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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Come to our CLaSP Seminar on 'Labour, Law and Logistics in the Bombay Port, 1940s-90s' with Rahul Maganti and Prof. Alejandro Colás! 8 Oct, 1 - 2.30 PM QMUL, Mile End Campus, Bancroft Building 1.02.6 More info here, including a hybrid option: www.claspblog.org/events/semin...
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Seminar: Labour, Law and Logistics in the Bombay Port, 1940s-90s — CLaSP Blog
Hosted by the Centre on Labour, Sustainability and Global Production (CLaSP). Speakers: Rahul Maganti, PhD researcher, Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Gottingen and visiting PhD re...
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Florian Skelton @fskelton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy to have been a part of this exceptionally stimulating workshop on different and shifting forms of carbon governance. Read our collective reflections here 👇
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On 26/10 at 4:30pm London/12:30pm EST, @clasp-qmul.bsky.social is excited to co-host a transatlantic book launch of @js-tan.bsky.social and Clarissa Redwine's Against Tech Oligarchy! Join us! @kanarinka.bsky.social @jasonbjackson.bsky.social www.claspblog.org/events/book-...
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Book Launch: Against Tech Oligarchy — CLaSP Blog
In this transatlantic book launch, JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine will discuss their new book, Against Tech Oligarchy . The book provides a gripping account of the rise of a tech workers' movement and o...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📣 New on the CLaSP blog by the Carbon Working Group 📣 The collective asks: what is carbon? www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ca...
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Carbon as a question — CLaSP Blog
The Carbon Working Group collectively reflects on their first in-person workshop on carbon and biodiversity governance.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📣 New on the CLaSP blog by Gerald Hanlon 📣 Gerard Hanlon analyses how the military is a central shaping force of both the contemporary and historical capitalist division of labour. www.claspblog.org/blogposts/mi...
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Organising work: the military and the division of labour — CLaSP Blog
Gerard Hanlon analyses how the military is a central shaping force of both the contemporary and historical capitalist division of labour
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
End of the year panel with Jairus Banaji, Henry Bernstein and Jens Lerche on the 24th of June! We're hosting a reception so come for the talk & stay for engaging with the panel. We'll be discussing the themes of #AgrarianChange #ClassesOfLabour #Peasantry Co-host: @agrarianchange.bsky.social
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
CLaSP is hosting a two-part series on 'classes of capital' and 'classes of labour'. The first part examines business dynamics in agriculture in Latin America, and the second part more broadly on the relationship to capitalism of people in the countryside. P 1: 17 Jun 3-5 BST. P 2: 24 Jun 4-6 BST.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📣 New on the CLaSP blog by @ggouzoulis.bsky.social 📣 Giorgos critically explores the fraught logic and impact of financial literacy programmes. www.claspblog.org/blogposts/fi...
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The gospel of financial literacy — CLaSP Blog
Giorgos Gouzoulis critically explores the fraught logic and impact of financial literacy programmes.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
CLaSP Book Launch: ‘Rethinking Financial Behaviour: Rationality and Resistance in the Financialization of Everyday Life’ With author Ariane Agunsoye, Goldsmiths. When/Where: Tues 12 May: 13.00 -14.00 BST; Graduate Centre Room GC205, QMUL Mile End Campus Read: www.claspblog.org/events/rethi...
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CLaSP Book Launch: ‘Rethinking Financial Behaviour: Rationality and Resistance in the Financialization of Everyday Life’ — CLaSP Blog
CLaSP invites you to the book launch of ‘ Rethinking Financial Behaviour: Rationality and Resistance in the Financialization of Everyday Life’ With author Ariane Agunsoye, Goldsmiths, University...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
CLaSP is hosting a seminar titled 'Fishing Labour Regimes and Migration Infrastructures: The Case of Recruitment Agencies and Migrant Fishers from the Philippines'. With Philip Kelly, York University. When/Where: Thursday, 16 April- 3-4 PM BST (GMT+1); Graduate Centre GC201, QMUL Mile End Campus.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
📣 New on the CLaSP blog 📣 Will Monteith (@willmonteith.bsky.social) examines the colonial origins of the green hydrogen frontier. www.claspblog.org/blogposts/green-hydrogen
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Counter-mapping the green hydrogen rush in Africa — CLaSP Blog
Will Monteith examines the colonial origins of the green hydrogen frontier.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
CLaSP invites you to a lecture titled 'The Fallacies and Challenges of Doing Research on Work From a Class Perspective'. The lecture will be delivered by Maurizio Atzeni, Visiting Leverhulme Professor at QMUL. 26 March, 4-6 PM, Graduate Centre Room 601 (Montagu LT), QMUL Mile End Campus.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
📣 New on the CLaSP Blog: Bargaining over job loss: trade union legitimacy in the UK steel industry, by Chris McLachlan www.claspblog.org/blogposts/le...
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Bargaining over job loss: trade union legitimacy in the UK steel industry — CLaSP Blog
Chris McLachlan explores the legitimacy of trade unions in the restructuring of the UK steel industry.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📣 New on the CLaSP Blog: My Body, Whose Choice? Elena Keighobadi explores the Tradwife and Girlboss hashtags on TikTok through a feminist intersectional lens www.claspblog.org/blogposts/my...
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My Body, Whose Choice? — CLaSP Blog
Elena Keighobadi critically examines the #tradwife and #girlboss movements on TikTok from a feminist intersectional lens.
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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Great essay by Valerio Bini and Alessio Iocchi on the failures of the “Great Green Wall” in Africa, a phantom mega-development project: www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ud... @clasp-qmul.bsky.social
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We invite you to a conversation to honour and remember Michael Burawoy, who was tragically killed in a hit-and-run car accident last year, including his ongoing legacy. Date/Time: Friday 23rd January 2026, 2-4pm Location: Room 601, Graduate Centre, QMUL. www.claspblog.org/events/remem...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
CLaSP invites you to a seminar followed by a workshop on the fintech industry and building tools for community advocacy. When: Seminar: 16 December, 4-6 PM Workshop: 17 December, 10AM-330 PM Register here: www.claspblog.org/events/semin...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
CLaSP invites you for a lunch-time seminar on EV manufacturing and industrial policy in South America with Felipe Irarrázaval, Universidad de Chile When/Where: Friday 14 November 2025, 13:00 14:00; Room 2.41 Bancroft Building, QMUL Mile End Road #IndustrialPolicy #EV #EnergyTransition
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Another event in the lineup of events at the start of this academic year at CLaSP! This one on Indian policy makers, business ethics, and policy making. This is event is co-supported by QM South Asia Forum and the Centre for the Study of Race, Class and Empire. When: 6th November 2025; 5-630 PM
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Interested about financialisation and why states foster policies that lead to the dominance of financial capital? Come to CLaSP's seminar: Event: Financial Capital, the State, and Politics When: 30th October, 2025; 4-530 PM Where: Graduate Centre, QMUL Mile End Campus Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Bernards
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
New on the CLaSP blog: artist & filmmaker Jonathan Om interviews CLaSP's Matan Kaminer about Thai migrant workers in Israel's agricultural frontier settlements. www.claspblog.org/blogposts/sx...
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Farming on the Frontlines: A conversation between Jonathan Om and Matan Kaminer — CLaSP Blog
Artist and filmmaker Jonathan Om interviews CLaSP member Matan Kaminer about his ethnographic work on Thai migrant workers in Israeli agriculture. They discuss the history behind how these workers cam...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Latest on the CLaSP blog: Why has China’s digital economy developed along such a distinctly consumer-facing path? @js-tan.bsky.social explains 'The Labour Foundations of China’s Consumer-First Internet' www.claspblog.org/blogposts/7l...
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The Labour Foundations of China’s Consumer-First Internet — CLaSP Blog
JS Tan explains how cheap labour and flexible employment practices encourage internet firms to build consumer platforms.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
CLaSP is hosting a film screening of BEHIND THE FURROW & discussion with director Jonathan Om. The film focuses on colonial violence & Thai migrant workers in Israel's frontier agriculture. Oct 16th at 6pm. Please register for a free ticket: www.claspblog.org/events/behin...
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BEHIND THE FURROW: Film Screening and discussion with Jonathan Om — CLaSP Blog
CLaSP invites you for a preview screening and discussion of a documentary film by Jonathan Om.
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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🎙️SPERI Presents...🎙️ How does India's agrarian crisis harm women workers? 🌾 Shreya Sinha explores how shifts from cotton to rice cultivation relate to class, gender and caste oppression in Punjab 💭 🎧 Listen now: shorturl.at/WYfmC #Agriculture #PoliticalEconomy #Labour #Podcast
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New on the CLaSP blog: Looking at platform workers in Argentina, Sofia Negri asks how we can build a future of work that transforms the salaried relationship to reconcile autonomy with social protection www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ac...
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Freedom as Autonomy: platform workers’ struggles and the future of work in Argentina — CLaSP Blog
Sofia Negri asks how we can build a future of work that transforms the salaried relationship to reconcile autonomy with social protection.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
After the very engaging two days on the hashtag#MaterialitiesOfAI workshop, CLaSP is hosting a launch and conversation with Professor Ariel Salleh on her new book ‘Decolonize Ecomodernism!’ When: 10th June, 4-6 PM. Graduate Centre room 601, QMUL Mile End campus. www.claspblog.org/events/decol...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Some photos from Day 1 of our #MaterialitiesOfAI workshop with @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social and @katecrawford.bsky.social. Two session exploring the ecological, social and material implications of AI. On Day 2, we move on to workshops on the methodologies of studying AI!
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Our end of the year event is just two weeks away! Over two days and four sessions, we will be covering the social and environmental aspects of the AI industry, including the politics and methodologies for researching AI. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr... (1/3)
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The state is back, and it means business! Just CLaSP for an in-person event with Ilias Alami, University of Cambridge, co-author of the book 'The Spectre of State Capitalism' in discussing this new state capitalism. When/where: 1st of May at Queen Mary, Mile End Campus www.claspblog.org/events
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Intrigued by the workers that OpenAI is lamenting are tired given the surge in #Ghibli images? CLaSP has an event for you! Our end of the year event titled 'Materialities of AI: Labour, Ecology and Inequalities at the Technological Frontier' will delve into the hidden abode of AI.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
New on the CLaSP blog: 'Race, Profit, and Algorithms', @wonyoungso.bsky.social details his research on iBuyers, a new class of real estate actors generating profits in racialized housing markets www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ra...
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Race, Profit, and Algorithms: How iBuyers Leverage Neighbourhood Inequality — CLaSP Blog
How do algorithm-driven business models interact with historical patterns of segregation, property devaluation, and racial capitalism? Wonyoung So addresses this question in new research into iBuyers—...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
CLaSP seminar titled 'Petrochemical Transitions' with Alice Mah and Adam Hanieh engaged in a wide range of discussions on the growing prominence of petrochemical manufacturing and the challenges these pose to labour, geopolitics and sustainability! If you missed this, follow www.claspblog.org!
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Accounting and Accountability Research Group @aargatsbmatqmul.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
On May 20th, AARG is organizing a round table about the multiple crisis of higher education. This event aims to reposition this specific crisis in relation to other crises, students’ debts, cost of living crisis, University governance crisis, crisis of the welfare state … registration link 👇
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
🗣️ EVENT: Join us at CLaSP on 13 March for a dialogue between two leading scholars of the global fossil fuel economy - Alice Mah & Adam Hanieh - on 'Petrochemical Transitions'. Register for a free ticket: www.claspblog.org/events/petro...
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Petrochemical transitions: a dialogue on industrial, geopolitical & sustainability transformations with Alice Mah and Adam Hanieh — CLaSP Blog
Petrochemical transitions: a dialogue on industrial, geopolitical and sustainability transformations The event brings together two leading scholars – Adam Hanieh and Alice Mah – whose shared focus on...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Members attended a workshop titled 'Experimenting with AI Tools Tailored for Research', facilitated by @icruxen.bsky.social. Members had hands-on time to work through different apps that built practical experimentation and was followed by reflections on navigating research in an AI mediated world.
Members of the centre working on their laptops and experimenting with AI tools, looked on by the facilitator. The background has a board with a QR code leading to the workshop documents.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Book Review: The book 'Land, Water, Air and Freedom: The Making of World Movements for Environmental Justice' follows over 500 environmental justice movements evidencing why 'environmentalism of the poor' is key to socioecological transformation. Read here: www.claspblog.org/blogposts/la...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
“We have to defeat the thinking of defeat” From the archives, here is a blog post that can help us all reflect on the political work that is, and is in need of, being done. Suraj Bhaskarrao Telange revisits the history & contemporary of Workers' Inquiry method : www.claspblog.org/blogposts/r5...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
📚 Book round-up: browse some of the recent book publications from CLaSP members. Topics from supply chains, agricultural labour, artistic production & activism and more www.claspblog.org/blogposts/g9...
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Book round-up: Latest works by CLaSP members — CLaSP Blog
A compilation of recent books by CLaSP members “just in time” for teaching. This is the first of many posts highlighting the extremely rich work of CLaSP members. The recent books listed below cov...
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
📣 New on the CLaSP blog! Tracing exploitation in the gaming industry, Jamie Woodcock highlights the organising by workers in the industry and the model it provides for organising in non-union work sectors. www.claspblog.org/blogposts/ga...
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Gaming Workers Unionising to tackle the gaming industry — CLaSP Blog
Tracing exploitation in the gaming industry, Jamie Woodcock highlights the organising by workers in the industry and the model it provides for organising in non-union work sectors.
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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📢 New on the CLaSP blog Alec Fiorini reviews Adam Hanieh’s latest book on the entanglements between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to today’s environmental and climate crisis. www.claspblog.org/blogposts/r5...
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Book Review: Adam Hanieh’s Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market — CLaSP Blog
Alec Fiorini reviews Adam Hanieh’s latest book on the entanglements between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to today’s environmental and climate crisis.
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