Historical Materialism Journal
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Historical Materialism is the leading journal of critical Marxist theory and research. Based at the University of London, published by De Gruyter Brill, appearing quarterly.
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I reviewed two fantastic books by @reproutopia.bsky.social , @fullnommunism.bsky.social and Mijke Van Der Drift for @histmat.bsky.social - reflecting on tolerable levels of dissonance in comradely feminisms: www.historicalmaterialism.org/enemies-comr...
Enemies, Comrades, and The Counterrevolutionary Logic of Cisness - Historical Materialism
Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, Trans femme futures: Abolitionist ethics for transfeminist worlds. Pluto Press, 2024. Sophie Lewis, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses against Liber...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I reviewed two fantastic books by @reproutopia.bsky.social , @fullnommunism.bsky.social and Mijke Van Der Drift for @histmat.bsky.social - reflecting on tolerable levels of dissonance in comradely feminisms: www.historicalmaterialism.org/enemies-comr...
The deadline for next year's HM Istanbul has been extended!!!
Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper/panel proposals to 12 December 2025. Make sure to send us your abstracts, comrades!
Further details from the HM Istanbul website below.
Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper/panel proposals to 12 December 2025. Make sure to send us your abstracts, comrades!
Further details from the HM Istanbul website below.
Historical Materialism Istanbul 2026
From Catastrophe to Struggle: Rethinking Capitalism amid Wars and Disasters
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December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The deadline for next year's HM Istanbul has been extended!!!
Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper/panel proposals to 12 December 2025. Make sure to send us your abstracts, comrades!
Further details from the HM Istanbul website below.
Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper/panel proposals to 12 December 2025. Make sure to send us your abstracts, comrades!
Further details from the HM Istanbul website below.
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Here is the video of our roundtable on internationalism at @histmat.bsky.social- London conference in Nov 2025.
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The Question of Internationalism: Between Marxism and Anarchism
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December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Here is the video of our roundtable on internationalism at @histmat.bsky.social- London conference in Nov 2025.
@leninology.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
@lsehumanrights.bsky.social
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@leninology.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
@lsehumanrights.bsky.social
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My review of @alybatt.bsky.social's fantastic book "Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature" is out in Contemporary Political Theory. I had the pleasure of discussing it at @histmat.bsky.social launch last month in London with Andreas Malm and Søren Mau link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Free gifts: capitalism and the politics of nature - Contemporary Political Theory
Contemporary Political Theory -
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December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My review of @alybatt.bsky.social's fantastic book "Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature" is out in Contemporary Political Theory. I had the pleasure of discussing it at @histmat.bsky.social launch last month in London with Andreas Malm and Søren Mau link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Next week I'm moderating an @histmat.bsky.social event on the instantly-canonical 'Feminism Against Cisness' with @riislover667.bsky.social, @reproutopia.bsky.social, Lola Olufemi, and @weakanalogy.bsky.social.
Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online
To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...
Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online
To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...
December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Next week I'm moderating an @histmat.bsky.social event on the instantly-canonical 'Feminism Against Cisness' with @riislover667.bsky.social, @reproutopia.bsky.social, Lola Olufemi, and @weakanalogy.bsky.social.
Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online
To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...
Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online
To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...
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Cover design for ‘Trouble in Paradise’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published 6 January 2026. Cover art is a detail from a painting by Thomas Cole, ‘River in the Catskills’, oil on canvas (1843). Photo ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2701-t...
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Cover design for ‘Trouble in Paradise’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published 6 January 2026. Cover art is a detail from a painting by Thomas Cole, ‘River in the Catskills’, oil on canvas (1843). Photo ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2701-t...
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Cover design for ‘The Narrowest Path’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series, pub. 16th December 2025. Cover art is from Construct 75, after John Henry Dearle (for Morris & Co.) Iris / Varvara Stepanova, textile design, acrylic on wallpaper, 2023.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Cover design for ‘The Narrowest Path’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series, pub. 16th December 2025. Cover art is from Construct 75, after John Henry Dearle (for Morris & Co.) Iris / Varvara Stepanova, textile design, acrylic on wallpaper, 2023.
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Important interview with Alan Sears on eros and alienation, by Sean K Isaacs and Isadora Seconi
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Alienation, Eroticism, and Utopia: An Interview with Alan Sears - Historical Materialism
At a time when the lives of trans people, migrant workers, and women, amongst others, are threatened by the far Right, it is important to engage with the demands and analyses of these groups, both on ...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Important interview with Alan Sears on eros and alienation, by Sean K Isaacs and Isadora Seconi
@histmat.bsky.social
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@histmat.bsky.social
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Excited that this is in the world! Grats Cody!
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Excited that this is in the world! Grats Cody!
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Class, Race, and the US South. American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work - Historical Materialism
Cody R. Melcher, Olivier Maheo, and Esther Cyna Volume Editors: Cody R. Melcher, Olivier Maheo, and Esther Cyna Class, Race, and the US South, a Festschrift for labour militant and political scientist...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Excited that this is in the world! Grats Cody!
@histmat.bsky.social
Excited that this is in the world! Grats Cody!
@histmat.bsky.social
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Cover design for ‘The Longest Night’ cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published 16 December 2025. Cover art is a development of ‘Rhythm 69 no. 65, paint and wallpaper on canvas 2007.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Cover design for ‘The Longest Night’ cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published 16 December 2025. Cover art is a development of ‘Rhythm 69 no. 65, paint and wallpaper on canvas 2007.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2713-t...
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2713-t...
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Another three 'place holder' front cover designs produced for publicity purposes before the final book cover is sent off. This group is due to be published Spring 2026 by Haymarket Books, Chicago, for the Historical Materialism Book Series. www.haymarketbooks.org/.../1-histor...?
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Another three 'place holder' front cover designs produced for publicity purposes before the final book cover is sent off. This group is due to be published Spring 2026 by Haymarket Books, Chicago, for the Historical Materialism Book Series. www.haymarketbooks.org/.../1-histor...?
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Four rough 'place holder' front cover designs produced for publicity purposes before the final book cover is sent off. This group is due to be published Spring 2026 by Haymarket Books, Chicago, for the Historical Materialism Book Series. www.haymarketbooks.org/.../1-histor...?
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Four rough 'place holder' front cover designs produced for publicity purposes before the final book cover is sent off. This group is due to be published Spring 2026 by Haymarket Books, Chicago, for the Historical Materialism Book Series. www.haymarketbooks.org/.../1-histor...?
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First @histmat.bsky.social conference – but definitely not the last!
I had a great time in London last wknd with my team @cominsitu.bsky.social and Rabea Berfelde – many thx to all who came to our panel and gave feedback! already looking forward to next year - hopefully take better photos then (:
I had a great time in London last wknd with my team @cominsitu.bsky.social and Rabea Berfelde – many thx to all who came to our panel and gave feedback! already looking forward to next year - hopefully take better photos then (:
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
First @histmat.bsky.social conference – but definitely not the last!
I had a great time in London last wknd with my team @cominsitu.bsky.social and Rabea Berfelde – many thx to all who came to our panel and gave feedback! already looking forward to next year - hopefully take better photos then (:
I had a great time in London last wknd with my team @cominsitu.bsky.social and Rabea Berfelde – many thx to all who came to our panel and gave feedback! already looking forward to next year - hopefully take better photos then (:
A thank you note from the organisers of the 2025 Historical Materialism London Conference...
A thank you note from the organisers of the 2025 Historical Materialism London Conference - Historical Materialism
A huge thanks to all the participants in the 2025 Historical Materialism London conference. The conference was a huge success with 1,043 presentations and over 1,400 participants. The biggest Historic...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A thank you note from the organisers of the 2025 Historical Materialism London Conference...
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First @histmat.bsky.social London conference, first Marxist Octagon experience 🔻 even seen Máret Ánne Sara’s work at the Turbine Hall.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
First @histmat.bsky.social London conference, first Marxist Octagon experience 🔻 even seen Máret Ánne Sara’s work at the Turbine Hall.
A huge thanks to all the participants in the 2025 Historical Materialism London conference. The conference was a huge success with over 900 presentations and 1400 participants. The biggest Historical Materialism London Conference ever!
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A huge thanks to all the participants in the 2025 Historical Materialism London conference. The conference was a huge success with over 900 presentations and 1400 participants. The biggest Historical Materialism London Conference ever!
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Went to bed last night with a strange twitching in my arm, which Google tells me is a result of overcaffeination. Had the best time at my first Historical Materialism Conference - challenging, rewarding and, somehow, hopeful - and am already looking forward to next year's. @histmat.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Went to bed last night with a strange twitching in my arm, which Google tells me is a result of overcaffeination. Had the best time at my first Historical Materialism Conference - challenging, rewarding and, somehow, hopeful - and am already looking forward to next year's. @histmat.bsky.social
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Had to miss the last day of HM to get back to teaching tomorrow, but just want to say thank you to @histmat.bsky.social for filming uploading this excellent closing plenary.
Had to miss the last day of HM to get back to teaching tomorrow, but just want to say thank you to @histmat.bsky.social for filming uploading this excellent closing plenary.
Marxist Strategies at the End of Liberal Order
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November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Had to miss the last day of HM to get back to teaching tomorrow, but just want to say thank you to @histmat.bsky.social for filming uploading this excellent closing plenary.
Had to miss the last day of HM to get back to teaching tomorrow, but just want to say thank you to @histmat.bsky.social for filming uploading this excellent closing plenary.
Internet, make this happen...
Looking forward to next year's plenary, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
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November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Internet, make this happen...
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That’s a wrap. What an amazing @histmat.bsky.social conference once again. See you next year!
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
That’s a wrap. What an amazing @histmat.bsky.social conference once again. See you next year!
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Every time I go to HM in London, I think the conference is *perfect*. 10/10 💯 💥
And always when I return the next year, it is even better!!
Huge thank you to the organisers @histmat.bsky.social 🙏❤️
And always when I return the next year, it is even better!!
Huge thank you to the organisers @histmat.bsky.social 🙏❤️
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Every time I go to HM in London, I think the conference is *perfect*. 10/10 💯 💥
And always when I return the next year, it is even better!!
Huge thank you to the organisers @histmat.bsky.social 🙏❤️
And always when I return the next year, it is even better!!
Huge thank you to the organisers @histmat.bsky.social 🙏❤️
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Honor to speak on a plenary at this year's @histmat.bsky.social conference in London. My intervention focused on Trump 2.0 and the fascism debate. Drawn from collaborative project with @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social on authoritarian disposition of capitalist rule.
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Resurgent Reaction and the Rise of New Authoritarianisms
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November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Honor to speak on a plenary at this year's @histmat.bsky.social conference in London. My intervention focused on Trump 2.0 and the fascism debate. Drawn from collaborative project with @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social on authoritarian disposition of capitalist rule.
www.youtube.com/live/4KS8jYX...
www.youtube.com/live/4KS8jYX...
Our final plenary, 'Marxist Strategies at the End of Liberal Order' with Houria Bouteldja, Katy Fox-Hodess, David McNally, and Alex Stoffel, is now live!
Marxist Strategies at the End of Liberal Order
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November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Our final plenary, 'Marxist Strategies at the End of Liberal Order' with Houria Bouteldja, Katy Fox-Hodess, David McNally, and Alex Stoffel, is now live!
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My first ever @histmat.bsky.social has been incredible so far - thank you comrades!!
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My first ever @histmat.bsky.social has been incredible so far - thank you comrades!!
Looking forward to next year's plenary, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Looking forward to next year's plenary, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
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