Virtual Assembly of the Critical AI Network, 27th-29th May, online. 27 amazing talks + 3 keynotes + plenary discussions. AI/Education, AI/Law+Politics, AI/Environment. Registration & network sign-up: cpct.uk/2026/05/09/p... Full programme: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Sunday read: "On Being and Appearing: Social Reproduction and the Family Form" Tatiana Llaguno advances a Marxist feminist claim that the family is the capitalist form of appearance of unwaged reproductive labour. #Philosophy www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/on-bein...

On Being and Appearing: Social Reproduction and the Family Form

This essay advances a Marxist feminist claim that the family is the capitalist form of appearance of unwaged reproductive labour. Using a Hegelian-Marxist method centered on capital’s necessary appear...

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Sunday read: "Marx's Materialism and the Critique of Philosophy" Andrés Saenz de Sicilia on Marx's break from philosophy to prioritize lived reality over abstract thought and move toward a grasping and changing the conditions of existence. #Philosophy www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/marx-ma...

Marx’s Materialism and the Critique of Philosophy

This essay explores Marx’s break from philosophy, arguing that his materialism emerges from a commitment to understanding and transforming real social life. Rejecting both idealism and traditional mat...

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new article out! The Redemption of Saint Max: Stirner's Critique of Marx In: Marx and the Critique of Humanism. ed. Andres Saenz de Sicilia (Bloomsbury, 2026) philarchive.org/rec/BLUTRO-13

Coming up: Mon Mar 16 ~ 3pm ET /7pm UK "Palestine: Bearing Witness and Resistance" Dr. Rafeef Ziadah and Dr. Sara Marzagora explore how #Palestine is framed and sometimes rendered unspeakable within contemporary intellectual and public life. #Philosophy www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

Select tickets – Resisting Erasure: Palestine, Neutrality, and the Politics of Silence – Zoom

Resisting Erasure: Palestine, Neutrality, and the Politics of Silence – Zoom, Mon 16 Mar 2026 - This conversation draws on themes from Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine (V...

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Abolishing Capitalist Totality: What Is to Be Done under Real Subsumption? Edited by Anthony Iles & Mattin Out now on Minor Compositions When capitalism feels inescapable, theory becomes a weapon to challenge fatalistic totalities. www.minorcompositions.info?p=1690 PDF: archive.org/details/abol...

Abolishing Capitalist Totality: What Is to Be Done under Real Subsumption? Edited by Anthony Iles & Mattin “When capitalism feels inescapable, theory becomes a weapon to challenge fatalistic totalities. This book explores the limits of the colonization of everyday life by economic logic gone mad.”

Want to learn more about Günther Anders & Chris Mueller's wonderful translation of Anders' book 'The Obsolescence of the Human'? Join Chris, @morbuscriticus.bsky.social & me for a webinar hosted by The Philosopher on March 2nd. Details & registration below www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/are-w...

Are We Still Human? Günther Anders in the Age of Automation

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Rob Arcane posted the opening of David F Noble's In Defense of Luddism (1993) and damn it's like it was written and hour ago.

Announcing: On Philosophy, Winter 2026!! All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET) featuring Angie Hobbs, Yann Allard-Tremblay, Fannie Bialek, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Kaitlyn Creasy, and so many more! #Philosophy #PhilEvents

The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on

The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’

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ICYMI: "AI and the Digital: Resisting AI" Dan McQuillan discusses the fascist resonances of AI, (dis)passionate applications, ethics and dangers of AI, methods for political resistance, system contamination, and what's new! #Philosophy Like & subscribe www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXEA...

AI and the Digital: Resisting AI - Dan McQuillan in conversation with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia

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and looking forward to joining HM panels for great new books by @brunoleipold.com, @michaellazarus.bsky.social, and @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social, plus some musings on state theory...

Looking forward to this conversation with @danmcquillan.bsky.social later today. Registration link below.

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On Monday, I'll be talking with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia of The Philosopher magazine about why it's more important than ever to resist AI, and how we can develop a convivial technopolitics. Register for free at www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/ai-an...

BADA BOOM! The HM London Conference programme is now online! Online registrations close Tuesday 4 November at midnight GMT!

Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism

Deadline extended to 27 May! Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 16 May 2025

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Announcing: On Philosophy, Fall 2025!! All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except Oct. 27th at 3pm ET) featuring Alyssa Battistoni, Quill Kukla, James Bridle, Louise Amoore, Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock, Jennifer Park, Dan McQuillan, and so many more! #Philosophy #PhilEvents

Join us Mon. Sept. 15, 7pm UK / 2pm ET "On Nature's Free Gifts" Alyssa Battistoni in conversation with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia explores capitalism's persistent failure to value nature and invites us to imagine how we might live freely valuing nature's gifts. #Philosophy

Looking forward to discussing this next week with @alybatt.bsky.social ! Mon 15 Sep 2025 7PM BST / 2PM ET / 11AM PT Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

“Marx and the Critique of Humanism”, coming Feb 2026, edited by @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marx-and-...

The "Last Letter" of Patrice Lumumba, born otd in 1925. Support friendsofthecongo.org

IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza. Truly an atrocity built on atrocity. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

The Marx & Philosophy Society Annual Conference is approaching! Join us in London next month --we've got a wonderful lineup, including Tithi Bhattacharyya, Zoe Sutherland, Rebecca Carson, Pedro Rey Araujo, Ines Zampaglione & Willa Saadat. You can register here www.eventbrite.com/e/marx-philo...

Now out! New issue of @philosopher1923.bsky.social on Marx & Philosophy (among other things) I had the pleasure of putting this together, with brilliant pieces from @schuringa.bsky.social, @tatianallaguno.bsky.social @vcwills.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Paul North and Sandro Brito Rojas

London Marxists 🚩 The Philosopher journal are launching a new special issue on Marx and Philosophy at (obviously) the Marx Memorial Library on 29th May. Make sure you're there 🗞 Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph... @philosopher1923.bsky.social

Looking forward to this launch event for the new issue of The Philosopher. London friends, come along! @philosopher1923.bsky.social @schuringa.bsky.social @tatianallaguno.bsky.social Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph... New issue here: www.thephilosopher1923.org/current-issue

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Subsomption: “The critical concept of subsumption, if properly understood, can provide us with the analytical and political ammunition to navigate the murky waters of capitalist very concrete abstractions.” www.youtube.com/live/F5WSaB5...

Subsumption in Kant, Hegel, and Marx (with Andres Saenz de Sicilia)

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This even with @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social for @histmat.bsky.social is tomorrow 4pm BST (hybrid, details in event page). Come share etc

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Come join me and @stoffelalex.bsky.social for a conversation with @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social about his important new book, Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx, hosted by the Gender, Sexuality and Feminism Stream @histmat.bsky.social. Register here www.eventbrite.com/e/subsumptio...

Announcing: On Philosophy, Spring 2025 All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (Mar 24 at 3pm ET) featuring Benjamin Storey, Alexis Papazoglou, Sophia Rosenfeld, Paul North, Christoph Schuringa, Robert Gooding-Williams, James Haile III, and so many more! #PhilSky #PhilEvent #PhilTech