Maša Mrovlje
@mmrovlje.bsky.social
Maša Mrovlje is Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Leeds. She is exploring the political value of disappointment within resistance.
New as Online First: Karl Baldacchino, '(De)subjectivation in Foucault’s later thought: critical indifference and resistance' - argues that a significant dimension in Foucault’s rethinking of resistance remains underexplored. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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ICYMI: Benjamin Nicoll, 'Latent Freedom in Videogames' - discusses how the psychical satisfaction of playing videogames comes from the enjoyment of failure rather than the attainment of pleasure. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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✨Call for Applications | Tenure-Track Position in Social and Cultural Anthropology (Latin America) at KU Leuven✨ www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Social and Cultural Anthropologist with Expertise in Latin America
Tenure-Track Anthro, LatAm (80%)
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We speak with Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, filmmakers and subjects of the new documentary "Birds of War," which tells their epic love story through years of upheaval in the Middle East.
“Birds of War”: New Film Tells a Story of Love and Journalism from Syria to Lebanon
We speak with Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, filmmakers and subjects of the new documentary Birds of War, which tells their epic love story through years of upheaval in the Middle East. Boulos, a...
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A state can kill a person but cannot kill their ideas. I reflect on Steve Biko's life, legacy, and writings, arguing that Biko’s voice still speaks so urgently to questions of freedom, dignity, community, and the struggle to be fully human. folukeafrica.com/steven-biko-...
Steven Biko Dying for an Idea That Will Live: The Enduring Afterlife of Black Consciousness
Died aged 30. Killed in apartheid detention
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“Putting us in jail is not going to solve the country’s problems,” says Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah.
“A Crackdown on All Independent Voices”: Egypt Shutters News Outlets, Prosecutes Editor Lina Attalah
Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Egypt’s leading independent news outlet Mada Masr, faces a criminal trial this week on charges of “spreading false information,” just two weeks after being convicted o...
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Introducing the Encyclopedia of the American Left, which brings together scholarship on the history of left movements in the United States from the 1860s to the present. We present this new digital edition of the Encyclopedia, free and accessible to all
Introducing the Encyclopedia of the American Left
The Encyclopedia of the American Left brings together scholarship on the history of left movements — socialist, communist, anarchist, and New Left — in the United States from the 1860s to the present. Mari Jo Buhle, Paul Buhle, and Dan Georgakas began work on the Encyclopedia in 1987. The first edition, which brought t
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"Putting us in jail is not going to solve the country's problems," says Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, Egypt's leading independent media outlet. Attalah faces a criminal trial this week on charges of "spreading false information." A judge also ordered Mada Masr to be shut down.
Leading up to the general strike over housing in Spain, Luke Stobart analyses the Spanish housing crisis and the return of mass struggle
Red Flags in Puerta del Sol: Can Spain's Left Ride the Housing Wave?
The eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Madrid disabled woman, in late September unleashed a return of mass disobedience in Spain and has at least partially altered the political landscape....
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‘The system’s degree of certainty was only 85 per cent – and as one of 𝘕𝘈𝘡𝘈’s interviewees admits, a baker near a Hamas base will have a phone full of contacts who are Hamas operatives – but this was enough to authorise their killing.’ Eyal Weizman: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Eyal Weizman · Necro-Economics: Death by Algorithm
Gaza has been experiencing an old-fashioned scorched-earth campaign reminiscent of the Nakba of 1948 and no different...
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Pre-order the Disability and Work issue - a collaboration between Marxism & Disability Network and the Notes from Below editorial collective If you are able to, please consider spending more on an issue to cover the distribution of free copies. notesfrombelowshop.bigcartel.com/product/disa...
PREORDER Disability and Work
Preorder the Marxism & Disability Network and Notes from Below special issue, coming out in early 2027. We aim to distribute as many free copies to workers as possible. To cover these costs we sell is...
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From the Archive: Dale C. Spencer, 'Habit(us), Body Techniques and Body Callusing: An Ethnography of Mixed Martial Arts' - explores the carnal dimensions of existence through ethnographic research in a mixed martial arts club. (2009) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Organizer @lsarsour.bsky.social says Abdul El-Sayed's victory is a "rebuke" of the Republican Party's anti-Muslim bigotry and "demonstrated that progressives can win in states like Michigan."
‘With seventy thousand Palestinians designated as military targets and default collateral damage set at twenty civilians for every low-level operative, “in this way you could kill the entirety of Gaza.”’ Eyal Weizman on Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s 𝘕𝘈𝘡𝘈. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Eyal Weizman · Necro-Economics: Death by Algorithm
Gaza has been experiencing an old-fashioned scorched-earth campaign reminiscent of the Nakba of 1948 and no different...
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The biggest surprise during this year's primaries was the wave of victories by progressive candidates, many of them backed by Democratic Socialists of America. Democracy Now! reports on the candidacies of Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier, who are both running for Congress in NYC.
New York City is preparing to send two DSA members, presumptive election night winners Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, to Capitol Hill. DSA-backed candidates made historic gains in this year’s Democratic primaries. But can socialism really make headway in the halls of Congress?
Democratic Socialists on the Rise: Darializa Avila Chevalier & Claire Valdez Set to Win House Seats
New York City is preparing to send two DSA members, presumptive election night winners Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, to Capitol Hill. DSA-backed candidates made historic gains in this y...
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On our Close Readings subscription podcast, @meehancrist.bsky.social and @petergs.bsky.social discuss Latin America’s long history of resource nationalism, as explored by Thea Riofrancos’s 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮. Listen to an extract: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Nature in Crisis: ‘Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism’ by Thea Riofrancos
Podcast Episode · Close Readings · 21 October · 1hr 23min
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As we approach #25N, I’m excited to share our new article in Perspectives on Politics! With @mmrovlje.bsky.social ñ and Jennet Kirkpatrick, we explore how feminist movements in Colombia and Mexico embody hope through collective protest, solidarity, mourning, and joy. doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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The closure of Mada Masr marks “a dark day for journalism, not just in Egypt, but in the entire Arab world,” says Sharif Abdel Kouddous of Drop Site News.
“Dark Day for Journalism”: Egypt Shutters Independent News Site Mada Masr, Detains Editor
A court in Cairo has ordered the closure of the independent Egyptian news site Mada Masr. The court also ordered the site’s editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah, to be detained until she pays a fine of over ...
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Many thanks to Phoebe V. Moore for this testimonial for 'Disabling Capitalism: A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism and Disablement'. The book is due to be published with @brisunipress.bsky.social on 25 Feb 2027 and can be preordered now bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disabling-ca... #NewBook
Lula's defeat of Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil is “an absolute game-changer for the region,” says journalist Michael Fox.
Brazil: Lula Wins Stunning Upset Over Flávio Bolsonaro in Blow to Far Right & Trump
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a record fourth term in office, defeating far-right challenger Flávio Bolsonaro by 4 million votes in a runoff election on Sunday. Flávio Bolsonar...
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Rashid Khalidi on how Gaza has changed global opinion of Israel: “People have seen something that cannot be unseen. They’ve seen genocide. They’ve seen slaughter. And Israel has no defense.”
Israeli Elections to Global Movements: Tariq Ali, Rashid Khalidi on New Book “The Neck and the Sword”
We get analysis of the Israeli elections, the upcoming U.S. midterms, the pro-Palestine movement and more from Palestinian American scholar Rashid Khalidi and Pakistani British writer Tariq Ali. They ...
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Happy Halloween! if you're already done listening to yesterday's new episode and you want another treat, why not listen to our Halloween episode that Liam and I recorded this time last year on spooky dystopias! open.spotify.com/episode/6wMo...
Episode 17: Halloween Special (Season 2 Finale) - Dystopia and Horror
Utopian and Dystopian Fictions · Episode
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Points of Departure editors Robert Ovetz and @americanwork47.bsky.social joined the Marxist Education Project to talk about the work of @harrycleaver.bsky.social, workers' autonomy, and book related things. Out now on @commonnotions.bsky.social. Take a listen: youtu.be/aD_GTcwPPmk?...
Refusal of Work: The Writings of Harry Cleaver
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In Black Panther (despite its flaws), Ryan Coogler attempts an imagination of non-invasion. So, Black Panther can be viewed as more than a superhero film. It is a story about Africa, her Diaspora, memory, loss, and the possibility of shared and collective freedom. folukeafrica.com/black-panthe...
Wakanda is a Flawed Imagination of Non-Invasion: Black Panther and Africa’s Lost Future
Wakanda is not a fantasy. It is the re-imagination of possibility
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Freedom movements do not end with liberation. The declaration of freedom is not the same thing as freedom. Oppression rarely disappears. It adapts, changes shape, and returns. We celebrate victory, only to find ourselves fighting again. Again. And again. folukeafrica.com/the-unfinish...
Every Freedom Movement Is an Unfinished Project
Freedom is always a becoming
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Tonight at The People's Forum in NYC! Join Rashid Khalidi, Tariq Ali, and Helga Tawil-Souri for the launch of The Neck and the Sword & Ghassan Kanafani's Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation. www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/n...
NYC Book Launch | The Neck and the Sword & Palestinian Resistance Lite
On Oct 30th at The People's Forum, Rashid Khalidi and Tariq Ali will be joined by Helga Tawil-Souri to discuss The Neck and the Sword and Ghassan Kanfani's Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968 (co-published by the Institute for Palestine Studies). RSVP here! The Neck and the Sword provides an e
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Israel is “setting a permanent architecture of control made out of all the rubble and ruins of Palestinian homes” in Gaza, says Eyal Weizman, director of @forensicarchi.bsky.social. “The shuffling of that rubble is destroying evidence for the genocide.”
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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So excited to see our Embodying Hope paper out in Perspectives on Politics! Co-authored with the amazing @camilapaezbernal.bsky.social and Jennet Kirkpatrick. The paper develops a feminist theory of embodied hope grounded in Latin American feminist protest. Available here: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Embodying Hope: Choreographies of Presence and Reiterative Endurance in Latin American Feminist Protest | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Embodying Hope: Choreographies of Presence and Reiterative Endurance in Latin American Feminist Protest
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