Reposted by Alex KrügerMiran @hevalsson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Igår trädde den nya mottagandelagen ikraft. En vidrig lagstiftning på många sätt. Bland annat får asylsökande inte längre lämna det län där deras tilldelade asylboende ligger. Detta gäller även för barn 16337
Reposted by Alex KrügerKominternpodd @kominternpodd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Nu kan man alltså DISKUTERA avsnittet, hur fett 052
Reposted by Alex KrügerBudget Motel Abyss @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Finally getting around to reading this book. Not sure about the subsumption framework but nonetheless it feels like a book that should be central to a debate that needs to happen today newbooksnetwork.com/subsumption-...newbooksnetwork.comAndres Saenz de Sicilia, "Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society" (Brill, 2024) - New Books Network 1121
Reposted by Alex KrügerMiran @hevalsson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Viktigt meddelande till allmänheten: Rojava-revolutionen är inte över. Rojava-revolutionen har aldrig handlat om att ta makten över ett territorium, utan om att politisera och organisera samhället. Att upprätta kommunala strukturer och stärka samhällets autonoma handlingsutrymme gentemot staten 1297
Reposted by Alex KrügerPriyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I encourage everyone to check out the piece that triggered this conversation, published in the latest issue of the fantastic @htwvmag.bsky.social heatwavemag.info/magazine/iss...heatwavemag.infoHow to Be Normal About Exercise; or, Why Communists Need Exercise Science | HeatwaveThere is no inherent link between exercising and fighting for a better world, nor is there one in rejecting it. There is only the reality that physical fitness constitutes one of many material constra... 031
Reposted by Alex KrügerPriyansh @privaricate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Was a thrill to reflect on communist ideas about exercise and physical activity with Kyle Kubler from @htwvmag.bsky.social We also discussed Kyle's excellent work on the history of physical activity and exercise under capitalism that was previously published by Spectre & Ultra 142
Alex Krüger @alexkruger.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Turns out Marxism is necessary to understand exercise (and sport)! Great ep discussing a must read piece on exercise in the latest @htwvmag.bsky.social - available for free on the website 022
Reposted by Alex KrügerDanish Society for Marxist Studies @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026BIG NEWS 💥 We are excited and proud to announce the first keynote for our upcoming 11th conference: ROBERT KNOX (@pashukanist.bsky.social). Rob will be delivering a keynote talk titled 'Palestinian Liberation, Racialisation and the Limits of International Law'. 35315
Reposted by Alex KrügerJohan Alfonsson @alfonsson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I senaste numret av Röda rummet behandlas min bok i ett boksymposium. Mycket kloka kommentarer av Magnus Granberg, Kristin Linderoth, Lars Henriksson och Pontus Blume @pntsns.bsky.social I mitt svar utvecklar jag min klassdefinition och diskuterar arbetarklassens roll som politiskt subjekt idag 052
Reposted by Alex KrügerHistorical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026In case you missed it, Phil A. Neel has just published the final installment of his Soundtrack to Hellworld on Substack. Take a listen whilst you delve into his tome!philneel.substack.comThe Planetary Factory | Phil A. Neel | SubstackAn archive, blog, and cartographic workshop examining the physical and political landscapes produced by global value chains. Click to read The Planetary Factory, by Phil A. Neel, a Substack publicatio... 061
Reposted by Alex KrügerAndreas Lindh @andreaslindh.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Det palestinska ungdomslaget Rawahel från Västbanken deltar för första gången i Gothia Cup. På vägen stannade dom till i Malmö för en vänskapsmatch arrangerad av Fredsloppet Malmö.sydsvenskan.seFörsta gången utanför Palestina – nu är pojklaget i RosengårdFörre lagkaptenen sköts ihjäl: ”Vill visa att ockupation inte är det normala.” 1335
Reposted by Alex KrügerMathias Wåg @guldfiske.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Det finns nog inget sorgligare tecken på ensamhet än folk som skriver sina fotbollsutrop i flödet. Enda charm med sport är väl få uppleva det i grupp? Stackars satar. 27141
Reposted by Alex KrügerBudget Motel Abyss @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 03/07/2026You can also preorder my second book, which comes out in February www.bloomsbury.com/us/critical-...bloomsbury.comA Critical Theory of Social DominationA Critical Theory of Societal Domination offers a major reinterpretation of Frankfurt School Critical Theory and its relation to Marx's critique of political ec… 0219
Reposted by Alex KrügerHeatwave Magazine @htwvmag.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Heatwave Issue 3 is coming soon! In this extra-long issue, we're bringing you analysis, report backs, and creative writing from around the world, from Texas to Indonesia, Serbia to Sri Lanka. 1126
Reposted by Alex KrügerBudget Motel Abyss @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 25/06/2026While were on the topic of Open Marxism, Christos Memos’s excellent Open Marxism Critical Theory as Militant Enlightenment is coming out in paperback in August! Order it here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/open-marx...bloomsbury.com 041
Reposted by Alex KrügercyborgChris @cyborgchris.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Ni har väl inte missat årets andra nummer av Röda Rummet, ute nu! Där kan man bla läsa Roya Hakimnia om Iran, ett boksymposium om @alfonsson.bsky.social:s Vad hände med arbetarklassen och jag skriver om fjättringstesen och teknikoptimism. 172
Reposted by Alex KrügerJack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I'm pleased the articles from our Special Issue on Political Marxism & Open Marxism are published! This piece - written with @alexismoraitis.bsky.social, @harveymurenow.bsky.social, Teddy Paikin & Sam Salour - traces the historical emergence of PM/OM and maps their intersections. shorturl.at/WJWnxshorturl.atHistorical specificity and social form: Political Marxism and Open Marxism in conversation - Jack Copley, Alexis Moraitis, Javier M. Zacares, Teddy Paikin, Sam Salour, 2026This is the introductory article to the special issue on the convergences and divergences in Political and Open Marxism. It traces the historical and intellectu... 2115
Reposted by Alex KrügerNate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 18/06/2026LaborOnline kindly ran a short essay of mine where I talk a bit about the personal backstory of my recent journal article in Labor and explore some of the larger themes. I'd appreciate if you'd check it out! lawcha.org/2026/06/13/t...lawcha.orgThe Work of Forgetting | LAWCHANate Holdren’s essay “The Work of Forgetting: Industrial Physicians, Medical Forms, and Industrial Violence in the Early Twentieth-Century United States” 12612
Reposted by Alex KrügerNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026"FIFA is proposing that the opening match of their inaugural under-15s football festival should be Israel against Palestine." This can't be real life. www.nytimes.com/athletic/736... 77018
Reposted by Alex KrügerKosjenka @kosjenka.bsky.social · 31/05/2026‘Wherever we find class, we tend to find violence, and wherever we find the violence of class, we also tend to find work that normalizes and depoliticizes that violence.’ 04815
Reposted by Alex KrügerNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026FIFA has prohibited Haitian World Cup jerseys with a depiction of the Nov. 18, 1803, Bataille de Vertières aka the triumph of the Haitian Revolution against slavery. Depraved. amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-... 291060454
Reposted by Alex KrügerBudget Motel Abyss @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 08/06/2026My belated attempt to intervene in the Capital translation discourse while also thinking about how it connects to the history of the Marx revival www.jhiblog.org/2026/06/08/t...jhiblog.orgTowards a Critical Materialist Analysis of Capital’s Translationsby Chris O'Kane 32713
Reposted by Alex KrügerHåkan Gustafsson @marknadsavd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Alla borde verkligen gå in och kolla den här filmen på SVT-play. Den sätter verkligen ljuset på hur villkoren i Sverige ser ut för migrantarbetare. Men framförallt visar filmen också vad som händer när människor organiserar sig fackligt. www.svtplay.se/video/KBMY7L...svtplay.seRobota SwedenI den svenska byggbranschens skuggsida kämpar ukrainska Serhii sida vid sida med facket för att få tillbaka sina obetalda löner. En kortfilm ur satsningen Mina drömmars land från 2026. Regi: Patrik Öb... 011
Reposted by Alex KrügerNate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I have a new article out in Labor, I'd appreciate if you'd read it. Thank you! read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...read.dukeupress.eduThe Work of Forgetting: Industrial Physicians, Medical Forms, and Industrial Violence in the Early Twentieth-Century United StatesAbstract. This article uses inquiry into the medical subfield of industrial medicine in the early twentieth-century United States to build on recent work in the history of occupational safety and heal... 610942
Reposted by Alex KrügerRob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The thing is it actually is impossible to be any kind of social demoratic under capitalism. There aren't easy answers! You really are structuraly dependent on capitalism and capital accumulation in a wya that cuts against but the 'social' and 'democratic' things you want to achieve. 162
Reposted by Alex KrügerTidskriften Fronesis @fronesistidskrift.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Nytt nummer av Fronesis! Flera samhällskriser har de senaste åren omförhandlat relationen mellan staten och andra samhällsaktörer. I detta nummer undersöker vi statens nya roller: Hur styr staten i dag? Vilka intressen förmedlar den, och hur självständig är den? Läs mer: fronesis.nu/nummer/staten/ 054
Alex Krüger @alexkruger.bsky.social · 05/05/2026New and interesting draft by Matt Dimick, engaging with “Republican Marx”. Definitely worth a read. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comCapital, the Market, and Republican DominationCapitalism is increasingly criticized today as a form of domination. Recent republican interpretations in particular have argued that capitalism is objectionabl 000
Reposted by Alex Krügergil, a finite mode @gilmorejon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026this is why the anti-trans movement is not some fringe culture war issue. it is fundamentally exterminationist and its current discursive function is to normalize exterminationism by targeting one of the most marginalized and misunderstood groups in our society. it is about mainstreaming genocide 46722
Reposted by Alex KrügerKominternpodd @kominternpodd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026on.soundcloud.com/MaB2dyyiXCgL... 🆕📻on.soundcloud.com 011
Reposted by Alex KrügerBudget Motel Abyss @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Credit where credit is due: this is good jacobin.com/2026/04/revi...jacobin.comNo, Western Marxism Wasn’t a CIA PlotGabriel Rockhill’s polemic against Western Marxism seeks to condemn a set of postwar left-wing intellectuals such as Herbert Marcuse. Heavy on innuendo but light on evidence, the result is more like a... 2348
Reposted by Alex KrügerHistorical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 18/04/2026For all the Phil A. Neel heads out there... 0133
Reposted by Alex KrügerMiran @hevalsson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Varje år anordnar jag & min medrektor Rami Akademin för rörelsejurister. En 5 dagar lång utbildning för jurister & juridikstudenter som vill använda juridiken i rörelsens tjänst, snarare än i kapitalet & statens. Nu är ansökan för årets upplaga öppen. Sök eller tipsa någon du kännerarenagruppen.seAnsök till Akademin för RörelsejuristerAkademin för Rörelsejurister utbildar i praktisk och teoretisk juridik med fokus på rättskritik, barnrätt, förvaltningsrätt, boendefrågor, migrationsrätt, hbtqi-rättigheter, processföring, demokratiar... 21510
Reposted by Alex KrügerRob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I thought this was great and, once again, highly recommend @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social's book! 095
Reposted by Alex KrügerJames Crane @jamescrane.bsky.social · 10/04/2026btw! for those who’ve been asking, the recordings from the Interdisciplinary Marxism Working Group seminar series on Adorno & Communism—with Chris O’Kane & myself—are up on YouTube! youtube.com/playlist?lis... 14916
Reposted by Alex KrügerNate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 07/04/2026This was very good. If you didn't tune in to this when it was live then you missed out but you can and should watch/listen the video later when you have time -- www.youtube.com/live/BQhv-uw...youtube.comSocial Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination (with Chris O'Kane, Sam Fisher, and Rob Knox)YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory 083
Alex Krüger @alexkruger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Great talk and discussion. Check it out! youtube.com/live/BQhv-uw...youtube.comSocial Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination (with Chris O'Kane, Sam Fisher, and Rob Knox)YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory 010
Reposted by Alex KrügerHistorical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The CfP for this year's Historical Materialism annual conference in London, under the title 'Planetary Warscapes Ablaze: Imperial Mutations in Infernal Times', is now online! Mark it in your calendars, prepare your abstracts, book your travel!historicalmaterialism.orgTwenty-third Annual Conference - Historical MaterialismCall for Paper is Online and submission form open! Planetary Warscapes Ablaze: Imperial Mutations in Infernal Times 5-8 November 2026, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Fr... 02915
Reposted by Alex Krügerjournalizt @mindyourlizness.bsky.social · 02/04/2026www.flamman.se/bajens-boxar... – Han har varit en väldigt viktig person, inte minst för våra ungdomar och barn. Många av våra bästa boxare i dag har vuxit upp med honom som närvarande förebild, säger Peter Ljungkvist. Första gången jag breakar en sportnyhet, tror jag. Synd att det är detta.flamman.seBajenboxaren ”Boyz-Boyz” utvisadPrisbelönt eldsjäl skickas till Uganda - efter 12 år i Hammarby Boxning 15920
Reposted by Alex Krügerinternationalen.se @internationalen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026 🔴 Efter sju sorger och åtta bedrövelser kvalificerade sig Sveriges herrar till sommarens fotbolls-VM med USA som huvudarrangör.internationalen.seBojkotta fotbolls-VM i USA! - InternationalenDet är inte längre sedan än 20 januari förra året som Trump svors in för en andra period som president, men redan har USA attackerat sju länder militärt, inlett ett – tillsammans med Israel – ihållande krig mot Iran och med avgörande vapenleveranser understött Israels folkmord i Gaza. I det läge som råder måste så många som möjligt resa kravet att bojkotta fotbolls-VM i USA. Läs veckans ledare. 001
Reposted by Alex Krügerhugo lundberg @hhugo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Det är ironiskt att begreppet ”den regelbaserade världsordningen” nu används för att försvara folkrätten när ordet i mångt och mycket varit ett sätt för USA + dess vänner att skapa osäkerhet kring/omdefiniera just folkrättens innehåll. 011
Reposted by Alex KrügerCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 31/03/2026my friend Andy wrote this, looks amazing www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/808034... 1163
Reposted by Alex KrügerJeff Mitchell @jeffreymitchell.bsky.social · 29/03/2026As Sweden steadily transforms its carceral (and welfare) state to look more and more like the US, Swedish Police start acting more and more like American cops. 121
Reposted by Alex KrügerRob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Hi, is that the police? Yes. Ok, I'd like to report a theft. THEY STOLE ONE HOUR FROM ME. 041
Reposted by Alex KrügerNate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 28/03/2026spectrejournal.com/hands-off/spectrejournal.comHands Off! – Spectre JournalNate Holdren argues that both Trump and the legalistic opposition to his "lawlessness" are varieties of the same law-and-order politics. 073
Reposted by Alex KrügerHappy Hour at Hippel's @sanktmaxtci.bsky.social · 26/03/2026For Prometheus, I wrote about the concept of Social Murder developed by Engels and @nhold.bsky.social, as a way to explain the dialectic of fascism in terms of its points of continuity and rupture with liberal capitalism, and its new libidinal economy of cruelty. prometheus-mag.com/2026/03/26/t...prometheus-mag.comThe Promise of Cruelty: Fascism and Social Murder - Prometheus MagazineAdam C. Jones discusses the relationship between social murder, capitalism and fascism 23515
Reposted by Alex KrügerBudget Motel Abyss @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 23/03/2026A much needed intervention by Fabian A journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...journals.sagepub.com 372
Reposted by Alex KrügerJeff Mitchell @jeffreymitchell.bsky.social · 19/03/2026UPDATE: the Swedish sociological association (Sverige sociologföbundet) has voted to withdraw the letter sent by the association president to ISA protesting the suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society. @soc4pal.bsky.social 001
Alex Krüger @alexkruger.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Tapping Rob’s sign: bsky.app/profile/pash... Sports law is not an exception to the rule that ”law won’t save us.” Dissertation in one sentence. 000
Reposted by Alex KrügerHelle Panke e. V. - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Berlin @hellepanke.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Unser Kollege Frank Engster hat zum mit Nadja Rakowitz im @nd-aktuell.de einen Nachruf auf unseren ehemaligen Referenten Hans-Georg Backhaus geschrieben: www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1198...nd-aktuell.deVerstehen, was Geld istDer Politikwissenschaftler und Adorno-Schüler Hans-Georg Backhaus entwickelte eine neue Lesart des »Kapital«, die sowohl den klassischen Marxismus als auch die bürgerlichen Ökonomen ins Visier nahm. E... 096