Kuba Malec

This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.

As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.

They can't keep spewing carbon.

They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.

They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.

This Is America Donald Trump’s authoritarian second term has led critics to describe him as a fascist in the mold of Adolf Hitler. But Trump’s reactionary politics are all-American — and the path to defeating him run...

Donald Trump’s authoritarian second term has led critics to describe him as a fascist in the mold of Adolf Hitler.

But Trump’s reactionary politics are all-American — and the path to defeating him runs through reform of America’s antidemocratic institutions.

Austerity is back, but this time it is not just a bad idea. It is also a political weapon and a dangerous redistributive tool.

Come join our gathering in Paris in 1-3 July!

I thought I’d start putting together a list for people working within queer and trans Marxism.

Please let me know if that’s you, so I can add you!

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What’s New About Woke Racial Capitalism (and What Isn’t) – Spectre Journal Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Enzo Rossi explain how "woke" racial capitalism reveals contradictory tendencies in the material structure of capitalism and its ideological superstructure.

"Rejecting identitarianism...means abandoning the neoliberal dream of impeccably multicolored boardrooms. But it does not mean retreating into a tone-deaf class-only politics."

myself and @enzoreds.bsky.social for @journalspectre.bsky.social.
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Trump clearly thinks he’s a God. The scary part is that a bunch of Americans seem to agree, rushing to comply with illegal executive orders and assuming any declaration he makes is a foregone conclusion.

My op-ed: "Colleges and universities ... seem to be hoping that their muted responses — and affirmative acquiescence — will spare them. ...This sort of acquiescence will not only fail to protect institutions, but will expose all of us to further repression."
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800 people were or are imprisoned in Guantanamo over the whole course of the War on Terror. The torture camp was and is an abomination, should have been closed long since.

But 30,000 people, potentially seized from American soil and shoved off to this partially-lawless zone in an ethnic cleanse...

Organize Every Campus

Attacks against our right to teach, research, and advocate for higher education as a public good, are increasingly rapidly.

Join our movement to organize for a better future for all higher ed workers:

www.organizeeverycampus.org

“We must not mistake current practices of policing, surveillance, and deportations as a “moment in time.” Instead, (…) continuing legacies of resistance requires us to turn our attention to enduring strains of violence perpetuated by the U.S. racist, colonial, and capitalist history.”

8. The US may even try to win the trade war with China and the rest of the world. Creating internal labor exploitation, decreasing labor costs, and forcing foreign companies to produce in America stands a chance of competing with the Chinese over-production.

7. In short, leave a deeply divided society to its own, and racism, sexism, and queerphobia will regulate themselves to the creation of a new internal class ready to be exploited.

6. Working 16 hours/day is exhausting and will require a good amount of everyday regeneration. Hence, women will likely be forced back into the care provider roles. No DEIs? Easier done.

5. Next, removing unemployment benefits will push thousands to the limited labor market. They will have no other choice than to accept underpaid positions or work double shifts, etc.

4. Unless... America creates an internal army of disposable, low-paid workers. Scrapping down DEIs may prove helpful as it guaranteed, at least to some extent, employment for folks who otherwise would not be able to break the glass ceiling.

3. How does the US attract new workers to keep services and production going? Paying them more. Hence, inflation.

2. Deporting this group will result in much higher labor costs, as documented Americans cannot or do not want to work below a certain hourly rate. Moreover, they simply have other options. Unemployment (nation-wide) is currently at about 4%.

1. When deporting immigrants, the Trump administration is aware of getting rid of the underpaid labor force that is the backbone of the American service and production sectors. Employing undocumented migrants allows businesses to bypass state and federal regulations, cutting labor costs.

Political Economy of Trump's Gender and Racial Politics 101:
How are scrapping off the DEIs, removing social benefits, starting mass deportations, and imposing tariffs on imported goods all sides of the same coin?

A relevant starter pack:

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The paradox of Bidenomics in 2 charts: a real surge of investment, but exposing working class ppl to higher living costs.

Employment and wages went up—but covid-era supports fellow off a cliff. Life got harder at the bottom.

Biden's failure to embrace measures like rent caps really hurt.

our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.

Misery is higher now than when Biden started

Centrists say Biden admin did a great job w the economy, but working class voters only cared about culture.

Fascinating. Because the facts… do not line up.

PEOPLE ARE HURTING

The collapse of covid benefits was especially savage.

Lets have a look, courtesy of @stephensemler.bsky.social charts

J'ai lancé ce starter pack en études de genre. Aidez-moi à le remplir!
I created this gender studies starter pack. Please help me to add other researchers on Bluesky!

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Hey, I work on the political economy of post-socialist queer identity formation in Poland ✨ could you add me to the starter pack? 🫶🏼

Hey you!

I’m excited to have you here!

Hello! Great to have you here 🫶🏼

I wish to use Bluesky as a knowledge creation tool, engaging in discussion with broader community. Every opinion matters, being one of countless building blocks in advancing queer theory. I invite everyone to transgress against multiplicity of oppressions together, in a true effort for liberation!