Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together ‘The dry and the wet burn together’ is a Persian expression invoked when a fire spreads without discrimination. Once...

“If Trump’s intention was to remove Khamenei from the political landscape, he may instead have fixed him in it, recast in the eyes of his devotees as a figure of sacrifice rather than failure.”

There’s a German expression for this: “etwas salonfähig machen” (rendering something fit for the salon).

WTF - Yarvin is a fascist, celebrated by European fascists, and platforming him in this way does not merely risk but IS mainstreaming fascism and thus collaboration

In as few words as possible, tell me you're a liberal.

Objection, I had pink slides and a fast ramble 💫

Why Greenland’s vast natural resources won’t necessarily translate into huge profits Mining and fossil fuel extraction both demand infrastructure that Greenland doesn’t have.

It's imperialism, stupid!

Natural resources are not the reason the US wants control over Greenland. I explain why in my new @theconversation.com article on Greenland's critical raw materials and fossil fuels in US expansionist ambition.

Read the article here:
theconversation.com/why-greenlan...

Statement by the union of Iranian bus-drivers.

www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/12/s...

Asad Haider: Menschen denken Wie sieht Emanzipation in Zeiten der Ohnmacht aus? Der marxistische Theoretiker Asad Haider suchte dazu einen theoretischen Ausdruck von Occupy bis Black Lives Matter in den USA. Nun ist er mit nur 38...

Für das @nd-aktuell.de haben Ivo Eichhorn & ich einen Nachruf auf den hier eher unbekannten marxistischen Theoretiker Asad Haider geschrieben, der im Dezember mit nur 38 Jahren verstorben ist. Danke an @alexstruwe.bsky.social für die Chance & das genaue Redigat.

www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1196...

There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

I have a new open access article out, co-authored with @alejopedregal.bsky.social and Nemanja Lukić, called 'For an Anti-Imperialist Ecological Modernity'. The article introduces a special issue we've edited on ecomodernism and imperialism. But it does much more than that. A thread. 1/13

BP's had a hell of a 20 yrs:

✅2004 -"Greenwashing" rebrand w/ "Beyond Petroleum" campaign. Invent "carbon footprint" deflecting blame.
✅2010-Spill 134 million gallons of oil into the sea.
✅2020-Claim ambition to shift from oil/gas to clean energy.
✅2025-Abandon such claims.

When higher ed is under attack by the twin forces of authoritarianism & austerity, institutions like the New School that have historically been bulwarks of critical education & anti-fascism should be strengthened rather than destroyed. What an utter failure of leadership & imagination

Enemies, Comrades, and The Counterrevolutionary Logic of Cisness - Historical Materialism Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, Trans femme futures: Abolitionist ethics for transfeminist worlds. Pluto Press, 2024.  Sophie Lewis, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses against Liber...

I reviewed two fantastic books by @reproutopia.bsky.social , @fullnommunism.bsky.social and Mijke Van Der Drift for @histmat.bsky.social - reflecting on tolerable levels of dissonance in comradely feminisms: www.historicalmaterialism.org/enemies-comr...

Free gifts: capitalism and the politics of nature - Contemporary Political Theory Contemporary Political Theory -

My review of @alybatt.bsky.social's fantastic book "Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature" is out in Contemporary Political Theory. I had the pleasure of discussing it at @histmat.bsky.social launch last month in London with Andreas Malm and Søren Mau link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Historical Materialism Istanbul 2026 From Catastrophe to Struggle: Rethinking Capitalism amid Wars and Disasters

The deadline for next year's HM Istanbul has been extended!!!

Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper/panel proposals to 12 December 2025. Make sure to send us your abstracts, comrades!

Further details from the HM Istanbul website below.

Next week I'm moderating an @histmat.bsky.social event on the instantly-canonical 'Feminism Against Cisness' with @riislover667.bsky.social, @reproutopia.bsky.social, Lola Olufemi, and @weakanalogy.bsky.social.

Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online

To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...

Reminding ourselves of why exactly past struggles were successful is absolutely central to emancipatory efforts. Nostalgia is vague affect, what you quote is, Id argue, precise analysis

Free copies of the journal until we are out of stock!

Deutscher Memorial Prize Winner Lecture: Matteo Pasquinelli YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory

Now live, the Deutscher Memorial Prize Winner Lecture by Matteo Pasquinelli.

Sure thing comrade

Gaza students second MP letter template Dear [Name] MP On Monday 22 September, and as reported in the Guardian, 34 students from Gaza arrived in the UK to take up their places at our country’s top universities. These students have overcom...

Template letter to advocate for second evacuation of Gaza students with UK university scholarships: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

At least 43 outlets shared anti-trans misinfo after Charlie Kirk shooting: TJA | Xtra Magazine A report from the Trans Journalists Association found that 43 outlets published misinformation about “transgender ideology” after Charlie Kirk’s killing

Research conducted by @transjournalists.org “identified 43 outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The Daily Beast running with the disproven stories of a ‘trans shooter’ and ‘trans bullets.’”

This is all mega interesting - is there a way to join online/ will there be livestreams?

Still beaming from teaching with this today - it’s incredible to witness the ease with which students make sense of complex theory when it comes to applying it to the most urgent contexts. Thanks for writing it @pashukanist.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social and Adam!

Twenty-Second Annual Conference Registration - Historical Materialism Online registration is now open. Please register and pay the correct conference fee as soon as possible, as it helps us to plan ahead and ensure the smooth running of the conference.  You can select ...

Comrades, registration for the twenty-second annual Historical Materialism Conference in London is now open. The plenaries and programme will be released soon.

Join us this year (and every year) in November!

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In case you missed it, you can now catch @kathunfeld.bsky.social and Andreas Malm discussing *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature* with author Alyssa Battistoni on the Historical Materialism YouTube channel.

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Any day now, oil giant Equinor is expected to reapply to develop Rosebank: the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK.

Now it’s up to this government to make the right call and reject Rosebank.

👉 Join the #StopRosebank Day of Action, Sat 6th Sep. Link in bio.

Stop rolling out the welcome mat for fascists by pretending that refusal is beyond human capacities. It isn’t.

It’s just hard and costly so we would have to do it together

There is still time to sign up for what I am sure will be a fantastic event!