Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🚨 New book ‘Marxism and the Marginalized: struggles for Indigenous sovereignty in Latin America’ coming soon (ish) Full details available here: global.oup.com/academic/pro... 043
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A short introduction to our new article ‘Totality must be defended’ written with @morton.bsky.social www.ppesydney.net/from-localit... Engaging with recent work by @mattthompson.bsky.social and @davidharvey.org among othersppesydney.netFrom Locality to Totality - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)On the tension between locality and totality that we see configuring the contours of significant debate today across economic geography in postcolonial, poststructural, decolonial, and constructivist ... 057
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Blogging on our article "Totality must be defended* with @chrishesketh.bsky.social published in Progress in Human Geography, we make available Aníbal Quijano's text Redefinición de la dependencia y proceso de marginalización en América Latina @ingridhk.bsky.social 1/ppesydney.netFrom Locality to Totality - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)On the tension between locality and totality that we see configuring the contours of significant debate today across economic geography in postcolonial, poststructural, decolonial, and constructivist ... 133
Reposted by Chris HeskethAndreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The People’s Emergency Briefing – A missed opportunity, see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-... @morton.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.socialandreasbieler.blogspot.comThe People’s Emergency Briefing – A missed opportunity!Across the UK, the People’s Emergency Briefing is currently being screened to large audiences. It is intended as a wake-up call just in tim... 022
Reposted by Chris HeskethNtina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Jess Whyte and I wrote on the shifting mix btw persuasion and coercion in monetary hierarchy and the effects of this shift on the legal forms of the dollar. TLDR: soft law, IL and legal cooperation are replaced by executive orders and tweets. It's open access! link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comFrom Dollar Hegemony to Dollar Dominance - Law and CritiqueThis article describes and diagnoses a major shift in the modalities, uses and legal forms of the international role of the US dollar. Drawing from the work of Ranajit Guha, we argue that the balance ... 072
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Now published in Progress in Human Geography, open access, *Totality must be defended*, co-authored with @chrishesketh.bsky.social -- brilliant to work on this together. We will blog on it next week on @ppesydney.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... @proghumgeog.bsky.social 074
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Latest book completed with the Past & Present Reading Group - Part I of *Theories of Surplus Value* — what an important text to read! Commentary to follow soon on @ppesydney.bsky.social www.ppesydney.net/past-present... 011
Reposted by Chris HeskethDaniel 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: 13598709
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Alexandre Kojève's famous lectures on Hegel (1933-1939), at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, included Jacques Lacan and Maurice Merleau-Ponty as students. Registered numbers: 19 (1933), 11 (1934), 9 (1935), 10 (1936), 11 (1937), 17 (1938). No threat of academic "sustainability" in those days! 122
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026My new article ‘Totality must be defended’ , co-written with @morton.bsky.social is now out in Progress in Human Geography journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 155
Reposted by Chris HeskethJulie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Inside Britain’s university crisis open.substack.com/pub/democrac...open.substack.comInside Britain's university crisisAs teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter 031
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Superb to receive confirmation that this co-authored article with @chrishesketh.bsky.social has now been accepted for publication in Progress in Human Geography #totality Thanks to all those who gave feedback as well as the peer reviewers and editors. @proghumgeog.bsky.social 1121
Reposted by Chris HeskethDr Stephen Hurt @drstephenhurt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Pleased to share my new article published in the journal British Politics on the consequences of the UK's #trade policy for democracy since #Brexit. link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Special thanks to @michaellister.bsky.social and @chrishesketh.bsky.social for convincing me to persevere with this!link.springer.comTaking back control? Democracy and UK trade policy after Brexit - British PoliticsDuring the Brexit referendum the Leave campaign claimed that the UK would be able to regain its sovereignty and ‘take back control’. Trade policy became a particular focus of the Conservative Governme... 141
Reposted by Chris HeskethAndreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Germany – The Genocidal State, see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2026/07/germ... @morton.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.socialandreasbieler.blogspot.comGermany – The Genocidal State!In an online seminar on 5 March 2026, the Palestinian academic Abdaljawad Omar reflected on several universal insights, which have come to ... 021
Reposted by Chris HeskethAndreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Divisions in the Core of Global Capitalism? Italian Labour and ‘Free Trade’, see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2026/07/divi... @morton.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.socialandreasbieler.blogspot.comDivisions in the Core of Global Capitalism? Italian Labour and ‘Free Trade’The global labour movement has been divided over ‘free trade’. Many unions in the Global North, especially in export-oriented sectors, suppo... 022
Reposted by Chris HeskethAndreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis, see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2026/05/crit... @morton.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.socialandreasbieler.blogspot.comCritical Political Economy of the European PolycrisisOver the last two decades, the European Union (EU) has faced a series of intertwined crises, including the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 a... 055
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Having read all volumes of Capital and Grundrisse together, now it’s time for the highest of the ‘luminous summits’ 021
Reposted by Chris HeskethAndreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Social and Environmental Upgrading through Global Value Chains? A review of the book by Selwyn and Bernhold, see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2026/04/soci... @morton.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.socialandreasbieler.blogspot.comSocial and Environmental Upgrading through Global Value Chains? A review of the book by Selwyn and Bernhold.In Capitalist Value Chains: Labour Exploitation, Nature Destruction, Geopolitics (Oxford University Press, 2025), Benjamin Selwyn and Chri... 022
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Un “pincelazo” de Maurice Dobb para entender la economía mixta y el capitalismo de Estado con @davidaviles.bsky.social en @economyandspace.bsky.social sobre Mexico y Chile @iliasalami.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.social @llchristyll.bsky.social @mazzucatom.bsky.social @abieler.bsky.socialppesydney.netInvernadero para el Desarrollo: Reordenando la Economía Mixta y el Capitalismo de Estado - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)¿Qué tienen de malo los enfoques de "economía mixta" y "capitalismo de Estado" para comprender la era del desarrollo estabilizador en América Latina? 133
Reposted by Chris HeskethMatt Thompson @mattthompson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026New article out: What's the point of conjunctural analysis? doi.org/10.1177/2754...doi.orgWhat's the point of conjunctural analysis? - Matthew Thompson, 2026With conjunctural approaches to urban research fast proliferating, along with the compounding crises they seek to study, now's the time to ask: what's... 32810
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The absolute state of those people cry-wanking over whether Churchill is on a banknote 011
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Disgusting factionalism by the Green Party in Gorton and Denton by…’checks notes’ ….actually appealing to the electorate 010
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Essential reading on how to conceptualise the current state of the world from a historical materialist perspective 000
Reposted by Chris HeskethMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/01/2026ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE. 7925415613815
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 26/01/2026What are the specificities of past and present forms of market and violence in Heide Gerstenberger’s *Market and Violence*? @alexcallinicos.bsky.social @abieler.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.social @drmeljohnston.bsky.socialppesydney.netHeide Gerstenberger, Market and Violence - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)From the shores of present-day Namibia via Heide Gerstenberger, Slavoj Žižek and Byung-Chul Han, what can a real picture postcard reveal about the specificity of past and present forms of market and v... 032
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Drawing on his recent @risjnl.bsky.social article, Oliver Dodd explains why framing Colombia’s civil war as a narco problem fundamentally misunderstands how and why the conflict escalated @abieler.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.socialppesydney.netNarco-Myths and Neoliberal War: Why Colombia’s Conflict Escalated - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)Rather than a deviation from capitalist modernisation, how has political violence in Colombia been a constitutive outcome of a project of "passive revolution" through which capitalist modernisation wa... 074
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 15/01/2026media.tenor.coma man in a sweater says sack lynn for being unloyal diloyalALT: a man in a sweater says sack lynn for being unloyal diloyal 011
Reposted by Chris HeskethPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 07/01/2026People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost. 522078479
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 05/01/2026There are plenty of conspiracy theories going round regarding why the US has taken the actions it has in Venezuela. In my view the explanation is rather more simple and has much more to do with the politics of Latin America itself. 141
Reposted by Chris HeskethDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Trump gives the country an economics lesson on tariffs. The textbook story comes through loud and clear deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-give...deanbaker22.substack.comTrump Gives the Country an Economics Lesson on TariffsThe textbook story comes through loud and clear 1138
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Your Party continue to be more satirical than the People’s Front of Judea 040
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 29/11/2025All the blog posts on @bolshierowbot.bsky.social book forum *Cultivating Socialism* - a diverse set of engagements and a wonderful rejoinder from Rowan Lubbock himself www.ppesydney.net/forums/culti...ppesydney.netCultivating Socialism - Progress in Political Economy (PPE) 041
Reposted by Chris HeskethThe Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 28/11/2025'Real household disposable income is going to grow about 0.4% annually this parliament. That is the second worst growth in living standards we've had since the late 1970s.' @ckfarquharson.bsky.social discusses living standards in our #Budget2025 podcast. 🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/aut... 062
Reposted by Chris HeskethMichael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Out now! New edited book “New Directions in Vernacular Security” with Palgrave. Great working with @leejarvis.bsky.social & @akinoyawale.bsky.social to bring it together. Great contributions-from Rohingya refugee camps, to military self help books & more in between link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comNew Directions in Vernacular Security ResearchThis book provides a fresh perspective on vernacular security, featuring diverse case studies and unique sources to enrich your understanding. 2118
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Great to be able to use @alkejenss.bsky.social fantastic book ‘Selective Security in the War on Drugs’ for MA teaching yesterday - sparked some important ongoing debates 120
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Brilliant piece by @alfnilsen.bsky.social on Stuart Hall as a master dialectician from and for the Global South @dukepress.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.social @abieler.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.socialppesydney.netStuart Hall and Us in the Global South - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)How does reading and rereading Stuart Hall’s work bring out his stunning intellectual agility and the “this-worldliness” of his thinking for the Global South as a master dialectician? 0146
Reposted by Chris HeskethStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2025I'll bite. What is the benefit we gain from politicians being able to 'thoughtfully' say in private 'blacks, British Bangladeshis, British Pakistanis, British Indians, mulattos....all the same, and clearly from the look of them not-integrated?' 25442107
Reposted by Chris HeskethRowan Lubbock @bolshierowbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2025So excited to share this symposium on my book, Cultivating Socialism, at the @ppesydney.bsky.social . Check out our first two posts from @chrishesketh.bsky.social and Kyla Sankey. More to come each Tuesday! www.ppesydney.net/forums/culti...ppesydney.netCultivating Socialism - Progress in Political Economy (PPE) 031
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 22/09/2025First post in a new forum on Rowan Lubbock's book *Cultivating Socialism: Venezuela, ALBA, and the Politics of Food Sovereignty*, with the engagement started by @chrishesketh.bsky.social -- more to follow in subsequent weeks!!ppesydney.netThe State of the Revolution - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)First post of a new forum on Rowan Lubbock's book Cultivating Socialism, which focuses on how peasants, workers, and states attempted to redress the inequities of commercial agriculture across the Lat... 162
Reposted by Chris HeskethMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome 14412697910669
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Great to see this out. Fantastic contributions and very happy to be part of this collective endeavour 040
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Revisiting, this week, this piece in Socialist Register 2024, written with @abieler.bsky.social, following various conversations on the geopolitics of war (and peace) and global capitalism @therealelliotde.bsky.social @shaharhameiri.bsky.social @tomchodor.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.socialppesydney.netReframing the Geopolitics of Global Capitalism - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)In our latest essay in Socialist Register 2024 on the Ukraine War we deliver a contribution to understanding contemporary geopolitics without shying away from placing our concerns within an analysis o... 052
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Looking forward to dialoguing today with @iliasalami.bsky.social on raced finance in IPE. Here’s a contribution to the debate on the “dialectical tensions” that exist in raced finance; or with @abieler.bsky.social what we call the dialectical matrix of class, gender, race—beyond a “trinity formula”ppesydney.netBeyond intersectional political economy - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)Is gender oppression a structurally necessary feature in the constitution and reproduction of capitalism, and is discrimination based on race also an in-built necessary element in the making and remak... 0105
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 31/07/2025My new piece for Alternautas considers the revival of dependency theory - building on recent contributions by @ingridhk.bsky.social and Felipe Antunes de Oliveira (among others) journals.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/al... thanks to @morton.bsky.social for comments on earlier draftjournals.warwick.ac.uk Towards a new dialectics of dependency theory | Alternautas 1103
Reposted by Chris HeskethNick Bernards @nickbernards.bsky.social · 25/07/2025And one from me. On how modes of exploitation distinctive to colonial capitalism help to explain the uneven development of climate vulnerability: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com 021
Reposted by Chris HeskethRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Meanwhile The Spectator is condoning the bombing of Brighton and Glastonbury I'm sure it will be a proscribed organisation any minute now... 45403149
Reposted by Chris HeskethAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 26/05/2025New open access article co-authored with @davidaviles.bsky.social in Environment and Planning A, refocuses attention on development banks in Mexico and Chile as a way of "sorting out" mixed economy + state capitalism debates @llchristyll.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @abieler.bsky.socialppesydney.netHothousing for Development: sorting out the mixed economy and state capitalism - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)Our new article in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space seeks to refocus attention on development banks in Mexico and Chile as a way of "sorting out" contemporary debates on the mixed economy... 175
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Counter view: not only is the market efficiency view of AI erroneous in the long term, it is also totally flawed from the view of social efficiency. People, and especially young people, need more, not less contact with human beings. This is adding to isolation and the mental health crisis IMO 140
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Since when was the response to the unilateral bombing of a sovereign country to insist that ‘all sides now show restraint’? 000