will have a transcribed/edited version of this up for free soon, had a lot of fun talking to Phil about the book

From Jordan Cooper (@anthropolitburo.bsky.social), a critical appraisal of Bolivia's Process of Change, the fall of the MAS-IPSP, and a breakdown of the country's upcoming first round general elections: www.negationmag.com/articles/my-...

In Theses on Fascism, Cam W (@cammunismm.bsky.social) conceptualizes fascism both as a tendency of capitalism and as an ideology predicated on nihilism and a fetishization of technology: www.negationmag.com/articles/the...

In Eternal Expectations, Taylor B. reviews Jia Zangke's landmark film Platform as a chronicle of the PRC's Reform and Opening Up period: www.negationmag.com/articles/aug...

Listen to the full episode: www.patreon.com/posts/negati...

An essay by Nikoli Weir on humanity in an inhuman world through a series of aphorisms bridging together three areas of thought: the ontological, the social/cultural, and the revolutionary political www.negationmag.com/articles/in-...

An interview between Pao Ching-ming and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on the political-economy of the Philippines, the revolutionary movement’s setbacks and achievements, and future prospects for anti-colonial struggles www.negationmag.com/articles/rev...

Negation Magazine was founded five years ago during the summer of 2020. In light of this, the editors reviewed and revised our mission statement, which you can check out here, as well our updated submission guidelines. Send us your pitches! www.negationmag.com/pages/mission/

@exiledpistol.bsky.social analyzes the fraught relationship between organizational culture and broader societal trends

@ajmcwhinney.com on why it's useless for Marxists to fixate on critiquing "postmodernism"

@ahwar.bsky.social on workers clubs, a social experiment in the USSR

compañera critiques individualism on the left and the conditions of organizing in the social media age

The final essay of our dossier, from A.J., analyzes strategic and tactical questions arising out of the student movement protesting the genocide in Gaza: www.negationmag.com/articles/res...

The eighth essay of our dossier, from @cammunismm.bsky.social, explores how to build unity within organizations and begins from the premise that division is the rule in capitalist society, and concludes with an approach to cultivating unity within organizations: www.negationmag.com/articles/div...

The seventh essay in our dossier, from Caelum, compiles analyses of several communist educational programs, encourages greater collaboration on education across tendencies, and aims to revive the ruthless criticism of all that exists: www.negationmag.com/articles/goi...

The sixth essay in our dossier, from Marine Tucker, outlines the role and practice of constructive criticism in transforming ourselves and the world, set against a contemporary organizing culture of silence, disposability, and inward-looking moralism: www.negationmag.com/articles/inv...

The fifth essay in our dossier, from Chloe Cannon, returns to the crucial question of how the pursuit of emancipation can produce unfreedom, in the process offering a critical account of a dominant form of contemporary left-wing organizational culture: www.negationmag.com/articles/cor...

reject postmodernism, embrace postmodernity

The first essay in our dossier is a reflection on the seizure of Hinds Hall at Columbia University during the student protests last spring: www.negationmag.com/articles/no-...

Negation Magazine presents a new dossier on Organization and Culture with an introduction from our editorial board: www.negationmag.com/articles/org...

December 27

In our newest podcast episode, we talk about what it means to intervene in "common American life" in order to change it, and what the stakes are for emancipatory groups. Check out the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/negati...

Goodbye color-coded shelves....

I simply don't think brockhampton is as bad as everyone is suddenly pretending they were I think people just hate annoying fans

"Danish Marxism"

made a modern masterpiece

Hello to our new followers! We're sorry for being woefully absent over here on Bluesky; we'll be sharing our work more regularly going forward. In the meantime, here is a collection of things we've released since we've last posted here:

being able to set your handle to your domain name is kinda baller

Via our parent company @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social CEO @brycetetraeder.bsky.social: theonion.com/heres-why-i-...

it's about time I started hanging out here more regularly

DMs on bluesky damn

Tee designs

"Lock Reprise"

The Lock'd Up zine is now available at lathouse.studio/products/loc...

"Cognitive Mapping"

"Mission Statement"

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: DOSSIER ON ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE We are preparing a dossier, and we are looking for writing on organizational culture, or the relationship between culture and organization. Send us your pitches here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We must not waver in our support for the Palestinian people. Here are some relief funds helping the victims of the ongoing Zionist atrocities in Gaza: secure.everyaction.com/b00t33wD-EOV... pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-r... www.palestinercs.org/en/Donation www.map.org.uk/donate/donat...

The Negation editors stand in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation. We condemn the IDF & its barbarism against Gaza. As communists in the West, we feel obligated to speak out against this oppression, murder, and ethnic cleansing facilitated by our governments.

“to understand the laws of ideology is to be anchored… in the unshakeable resistance of revolts which are also and always the indomitable refusal of popular thought to submit.”

from @randomnational.bsky.social: an argument for replacing the traditional revolutionary categories (proletariat, working class, masses) with the controversial concept of the multitude www.negationmag.com/articles/mul...

The first English publication of a Maoist-era text by Alain Badiou on peasant rebellions, communist ideas, revolutionary knowledge, and the role of intellectuals. Translated and introduced by J. E. Morain www.negationmag.com/articles/on-...

Had great fun doing this, shortly after I got off a flight from Vancouver to Sydney and had been awake for like 23 hours.

Read Duncan's piece here: www.negationmag.com/articles/ide...

We had @duncanastuart.bsky.social on the podcast to talk about his piece for Negation, "Ideas of Nature," and issues that plague the thinking-through of ecological politics in the contemporary era. Take a listen to the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/888174...

from @birdcom.bsky.social: an analysis of the liberal response to the COVID-19 pandemic within the United States, and a brainstorming of potential socialist strategies for breaking through this status-quo www.negationmag.com/articles/the...

vibes are vastly superior here

why do the MUG people just talk completely past any actual valid critiques of the party lmfao

from @marineluvr.bsky.social in our latest newsletter, which continued on the theme of organization and culture:

i have the flu does anyone want to come over and bash my skull in with a big funny hammer