LightNews
ianbruff.bsky.social
Ian Bruff
@ianbruff.bsky.social
100 followers 150 following 30 posts

Critical political economist, University of Manchester.

Videos
Political science 60%
Sociology 23%
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Reposted by Ian Bruff

stanfordpress.bsky.social
Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 1d
Beginning in the interwar period and running through to recent developments, Neoliberalism and Race by Lars Cornelissen shows that racial themes have always pervaded neoliberal thinking. #ReadUP

https://ow.ly/KQGr50XaO8e
Book cover of Neoliberalism and Race by Lars Cornelissen
3 12

Reposted by Ian Bruff

cpern.bsky.social
CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 1d
We have a new online workshop coming!

Join us on 30 October to discuss the book 'Thirst: the global quest to solve the water crisis'

With author @filippomenga.bsky.social and discussants @gemmagasseau.bsky.social and Alexander Dunlap

Register at bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

See you there!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly workshop - October 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Filippo Menga, Thirst: the global quest to solve the water crisis Speaker: Filippo Menga is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Bergamo in Italy. Discussants: Gemma Gasseau is Re...
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us
1 3 3

Reposted by Stacy D. VanDeveer, Ian Bruff

matpaterson.bsky.social
Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · 1d
PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
1 27 18

ianbruff.bsky.social
Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 1d
I had exactly this feeling when in A&E in January. The situation was made worse due to there being two waiting rooms, meaning staff were wasting so much time trying to find patients, some of whom were asleep and weren't responding to their name! I thought of your book quite often while there.
1 2

Reposted by Joost Vervoort

ianbruff.bsky.social
Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 1d
'Self' was fantastic, 'In One of These...' raised the bar even higher, but this is T.H.E. M.A.S.T.E.R.P.I.E.C.E. Which means that the next TdH album will be even better 😄
terzijdehorde.bsky.social
Terzij de Horde - the only black metal on bluesky @terzijdehorde.bsky.social · 5d
OUR BREATH IS NOT OURS ALONE is here! We have poured everything into this album. The world is so profoundly fucked that this could not have been anything but a torrent of fury and grief. There is such an urgent need for people to wake up. album.link/s/3DAFXkSP8R...
Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone by Terzij de Horde
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
album.link
2 8

Reposted by Ian Bruff

nsrnicek.bsky.social
Nick Srnicek @nsrnicek.bsky.social · 1d
Two big changes to the precarity of the AI industry in the last year: (1) more and more companies are turning to debt to finance AI capex (see Meta, xAI, Oracle), and (2) OpenAI's flurry of deals in the past month are tying major companies to the fate of this startup
2 19 32

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Patrick Dunleavy, Elizabeth Stokoe , and 3 more

georgemonbiot.bsky.social
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d
To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
49 470 1.1K

Reposted by Ian Bruff

jemgilbert.bsky.social
Jeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert.bsky.social · 2d
The Starmer Disaster - The recording of our seminar with @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social, Mark Perryman , @profafinlayson.bsky.social and me is now online and in every podcast app: culturepowerpolitics.org/2025/10/13/t....
The Starmer Disaster
A recording of our online seminar with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Mark Perryman, Alan Finlayson and Jeremy Gilbert, recorded October 8th 2025 We ask: How has it all gone so wrong for a government electe…
culturepowerpolitics.org
2 6 22

Reposted by Ian Bruff

sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social
Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 2d
Special economic zones aren’t just trade infrastructure - they’re tools of imperial power & authoritarian control.

🚨New paper from @invisibleworkers.bsky.social

Read on to learn how global production sustains empire & violence.

🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629825001635
Governing through extra-territoriality: Jordan's clothing production zones as tools of imperial power and authoritarian rule
Jordan's Export Processing Zones (EPZs) for clothing production form part of political geographies of US imperialism in the Middle East, and have serv…
www.sciencedirect.com
3 4

Reposted by Joost Vervoort, Ian Bruff

terzijdehorde.bsky.social
Terzij de Horde - the only black metal on bluesky @terzijdehorde.bsky.social · 5d
OUR BREATH IS NOT OURS ALONE is here! We have poured everything into this album. The world is so profoundly fucked that this could not have been anything but a torrent of fury and grief. There is such an urgent need for people to wake up. album.link/s/3DAFXkSP8R...
Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone by Terzij de Horde
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
album.link
3 16 29

ianbruff.bsky.social
Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 6d
Oh no, please no!! (you might be right, though)
1

ianbruff.bsky.social
Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 7d
I enjoyed reading this review! I was a little less critical overall, but similar to you. I don't know what you think of it, but I liked Joe Mulhall's Rebel Sounds (which a UG diss student last year used for a project on rave and resistance to Thatcherism), which is more glass half-full
1

Reposted by Daniela Gabor, Miles Corak, Ian Bruff

benbraun.bsky.social
Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 7d
If profits shape the energy transition we need to understand the biggest profit event this century: the 2022 oil and gas price spike.

Very happy our paper is now out in Energy Research & Social Science. Thread by lead-author @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social 👇
gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social
Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 7d
🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
River or sankey diagram showing the allocation of profits from global oil and gas companies to quantiles of the US wealth size distribution via financial system intermediaries, such as asset managers, and categories of ultimate beneficiaries, such as business owners, pension funds and shareholders in listed companies. The scale is hundreds of billions of US dollars, and ultimately 50.4% of profits reaching the US personal wealth distribution go to the richest 1% of households.
1 47 100

Reposted by Ian Bruff

jordantcamp.bsky.social
Jordan T. Camp @jordantcamp.bsky.social · 7d
"The environment is woven into the rise of the right-wing movement," Alex Loftus tells me in our interview to launch Season 5 of the Conjuncture podcast. Episode produced w/ support of Trinity Social Justice Institute & @antipodeonline.bsky.social: trinitysocialjustice.com/alex-loftus-...
Alex Loftus on Ecology, Right-wing Populism, and Gramscian Geography
Jordan T. Camp speaks with critical geographer Alex Loftus about the climate crisis, right-wing populism, and “translating” Gramsci’s geographical insights in the present. Watch the episode on YouTube...
trinitysocialjustice.com
2 5

Reposted by Joost Vervoort

ianbruff.bsky.social
Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 7d
Excellent stuff, as always from Joost. Makes me think of a recent article by @cibled.bsky.social as well: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
2 6

Reposted by Ian Bruff

djbailey231.bsky.social
David Bailey @djbailey231.bsky.social · 8d
against Labour's plan to ban repeat protests

theconversation.com/labour-wants...
Labour wants to restrict repeat protests – but that’s what makes campaigns successful
Since entering office, the Labour government has further tightened restrictions on the right to protest.
theconversation.com
1 1

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Ian Bruff

smhall.bsky.social
Sarah Marie Hall @smhall.bsky.social · 9d
Join us for 'Imagining our Working Lives: A Creative Exploration' 💭🖍🪛🧤🥄🖱

1st Nov, Central Manchester. Part of ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025.

Free to attend, places limited. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imagining-...

P.s. There'll be cake!🍰
With @amycbarron.bsky.social + @clarecourtney
Poster for the event: Imagining our working lives: a creative exploration. The poster features a picture of a woman sat at a desk looking at a screen, surrounded by colourful pots and books. The poster contains a qr code to the event (see post)
3 2

Reposted by Ian Bruff

sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social
Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 9d
🧵Once the beating heart of #UK manufacturing, #Leicester's garment industry is now on the brink of collapse

❓What went wrong?

👟On the ground, our new Invisible Workers colleague, Dr Evie Gilbert, uncovers a story of systemic neglect

🔗 Read on: www.invisibleworkers.org.uk/journal/leic...
Leicester clothes the world? — Invisible workers
Traces of the UK’s clothing and textile manufacturing heritage remain today in places like Leicester, where a shrinking number of suppliers still vie for orders in the competitive global market. Our ...
www.invisibleworkers.org.uk
3 3

ianbruff.bsky.social
Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 9d
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Liberalism has betrayed the working class, but illiberali...
If we fail to uphold equality and democracy, where will our society be?
observer.co.uk
2

Reposted by Steve Peers, Martin Shaw, Jonathan Hopkin , and 1 more

georgemonbiot.bsky.social
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12d
After clashing with Maurice Glasman recently, I've come to realise just how pernicious he and his Blue Labour movement are. We could discuss his chumminess with Steve Bannon and JD Vance, endless pandering to the far right and evident hatred of the Labour left. But there's something even worse. 🧵
56 410 1.2K

Reposted by Susan J. Smith, John Hogan, Katherine Brickell , and 2 more

agendapub.bsky.social
Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · 12d
“A chilling and eye-opening exposé... gives voice to those living at the sharpest edge of austerity and makes an irrefutable case for change.”

@graceblakeley.substack.com on 'Debt Trap Nation' by
@kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki (out next week).

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/debt...

#housing #debt
Photo of a pile of books. The books are 'Debt Trap Nation' by Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki. Cover image features a woman and small child in a deep concrete basin or pit with no way of climbing out as the ladder is too short.
7 6

Reposted by Stacy D. VanDeveer, John Hogan, Ian Bruff

matpaterson.bsky.social
Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · 19d
Please join us to discuss our book on Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance (thread below). One launch on the 8th Oct, 10am EST, one on the 16th Oct, 4pm EST. See flyer for details and to register. The book is open access so you can quiz us. See you there! @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social
1 5 10

Reposted by Sarah Marie Hall, Katherine Brickell, Ian Bruff

thegj.bsky.social
The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social · 20d
Special Section in The GJ:

'Legacies of Austerity', edited by @smhall.bsky.social & @sanvanlan.bsky.social

This #OpenAccess collection explores how the lens of legacies can be applied to understand austerity's effects in Europe. Available here⬇️

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
A blue tile with a quote from the editorial introduction to the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section by S. van Lanen & S.M. Hall (2025): "As political discourse transforms and the period of fierce austerity implementation moves into history, we believe critical geographers should remain attentive to its traces in everyday practices, policy realities and material conditions. To imagine alternative futures, austerity's legacies should not be forgotten". A blue tile sharing the titles of 8 open access papers within the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section: 1) 'Legacies of Austerity: Editorial Introduction' by Sander van Lanen & Sarah Marie Hall 2) 'Family Hubs and the vulnerable care ecologies of child and family welfare in austerity' by Tom Disney et al. 3) 'Relational legacies and relative experiences: Austerity, inequality and access to special educational needs and disability (SEND) support in London, England' by Rosalie Warnock 4) 'Lived experiences of utilities-based indebtedness in Greece: Tracing the afterlives of austerity' by Aliki Koutlou 5) 'Grassroots temporary urbanism as a challenge to the city of austerity? Lessons from a self-organised park in Thessaloniki, Greece' by Matina Kapsali 6) 'De-municipalisation? Legacies of austerity for England's urban parks' by Andrew Smith et al. 7) 'Austerity's afterlives? The case of community asset transfer in the UK' by Neil Turnbull 8) 'Austere futures: From hardship to hope?' by Julie MacLeavy
9 13

Reposted by Ian Bruff

kbrickell.bsky.social
Prof Katherine Brickell @kbrickell.bsky.social · 21d
👀 Check out our new events page for our book "Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State" www.debt-trap-nation.org/events

🌹 First up is a Labour Party Conference fringe event on Tuesday – Mel Nowicki will be in conversation with MP Siobhain McDonagh and Francesca Albanese from Crisis
1 6

ianbruff.bsky.social
Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social · 27d
This is an excellent collection
gfearn.bsky.social
Gareth @gfearn.bsky.social · Sep 12
Very proud to say that our special issue with @urbanstudiesjournal.com is now all up online!
We address the authoritarian turn in urban governance globally, as neoliberal policies lose legitimacy and require more coercive means of enforcement.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Neoliberal crises and the city: Wrestling with authoritarian neoliberal urbanism(s) - Güldem Özatağan, Gareth Fearn, Ayda Eraydin, 2025
This Special Issue presents ‘authoritarian neoliberal urbanism’ as an empirical marker and a concept that signposts the ascendence of a new constellation in whi...
journals.sagepub.com
1 1 2

Reposted by Ian Bruff

cmmonwealth.bsky.social
Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 27d
In Britain, every time you...

— turn on a tap
— flip a light switch
— board a train or bus
— post a letter
— drop your child at nursery

... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power.

🧵 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.
2 29 34

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott , and 3 more

youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27d
think if you're broadly a centrist and were suuuuuper concerned about attacks on free speech from the left and so you decided to give the right a hearing then you need to realise you were taken for QUITE the ride (and don't really have anyone to blame but yourself)
48 390 2.1K

Reposted by Daniela Gabor, Dorothy Bishop, Patrick A. Jansen , and 12 more

onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 27d
Look who came with
1.4K 4.3K 7.9K

Reposted by Ian Bruff

jamiedoucette.bsky.social
Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 28d
It was a pleasure to sit in the passenger seat with Laam Hae's driving on the long journey that became this article. It's focused on her extensive work on the topic here, but I had some modest input with the theoretical framing.... 1/4
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
1 2 2

Reposted by Ian Bruff

cpern.bsky.social
CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 28d
Online workshop: Urban social movements as extended class actors
Join us on 25 September to discuss Sarah Uhlmann's article about struggles over social reproduction!
With discussants @miria-gam.bsky.social and @bonfert.bsky.social
Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
See you there!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Sarah Uhlmann 'Urban social movements as extended class actors: struggles over reproduction in Buenos Aires, New York City and Hamburg', in Global Political Economy. Discussants: Miria Gambardella a...
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us
1 4 3