Seminar on Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism (2026) and Slobodian’s Hayek’s Bastards (2025). June 2 at 9am (Sydney time). Discussion by Henry Maher, Melinda Cooper and Brendon O’Connor; followed by Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff. Zoom link: uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/85780579138

Ein sehr interessantes Interview mit @theobourgeron.bsky.social (ALT-FINANCE). Ganz ähnliche Überlegungen wie in OBEN RECHTS @lhaffert.bsky.social @tbiebricher.bsky.social @melindacooper.bsky.social @moiraweigel.bsky.social www.tni.org/en/article/f...

In der @woz.ch bespricht heute auch @raulzelik.bsky.social den Band OBEN RECHTS @suhrkamp.de @lhaffert.bsky.social @tbiebricher.bsky.social @melindacooper.bsky.social @moiraweigel.bsky.social www.woz.ch/2620/sachbuc...

By my quick in the lockup calculation- the cut to the NDIS was roughly 10% in real terms. Absolutely brutal.

Building a Bridge to Bolsonarism: Construction Entrepreneurs and the Shaping of the Consolidation State in Brazil Hugo Fanton Ribeiro da Silva doi.org/10.1177/0094...

DOSSIER [Eng] This week, download the PDF dossier accompanying our interview with Melinda Cooper @melindacooper.bsky.social, a Professor in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University.

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

You can now buy signed copies of “The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy” from the @resident-music.com in Brighton, England if you order online! www.resident-music.com/product/wood...

Einen etwas längeren Auszug aus ihrem Beitrag gibt es derzeit als nachträglichen Vorabdruck im Neuen Deutschland: www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1199...

Economics can either enable the slide toward fascism, or defend affordability, dignity, and democracy. I wrote ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS with my baby by my side—a constant reminder that the future should be livable for all. Out in October with Random House.

detailed account of racist NSW police violence against people who comprehend that it is wrong to be feting the Israeli president as Israelis incinerate people across the region they occupy - and what you can do >> www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-pol...

University council stacked with consultants: ‘I believe that there's an intended infiltration of our governing boards by consultancy firms. It's all the mates looking after each other and seeing these consultancy costs balloon right across the…sector’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

john waters at a No Kings rally in Provincetown (not my pic, Peter Toto, x)

This has been a LONG time in works: my paper on how dollar hegemony is a form of international law-making power. It includes a long methodological/theoretical section on why strong versions of the 'law constitutes political economy' aren't convincing papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Last Thursday I was anxiously watching the petrol prices go up in Morisset as I was preparing to take my stepson to his Employment Plus appointment - that they cancelled just before we were about to leave.

REVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATISM. Our conversation with Melinda Cooper @melindacooper.bsky.social, professor in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University is now available in podcast on your favourite platforms.

Join Equator next week for an online conversation between Quinn Slobodian and Melinda Cooper about her essay on the Epstein Files and the psychology of billionaire patriarchs. Free — 7pm Thursday night Eastern Time / 11am Friday morning Canberra Time: www.eventbrite.com/e/epstein-fa...

& friend of Rosa, Liz Humphrys says: "Essential reading for scholars, activists and the outraged, and for those who want to think more deeply about the chasm between legal notions of right and wrong and whose interests they serve."

"...Gawne and Southall have an uncanny ability to connect the dots between personal and regional histories from below and capitalist backlash on a global scale. This book will become a classic of the Australian left."

friend of Rosa, @melindacooper.bsky.social says this about Crimes of Class: "...a truly moving work of political memoir and a profound reflection on the relationship between capitalism, crime and resistance..." (con'td)

Rosa Press is very excited to announce that we will be publishing Crimes of Class by @furiousaffects.bsky.social and Nick Southall in March. A Sydney launch is planned for 3–6pm, Saturday March 28 at Frontyard Projects in Marrickville.

What does Epstein’s household economy reveal about the billionaire far-right? Melinda Cooper traces the disturbing logic connecting primal patriarchy, transhumanism, and the rule of masters over servants. www.equator.org/articles/eps...

Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined

Yes!!

Materialist Feminist Analyses of Fascist Capitalism International Workshop Friday, 13 February 2026 Renate von Metzler-Saal (Cas. 1.801), Goethe-University Frankfurt With Melinda Cooper, Penelope Deutscher, Clara Mattei, Vanessa E. Thompson, Vanessa Wills Please register by February 6!

Union calls for end to tax breaks that make Australian housing ‘a vehicle for hoarding wealth’ The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) wants the capital gains discount phased out for investment properties and negative gearing effectively abolished. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The richest 10% of Australian households get more money from the capital gains tax discount than the government spends on Jobseeker, the childcare subsidy, government schools or higher education - nearly $4.5bn more than it would cost to include dental in Medicare.

Happy to share that my next book 'The Fiscal Fed' will be published by University of Chicago Press in Fall 2026! Cover design pending: happy to share this beautiful poster from the Harvard Law and Political Economy Project (2023).

proof(s)!

Queensland appointed two Catholic strategists to Ed board, replacing union. Classic 2020s US Right politics, working through the back door to crush public education’s independence & strength. One of them: also culture warrior Advance & Classical Christian Ed. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2024/06...

I have a book cover!

Saiu publicado na Economy and Society @econsocjournal.bsky.social o artigo que escrevi com Guilherme Casarões (@casaroes.bsky.social), Letícia Cesarino (@letcesar.bsky.social) e Mariana Côrtes, intitulado "Occult enemies of the market order". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I spoke to Graeme Turner about his book on the crisis in Australian universities, Broken www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

I wrote about the politics of immigration (non)enforcement for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/wag...

📹 Verónica Gago @veronicagago.bsky.social, intellectuelle et figure majeure du féminisme latino-américain, analyse l’Argentine de Milei comme un laboratoire du néolibéralisme mutant. Face à lui, elle mise sur la potencia feminista : le désir de tout changer. Entretien en ligne 👉 buff.ly/SMQHjdw

Powerful statement from Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social in response to vote against Pocock’s ANU OPDs. Faruqi called Labour and Coalition Senators out on “running a protection racket for the executive of the ANU” ✊

ACT Labor Senator Katy Gallagher working hand in hand with Coalition senators to prevent transparency and scrutiny of ANU’s executive and its opaque budgeting. As Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social said in the chamber today, this is "absolutely shameful.” www.canberratimes.com.au/story/904934...

The student consumer model bites back... www.afr.com/work-and-car...

Australian National University Chancellor Julie Bishop and Vice-Chancellor Genevieve Bell are still standing – not because the storms battering Australia’s premier research institution have eased, but because no one in power wants to force a change. satpa.pe/r47ZfuC

The Albanese government, more than university managers, should be getting the blame for this. Happy to write off $20 billion in student debt because it doesn't appear in the budget deficit, but ripping off current student with high fees and service cuts. #JobReadyGraduates

Could someone - anyone - explain why @jasonclaremp.bsky.social hasn't intervened already? www.canberratimes.com.au/story/904099...

While Nous funnels public money to friends, family and associates, Jason Clare reflects on the future of higher education, courtesy of Nous. live.afr.com/higher-educa...

Its surprising how universities are now being treated as personal assets, while they are public properties. This is not only ANU ... I see similar patterns everywhere.

Save the date! MASS RALLY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING When: Saturday August 2nd, 11 AM Where: State Library of Victoria More details here: rahu.org.au/public-housi... www.eventbrite.com.au/e/hands-off-... #rahu #publichousing #costofliving #auspol #vicpol #union

Melinda Cooper [FR👇] Revolutionary Conservatism by @melindacooper.bsky.social #Trump : Real estate developer becomes president of the United States 🔍 Timeline to be discovered online 👉 www.diagrammes.fr/en/program/v...