“Accumulation through contamination” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Fascism, it’s always about using nationalism, and the nation, as a bludgeon to generate support for death policies, on behalf of death governments. For violence and repression and exploitation, internationalism is the antidote, always.” —Robin D. G. Kelley

🚨DISASTER BRITAIN! 🚨 40% off select books on privatisation, securitisation, neoliberalism and decay. www.plutobooks.com/disaster-bri...

"Hand off Iran! No new war in the Middle East!" Poster seen in Baltimore, Maryland

“Prof Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to clean water, has singled out the English system for criticism, saying water should be managed as a publicly owned service, rather than run by private companies set up to benefit shareholders.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

If you'd like to come work for us at Good Law Project we are currently recruiting four new roles! (Please do share.) 🧵

Sven Beckert’s “Capitalism: A Global History” is a wild ride - enjoying it a lot

Britain’s homes aren’t fit for purpose. Damp, cold, expensive to heat — yet heating houses still accounts for 18% of our emissions. Our new briefing — A Plan for Places — presents a new blueprint to fix our homes, cut bills and reduce emissions. 🧵👇 www.common-wealth.org/publications...

Lancaster's @imogentyler.bsky.social defines the term ‘grand theory’ for listeners of BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed 💭

More than 50,000 people have now written to their hospitals asking them not to use the terrifying Palantir's software. Why not add your name to theirs? goodlawproject.org/campaign/sto...

Restore Britain's language is not just racist it's now indistinguishable from Neo-Nazi groups.

Very excited to receive my copy of “The Modern World After Colonialism: Remaking the Social Sciences”, this groundbreaking text book is a real testament to the exceptional work of Gurminder Bhambra & colleagues & the “Connected Sociologies Curriculum” thesociologicalreview.org/projects/con...

WEBINAR: Remaking the Social Sciences - Introducing 'The Modern World After Colonialism'. What does it mean to take #Colonialism seriously in the social sciences, not just as a matter of history, but as a continuing force shaping our present? 🎟️Register: https://ow.ly/FVBy50YhaTf

Hope & Refusal in an Era of Criminalised Care: Responses to Pirate Care 3 March '26, 7pm GMT Online Join BSA Theory, the Pirate Care authors & reviewers, and other collectives for an online discussion, post-book review symposium publication! www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... @plutopress.bsky.social

Book now for 'Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe: A Roundtable', a free online @bsatheory.bsky.social event, 26 March tinyurl.com/4fkrea9z #sociology

Such a good piece today from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com which shows that the declining graduate premium is very much a UK problem rather than a general (or inevevitable) consequence of more people going to uni www.ft.com/content/649d...

I know it's hard to believe someone who proposes penalising women for not having children would do something sexist.

Have you read our report📖 published jointly with @sagepub.com, which demonstrates how the social sciences are contributing to the wellbeing of the UK through 8 broad principles supported with evidence & case studies yet? Download➡️ acss.org.uk/publications...

Here is my interview about Sir Jim Ratcliffe's anti- immigrant comments on BBC Three Counties Radio - The JVL Show - from yesterday. I am at 2h.22mins in: @sosslancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thoughtful and critical of our book by @jimdickinson.bsky.social on @wonkhe.bsky.social. Addressing issues related to poverty and material need is incredibly important to a meaningful education wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

The BSA Theory Study Group has 3 exciting events scheduled for the coming weeks! 27 February (3.30pm GMT) Theorizing from Lived Experience 3 March (7pm GMT) Hope and Refusal in an Era of Criminalised Care 26 March (5pm GMT) Racial Capitalism in Post(Imperial) Europe #Sociology #Theory #BSATheory

Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Phenomenological Approaches with Alexis Gros, Lucy Osler, Sebastian Raza A BSA Theory Study Group Event 27 Feb 2026 (3.30-5.00pm GMT) Online, free - registration required: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... #Sociology #AcademicChatter #BSATheory

Registration for the BSA Annual Conference is now OPEN. Held on the eve of the Association’s 75th anniversary, this year’s conference offers a moment to think sociologically how our histories shape our present. Join us from 8-10 April at the University of Manchester. tinyurl.com/2yzy7u8j

Don’t miss the chance to join the Cultural Sociology Journal's Editorial Board. We are accepting new members to serve from 2026-2029. Apply by 26 February 2026. Find the full details on application and role expectations below. www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

The BSA is pleased to announce that members have elected @imogentyler.bsky.social as our next Vice President. Imogen is internationally renowned for her contributions to social theory and the sociology of inequalities. tinyurl.com/53fpf9z7

1. On Friday, protests erupted at Stonewall National Monument, the historic site of the Stonewall uprisings that ignited the modern gay rights movement, in response to the National Park Service removing transgender people from the Stonewall Website. Subscribe to support our journalism.

This a useful primer on the oligarchical fascism we face “In an information-age economy where data is capital, [Musk’s] move resembles the kleptocratic tactics used by oligarchs to amass power and control markets”. antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/elon-musks...

Come to my book launch! Its on 28 February at the University of Liverpool with a fantastic all star line up featuring Patrick Joyce, Abi O'Connor (@abioconnor_ ), Janaya Pickett and Elsa Devienne. Free wine and discussion! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-...

Our book is out! Get your library requests in for Anti-racism in Britain: Traditions, histories and trajectories, c.1880-present & thank you to all who contributed to the volume, it was a pleasure working with everyone.

"Median pay for FTSE 100 chief executives is £4.22m, 113 times the median full-time worker’s pay of £37,430, according to the High Pay Centre, a campaign group. That means UK bosses will exceed their workers’ annual pay within 29 hours" This can't be able the value they are creating

“ambulances (in UK) spent more than 1.5m hours – equivalent to 187 years – stuck outside A&Es waiting to offload patients in the year to November 2024” staggering data (if also not surprising to those of us who have experienced this disaster & harms first hand). www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

No genocide has been so confessed to as it actually happened. No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened. This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.

New review article! 'Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism': A roundtable with @milesogborn.bsky.social, Herman L. Bennett, Kennetta Hammond Perry, Bill Schwarz and Catherine Hall. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jh... @lghgseminar.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social

‘If your work doesn’t reach into the future, what’s the point?’ - I so respect Henry Giroux’s work and his deeply passionate political commitment to the value of and role education in support of struggles for social justice www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2024/11/05/i...

“Historical amnesia has become a mass pedagogical weapon of depoliticization” Youth Resistance in the Age of Fascist Dream-Worlds - Henry Giroux www.laprogressive.com/education-re...

Proud to be part of team who has been working on this: “Palestine: Spaces and Politics”. An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens. Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors. #menasky, #geosky palestine.araburbanism.com

Post the cover of a book that influenced you with no description or explanation Day 10/20 💙📚 #BlackBookSky #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

We're hiring a postdoc and 6 PhD students for the Research Training Group "Empires", in which I will be one of the faculty members. If you know of people who might be interested in applying, please spread the word! www.grk2571.uni-freiburg.de/jobs-and-opp...

Join us on Tuesday, 3rd December 2024 for a workshop on ‘The Politics of Bordering’ @ the University of Brighton - in person or online. I’ll be talking about ‘Coloniality, Europeanness and Race: Britain’s Borders after Brexit’: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/cappe/2024/1...

"Why does the US ruling class actively support Israel's genocide and war crimes, even in the face of massive international condemnation? Because they see it as necessary to ensure the conditions for capital accumulation." New episode here: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

Snow in Edinburgh - gorgeous

what's so wrong with having an echo chamber for the left? sounds like a great idea! let's do it!

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

Evan does incredible work in compiling and contributing to this collection of online radical archives; it’s such a brilliant resource both for teaching and researching. Do check it out.