"How are we to understand ... the neo- and hyper-colonial futures through which “peace” and “reconstruction” in Gaza are being framed and implemented?" portolan-journal.org?post=propert...

our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano bad news for haters of the good! www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...

Yesterday, Dick Cheney, the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, died at 84. His legacy: torture, secret prisons, and wars that killed millions. @alfatau.bsky.social examines the empire he built—and the impunity he enjoyed. inthesetimes.com/article/dick...

Delighted to announce that Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social agreed to talk in the realm of the lecture series "Prompting Fascism. Medien/Theorien des neuen Faschismus" -> Dec 3rd, 6pm (CET), online. Link and more information soon to find here: medienwissenschaft-berlin.org/prompting-fa...

They're here! In just a few weeks I'll be hosting the brilliant Dagmar Herzog to explore the "sexy racism" of the contemporary far right. Those in Rochester, if you'd like a copy of this book and commit to attending the workshop, write me and I'll give you one! events.rochester.edu/event/the-ne...

Dagmar Herzog (@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social, @historygc.bsky.social), The New Fascist Body (Wirklichkeit Books, 2025; #skystorians): wirklichkeitbooks.com/the-new-fasc...

Dans cet entretien, le philosophe Alberto Toscano - auteur du livre "Fascisme tardif" - revient sur l’histoire du fascisme et défend l’usage actuel de cette catégorie, en particulier dans un monde bouleversé par le génocide en cours à Gaza 👇 www.contretemps.eu/contre-fasci...

When is the No CEOs rally?

"What if, in the process of trying to ban AI products that quite actually encourage children to kill themselves, we wind up banning chatbots that help children cheat on their homework, diminish their propensity for critical thought, and lead to the development of other forms of AI psychosis?"

For some prescient thoughts on how this would come to pass, read @alfatau.bsky.social's July piece @inthesetimes.com on how "MAGA’s obsession with reverse racism is the glue binding together" all of Trump's policies.

"In a follow-up to his and Brenna Bhandar's "Slumlord Empire", Alberto Toscano writes about the Trump administration's Gaza ceasefire plan's genocidal logic of displacement and accumulation." proteanmag.com/2025/10/13/p...

Another course alert -- it’s a busy month... I’m leading a 4-week online seminar on one of the most important books ever, Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction in America, @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social. Just a few seats remain; check it out and don't miss out thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

this article is the reason he won the Nobel, they told me over the phone

"... the history of the term Staatsräson is explicitly a history of violence. It’s about all of these forms of behavior that are not moral but are politically necessary: lying, deceit, violence, expropriation…” communispress.com/unreason-of-...

An interview with Patrick Samzun of the anarchist journal Réfractions, on analyzing & fighting the contemporary far-Right: communispress.com/creative-agg...

Faculty Writing | Abdaljawad Omar, "Water without name " | for @communispress | buff.ly/axPbMVd

"My modest proposal would be an antifascist take on Nietzsche’s idea of becoming who one is: becoming what the far right imagines you to be, realizing their imaginary enemy." communispress.com/become-who-y...

reminder at this anniversary that Jameson's 90th birthday was celebrated with short essays by many many nerds on his many many major books! www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/j...

Starting November 12, I'll be teaching a course at BISR on how a tragic anti-colonialism was developed—in theory, practice and dramaturgy—by a range of writers, from Lorraine Hansberry to Frantz Fanon, from C.L.R. James to Anna Seghers, from Aimé Césaire to Ghassan Kanafani.

What looks to be another important critique of Sohn Rethel's real abstraction. (I know i'm old but it blows my mind Constellations has published this!)

PART 2 of my interview w/ Alberto Toscano & @stschrader1.bsky.social on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, military repression, what it reveals about MAGA’s fascist/authoritarian project—and about illiberalism already immanent in US carceral/imperialist state www.thedigradio.com/podcast/stat...

This was such a great convo with @danieldenvir.bsky.social & @alfatau.bsky.social! Please check it out!

In conversation with Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Rose Aguilar on political repression in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination. www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Postmodern Culture Volume 34, Number 2, January 2024 #S2O #OpenAccess via @ProjectMUSE tinyurl.com/wnyk7kf4#S2O#OpenAccessCONTRIBUTORS Stephen D. Carter Paul Earlie Sungyong Ahn Rashmi Varma Anna Bernard Brenna Bhandar Timothy Brennan John Cox Nadia Hajal-Backleh Rohini Hensman and more!

A "super-Sparta" undergirded by a "flexible" economy centred on weapons production and with "autarkic characteristics", grounded on the principle that ethno-national "life is more important than law". The unabashed rhetoric and practice of 21st century fascism. haaretz.co.il/tmr/allnews/...

Awaiting arrest for holding a placard in support of Palestine Action protestors read, Selected Political Writings by Ghassan Kanafani, The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Late Facism by Alberto Toscano Wilding by Isabella Tree among other books

A recording of the Long Arc of Fascism panel discussion on "Fascism as Capitalist Counter-Revolution" with Brenna Bhandar, Avery Everhart, Gastón Gordillo and Alberto Toscano, chaired by Naomi Klein (April 19, 2025). www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCK1...

The Palestine Book Forum in the new issue of Postmodern Culture, edited by Rashmi Varma, is now freely available, with short pieces on Ghassan Kanafani, Adania Shibli, Saree Makdisi, Haidar Eid and more. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Alberto Toscano: “Hay un colapso simbólico del supremacismo occidental en su forma liberal”. Tuve la suerte de tener esta conversación sobre nuestro tiempo con el autor de un gran ensayo acerca de la nueva extrema derecha. Fotos de @aminguito.bsky.social www.elsaltodiario.com/pensamiento/...

“[A] blueprint for mass deportation, marketed as development.” theguardian.com/world/2025/s... proteanmag.com/2025/02/27/s...

Our Long Arc of Fascism Teach-In with @ccms-sfu.bsky.social in April brought people together to workshop how best to be engaged and move forward. Recordings from the sessions now up on our YouTube channel - highlights from this wonderful day of action here: youtu.be/JGYSvNEMKj4?...

PALANTIR, O BRAÇO DIGITAL DO FASCISMO TARDIO Corporação do bilionário Peter Thiel multiplica seu capital fornecendo a Washington e Tel Aviv sistemas que identificam quem deportar ou matar. Seus anúncios pregam o supremacismo do Ocidente. Sua proximidade com Trump assegura contratos e imunidade

I will be teaching this online course in September at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

Palantir Technologies, fondée par Peter Thiel, conçoit l’infrastructure de la répression, et nous explique pourquoi dans ses campagnes de publicité. Le philosophe Alberto Toscano analyse à partir de ce cas les noces de la Big Tech, de l’extrême droite et de l'état. www.contretemps.eu/palantir-tec...

"While any recognition of Palestinian suffering may seem like a victory, it’s a mistake to see these recent statements as evidence of a pivot towards finally confronting Israel’s war against the Palestinian people — let alone doing something about it." New from @alfatau.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com

As Western governments crack down on Palestine solidarity and shield Israel from accountability, the so-called “liberal international order” has stopped even pretending to seek consent. @alfatau.bsky.social breaks it down: 🔗 inthesetimes.com/article/pale...

In a topsy-turvy world where Afrikaners are “refugees” and civil rights are for white men, every accusation is a confession. @alfatau.bsky.social dives into the disinformation, myths and conspiracy theories surrounding the politics of white grievance. inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

I will be teaching this online course in September at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

J'ai huit ans (1961) youtu.be/6f-cgzPoaxw?... via @YouTube "At the children’s house in Tunis, Fanon asked the refugees to work through their experiences, in writing, speech, or drawing. Paper and crayons were distributed to the children refugees." scalar.usc.edu/nehvectors/m...

Franco Fortini, "Bring Back Fanon" (1992) salvage.zone/bring-back-f...

"MAGA’s obsession w/ reverse racism is the glue binding together its assault on universities, its border fascism, its complicity w/ Israel’s genocide & its effort to dismantle any trace of the New Deal or Civil Rights Movement from federal & state institutions" @alfatau.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com

L’entreprise Palantir Technologies conçoit l’infrastructure de la répression. Théoricien du fascisme tardif, le philosophe Alberto Toscano analyse à partir de ce cas les noces de la Big Tech et de l’extrême droite nationaliste 👇 www.contretemps.eu/palantir-tec...

Looking forward to having my contribution to a forum on Alberto Toscano's Late Fascism in the journal Studies in Political Economy available soon. Here's a link to prepublication version: www.academia.edu/130500526/_L...

These days, it seems as if the ‘liberal international order’ can’t even be bothered to manufacture consent, resorting instead to censorship, legislative overreach and police repression. @alfatau.bsky.social on the latest crackdowns on Palestine solidarity: inthesetimes.com/article/pale...

“These days, it seems as if the ‘liberal international order’ can’t even be bothered to manufacture consent, resorting instead to censorship, legislative overreach and, increasingly, police repression.” @alfatau.bsky.social on the latest crackdowns on Palestine solidarity @inthesetimes.com.

Trump's detention plans depend on ICE leasing (or buying) cages from states or counties. We need to monkeywrench those processes and destroy those cages -- or as @silkys13.bsky.social puts it, "Unbuild Walls" www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2213-u...

A great help in working out how best to stop them in your county is this great collection, The Jail is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration:: www.versobooks.com/products/303...

Thank you @hkohpeiss.bsky.social, @alfatau.bsky.social, Bafta Sarbo, Lama el Khatib, and Quinn Slobodian for a great discussion of (late) Fascism last week! Alberto‘s Toscano’s „Spätfaschismus“ is available with Unrast Verlag: unrast-verlag.de/produkt/spae... @unrastverlag.bsky.social