Historical Materialism Journal

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From our archive: Luke Beesley: Extract and abandon? Surplus populations & surplus value in Health Communism
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Dossier: Marx, MEGA and MEGA-Marx - Historical Materialism A special dossier on the ongoing MEGA² edition and its international reception. Featured articles: Kaan Kangal, Introduction to Dossier ‘Marx, MEGA and MEGA-Marx’ Historical-Critical Dictionary of Mar...

Now online: a special dossier on the ongoing MEGA² edition and its international reception. With contributions from Kaan Kangal, Roberto Fineschi, Jean Quétier, Michael Schauerte and Thanasis Giouras, as well as a translation of the entry on 'MEGA' from the Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism.

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is a development of 'Two Squares, no. 7. El Lissitzky’s ‘About Two Squares’ on William Morris ‘Daisy’ wallpaper', paint and paper on canvas, 2008. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2780-b...

Trump 2.0, Fascism, and the Problem of Order under Capitalism - Historical Materialism Let’s start from the premise that capitalist rule confronts an endemic problem of order. That problem of order is traceable ultimately to the primary social division that characterises capitalist soci...

A piece by @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social and me, up on @histmat.bsky.social site

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Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is developed from Construct 38, William Morris, Fruit / Alexander Rodchenko, Hard Currency, wallpaper and paper mounted on linen, 2006. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2802-e...

Trump 2.0, Fascism, and the Problem of Order under Capitalism - Historical Materialism Let’s start from the premise that capitalist rule confronts an endemic problem of order. That problem of order is traceable ultimately to the primary social division that characterises capitalist soci...

Now online: 'Trump 2.0, Fascism, and the Problem of Order under Capitalism' by Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber (@toddgordontoronto.bsky.social and @jefferyrwebber.bsky.social).

A suite of new Haymarket (@haymarketbooks.org) covers from David Mabb, including Phil Neel's book, for all of you who need a tome to read over the coming year.

Another four of eight rough cover designs, produced for publicity purposes before the final book cover is sent off, due to be published spring 2026 by Haymarket Books for the Historical Materialism Book Series. www.haymarketbooks.org/series_colle...

People Think: On Asad Haider - Historical Materialism For Asad Haider, the fact that people think constitutes the condition of liberation. Yet thinking does not take place in a vacuum. It remains bound to the situations of which it is a part. And these s...

Now online: 'People Think: On Asad Haider' by Ivo Eichhorn and Morten Paul (whom you can follow here @ivoeichhorn.bsky.social and here @mortenpaul.bsky.social).

And yes, you read that correctly. We are planning a Historical Materialism conference in Rio de Janeiro in July this year. More details and the CfP can be found on our website from the link below.

The new Historical Materialism newsletter is now out, featuring a suite of information about Marxist events, publications, CfPs and other resources.

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“I have never, until now, seen lipstick as a comrade”

A review of The Spectral Woman by @ciaracr.bsky.social for @histmat.bsky.social:
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On Zionism, capitalism, and labour: a review of Matan Kaminer’s Capitalist Colonial - Historical Materialism Matan Kaminer, Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture, Stanford University Press, 2024.  Reviewed by Heba Taha As Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continued to ...

Now online: 'On Zionism, Capitalism, and Labour: A Review of Matan Kaminer’s Capitalist Colonial' by Heba Taha.

“Trans Femme Futures argues for a staunch refusal of innocence: the hard work of organizing for liberation requires dirty hands, interdependence, and desires beyond virtuousness”

Trans Femme Futures reviewed for @histmat.bsky.social:
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Final week to submit your proposals for Historical Materialism Cluj / Kolozsvár 2026, 'Interregnum here and now: Post-communist collapse, planetary crisis, and emancipatory resolve'
April 16–18, 2026.

“Trans Femme Futures argues for a staunch refusal of innocence: the hard work of organizing for liberation requires dirty hands, interdependence, and desires beyond virtuousness”

Trans Femme Futures reviewed for @histmat.bsky.social:
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Alienation, Eroticism, and Utopia: An Interview with Alan Sears - Historical Materialism At a time when the lives of trans people, migrant workers, and women, amongst others, are threatened by the far Right, it is important to engage with the demands and analyses of these groups, both on…

“Those two things, queer politics and Marxism, were together in my mind but not always reconciled. So, I began having to puzzle the connections together myself”

@alansearslefty.bsky.social interviewed in @histmat.bsky.social about Eros and Alienation:
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Artistic image of an MST militant in traditional dress holding a scythe stood next to harvested crops with a slogan "MST 40 anos de luta e resistência". The art work is by Judy Duarte.

With the contract now signed, I’m pleased to say that I’ll be publishing my second book, *Peasant Modernism: Marx, Culture, and the Future of Eating Well*, with Brill in the @histmat.bsky.social Book Series. It should be out by early 2028 at the latest.

From the Nation to the People: Rethinking the “We” of Emancipation - Historical Materialism The following text is based on an intervention at the conference Historical Materialism Paris: Conjuring the Catastrophe / Combating the Catastrophe, held from 26 to 28 June 2025.  “From Nation to Peo...

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Panagiotis Sotiris writing for @histmat.bsky.social .

Alienation, Eroticism, and Utopia: An Interview with Alan Sears - Historical Materialism At a time when the lives of trans people, migrant workers, and women, amongst others, are threatened by the far Right, it is important to engage with the demands and analyses of these groups, both on…

“Those two things, queer politics and Marxism, were together in my mind but not always reconciled. So, I began having to puzzle the connections together myself”

@alansearslefty.bsky.social interviewed in @histmat.bsky.social about Eros and Alienation:
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Published as part of a special issue on Austro-Marxism, with several excellent contributions and including a translation of Otto Bauer 'Marx's Theory of Economic Crisis' from 1904.

Thanks to @histmat.bsky.social for publishing my article “Afterlives of Austro-Marxism in Yugoslavia: Rethinking the Multinational Federal Political Community in Crisis”

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Historical Materialism Barcelona, 2-4 July 2026.

The deadline for abstract submissions to Historical Materialism Barcelona, 'Countdown… Thinking the catastrophe to ward it off', has been extended to 31 January.

What are you waiting for, comrades?!

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Third Camp Socialism. A Phyllis and Julius Jacobson Reader - Historical Materialism Paul Heideman and Kent Worcester Volume Editors: Paul Heideman and Kent Worcester Third Camp Socialism collects Phyllis and Julius Jacobson’s major writings on civil rights, Stalinism, the Cold War, a...

Third Camp Socialism: A Phyllis and Julius Jacobson reader is available from @histmat.bsky.social .

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Reading Third Camp Socialism in the Time of Trump and Xi – Spectre Journal David Camfield reviews Paul Heidemann and Kent Worcester's newly edited Phyllis and Julius Jacobson reader.

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Hey y'all! This week we have David Camfield reviewing Phyllis and Julius Jacobson's Third Camp Socialism ( @histmat.bsky.social ).

Preliminary proofs are in......

Cover for Haymarket Books, Historical Materialism book series. Cover art is an adaption of Luibov Popova Untitled Textile Design on May Morris Honeysuckle Wallpaper for Historical Materialism, edition of 100, screen print on wallpaper (2010).
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Every Song’s a War Song: Spotify and the Military Music Industrial Complex - Historical Materialism In the 1890s, the idea of a “record industry” was a novel concept. The phonograph had only been invented in 1877, its close cousin the gramophone patented and made available for purchase little more t...

Long(ish) essay for the website of the @histmat.bsky.social journal: Spotify’s fuckery, how the culture industry is implicated in the war machine, and “the specter of music that could be free.” Pretty proud of this one.

Every Song’s a War Song: Spotify and the Military Music Industrial Complex - Historical Materialism In the 1890s, the idea of a “record industry” was a novel concept. The phonograph had only been invented in 1877, its close cousin the gramophone patented and made available for purchase little more t...

Now online: 'Every Song’s a War Song: Spotify and the Military Music Industrial Complex' by Alexander Billet.