Really useful development of the Stuart hall episodes looking at emergence of black theory in the uk. Also loved that one of the male academics had to leave to pick up a kid near the end, feels like a real positive development, thanks @jemgilbert.bsky.social yet again: share.google/HavG0SAUriQl...

Black Theory in Britain

In this episode Jem is joined by Dhanveer Singh Brar and Ashwani Sharma to discuss their 2019 article ‘What is This ‘Black ‘in Black Studies? From Black British Cultural Studies to Blac…

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Just finished listening to @jemgilbert.bsky.social and @profafinlayson.bsky.social’s three part podcast series on the state of British universities - such a well informed and lucid analysis of the crisis and its historical and political causes, can’t recommend it highly enough

Universities in Crisis (part 1)

The history of the universities since the mid 20th century and how they have ended up in the current state of crisis.

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If only the lads had been in a position where they could’ve resisted the most intense all-channels McCarthyist crackdowns of my lifetime, or at very least said “Uh lads, are be absolutely sure that telling the public that the antiracist, anti-austerity movements are Nazis is smart and good”.

UK journalists ‘self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’

Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’

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I literally paid a liberal I'm in a WhatsApp group with to listen to this

Jeremy Gilbert@jemgilbert.bsky.social · 2w ago

Emergency Podcast: Burnham Begins! Inevitably, yet indispensably, it's me and @profafinlayson.bsky.social discussing Burnham, the cabinet, and what it is they seem to think they're doing. Listen here or search for Culture, Power, Politics in any app: culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/24/e...

This is really helpful

Jeremy Gilbert@jemgilbert.bsky.social · 2w ago

Emergency Podcast: Burnham Begins! Inevitably, yet indispensably, it's me and @profafinlayson.bsky.social discussing Burnham, the cabinet, and what it is they seem to think they're doing. Listen here or search for Culture, Power, Politics in any app: culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/24/e...

Hurrah! Something for the weekend...

Jeremy Gilbert@jemgilbert.bsky.social · 2w ago

Emergency Podcast: Burnham Begins! Inevitably, yet indispensably, it's me and @profafinlayson.bsky.social discussing Burnham, the cabinet, and what it is they seem to think they're doing. Listen here or search for Culture, Power, Politics in any app: culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/24/e...

Emergency Podcast: Burnham Begins! Inevitably, yet indispensably, it's me and @profafinlayson.bsky.social discussing Burnham, the cabinet, and what it is they seem to think they're doing. Listen here or search for Culture, Power, Politics in any app: culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/24/e...

Burnham Begins

Alan Finlayson and Jeremy Gilbert discuss the beginning of the Andy Burnham premiership.

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Historically accurate cyclops

Annalee Newitz@annaleen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Really excited for Grok to make the historically accurate version of The Faerie Queen next. Followed by the historically accurate version of Star Wars. variety.com/2026/film/gl...

Great piece by @jemgilbert.bsky.social in Tribune on the need end neoliberalism and the likelihood that the current Labour Party (and Burnham) is up to the task tribunemag.co.uk/2026/07/fare...

Farewell Thatcherism?

Andy Burnham has called for a historic break with neoliberalism. But what would such a rupture actually consist of? And what are the chances of the new Prime Minister enacting it?

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You love to see it: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

D&D players raise millions in real-life campaign against ‘corporate elite’

Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action

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This is a fairly close equivalent for the British old Labour right tradition invoked by Blue Labour.

Erik Loomis@erikloomis.bsky.social · 2w ago

This Day in Labor History: July 19, 1972. The AFL-CIO announced its decision not to endorse George McGovern for president. This decision helped doom the already floundering McGovern campaign, helping to guarantee another victory for Richard Nixon. Let's talk about George Meany being terrible!

Anyone who cares about, or wants to understand, the spiralling crisis in UK universities should listen to this - lucid, rigorous, and quietly (and rightly) furious. Well done as ever @jemgilbert.bsky.social @profafinlayson.bsky.social 👏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

As Burnham has become the leader of the Labour Party, I highly recommend this podcast on his rhetoric to understand the opportunities and handicaps in his politics-i.e. what is needed is not merely hope but action, argued in the podcast. I think it's important to bear this in mind as he emphasised+

Jeremy Gilbert@jemgilbert.bsky.social · last mo.

Emergency podcast with @profafinlayson.bsky.social on the rhetoric of Burnham's speech and the emerging character of his project. Search for Culture, Power, Politics in any podcast app, or listen at culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/03/e...

@jemgilbert.bsky.social and @profafinlayson.bsky.social have released two (of three?) excellent 1hr podcasts about the crisis in universities. They cover a lot of ground, while revealing (startlingly) that Jem once gave a lecture at Peterhouse College, CB. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...

Going to a 5 at the back too early = Shabhana Mahmood as chancellor

It’s obvious that England’s footballers were as uninspired by the reports of Burnham’s likely cabinet as we were.

We need a Chris Waddle rant for this old school performance

"If we really want to understand class, then we must draw on multiple intellectual traditions." Britain's political divides are often framed as culture wars, but class remains the key to understanding them, argues @jemgilbert.bsky.social fabians.org.uk/worlds-apart/

Worlds apart | Fabian Society

Fabian Society

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I made this because as far as I can see nobody else has?

update your norway hot takes from “they’re good at football because of nordic social democracy” to “they’re good at football because they never experienced feudalism”

Brad Bolman@brad.bolman.com · 4w ago

Love this bit from the Guardian live chat about how most of the Norwegian player names are about farming

A Party System Collapses: analysis of the local election results and Burnham's ascendancy: www.academia.edu/169882844/A_...

A party system collapses: The 2026 local election results in England

Introduction: The end of the party system as we knew it The 2026 local election results have been as impactful and significant in England as have the devolved assembly elections in Scotland and Wales ...

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Highly recommend this podcast analysing Burnham's speech last week. Great insights into the central contradictions and potential pitfalls of 'Manchesterism' as Burnham is currently presenting it. With @jemgilbert.bsky.social and @profafinlayson.bsky.social culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/03/e...

Emergency Podcast: The Rhetoric of Burnhamism

We discuss Andy Burnham’s speech launching his formal bid for the Labour leadership. For info, errata and to give us support (Please give us support!):

culturepowerpolitics.org

My American film list. At number 10 Blackkklansman, because any how it uses Birth of the Nation as a foundational film: www.unemployednegativity.com/2018/08/imag...

Imaginary But For Real: On Blackkklansman

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I'm going to be talking to Stephen Coates of The Bureau of Lost Culture about the practice and politics of recovering, remembering and archiving the counterculture in central London on July 11th: gel.now/events/526

This is really very good and a good lesson (for me anyway) in rhetorical analysis.

Jeremy Gilbert@jemgilbert.bsky.social · last mo.

Emergency podcast with @profafinlayson.bsky.social on the rhetoric of Burnham's speech and the emerging character of his project. Search for Culture, Power, Politics in any podcast app, or listen at culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/03/e...

Live Rhetorical Political Analysis!

Jeremy Gilbert@jemgilbert.bsky.social · last mo.

Emergency podcast with @profafinlayson.bsky.social on the rhetoric of Burnham's speech and the emerging character of his project. Search for Culture, Power, Politics in any podcast app, or listen at culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/03/e...

Emergency podcast with @profafinlayson.bsky.social on the rhetoric of Burnham's speech and the emerging character of his project. Search for Culture, Power, Politics in any podcast app, or listen at culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/03/e...

Emergency Podcast: The Rhetoric of Burnhamism

We discuss Andy Burnham’s speech launching his formal bid for the Labour leadership. For info, errata and to give us support (Please give us support!):

culturepowerpolitics.org

This was a great podcast on Stuart Hall by @jemgilbert.bsky.social , situating him within the wider of context of cultural studies and left politics in the UK. As Thatcherism still haunts UK politics Hall's analysis of it as a case of authoritarian populism is+ open.spotify.com/episode/0YXA...

Stuart Hall: Class, Race and Conjuncture (part 1)

Culture, Power, Politics · Episode

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A new #ACFM on Resilience. Nadia Idle, @jemgilbert.bsky.social, and I discuss the use of resilience in neoliberal management speak, the problems with using resilience and collapse as a framing for climate change, and ask if the sense you're part of a wider, ongoing movement can form left resilience.

Are You Resilient Enough to Face the Future?

Can humans and animals can flourish in the ruins of capitalism?

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