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William Callison
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Political theorist. Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hunter College CUNY. Political ecology of the far right w/ @zetkincollective.bsky.social
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William Callison @williamcallison.bsky.social · Apr 3
For @bostonreview.bsky.social, @veronicagago.bsky.social and I wrote about the politics of sacrifice and the radicalization of the international far right – from Milei and Bukele to Musk and Trump.

www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Chainsaw International - Boston Review
From Trump to Milei, the far right is betting that spectacles of revenge will compensate for steep economic sacrifice.
www.bostonreview.net
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mbickhardt.bsky.social
For @diagrammes.bsky.social, I had a conversation with @naomioreskes.bsky.social on the history of denial from the Cold War to the present climate crisis, on agnotology, on Trump 2.0 and much more.

Link to full interview including many portraits and historical sketches (French and English) ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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naomioreskes.bsky.social
Happy to post this interesting set of conversations (including one with me on #climatedenial about contemporary affairs:
www.diagrammes.fr/en
DIAGRAMMES
DIAGRAMMES
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November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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danielagabor.bsky.social
this May, I sat down with the philosopher Michel Feher, an exception interlocutor, to talk about the Wall Street Consensus, for the project Diagrammes

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DANIELA GABOR - LE CONSENSUS DE WALL STREET
YouTube video by Diagram[me]s
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October 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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diagrammes.bsky.social
Une version écrite de notre entretien vidéo avec le politiste @joelowndes.bsky.social Par @williamcallison.bsky.social et @michelfeher.bsky.social pour @aoc-media.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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aoc-media.bsky.social
« Le Parti républicain suit toujours cette stratégie en deux étapes où ils poussent la suprématie blanche d’un côté, et ouvrent la porte aux groupes de couleur de l’autre. » Par William Callison et Michel Feher.

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Joe Lowndes : « Face à un autoritarisme croissant, la démocratie dispose de très peu de ressources » - AOC media
Dans ses travaux récents, le politiste Joe Lowndes étudie les liens entre le conservatisme et l’extrême droite aux États-Unis depuis le début des années 1990 jusqu’à aujourd’hui, avec le second…
aoc.media
September 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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lucasgpinheiro.bsky.social
Very happy to see my latest article, “Protocols of Production: The Absent Factories of Digital Capitalism,” in the pages of @apsrjournal.bsky.social!
September 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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fredheussner.bsky.social
Mal wieder ein Re-Post dieses tollen Essays von @veronicagago.bsky.social und @williamcallison.bsky.social

- auch weil der Text so gut zu Söders neuester Gillamos-Rede zu "Tofu-Terror" passt, dem widerlichen "Unterleib-Interview" und anderen Performances passt.

Unbedingte Leseempfehlung!
bostonreview.bsky.social Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · Sep 8
From the U.S. to Argentina, El Salvador to Ecuador, the wager of the resurgent right is that spectacles of revenge—trolling the zurdos, owning the libs—can mask or compensate for dispossession. How long the wages of cruelty can substitute for real wages remains to be seen.
The Chainsaw International - Boston Review
From Trump to Milei, the far right is betting that spectacles of revenge will compensate for steep economic sacrifice.
www.bostonreview.net
September 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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bostonreview.bsky.social
From the U.S. to Argentina, El Salvador to Ecuador, the wager of the resurgent right is that spectacles of revenge—trolling the zurdos, owning the libs—can mask or compensate for dispossession. How long the wages of cruelty can substitute for real wages remains to be seen.
The Chainsaw International - Boston Review
From Trump to Milei, the far right is betting that spectacles of revenge will compensate for steep economic sacrifice.
www.bostonreview.net
September 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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diagrammes.bsky.social
📹 Verónica Gago @veronicagago.bsky.social, intellectuelle et figure majeure du féminisme latino-américain, analyse l’Argentine de Milei comme un laboratoire du néolibéralisme mutant. Face à lui, elle mise sur la potencia feminista : le désir de tout changer.
Entretien en ligne 👉 buff.ly/SMQHjdw
LE LABORATOIRE ARGENTIN - DIAGRAMMES
"Javier Milei s'est présenté comme le résultat final de la crise de représentation du système."
buff.ly
September 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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diagrammes.bsky.social
Gago @veronicagago.bsky.social recently wrote with Callison @williamcallison.bsky.social, lecturer in Social Studies at Harvard @harvard.edu, about the politics of sacrifice and the radicalization of the international far right in @bostonreview.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Chainsaw International - Boston Review
From Trump to Milei, the far right is betting that spectacles of revenge will compensate for steep economic sacrifice.
www.bostonreview.net
September 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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diagrammes.bsky.social
Our interview with Veronica was conducted in Paris on the 1st of April 2025 by philosopher and co-founder of @diagrammes.bsky.social @michelfeher.bsky.social and sociologist @ericfassin.bsky.social for our 4th newsletter.
Don't forget to subscribe ! 👉 www.diagrammes.fr/en/page/news...
Newsletter - DIAGRAMMES
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September 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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mbickhardt.bsky.social
Marius BICKHARDT et Cannelle GIGNOUX, "Le marxisme écologique en contexte(s). Une histoire en cinq épisodes"

Il s'agit d'un bref essai sur les pensées de Marx, de Ratzel, de Wittfogel, de Harich et des écomarxistes contemporains depuis O'Connor.

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Le marxisme écologique en contexte(s) : une histoire en cinq épisodes
Pas encore de compte ?
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August 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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diagrammes.bsky.social
[FR👇]
🎙️ @veronicagago.bsky.social, a prominent Argentinian scholar and leading voice of Latin American feminism sees Milei’s Argentina as a lab for mutant neoliberalism. Against it, she invokes la potencia feminista—the desire to change everything.
📹 Full Interview online now buff.ly/Z87zbmN
August 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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mediapartblogs.bsky.social
Les travaux de la politiste Thea Riofrancos portent sur l’extractivisme comme régime politique et économique au Nord comme au Sud. Cet article présente notre entretien avec Thea Riofrancos et dévoile un extrait du chapitre 7/10 : « L'état d'urgence énergétique de Trump ».

Par Diagrammes
Thea Riofrancos - Extractivisme, vert et brun 1/2
Les travaux de la politiste Thea Riofrancos portent sur l’extractivisme comme régime politique et économique au Nord comme au Sud. Cet article présente notre entretien avec Thea Riofrancos et dévoile un extrait du chapitre 7/10 : « L'état d'urgence énergétique de Trump ».
l.mediapart.fr
August 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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uaw.org
"A federal appeals court lifted an order on Friday that blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the ability to unionize and collectively bargain over working conditions."

www.reuters.com/business/wor...
Court gives go-ahead to Trump's plan to halt union bargaining for many federal workers
The union, which represents about 160,000 federal employees, argued the order violates federal workers' labor rights and the Constitution.
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May 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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williamcallison.bsky.social
New bilingual politically kaleidoscopic online multimedia interview project is about to drop...

Follow ahead of next week's launch: ‪@diagrammes-eng.bsky.social‬ + ‪@diagrammes-fr.bsky.social‬
diagrammes.bsky.social Diagram[me]s @diagrammes.bsky.social · May 17
Observatory of the world's rightward drift, Diagrams offers interviews with researchers, journalists and activists at the intersection of five programs: mutations of capitalism, geopolitical realignments, varieties of far rights, climate denialisms and left resistances.
May 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
williamcallison.bsky.social
New bilingual politically kaleidoscopic online multimedia interview project is about to drop...

Follow ahead of next week's launch: ‪@diagrammes-eng.bsky.social‬ + ‪@diagrammes-fr.bsky.social‬
diagrammes.bsky.social Diagram[me]s @diagrammes.bsky.social · May 17
Observatory of the world's rightward drift, Diagrams offers interviews with researchers, journalists and activists at the intersection of five programs: mutations of capitalism, geopolitical realignments, varieties of far rights, climate denialisms and left resistances.
May 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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johnmerrick.bsky.social
Incredibly excited to announce that pre-orders for the first issue of The BREAK—DOWN are now live!
the-breakdown.bsky.social The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · Apr 23
LAUNCHING…. The first issue of our new journal – now available to pre-order on The BREAK—DOWN website 👇

linktr.ee/breakdownradio
April 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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bostonreview.bsky.social
A global phenomenon: leaders of the Latin American right describe the project as a “batalla cultural.” But where Gramsci aimed at the capitalist class, their culture war targets progressives and leftists—progres and zurdos, Milei’s favorite epithets.

www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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akelalacy.bsky.social
SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.
theintercept.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who:
–has green card
–was Columbia Buddhist club president
–saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
–said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
In addition to violating Mr. Mahdawi’s First Amendment rights, the Rubio Determination and Mr. Mahdawi’s unlawful detention also violates Mr. Mahdawi’s statutory rights and due process rights. PARTIES 8. Petitioner Mohsen Mahdawi is a Palestinian who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank. He is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and has been for the last ten years. He is a recent student of Columbia University, with an expected graduation date of May 2025. He has been admitted to a Master’s program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (“SIPA”), to begin in the fall of 2025. After growing up in a refugee camp, Mr. Mahdawi felt compelled to advocate for Palestinian human rights upon moving to the United States. 22. Mr. Mahdawi is also a committed Buddhist and believes in non-violence and empathy as a central tenet of his religion. In fall of 2021, he became the president of the Columbia University Buddhist Association and led it for two years. 23. In fall of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union (“Dar”) at Columbia University which “serves to engage with and celebrate Palestinian culture, history, and identity.” Mr. Mahdawi co-founded this organization with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian lawful permanent resident who was also recently detained by ICE for his expressive conduct related to Palestine. Mr. Mahdawi appeared in numerous televised interviews and print news articles regarding the military campaign in Gaza and related protests. In December of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi appeared on 60 Minutes where he shared that, as a child, he watched an Israeli soldier shoot and kill his best friend in the West Bank. 27. Throughout his time as a student and a leader of Dar and the Columbia University Buddhist Association, Mr. Mahdawi was always willing to engage in dialogue with people whose views and beliefs differed from his own. Mr. Mahdawi believed, and continues to believe, that more speech is the solution to disagreement, rather than less, and that empathy and understanding through communication are a way to resolve conflicts peacefully. …and a peaceful political solution. Mr. Mahdawi gave speeches at several of these protests. In his speeches, Mr. Mahdawi advocated for Palestinian human rights, a permanent ceasefire, and a peaceful resolution that affirmed the human dignity of all. 25. During one protest, Mr. Mahdawi vocally denounced an unaffiliated passerby who made an antisemitic comment, chanting “shame on him”. Mr. Mahdawi stated that “we are against 2:25-cv-00389 Document 1 Filed 04/14/25 Page 6 of 19 7 antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The confrontation was documented by the Columbia Spectator
April 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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coreyatad.com
this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview
April 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference.

The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
April 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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aldasky.bsky.social
This is Donald Trump telling the Supreme Court to fuck off, and it is Trump asserting his authority to kidnap and deport whoever he wants, for any “reason.” This is a serious escalation of his dictatorial project.
April 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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jameeljaffer.bsky.social
"One of the darkest days in American history" is absolutely right.
April 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM