Matt Huber

I learned almost 2 weeks ago, but still reeling from the loss of my brother & best friend, Jeff Huber. Link here to his obituary. We laughed so much together. Onlookers were often puzzled at what we were actually laughing about, so we called it Hubmor. www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/c...

I've been too swamped to continue this thread (hope to return to it), but WOW the editors include this endnote w/ a resolution by Marx to a Congress for the IWMA (1st International).

Perfect distillation of Marx's political views on technology/machinery!

I honestly think she's sufficiently sober about the direness of the challenges ahead, but also wants to pushback against the sensationalist doomerism that our *capitalist* media thrives on and point out cases where things are indeed improving.

OK doomer. 😉

It's a great resource for teaching as well: teeming with data & rational arguments on where we stand on a variety of environmental challenges (an antidote to doomerism too!). I will also admit I enjoy how it simply destroys much 'green' folk politics (e.g. 'going local'). (2/2)

Everyone should read this book. It's too wedded to the lifestyle consumption politics in spots for my liking, but I think it has a core *socialist* message (unintended, I'm sure): much of our environmental and human problems stem from avoidable poverty & inequality. (1/2)

The First Rule About Solving Climate Change While battleground voters overwhelmingly agree climate change is a problem, addressing it is not a priority for them.

A core argument of my book:

“Solutions that address affordability first, and also help fight climate change, are more likely to see strong support from voters.” www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/the...

Sanitation Safe sanitation is essential to reduce deaths from infectious diseases, prevent malnutrition, and provide dignity.

ourworldindata.org/sanitation

There are many arguments against capitalism, but here's a powerful one: it's 2025 and our economic system still hasn't figured out how to deliver modern sanitation services to *nearly half of humanity*.

Why We Love Marx and Hate Environmentalists Part 1: Reverse Watermelon Politics

“But the response was not to refashion the Left to reflect the changing interests of the working classes in advanced developed economies but rather to refashion Marx and the history of the Left in the image of the new ecoleftists.” www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/why-we-lov...

The Kids Are Not Alright: Why Youth Will Not Cool the Planet

I have a new piece of writing in the Spanish publication "Metapolis" arguing against the idea that the "youth" are the agent of transformation in climate politics. metapolis.net/project/the-...

Got a positive reply

Paying Nature’s price “What does it mean”, asks Thea Riofrancos in Extraction, “to defend people and the planet from extraction – when others frame this same extraction as

A new piece on extractive capitalism for @thetls.bsky.social, reviewing 4 new books, including @triofrancos.bsky.social's much-anticipated EXTRACTION and Partha Dasgupta's widely-
praised ON NATURAL CAPITAL

I sent a query, will let you know.

Not sure, I'll check with the editor.

The Kids Are Not Alright: Why Youth Will Not Cool the Planet

I have a new piece of writing in the Spanish publication "Metapolis" arguing against the idea that the "youth" are the agent of transformation in climate politics. metapolis.net/project/the-...

AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? | Dustin Guastella The ‘knowledge economy’ promised cultural and social growth. Instead, we got worsening inequality and division. Artificial intelligence will supercharge it

“Marx – who was as great a promethean progressive as one could find – thought technology ought to serve social and human needs. Today, we have the formula exactly backwards – society serves tech.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Some personal news lol:

New 'open access' article out; a commentary on the impt work on class & climate by Klaus Dörre.

His focus on ownership/production & empirics on the German auto sector are both strong, but I critique his separation of 'class' and 'ecology' as 2 'axes'. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Lol, the replies to this show just how unhinged this website is. Somehow, defying all odds, the other place run by Elon is preferable.

I've been profoundly depressed seeing so many leftists either joke about or celebrate the murder of someone for political speech. Glad to see this political clarity from @benburgis.bsky.social and Meagan Day in @jacobinmag.bsky.social.

jacobin.com/2025/09/char...

Labor’s Crisis Is Not a PR Problem Union approval is at historic highs, yet density keeps falling. The problem isn’t messaging but the lack of strategy that can turn popularity into power.

jacobin.com/2025/09/labo...

"That is the task before organized labor: not to win some PR war, not to continue pouring money into elections...not even simply to invest in new organizing by the standard methods, but to once again test the bounds of strategic disruption to see if those muscles still work."

When you’re a columnist, you can’t bat 1.000 but I often find him very insightful actually!

Keep thinking about this: the Democrats are basically a conservative status quo party. Its professional class base just wants Trump gone to "go back to normal."

They cant fathom huge swathes of society hate them & will support any movement that promises to smash that status quo.

Great by Edward Luce. on.ft.com/4gg0mhz

Also couldn’t agree more

Finally read @alex1789.bsky.social critique of the new arguments about techno/neo-feudalism on the left. Great stuff! americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/08/tech...

Fwiw zoom sounds completely fine audio quality wise!