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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · 1d

While you're at it, I'd also check out Michael's unfortunately topical piece in The National on how war came to be regarded as an economic "growth sector": www.thenational.scot/politics/253...

Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · 1d

"Nuclear strategy, once framed as a tool for security, has become an invisible but ever-present law — shaping the very foundations of political authority, economic order, and cultural imagination."

Today is publication day for Empire of Deterrence. Read an excerpt/order now from the link in our bio

Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · 2d

If you want to DM me a delivery address, I'll see if we can send out gratis review copies in future

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Whereabouts are you based? We don't often do ARCs (unless you'd take epubs?), but it's something I'm looking to change.

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ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 3d

Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 3d

It was inevitable that, without needed change and reform, the War on Terror would swing back to America

It’s the march of capitalism and its reliance on hidden and then overt authoritarianism. We can see where this is going by looking at what we did to others, and so we must band together with them

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 4d

We can have democracy or we can have billionaires.
We cannot have both.

NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · 5d

"Stealing the Future," the inside story of one of the greatest financial scams of the century, and a deep-dive into the cult of techno-utopianism, will be out November 11th with Repeater Books, by @davidzmorris.bsky.social.

Pre-order it now at repeaterbooks.com/product/stea...

Cover of "Stealing the Future" by David Z. Morris. The text reads "The real story of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX: This books tells the truth of the FTX collapse, from a member of the CoinDesk team that first triggered Sam Bankman-Fried's unmaksing"

Cover of "Stealing the Future" by David Z. Morris. The text reads "When does a philosophy become a conspiracy"

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · 5d

For my part I think we don't like losing things, and we live in an era permeated by loss or the threat of it (loss of a habitable environment on the grand scale; of security on an individual level). Under these conditions maybe it's natural for people to become more guarded and insular

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks!
Bifo Berardi talks about this a bit in Quit Everything: cultural production has accelerated beyond our ability to keep up, and so social cohesion is ripping apart faster than we can mend it

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · 6d

You've already used the monkey's paw.

Editor Carl Neville discusses class and occult horror over on Repeater youtube: youtu.be/nGTY6ppeCp0?...

On the Monkey's Paw: Repeater Occult

YouTube video by Zer0 Books and Repeater Media

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 7

Ronald Hartz, David Harvie, and Simon Lilley spoke to the University of Essex's COVER centre about the struggle against the neoliberal university from their book "Shaping for Mediocrity" out now with our friends over at Zer0 Books! youtu.be/KT_-plbuUnw?...

Shaping for Mediocrity

YouTube video by COVER Research Centre

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Dominic Pettman @dominicpettman.bsky.social · Feb 28

Such a great turnout - and vibe - to celebrate the release of @leilataylor.bsky.social's SICK HOUSES and my own SEEKING ATTENTION.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · Mar 1

February’s column is up at the @nytimes.com! I talk about Daisy Pearce’s Something in the Walls, Margie Sarsfield’s Beta Vulgaris, and Leila Taylor’s Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread. Free article link, so share away!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...

3 New Horror Books That Put a Fresh Spin on Old Tropes (Gift Article)

Our columnist reviews three new horror books out this month.

www.nytimes.com

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 7

Coming up on Friday the 4th of April, @stanchionbooks.bsky.social presents an evening with @mickypkerr.bsky.social to launch his book "Football, The People's Shame: How to Revolutionise a National Sport" at The Volley in London. Get your ticket today via stanchionbooks.com/pages/events

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 7

Pre-orders for Matthew Ingram's "The Garden: visionary Growers and Farmers of the Counterculture" are now live! Get 20% off when you buy The Garden as well as his "Retreat: How the Counterculture Invested Wellness" with code: ingrambundle over at repeaterbooks.com!

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 6

"Sick Houses reaches far beyond and far deeper into the lore and lure of the domestic space than any book before it."-Shelagh Rowan-Legg

Leila Taylor's Sick Houses is out NOW via repeaterbooks.com

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 6

Join author Ryann Donnelly at the ICA in London on March 19th for an event celebrating her latest book "Body High: Death, Drugs, & Eva Hesse" in conversation with Amah-Rose Abrams! Get your tickets via www.ica.art/learning/bod...

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Andrew Beaven @theteesra.com · Mar 6

As #cricket in England & Wales prepares to sell itself to the highest bidder, Micky P Kerr presents an impassioned manifesto to reclaim “the People’s Game”, #football, from “the corporations and oligarchs who have stolen it from us.”
#BookReview #ThePeoplesShame
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Review — Football, The People’s Shame: How to Revolutionise a National Sport

Ironically, just as cricket in England & Wales prepares to sell itself to the highest bidder, Micky P Kerr presents an impassioned manifesto to reclaim “the People’s Game”, football, from “the…

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 6

On Saturday 22nd of March join Brad Evans at in Redditch for an in-person conversation about his latest book "How Black was my Valley: Poverty & Abandonment in a Post-Industrial Heartland". The event is free but booking is essential, secure your place via www.worcestershire.gov.uk/events/profe...

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · Mar 6

On #WorldBookDay why not treat yourself to a book!?
#BookSky 🏏📚

www.amazon.co.uk/Different-Cl...

Different Class The Untold Story of English Cricket

Buy Different Class The Untold Story of English Cricket New by Duncan Stone (ISBN: 9781913462802) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social · Mar 5

"Spicer recognises what made Brötzmann such a singular figure, from the sheer physical power of his sound to the influence of his visual art practice"-Stewart Smith on Daniel Spicer's "Peter Brötzmann" in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social ! Get yourself a copy to check out the full review!

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