Jack Copley
@jackcopley.bsky.social
Teach & research international political economy at Durham University. Book: https://tinyurl.com/ykvf98wn
The world is a little dimmer today. Writing this for my friend and colleague Sarah Knuth was agonizing and we miss her so much, but we also celebrate Sarah's memory and push forward on the struggles that she cared about so deeply. climateandcommunity.org/bio/sarah-kn...
Sarah Knuth (In Memoriam) - Climate and Community Institute
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In NLR 159: Rentier Regimes Jack Copley (@jackcopley.bsky.social) assessesTimothy Mitchell’s conceptualization of capital as capture of the future. newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...
My new article with @mihjournal.bsky.social is at long last in orbit. It explores how the neoliberal fantasy machine has used space colonisation to wish away the problem of environmental limits and revive the legitimation of private property.
A “Limitless Frontier”? Neoliberalism, Silicon Valley, and the Commercialization of Space | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
A “Limitless Frontier”? Neoliberalism, Silicon Valley, and the Commercialization of Space
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In NLR 159: Dynamics of American Capitalism. Javier Moreno Zacarés offers a critical appraisal of Jonathan Levy’s The Real Economy, the theoretical counterpart to his history of American capitalism. newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...
My forthcoming book now has a cover, a publication date (December 2026) and a link! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526192646/
Manchester University Press - Crises, capitalist governance and the critique of liberalism
Crises, capitalist governance and the critique of liberalism - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Crises, capitalist governance and the critique of liberalism by Alexis Moraitis
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Check out our colleague Javier Moreno Zacarés's contribution to the latest issue of New Left Review on dynamics of American capitalism newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...
Javier Moreno Zacarés, Dynamics of American Capitalism, NLR 159, May–June 2026
Following his widely praised Ages of American Capitalism, Jonathan Levy’s The Real Economy proposes a theoretical counterpart, grounding a concept of capital in a fusion of Smith, Keynes, Freud, Deleu...
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I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year
I spoke to @newleftreview.bsky.social about the political economy of climate: supply chain geoeconomics, why Biden’s signature climate policy didn’t stick, political weakness of green capitalism, Chinese industrial policies, global South resource nationalism &more newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...
Thea Riofrancos, The New World Climate Order, NLR 159, May–June 2026
An interview about the new parameters of climate politics, with the breakdown of global consensus. As the EU re-opens coal-fired plants and the US shuts down wind farms, China gouges the earth to chur...
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For @newleftreview.bsky.social I wrote about Timothy Mitchell's fascinating and frustrating book The Alibi of Capital. newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...
Jack Copley, Rentier Regimes, NLR 159, May–June 2026
Jack Copley on Timothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital. Capital re-conceptualized as terraforming expropriation of the future.
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Also featuring Christian Sorace & David Sneath, “Steppe Transitions” Mongolia’s diverse ecology as the site of revolutionary transformations in the 20th c., when the principal source of wealth—the livestock herd—was sequentially the basis of feudal class, collective resource, and privatized asset.
New Left Review@newleftreview.bsky.social · last mo.NLR 159 is out now. Featuring Anton Jäger on elite political culture, Javier Moreno Zacarés on American capitalism, an interview with Thea Riofrancos on the state of world climate politics, and much more. newleftreview.org
For @newleftreview.bsky.social I wrote about Timothy Mitchell's fascinating and frustrating book The Alibi of Capital. newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...
Jack Copley, Rentier Regimes, NLR 159, May–June 2026
Jack Copley on Timothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital. Capital re-conceptualized as terraforming expropriation of the future.
newleftreview.org
NLR 159 is out now. Featuring Anton Jäger on elite political culture, Javier Moreno Zacarés on American capitalism, an interview with Thea Riofrancos on the state of world climate politics, and much more. newleftreview.org
NLR 159, May–June 2026
NLR 159, May–June 2026. Includes articles by Tom Mertes, Jack Copley, Katie Ebner-Landy, Anton Jäger, Thea Riofrancos, Javier Moreno Zacarés, Christian Sorace, David Sneath and Régis Debray
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My friends and I have been saying for years that it's felt like there's a missing encounter between Open Marxism and Political Marxism, it's great to see at this is finally getting some serious attention!
@alexismoraitis.bsky.social · last mo.The introduction to the S/I on Open Marxism and Political Marxism is out along with the 5 banger contributions!!! Introduction written with @jackcopley.bsky.social @harveymurenow.bsky.social Teddy Paikin and Sam Salour journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I'm pleased the articles from our Special Issue on Political Marxism & Open Marxism are published! This piece - written with @alexismoraitis.bsky.social, @harveymurenow.bsky.social, Teddy Paikin & Sam Salour - traces the historical emergence of PM/OM and maps their intersections. shorturl.at/WJWnx
Historical specificity and social form: Political Marxism and Open Marxism in conversation - Jack Copley, Alexis Moraitis, Javier M. Zacares, Teddy Paikin, Sam Salour, 2026
This is the introductory article to the special issue on the convergences and divergences in Political and Open Marxism. It traces the historical and intellectu...
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We are closing @goldperc.bsky.social after 12 years. Here I reflect on the times and what we made of them www.goldperc.uk/project_post...
Looking back on PERC - Political Economy Research Centre
The Political Economy Research Centre is to close formally this summer. Here, founding Director, Will Davies, reflects on its twelve years of activity. It took two or three years before the causes, ef...
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Frankfurt road trip!
IfS Frankfurt@ifsfrankfurt.bsky.social · 2mo ago+++Save the Date+++ Melinda Cooper – Anachronism in Our Times Adorno-Vorlesungen 2026 18–20 November 2026, 6.30–8 pm Nov. 18: Patrimonial Capitalism Nov. 19: Fascism as Revolutionary Conservatism Nov. 20: Patriarchy Resurgent @goetheuni.bsky.social @suhrkamp.de @melindacooper.bsky.social
Kicking off the Political Economy of Finance summer school v.3. At @lse-ei.bsky.social for the first time. Topic: “Finance and democracy”. Day 1: My co-hosts @mkblyth.bsky.social and @realbrianjudge.bsky.social in the morning, then @anninak.bsky.social, now @marionf.bsky.social.
This is about as comprehensive as things get. Would love to know what - if any - pushback it could receive from those representatives of the system itself. But maybe there aren’t any left. Even VCs would agree with much of it www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the Universities
The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and...
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“American structural power had endured not despite, but because of the doomsayers.” Tim Barker reads Samuel Huntington on US “declinism” from the Cold War to the present. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/his...
Histories of Decline | Tim Barker
Politics and economics in American “declinism”
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I'm excited to release part 3 of my series on beyond capitalism with @Autonomy_Inst. The big question people often asked about my recent work is—ok sure, but how do we get there? Please have a look at my first sketch of an answer to that question. autonomy.work/portfolio/be...
Beyond capitalism: from design to implementation
The third instalment of Aaron Benanav's 'Beyond capitalism' series turns to the question of transition to a multidimensional economy.
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Phenomenal World Issue 1 is here: AMERICAN POWER With writing on ‘declinism,’ the dollar, the Donroe Doctrine, Iran, Cuba, Brazil, Venezuela, China, the Gulf, and more. Now all online— phenomenalworld.org/issue/issue-...
The UK government boldly called time on drilling the North Sea, Europe’s largest declining hydrocarbon basin. I wrote @phenomenalworld.bsky.social with @freddiedaley.bsky.social on the North Sea's future and why its past shows we need more state intervention🔽 www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...
Organised crime suspect Daniel Kinahan arrested in Dubai ft.trib.al/gTBxBw7
Organised crime suspect Daniel Kinahan arrested in Dubai
Irish police are looking to extradite man alleged to be one of Europe’s top criminals
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If you missed it, I’m part of a small collective trying to bring a radical bookshop shop to Newcastle. We haven’t had a good proper radical book shop since the 1980s. We think that should change! We launched our crowdfunder today, support if you can: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb... Pls share
I need to talk to someone about this book... I can't be the only one that's read it??
Stuart Elden@stuartelden.bsky.social · 5mo agoTimothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow - @versobooks.bsky.social, March 2026 www.versobooks.com/products/345...
