I’m very much looking forward to Trump appointing Incitatus as his new Secretary of State. Can’t be that far off

Interesting and, given the present conjuncture, timely new article by Samuel Knafo, who argues that the notion of the double movement undermines our ability to historicize the politics of capitalism. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Constructive alignment is a one size fits all template that shapes course curricula in Europe. In this contribution to our Dispatches series, @lcornelissen.bsky.social argues that it's not neutral but rather  centres a specific philosophy that forecloses alternative pedagogies

Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis, see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2026/05/crit... @morton.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.social

NEW VIDEO!!! My analysis of the locals, the fascistisation of human rights, and perhaps my most valuable contribution to the world so far! Link below

An unprofitable business " the company lost over $4.2bn in the first three months of 2026." And dependent on state subsidies and contracts (the article could have mentioned that, but it seems they forgot).

Wrote this about the current state of UK politics / Labour leadership after the May local elections disaster for Labour. Written for Rosa Luxemburg Siftung, so should be accessible to non-UK readers who want a good summary of where things are at: www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...

I loathe the Labour Right to the extent that my first thought at the news of Josh Simons standing down is that he's doing it on McSweeney's orders so that Burnham will lose the by-election. Not that I'm a big fan of Burnham, but this is the Labour Together guy who's standing down

"Man of the PayPal"

Thinking about Starmer's nationalisation of steel to save 2700 jobs in Scunthorpe (good) & the news that at Nottingham Uni 2700 staff face redundancy risk (bad). How much of Lab's problem is a fantasy of heroic manual workers they'll "save", leaving some workers feeling patronised, others ignored.

My new paper is out in @antipodeonline.bsky.social! It contributes to ongoing debates on the current conjuncture and conjunctural analysis by placing the destruction of Gaza at the center. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

✨ Discover the latest selection of articles handpicked by the editors for the Editors' Choice Collection. All papers are free to read until 31 August! ⏳ bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit...

All the commentaries on the 35 books read, so far, in the Past & Present Reading Group are available here. We are excited to be reading, next, Karl Marx, *Theories of Surplus Value*. Commencing Part I of the "fourth volume" of Capital in a few months!!

New article! On the echoes between projects of 'financial inclusion' and colonial statecraft. Just out in @ripejournal.bsky.social, in an incredible SI on raced finance ed. by @iliasalami.bsky.social, @vincentguermond.bsky.social and @alibhagat.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

El trumpisme es tensa internament i el bloc reaccionari explota en contradiccions internes. Mentre una cursa espacial que es presenta com a universal redefineix on i com s’exerceix el poder. ✍️ Mònica Clua Losada catarsimagazin.cat/trump-guerra... A @catarsimagazin.bsky.social

My traditional pre-train drink to mark the end of teaching for the semester. The second I walked in here (the Salisbury), Junkhead by Alice in Chains came on the jukebox. What a song!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Fantastic new paper by Aleksandra Piletic

I did an experiment today at the start of two courses I coordinate. I showed this personal statement about the world I would like to see. I did it to open a discussion about genuine desire for a different world, and how we self-censor this, even to ourselves, for fear of being naive or unrealistic.

I taught Texas Politics for a few years, during my 9-years of living there. I learned that the political history of Texas was a history of white supremacy against a population that kept resisting for over a century.

I've been following this BlueSky debate on inequality with interest. A lot of people do seem to be relishing the opportunity to scold the left on their political rhetoric. This measured response by Chris Dillow seems to me to be appropriate.

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ... yes, but ... if we were market stall holders.. you said we could only sell apples for 50p. and it didn't matter how much inflation was, 50p was the price. but you also said we could sell peaches for as much as we like, because the price of apples was.. 1.

The writing life, courtesy of Franz Kafka.

Great to see this!

Presumably Frank Furedi and Matthew Goodwin will now discover the visionary genius of Aleksandar Vucic

If this is a conjuncture marked by escalating crises, provoking growing interest in conjunctural thinking across the critical social sciences and humanities, now's the time to ask... What's the point of conjunctural analysis? New article out in Dialogues in Urban Research: doi.org/10.1177/2754...

Me publican este artículo en Sin Permiso sobre "La convergencia ideológica de la nueva ola reaccionaria" 👇 sinpermiso.info/textos/la-co...

New article from @abieler.bsky.social on the empiricism of polycrisis debate and how to parse structural and conjunctural analysis @adamtooze.bsky.social

#OpenAccess from the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - “It’s like a prison”: EU externalization, racial capitalism, and anti-Black racism in EU–Tunisia cooperation on migration - https://cup.org/46lw0as - @rosamaryon.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

Great new article by @rosamaryon.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Very good article!

I can't believe it - new Neurosis! neurosis.bandcamp.com/album/an-und...

Revealing who owns England just became Government policy. Here's my blog post analysing this historic moment, as well as assessing some of the other ambitious policies unveiled in the Government's new Land Use Framework: whoownsengland.org/2026/03/19/r...

New OA article on nickel extraction & processing in Indonesia - I hope this is useful to someone 🙏 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The first-ever Land Use Framework for England has been published. I think it is the most far-sighted plan for England's land since the Second World War. Here's my thoughts on what it does (& doesn't) do: 1/ www.gov.uk/government/p...

New paper out now witten with my brilliant collaborators @jamcjo.bsky.social and @drowendthomas.bsky.social. Hard to write given the topic and ongoing injustice but hope it proves useful to others.

Looking forward to it!

Me and Mary Robertson in @ripejournal.bsky.social articulating a Marxist perspective on race, racialisation and subprime in a special issue on Raced Finance expertly co-edited by @iliasalami.bsky.social @alibhagat.bsky.social @vincentguermond.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tackiing the polycrisis afresh with @abieler.bsky.social and Vincenzo Maccarrone in a new critical political economy book on the EU www.ppesydney.net/critical-pol... @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social @adamtooze.bsky.social @alexcallinicos.bsky.social

Hard agree with this analysis. I think a main contradiction of the Silicon Valley/tech right is a vision of decentralization and extra-territoriality that is in fact backed up by US might and force. The Network State is actually the US 'empire'.

Looks very interesting. Reminds me of Japhy Wilson's work on apocalypticism

My favourite Fugazi album is Red Medicine, so I approve of this mix of In On The Kill Taker!

My contribution to the literature on emotions in IR--using Watsuji's philosophy to think about emotions as a function of space. Part of a special issue on Emotions in Japan's Foreign Policy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Got to love/pity those who still think that artist and audience are separated by a giant chasm, allowing them to exist in two hermetically sealed spaces

So for Starmer, the party which gives a shit about literal shit in our rivers and seas are the extremists. Run that argument by me again...

Essential reading

A new post summing up what I got wrong and right, four years into the Russian war on Ukraine. Some musings on the problem of prediction, on main problems of not taking economic forces seriously enough, and lots more. postsocialism.org/2026/02/25/a...

✍️New essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social which attempts an analysis of the energy transition as one between two competing fractions of capital - fossil and electric - and the conflicts and struggles which will lead towards an 'electro-capitalism' (or not!) www.break-down.org/electro-capi...

The Meaning of Peter Mandelson. Me & @profafinlayson.bsky.social on the fall of Mandelson and why he ever mattered. Is the Long '90s finally totally over? Would we rather be ruled by the actual Sith than guys who hang around with Steven Pinker? It's all here: culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/02/17/t...

Why is it so hard to translate high-level committements into actual policy changes when it comes to gender equality? Check out our newly published article - ‘It would have slowed down the work’ – the challenges of gender sensitive economic policy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....