I wrote about protests in Albania, Europe, development traps, oligarchic capture, and, well, hope. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Fees that don’t meet ever rising costs; significant falls in the number of international students; sudden drops or worrying fluctuations in the size of the intake in some subjects: these are the stuff of nightmares.’ Stefan Collini on what’s wrong with UK universities www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

IN NEW ISSUE: The green transition as both an analytical & a political concept - @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social explores the intentions to which it responds, the assumptions with it & if these are well founded: buff.ly/UaPjduB (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci #polsky

'Democratising the Future' - very pleased to be giving the Schuman lecture in Maastricht this evening: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/democ... @lse-ei.bsky.social @nieuwezijds.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social

'Democratising the Future' - very pleased to be giving the Schuman lecture in Maastricht this evening: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/democ... @lse-ei.bsky.social @nieuwezijds.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social

Do we need the category of constituent power to evaluate contemporary conflicts about political legitimacy? Roundtable at LSE, 12 May, 6.30-8.00pm with @efieldingd.bsky.social, Oliver Garner, Martin Loughlin, Carmen Pavel, @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social, Michael Wilkinson www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

The green transition as both an analytical & a political concept - @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social explores the intentions to which it responds, the assumptions with it & if these are well founded: buff.ly/zH2lq1V (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

NEW BOOK! I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line academic.oup.com/book/62279

For anyone who ever claimed that the Gaza Health Ministry death toll in Gaza could not be trusted - today the IDF acknowledged it agrees with their numbers. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

To celebrate my appointment as the Ralph Miliband Professor of Politics & Philosophy at LSE Law School & the School of Public Policy, I'll give an inaugural lecture entitled “Are Revolutions Justified?”. Registration required - look forward to seeing many of you! ❤️ lselaw.events/event/are-re...

The green transition as both an analytical & a political concept - @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social explores the intentions to which it responds, the assumptions with it & if these are well founded: buff.ly/V6gjKEk (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Merry Christmas from Rosa, @ppfideas.bsky.social team & me 😍! In the latest episode of the podcast, David & I discuss von Trotta's film "Rosa Luxemburg" & the life and politics of “the most brilliant intellect of all the scientific heirs of Marx and Engels Marx and Engels", as Franz Mehring put it.

Out in spring from @bentarnoff.com & I www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Very nice to see 'In the Long Run' on this list ...

One of my favourite things this year was recording this episode of BBC Radio 3 Private Passions with Michael Berkeley where we talked about my favourite music from Limoz Dizdari to Hans Eisler’s Solidaritätslied via Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and more. Out now www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The “energy transition” has started to sound a little like “late capitalism” newrepublic.com/article/2008...

#ACFM examines the Future. @jemgilbert.bsky.social, Nadia Idle, and I ask, did young people always worry so much about their futures? Has the currency of emergency been devalued? Does conservatism have an idea of the future? With music from LTJ Bukem and FKA twigs. novaramedia.com/2025/09/21/w...

More than a quarter of a million people displaced from Gaza City in past month, UN figures show

My weekend essay for @financialtimes.com on grandmothers from lost worlds, dignity and surveillance (then and now)…

Lea's best book yet - and it's out today! www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930...

Dear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left! www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...

The content of my thoughts is now an object in the world!!! Thank you, thank you to everyone who supported the research or supported the writing or supported me & the research & the writing - I am so grateful and happy and can’t wait to celebrate with you all when it’s released on 4th September 😍😍🐥!

Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?

As Jonathan White argues, politics obsessed with numbers has shrunk our sense of the future. Art can spark collective imagination and a deeper purpose beyond economic metrics. Read my conversation with @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social here: www.culturepolicyroom.eu/insights/tod...

‘The Crisis of Long-Termism: Time and Independence in the European Union’ – my new article with Antoine Vauchez www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social

‘The Crisis of Long-Termism: Time and Independence in the European Union’ – my new article with Antoine Vauchez www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social

How on earth can the UK sanction two Israeli ministers yet — at the very same time — continue supplying weapons to the very government they serve? The UK’s position is becoming more absurd by the day. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

It has been a while since I enjoyed a book in political theory this much. @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social's "In the Long Run" is beautifully written, insightful, and full of fresh thinking on political change, imagination, and ideology - all through the lens of the future. Go read it.

My new article in Political Studies: ‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

Our attempt to make sense of Trump II, sans sane-washing. Big thanks to @andrewelrod.bsky.social and Maya Adereth whose editing made the piece much, much better.

My new article in Political Studies: ‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

This is such a great book. Highly recommended! 👏👏👏 @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social

Today, the Independent Alliance delivered media handbooks to mainstream press outlets, suggesting basic ways they could hold the Prime Minister to account over Gaza. You can read the full handbook here: linktr.ee/jeremycorbyn

Coming up at the Institute on Wednesday next week: @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social will give a lecture on “The Future as a Democratic Resource”. @lse-ei.bsky.social www.mpifg.de/events/40297...

‘The demand is that to be safe from persecution, you must pluck out your eyes. Instead of ejecting Gaza from domestic politics, Israel’s allies have brought the war home.’ This week’s column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

1) INDIGNITY has a cover! We are still on the theme of nature and freedom but this time with canaries - one of the one hundred that feature prominently in the book. Full info (about the book, not the canaries yet) in the link below 😜🌹🐥 www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930...

The pitfalls of instant messaging as a tool of government ...

The pitfalls of instant messaging as a tool of government ...

New publication - 'The Future as a Democratic Resource', online now at Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153... @poppublicsphere.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social

This paper made a lot of things click for me. Ambitious visions of the future are essential for the left: they “put the present in critical perspective, aid in the formation of a collective agent, and consolidate commitment in adversity.” Anyone trying to think constructively about politics, read!

New publication - 'The Future as a Democratic Resource', online now at Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153... @poppublicsphere.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social

4 years, 5 countries, 6 languages, 8 archives,thousands of pages later, bound proofs of INDIGNITY have landed on my (or, rather, Beatrice Webb’s) desk at LSE! Publishing @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social in the UK in Sept +🇦🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇸🇸🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰🇳🇱🇮🇹🇸🇮🇧🇷 + more. So excited (and terrified) to share with you all ❤️🧿!

Great Novara interview with @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social with interesting reflection re. how we might be moving beyond Fisher's 'capitalist realism' cycle (for worse or better): youtube.com/watch?v=At2G...

Utterly shocking letter to Columbia, both for its content and the unvarnished authoritarian aggression. Clearly the Trump admin is firmly committed to the goal of destroying elite US academia. Even if competitive elections take place in 2028: Four years are plenty of time to achieve that goal. 1/3

Nice to discuss the politics of the future on @novaramedia.com with Aaron Bastani www.youtube.com/watch?v=At2G...

Nice to discuss the politics of the future on @novaramedia.com with Aaron Bastani www.youtube.com/watch?v=At2G...

How Trump and the new right came to ‘own’ the future – while apparently exploiting the past | Jonathan White

Neat analysis of our 'age of far-right futurism' ...

A piece I wrote for the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Exactly so! The contemporary political problem in a nutshell: ”Far-right ideas of breakdown and disruption prosper when the left gives up on more demanding visions of the future”. Thanks for an excellent article @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social