The Zetkin Collective
@zetkincollective.bsky.social
The Zetkin Collective is a group of scholars and activists working primarily on the political ecologies of the far right.
Stuart Jeffries writes about our latest book "The Great Driving Right Show" in @prospectmagazine.co.uk, check it out and grab a copy!
Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 6d agoFinally, in our Culture section, Stuart Jeffries charts how the populist right planted its flag on the bonnet of the humble automobile. Read his review of the @zetkincollective.bsky.social’s latest book: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7512...
Finally, in our Culture section, Stuart Jeffries charts how the populist right planted its flag on the bonnet of the humble automobile. Read his review of the @zetkincollective.bsky.social’s latest book: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7512...
Look out for the latest front in the culture wars
The populist right has planted its flag on the bonnet of the humble automobile
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NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
It's official: The EPA has repealed a rule that would have directly saved thousands of lives by limiting fossil fuel emissions from power plants. Industry lobbyists successfully pushed for this repeal using surging demand from data centers as justification. The government chose AI over human lives.
The @zetkincollective.bsky.social's Great Driving Right Show is the book we all need to read to fully understand our moment.
Anoosh Chakelian@anooshc.bsky.social · last mo.When I visited a nearby village where the men had stopped off on the night before the Dover protest – parking their cars all over the main road and blocking spaces at the butcher and village hall – locals told me it had quickly become clear what they were planning to do.
14.000 Menschen sind heute in Berlin spontan auf der Straße um solidarisch an der Seite der Menschen in Sachsen-Anhalt zu stehen. ✊ Rechtsextreme gehören NIEMALS in eine Regierung. Wir stehen zusammen!
Climate Crisis & Democratic Disaster 📆 30th October, 10.45am - 3.30pm 📍Balham On climate crisis, eco-fascism, the far-right and cars, AI + more @bekadiski.bsky.social @zetkincollective.bsky.social @pulltheplug-ai.bsky.social @sprc-ucl.bsky.social Free tix ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-cr...
Brilliant analysis by @zetkincollective.bsky.social on how the inversion of actually existing crises fuels moral panics & drives the broader process of fascisation, which only exacerbates the crises of the present www.versobooks.com/products/340...
they’re making ai-generated, pro-concentration camp propaganda
Nathan Tankus@nathantankus.bsky.social · last mo.Ben Gvir posted this video on twitter today which shows fat and happy Palestinians on a conveyer built going through the Israeli "prison" (torture camp) system and coming out emaciated and maudlin. This is textbook genocidal content.
Heute in Hamburg! 17 Uhr (Einlass ab 16:30) // Metropolis Kino // Kleine Theaterstraße 10
analyse & kritik@analysekritik.bsky.social · 2mo agoSonntag diskutieren wir mit Bafta Sarbo, Aljoscha Hartmann und Noa Sander die Wie-Weiter-Frage: Welche antifaschistischen Strategien funktionieren noch, wenn die extreme Rechte auf dem Weg zur Mehrheit ist? 23.8., Metropolis Kino, Hamburg. Bitte anmelden, die Plätze sind knapp! (Link im Kommentar)
It was a joy to be on "Less Worse", alongside @aprilanson.bsky.social, to discuss what's bad at present and speculative futures in which things might be less... bad. (Ecofascism and fossil fascism are... bad!) Many thanks to @mitchrmurray.bsky.social and Andrew Fitzgerald for hosting us at RPI!
"China’s auto factories are building so many cars the global shipping industry can’t keep up Some automakers are so desperate to get vehicles to Europe, Australia & Latin America they're squeezing them in containers more commonly used to ship furniture, clothes and electronics" @katemac.bsky.social
There Aren’t Enough Ships to Handle China’s Booming Car Exports
As demand slumps at home, Chinese cars are flooding other markets—and testing the shipping industry.
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Today is PUBLICATION DAY! You can now get your copy of *The Great Driving Right Show* Special thanks to everyone who accompanied us on this journey. And to @triofrancos.bsky.social @leninology.bsky.social and @alfatau.bsky.social for their kind blurbs!
Für die Energiewende brauchen wir Rohstoffe, doch ihr Abbau zerstört Ökosysteme und verschärft soziale Konflikte. Thea Riofrancos erforscht in ihrem jüngsten Buch diese Widersprüche und erklärt, warum E-Autos allein nicht die Lösung sind (F+) www.freitag.de/autoren/nina...
Lithium für die Energiewende: Warum grüner Kapitalismus neue Konflikte schafft
Für die Energiewende brauchen wir Rohstoffe, doch ihr Abbau zerstört Ökosysteme und verschärft soziale Konflikte. Thea Riofrancos erforscht in ihrem jüngsten Buch diese Widersprüche und erklärt,…
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Check out this stunning new masterpiece from my comrades in the @zetkincollective.bsky.social. *The Great Driving Right Show: Cars, Crisis, and the Rise of Fossil Fascism*, OUT TODAY, on @versobooks.bsky.social. Please order a copy or two, and share the excellent news!
The Great Driving Right Show
Apocalypse is in the air. And the far right knows it. Since the pandemic, it has successfully cultivated crises, conspiracy theories, and coalitions to fight a green energy transition. Mobilising onli...
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Today is PUBLICATION DAY! You can now get your copy of *The Great Driving Right Show* Special thanks to everyone who accompanied us on this journey. And to @triofrancos.bsky.social @leninology.bsky.social and @alfatau.bsky.social for their kind blurbs!
More book news 📚 Our forthcoming book will be featured in the August edition of the @versobooks.bsky.social Book Club! If you sign up for the book club by July 16th, you'll get a 30% discount on your membership! Get in there 🧃 www.versobooks.com/pages/verso-...
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The Zetkin Collective@zetkincollective.bsky.social · 3mo agoMore book news 📚 Our forthcoming book will be featured in the August edition of the @versobooks.bsky.social Book Club! If you sign up for the book club by July 16th, you'll get a 30% discount on your membership! Get in there 🧃 www.versobooks.com/pages/verso-...
More book news 📚 Our forthcoming book will be featured in the August edition of the @versobooks.bsky.social Book Club! If you sign up for the book club by July 16th, you'll get a 30% discount on your membership! Get in there 🧃 www.versobooks.com/pages/verso-...
Can't wait!
The Zetkin Collective@zetkincollective.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're excited to announce our next book! The Great Driving Right Show: Cars, Crisis and the Rise of Fossil Fascism will be published by @versobooks.bsky.social exactly one month from today. Here it is, in the flesh. If you're interested, please do pre-order now: www.versobooks.com/products/340...
Kaube "übersieht, dass die Pflichten des Staates und die der Zivilgesellschaft nicht die gleichen sind: dass der Staat eine nicht verbotene Partei rechtsstaatlich behandeln muss, heißt nicht, dass auch die Bürger ihr diese politische Normalität schulden" @ralfmichaels.bsky.social & Anne Gräfe.
Great work on planning from @christophsorg.bsky.social @futurehistories.bsky.social @waltherzeug.bsky.social @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social and more get shout-outs (and will be discussed in greater detail in the German print edition)! Order here: www.oekom.de/buch/die-hal...
Die halbe Erde | oekom verlag
Die Welt brennt - und die alten Antworten reichen nicht mehr. In einer Zeit, in der demokratische Institutionen weltweit unter Druck geraten und die
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Heute hat Clara Zetkin Geburtstag. Die Mitbegründerin der proletarischen Frauenbewegung wurde 1857 im sächsischen Wiederau geboren. #AnDiesemTag 🧵
Unser neues Buch kommt genau in einem Monat raus und man kann es jetzt schon vorbestellen🫰
The Zetkin Collective@zetkincollective.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're excited to announce our next book! The Great Driving Right Show: Cars, Crisis and the Rise of Fossil Fascism will be published by @versobooks.bsky.social exactly one month from today. Here it is, in the flesh. If you're interested, please do pre-order now: www.versobooks.com/products/340...
In a @versobooks.bsky.social blog post, @drewpendergrass.bsky.social and Troy Vettese, who co-authored the book Half-Earth Socialism, talk to @zetkincollective.bsky.social researcher @tatjanasoeding.bsky.social about the climate movement and scientific utopianism. www.indep.network/verso-blog-p...
Verso Blog Post Discusses the Climate Movement, Utopianism and Half-Earth Socialism
In a blog post for Verso, Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese, who co-authored the book Half-Earth Socialism, talk to Zetkin Collective researcher Tatjana Söding about the development and repression of…
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We're excited to announce our next book! The Great Driving Right Show: Cars, Crisis and the Rise of Fossil Fascism will be published by @versobooks.bsky.social exactly one month from today. Here it is, in the flesh. If you're interested, please do pre-order now: www.versobooks.com/products/340...
We're excited to announce our next book! The Great Driving Right Show: Cars, Crisis and the Rise of Fossil Fascism will be published by @versobooks.bsky.social exactly one month from today. Here it is, in the flesh. If you're interested, please do pre-order now: www.versobooks.com/products/340...
