Nika Dubrovsky

It was very interesting!

Richard Murphy: The David Graeber question This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been, and what the relevance of that question might be ...

The above quote from Richard Murphy is from a piece he wrote about the work of David Graeber.

davidgraeber.org/press/richar...

"David Graeber traced the long arc of civilisation through cycles of credit and violence. Periods of trust and mutual obligation gave way to eras of hierarchy, slavery, and debt peonage, when the moral logic of reciprocity was replaced by the coercive logic of repayment. Debt then became a weapon. Kings, priests, and empires used it to bind the powerless to the powerful. Today, that same dynamic persists: in the relationships between banks and households, creditors and governments, the global north and the global south. Debt is not merely financial; it is moralised subordination." . - Richard Murphy

It is good to know about the history of Debt.

Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic.

Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956

This and the joyful deployment of absurdity at ICE protests is reminding me of China Mieville’s “The Last Days of New Paris”, a novel in which the surrealists’ creations have been brought to life to fight the Nazis. Giant terrifying exquisite corpses roaming the streets, etc.

thank you so much for reposting!

this is such a fantastic example of the transformative power of design when used collaboratively and intelligently. the visual design of this campaign is deep-rooted in history and culture and is thoughtful and beautiful

Zohran Mamdami’s beautiful colourful typographic posters

Well done Zohran! And of course the real victor of the day - typography.

YouTube video by Glenn Diesen Michael Hudson: The Strange Case of Europe’s Decline & Self-Harm

Hudson is really good.
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Visual Assembly: Planning an ideal University In preparation to Visual Assembly: Planning an ideal University on 13th of November at 14-30 in the framework of Sommerakademie Paul Klee 2025 we So each

- Will there be exams at your university?
- Should grades be given?
- What specialties would you like to have, and what classes would you want to attend?

We will be holding a Visual Assembly to discuss and plan out these questions!

More info here:

museum.care/visual-assem...

This is streaming live tomorrow at 1 pm EST!

Pauline Hatzigeorgiou will talk about her experiences curating this year’s Sommerakademie, exploring questions of social, economic/colonial indebtedness together with artists Nika Dubrovsky, Niloufar Emamifar, Karen Amanda Moser and Georgia Sagri, plus HKB teacher and artist Annaïk Lou Pitteloud.

Pauline Hatzigeorgiou will talk about her experiences curating this year’s Sommerakademie, exploring questions of social, economic/colonial indebtedness together with artists @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social , Niloufar Emamifar, Karen Amanda Moser, Georgia Sagri and HKB teacher/artist Annaïk Lou Pitteloud

Pluribus (TV Series 2025– ) ⭐ 9.1 | Drama, Sci-Fi 1h | TV-MA

About to start. Anyone seen it? Breaking Bad is like Dostoevsky, my favorite show. Hope this one lives up to it.
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Reclaiming our University Visit the post for more.

University of the Future and how to build it
reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com

A Campus That Chose Each Other How Lukenya University turned promises into tuition

University of the Future and how to build it:

grassecon.substack.com/p/a-campus-t...

Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism Registration is open and programme is online! Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: F...

Marxism, at least the mainstream Soviet version, was endless criticism with zero positivity. Like any eschatology, it promises something good only at the very end — a distant future for which you’re supposed to suffer right now.

. www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...

Universities of the Future David Graeber Institute Artistic Talk and Visual Assembly by Nika Dubrovsky on 13th of November at 14-30 in the framework of Sommerakademie Paul Klee 2025 Universities have

And then follow up: the Visual Assembly as part of our “Universities of the Future” program:
davidgraeber.institute/universities...

Public talk : Sharing time: the work of art in a possible World -Tim Ingold David Graeber Institute “In the world of possibilities, every work begins with an idea in mind, and ends in its realisation. This is work that cuts across. But the creativity of

Join Tim Ingold’s public talk “Sharing Time: The Work of Art in a Possible World” tomorrow:
davidgraeber.institute/public-talk-...

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YouTube video by Nika Dubrovsky David Graeber describing the idea behind Visual Assembly "City of Care"

His ideas about “lines” and connections are right at the heart of Visual Assembly and echo what David Graeber describes in this video:
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YouTube video by Nika Dubrovsky David Graeber describing the idea behind Visual Assembly "City of Care"

Tomorrow at DGI is very special!

Tim Ingold, whose work means a lot to @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social project, will give a talk about real learning and thinking that happen when we do things, see things, and make things together.
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CS Lewis: a hard-right icon? On the 75th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lewis has never been so misunderstood.

We're beyond irony:

Prevent's dangerous books list: Orwell, Conrad, Tolkien, Lewis. Reason: may indicate far-right sympathies or Brexit support.

"1984" is now extremist literature.

www.spiked-online.com/2025/10/15/c...

probably not everything should be funny.

Bugonia – Electric Cinema

I think this film is captures very accurately what's happening in the West right now. There's nowhere to go — just cover yourself with a white sheet, turn the classical music up to full volume, and crawl to the cemetery.

www.electriccinema.co.uk/film/bugonia...

YouTube video by Drift Report David Graeber on Democracy

History's best scam: calling a system designed to suppress popular participation "democracy."

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Happy anniversary, dear Saint Vincent!
May it be no war in Caribbean and Latin America!

YouTube video by Open to Debate Should the U.S. Be Ruled by a CEO Dictator? Curtis Yarvin debates E. Glen Weyl

The rivals' positions barely differ: both chase "maximum efficiency" for society and maximum "output" from individual people.

Who needs all their efficiency, which in the end has nothing to do with being human?
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A photo of David Graeber’s book “the ultimate hidden book of the world”

The book “the ultimate hidden truth of the world” by David Graeber in Finnish

The books “the dawn of everything” and “the ultimate hidden truth of the world” by David Graeber both in English and Finnish

Walk to the local bookstore in Helsinki today and happy to see Graeber being promoted (I might have done accidentally some spotlight promotion as well)

@davidgraeberinst.bsky.social @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social

Thank you so much, Ann! Will write to you, Michael and Steve today.

YES!

спасибо!