Looks awesome Niklas!!

My chapter on 19th century plebeian internationalism is out now in The Routledge Handbook of Ideology Analysis 🎉 📕

Many thanks to the editors @julfaure.bsky.social, Matthew Humphreys, and David Laycock!

If you'd like to read it, feel free to get in touch.

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Gosh. It's almost as if capitalism is not in fact a totally rational and seamless system.

From Subordination to Revolution: A Gramscian Theory of Popular Mobilization | John Chalcraft | Tuesday 03 March 2026 18:00 - 19:30 | STICERD Event An event from the Cohesive Capitalism Event series organised by STICERD

Please register and join us in some weeks for the next session of our series on "Alternatives to Capitalism" with @leaypi.bsky.social !

The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Hardcover Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking.

www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...

Trump orders strikes on Caracas, officials tell CBS, as Venezuela declares national emergency - latest Venezuela's government says it rejects

Every world leader should be condemning Trump. We’ll see who steps up.

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This is very good stuff:

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@lsepoltheory.bsky.social @brunoleipold.com @leaypi.bsky.social

Alternatives to Capitalism Workshop | Vincent Harting | Thursday 11 December 2025 11:00 - 16:00 | STICERD Event An event from the Cohesive Capitalism Event series organised by STICERD

If you're around London next week, consider joining us for this workshop on alternatives to capitalism! Details below👇

Super excited about this one ✊🏼

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@enzoreds.bsky.social

Looks super interesting!

The cool thing about teaching utilitarianism is that each time I do, I get a little closer to convincing myself it's correct

Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’

Such a funny headline - don't they realise Starmer IS the mistake? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@leaypi.bsky.social in today’s @financialtimes.com

Very grateful to the ECPR political theory jury for this wonderful news!

In a new article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social I propose an institution reform to make representative government less oligarchic: having elected politicians held accountable by randomly selected "Constituency Juries"

If you’re around Munich in a couple of weeks and want to discuss oligarchy and corporatism with me please join us to this workshop! ✊🏼

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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, and I know I speak for millions of people up and down this country:

We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸

It's a bit of a shame everyone decided to turn against the Enlightenment just when it's most needed, isn't it....

OPINION: Pope Francis’ radical economic vision | Al Jazeera America His new encyclical on climate change urges wholesale transformation of our capitalist system

Saddened by the death of Pope Francis, who was a wonderful force for good. I hope the Catholic Church stays true to his vision of economic and environmental justice.

Here's a short essay I wrote a decade ago on Francis's radical economic vision in Laudato Si':

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Liberals who argue that fascists such as Trump and Le Pen should not be barred from running elections by legal means (and must instead be 'defeated democratically') seem to forget that fascists have no intent to win democratically (and break the law precisely to assure that they won't be defeated).

Trump calls it Liberation Day. Expecting it to be a bit more like Liz Truss day.

Ever forced to find cuts to welfare, never forced to raise taxes.

Few things beat discussing socialism with such great comrades and friends. Huge thanks to @tatianallaguno.bsky.social @vharting.bsky.social and @jkandiyali.bsky.social

What an honour to have been part of this wonderful book roundtable on @brunoleipold.com’s Citizen Marx alongside @tatianallaguno.bsky.social ❤️✊🏼

Limited government has in practice always been about limiting government services, while increasing government force and brutality. Exactly the wrong way round.

Empire and Emancipation Panel The London Political Theory Network will host scholars to explore themes of colonialism, imperial legacy, and anticolonial resistance.

The London Political Theory Network is organizing a panel on “Empire and Emancipation” on April 4, 3-5pm, at Senate House, involving Paul Apostolidis, Arturo Chang, Ulas Ince, Kimberly Hutchings, and Ẹniọlá Ṣóyẹmí. For more details and to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/empire-and...

I always struggle a little to explain my students why Marxists are right about freedom in the capitalist state. Jeff Bezos does it so much better.

Facing a fossil free future through the past: The importance of history for understanding fossil fuel phaseouts The study of policies limiting the production of fossil fuels must be appropriately historicised. Contextualising these policies within a longer-term …

📝 My new article “Facing a fossil free future through the past: The importance of history for understanding fossil fuel phaseouts” is out in Energy Research & Social Science! Read and share: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Wow this paper is fantastic. An economic explanation for Haslanger's theory of race, of DuBois on the psychological wage, and of the different racial stratifications of different societies.

Sometimes I read an econ paper that makes me wish I became an economist...