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Stephen Shapiro

@stephenshapiro.bsky.social

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Edinburgh based: read my scholarly books below! I work on contemporary cultural studies, horror, world-systems perspectives, and a Gramscian Marx.

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · Nov 11

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 14h

could the East had enough of nazis?
www.zeit.de/2025/43/fran...

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 14h

www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Jawohl

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"speaking as a historian…"
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In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 1h

www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

Hour-long queues in Prague airport as EU entry-exit system comes into effect

Exclusive: Czech Republic vowed to introduce 100% EES checks on day one

www.independent.co.uk

Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 1h

I don't know, maybe covid vaccines?
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Another loss for the sh*tbirds
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I cover myself with ashes.
It's by another star, @pinkboss.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/step...

Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 2h

Lookie!
A very generous review of Tracking Capital by new star @drdominicdean.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

@sunypress.bsky.social

Tracking capital: World-systems, world-ecology, world-culture: Journal of Postcolonial Writing: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access

www.tandfonline.com

Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 1h

oops, but you're a star regardless!

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Lookie!
A very generous review of Tracking Capital by new star @drdominicdean.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

@sunypress.bsky.social

Tracking capital: World-systems, world-ecology, world-culture: Journal of Postcolonial Writing: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access

www.tandfonline.com

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 2h

archive.is/DpS3Q
And not just NyBer, but globally (if you've been watching!).

Dark Shadows are on us, but fear not, we will win,

and the Millers, Bondis, Weidels are thumbing the catalogs to decide between the accommodations in The Hague or Nuremberg.

Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 2h

"The Social Democrats lose the town hall of the state capital after 35 years."

The dying husk of the neoliberalized SPD can't stop the future of anti-conservative/anti-fascist movement.
www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/land...

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 2h

Scotland top our group in the World Cup qualifiers, with all games live on free-to-view TV thanks to a fan-backed campaign. 🙌

Football is for all of us. After these qualifiers our national games must remain free-to-view, not hidden behind a paywall.

The table for Scotland's World Cup qualifying group. Scotland 10, Denmark 7, Greece 3, Belarus 0. Denmark and Greece have a game in hand.

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 2h

spent the day reading Ruch: You should too:

"Fuck patience: Everyone can make a difference—A guide for uncompromising democrats"

"It's 5 minutes to 1933: What the AfD is plotting—and how we can stop it"

"If not us, then who?: A Political Manifesto

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 14h

and so it begins
www.jta.org/2025/10/10/d...

Jewish man attacked in Montana by self-proclaimed Nazi on Oct. 7 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The suspect allegedly attacked the victim after asking him about his Star of David tattoo.

www.jta.org

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 14h

haven't they suffered enough?

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 13h

from Nora Krug's graphic version of Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 12h

Academic specialist on Antifa, Mark Bray finally fled the USA successfully on Friday, after their plane reservations were raptured on Thursday.

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 11h

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all this just proves that extremely wealthy people are not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 5h

New-ish publication by @uwewittstock.bsky.social , pairs well with Marcello Musto's.
@jasonread.bsky.social

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 6h

"The decisive weapons in the World War against disinformation and demagogy are narratives that create meaning and community, explain the crisis, radiate confidence, and point the way out of the crisis."

When Yesterday Comes Knocking, Ruch & Weber

thanks @uwewittstock.bsky.social for reference

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UK HE News @ukhenews.bsky.social · 12h

A problem UCU has to contend with is that academics have no leverage over management in UK HE.

Refusing to teach or mark is no problem for senior management, as they can bypass academic roles.

In fact, they are itching to sell degrees without any substantive academic involvement.

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