there’s a funny postscript in this where Jameson is like, “so what’s the contemporary look like? Shit’s crazy. We’re back to idealism and materialism. Badiou is an avowed platonist who believes in Ideas. Then there’s this guy Meillassoux who thinks fossils disproveKant. idk man”

A fiery review of Flowers for Marx from Nico. I particularly like the conclusion and the turn to Rosa Luxemburg although I don't know if I agree with the Althusser parts. In any event, much to consider.

We need to treat Israel as we did apartheid South Africa. Under Netanyahu Israel has become a rogue nation that breaches international law with impunity. Words of condemnation won't cut it, we need meaningful sanctions, and a policy of isolation until Israel changes course.

A Marxism Full of Ideas: Reintroducing Alain Badiou (feat. Gabriel Tupinambá) x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Oh, you guys notice NOW that twenty years of leftists trying to rehabilitate Carl Schmitt may not have been a good idea, huh.

Most Haitian historians talk 'origins' but have no real data. We mapped every route, every tribe, every arrival. The real Haiti is a mosaic, mapped in blood.#Haiti #Rstats #HaitiHistory #Data #DataVsDogma

Got tickets to see Messi play tonight. My son is an absolute Messi fanatic. This might be the equivalent to seeing Jordan back in the day when I was a kid. Can't wait to see his face light up.

This is actually a ridiculous review of Christoph's book. it is both hyperbolic and petty if I'm honest. youtu.be/zrJKRdrR7XY?si…

Oh my god 🙈

Jason W. Moore vecerovskij Nice. Here is a short intro to where I'm going with it. youtu.be/NzXv5wmVjFU?si…

For comrades in DC that see the cops do this sort of activity report it here: dcmigrantmutualaid.org

A live streamed genocide. The Israeli military know exactly who their targets are when they fire missiles from drones. At least 15 people, including paramedics, civil defence and 3 journalists, murdered on live television. No-one can say they did not know 👇

Joan Copjec's new book is a trip. A deep-dive into Islamic philosophy and gnosticism full of some striking re-workings of Lacanian philosophy through Islamic gnosticism. It is an ambitious work with some pretty fascinating ideas in it. Here's a link to our symposium with Joan and

I'm discussing the politics of despair and the concept of the political with Benjamin Studebaker Benjamin Studebaker x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

How silent is the press of England upon the outrageous violations of the treaty daily practiced by foreigners living in China under British protection! We hear nothing of the illicit opium trade, which yearly feeds the British treasury at the expense of human life and morality.

ICE took an Uber driver on my street last night. Brutal and disgusting.

a great symposium! I especially like Erfani’s interventions.

Copjec on the freedom vs. equality debate in Marxism. What a mess. It bothers me that this debate has regressed to such levels. Feels vulgar.

By Lukács' account, the bourgeoisie is the class that possesses a laser-focused economic consciousness because as a class they are the expression of the core contradiction of capitalism itself, namely that the barrier to capitalist production is capital itself. The bourgeoisie is