“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis

#WolffBites: American capitalism 2025: the already obscenely rich get even richer by shifting income and wealth from the rest of an overcharged and underpaid people. It's how capitalism works. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Hope you made the first of our series this past Monday: our panelists inspired us with their brilliance and their courage. Register now for the next in the series and please share!

China Just REJECTED Trump’s ‘Surrender Plan’ open.substack.com/pub/democrac... @profwolff.bsky.social

What is Socialism? Part 3: The 4 Waves of Socialism open.substack.com/pub/democrac... @profwolff.bsky.social

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.

#WolffBites: US poll of college students shows that 67% view socialism as either positive or neutral, while only 40% feel that way about capitalism. Capitalism's performance produces the yearning for something better. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Starting TODAY!

FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation "The Business of Poverty: How the System Profits from Homelessness" Clara Mattei, Rob Robinson www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZcv...

Great discussion with @profwolff.bsky.social @stevemaherecon.bsky.social & Clara Mattei @freefreeforum.bsky.social !

TODAY! All-new episode of #EconomicUpdate with @profwolff.bsky.social and Balakrishnan Rajagopal on "The Global #Housing #Crisis: Rights and Realities" @democracyatwork.bsky.social at 4:30 PM EST here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j010...

This Friday! 8 pm EST. CAHE's Andy Hines with Davarian Baldwin and Vineeta Singh. Thank you for this @debtcollective.bsky.social! Appreciated and needed. debtcollective.org/event/univer...

Check out this upcoming book talk "Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black #Radicalism" with Brian Kwoba on his new book from @uncpress.bsky.social #history #politics #educate #agitate #organize @democracyatwork.bsky.social RSVP here: marxedproject.org/event/kwoba-...

Check out these upcoming film screenings! #Palestine #Cinema #History #Film @johnjayeconomics.bsky.social

Starting Tomorrow!

Check out these upcoming film screenings! #Palestine #Cinema #History #Film @johnjayeconomics.bsky.social

Today at 2pm EST!

Does language determine reality? Dr. Paul Frommer, the linguist behind the "Avatar" sci-fi language, spoke with Back Seat Socialism. Bookmark the link below and click to watch it premiere on Sunday at 11 AM Eastern! @democracyatwork.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVFD...

My favorite Halloween tradition is writing a spooky history essay for @proteanmag.com, and 2025’s is a good one. This time, we’re heading back to the graveyard. Bring a shovel. proteanmag.com/2025/10/31/r...

#WolffBites: Mississippi police officers arrested for drug trafficking. No risk of death penalty if convicted. US military executed over 60 people in South American boats over recent weeks, called them "drug traffickers." Trump team cheers. www.newsnationnow.com/crime/missis...

TOMORROW! Book talk! "Victor Serge: Unruly #Revolutionary" with Mitch Abidor based on the new book from @plutopress.bsky.social #educate #agitate #organize #history #theory #philosophy #politics RSVP here: marxedproject.org/event/serge-...

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

Café, nonprofit, and public and private sector workers are on the move—refusing current regimes of work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, speaking about their working lives and demanding workplace democracy. Join @americanwork47.bsky.social and @OvetzRobert in the Bay Area in December.

STARTING MONDAY! Check out this upcoming reading group "Popular #Cultures and #Antifascist Care" on Jack Z. Bratich's recent book "On #Microfascism: #Gender, #War, and Death" from @commonnotions.bsky.social register here: radicalimagination.info/Popular-Cult...

Reminder! You only have a few days left to register (and write your papers) for the HM London Conference. Do it now!

#WolffBites: Yes, so far US businesses either pay Trump's tariffs or pass them on in higher prices for consumers. But remember, before his tariffs, Trump extended earlier tax cuts for corporations and the rich plus added new ones. US consumers got no offsetting tax cuts. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

#WolffBites: 57 people killed in boats on open seas in recent months. US Chief Executive has taken on the extra job of Chief Executioner. No evidence, lawyers, juries, or judges....just straight to execution. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tour 2025! Offering workshops and public talks on workers' inquiry, The American Worker pamphlet, CLR James, and the contemporary labor movement in the US this November to be held in London, Edinburgh, Dublin and Belfast. Tell all your friends: www.readingstruggles.info/post/london-...

Check out this upcoming book talk "Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black #Radicalism" with Brian Kwoba on his new book from @uncpress.bsky.social #history #politics #educate #agitate #organize @democracyatwork.bsky.social RSVP here: marxedproject.org/event/kwoba-...

More information on today's all-new #EconomicUpdate with @profwolff.bsky.social @abolisheconomics.bsky.social @bbiunion.bsky.social below! #educate #agitate #organize #workerpower #unionstrong #democracyatwork #workersunite #labor

Only one hour to go. Can't wait to listen to my comrades @abolisheconomics.bsky.social and Alex Pyne from Blue Bottle Independent Union talk about workers inquiry on #EconomicUpdate!

Americans are falling behind on their bills at rates not seen in years. Credit card debt quietly crossed the $1 trillion mark in 2023. Buy Now Pay Later services are a rising threat. Nearly 1-in-5 Americans are in crushing medical debt. This is an economic crisis. newrepublic.com/article/2011...

Later today!

#WolffBites: "Delusion"

Curious about how to support the Blue Bottle Independent Union?? Here are a few ways (🧵)

Tomorrow's #EconomicUpdate w/ @profwolff.bsky.social "#Union Organizing In Today's U.S." features @abolisheconomics.bsky.social & Alex Pyne from @bbiunion.bsky.social ! @democracyatwork.bsky.social #democracyatwork #labor #workersinquiry Watch it here: tinyurl.com/hwu8s3jf

🇵🇸Tomorrow!🇵🇸 5:30 - 7:30 EST/2:30 - 4:30 PST. Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Don't miss tomorrow's all-new episode of #EconomicUpdate with @profwolff.bsky.social and Balakrishnan Rajagopal on "The Global #Housing #Crisis: Rights and Realities" here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j010... @democracyatwork.bsky.social

TOMORROW!

BADA BOOM! The HM London Conference programme is now online! Online registrations close Tuesday 4 November at midnight GMT!

#WolffBites: A president stretches the law to enhance powers that include killing. It is a desperate gesture trying to offset the decline of the empire and its "rules-based international order." All previous empires declined despite such gestures. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Live Now! @franceskalbs.bsky.social “Our #freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9w9...

AI’s Grand Circus: We inflate markets, deflate possibility, and call it progress. open.substack.com/pub/democrac... via @democracyatwork.bsky.social

Excited for this event on Policing and Counterinsurgency ft @chenjerai.bsky.social, @stschrader1.bsky.social, & @cheatherton.bsky.social next Thursday at NYU! Info & RSVP here: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

Check out this upcoming reading group "Popular #Cultures and Antifascist Care" on Jack Z. Bratich's recent book "On #Microfascism: #Gender, #War, and Death" from @commonnotions.bsky.social register here: radicalimagination.info/Popular-Cult...

"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...

All-new #DialecticAtWorkout today with @shahramazhar.bsky.social and @profwolff.bsky.social on "#Keynesian vs #Marxian #Economics" Watch it now here: youtube.com/watch?v=Qb4-...

What Is Socialism? Part 2 open.substack.com/pub/democrac... @profwolff.bsky.social

🇵🇸First in our upcoming series, co-sponsored by @JVP and AAUP/AFT Local 6741. Organized and moderated by our own Karim Mattar and the Palestine Caucus of CAHE.🇵🇸