 led by Eleanor #Marx, with answers from Karl in Highgate.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Eventually the Marx-Engels Gesamt Ausgabe (MEGA) project will publish, for the first time, a seance in 1889/90 led by Eleanor #Marx, with answers from Karl in Highgate.
Remembering my immigrant paternal grandfather, Hyman Shapiro, who served in the US army for WWI.
It's a blessing to know he isn't alive to see the low-lifes running the presidency and war department.
#remembranceday #armisticeday
It's a blessing to know he isn't alive to see the low-lifes running the presidency and war department.
#remembranceday #armisticeday
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Remembering my immigrant paternal grandfather, Hyman Shapiro, who served in the US army for WWI.
It's a blessing to know he isn't alive to see the low-lifes running the presidency and war department.
#remembranceday #armisticeday
It's a blessing to know he isn't alive to see the low-lifes running the presidency and war department.
#remembranceday #armisticeday
When I used to advise those during civil disobedience training, I used to say 3 things.
1. This will cost you something;
2. Everyone has a moment of doubt; &
3. No one is ever going to thank you for doing the right thing, but it's never wrong to do the right thing.
1. This will cost you something;
2. Everyone has a moment of doubt; &
3. No one is ever going to thank you for doing the right thing, but it's never wrong to do the right thing.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
When I used to advise those during civil disobedience training, I used to say 3 things.
1. This will cost you something;
2. Everyone has a moment of doubt; &
3. No one is ever going to thank you for doing the right thing, but it's never wrong to do the right thing.
1. This will cost you something;
2. Everyone has a moment of doubt; &
3. No one is ever going to thank you for doing the right thing, but it's never wrong to do the right thing.
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
For those outside the UK, the Nottingham program was widely considered to be the pre-eminent one to train Americanists.
Ending this program would sound a death-knell for an entire field's history in the UK.
For those outside the UK, the Nottingham program was widely considered to be the pre-eminent one to train Americanists.
Ending this program would sound a death-knell for an entire field's history in the UK.
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
www.change.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
For those outside the UK, the Nottingham program was widely considered to be the pre-eminent one to train Americanists.
Ending this program would sound a death-knell for an entire field's history in the UK.
For those outside the UK, the Nottingham program was widely considered to be the pre-eminent one to train Americanists.
Ending this program would sound a death-knell for an entire field's history in the UK.
what a difference a pre-made pizza makes
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
what a difference a pre-made pizza makes
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM