Matt Huber
@matthuber.bsky.social
Geographer, Lifeblood (2013) @UMinnPress, Climate Change as Class War (2022) @VersoBooks https://www.versobooks.com/books/3973-climate-change-as-class-war
This esp relevant to the USA where OSW (sadly) barely exists (and its prospects grow dimmer by the day by dynamics that even predate Trump).
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This esp relevant to the USA where OSW (sadly) barely exists (and its prospects grow dimmer by the day by dynamics that even predate Trump).
This looks great! Looking forward to reading. But I would caution against lumping OSW w/ the 'renewable energy industry' as a whole. It has attributes (long term industrial job complex) that unions tend to support but are exceptional and absent in the 'onshore' industry. bsky.app/profile/matt...
"[The building trades unions'] vision goes beyond just getting members temporary work; they’re pushing for a comprehensive industrial policy that builds out the domestic supply chain for the [offshore wind] industry while upgrading critical port infrastructure." jacobin.com/2025/10/afl-...
New England Unions Lead the Way on Offshore Wind
Building trades unions in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are successfully fighting for offshore wind projects that create good union jobs and revitalize the economy. In the process, they’re showing ho...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This looks great! Looking forward to reading. But I would caution against lumping OSW w/ the 'renewable energy industry' as a whole. It has attributes (long term industrial job complex) that unions tend to support but are exceptional and absent in the 'onshore' industry. bsky.app/profile/matt...
These are not at all well produced (like Harvey), and are just my disembodied voice over PowerPoint slides.
Happy to visit with any reading groups that want to use the lectures.
Happy to visit with any reading groups that want to use the lectures.
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
These are not at all well produced (like Harvey), and are just my disembodied voice over PowerPoint slides.
Happy to visit with any reading groups that want to use the lectures.
Happy to visit with any reading groups that want to use the lectures.
🚨NEWS: I recorded my lectures on Volume 1 in 2023. Imo, I think they're pretty good! (And different from Harvey, etc). It was my 5th time teaching the book, and I think I finally "got" a lot of stuff.
So I put them all on Youtube as a playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOFe...
So I put them all on Youtube as a playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOFe...
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🚨NEWS: I recorded my lectures on Volume 1 in 2023. Imo, I think they're pretty good! (And different from Harvey, etc). It was my 5th time teaching the book, and I think I finally "got" a lot of stuff.
So I put them all on Youtube as a playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOFe...
So I put them all on Youtube as a playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOFe...
They bring it up in the book, but yeah it’s not a focus. Dan Wang claims allegiance to “abundance” and sees connections in his analysis in “Breakneck.”
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
They bring it up in the book, but yeah it’s not a focus. Dan Wang claims allegiance to “abundance” and sees connections in his analysis in “Breakneck.”
They bring it up in the book, but yeah it’s not a focus. Dan Wang claims allegiance to “abundance” and sees connections in his analysis in “Breakneck.”
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They bring it up in the book, but yeah it’s not a focus. Dan Wang claims allegiance to “abundance” and sees connections in his analysis in “Breakneck.”
Impressive for sure, but his examples are still pretty powerful. High speed rail when?
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Impressive for sure, but his examples are still pretty powerful. High speed rail when?
Interesting. Yeah at the height of the left’s power in the 1930s the executive was more left wing than the legislature as well.
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Interesting. Yeah at the height of the left’s power in the 1930s the executive was more left wing than the legislature as well.
Thank god we live in the 21st Century and not the 19th amirite?
"A particular danger that Marx detected in a directly elected president was that their power is amplified by the personal nature of the office." (232).
"A particular danger that Marx detected in a directly elected president was that their power is amplified by the personal nature of the office." (232).
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thank god we live in the 21st Century and not the 19th amirite?
"A particular danger that Marx detected in a directly elected president was that their power is amplified by the personal nature of the office." (232).
"A particular danger that Marx detected in a directly elected president was that their power is amplified by the personal nature of the office." (232).
That’s a general statement, but you asked a more specific question.
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
That’s a general statement, but you asked a more specific question.