Jason Hickel
@jasonhickel.bsky.social
Professor at ICTA-UAB and Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
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Jason Hickel
@jasonhickel.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Here’s a quick roundup of highlights from research we published in 2024, on unequal exchange, ecosocialism, and post-capitalist transformation.
As always, free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵
As always, free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
For those on the left who are not socialists, or who do not ally with socialist parties, I don't really understand: what exactly is the project? What is the plan?
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
For those on the left who are not socialists, or who do not ally with socialist parties, I don't really understand: what exactly is the project? What is the plan?
Horrifying reports have emerged that the RSF militia in has brutally massacred more than a thousand people in el-Fasher, Sudan.
The RSF is fighting against the government of Sudan and is backed by the UAE.
The RSF is fighting against the government of Sudan and is backed by the UAE.
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Horrifying reports have emerged that the RSF militia in has brutally massacred more than a thousand people in el-Fasher, Sudan.
The RSF is fighting against the government of Sudan and is backed by the UAE.
The RSF is fighting against the government of Sudan and is backed by the UAE.
An important corrective to US propaganda, from a former minister in the government of Ecuador: "US warships off Venezuela aren't there to fight drugs"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
The US warships off Venezuela aren’t there to fight drugs
Washington’s Caribbean build-up isn’t about traffickers. It’s about projecting power and pushing regime change.
www.aljazeera.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
An important corrective to US propaganda, from a former minister in the government of Ecuador: "US warships off Venezuela aren't there to fight drugs"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
"As lungs need air, so the U.S. economy needs Latin American minerals."
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"As lungs need air, so the U.S. economy needs Latin American minerals."
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
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BREAKING 🇨🇺🇺🇳 With 165 countries in favour, the United Nations has voted to condemn the US blockade of Cuba for the 33rd time — despite an unprecedented campaign by the State Department to stop them.
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
BREAKING 🇨🇺🇺🇳 With 165 countries in favour, the United Nations has voted to condemn the US blockade of Cuba for the 33rd time — despite an unprecedented campaign by the State Department to stop them.
You honestly cannot make this up. The level of impunity, the total disregard for international norms, is just staggering.
October 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
You honestly cannot make this up. The level of impunity, the total disregard for international norms, is just staggering.
This article, on how Israel used drones to massacre children in Gaza while they were drinking tea, is more than 16 years old.
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This article, on how Israel used drones to massacre children in Gaza while they were drinking tea, is more than 16 years old.
New research on 42 countries around the world shows that in most cases people generally do not believe the system they live under is fair. With one exception: China.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New research on 42 countries around the world shows that in most cases people generally do not believe the system they live under is fair. With one exception: China.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
I wrote a summary of this study and its methodology on Substack, which I'm posting in the reply.
The attempts by Western institutions to normalise Israel since the ceasefire are disgusting and absurd.
First, Israel has not stopped killing Palestinians, and by all accounts is eager to do more of it.
First, Israel has not stopped killing Palestinians, and by all accounts is eager to do more of it.
October 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The attempts by Western institutions to normalise Israel since the ceasefire are disgusting and absurd.
First, Israel has not stopped killing Palestinians, and by all accounts is eager to do more of it.
First, Israel has not stopped killing Palestinians, and by all accounts is eager to do more of it.
What we must all remember from the Gaza genocide is that the international system is rotten to its core and needs to be completely replaced.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
What we must all remember from the Gaza genocide is that the international system is rotten to its core and needs to be completely replaced.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
Today is a good day to remind everyone that the US narrative claiming the President of Venezuela is a drug trafficker is 100% lies. The Trump administration knows this, the Nobel committee knows this... it is a campaign to manufacture consent for invasion. Don't fall for it.
October 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Today is a good day to remind everyone that the US narrative claiming the President of Venezuela is a drug trafficker is 100% lies. The Trump administration knows this, the Nobel committee knows this... it is a campaign to manufacture consent for invasion. Don't fall for it.
It is clear that with this ceasefire Western governments and media want us all to let bygones be bygones.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It is clear that with this ceasefire Western governments and media want us all to let bygones be bygones.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
Here's @drguddisingh.bsky.social in the final episode of this series on the social determinants of child health in Britain. And for health professionals, don't miss Whamproject, which organizes to address these problems.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Three Ages of Child
A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Here's @drguddisingh.bsky.social in the final episode of this series on the social determinants of child health in Britain. And for health professionals, don't miss Whamproject, which organizes to address these problems.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
38 years ago, Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated in a French-backed coup. He aspired to a fair and just society, and an economy built on self-sufficiency, ecological regeneration, and freedom from Western domination.
October 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
38 years ago, Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated in a French-backed coup. He aspired to a fair and just society, and an economy built on self-sufficiency, ecological regeneration, and freedom from Western domination.
My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.
(Part 2 below)
(Part 2 below)
October 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.
(Part 2 below)
(Part 2 below)
My friend David Adler, a Jewish-American who was on the flotilla and was kidnapped by the Zionist regime, is detained illegally in an Israeli prison and no one has had contact with him for four days.
Shamefully, the US government has done nothing to help him.
Shamefully, the US government has done nothing to help him.
October 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My friend David Adler, a Jewish-American who was on the flotilla and was kidnapped by the Zionist regime, is detained illegally in an Israeli prison and no one has had contact with him for four days.
Shamefully, the US government has done nothing to help him.
Shamefully, the US government has done nothing to help him.
Check out this new BBC series exploring the social and political determinants of child health in the UK... where 4.5 million children live in poverty in one of the "richest" countries in the world. With the brilliant @drguddisingh.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Three Ages of Child
A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Check out this new BBC series exploring the social and political determinants of child health in the UK... where 4.5 million children live in poverty in one of the "richest" countries in the world. With the brilliant @drguddisingh.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
This new study in Nature provides a comprehensive update to the "doughnut" framework.
October 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This new study in Nature provides a comprehensive update to the "doughnut" framework.
I have been informed that the Spanish government recently considered pursuing a public job guarantee but decided against it, on the grounds that the unemployment rate has been declining and is now "only" 10%.
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I have been informed that the Spanish government recently considered pursuing a public job guarantee but decided against it, on the grounds that the unemployment rate has been declining and is now "only" 10%.
You are not seeing this slaughter live-streamed to your devices because Israel has murdered most of Gaza’s most prominent journalists in targeted assassinations.
October 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
You are not seeing this slaughter live-streamed to your devices because Israel has murdered most of Gaza’s most prominent journalists in targeted assassinations.
Full solidarity with the flotilla, which represents the very best of humanity.
And eternal shame to the European states who refused to protect it from Israeli assault and establish a corridor for aid to Gaza.
And eternal shame to the European states who refused to protect it from Israeli assault and establish a corridor for aid to Gaza.
October 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Full solidarity with the flotilla, which represents the very best of humanity.
And eternal shame to the European states who refused to protect it from Israeli assault and establish a corridor for aid to Gaza.
And eternal shame to the European states who refused to protect it from Israeli assault and establish a corridor for aid to Gaza.
On the 1st of October 1965, the US collaborated in initiating a coup against Sukarno, the first president of independent Indonesia. The coup-makers installed a brutal right-wing dictatorship that systematically exterminated up to one million people with the direct support of the CIA.
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
On the 1st of October 1965, the US collaborated in initiating a coup against Sukarno, the first president of independent Indonesia. The coup-makers installed a brutal right-wing dictatorship that systematically exterminated up to one million people with the direct support of the CIA.
New research shows that ocean acidification has now crossed the planetary boundary. That's 7 of 9 boundaries crossed. Capitalism is driving ecological catastrophe and will continue to do so until we align production to a new law of value.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Scientists announce that 7 of 9 key 'planetary boundaries' have been crossed
A team of global scientists issued a new report on Wednesday, noting that seven out of nine of key "planetary boundaries" have been crossed. Carbon dioxide emissions have increased ocean acidification...
www.france24.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New research shows that ocean acidification has now crossed the planetary boundary. That's 7 of 9 boundaries crossed. Capitalism is driving ecological catastrophe and will continue to do so until we align production to a new law of value.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Spain has implemented an arms embargo against Israel, showing how it’s done. Every other state that does not follow suit, and which continues to supply arms to the Zionists, must be understood as not only complicit but a partner in the genocide.
September 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Spain has implemented an arms embargo against Israel, showing how it’s done. Every other state that does not follow suit, and which continues to supply arms to the Zionists, must be understood as not only complicit but a partner in the genocide.