My chapter on 19th century plebeian internationalism is out now in The Routledge Handbook of Ideology Analysis 🎉 📕 Many thanks to the editors @julfaure.bsky.social, Matthew Humphreys, and David Laycock! If you'd like to read it, feel free to get in touch. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Vincent Harting
@vharting.bsky.social
Fellow in Political Theory at @lsepoltheory.bsky.social | Working on socialism, democratic theory, and economic justice.
Gosh. It's almost as if capitalism is not in fact a totally rational and seamless system.
Please register and join us in some weeks for the next session of our series on "Alternatives to Capitalism" with @leaypi.bsky.social !
From Subordination to Revolution: A Gramscian Theory of Popular Mobilization | John Chalcraft | Tuesday 03 March 2026 18:00 - 19:30 | STICERD Event
An event from the Cohesive Capitalism Event series organised by STICERD
sticerd.lse.ac.uk
It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
ucpress.edu
Every world leader should be condemning Trump. We’ll see who steps up. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Trump orders strikes on Caracas, officials tell CBS, as Venezuela declares national emergency - latest
Venezuela's government says it rejects
bbc.co.uk
If you're around London next week, consider joining us for this workshop on alternatives to capitalism! Details below👇
Alternatives to Capitalism Workshop | Vincent Harting | Thursday 11 December 2025 11:00 - 16:00 | STICERD Event
An event from the Cohesive Capitalism Event series organised by STICERD
sticerd.lse.ac.uk
The cool thing about teaching utilitarianism is that each time I do, I get a little closer to convincing myself it's correct
Such a funny headline - don't they realise Starmer IS the mistake? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes
Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’
theguardian.com
Very grateful to the ECPR political theory jury for this wonderful news!
🎉 Congratulations @brunoleipold.com (@lsepoltheory.bsky.social) for winning our 2025 Political Theory Prize ⭐ Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought (@princetonupress.bsky.social) 👉 More about the winner buff.ly/TweS2Bw #ECPRPrizes
In a new article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social I propose an institution reform to make representative government less oligarchic: having elected politicians held accountable by randomly selected "Constituency Juries"
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Constituency Juries: #Holding #Elected #Representatives #Accountable through #Sortition By @brunoleipold.com doi.org/10.1017/S153...
If you’re around Munich in a couple of weeks and want to discuss oligarchy and corporatism with me please join us to this workshop! ✊🏼 collab.dvb.bayern/spaces/TUMhf...
Overcoming Oligarchy: Class-Specific Political Institutions in Democratic Theory - Hochschule für Politik - BayernCollab
collab.dvb.bayern
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, and I know I speak for millions of people up and down this country: We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
It's a bit of a shame everyone decided to turn against the Enlightenment just when it's most needed, isn't it....
Saddened by the death of Pope Francis, who was a wonderful force for good. I hope the Catholic Church stays true to his vision of economic and environmental justice. Here's a short essay I wrote a decade ago on Francis's radical economic vision in Laudato Si': web.archive.org/web/20150626...
OPINION: Pope Francis’ radical economic vision | Al Jazeera America
His new encyclical on climate change urges wholesale transformation of our capitalist system
web.archive.org
Liberals who argue that fascists such as Trump and Le Pen should not be barred from running elections by legal means (and must instead be 'defeated democratically') seem to forget that fascists have no intent to win democratically (and break the law precisely to assure that they won't be defeated).
Trump calls it Liberation Day. Expecting it to be a bit more like Liz Truss day.
Ever forced to find cuts to welfare, never forced to raise taxes.
Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn Chancellor risks wrath of Labour backbenchers with spring statement set to confirm deeper cuts www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Few things beat discussing socialism with such great comrades and friends. Huge thanks to @tatianallaguno.bsky.social @vharting.bsky.social and @jkandiyali.bsky.social
What an honour to have been part of this wonderful book roundtable on @brunoleipold.com’s Citizen Marx alongside @tatianallaguno.bsky.social ❤️✊🏼
What an honour to have been part of this wonderful book roundtable on @brunoleipold.com’s Citizen Marx alongside @tatianallaguno.bsky.social ❤️✊🏼
Limited government has in practice always been about limiting government services, while increasing government force and brutality. Exactly the wrong way round.
The London Political Theory Network is organizing a panel on “Empire and Emancipation” on April 4, 3-5pm, at Senate House, involving Paul Apostolidis, Arturo Chang, Ulas Ince, Kimberly Hutchings, and Ẹniọlá Ṣóyẹmí. For more details and to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/empire-and...
Empire and Emancipation Panel
The London Political Theory Network will host scholars to explore themes of colonialism, imperial legacy, and anticolonial resistance.
eventbrite.co.uk
I always struggle a little to explain my students why Marxists are right about freedom in the capitalist state. Jeff Bezos does it so much better.
New: Jeff Bezos emailed staff at the Washington Post this morning announcing that the Post opinion pages going forward were largely going to focus on defending personal liberties and free markets. Current opinion section editor David Shipley is out.
📝 My new article “Facing a fossil free future through the past: The importance of history for understanding fossil fuel phaseouts” is out in Energy Research & Social Science! Read and share: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Facing a fossil free future through the past: The importance of history for understanding fossil fuel phaseouts
The study of policies limiting the production of fossil fuels must be appropriately historicised. Contextualising these policies within a longer-term …
sciencedirect.com
Wow this paper is fantastic. An economic explanation for Haslanger's theory of race, of DuBois on the psychological wage, and of the different racial stratifications of different societies. Sometimes I read an econ paper that makes me wish I became an economist...
A paper that would not have been published in a top 5 journal 20 years ago. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...
We're very exciting to host a book launch for @mirjam-m.bsky.social 's Global Sweathshops on 5 March, 4-6pm. Discussion will be chaired by @brunoleipold.com with comments by Paul Apostolidis, @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and Sarah Goff. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/global-swe....
Trump's inauguration marks a seismic political shift in Silicon Valley - a complete capitulation to the far right and the beginning of a new era of 'tech for evil': trashing the environment, military AI, misinformation and rampant cronyism. open.substack.com/pub/doesnotc...
Big Tech Gives Us the ‘Roman Salute’: Welcome to the Era of ‘Tech for Evil’
When people show you who they are, believe them.
open.substack.com
And also huge congratulations to @vharting.bsky.social and Andreas Sorger who officially received their PhDs in political theory today! 🎓🎉
Congratulations to our 2023-24 MSc political theory cohort who had their graduation today 👩🎓🥳 @leaypi.bsky.social @pjthinker.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social