Jeffery R Webber
@jefferyrwebber.bsky.social
Professor of Politics, York University, Toronto
Editor, Historical Materialism
Editor, Historical Materialism
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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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
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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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...
A new short piece, "Latin Amerrica's destituent impasse," in Capital and Class. Open access.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A new short piece, "Latin Amerrica's destituent impasse," in Capital and Class. Open access.
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Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.
If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
July 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.
If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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Just landed in London bookshops: Resisting Erasure. A radical critique of Israel's settler-colonial capitalism and empire. by @AdamHanieh @pashukanist.bsky.social and myself. Preorder link live too www.versobooks.com/products/341...
July 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Just landed in London bookshops: Resisting Erasure. A radical critique of Israel's settler-colonial capitalism and empire. by @AdamHanieh @pashukanist.bsky.social and myself. Preorder link live too www.versobooks.com/products/341...
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@toddgordontoronto.bsky.social and I have a piece out in @journalspectre.bsky.social on Trump.
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Water on the Brain – Spectre Journal
Gordon and Webber argue that Trumpism exemplifies the antidemocratic authoritarianism characteristic of the liberal tradition, rather than interwar fascism.
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June 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@toddgordontoronto.bsky.social and I have a piece out in @journalspectre.bsky.social on Trump.
spectrejournal.com/water-on-the...
spectrejournal.com/water-on-the...
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Reposted by Jeffery R Webber
Here’s Jeff Webber’s and my intervention on the nature of the Trump regime and fascism for @journalspectre.bsky.social
Hey y'all! This Tuesday we've got @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social and @jefferyrwebber.bsky.social writing on Trumpism as a specific variety of authoritarianism and it's connection to a liberalism in crisis.
spectrejournal.com/water-on-the...
spectrejournal.com/water-on-the...
Water on the Brain – Spectre Journal
Gordon and Webber argue that Trumpism exemplifies the antidemocratic authoritarianism characteristic of the liberal tradition, rather than interwar fascism.
spectrejournal.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here’s Jeff Webber’s and my intervention on the nature of the Trump regime and fascism for @journalspectre.bsky.social
@toddgordontoronto.bsky.social and I have a piece out in @journalspectre.bsky.social on Trump.
spectrejournal.com/water-on-the...
spectrejournal.com/water-on-the...
Water on the Brain – Spectre Journal
Gordon and Webber argue that Trumpism exemplifies the antidemocratic authoritarianism characteristic of the liberal tradition, rather than interwar fascism.
spectrejournal.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@toddgordontoronto.bsky.social and I have a piece out in @journalspectre.bsky.social on Trump.
spectrejournal.com/water-on-the...
spectrejournal.com/water-on-the...
Reposted by Jeffery R Webber
Catch @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social and @jefferyrwebber.bsky.social talking with David Camfield about capitalism and the far right on Victor's Children ( @harbingermedia.bsky.social )
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May 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Catch @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social and @jefferyrwebber.bsky.social talking with David Camfield about capitalism and the far right on Victor's Children ( @harbingermedia.bsky.social )
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Todd Gordon and I talk with David Camfield on David's podcast, Victor's Children. We cover Trump, liberalism, fascism and much else besides.
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#53: Capitalism, Democracy, Fascism, Trump w/ Gordon & Webber -- and a few words about Mark Carney
Play #53: Capitalism, Democracy, Fascism, Trump w/ Gordon & Webber -- and a few words about Mark Carney by Victor's Children on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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May 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Todd Gordon and I talk with David Camfield on David's podcast, Victor's Children. We cover Trump, liberalism, fascism and much else besides.
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I have a new piece on Latin American populism in Historical Materialism. Open access at the moment.
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April 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have a new piece on Latin American populism in Historical Materialism. Open access at the moment.
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Artist, comrade, and long-time visual contributor to the Historical Materialism project, David Mabb, has produced another great conference poster.
April 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Artist, comrade, and long-time visual contributor to the Historical Materialism project, David Mabb, has produced another great conference poster.
Adam Hanieh on imperialism, global capitalism and the unstable world order.
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Crude capitalism, new centres of capital accumulation and the Middle East’s place in global imperialism: An interview with Adam Hanieh
Adam Hanieh explores the need to foreground value transfers in understanding imperialism, Israel’s role in global fossil capitalism and the rising influence of the Gulf states.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Adam Hanieh on imperialism, global capitalism and the unstable world order.
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I have a new piece, “Democracy, Left-Populism and Participatory Budgets in Latin America," on Gabriel Hetland's book on Venezuela, in Critical Sociology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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March 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I have a new piece, “Democracy, Left-Populism and Participatory Budgets in Latin America," on Gabriel Hetland's book on Venezuela, in Critical Sociology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
An important intervention by Stefan Kipfer for a robustly internationalist politics on the Canadian left. Another antidote to the rising tide of dead-end 'left nationalism' in this country socialistproject.ca/2025/03/ansc...
<i>Anschluss, Schulterschluss</i> or Concrete Internationalism?
In these turbulent and rapidly shifting times, we often search for quick answers. “How to respond to Trump 2.0?” is a question that calls for an immediate response here in Canada. This question harbor...
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March 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
An important intervention by Stefan Kipfer for a robustly internationalist politics on the Canadian left. Another antidote to the rising tide of dead-end 'left nationalism' in this country socialistproject.ca/2025/03/ansc...
I offer a critical appraisal of twenty first century populism in Latin America, with special attention to Bolivia, in the latest Socialist Register. fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/opening...
You can access my piece here www.academia.edu/127278968/TH...
You can access my piece here www.academia.edu/127278968/TH...
Openings and Closures: Socialist Strategy at a Crossroads: The Socialist Register 2025
Socialists are at a crossroads, pressed by the urgent need to find new directions amid mounting crises. Is the “new socialist” left starting over or moving on?
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March 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I offer a critical appraisal of twenty first century populism in Latin America, with special attention to Bolivia, in the latest Socialist Register. fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/opening...
You can access my piece here www.academia.edu/127278968/TH...
You can access my piece here www.academia.edu/127278968/TH...
Todd Gordon with an antidote to the flag waving of the last few weeks www.midnightsunmag.ca/we-need-work...
We Need Workers’ Solidarity, Not “National Unity,” in Response to Trump’s Tariffs
Todd Gordon on why Canadian nationalism is a dead end, and on the need for a strategy centred around mass struggle and workers’ solidarity across borders.
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March 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Todd Gordon with an antidote to the flag waving of the last few weeks www.midnightsunmag.ca/we-need-work...
Alan Sears and I talk about Alan's new book Eros and Alienation yorku.zoom.us/rec/play/hiV...
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March 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Alan Sears and I talk about Alan's new book Eros and Alienation yorku.zoom.us/rec/play/hiV...