William Westgard-Cruice
@williamwc.bsky.social
Geographer • renewable energy, labour regimes, critique of political economy • Postdoctoral Researcher at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
www.williamwestgardcruice.com
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Is construction best left to the capitalist market? No. Let's learn from history and build new non-profit construction companies!
💥 new paper with Maria Wallstam in @housingjournal.bsky.social 💥
💥 new paper with Maria Wallstam in @housingjournal.bsky.social 💥
Building beyond profit: the history and potential future of non-profit construction companies
When housing construction slows down due to diminished profit margins while the actual need for housing increases, people might raise the question: is residential construction best left to the capi...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Is construction best left to the capitalist market? No. Let's learn from history and build new non-profit construction companies!
💥 new paper with Maria Wallstam in @housingjournal.bsky.social 💥
💥 new paper with Maria Wallstam in @housingjournal.bsky.social 💥
Ørsted carries out layoffs of nearly 200 employees in Denmark a few weeks after announcing a massive global firing round.
A clear consequence of betting big on an unstable US market instead of focusing on building offshore wind in Scandinavian waters, where it's very much needed.
A clear consequence of betting big on an unstable US market instead of focusing on building offshore wind in Scandinavian waters, where it's very much needed.
Ørsted har fyret næsten 200 medarbejdere i Danmark
Den danske energiudvikler Ørsted har afskediget 191 danske medarbejdere som led i en større fyringsrunde.
www.sn.dk
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Ørsted carries out layoffs of nearly 200 employees in Denmark a few weeks after announcing a massive global firing round.
A clear consequence of betting big on an unstable US market instead of focusing on building offshore wind in Scandinavian waters, where it's very much needed.
A clear consequence of betting big on an unstable US market instead of focusing on building offshore wind in Scandinavian waters, where it's very much needed.
A lot of writing on renewable energy depicts the industry as "laborless," suggesting that workers in the industry aren't really central to the politics of the "energy transition."
My new article in @societyandspace.bsky.social shows how mistaken this view is.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My new article in @societyandspace.bsky.social shows how mistaken this view is.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
A lot of writing on renewable energy depicts the industry as "laborless," suggesting that workers in the industry aren't really central to the politics of the "energy transition."
My new article in @societyandspace.bsky.social shows how mistaken this view is.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My new article in @societyandspace.bsky.social shows how mistaken this view is.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🚨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...
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Radikale politikere i Information: “Blackstone har gjort en positiv forskel i lejernes liv … trukket huslejerne nedad.”
Begrundelsen? Et studie fra USA, der kun sammenligner kapitalfonde med en hypotetisk situation med flere småudlejere, ikke med det reelle alternativ: flere almene boliger.
Begrundelsen? Et studie fra USA, der kun sammenligner kapitalfonde med en hypotetisk situation med flere småudlejere, ikke med det reelle alternativ: flere almene boliger.
København har brug for en venstrefløj, der vil åbne byen – ikke regulere den ihjel
Skyd ikke skylden på Blackstone. Hvis København skal være et socialt springbræt og ikke et reservat for dem, der allerede er indenfor, må vi tænke nyt om boligmarkedet og slippe reguleringsrefleksen
www.information.dk
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Radikale politikere i Information: “Blackstone har gjort en positiv forskel i lejernes liv … trukket huslejerne nedad.”
Begrundelsen? Et studie fra USA, der kun sammenligner kapitalfonde med en hypotetisk situation med flere småudlejere, ikke med det reelle alternativ: flere almene boliger.
Begrundelsen? Et studie fra USA, der kun sammenligner kapitalfonde med en hypotetisk situation med flere småudlejere, ikke med det reelle alternativ: flere almene boliger.
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The myth of the labour aristocracy is a fixation of professional class writers:
"The image of privileged workers protecting their global position seems out of step with daily headlines of skyrocketing wealth flowing to the top and a cost-of-living crisis and economic insecurity for the majority..."
"The image of privileged workers protecting their global position seems out of step with daily headlines of skyrocketing wealth flowing to the top and a cost-of-living crisis and economic insecurity for the majority..."
New from me - a critical review of Malcolm Harris's new book "What's Left." damagemag.com/2025/11/12/w...
Of, By, and For the Left
Malcolm Harris’s new book represents the misguided hope that the scattered parts of what passes for “the Left” today can somehow unite and gain power. What’s missing is any confrontation with the fact...
damagemag.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The myth of the labour aristocracy is a fixation of professional class writers:
"The image of privileged workers protecting their global position seems out of step with daily headlines of skyrocketing wealth flowing to the top and a cost-of-living crisis and economic insecurity for the majority..."
"The image of privileged workers protecting their global position seems out of step with daily headlines of skyrocketing wealth flowing to the top and a cost-of-living crisis and economic insecurity for the majority..."
More bad news from the wind energy sector:
Vestas cuts 900 jobs worldwide, including 190 in Denmark.
Govt. talks about a green transition. Meanwhile, the people who design and build wind turbines lose their jobs by the hundreds.
Hvad er venstrefløjens reaktion? @enhedslisten.bsky.social @sf.dk
Vestas cuts 900 jobs worldwide, including 190 in Denmark.
Govt. talks about a green transition. Meanwhile, the people who design and build wind turbines lose their jobs by the hundreds.
Hvad er venstrefløjens reaktion? @enhedslisten.bsky.social @sf.dk
Vestas cuts 900 jobs globally
The reduction primarily affects 190 office employees in Denmark.
energywatch.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
More bad news from the wind energy sector:
Vestas cuts 900 jobs worldwide, including 190 in Denmark.
Govt. talks about a green transition. Meanwhile, the people who design and build wind turbines lose their jobs by the hundreds.
Hvad er venstrefløjens reaktion? @enhedslisten.bsky.social @sf.dk
Vestas cuts 900 jobs worldwide, including 190 in Denmark.
Govt. talks about a green transition. Meanwhile, the people who design and build wind turbines lose their jobs by the hundreds.
Hvad er venstrefløjens reaktion? @enhedslisten.bsky.social @sf.dk
The Scottish Government's plans for offshore wind expansion continue to fall apart as Shell cancels a 3GW floating wind project.
As @brettchristophers.bsky.social argues, even large-scale renewables development is seldom profitable enough for oil majors.
A public pathway is the only way forward.
As @brettchristophers.bsky.social argues, even large-scale renewables development is seldom profitable enough for oil majors.
A public pathway is the only way forward.
Shell quits giant floating projects in blow to ScotWind
Oil giant hands back lease for 3GW Campion Wind after swap deal with former partner Iberdrola
www.rechargenews.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Scottish Government's plans for offshore wind expansion continue to fall apart as Shell cancels a 3GW floating wind project.
As @brettchristophers.bsky.social argues, even large-scale renewables development is seldom profitable enough for oil majors.
A public pathway is the only way forward.
As @brettchristophers.bsky.social argues, even large-scale renewables development is seldom profitable enough for oil majors.
A public pathway is the only way forward.
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Good question. Climate policy needs to focus less on target-setting and carbon accounting and more on actually building (or saving!) the industry that should deliver on such targets
The crisis in Europe’s wind industry deepens: 2/3 of all workers at LM Wind Power in Denmark to be laid off.
What’s the response from the green left in Denmark?
Kommunalvalget får al opmærksomheden for tiden – men hvad tænker I om det her? @pelledragsted.bsky.social @piaolsendyhr.bsky.social
What’s the response from the green left in Denmark?
Kommunalvalget får al opmærksomheden for tiden – men hvad tænker I om det her? @pelledragsted.bsky.social @piaolsendyhr.bsky.social
LM Wind Power vil fyre to ud af tre danske medarbejdere
To tredjedele af de danske medarbejdere står til at miste jobbet, mens udviklingen af nye vinger indstilles, skriver Ingeniøren.
www.doi.dk
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Good question. Climate policy needs to focus less on target-setting and carbon accounting and more on actually building (or saving!) the industry that should deliver on such targets
The crisis in Europe’s wind industry deepens: 2/3 of all workers at LM Wind Power in Denmark to be laid off.
What’s the response from the green left in Denmark?
Kommunalvalget får al opmærksomheden for tiden – men hvad tænker I om det her? @pelledragsted.bsky.social @piaolsendyhr.bsky.social
What’s the response from the green left in Denmark?
Kommunalvalget får al opmærksomheden for tiden – men hvad tænker I om det her? @pelledragsted.bsky.social @piaolsendyhr.bsky.social
LM Wind Power vil fyre to ud af tre danske medarbejdere
To tredjedele af de danske medarbejdere står til at miste jobbet, mens udviklingen af nye vinger indstilles, skriver Ingeniøren.
www.doi.dk
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The crisis in Europe’s wind industry deepens: 2/3 of all workers at LM Wind Power in Denmark to be laid off.
What’s the response from the green left in Denmark?
Kommunalvalget får al opmærksomheden for tiden – men hvad tænker I om det her? @pelledragsted.bsky.social @piaolsendyhr.bsky.social
What’s the response from the green left in Denmark?
Kommunalvalget får al opmærksomheden for tiden – men hvad tænker I om det her? @pelledragsted.bsky.social @piaolsendyhr.bsky.social
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OnlineFirst - "Decarbonization debt and energy rents: On the limits of mobilizing private climate finance for housing decarbonization" by Julia Wagner:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
OnlineFirst - "Decarbonization debt and energy rents: On the limits of mobilizing private climate finance for housing decarbonization" by Julia Wagner:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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BYD is considering opening a factory in Catalonia. Company executives and engineers have visited Catalonia several times in recent months in search of a suitable location for a factory that would complement existing production facilities in Hungary
www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/...
www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/...
El gigante chino BYD estudia abrir una fábrica de coches eléctricos en Catalunya
El fabricante, el mayor de China y ‘top 3’ en todo el mundo en volumen de ventas, busca un emplazamiento en la Europa occidental y sondea otras ubicaciones tanto dentro como fuera de España
www.elperiodico.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
BYD is considering opening a factory in Catalonia. Company executives and engineers have visited Catalonia several times in recent months in search of a suitable location for a factory that would complement existing production facilities in Hungary
www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/...
www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/...
Spot on. The far right (PVV+JA21+FvD+SGP) won even more votes this election than they did in 2023. Middle class voters will always cycle between the various liberal parties. The real story here is the utter collapse of the Dutch left and the continued shift of working class voters to the right.
Not to be cynical, but NL election results are not a “blow to the far right” — it’s possible they simply signal a return to the centrism that enabled it. PVV remains major. Big winner D66 ruled out working with PVV, but involving far right JA21 is on the table. VVD refuses to work with GL-PvdA. 1/2
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Spot on. The far right (PVV+JA21+FvD+SGP) won even more votes this election than they did in 2023. Middle class voters will always cycle between the various liberal parties. The real story here is the utter collapse of the Dutch left and the continued shift of working class voters to the right.
A lot of people are saying this is going to be one of the best books of the decade 👇👇
Ya está aqui lo que todo el mundo estaba esperando: el libro definitivo sobre el Distrito 22@ Barcelona👇👇.
Escrito a 6 manos por @greigc.bsky.social y
@monrf.bsky.social junto a mi mismo.
'The Politics of Late Urban Entrepreneurialism: The Innovation District'
www.routledge.com/The-Politics...
Escrito a 6 manos por @greigc.bsky.social y
@monrf.bsky.social junto a mi mismo.
'The Politics of Late Urban Entrepreneurialism: The Innovation District'
www.routledge.com/The-Politics...
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A lot of people are saying this is going to be one of the best books of the decade 👇👇
"[the Urbanization of Capital] puts capital's imperative to innovate and disrupt at the heart of the argument, along with the inevitable financial crises and urban revolutions that result. The theory is timeless in making clear that none of the shocks to the old ... order should come as a surprise."
Harvey's Urbanization of Capital
The Urbanization of Capital is a pivotal book in David Harvey's career, along with its twin, Consciousness and the Urban Experience. Published at the same time they are collections of (mostly) previou...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"[the Urbanization of Capital] puts capital's imperative to innovate and disrupt at the heart of the argument, along with the inevitable financial crises and urban revolutions that result. The theory is timeless in making clear that none of the shocks to the old ... order should come as a surprise."
"[David Harvey's] Consciousness and the Urban Experience never endorses any nostalgic search for lost time nor a headlong embrace of absolute modernization. Instead, David prises open the dialectic of modernity, the creative destruction that infused, and goes on infusing, our lives."
"@davidharvey.org's lifelong passion has been that of a restless analyst who continues to inspire with his heart as well as his head."
In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
The Marxist Restless Analyst
Andy Merrifield on David Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"[David Harvey's] Consciousness and the Urban Experience never endorses any nostalgic search for lost time nor a headlong embrace of absolute modernization. Instead, David prises open the dialectic of modernity, the creative destruction that infused, and goes on infusing, our lives."
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"@davidharvey.org's lifelong passion has been that of a restless analyst who continues to inspire with his heart as well as his head."
In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
The Marxist Restless Analyst
Andy Merrifield on David Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"@davidharvey.org's lifelong passion has been that of a restless analyst who continues to inspire with his heart as well as his head."
In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
In celebration of David Harvey's 90th birthday, Andy Merrifield on Harvey's Consciousness and the Urban Experience.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...
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David Harvey at 90: A Verso Series www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... @versobooks.bsky.social First essay by Eric Sheppard now posted.
Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy. This month, in honour of David H...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
David Harvey at 90: A Verso Series www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... @versobooks.bsky.social First essay by Eric Sheppard now posted.
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Otroligt många som just nu läser denna insatta analys av @jonasalgers.bsky.social:
Därför kör Kina över västvärlden
Jonas Algers: Medan vi bråkar om Charlie Kirk bygger Kina en ny värld
www.flamman.se
September 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Otroligt många som just nu läser denna insatta analys av @jonasalgers.bsky.social:
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Pat Brodie and I have a book coming out in October. Really hoping it can be useful for analysing the imperialist political ecology of big tech and the energy transition.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Pat Brodie and I have a book coming out in October. Really hoping it can be useful for analysing the imperialist political ecology of big tech and the energy transition.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
Big thanks to @kaiheron.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, Anne Pasek (and others) for their generous words and engagement.
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Jag älskar den bilburna friheten kring värmländska Årjäng – men utsläppen växer för varje motorvarv.
I stället för att fylla despoternas fickor borde vi investera i ett grönt Sverige, skriver Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social.
www.flamman.se/varfor-vill-...
I stället för att fylla despoternas fickor borde vi investera i ett grönt Sverige, skriver Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social.
www.flamman.se/varfor-vill-...
Varför vill SD lägga Sverige under Mohammed bin Salman?
Jonas Algers: Saudiarabien älskar Sveriges klimatförnekare
www.flamman.se
September 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Jag älskar den bilburna friheten kring värmländska Årjäng – men utsläppen växer för varje motorvarv.
I stället för att fylla despoternas fickor borde vi investera i ett grönt Sverige, skriver Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social.
www.flamman.se/varfor-vill-...
I stället för att fylla despoternas fickor borde vi investera i ett grönt Sverige, skriver Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social.
www.flamman.se/varfor-vill-...
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Cover design for ‘Marxian Totality’ for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published August 2025. Cover art is a development of Painting 16, Rhythm 69. Paint and wallpaper on canvas 2007.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2685-m...
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2685-m...
August 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Cover design for ‘Marxian Totality’ for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series to be published August 2025. Cover art is a development of Painting 16, Rhythm 69. Paint and wallpaper on canvas 2007.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2685-m...
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2685-m...
Can't wait for this one to come out in paperback this month!
A further development of two of Nimtz's previous books, both very sharp, namely "Marx and Engels: Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough" and "Marxism versus Liberalism: Comparative Real Time Political Analysis"
A further development of two of Nimtz's previous books, both very sharp, namely "Marx and Engels: Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough" and "Marxism versus Liberalism: Comparative Real Time Political Analysis"
Cover design for ‘The Communist and Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution’ Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book published August 2025. Cover art is a development of Long Live the New! no. 44, paint on wallpaper on canvas (2016).
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2681-t...
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2681-t...
August 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Can't wait for this one to come out in paperback this month!
A further development of two of Nimtz's previous books, both very sharp, namely "Marx and Engels: Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough" and "Marxism versus Liberalism: Comparative Real Time Political Analysis"
A further development of two of Nimtz's previous books, both very sharp, namely "Marx and Engels: Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough" and "Marxism versus Liberalism: Comparative Real Time Political Analysis"