Critical Social, Political, & Economic Theory
The theorists & activists here all do work that denaturalizes relations of power and points the way to alternatives that promote human and ecological flourishing. Themes: capitalism, democracy, environment, social difference, solidarity, emancipation.
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@itsmccarthy.bsky.social
@isabellamweber.bsky.social
EconProf, UMass Amherst Robinson, Keynes, Meiksins Wood, Rothschild & Matthöfer Prizes | Harvard Associate in Research | 2023 TIME100 Next
@buddyyakov.bsky.social
Political economy, Russia, ext. Also pictures of cats. Recovering historian doing financial engineering for the public sector the Center For Public Enterprise and still sometimes missing academia. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674240995
@jksteinberger.bsky.social
Ecosocialist bluestocking. Immigrant & settler 🇪🇺🇨🇭🇺🇸🇬🇧. Social ecology & ecological economics at Uni Lausanne in 🇨🇭. Bad at email. She/her
@nkalamb.bsky.social
🍉; “Happiness Vampire”; Assoc Prof of Soc @ UNB; social theory + sport; words in The Guardian etc; co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social; he/him; plz order *The End of College Football*: https://t.co/0C19WAmL6y
@nhold.bsky.social
Hey bluesky. Historian. In decline. Views expressed here are those of a future insightful majority.
@aldasky.bsky.social
Political economy of climate emergency. Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley; Director, Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2; Founding Co-Director, Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social. A Planet to Win (Verso). he/him
@mckenziewark.bsky.social
Author of RAVING, REVERSE COWGIRL and various other things. https://linktr.ee/mckenziewark
@nathantankus.bsky.social
President of @crisesnotes.bsky.social (crisesnotes.com) Book: [About Undetermined], under contract with Viking Books email: crisesnotes(at)gmail(dot)com Signal: NathanTankus.01 (only for reporting... Okay on weekends you can confess crushes)
@astra.bsky.social
Author of a growing pile of books (Solidarity; The Age of Insecurity; Remake the World; Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss it When It's Gone; The People's Platform), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
@jwmason.bsky.social
Associate professor of economics, John Jay College-CUNY, senior fellow at the Groundwork Collaborative. Blog and other writing: jwmason.org. Study economics with me: https://johnjayeconomics.org. Anti-war Keynesian, liberal socialist, Brooklyn dad.
@natashalennard.bsky.social
Well, since you’re all here, too… columnist at The Intercept; professor of critical journalism at The New School; author - “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life”; antifascism, abolition, Wittgenstein from the left.
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social
Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her. Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring. Find me at [email protected]
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist & author. big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴 my books/writing: www.kim-kelly.com my lefty heavy metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
@leahstokes.bsky.social
Professor of climate + energy policy at UCSB. Alumni of MIT, Columbia and UToronto. Hosts "A Matter of Degrees" podcast. Cuts carbon pollution! Proudly 🇨🇦 Gardener 🌱 leahstokes.com
@gabrielwinant.bsky.social
Historian, opinions my own. Hand upon the dollar, eye upon the scale. He/him.
@edwardongwesojr.com
writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel thetechbubble.substack.com
@itsmccarthy.bsky.social
University of California Santa Cruz Prof. Director of Community Studies. Author: The Master’s Tools (Verso) + Dismantling Solidarity (Cornell). Senior Associate Editor: Critical Sociology. Likes: economic democracy, critical social theory, 2x2 tables.