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Marxist journal that understands anti-oppression struggles as constitutive of class struggle. Pro-Black, pro-queer, and resolutely internationalist.

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 26d

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ICYMI: Our last Spectre Live (cohosted with @haymarketbooks.org
) on resistance in higher education is on YouTube.

w/ @hebagowayed.bsky.social , @isaackamola.bsky.social , and Vineeta Singh.

Moderated by Spectre's own @grundrza.bsky.social .

Against the New McCarthyism: Organizing Resistance in Higher Education

YouTube video by Haymarket Books

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 5d

In his final article on rs21’s key political ideas, DK Renton explains why we can’t take over the state – we need to smash it to create a new world of freedom.

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Breaking the state

rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

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Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 21h

re-upping the gofundme page for Tom and his family www.gofundme.com/f/support-fr...

Donate to URGENT: Tom has been fired! Defend him and free speech now!, organized by Kim Gasper-Rabuck

The Unthinkable has happened! Dr. Tom Alter has been term… Kim Gasper-Rabuck needs your support for URGENT: Tom has been fired! Defend him and free speech now!

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 1d

If you like what we're doing, please subscribe to our print journal.

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 1d

Tish is a poet, writer, and educator. They coedit Locust Review , where you can find their work.

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Hospitality Engine — Locust Review

Naugahyde seats crackle and groan under my knees, / sounds like taking shoes off at the end of the night, / when I remember that the first computer / was a woman named Ada Lovelace / who worked from h...

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 1d

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Hey y'all! This week we have Tish Turl writing on fanfiction as a form of class revenge.

https://spectrejournal.com/class-revenge-…

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Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 7d

Please sign the petition calling for Tom Alter's reinstatement. Explanation at the link where you can sign.

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Statement by the Committee to Defend Tom Alter

Statement by the Committee to Defend Tom Alter On September 10th, 2025, Dr. Tom Alter, a respected and tenured professor of history at Texas State University, was fired for remarks he made at a social...

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Inquest @inquest.bsky.social · 6d

"When feminist struggles enter phases of rapprochement with the state, they throw Indigenous, 'deviant,' Black, sexualized, sex-working women and other gender minorities under the bus." @reproutopia.bsky.social talks with Aya Gruber about truly abolitionist feminism.

Leaning In to State Violence - Sophie Lewis interviewed by Aya Gruber - Inquest

In ‘Enemy Feminisms,’ philosopher Sophie Lewis engages with the feminism of racists, colonizers, fascists, cops, and jailers to better understand what a truly liberatory politics needs to look like.

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 7d

"Staring down the path of existential destruction..." - @philbc3 on how the Conservatives' voter coalition is breaking apart as they lose their Gen X voters to Reform:

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 4d

Blood on My Hands: My Confidant's Actions Branded me Violent, is the latest in our incarcerated writers series with @empowermentave.bsky.social.

It offers a deeply personal reflection about the experience of being convicted of "aiding and abetting" violence.
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Blood on My Hands – Spectre Journal

Convicted of aiding and abetting a murder, Mithrellas Curtis reflects on how her codefendant’s violence permanently branded her a “violent felon,” exposing the injustice of a system that punishes peop...

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 5d

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If you're in Toronto, this is tonight (10/9).

Space is limited so RSVP.

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David McNally launch "Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History"

Join us for the launch of Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History by David McNally. With Himani Bannerji and Pablo Idahosa

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 6d

China Miéville writing for Salvage.

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Beyond Folk Marxism: Mind, Metaphysics and Spooky Materialism - Salvage

Why, and how, are any of us capable of self-reflective thought? Of experiencing emotion, ratiocination, preference, cold, whim, melancholy, joy? Anything at all?

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · 20d

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Fighting the Empire – Spectre Journal

Occasioned by the release of Andor, Jonathan Brown reflects on the class politics of the Star Wars media empire and capitalism's cultural logic.

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 6d

You can also check out Izzy Plowright's interview with Rohan Shah for us on related matters last month.

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 6d

Dan Denvir talking to Melinda Cooper for @thedigradio.bsky.social .

Good stuff

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 14d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 7d

Earlier this year, incarcerated firefighters in LA rushed headlong into the flames, fending off catastrophic fires (made worse by climate change).

In their new essay, Abby Cunniff reminds us of the long history of their labor abolitionist politics.

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The Abolitionist Labor Politics of California’s Incarcerated Firefighters – Spectre Journal

Reflecting on the use of incarcerated firefighters today, Abby Cunniff takes a historical look on the radical politics of their counterparts in the 1970s.

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 7d

Hey y'all! This Friday (10/10), we'll have the next installment in our Incarcerated Writers series (done in partnership with Empowerment Ave).

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Empowerment Avenue

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 7d

And earlier this year, our own Dan Boscov-Ellen sat with Abby Cunniff, @joshuafrank.bsky.social, @promiseli.bsky.social, and @magalintzin.bsky.social to discuss the effects of capitalist-driven climate change and possibilities of resistance--available here.
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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 7d

"By 1971, incarcerated workers involved in the Afro-American History Culture Group were hosting regular study groups featuring Communist and socialist texts, like Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung and Capitalism Plus Dope Equals Genocide."

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 7d

"The first chapter in this network, called the Afro-American History Culture Group, was established at the Susanville Conservation Center and was followed up by the formation of four groups in nearby camps and centers."

journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 7d

"In 1969, workers in the Conservation Camp Program launched their own political network, inspired by radical organizers and Black revolutionaries who were gaining a foothold in California prisons in the 1960s."

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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 12d

“The Trump administration’s refusal to mandate reporting of AI’s environmental impact means that we have scant idea about what AI is really doing to the planet.” — @ashdawson.bsky.social

The Costs of the Cloud | Ashley Dawson

Hours after his inauguration, Donald Trump declared a “national energy emergency.” The US, he warned in an executive order, suffered from “a precariously

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 8d

brian bean and Thomas Hummel writing for Tempest.

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Hiding our goals is no way to win

brian bean and Thomas Hummel discuss democratic socialism, the Democratic Socialists of America, resistance to abolitionism, and anti-Zionism.

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 10d

Reading Adam Hanieh's recent book while on a plugged-in exercise bike, this piece argues oil capitalism seeps under our skin—from Vaseline and microplastics to fast fashion—speeding work and mechanizing desire.

By @alansearslefty.bsky.social in @journalspectre.bsky.social

Lube – Spectre Journal

Inspired by Adam Hanieh's Crude Capitalism, Alan Sears reflects on the influence of oil-centered capitalist development on our erotic lives.

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 9d

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Links to the petition, GoFundMe, and statements in support of Dr. Tom Alter.

No to Fascists! Defend Tom Alter! – Spectre Journal

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