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Ajay Singh Chaudhary

@materialistjew.bsky.social

Executive Director, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Tweets are my own and do not represent positions of BISR. my big climate book: https://t.ly/5_b_B

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I've been offline for health reasons but in light of today's unequivocal, and wholly unjustifiable act of American imperialism against Iran, I wanted to reshare this piece which is sadly still timely two years after it was written...

01.03.2026 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Much appreciated, hopefully more soon.

01.03.2026 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Isfahan Tableaux - Ajay Singh Chaudhary Given the events of the past weeks, we’re releasing this short preview piece from the upcoming second issue of Late Light: a Journal of Brooklyn Institute for Social Research . This piece is part of …

The Late Light site is having some technical issues but you can find a copy here: web.archive.org/web/20251112...

01.03.2026 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been offline for health reasons but in light of today's unequivocal, and wholly unjustifiable act of American imperialism against Iran, I wanted to reshare this piece which is sadly still timely two years after it was written...

01.03.2026 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Race, Caste, and Capitalism - Brooklyn Institute for Social Research What explains the persistence of racial inequality, throughout time and across the most diverse societies? For much of the 20th century, the predominant assumption in the United States was that race f...

Excited to wrap up the year with a seminar on Race, Caste, and Capitalism @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social! We’ll explore race & global capitalism w/ Oliver Cromwell Cox’s work as our guide. Join me to rethink inequality, hierarchy, and democracy for our times.
thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...

07.11.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember that's 100% accurate?

03.11.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth's own CO even flagged him as a potential inside threat! He's in a project I'm working on and he doesn't even hide any of this. It's plain as day in his published books (which,took one for the team here, actually read as non ghost written)

03.11.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(and it's both heartening to see the good company but dismaying to see many who claim to be left wing free speech warriors noticeably absent)

03.11.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no defense of Syracuse's actions and no excuse to not support Sultana's full exoneration and reinstatement. Proud to have signed this early and easily.

03.11.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...

As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

29.10.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 8
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(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 19: Ghost of Yotei – A Specter is Haunting Ezo | Composition! Color! Characterization! Colonization! And more. | buff.ly/LBvGC7P

02.11.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 19: Ghost of Yotei – A Specter is Haunting Ezo | buff.ly/LBvGC7P

31.10.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

And... posted! bsky.app/profile/broo...

31.10.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And... It's live! bsky.app/profile/broo...

31.10.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOL

31.10.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot happening but this drops tomorrow and also features (from a listener question) a capsule review of One Battle After Another from Isi in the first segment. The Ghost of Yotei discussion is I think pretty unique in 'the discourse' and excited to hear people's reactions

30.10.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot happening but this drops tomorrow and also features (from a listener question) a capsule review of One Battle After Another from Isi in the first segment. The Ghost of Yotei discussion is I think pretty unique in 'the discourse' and excited to hear people's reactions

30.10.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the FolkPunk community on Reddit: The 11th Hour Explore this post and more from the FolkPunk community

@materialistjew.bsky.social latest song I wrote inspired in part by your work www.reddit.com/r/FolkPunk/s...

01.08.2025 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Schrodinger’s Element | Ajay Singh Chaudhary In her new book, Thea Riofrancos homes in on the extraction of lithiumβ€”and the thorny problem of an ecologically sound energy transition

Writing about the climate crisis can tend toward abstraction or comforting techno-optimism. β€œExtraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism” does anything but. @materialistjew.bsky.social talks with @triofrancos.bsky.social about the knotty problem of the energy transition.

02.10.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In great company among the initial 300+ signatures to this effort to pressure the NYTimes to live up to the barest standards of journalistic integrity in their coverage of Palestine. You can be too by signing here: boycottdivestunsubscribe.com

27.10.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's your favorite relatively recent books, authors, articles, (aesthetics, media theory, visual studies, etc) which advance or are at least adjacent to Benjamin and concepts like the"optical unconscious"?

26.10.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's your favorite relatively recent books, authors, articles, (aesthetics, media theory, visual studies, etc) which advance or are at least adjacent to Benjamin and concepts like the"optical unconscious"?

26.10.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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rare masahiro sakurai fail...

25.10.2025 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The next episode of BISR's (Pop) Cultural Marxism records Friday on... Ghost of Yotei! If you have questions or topics you want to hear me, Isi, and Joseph address drop em below (or reach out and let us know...)

18.10.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The next episode of BISR's (Pop) Cultural Marxism records Friday on... Ghost of Yotei! If you have questions or topics you want to hear me, Isi, and Joseph address drop em below (or reach out and let us know...)

18.10.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh for sure!

18.10.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I watched Southland Tales per @williammparis.bsky.social's recommendation last night and, as promised, it was completely unhinged and I loved everything about its radical commitment to being totally incomprehensible and baffling. art is so cool I love human beings

18.10.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Wait wait I fucking love that movie and thought I was the only person who even remembers it!

18.10.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0