it is a measure of the utter cruelty of the British state and this Labour government that Heba Muraisi is on day 71 of her hunger strike

Among the many failures and regrets of my life, I can at least be proud of having taught/bored for over a decade of students about extraterritoriality and empire - I feel, sadly, validated that the US is now so blatantly proving that asserting power domestically outwards is the key to understand IR

Hello my IR history people, updating my first year history module, any recommendations for a good article on Monroe doctrine and early US imperialism? Thanks!

💜💜💜

Wendy Brown on why people are so eager or tolerant towards the new authoritarianism @histmat.bsky.social

Our third plenary, 'Resurgent Reaction and the Rise of New Authoritarianisms' with Wendy Brown, Cecilia Rikap, Jeffery Webber and Rafeef Ziadah, is now being live streamed! Join, comrades!

Saturday night plenary with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social @jefferyrwebber.bsky.social and Wendy Brown on new authoritarianisms - full house. @histmat.bsky.social

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

After some health setbacks, I’m at @histmat.bsky.social conference! Excellent panel part of imperialism stream

The Historical Materialism newsletter (in a much better format) is out now! The newsletter will from be our main tool for regular communication by email. We urge everyone to subscribe to stay in touch, as the Riseup email list, painful as it is, will be gradually suspended.

Racism, colonialism, and tax havens: tracing the offshore world’s hidden histories, by Miguel A. Rivera-Quiñones

See you there! Will post specific panels soon but check out Imperialism stream curated with @psotiris.bsky.social to start with.

New here and a bit lost! But glad to be away from the other site…

In their new EJIR article, @maiapal.bsky.social and Claire Vergerio introduce the idea of “woven and warring cosmologies” through the cases of Louis XIV and revolutionary Corsica. You can read the full publication here: t1p.de/aeh1h