It's on the way, with some 🔥 pieces!

F&L Blog - Property Damages - International Karl Polanyi Society Property Damages by Jacob Blumenfeld 13.02.2026 Does private property secure freedom, or train us for domination? In this article, philosopher Jacob Blumenfeld traces how liberal ownership rights shap...

"Liberalism is founded on the right to private property, but private property is also what breaks liberalism. For what better way than owning property is there for learning how to be a dictator?"

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For those interested in value theory and the critique of political ecology:

This new article by André Novas Otero shows how rent can only be understood in terms of its double basis (natural difference and class power), and how this double basis helps explain the persistence of uneven development.

Deportation Is State Violence w/ Nate Holdren (Unlocked) This episode was originally released December 1st for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a pa

In today’s episode, @nhold.bsky.social returns to discuss how deportation is unjustifiable state violence no matter one’s immigration status or citizenship, and how that violence is naturalized when demands are framed around who or what is “legal”

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Periodic reminder: I have a new book coming out at the end of March. Let me know if you want me to visit your class, reading group, etc. and talk about it.

Please also let me know if you have any interest in reviewing it:

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Marx in the Automation Age

“The crisis of work today is not a momentary storm. It is a moment in the permanently worsening uncertainty that characterises the living conditions of those who depend on the wage to survive.” | @alexismoraitis.bsky.social

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« État et capital. Recherche sur la politique économique » par Suzanne de Brunhoff :
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I've been rereading this excellent piece today - it sheds light on so many of the vital debates within Marxist and heterodox political economy in recent years. I really recommend checking it out.

Preliminary proofs are in......

🚨new publication🚨

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in: Understanding Social Struggles: Relating Recognition Theories and Epistemic Injustice (eds. H. Hänel and F. Schuppert), Transcript. pp. 49-64. 2025.

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“The mythological idea of fate becomes no less mythical when it is demythologised ‘into a secular “logic of things”’ that on the pain of ruin judges the actions of the actual individuals by means of competing price signals’ (Adorno). Fate is a category of a ghostlike society.” | Bonefeld

Strikes suspended in Lancaster University staff job cuts row - BBC News The university is trying to save £30m amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.

📢📢📢We made it to the national news! This time with an important win for our branch!
Management has decided to withdraw compulsory redundancies for academic staff at least until July 2026. ASOS and next week's strikes are therefore called off.
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🚨 STRIKE ACTION ON THE 27 & 28 NOVEMBER 🚨

We’ve now served formal notice of strike action on 27 & 28 November.

Management must withdraw the plan to make 400+ of us redundant or risk escalating and sustained industrial action.

@ucu.org.uk

If you're in the north east, come along!

And here is the link to the article:

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i've been waiting years for this to come out so I can cite it. This is *fantastic* - give it a read

New article out with @histmat.bsky.social

I revisit Marx's critique of the relationship between labour, technology and the surplus population and situate it within the context of capitalism's directionality

The UK’s redundancy crisis: four views from the front line Higher education news feeds are currently dominated by near-daily announcements of large job cuts across the UK. But what effect is all this having on the atmosphere within the departments affected – ...

"I don’t think I could bear an environment where the constant competition to keep our jobs causes us to lose sight of each other’s very humanity"
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