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Looking forward to thinking with Robin Celikates about Migration as Anti-fascist Movement at LSE soon.

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@lsehumanrights.bsky.social

Program RENEWING DEVELOPMENT: MEETING CRISIS BY CONNECTING AND TAKING ACTION

Happy to return to Cornell University, my alma mater, to give a talk today at a conference organized by the Polson Institute.

I will be speaking about civilizational justifications of war and annihilation in the current conjuncture. renewingdevelopment.org/program.html

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Jason Hickel questions U.S. support for Israel's genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people. Shahram Khosravi imagines Iran one year after the bombs have stopped falling. Ayça Çubukçu examines how Western civilizational supremacy is under threat.

🔗 https://bit.ly/weekly-latest-articles

"And today, once again, from the genocide in Palestine to the attempted destruction of Iran along with Lebanon, we see in action what Du Bois called 'that chiefest industry — fighting,' which Rubio’s mighty civilization has excelled at."

The WWI era is such a relevant precedent for our moment.

The Souls of War Folk The civilizational supremacy of the West is under threat, insisted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a speech in Munich.

My latest for the Markaz Review, on Du Bois, Marco Rubio and world war

themarkaz.org/the-souls-of...

Annual Internationalism, Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Solidarity Lecture 2026 | Migration as Anti-Fascist Movement? Rethinking the Question of Solidarity Wed 7 May | 6.30pm | Free and public event at LSE

very honored & excited to give the Annual Internationalism, Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Solidarity Lecture

‘Migration as anti-fascist movement? Rethinking the question of solidarity’

at LSE on May 7

more info:

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...

thanks @aycacu.bsky.social for the invitation!

Europe Is Quietly Playing a Crucial Role in the Iran War European military bases are facilitating one of the most logistically complex operations the U.S. military has been involved in for decades.

President Trump has criticized Europe for staying on the sidelines in the Iran war. But many European countries are quietly playing a crucial supporting role. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

The US/Israeli attack on Iran is neither legal nor legitimate. These states are fully responsible for the death and destruction to follow now.

Evidence everywhere, justice nowhere? Techno-humanitarianism under pressure | Professor Kamari Maxine Clarke Wed 18 March | 5.30pm | LSE | Free and public event

🤳 Evidence everywhere—#justice nowhere?

What happens when the power to see violence outpaces the power to act on it? Join us at LSE for a talk on techno‑humanitarianism under pressure. Chaired by @aycacu.bsky.social.

🎫 Open to all and free to attend

#LSE #Sociology #HumanRights

Last night, we had the pleasure of being joined by Tareq Baconi to discuss his new book 'Fire in Every Direction'. In conversation with Mai Taha and @aycacu.bsky.social, they shared their thoughts on the themes of the memoir, including political consciousness, desire and displacement.

The Poverty of Campism Notes on Solidarity and the Suspension of Judgement

New essay responding to @aycacu.bsky.social’s talk on campism and internationalism at Historical Materialism last year. I agree with much of her critique but try to push further on what a different practice might look like from Britain, and from within the Fourth International tradition.

@histmat.bsky.social and @versobooks.bsky.social Thanks for having offered a platform for these reflections.

Notes on Campist Internationalism This was a talk delivered at a panel on The Question of Internationalism: Between Marxism and Anarchism at the Historical Materialism Conference in London that took place on 9 November 2025. You can…

Ayça Çubukçu offers a sharp critique of "campist" left politics and discusses the potential for an internationalism from below.

Notes on Campist Internationalism This was a talk delivered at a panel on The Question of Internationalism: Between Marxism and Anarchism at the Historical Materialism Conference in London that took place on 9 November 2025. You can w...

This argument from @aycacu.bsky.social becoming more important and relevant by the day unfortunately

www.versobooks.com/en-ca/blogs/...

Stop the War on Kurds
Break the Silence
Defend Rojava

Emergency Demonstration in London

Sunday, 25 January 2026, 1 pm BBC Headquarters
Marching to Downing Street

See you on the streets.

Notes on Campist Internationalism This was a talk delivered at a panel on The Question of Internationalism: Between Marxism and Anarchism at the Historical Materialism Conference in London that took place on 9 November 2025. You can w...

I wrote this before the recent uprising in Iran, and the massacre of thousands that followed. On @versobooks.bsky.social blog, the talk I gave at @histmat.bsky.social-London conference in November 2025.

"Notes On Campist Internationalism"

www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

Fire in every direction | Public conversation with author Tareq Baconi 6pm Mon 16 Feb | Tareq Baconi | Free public event at LSE

🌏 What does it mean to return home?

Join us for a public conversation with author Tareq Baconi, Dr Mai Taha, and @aycacu.bsky.social on personal and political journeys, displacement and belonging, and identity.

📅 16 Feb | 🕕 6pm | 📍 LSE
🔗https://buff.ly/eJFXV1f

#Sociology #HumanRights #memoir

Few spaces left. Please register to join the public conversation with the one and only Tareq Baconi about his new book, FIRE IN EVERY DIRECTION at @lsesociology.bsky.social and @lsehumanrights.bsky.social.

www.lse.ac.uk/.../2026/fir...

Fire in every direction | Public conversation with author Tareq Baconi 6pm Mon 16 Feb | Tareq Baconi | Free public event at LSE

Thrilled to host Tareq Baconi at @lsesociology.bsky.social
& @lsehumanrights.bsky.social soon to discuss his powerful memoir of political and queer awakening, FIRE IN EVERY DIRECTION.

Space is limited, please register here:

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...

The "incompetence" of international law in the face of imperial aggression is part and parcel of that law. Law's empire has been empire's law. #Venezuela

Today!

The Question of Internationalism: Between Marxism and Anarchism Khalili Lecture TheatreAyça ÇubukçuRahul RaoSandro MessadraRichard SeymourAlessia LunghiMichael Hardt

@aycacu.bsky.social co-convened the Historical Materialism conference's roundtable on the question of internationalism.

Watch the session 👉 www.youtube.com/live/qdlUYhI...
#HistoricalMaterialism #CriticalTheory #Marxism #Internationalism

Glad you found this interesting to think with, @olebirklaursen.bsky.social--thanks for sharing, too.

This round table on "The Question of Internationalism: Between Marxism and Anarchism" is super interesting! Well worth a listen.

The Question of Internationalism: Between Marxism and Anarchism YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory

Here is the video of our roundtable on internationalism at @histmat.bsky.social- London conference in Nov 2025.

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@lsehumanrights.bsky.social

m.youtube.com/live/qdlUYhI...

So glad you found my essay useful!

I think of Graeber and Wengrow's "The Dawn of Everything" every day. It's a long book so if you've been meaning to read it or simply can't read a long book right now – understandable – here's a lovely paper by Ayça Çubukçu about its principles & Graeber's work.
eprints.lse.ac.uk/122719/1/Dav...

RACE AND THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE - LSE Law School Events What role does the issue of race play in understanding the question of Palestine? Drawing on a book of that title edited by the main speaker Lana Tatour (with Ronit Lentin), this event focuses on the…

What role does the issue of race play in understanding the question of Palestine?

Join @aycacu.bsky.social next month at this @LSELaw event, which will focus on the colonisation of Palestine as something which cannot be understood outside the grammar of race.

📆 Tuesday 2 December

Colleagues, I have been invited to join the Editorial Board of LSE Press and have recently taken up the position. If you ever wish to publish your book OPEN ACCESS, please do send your book proposals our way.
press.lse.ac.uk/about