Vanessa Wills
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I also recommend Marx’s Ethical Vision by @vcwills.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/57415?l...
Marx's Ethical Vision
Abstract. “The communists do not preach morality at all”; this line from The Communist Manifesto might seem to settle the question of whether Marxism has a
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November 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I also recommend Marx’s Ethical Vision by @vcwills.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/57415?l...
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Excited to welcome this outstanding group of speakers:
@robin-c.bsky.social (FU Berlin)
@kristingjesdal.bsky.social (Temple)
@terezahendl.bsky.social (Augsburg)
Michelle Meeks (Penn State)
Matthieu Renault (Toulouse)
Cecilia Sebastian (Wesleyan)
Vanessa Thompson (Queen’s)
@vcwills.bsky.social (GWU)
@robin-c.bsky.social (FU Berlin)
@kristingjesdal.bsky.social (Temple)
@terezahendl.bsky.social (Augsburg)
Michelle Meeks (Penn State)
Matthieu Renault (Toulouse)
Cecilia Sebastian (Wesleyan)
Vanessa Thompson (Queen’s)
@vcwills.bsky.social (GWU)
April 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Excited to welcome this outstanding group of speakers:
@robin-c.bsky.social (FU Berlin)
@kristingjesdal.bsky.social (Temple)
@terezahendl.bsky.social (Augsburg)
Michelle Meeks (Penn State)
Matthieu Renault (Toulouse)
Cecilia Sebastian (Wesleyan)
Vanessa Thompson (Queen’s)
@vcwills.bsky.social (GWU)
@robin-c.bsky.social (FU Berlin)
@kristingjesdal.bsky.social (Temple)
@terezahendl.bsky.social (Augsburg)
Michelle Meeks (Penn State)
Matthieu Renault (Toulouse)
Cecilia Sebastian (Wesleyan)
Vanessa Thompson (Queen’s)
@vcwills.bsky.social (GWU)
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Workshop | Ethics and Politics in Marx
26 May · HU Berlin · 10–18h
With @vcwills.bsky.social & @brunoleipold.com presenting their new books: Marx’s Ethical Vision & Citizen Marx. Comments by Gädeke, James, Müller & Wollner.
Register by 16 May: ls.feminist.phil@hu-berlin.de
26 May · HU Berlin · 10–18h
With @vcwills.bsky.social & @brunoleipold.com presenting their new books: Marx’s Ethical Vision & Citizen Marx. Comments by Gädeke, James, Müller & Wollner.
Register by 16 May: ls.feminist.phil@hu-berlin.de
May 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Workshop | Ethics and Politics in Marx
26 May · HU Berlin · 10–18h
With @vcwills.bsky.social & @brunoleipold.com presenting their new books: Marx’s Ethical Vision & Citizen Marx. Comments by Gädeke, James, Müller & Wollner.
Register by 16 May: ls.feminist.phil@hu-berlin.de
26 May · HU Berlin · 10–18h
With @vcwills.bsky.social & @brunoleipold.com presenting their new books: Marx’s Ethical Vision & Citizen Marx. Comments by Gädeke, James, Müller & Wollner.
Register by 16 May: ls.feminist.phil@hu-berlin.de
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Provocations by @ewmaroney.bsky.social , Peter Hudis, and @vcwills.bsky.social .
May 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Provocations by @ewmaroney.bsky.social , Peter Hudis, and @vcwills.bsky.social .
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Nice joint review of @vcwills.bsky.social 's and my's book by @andrewhartman.bsky.social situating them as part of a "Marx boom" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
May 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Nice joint review of @vcwills.bsky.social 's and my's book by @andrewhartman.bsky.social situating them as part of a "Marx boom" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Heat a joy to discuss @vcwills.bsky.social and I’s books with @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social @mirjam-m.bsky.social Dorothea Gädeke and Gabriel Wollner
May 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Heat a joy to discuss @vcwills.bsky.social and I’s books with @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social @mirjam-m.bsky.social Dorothea Gädeke and Gabriel Wollner
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It was great! Thanks to @vcwills.bsky.social, @brunoleipold.com, @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social, Dorothea Gädeke, Gabriel Wollner and everyone who was there for the discussion.
Heat a joy to discuss @vcwills.bsky.social and I’s books with @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social @mirjam-m.bsky.social Dorothea Gädeke and Gabriel Wollner
May 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
It was great! Thanks to @vcwills.bsky.social, @brunoleipold.com, @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social, Dorothea Gädeke, Gabriel Wollner and everyone who was there for the discussion.
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Spectre's own @vcwills.bsky.social talking disability and her latest projects with Shelley Tremain for Biopolitical Philosophy.
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Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Vanessa Wills
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-second instalment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled ph…
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May 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Spectre's own @vcwills.bsky.social talking disability and her latest projects with Shelley Tremain for Biopolitical Philosophy.
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biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/05/21/d...
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Now out! New issue of @philosopher1923.bsky.social on Marx & Philosophy (among other things)
I had the pleasure of putting this together, with brilliant pieces from @schuringa.bsky.social, @tatianallaguno.bsky.social @vcwills.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Paul North and Sandro Brito Rojas
I had the pleasure of putting this together, with brilliant pieces from @schuringa.bsky.social, @tatianallaguno.bsky.social @vcwills.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Paul North and Sandro Brito Rojas
May 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Now out! New issue of @philosopher1923.bsky.social on Marx & Philosophy (among other things)
I had the pleasure of putting this together, with brilliant pieces from @schuringa.bsky.social, @tatianallaguno.bsky.social @vcwills.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Paul North and Sandro Brito Rojas
I had the pleasure of putting this together, with brilliant pieces from @schuringa.bsky.social, @tatianallaguno.bsky.social @vcwills.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Paul North and Sandro Brito Rojas
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Economist, political theorist, and all-round bogeyman Karl #Marx was born on this date in 1818. Last fall Josh and Ray questioned his moral #philosophy with @vcwills.bsky.social from @gwu1821.bsky.social, author of "Marx’s Ethical Vision"—LISTEN: www.philosophytalk.org/shows/marx-a... #PhilSky
May 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Economist, political theorist, and all-round bogeyman Karl #Marx was born on this date in 1818. Last fall Josh and Ray questioned his moral #philosophy with @vcwills.bsky.social from @gwu1821.bsky.social, author of "Marx’s Ethical Vision"—LISTEN: www.philosophytalk.org/shows/marx-a... #PhilSky
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On the latest episode of Behind the News, @doughenwood.bsky.social and @vcwills.bsky.social mentioned this gem from Capital & it struck me as pertinent to Sam Altman’s recent promise/threat to release “a new [ai] model that is good at creative writing”
March 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
On the latest episode of Behind the News, @doughenwood.bsky.social and @vcwills.bsky.social mentioned this gem from Capital & it struck me as pertinent to Sam Altman’s recent promise/threat to release “a new [ai] model that is good at creative writing”
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A lovely and inspiring interview of Vanessa Wills by @doughenwood.bsky.social on the latest episode of his Behind the News podcast, on the question of Marx's ethics. What does it mean, as a Marxist, to talk about morality, about how things ought to be? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Behind the News with Doug Henwood
News Podcast · 6 Episodes · Updated Weekly
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March 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A lovely and inspiring interview of Vanessa Wills by @doughenwood.bsky.social on the latest episode of his Behind the News podcast, on the question of Marx's ethics. What does it mean, as a Marxist, to talk about morality, about how things ought to be? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Spectre's own @vcwills.bsky.social in conversation with @poorpeoplesarmy.bsky.social 's Matt Pillischer.
Spectre's own @vcwills.bsky.social in conversation with @poorpeoplesarmy.bsky.social 's Matt Pillischer.
A Conversation between Comrades, with Vanessa Wills & Matt Pillischer
YouTube video by Poor People's Army
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March 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Spectre's own @vcwills.bsky.social in conversation with @poorpeoplesarmy.bsky.social 's Matt Pillischer.
Spectre's own @vcwills.bsky.social in conversation with @poorpeoplesarmy.bsky.social 's Matt Pillischer.
This is a eugenicist logic.
Seniors came to JD Vance's event to demand the Trump Administration stop cutting Social Security.
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
March 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is a eugenicist logic.
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NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
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March 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
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Grateful for Vanessa Wills’ perspective here. It also reminds me to question my learned inner cop voice. If I don’t have anything constructive to say, it’s maybe time for me to listen and learn.
February 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Grateful for Vanessa Wills’ perspective here. It also reminds me to question my learned inner cop voice. If I don’t have anything constructive to say, it’s maybe time for me to listen and learn.
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This post choked me up a bit. Please fight for Helen and people like Helen. Not just because I like Helen’s brain, which I do, but also because cancer trials can save lives and people’s lives are worth saving.
While it’s no fun to get CT scanned, an mri, a bone biopsy under total sedation I am grateful for the lengths at which my medical team is going to make an accurate picture of my disease. And they also applied for clinical trials for me. Cancer care in the US is wonderful, a shame it’s being gutted
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This post choked me up a bit. Please fight for Helen and people like Helen. Not just because I like Helen’s brain, which I do, but also because cancer trials can save lives and people’s lives are worth saving.
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@vcwills.bsky.social (Historian Vanessa Wills) this morning
Part one:
“If someone says they're going to use a ‘shock and awe’ strategy against you, that means there's never been a more important time to try, if possible, to keep a cool head as you stride into battle.”
Part one:
“If someone says they're going to use a ‘shock and awe’ strategy against you, that means there's never been a more important time to try, if possible, to keep a cool head as you stride into battle.”
January 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
@vcwills.bsky.social (Historian Vanessa Wills) this morning
Part one:
“If someone says they're going to use a ‘shock and awe’ strategy against you, that means there's never been a more important time to try, if possible, to keep a cool head as you stride into battle.”
Part one:
“If someone says they're going to use a ‘shock and awe’ strategy against you, that means there's never been a more important time to try, if possible, to keep a cool head as you stride into battle.”
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What @vcwills.bsky.social said. #KennedyCenter
February 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What @vcwills.bsky.social said. #KennedyCenter
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Cerberus, a private equity firm, buys a chain of hospitals, sells the land on which they sit, and charges them rent. The hospitals struggle and start cutting corners. Patients' care worsens, death rates climb. And Cerberus makes $790 million in profit.
Health care accounts for more than 17 per cent of the U.S. economy, or around $4.5 trillion dollars, but the revenues of just two companies—CVS/Aetna and UnitedHealth—account for nearly one in every seven dollars the nation spends on health care.
The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here
Health insurers and hospitals increasingly treat patients less as humans in need of care than consumers who generate profit.
www.newyorker.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Cerberus, a private equity firm, buys a chain of hospitals, sells the land on which they sit, and charges them rent. The hospitals struggle and start cutting corners. Patients' care worsens, death rates climb. And Cerberus makes $790 million in profit.
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i am convinced that these people are death worshippers who want to spread as much disease and sickness as possible (i also think this is all tied up in eugenic beliefs about the “survival of the fittest” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:08 PM
i am convinced that these people are death worshippers who want to spread as much disease and sickness as possible (i also think this is all tied up in eugenic beliefs about the “survival of the fittest” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
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I read (most of) an earlier manuscript of this a while ago, @vcwills.bsky.social was my professor and mentor in things Marx in grad school. Finally ordered the book and it is really an instant classic in Marxist philosophy. The most thorough and original treatment of Marxian ethics I’ve read
I've got a long flight ahead of me, and some work to do, but alsooooooo
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December 13, 2024 at 3:14 AM
I read (most of) an earlier manuscript of this a while ago, @vcwills.bsky.social was my professor and mentor in things Marx in grad school. Finally ordered the book and it is really an instant classic in Marxist philosophy. The most thorough and original treatment of Marxian ethics I’ve read
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We never hear incarcerated people on mainstream news media. Credit to Ashleigh Banfield for interviewing them.
Thank you, @vcwills.bsky.social, for pointing this out on FB.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6-...
Thank you, @vcwills.bsky.social, for pointing this out on FB.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6-...
Luigi Mangione's fellow inmates: Free him, 'conditions suck' | Banfield
YouTube video by NewsNation
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December 12, 2024 at 5:04 PM
We never hear incarcerated people on mainstream news media. Credit to Ashleigh Banfield for interviewing them.
Thank you, @vcwills.bsky.social, for pointing this out on FB.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6-...
Thank you, @vcwills.bsky.social, for pointing this out on FB.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6-...
Absolutely fascinating interview.
The second was quick-hit interview with a Kroll executive who's been taking panicked calls in the wake of the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson:
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The UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Has Corporate America Panicking
An executive-protection expert on whether his clients understand the public’s rage.
nymag.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Absolutely fascinating interview.