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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Find the book here: www.press.purdue.edu/9781626713765/
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The Myths of 1989
What if the story of neoliberalism’s emergence in post-communist states was not one of Western imposition, but rather one of local innovation, adaptation, ...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Join our workshop on the new book 'The Myths of 1989. Origins, Realities, and Alternatives to Neoliberalism in Eastern Europe' When: 24.09 at 6pm CET Where: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... With author @jokubassalyga.bsky.social and discussant Yuliya Yurchenko See you there!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly meeting - September 2026. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The Myths of 1989: Origins, Realities, and Alternatives to Neoliberalism in Eastern Europe, edited by Jokubas Salyga speakers: Jokubas Salyga and Yuliya Yurchenko What if the story of neoliberalism...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation - BWB Bridget Williams Books
‘The future of Aotearoa depends on how Māori engage with capitalism.’
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Join our workshop about the book 'The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation'! When: 30 July, 10am CET Where: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... With authors Matthew Scobie and @annasturman.bsky.social and discussant Dalia Alazzeh See you there!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly meeting - July 2026. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Matt Scobie (university of Canterbury, New Zealand) and Anna Sturman (University of Sydney) discussing their publication “The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation”
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Join us tonight! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Sterilizing democratic politics - Comparative European Politics
This article theorises the convergence between technocracy and neoliberalism as a core component of contemporary European governance. It develops the concept of technocratic–neoliberal fix to explain ...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Join our new online workshop about 'Sterilizing democratic politics: The rise of the technocratic–neoliberal fix in Italy and Europe'! When: Thursday 25 June at 6pm CET With author Adriano Cozzolino and discussant Daniela Caterina Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly workshop - Sterilizing democratic politics: The rise of the technocratic–neoliberal fix in Italy and Europe. After registering, you will recei...
Sterilizing democratic politics: The rise of the technocratic–neoliberal fix in Italy and Europe Speaker: Adriano Cozzolino Discussant: Yuliya Yurchenko The article is available here: https://link.s...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Cracks in left strategy: Interstitial revolution in E. O. Wright and John Holloway - Neal Harris, Robin Jervis, 2025
Over the past two decades, anti-capitalist social and political theorists have increasingly embraced the transformative potential of solidaristic organisations ...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
New online workshop: Cracks in Left Strategy Join us on 30 April at 6pm CET to discuss Neal Harris and Robin Jervis's article about 'Interstitial revolution in E. O. Wright and John Holloway' With discussant @anabloch.bsky.social Register at: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!
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Neal Harris and Robin Jervis, (Oxford Brookes University) 'Cracks in left strategy: Interstitial revolution in E. O. Wright and John Holloway' Capital & Class https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Don't forget to join our workshop this Thursday! ⬇️
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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Detaching ‘neoliberalism’ from ‘free markets’: monopolistic corporations as neoliberalism’s ideal market form
The article contributes to the emerging literature on neoliberalism that explicitly rejects the long-held assumption that it is fundamentally about the valorisation of free markets. This scholarshi...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New workshop: Detaching ‘neoliberalism’ from ‘free markets’. Monopolistic corporations as neoliberalism’s ideal market form When: 26 March, 6pm CET Where: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... With Author @ianbruff.bsky.social and discussants @apiletic.bsky.social and Matthew Watson See you there!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN March 2026 workshop: Detaching ‘neoliberalism’ from ‘free markets’Detaching ‘neoliberalism’ from ‘free markets’. After registering, you will receive a...
Detaching ‘neoliberalism’ from ‘free markets’: monopolistic corporations as neoliberalism’s ideal market form Speaker: Ian Bruff is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Mancheste...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Important for critical political economy to tackle theoretical blindspots of past critical European integration research @corporateeurope.org @tninstitute.bsky.social @cpern.bsky.social Patriarchal and racist forms of oppression have been key to neo-liberal restructuring in Europe!
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New online workshop: Towards a radical highway geography - Berlin and the remaking of city logistics in global capitalism When: 26 February, 6pm CEST Where: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... With author @soederberg1.bsky.social and discussants Darragh Golden and Laura Stegemann See you there!
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Towards a radical highway geography: Berlin and the remaking of city logistics in global capitalism Speaker: Susanne Soederberg, Professor at Queen's University, Canada Discussants: Darragh Golden, ...
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Gemma Gasseau @gemmagasseau.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
On the 22nd of January (incidentally, the date of Gramsci's birthday) my article came out in @gpejournal.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Remember to submit your abstracts for our track (RN06) at the European Sociological Conference! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Deadline this Friday!
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
New CPERN online workshop: Finance and the Far Right (29 Jan) Join us to discuss how asset-manager capitalism has shaped financial-nationalist politics With author @ingarade.bsky.social and discussants Owen Worth and @alentop.bsky.social On zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly workshop - January. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Inga Rademacher (City) presents her working paper: 'Finance and the far right: financial-nationalist politics in an asset-manager world' Discussants: Owen Worth (University of Limerick) and Alen Topl...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The CfP for the European Sociological Association conference (25-28 August in Warsaw) is available: bit.ly/48E3ylb Our stream (RN06) focuses on 'Solidarity, action, revolution? Questioning systemic unsustainability' Submit your abstracts by 30 January: www.conftool.com/esa2026 See you in Warsaw!
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Remember to join our online workshop this Thursday!
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Reminder: Join us on 27 November to discuss 'Coloniality dressed in green'! With author @stefanzylinski.bsky.social who will explain how climate finance risks becoming a new tool for colonial rule With discussants Johannes Jaeger and Ewa Dziwok Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly workshop - November 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Stefan Zyinski will present his article 'Coloniality dressed in Green' available: https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/gpe/3/2/article-p315.xml Discussants are Johannes Jaeger and...
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Gemma Gasseau @gemmagasseau.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Happy to have been part of this collective endeavour to understand what's happening in the EU's political economy - check out our chapter: "A lasting legacy? A critical political economy perspective on Berlusconism and its afterlives"
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
New CPERN online workshop: Coloniality dressed in green Join us on 27 November to discuss how climate finance risks becoming a new tool for colonial rule With author @stefanzylinski.bsky.social and discussants Johannes Jaeger and Ewa Dziwok Register on zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly workshop - November 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Stefan Zyinski will present his article 'Coloniality dressed in Green' available: https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/gpe/3/2/article-p315.xml Discussants are Johannes Jaeger and...
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Gemma Gasseau @gemmagasseau.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Happening this Thursday! Join us to discuss the relation between capitalism and the global water crisis 🌊
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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Thirst
Two billion people worldwide are without access to safe water. But solutions are hard to come by when causes are not clearly defined. In a whirlwind tour of global water insecurity, one of the world’s...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We have a new online workshop coming! Join us on 30 October to discuss the book 'Thirst: the global quest to solve the water crisis' With author @filippomenga.bsky.social and discussants @gemmagasseau.bsky.social and Alexander Dunlap Register at bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly workshop - October 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Filippo Menga, Thirst: the global quest to solve the water crisis Speaker: Filippo Menga is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Bergamo in Italy. Discussants: Gemma Gasseau is Re...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Remember to join us tomorrow to discuss Sarah Uhlmann's excellent work on 'Urban social movements as extended class actors'! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Online workshop: Urban social movements as extended class actors Join us on 25 September to discuss Sarah Uhlmann's article about struggles over social reproduction! With discussants @miria-gam.bsky.social and @bonfert.bsky.social Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!
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Sarah Uhlmann 'Urban social movements as extended class actors: struggles over reproduction in Buenos Aires, New York City and Hamburg', in Global Political Economy. Discussants: Miria Gambardella a...
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Gemma Gasseau @gemmagasseau.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
What's changing and what's not in European Economic Governance in the current conjuncture? With @bigmacca.bsky.social we address the question in this short piece just published journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... DM if interested but don't have access!
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Miria Gambardella @miria-gam.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
#CPERN Mid-term Workshop @University of Helsinki Glad to be part of a community where politics and knowledge are openly claimed as inseparable and where the myth of neutrality is exposed for what it is: a convenient alibi for the machinery of power. #research #CriticalPoliticalEconomy #PRESILIENT
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Our Midterm Workshop 'Critical Political Economy at the Time of Monsters' has come to a close Many thanks to all our amazing participants for the great time together! And a special thanks to @teivo.bsky.social and Silke Trommer for welcoming us in beautiful Helsinki! See you all again next year!
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Josef Mühlbauer @josefmuehlbauer.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Thrilled to have presented my paper "Interregnum, #Polycrisis, and Liquid Modernity" at the Critical Political Conference in Helsinki! #Helsinki was absolutely stunning, a blend of Nordic serenity, and the magical late-summer light reflecting off the Baltic Sea. The perfect atmosphere for dialoge
Thrilled to have presented my paper "Interregnum, Polycrisis, and Liquid Modernity" at the Critical Political Conference in Helsinki! 

Helsinki was absolutely stunning – a blend of Nordic serenity, and the magical late-summer light reflecting off the Baltic Sea. The perfect atmosphere for deep critical dialogue!

The conference brought together truly inspiring scholars whose insights on global instability were both humbling and energizing. Discussing crises of democracy, ecology, and capitalism with such brilliant minds reaffirmed why spaces like CPC are vital.

My paper wove together three pivotal concepts:
1️⃣ Interregnum (Gramsci): Our "time between orders," where old systems collapse but new ones haven’t crystallized. 
2️⃣ Polycrisis (Morin, Edgar & Tooze, Adam): Overlapping crises (climate, inequality, pandemics, war) amplifying each other. It’s not just multiple problems; it’s systemic entanglement.
3️⃣ Liquid Modernity (Bauman, Zygmunt): Our social structures, identities, and power are fluid, unstable, and elusive.

Grateful to the organizers, fellow presenters, and engaged attendees for fierce yet generous debates. Onward! ✊

Thank you Prof. Teivo Teivainen for showing us the city & finnish history! Thank you Yuliya Yurchenko Silke Trommer Bernd Bonfert Madalaine Moore for organzing this great event! 

#CriticalTheory #PoliticalScience #ZygmuntBauman #Interregnum #Polycrisis #LiquidModernity #Helsinki #AcademicTwitter #Conference #PoliticalPhilosophyThrilled to have presented my paper "Interregnum, Polycrisis, and Liquid Modernity" at the Critical Political Conference in Helsinki! 

Helsinki was absolutely stunning – a blend of Nordic serenity, and the magical late-summer light reflecting off the Baltic Sea. The perfect atmosphere for deep critical dialogue!

The conference brought together truly inspiring scholars whose insights on global instability were both humbling and energizing. Discussing crises of democracy, ecology, and capitalism with such brilliant minds reaffirmed why spaces like CPC are vital.

My paper wove together three pivotal concepts:
1️⃣ Interregnum (Gramsci): Our "time between orders," where old systems collapse but new ones haven’t crystallized. 
2️⃣ Polycrisis (Morin, Edgar & Tooze, Adam): Overlapping crises (climate, inequality, pandemics, war) amplifying each other. It’s not just multiple problems; it’s systemic entanglement.
3️⃣ Liquid Modernity (Bauman, Zygmunt): Our social structures, identities, and power are fluid, unstable, and elusive.

Grateful to the organizers, fellow presenters, and engaged attendees for fierce yet generous debates. Onward! ✊

Thank you Prof. Teivo Teivainen for showing us the city & finnish history! Thank you Yuliya Yurchenko Silke Trommer Bernd Bonfert Madalaine Moore for organzing this great event! 

#CriticalTheory #PoliticalScience #ZygmuntBauman #Interregnum #Polycrisis #LiquidModernity #Helsinki #AcademicTwitter #Conference #PoliticalPhilosophy
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Find the book here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
fulcrum.org
The Left and Digital Politics: Political Parties from Platform Neoliberalism to Platform Socialism
Digital platforms are more than devices, algorithms and websites. They organise societies through the leadership of platform capitalists and their allies in political institutions. We know that this l...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Join or online workshop tomorrow (26 June, 6pm CEST) about Marco Guglielmo's new book 'The Left and Digital Politics'! With discussants Bradley Ward, Maria Francesca De Tullio and @gameoftech.bsky.social Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Left and Digital Politics: Political Parties from Platform Neoliberalism to Platform Socialism . After registering, you will receive a confirmation emai...
Speaker: Marco Guglielmo (University of Valencia) Key text: Title: The Left and Digital Politics: Political Parties from Platform Neoliberalism to Platform Socialism Discussant: Bradley Ward (Univers...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Join us on 26 June!
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Find the book here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
fulcrum.org
The Left and Digital Politics: Political Parties from Platform Neoliberalism to Platform Socialism
Digital platforms are more than devices, algorithms and websites. They organise societies through the leadership of platform capitalists and their allies in political institutions. We know that this l...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The Left and Digital Politics! Join or online workshop to discuss Marco Guglielmo's book on political parties (from platform neoliberalism to platform socialism) With discussants Bradley Ward, Maria Francesca De Tullio and @gameoftech.bsky.social Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Left and Digital Politics: Political Parties from Platform Neoliberalism to Platform Socialism . After registering, you will receive a confirmation emai...
Speaker: Marco Guglielmo (University of Valencia) Key text: Title: The Left and Digital Politics: Political Parties from Platform Neoliberalism to Platform Socialism Discussant: Bradley Ward (Univers...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Find the book here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
fulcrum.org
The Left and Digital Politics: Political Parties from Platform Neoliberalism to Platform Socialism
Digital platforms are more than devices, algorithms and websites. They organise societies through the leadership of platform capitalists and their allies in political institutions. We know that this l...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Find the book here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177865/
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Manchester University Press - Global solidarities against water grabbing
Global solidarities against water grabbing - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Global solidarities against water grabbing by Caitlin Schroering
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Global solidarities against water grabbing! Join our online workshop this Thursday, 29 May at 6pm CEST to discuss Caitlin Schroering's book about movements against water privatization! Discussants: Filippo Menga & Lydia Karazarifi Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!
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Global solidarities against water grabbing: Without water, we have nothing Speaker: Caitlin Schroering is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Studies at the University of North Carolin...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Find the book here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177865/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
Manchester University Press - Global solidarities against water grabbing
Global solidarities against water grabbing - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Global solidarities against water grabbing by Caitlin Schroering
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Online workshop: Global solidarities against water grabbing Join us on 29 May at 6pm CEST to hear Caitlin Schroering present her recent book about movements against water privatization! Discussants: Filippo Menga & Lydia Karazarifi Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly meeting - Global solidarities against water grabbing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Global solidarities against water grabbing: Without water, we have nothing Speaker: Caitlin Schroering is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Studies at the University of North Carolin...
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Alexander Gallas @alexandergallas.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Had a great discussion w/ @bonfert.bsky.social and @abieler.bsky.social on my book 'Exiting the Factory: Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector', published by @brisunipress.bsky.social in 2024. It was hosted by @cpern.bsky.social. Check out the vid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvUv...
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Exiting the Factory: Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector (w/ Alexander Gallas)
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Mònica Clua Losada @monicaclua.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Just published! This is a great book which provides an overview of Politics in the Rio Grande Valley. I'm happy to have contributed a chapter on Social Movements in the RGV, co-authored with Mireya Garcia. The book is available here: rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
New deadline! CPERN Midterm Workshop 2025 (Helsinki, 30 Juli - 01 Aug) Critical political economy and the time of monsters: Understanding the present, imagining the future Submit your abstract by 21 March to cpernRN06@gmail.com Call: criticalpoliticaleconomy.net/2025/01/14/c... See you there!
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CPERN Call for Papers 2025
The next CPERN Mid-term workshop will take place in Helsinki, from 30 July to 01 August 2025 Abstract submission for papers and panels is now open! Please submit your abstracts (max. 250 words) to …
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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Exiting the Factory (Volume 1)
Exiting the Factory (Volume 1) - Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector; Drawing on case studies from Germany, Britain and Spain, this book offers a novel assessment of labour strugg...
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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Join our Online Workshop on 27 March to discuss the book 'Exiting the Factory: Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector' With author @alexandergallas.bsky.social and discussant @abieler.bsky.social On zoom, register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly workshop March 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Alexander Gallas - Exiting the Factory discussant: Andreas Bieler
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