Please join Andrew Hartman and me for Friday, April 3's Newberry Library Capitalism Seminar! 3pm CT. Anthony Stamilio will be sharing his work on the business of theater and celebrity in Chicago. Use the link for the paper and Zoom info. www.newberry.org/calendar/ant...

Buy Andrew's book "Karl Marx in America": bookshop.org/p/books/karl...

Marx Prestige, Episode 1: The Civil War and American Capitalism w/ @andrewhartman.bsky.social No regular episode today, but we have premiered the first episode of our "Marx Prestige" series on the public feed (and the first two episodes on the paid subscriber feed)! Link in the replies!

BREAKING: Israel's Knesset has passed a law to execute Palestinian detainees. Death by hanging. Mandatory sentencing. No pardon. 90 days to carry out. It applies through military courts with a 96% conviction rate. It does not apply to Israelis.

#NoKings, but lots of badass public scholars in my 269th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

James Livingston and I went on Daniel Oppenheimer's podcast, Eminent Americans, in an attempt to convince him, in our very different styles, of the merits of Marxism. danieloppenheimer.substack.com/p/i-get-scho...

I review Caroline Jack's "Business as Usual: How Sponsored Media Sold American Capitalism in the Twentieth Century" for @susih.bsky.social. s-usih.org/2026/03/andr...

James Livingston and I went on Daniel Oppenheimer's podcast, Eminent Americans, in an attempt to convince him, in our very different styles, of the merits of Marxism. danieloppenheimer.substack.com/p/i-get-scho...

The American Prestige podcast is releasing a six-episode series dedicated to Karl Marx in America. pocketcasts.com/podcast/amer...

The American Prestige podcast is releasing a six-episode series dedicated to Karl Marx in America. pocketcasts.com/podcast/amer...

"Marx’s lifelong study of the American contest over slavery provided an essential fourth pillar of his intellectual biography."

This Thursday evening I'm giving a lecture at Lewis University in the southwest Chicago Suburbs, if anyone in the area is interested in hearing what I have to say about the culture wars ca. 2026.

I review Caroline Jack's "Business as Usual: How Sponsored Media Sold American Capitalism in the Twentieth Century" for @susih.bsky.social. s-usih.org/2026/03/andr...

So happy about this great review of THE WESTERNERS in @publisherswkly.bsky.social ! Thank you! @scribnerbooks.bsky.social

Blueskis, in the midst of all The Crazy, there was An Unboxing! Were the kittehhhhs impressed? Watch and see.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

"Marx’s lifelong study of the American contest over slavery provided an essential fourth pillar of his intellectual biography."

Friedrich Engels published a scathing condemnation of English capitalism, “The Condition of the Working Class in England” on this day in 1845. In it, he accused the bosses of carrying out “social murder” against workers and the poor.

"The book’s second major claim is that Karl Marx has appealed to Americans across three centuries because his philosophy of freedom speaks to fundamental human needs about which the U.S. Constitution is silent..."

"The book’s second major claim is that Karl Marx has appealed to Americans across three centuries because his philosophy of freedom speaks to fundamental human needs about which the U.S. Constitution is silent..."

Excited about this review by Kelly Swope I edited for Marginalia. He looks at two books: Matthew Stewart's An Emancipation of the Mind and @andrewhartman.bsky.social Marx in America - using Du Bouis's bio of John Brown as a way in. Brilliant writing. www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/the-ger...

2026 Book Thread! 1. Karl Marx in America - Andrew Hartman. Fantastic, sprawling history of Marx's reception in the US. Really valuable for libs and other non-Marxists bc it presents the ideas in easy language. Shows Marx's deep connection to America & the wide diversity of Marx-ish thought.

Embarrassing that it's March and I'm only now starting the 2026 book thread. I've read a bunch but finished nothing. Anyway, I highly recommend @andrewhartman.bsky.social's book. It's worth reading just for the first chapter, on Marx and the Civil War, and the influence of the Forty-Eighters.

Recommended books/articles on the history of US empire and especially US anti-imperialism? Thanks.

Recommended books/articles on the history of US empire and especially US anti-imperialism? Thanks.

FYI. Great conference, great location, great people. I'll be working up a submission. @susih.bsky.social s-usih.org/2026/02/s-us...

Anyone interested in a panel on psychoanalysis and history? something that approaches psychoanalysis as method/theory and not only object of inquiry (the more common approach of the many recent and very good intellectual histories of psychoanalysis)

The 2026 S-USIH Annual Conference will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, on November 12-14, 2026, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The theme is “Intellectual Historians’ Toolkits: Methods, Theories, Practices.” Check out the CFP. s-usih.org/2026/02/s-us...

The 2026 S-USIH Annual Conference will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, on November 12-14, 2026, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The theme is “Intellectual Historians’ Toolkits: Methods, Theories, Practices.” Check out the CFP. s-usih.org/2026/02/s-us...

The Democratic Party desperately needs better leadership. This is pathetic.

Not sure anybody has taught more people how to read Marx than David Harvey.

David Harvey has a new book on Marx's reading of capitalism. A new addition to what I describe as the fourth Marx boom in the long US history of Marx reception!

New York City friends, I'm doing a book event at the New School on Monday, March 9, 6:00PM. Would love to see you there. event.newschool.edu/andrewhartma...

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

I will be interviewing @andrewhartman.bsky.social about his new book MARX IN AMERICA @thenewschool.bsky.social on March 9! Free and open to the public - reg link below!

New York City friends, I'm doing a book event at the New School on Monday, March 9, 6:00PM. Would love to see you there. event.newschool.edu/andrewhartma...

Bring back the Boondocks.

Advertising trade magazine, 1919.

In case anyone needs reminding* the US is an imperialist nation. * See Venezuela and Cuba.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Karl Marx in America, by @andrewhartman.bsky.social, and a biography of José Martí, as well as Martí's selected works.

ICE murders another person. The administration unequivocally defends the murderers, smears the victim. MAGA bootlickers agree that the victim deserved to die. Brutal cycle. This only stops if we all submit like slaves (not gonna happen) or organize until ICE is abolished.

Join me and @etshermer.bsky.social for today's @newberrylibrary.bsky.social seminar on the history of capitalism. We will discuss Pamela Nogales's paper, "'This Reform Must Commence with the Laboring Classes’: Demands for the Shorter Working Day." 3:00 CST on zoom. www.newberry.org/calendar/pam...

spike lee's greatest work isn't Do The Right Thing or When The Levees Broke, it's his casting of Michael Rapaport in Bamboozled to play a character that is exactly who Michael Rapaport actually is, without Michael Rapaport realizing it

@andrewhartman.bsky.social and I hope you'll Zoom with us for the next Newberry Capitalism seminar!, Friday, Jan 23, 3pm CT. Pamela C. Nogales C. will share new work on social reform and unemployment -- comment from Toby Higbie. www.newberry.org/calendar/pam...

Worth every second

“Americans are thinking about [Karl] Marx to a degree not matched since the 1960s, or perhaps even the 1930s.” Episode 131 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home podcast is here. Join us for a discussion of Hartman’s new book, *Karl Marx in America*. thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/01/14/e...

This was a fantastic conversation.