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A.J.A. Woods

@ajawoods.bsky.social
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they/them. once described as a "prominent Marxist loonbag." Book: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3… Website: ajawoods.wordpress.com Trot psycho: @anticapresistance.bsky.social

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 03/10/2026
"Despite several different politicians trying to define it in different ways, it’s something that’s lacking a set definition or meaning, instead being a concept that’s adapted to whatever is politically relevant for them at the time: trans teens, heavy metal, AIDS, and so forth." (from July)
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The Ever-Shifting "Cultural Marxism"
Brainrot is America's biggest political export.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Victory celebtration for the workers of Legal 500: Monday, 5 October, 9-9:30am, 188 Fleet Street www.unitedigitaltech.org/2026/09/lega...

The striking Legal 500 workers have won!

Breaking news! After two and a half weeks of strikes and daily picketing outside the Legal 500 offices, the workers of Legal 500 are pleased to announce that we have won! We have accepted an offer that fully met our original pay claims of a £2,000 pay increase for every worker in the bargaining unit.

You can read more about our win in the Unite press release here!

Consequently, after accepting the offer from management, all further planned industrial action is now cancelled and workers will return to work on 31 September.

However, it is not over! On this coming Monday, 5 October, we will have a short celebration from 9am to 9:30 at 188 Fleet Street before we collectively enter the offices. Please come join us!

We want to thank every activist and organiser that came out in support of our strike and spread our message, the numerous journalists that interviewed us and published stories about our strike, all the lawyers and passersby that spoke with us on the picket, as well as all the union branches that have donated to our strike fund.

However, now that we will be returning to work, it is necessary for us to rally other branches to bring back up Unite Digital & Tech Branch’s general strike fund to where it was once before, if not more robust than it was previously.

Therefore, we ask that you please continue to share our model emergency motion amongst other union branches. We are also available to speak at local London union branches about our experiences on the picket and the history that lead us from a scrappy, two-year-old unionised workforce to a robust group of workers that beat senior management in just 13 working days.
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Scam Ghouldin @gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In Britain, the consequence of doing the morally right thing is being dragged through the courts so you can be publicly displayed as an example to anyone else who’s thinking of standing up to these fascists. If you have a spare few £, consider donating, any amount will help.
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Matthew Remski @matthewremski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I interview @ajawoods.bsky.social about the history of "cultural marxism", which relabels any struggle—civil rights, feminism, trans rights, climate action—as an elite conspiracy, so its gains can be revoked. www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-cultural-marxism-conspiracy-theory-aja-woods
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Brief: The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy Theory (w/AJA Woods) — Conspirituality
AJA Woods (The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy) joins Matthew to trace how "cultural Marxism" mutated from Nazi "cultural Bolshevism" and the British Union of Fascists' attacks on modernist art, through L...
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"A much-needed antidote to prevailing misconceptions about the Frankfurt School’s relationship to the New Left and its place in political history. A must-read for anyone interested in this tradition of Marxist thought." --A.J.A. Woods (@ajawoods.bsky.social) Available for pre-order now!
Critical Theory in Revolt:
How Angela Davis and the New Left Remade the Frankfurt School
by Cecilia Sebastian
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prada 丰 meinhof @prada-meinhof.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Challenging the dominant Anglophone narrative that portrays early Horkheimer and late Adorno as pessimistic cultural critics [...] Chris O'Kane reconstructs their work as the foundation of a distinctive, heterodox Marxian critical theory of capitalist social domination.”
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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ever wanted a complete family tree of the international Trotskyist movement? Of course you have. Courtesy of the Sparts.
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Two recent books on the Frankfurt School demonstrate the difference between intellectual history and conspiratorial thinking.
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Which Way, Western Marxism? - Dissent Magazine
Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? is an inversion of a right-wing conspiracy, in which the prominence of the Frankfurt School is explained as the result of a plot to destroy truly revolutionary Marxism.
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A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
a birthday fringe cut
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A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
i was interviewed about the book for new york magazine!
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
👀 👀 👀
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Lonely Sakura 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @lonelysakura.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Put on the They Live glasses and it's just like "I don't even know anymore man."
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
may need to print this and hang it on the wall in my office at this rate
Meme edited version of classic tweet from "Lauren (@notabigjerk"):

"I'm not falling for that *Atlantic article*. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at"
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing .
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
this was such a great conversation about where cultural marxism conspiracy ideas originated and how they traveled across time and space to what we see now
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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
They tell you not to look during the eclipse because they want to keep it secret but I looked yesterday and the moon was pulling this exact face
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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
‼️On Today's @msignorile.bsky.social Show‼️ @owillis.bsky.social of @dailykos.com Author A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social US Senate Candidate Dr. Annie Andrews (D-SC) @drannieandrews.com 🔊Listen here: Signorile.com 📞Join the Conversation: (866) 997-4748
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Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Got a new review up at @insidestory.bsky.social. insidestory.org.au/one-theory-t...
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One theory to explain it all • Dominic Kelly
How did Cultural Marxism become the right’s all-purpose pejorative?
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AntiCapitalist Resistance @anticapresistance.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Cultural Marxist conspiracy
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The Cultural Marxist conspiracy
Dave Kellaway reviews A.J.A. Woods book on why the right blames the Frankfurt school for the decline of the West
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 11/08/2026
Where did the far-right get the idea Britain was existentially imperilled and so should fortify itself as a white Christian ethnostate? Who embedded such notions in their head? Who emboldened them so? Truly, it is a mystery.
LONDONISTAN
• Explosive.' Observer
HOW BRITAIN IS CREATING ATERROR STATE WITHIN
The Times bestseller, with a new chapter
MELANIE PHILLIPS
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New episode! We take on JD Vance’s COMMUNION with the nation’s premier JD Vance hater, @jamellebouie.net: pod.link/1696774612/e...
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Episode 148 -- JD Vance's Communion with Jamelle Bouie
Listen to Episode 148 -- JD Vance's Communion with Jamelle Bouie from In Bed With The Right wherever you get your podcasts!
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Darren Mark Skilton @darrenmarkskilton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Activists have shut down arms manufacturer L3Harris in Brighton this morning.
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A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
this was a really fun discussion!
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 10/08/2026
Half the Answer #97: Why does the right keep talking about a handful of critical theorists from the 1960s? Did Theodor Adorno really have something to do with the release of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"? Caitlin and Trent talk to A. J. A. Woods, author of "The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy."
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Was Cultural Marxism Responsible for the Beatles? (Half the Answer #97, with A. J. A. Woods)
Why does the right keep talking about a handful of critical theorists from the 1960s?
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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
For all you writers out there: a list of sixteen writing tips, culled from long experience of trying get unruly words down onto the page. Originally posted on social media, recently republished in the *Pittsburgh Review of Books (@pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social). pghrev.com/sixteen-writ...
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Sixteen Writing Tips from Marcus Rediker - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Editor's Note: Acclaimed writer and Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh Marcus Rediker has long informally circulated
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Public Seminar @publicseminar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Speaking with Austin Tannenbaum, @ajawoods.bsky.social , author of The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, explores how a once-fringe far-right belief became a “political weapon” for conservatives like Ted Cruz. @versobooks.bsky.social publicseminar.org/2026/07/the-...
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The Cultural Marxism Bogeyman - Public Seminar
Austin Tannenbaum interviews author A. J. A. Woods about their new book, The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, and critical theory in culture wars.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 06/08/2026
The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye
The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye
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Meryl Schumacker @waybackgen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you haven't faked your own death threats bc of cast drama, are you actually a theater kid
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Rich Neville @richneville.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you can’t think of anything nice to say, I believe there’s a vacancy at The Spectator.
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 01/08/2026
Charlie Kaufman is reportedly adapting Susan Orlean’s critique of Emily Wilson’s critique of Christopher Nolan
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I hope when his columnist pals eulogise about his greatest hits they remember to include all his "you know what's brilliant? Noncing" work
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A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
imagine taking someone to a Horsegirl gig, but they think that’s it’s going to be a horsegiirL show
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Stefan Tiron @tironstefan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
For a good historical recap of the roots of this US right wing conspiracy pleas read this #recommended article (thx to AR for sharing): communemag.com/the-american...
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The American Roots of a Right-Wing Conspiracy | Commune
White-supremacist fearmongering about “cultural Marxism” continues to inspire violent attacks, from Norway to New Zealand. But the origins of the theory are American through and through.
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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 31/07/2026
A real question: were classicists acting this insane about O Brother, Where Art Thou when it came out
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A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
this is a great review of the book from @jamesley.bsky.social - a worthwhile read!
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James Ley @jamesley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I have an article about the 'cultural Marxism' conspiracy theory in the latest ABR. www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
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James Ley reviews ‘The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the right blames the Frankfurt school for the decline of the West’ by A.J.A. Woods
Anyone who has even a passing familiarity with the ideas of Theodor Adorno will know he was an antagonist of what he called the ‘culture industry’. In Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947), co-written wit...
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Alexander Billet @ubupamplemousse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My review of @ajawoods.bsky.social’s sharp book on the ‘cultural Marxism’ conspiracy theory has been translated into Portuguese at the Brazilian website Carbono.
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Hard to find a stronger example of “fascists hate the actually existing glory of the countries they pretend to love” than “Mussolini fucked with pasta.”
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A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
a really great review of The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy in @thenation.com ! www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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What’s So Scary About the Frankfurt School?
In “The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy,” A.J.A. Woods looks at how the Frankfurt scholars became the latest bogeymen for the contemporary right.
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Jared Gardner @guttergeek.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
And people say I am no fun at parties! @quinnslobodian.com, @ajawoods.bsky.social , @roopikarisam.bsky.social
Books I am reading including BLACK SUN: ARYAB CULTRS, ESOTERIC NAZISM AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY, CRACKUP CAPITALISM by Quinn Slobodian, and DATA EMPIRE by Roopika Risam
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A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
oh fuck yeah
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
oh yeah, go out clubbing in any northern town & all anyone is talking about is matt goodwin
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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
My book WHAT TECH CALLS GOVERNING will be released on August 18! It is now available for pre-order! bookshop.org/p/books/what...
The awesome cover of What Tech Calls Governing, which you should pre-order before it comes out on August 18!
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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 16/07/2026
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Must feel so good for text after you hit ctrl-x, floating in liminal space, before ctrl-v thrusts it back onto the desolate page
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A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
do i know anyone in new york i can crash with in late October/early november? i can cook for you and entertain with anecdotes from my troubled youth
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A.J.A. Woods @ajawoods.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
the library copy of my book with the table in Jubilee Library, Brighton where i wrote most of it!
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