A thoughtful review of The Spectre of Capitalism in the journal Capital and Class journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

CCPT's programme of events for the coming term is now out! We're looking forward to the discussions at our upcoming research seminars.

Join us - launch event of Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Bringing key stakeholders together to find solutions to some of society's most urgent challenges. 🗓️29/9/25, 3-5pm 📍University of Leeds 🔗Register bit.ly/46dcU54 #Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF societal.leeds.ac.uk

From David Adler aboard the Sumud Flotilla on why he and others are sailing to Gaza: UN "member-states continue to arm, aid, and abet the state of Israel in its expanding campaign of destruction, eviction, and annexation of the occupied Palestinian territories" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sign up below for tickets to Professor Viktoria Spaiser's inaugural lecture! "Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat: Exploring Future Trajectories, Surveying the Past and the Present" 🗓️ Wed 15 Oct | 🕓 16:00–17:00 📍 Liberty Building, University of Leeds www.tickettailor.com/events/fssev...

🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉 'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎 Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM @visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

Join us for the inaugural lecture of Professor @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat 🗓️ 16:00–17:00, Wed 15 Oct 📍 Liberty Building, Uni of Leeds Explore climate tipping points & the power of collective action. All welcome! www.tickettailor.com/events/fssev...

Coming soon! Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, will speak at our famous annual Liberty Lecture, on the subject of climate change and human rights School of Law! ⏰ 5-6:30pm 🗓️ 1st October 📍 School of Law, Leeds For tickets and more 👇 tinyurl.com/3cjdvcrh

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Papers ⤵️ 🌦️ Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment 🪑 @corinnepainter.bsky.social @mmrovlje.bsky.social @deryaozkaya.bsky.social ⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/3C2Xwn2 #Gender #Governance #PoliticalTheory #Sociology #Feminism

At Leeds Institute for Societal Futures - we have four challenge areas. 🎯 Polarisation, trust and social cohesion. Division is a choice, how do we choose connection instead? 🔗societal.leeds.ac.uk #Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF

Confirmed: Alaa Abd el-Fattah is finally free, at home, and with the family members who fought for years with their hearts, heads and entire bodies for this to happen. x.com/Monasosh/sta... #AlaaFreed

Alaa is PHYSICALLY FREE!! His sister Sanaa and his mom were still waiting outside of the prison for him when they got a call from Alaa letting them know that he was already home!

Professor Adrian Gallagher appeared on BBC Radio 4 over the weekend to discuss the United Nations on its 80th anniversary. Listen to the show here: 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Happy first day of 2025/26 intro week for our new and returning @polisatleeds.bsky.social students! So delighted that the Uni of Leeds heron also returned to mark the occasion 🙌

علاء علي الاسفلت!!!! Alaa is HOME and FREE!!!

HUGE HUGE NEWS FROM EGYPT!! Egyptian President Sisi has issued a presidential pardon for activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah.

This week, in person at @greshamcollege.bsky.social & online, Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson discuss their new book #BorderingSocialReproduction, with Gargi Bhattacharyya & Shirin Rai. Hosted by @cnewf.bsky.social. Thursday 25th September, 6pm BST More info & registration at isrf.org/events/borde...

It really looks like it's happening friends, though we should believe it when we see it. All I can think about is Alaa finally being able to hug his son Khaled - an infant when this torment began, now a teen as big as his father. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Today, the @timep.bsky.social team shares in joy with Alaa's family. We hope Alaa is physically free and in the arms of his loved ones shortly. And we hope that this positive step invites more case closures and more releases. Today, we celebrate and tomorrow, we keep up the fight.

Join us - launch event of Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Bringing key stakeholders together to find solutions to some of society's most urgent challenges. 🗓️29/9/25, 3-5pm 📍University of Leeds 🔗Register bit.ly/46dcU54 #Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Really pleased to have a chapter about Rosa Luxemburg and prefigurative politics in this exciting new book about Ambivalent Activism. Out now! @brisunipress.bsky.social @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ambivalent-a...

Have a look at the feminist theory section call for the next European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), to be held at Newcastle University 15-17 June 2026. Please share widely!

Very excited to see all the proposals about this cfp on Feminist Theory! Get in touch with questions or ideas

Pleased to have a chapter about mental health activism in this exciting new book about Ambivalent Activism. Out now! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ambivalent-a... @brisunipress.bsky.social

📢Open Lunch is back🍕🌮🍰 Open to collaboration: supporting #OpenResearch at the University of Leeds leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope... All welcome, though this event will mostly be relevant to staff and students at the University of Leeds.

Check out the feminist theory section call for the next European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), to be held at Newcastle University 15-17 June 2026—Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment. Please share widely and join us in Newcastle! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Considering studying at Leeds? 🎓 Join us for our Open Days on Saturday 4 and 18 October to learn about your course and get a feel for campus life. You can also explore ⬇ 🏋️‍♀️ The Edge gym and sports centre 📚 Libraries 👥 Leeds University Union 🌐 HELIX, our digital innovation space 🏠 Accommodation

Tonight in Vancouver I will be interviewing Arundhati Roy on stage about her stunning and hilarious book, Mother Mary Comes to Me. We've been listening to The Beatles to get ready. Also checking in on the latest horrors. Stay tuned.

The Spectre of State Capitalism cited in an El País newsletter on the return of the state as an economic actor. Also gave comments on the future of state capitalism and the stunted green transition

New article alert! @ccptleeds.bsky.social member Maša Mrovlje explores the connections between Rosa Luxemburg and utopian studies around the challenge of learning from failure in resistance. The article is out in the European Journal of Political Theory—have a read at the link below

Delighted to see my article “Fail better: Utopia, Rosa Luxemburg, and learning from failure” published in the European Journal of Social Theory. It‘s available here open access: doi.org/10.1177/1368...

Ecocide: a 21st century international crime in the making? 🌳 Dr Suwita Hani Randhawa was awarded a BISA Early Career Small Research Grant (ECSRG) allowing her to research the criminalisation of ecocide in global politics 📚 Read more here! 👉 buff.ly/yaw8Y27 @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social

Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah resumed a full hunger strike on September 1 following unfulfilled promises made to him by national security officers that he would be released within days after his removal from the terrorist list. He is only drinking water. #FreeAlaa

Today, thousands took to the streets in Washington, DC to challenge Trump's overreach. 🧵 of 📷 (1)

📢 We're hiring! 3 lines in CP, IR, and IPE. Come join us in Madrid! I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.

Change is coming #Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #UniversityOfLeeds #SocietalFutures #LISF

Are you considering studying at Leeds? Attend our Open Days on Saturday 4 and Saturday 18 October 🎓 🏦 Discover the University 🗺️ Experience the city and campus 🗣️ Chat to current students and staff We can't wait to welcome you to our beautiful campus 🌳 Book your place 👇 bit.ly/487UpBg

📢 We are hiring 2 Deputy Director (DD) roles at Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Find out more about these leadership opportunities! DD Education 👉 bit.ly/4p5WHqC DD Research & Engagement 👉 bit.ly/4mPoKJy Society needs to change, let's change it together. #SocietalFutures #UniversityOfLeeds

Bordering Social Reproduction | 25th September 2025 An in-person & online #BookLaunch and conversation with Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson, authors of 'Bordering Social Reproduction: Migrant Mothers and Children Making Lives in the Shadows'. #Migration #SocialPolicy #Welfare isrf.org/events/borde...

"What property rights are there in space?" is a deeply, deeply disturbing question. www.ft.com/content/16c0...

Delighted to share that our article “Creating Space for Africa in International Relations? Contesting Ontological Security through Space Exploration” has just been published in Global Studies Quarterly. 🚀🌍 Read the full article here 👉 academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

🎉 3 (grade 7) Lecturer positions open Cardiff University in: 🌎 Non-western (espc non US) Foreign Policy/War/Security Studies 📝 Political theory inc history of political thought 📚 History & theory of colonialism & its legacies in politics & IR Apply here 👉

Looking forward to discussing INDIGNITY with David Runciman @ppfideas.bsky.social at @waterstones.bsky.social in Cambridge THIS Wednesday! And I hope to see many of you there 🤩😍! For tickets: t.co/WY5iWDIUZ1

Apply Now! Our 11th Independent Scholar competition aims to support #IndependentScholars to explore and present original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions, to real world social problems. #SocialScience #Humanities #Arts More Info: isrf.org/competitions...

*Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights* - now published! Hurrah! Very proud of this and immensely grateful to my co-editor, Jesse Tomalty, and to all the contributors. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

'Affective sovereignty: A decolonising politics of emotion in Palestine' 🌎 A new @risjnl.bsky.social article written by Jamal Nabulsi exploring how "Palestinian Indigenous sovereignty is sustained, affirmed, and reproduced in part through feeling." 📚 Read here now -

Citing to cases including activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and poet Galal El-Beheiry, UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk has called on Egyptian authorities to end the practice of rotation -- in which detainees are faced with new charges to reset the clock on pretrial detention www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

🎉 #EISAPEC25 begins today in Bologna with a set of exciting Early Career Workshops! 📋 Registration is open from 12pm on the ground floor of the Belmeloro building (Via Beniamino Andreatta 8)

With more than 700 people arrested since Palestine Action was proscribed last month, pressure is growing on the UK government over its ban on the group, writes Tommy Meskill