Looking for discussions or refs to form analytic interpretations of like the state, household etc. in non western countries (sadly this isn’t covered in Hoff’s book on global new readings of Marx)
Alex Krüger
@alexkruger.bsky.social
Impersonally dominated PhD candidate in (sports) law @ Umeå University Project: Club Law and Capitalism http://alexkruger.se/
Verso Books condemns the Labour government’s decision to ban one of our leading authors, Andreas Malm, from entering the United Kingdom. www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/a...
A statement in response to Andreas Malm being denied entry into the Un
Verso Books is shocked and disturbed by the Labour government’s decision to ban one of our leading authors, Andreas Malm, from entering the United Kingdom. Never in over 55 years of publishing has a B...
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hey pals - I wrote a review of Chris O'Kane's book on fetishistic domination - check it out! spectrejournal.com/the-personif...
The Personification of Things and The Transformation of Persons Into Things – Spectre Journal
Samuel Fisher reviews Chris O'Kane's Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre.
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This little book on working time, elder care and split shifts is going to print today! Out in a month or so
‘Fred exhibits an almost dizzying capacity to rethink form as content and content as form, so that in the end, criticism becomes a “laying bare” of the “original message, the original experience beneath the distortions of the censor”.’ Toril Moi on Fredric Jameson. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Toril Moi · Fredric Jameson as Reader: Fredric the Great
Fredric Jameson seemed to me to have read absolutely everything. He was the very antithesis of the intellectual type I...
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After years of bouncing between departments and universities it has been hard to find out what I actually do, so I have made a personal homepage where I have collected my writing etc johanalfonsson.com
Johan Alfonsson
Johan Alfonsson, sociologist. Research on work, class and precarious employment.
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75 % av alla asyladvokater åtar sig inte längre uppdrag som offentligt biträde i asylärenden. 42,7 % avser att sluta åta sig migrationsuppdrag, och 41,3 procent överväger att lämna rättsområdet permanent.
Advokatsamfundet - Advokater väljer bort asyluppdrag sedan nya regler infördes
Rättssäkerheten i asylärenden hotas, enligt ny rapport från Advokatsamfundet.
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SAC säger: ”En mejeriarbetares vittnesmål om hur SAC:s migrantorganisering hjälpte till att driva in obetalda löner i Sverige.”
That's what's up. Nate is right imhro! Funnily enough I was thinking about it today, along with this, which is also absolutley worth reading: read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
The Work of Forgetting: Industrial Physicians, Medical Forms, and Industrial Violence in the Early Twentieth-Century United States | Labor | Duke University Press
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I think I've thought about this paper by @pashukanist.bsky.social at least once a month since I read it. every Marxist should read it and take it seriously, in my correct opinion. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Day 2 and the second keynote is underway: The brilliant @pashukanist.bsky.social on “Palestinian Liberation, Racialisation and the Limits of International Law”
Igår trädde den nya mottagandelagen ikraft. En vidrig lagstiftning på många sätt. Bland annat får asylsökande inte längre lämna det län där deras tilldelade asylboende ligger. Detta gäller även för barn
Nu kan man alltså DISKUTERA avsnittet, hur fett
S10E02 - Kommunistisk realism Tillsammans med Per Henriksson från teorikollektivet riff-raff ringer vi Nick Chavez, teoriker och ingenjör, för en uppföljning på vårt tidigare avsnitt om texten "Forest and Factory". Nick är aktuell med "the Black Box of Produ... 🔗 Läs på forumet
Finally getting around to reading this book. Not sure about the subsumption framework but nonetheless it feels like a book that should be central to a debate that needs to happen today newbooksnetwork.com/subsumption-...
Andres Saenz de Sicilia, "Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society" (Brill, 2024) - New Books Network
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Viktigt meddelande till allmänheten: Rojava-revolutionen är inte över. Rojava-revolutionen har aldrig handlat om att ta makten över ett territorium, utan om att politisera och organisera samhället. Att upprätta kommunala strukturer och stärka samhällets autonoma handlingsutrymme gentemot staten
I encourage everyone to check out the piece that triggered this conversation, published in the latest issue of the fantastic @htwvmag.bsky.social heatwavemag.info/magazine/iss...
How to Be Normal About Exercise; or, Why Communists Need Exercise Science | Heatwave
There is no inherent link between exercising and fighting for a better world, nor is there one in rejecting it. There is only the reality that physical fitness constitutes one of many material constra...
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Was a thrill to reflect on communist ideas about exercise and physical activity with Kyle Kubler from @htwvmag.bsky.social We also discussed Kyle's excellent work on the history of physical activity and exercise under capitalism that was previously published by Spectre & Ultra
What can Marxism tell us about exercise? Kyle Kubler joins to discuss the intersection of exercise, physical culture, and left politics. open.spotify.com/episode/6Uzy...
Turns out Marxism is necessary to understand exercise (and sport)! Great ep discussing a must read piece on exercise in the latest @htwvmag.bsky.social - available for free on the website
What can Marxism tell us about exercise? Kyle Kubler joins to discuss the intersection of exercise, physical culture, and left politics. open.spotify.com/episode/6Uzy...
BIG NEWS 💥 We are excited and proud to announce the first keynote for our upcoming 11th conference: ROBERT KNOX (@pashukanist.bsky.social). Rob will be delivering a keynote talk titled 'Palestinian Liberation, Racialisation and the Limits of International Law'.
I senaste numret av Röda rummet behandlas min bok i ett boksymposium. Mycket kloka kommentarer av Magnus Granberg, Kristin Linderoth, Lars Henriksson och Pontus Blume @pntsns.bsky.social I mitt svar utvecklar jag min klassdefinition och diskuterar arbetarklassens roll som politiskt subjekt idag
In case you missed it, Phil A. Neel has just published the final installment of his Soundtrack to Hellworld on Substack. Take a listen whilst you delve into his tome!
The Planetary Factory | Phil A. Neel | Substack
An archive, blog, and cartographic workshop examining the physical and political landscapes produced by global value chains. Click to read The Planetary Factory, by Phil A. Neel, a Substack publicatio...
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• Publisher/series: Haymarket Books — Historical Materialism book series • Cover art and design: David Mabb • Artwork: Construct 24, Morris, Medway / Rodchenko, Gas • Medium: Wallpaper and montage mounted on canvas • Year: 2006 • Reference: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2813-h...
Det palestinska ungdomslaget Rawahel från Västbanken deltar för första gången i Gothia Cup. På vägen stannade dom till i Malmö för en vänskapsmatch arrangerad av Fredsloppet Malmö.
Första gången utanför Palestina – nu är pojklaget i Rosengård
Förre lagkaptenen sköts ihjäl: ”Vill visa att ockupation inte är det normala.”
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Det finns nog inget sorgligare tecken på ensamhet än folk som skriver sina fotbollsutrop i flödet. Enda charm med sport är väl få uppleva det i grupp? Stackars satar.
You can also preorder my second book, which comes out in February www.bloomsbury.com/us/critical-...
A Critical Theory of Social Domination
A Critical Theory of Societal Domination offers a major reinterpretation of Frankfurt School Critical Theory and its relation to Marx's critique of political ec…
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Heatwave Issue 3 is coming soon! In this extra-long issue, we're bringing you analysis, report backs, and creative writing from around the world, from Texas to Indonesia, Serbia to Sri Lanka.
While were on the topic of Open Marxism, Christos Memos’s excellent Open Marxism Critical Theory as Militant Enlightenment is coming out in paperback in August! Order it here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/open-marx...
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Ni har väl inte missat årets andra nummer av Röda Rummet, ute nu! Där kan man bla läsa Roya Hakimnia om Iran, ett boksymposium om @alfonsson.bsky.social:s Vad hände med arbetarklassen och jag skriver om fjättringstesen och teknikoptimism.