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Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza, and Israel confirms it Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.

Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.

La conciencia política de la clase trabajadora desmovilizada se manifiesta más bajo la forma del ultraje moral y la escandalización ante la violación de ciertas contratos y promesas sociales que en una ideología política concreta.

Sounds great, I would love to read that!

Sie kann nicht mehr.

Wir möchten jedem neuen Tag mit der heiteren Gelassenheit einer Frau begegnen, die in einem Golf-Lehrbuch Übungen zur gezielten Ansprache spielwichtiger Muskelgruppen und zur Verbesserung der allgemeinen Fitness vorführt.

Young men, gendered labour market competition, and opposition to gender equality policy across 27 EU countries Recent studies have shown an increasing divide in political values between young men and women, particularly regarding gender equality attitudes. In this study it is argued that this is due in part...

New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Are young men becoming more conservative?

This debate requires a) more nuance and b) theoretical explanations for often descriptive results. With Amy Alexander and Nicholas Charron, we try addressing both.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This new publication feels extra special 🤗

It started as Kathina's master thesis, won the best thesis prize and now, 3 years later, found a wonderful home in @ejpgjournal.bsky.social. ⬇️

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Sicherheitspolitik: Was uns die Angst vor Kriminalität kostet Deutschland ist sicherer, als viele denken. Doch die Angst vor Kriminalität nimmt zu. Die gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Schäden sind enorm.

Was uns die Angst vor Kriminalität kostet

Deutschland ist sicherer, als viele denken. Doch die Angst vor #Kriminalität nimmt zu. Die gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Schäden sind enorm.

Meine Kolumne, mit Anna Bindler und Hannah Walther:

www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...

Stickers Against Germany – the Diasporist The antideutsch leftists papering cities in pro-Israel stickers

In Germany, I developed a slight obsession with political stickers – and especially the unhinged pro-Israel stickers from the German left's creepy philosemitic neocons, the "anti-Germans" (the most German Germans). For @thediasporist.bsky.social, I wrote up some of the wildest examples

How popular are post-capitalist/socialist ideas and policies?

Here's a list of studies and surveys with some striking results...

81 Percent Say They Can’t Afford to Pay Higher Taxes Next Year A new Cato survey found that 81 percent of Americans say they can’t afford to pay higher taxes next year; 55 percent say they already pay more than their fair share in taxes; 53 percent say Congress s...

4. A study of US public opinion found that 62% of respondents aged 18-30 hold favourable views of socialism. And more Democrats have positive views of socialism (67%) than capitalism (50%)

Source: Cato Institute, polling by YouGov, 2025. www.cato.org/blog/81-say-...

Carving out a space for intellectual autonomy in dangerous times: Theory and Social Inquiry launches at the Open Library of Humanities We're thrilled to announce the launch issue of Theory and Social Inquiry has been published at the Open Library of Humanities. As we reported in May 2024, Theory and Social …

The first issue of Theory & Social Inquiry is out via @openlibhums.bsky.social! Successor to Springer’s Theory & Society, the journal is now #DiamondOA / no APCs, no paywalls. Scholar-led & free from commercialisation, at a time when academic freedom needs defending: www.openlibhums.org/news/844/

Here's OpenAI Image 1's take

Had the pleasure of reading it just now. It was insightful, truly enjoyable, and probably very helpful for elected officials and local political organizers alike, who do read articles like these btw once they’ve been made aware of them.

Oh, thank you, that's so nice to hear!

I was confused by the wholesale Left rejection of "Abundance" both bc it's central to the general socialist project & bc the book itself has valuable insights.

So here finally is our sympathetic/critical review of the book & its critics (w @leighphillips.bsky.social & @fredstaffordcs.bsky.social).

Last Thursday, two 18-year-old Israelis, Ayana Gerstmann and Yuval Peleg declared their refusal to enlist in the army, protesting the annihilation of Gaza. They were both sentenced to military prison.

By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good.

I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

Isabell Stamm von der @tuberlin.bsky.social erforscht, wie superreiche Familien ihr #Vermögen neu organisieren. #Start-up Investitionen sind eine Option, die an Bedeutung gewinnt – und Szene beeinflusst. Wie, untersucht Stamm in ihrem neusten Projekt. www.volkswagenstiftung.de/de/news/stor...

The cover of the book Paper Stones: A History of Electoral Socialism is on a background of multiple pages of text from digitally accessed journal articles.

In the 19th century as the socialist movement grew in Europe, it faced a choice: whether to participate in elections. The anarchists said no. The remaining socialists waded into electoral battle. This book analyzes that decision and its consequences #booksky

Yesterday, many people pointed me to literature on the real-world consequences of classification -- which is not part of my course, but has been very interesting, as I haven't reflected too much on it structurally.

@lwestheuser.bsky.social pointed me to this classic study by Paul Starr (1992).

Funnily, I today got the proofs for an article that starts with this very quote as an epigraph!

Dass sich Julia Klöckner die „CompuGroup Medical“ aussucht, ist kein Zufall. CGM gehört Frank Gotthardt, dem Fianzier der rechtsradikalen Hetz-Plattform „Nius“.

Julia Klöckner kuschelt also mit rechtsradikaler Gesinnung. Sie ist als Bundestagspräsidentin untragbar und schadet Deutschland.

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

Now in an issue @psrm.bsky.social: I show that the 🇩🇰 Social Democrats could have won policy support for a pro-immigrant platform if their messaging were framed in moral terms. Findings provide a central corrective to the popular notion that the Social Democrats were destined to go anti-immigrant 👇🏻

🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Are police more right-wing and biased against marginalized groups than the general public? If so, why? My new article in
@pnas.org w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧵1/n

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My book 'The Personal Life of Debt' is out now. You can read the free e-book here:

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/monobook-oa/...

Might not be the dimension you have in mind, but this by Paul Starr on the politics of categories is one of my all time favorites: www.princeton.edu/~starr/artic...
I also find Jenkins' "Categorization", and Rogers Brubaker's work on categories of analysis vs categories of practice very insightful.

In der neuen Ausgabe der Internationalen Zeitschrift für Historische Anthropologie (Paragrana) schreibe ich zusammen mit @martinmettin.bsky.social über die Negative Anthropologie der Leistungsgesellschaft...

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...