Fellow political theorists & intellectual historians: consider applying to BIAPT. Deadline has been extended until the July 31st. This is an excellent specialist conference, with great feedback and discussion. www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/conference/a...

CfP: 2027 BIAPT conference - University of Exeter (January 6th-8th) - BIAPT

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CFP: Gramsci: FASCISM, INTERREGNUM, DEMOCRACY. DECEMBER 16-17, 2026 Paris Deadline for abstracts: August 15. www.marshallpierce.info/gramsci-100-...

NEW POSTDOC: Rethinking the Anti-Corruption Toolkit: 2026-2027. @samuel_e_bagg is hiring a postdoc for this great project in Columbia, SC. 👇 apply.interfolio.com/188955

It was such an honor to give a keynote at the Republicanism conference in Venice, alongside Philip Pettit, one of the most prominent republican thinkers today. The first meeting of republican scholars in Venice was in 2019, and the network has expanded tremendously since then.

This upcoming Friday I will give a keynote at the Venice Republicanism Conference on 'Oligarchic Power as Worldmaking'. Here I share the abstract of the lecture. 👇 www.univiu.org/campus-servi...

A short video on neoliberal reforms, austerity, and fascism from the FREE @freefreeforum.bsky.social event in Bishop’s Stortford, UK, with Clara Mattei and Carolina Alves.

Social ecology posits a politics of everyday life rooted in direct democracy. Drawing on Bookchin, our video of the week outlines the intellectual and political history of social ecology. Ft. @eleanorfinley.bsky.social & @camilavergara.bsky.social at @freefreeforum.bsky.social buff.ly/6qwgTSx

Listen to the @freefreeforum.bsky.social Podcast on Social Ecology with @eleanorfinley.bsky.social and learn about alternative forms of organization and of relating to nature. youtu.be/HbG6NFflZ5k?...

The Alternative to Capitalism Nobody Talks About | Eleanor Finley & Camila Vergara

YouTube video by FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation

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I am presenting today a new paper: 'Commons Intelligence: AI, Democracy, and the Possibility of Trans-Human Solidarity,' co-authored with Peter Bloom, at the conference 'Emerging Technologies in Conflict and Peace' in University of Nicosia, Cyrus. www.unic.ac.cy/digits/inter...

International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict and Peace - University of Nicosia

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Horrifying news from Essex. Please sign and share in support of these brilliant and committed scholars who have lost their jobs.

Camila Vergara@camilavergara.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Financial crisis is being used to bypass tenure protections. University of Essex fired me & 11 others from the Business School in a clear targeting based on our philosophical orientation & social justice commitments. Please sign the public statement: sites.google.com/view/mmpubli...

FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation "War Abroad Austerity at Home, Imagining a Future Beyond Elites" Dr. Camila( @camilavergara.bsky.social )Vergara, Dr. Carolina( @cacrisalves.bsky.social )Alves, Dr. Clara E. Mattei www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdq-...

War Abroad Austerity at Home, Imagining a Future Beyond Elites

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Financial crisis is being used to bypass tenure protections. University of Essex fired me & 11 others from the Business School in a clear targeting based on our philosophical orientation & social justice commitments. Please sign the public statement: sites.google.com/view/mmpubli...

Check out our last issue, featuring a book review symposium on Guido Parietti's On the Concept of Power. 👇

Berghahn Books@berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The latest OPEN ACCESS issue of Theoria is now live! TOC and more available here: bit.ly/4ndqJs0 @laurencepiper.bsky.social @christinehobden.bsky.social @lawrencehamilton.bsky.social @camilavergara.bsky.social @andrewfiala.bsky.social

FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation "Why Your Vote Doesn't Change Anything | Camila( @camilavergara.bsky.social )Vergara & Eleanor( @eleanorfinley.bsky.social )Finley" Clara Mattei www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mkw...

Why Your Vote Doesn't Change Anything | Camila Vergara & Eleanor Finley

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My chapter on 19th century plebeian internationalism is out now in The Routledge Handbook of Ideology Analysis 🎉 📕 Many thanks to the editors @julfaure.bsky.social, Matthew Humphreys, and David Laycock! If you'd like to read it, feel free to get in touch. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

I am truly excited to sit down on April 10 with @camilavergara.bsky.social and the FREE Forum to discuss social ecology as a holistic approach to restoring communities, regenerating local economies, and building popular power. Details below: freefreeforum.substack.com/p/april-10th...

April 10th: Re-Imagining Our Economy

A Conversation on Commons, Cooperation, and Regeneration with Camila Vergara and Eleanor Finley.

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Applications for the Master in Comparative Law, Economics and Finance at IUC Torino are now open. This is a great opportunity for students from the Global South interested in a critical approach to law and economics. To learn more and apply 👇 iuctorino.org/iuctorino-ap...

I have a new chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power, edited by Peter Niesen, Markus Patberg & Lucia Rubinelli, in which I explore the evolving concept of 'the people' as the bearer of constituent power across various historical contexts. Open access 👇 academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

The People and Constituent Power

AbstractThis chapter offers a brief long durée material intellectual history of ‘the people’ as bearer of constituent power. It engages with the conception

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Excellent essay on economic republicanism by @seanirving.bsky.social in @aeon.co. I learned loads from it and it made me want to read more! Lots of threads for future research. 👇 aeon.co/essays/the-w...

Good news for freedom of speech in the UK: High Court ruled that the government’s decision to ban the activist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful and disproportionate.

This is pretty much the American attitude towards immigration in a nutshell. www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...

ICE Agents Arrest Workers From Mexican Restaurant Where They Just Ate

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ate at a Mexican restaurant in Minnesota on Wednesday, before arresting three of its employees who had just closed up the establishment for the evening.

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Renee Good, a US citizen, was murdered by an ICE agent—it appears premeditated. Watch the analysis to see all the video evidence and how a narrative of impunity is being crafted based on a video recorded by the officer on his cellphone. 👇 www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Video: Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments

Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provides a millisecond-by-millisecond look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapo...

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Consider sending a proposal for this exciting conference on emerging technologies, conflict, and peace. 👇

Michaelangelo Anastasiou@michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Two weeks left to submit an abstract for the upcoming Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace (keynote speaker: Benjamin Noys), to be held at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, May 18-19. @camilavergara.bsky.social @nicostrim.bsky.social @hadjioannou.bsky.social

Deadline for submitting an abstract to the Venice Republicanism conferences has been extended to January 15th. This is a very collegial and experimental gathering. Please consider applying and spread the word. 👇

Camila Vergara@camilavergara.bsky.social · 10mo ago

CFP: 5th Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism. June 26-28, 2026. Venice International University. The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'. Deadline: December 30 www.univiu.org/campus-servi...

Conversé con Javier Pineda en el podcast de El Ciudadano sobre el populismo, la democracia plebeya y la producción cooperativista. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqve...

Podcastpitalismo 2x5 | Cooperativismo: una Brújula para el Futuro Económico

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Daré una charla sobre la ‘expropiación sin compensación’ —desde la lex agraria en Roma y la nacionalización del cobre en Chile, hasta la ley de reforma agraria impulsada por EEF en Sudáfrica— en la Universidad Diego Portales en Santiago. 17 de diciembre 14:30 horas La charla es abierta al público.

CFP: 5th Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism. June 26-28, 2026. Venice International University. The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'. Deadline: December 30 www.univiu.org/campus-servi...

CFP: Order and Disorder in Global Intellectual History There are a few travel bursaries for those who need it. 👇 fass.sabanciuniv.edu/tr/ISIH

Join us next Friday 21 for a roundtable on John McCormick's excellent new book The People's Princes at King's College London w/ comments by David Wootton (York), Lawrence Hamilton (Cambridge) & myself. There will be wine & great conversation on leadership & politics Register here 👇 shorturl.at/XmAsZ

Great to be joined today by @camilavergara.bsky.social at the University of Glasgow to discuss 'Systemic Corruption, Oligarchy and Plebeian Democracy'