Conversé con Javier Pineda en el podcast de El Ciudadano sobre el populismo, la democracia plebeya y la producción cooperativista. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqve...

How does republican theory reimagine economic freedom? Sean Irving explores John Francis Bray’s economic republicanism and its implications for markets and justice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/SpsR2k8 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci

My new article explores the neoliberalisation of the British worker coop movement. A lost history that speaks directly to today’s debates about ownership and the future of work. It's Open Access, so if it interests you, take a look! tinyurl.com/27r9j957

We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

Thrilled to have another piece out on the history of economic republicanism! In the 19th century, republican ideas were mobilised to argue for popular economic self-government, ideas that still have much to offer in our own age of oligarchy. read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...

A symposium on Georgios Varouxakis, The West: A History of an Idea Date: 24 Oct • 15:00 Location: 327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-symposiu...

How can social democrats offer an optimistic, futurist alternative to the dominant tech ideologies of 'Effective Altruism', 'Anglofuturism', and 'Accelerationism? @demofuturist.bsky.social sets out the beginnings of an approach: (subscribe to read)

NEW ISSUE: Renewal Vol. 33 No. 2 Published amidst far-right mobilisation and a Reform surge, the new issue of Renewal (guest co-edited by @sachahilhorst.bsky.social) features activists, journalists, and academics analysing the radical right threat and debating how social democrats can respond

Final reminder that Anneliese Dodds's lecture - on the Labour government, the challenges of new technology, and the need for a new, internationalist collectivism - is TONIGHT, and will be followed by a drinks reception. Tickets are free, and we still have some left, so sign-up on Eventbrite below:

Very much looking forward to this!

I have a new paper out online in @crispp.bsky.social: I argue that a focus on domination can help us better understand a renewed politics of working time - a reduction in work, the right to disconnect, and challenging employer authority over free time. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@gclaeyshistory.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost of my article. Reading your work really set me off down this path!

@tomoshea.org @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social @jmchickson.bsky.social @brunoleipold.com @camilavergara.bsky.social @marxinhell.bsky.social @stevenklein.bsky.social Might be of interest to you...

Beyond the theoretical binary of state and market. In this new article, I revisit the work of JF Bray. I'm proposing it points towards an economic republicanism that resists both Bosses and Bureaucrats. Popular economic self government, that's the thing journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I wrote this piece in an attempt to get to grips with economic thinking inside the faction of the Labour Party know as Blue Labour. I hope it's of some interest.

I'm really looking forward to presenting this paper at the Centre for the Study of Governance and Society at King's. Especially excited for the discussion, so if you're in London and are interested please come along, next Thursday 19th June, 6pm. csgs.kcl.ac.uk/event/republ...