A.J.A. Woods
@ajawoods.bsky.social
they/them. once described as a "prominent Marxist loonbag." Book: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3239-the-cultural-marxism-conspiracy Website: https://ajawoods.wordpress.com/ Trot psycho: @anticapresistance.bsky.social
They tell you not to look during the eclipse because they want to keep it secret but I looked yesterday and the moon was pulling this exact face
Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social · yesterdayThe moon doing his #solareclipse thing, looking slighty pissed to be honest on this Dutch broadside from 1654...
‼️On Today's @msignorile.bsky.social Show‼️ @owillis.bsky.social of @dailykos.com Author A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social US Senate Candidate Dr. Annie Andrews (D-SC) @drannieandrews.com 🔊Listen here: Signorile.com 📞Join the Conversation: (866) 997-4748
Where did the far-right get the idea Britain was existentially imperilled and so should fortify itself as a white Christian ethnostate? Who embedded such notions in their head? Who emboldened them so? Truly, it is a mystery.
HK@hkesvani.bsky.social · 2d agoBritish columnists love getting everything they wanted and still moaning about it
New episode! We take on JD Vance’s COMMUNION with the nation’s premier JD Vance hater, @jamellebouie.net: pod.link/1696774612/e...
Episode 148 -- JD Vance's Communion with Jamelle Bouie
Listen to Episode 148 -- JD Vance's Communion with Jamelle Bouie from In Bed With The Right wherever you get your podcasts!
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Activists have shut down arms manufacturer L3Harris in Brighton this morning.
Half the Answer #97: Why does the right keep talking about a handful of critical theorists from the 1960s? Did Theodor Adorno really have something to do with the release of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"? Caitlin and Trent talk to A. J. A. Woods, author of "The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy."
Was Cultural Marxism Responsible for the Beatles? (Half the Answer #97, with A. J. A. Woods)
Why does the right keep talking about a handful of critical theorists from the 1960s?
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For all you writers out there: a list of sixteen writing tips, culled from long experience of trying get unruly words down onto the page. Originally posted on social media, recently republished in the *Pittsburgh Review of Books (@pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social). pghrev.com/sixteen-writ...
Sixteen Writing Tips from Marcus Rediker - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Editor's Note: Acclaimed writer and Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh Marcus Rediker has long informally circulated
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Speaking with Austin Tannenbaum, @ajawoods.bsky.social , author of The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, explores how a once-fringe far-right belief became a “political weapon” for conservatives like Ted Cruz. @versobooks.bsky.social publicseminar.org/2026/07/the-...
The Cultural Marxism Bogeyman - Public Seminar
Austin Tannenbaum interviews author A. J. A. Woods about their new book, The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, and critical theory in culture wars.
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The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye
The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye
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If you haven't faked your own death threats bc of cast drama, are you actually a theater kid
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · last wk.in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
If you can’t think of anything nice to say, I believe there’s a vacancy at The Spectator.
Charlie Kaufman is reportedly adapting Susan Orlean’s critique of Emily Wilson’s critique of Christopher Nolan
Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 2w agoSUSAN ORLEAN HAS JOINED THE ENEMY IN THE ODYSSEY WARS
I hope when his columnist pals eulogise about his greatest hits they remember to include all his "you know what's brilliant? Noncing" work
Paul Haine@paulhaine.bsky.social · last wk.He also wrote this 23 years ago and somehow his career remained unaffected www.theguardian.com/society/2003...
imagine taking someone to a Horsegirl gig, but they think that’s it’s going to be a horsegiirL show
For a good historical recap of the roots of this US right wing conspiracy pleas read this #recommended article (thx to AR for sharing): communemag.com/the-american...
The American Roots of a Right-Wing Conspiracy | Commune
White-supremacist fearmongering about “cultural Marxism” continues to inspire violent attacks, from Norway to New Zealand. But the origins of the theory are American through and through.
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A real question: were classicists acting this insane about O Brother, Where Art Thou when it came out
I have an article about the 'cultural Marxism' conspiracy theory in the latest ABR. www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
James Ley reviews ‘The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the right blames the Frankfurt school for the decline of the West’ by A.J.A. Woods
Anyone who has even a passing familiarity with the ideas of Theodor Adorno will know he was an antagonist of what he called the ‘culture industry’. In Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947), co-written wit...
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My review of @ajawoods.bsky.social’s sharp book on the ‘cultural Marxism’ conspiracy theory has been translated into Portuguese at the Brazilian website Carbono.
Carbono@carbonoufrgs.bsky.social · 2w agoO Marxismo Cultural é apresentado como uma conspiração de esquerda por parte da extrema direita. Mas isso tem fundamento? @ubupamplemousse.bsky.social, na sua resenha sobre o livro de A.J.A. Woods, lança luz sobre como a ideia é uma reação da direita aos anos 60. Leia👇 www.ufrgs.br/carbono/2026...
Hard to find a stronger example of “fascists hate the actually existing glory of the countries they pretend to love” than “Mussolini fucked with pasta.”
Olivia Hill@machineiv.bsky.social · 3w agoToday is July 25th, often celebrated as the fall of Italian fascism. Mussolini passed draconian controls over pasta production which he considered decadent and overly reliant on foreign grain. Today, we celebrate his fall with a simple, defiant partisan dish: 1) Pasta 2) Creamy butter 3) Parmesan
a really great review of The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy in @thenation.com ! www.thenation.com/article/cult...
What’s So Scary About the Frankfurt School?
In “The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy,” A.J.A. Woods looks at how the Frankfurt scholars became the latest bogeymen for the contemporary right.
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And people say I am no fun at parties! @quinnslobodian.com, @ajawoods.bsky.social , @roopikarisam.bsky.social
oh yeah, go out clubbing in any northern town & all anyone is talking about is matt goodwin
My book WHAT TECH CALLS GOVERNING will be released on August 18! It is now available for pre-order! bookshop.org/p/books/what...
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
