John Duncan expressing something very fundamental to my analysis in (as always) a cogent and intelligent manner: Freedom of speech does not exist. Whenever it is touted in a manner like this, it’s a smokescreen for maintaining the status quo.

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 14h ago

New video - Free Speech is Fake: Marx, Human Rights, and Academic Freedom in the Face of White Supremacism I'm disgusted by the way left academics have used academic freedom and "free speech" to defend Nathan Cofnas' right to launder eugenics and race "science" through the uni

With all the noise going on right now, make some quiet time to consider this excellent essay on rights and freedoms:

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 14h ago

New video - Free Speech is Fake: Marx, Human Rights, and Academic Freedom in the Face of White Supremacism I'm disgusted by the way left academics have used academic freedom and "free speech" to defend Nathan Cofnas' right to launder eugenics and race "science" through the uni

@johntheduncan.bsky.social I cite your essay (and Marx) vis-a-vis parallel struggles in gaming culture (two sides of white/male supremacy): persephonescastle.com/2026/09/samu...

Samus Wept: New Worlds to Conquer (from Prime 4 to Origins to Ravenous) - Persephone's Castle

A new write-up-in-progress, one analyzing Nintendo's upcoming Metroid: Ravenous (2027) alongside fangame Metroid Prime: Origins (2026).

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"Within the confines of the law lies the radical potential for its subversion." This. Abstraction to some kind of Platonic absolute, an academic "gotcha," cedes power to the systems in place--a tool to leverage by the state. There must be struggle from workers, and within these systems at play.

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 14h ago

New video - Free Speech is Fake: Marx, Human Rights, and Academic Freedom in the Face of White Supremacism I'm disgusted by the way left academics have used academic freedom and "free speech" to defend Nathan Cofnas' right to launder eugenics and race "science" through the uni

Excited to check this one out

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 14h ago

New video - Free Speech is Fake: Marx, Human Rights, and Academic Freedom in the Face of White Supremacism I'm disgusted by the way left academics have used academic freedom and "free speech" to defend Nathan Cofnas' right to launder eugenics and race "science" through the uni

New video - Free Speech is Fake: Marx, Human Rights, and Academic Freedom in the Face of White Supremacism I'm disgusted by the way left academics have used academic freedom and "free speech" to defend Nathan Cofnas' right to launder eugenics and race "science" through the uni

This will be live at 6pm

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 2d ago

New video for Patrons: Free Speech is Fake: Marx, Human Rights, and Academic Freedom in the Face of White Supremacism This video is about how "free speech" is being used to protect racists like Cofnas and launder white supremacy through the academy www.patreon.com/johnthedunca...

New video for Patrons: Free Speech is Fake: Marx, Human Rights, and Academic Freedom in the Face of White Supremacism This video is about how "free speech" is being used to protect racists like Cofnas and launder white supremacy through the academy www.patreon.com/johnthedunca...

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New video for Patrons: Free Speech is Fake: Marx, Human Rights, and Academic Freedom in the Face of White Supremacism This video is about how "free speech" is being used to protect racists like Cofnas and launder white supremacy through the academy www.patreon.com/johnthedunca...

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"The forces of the enemy mobilise a political subject, but not in a history of their choosing." Me for Prometheus drawing on Baudrillard, Jonas Marvin, Kian Aspinall and @johntheduncan.bsky.social 's analysis of 'neoliberal fascisms' in the consumer society.

Prometheus Magazine@prometheusmagazine.bsky.social · 2w ago

Adam C. Jones looks at how neoliberalism has restructured the political subjects required for classical fascism, producing a "Simulacral Fascism" of signs and sensibilities detached from historical forms. prometheus-mag.com/2026/09/01/t...

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Mind the Gap; or, Bridging Activism and Academia: An Interview with John Duncan

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My spoken interview with @johntheduncan.bsky.social (the YouTube version with video). Part of an ongoing series/promotion for my latest volume, Intersectionality (2026). A written interview with John is planned in the coming weeks. Links below.

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My spoken interview with @johntheduncan.bsky.social, part of an ongoing series/promotion for my latest volume, Intersectionality (2026). A written interview is planned in the coming weeks. Links below.

As always, @johntheduncan.bsky.social has a superb new video on Andy Burnham and ‘Manchesterism’. Another instance in how neoliberalism sets forward PR for political programmes that bear little resemblance to the consequences of those programmes: it’s called ‘lying’ youtu.be/2vCLs8FuCGU?...

Manchesterism: A Neoliberal Death Machine

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I want to talk about Rights and Academic Freedom

wrote about how free speech shouldn't be considered as an abstract universal principle, but a concrete terrain of political struggle. Academics shouldn't retreat to wet liberalism which ultimately up

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I wrote about how free speech shouldn't be considered as an abstract universal principle, but a concrete terrain of political struggle. Academics shouldn't retreat to wet liberalism which ultimately upholds white supremacy but organise politically www.patreon.com/johnthedunca...

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The past weeks have been tragic. Nathan Cofnas, an explicitly racist “hereditarian” IQ truther doing a post-doc at Ghent university instigat

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I wrote about how free speech shouldn't be considered as an abstract universal principle, but a concrete terrain of political struggle. Academics shouldn't retreat to wet liberalism which ultimately upholds white supremacy but organise politically www.patreon.com/johnthedunca...

I want to talk about Rights and Academic Freedom | JohntheDuncan

The past weeks have been tragic. Nathan Cofnas, an explicitly racist “hereditarian” IQ truther doing a post-doc at Ghent university instigat

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If you like my writing, youtube, or any of my work really consider becoming a patron from just $2 a month

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

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I not only have learnt so much about the forces that drive politicians and the wider world from John, but his book reviews and recommendations have helped me critically engage with non-fiction rather than passively absorbing their stances. He's a great source of education who deserves support

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

My channel can only survive with audience support so if you like my work and want to support me you can find my Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/johnthedun... Paypal: paypal.com/paypalme/joh... Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johntheduncan

If you like my writing, youtube, or any of my work really consider becoming a patron from just $2 a month

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

My channel can only survive with audience support so if you like my work and want to support me you can find my Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/johnthedun... Paypal: paypal.com/paypalme/joh... Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johntheduncan

The UK's war machine goes full steam ahead while Burnham refuses to nationalise water

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW VIDEO!!! I have been getting more and more annoyed at Burnham's cutsey ordinary bloke cosplay so i decided to look at how his re-industrialisation strategy just makes him a merchant of death within global US hegemony. Manchesterism is a death machine! (Link below)

The UK's war machine goes full steam ahead while Burnham refuses to nationalise water

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW VIDEO!!! I have been getting more and more annoyed at Burnham's cutsey ordinary bloke cosplay so i decided to look at how his re-industrialisation strategy just makes him a merchant of death within global US hegemony. Manchesterism is a death machine! (Link below)

I think the Prime Minister is probably too normal. Happy maintaining normality just as he was when he was in Blair and Brown's cabinets

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW VIDEO!!! I have been getting more and more annoyed at Burnham's cutsey ordinary bloke cosplay so i decided to look at how his re-industrialisation strategy just makes him a merchant of death within global US hegemony. Manchesterism is a death machine! (Link below)

Manchesterism exacerbated regional inequalities, Manchesterism writ large will do the same

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW VIDEO!!! I have been getting more and more annoyed at Burnham's cutsey ordinary bloke cosplay so i decided to look at how his re-industrialisation strategy just makes him a merchant of death within global US hegemony. Manchesterism is a death machine! (Link below)

Manchesterism? Is that blood on Burnham's hands or just gravy?

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW VIDEO!!! I have been getting more and more annoyed at Burnham's cutsey ordinary bloke cosplay so i decided to look at how his re-industrialisation strategy just makes him a merchant of death within global US hegemony. Manchesterism is a death machine! (Link below)

Manchesterism? Is that blood on Burnham's hands or just gravy?

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW VIDEO!!! I have been getting more and more annoyed at Burnham's cutsey ordinary bloke cosplay so i decided to look at how his re-industrialisation strategy just makes him a merchant of death within global US hegemony. Manchesterism is a death machine! (Link below)

Fabulous video!💪 You've absolutely nailed the"neoliberal-urbanisation"of #Burnham's,Manchesterism! The reality is a city with just"39% of owner-occupier homes"-and the biggest"buy-to-let"market outside London! Luxury flats,owned by #Investors/#PropertyPimps (Offshore)-UNAFFORDABLE for the masses!🤮😖🤬

Burnham's defence plans won't re-industrialise Britain, won't fix any regional divides, and will only serve global bloodshed

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW VIDEO!!! I have been getting more and more annoyed at Burnham's cutsey ordinary bloke cosplay so i decided to look at how his re-industrialisation strategy just makes him a merchant of death within global US hegemony. Manchesterism is a death machine! (Link below)

False hope, false power. The neoliberal go-tos sold to the public, time and time again.

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW VIDEO!!! I have been getting more and more annoyed at Burnham's cutsey ordinary bloke cosplay so i decided to look at how his re-industrialisation strategy just makes him a merchant of death within global US hegemony. Manchesterism is a death machine! (Link below)

Watch my new video

John Duncan@johntheduncan.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW VIDEO!!! I have been getting more and more annoyed at Burnham's cutsey ordinary bloke cosplay so i decided to look at how his re-industrialisation strategy just makes him a merchant of death within global US hegemony. Manchesterism is a death machine! (Link below)