Reposted by Jack CopleyMarcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 20/09/2026My friend Micah Reddy, a journalist with dual South African and British nationality, has gone missing while working on a story in Djibouti. If you know anyone in Djibouti who might be able to help, please get in touch. If not, please share this post so more people find out about Micah. It's urgent. 293104
Reposted by Jack CopleyPierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com · 20/09/2026Our colleague Micah Reddy, @icij.org's Africa coordinator, and journalist Mohamed Willo Ismael have been missing in Djibouti City since Saturday. Djiboutian authorities must urgently account for them. www.icij.org/news/2026/09...icij.orgStatement on missing ICIJ journalist Micah Reddy - ICIJICIJ lost contact with our colleague Micah Reddy, ICIJ's Africa coordinator, and local journalist Mohamed Willo Ismael ("Kooki Mahmoud"), in Djibouti City on Saturday, Sept. 19. 01818
Reposted by Jack CopleyJan Overwijk @jloverwijk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Excellent review of Timothy Mitchell's new Alibi of Capital, by @jackcopley.bsky.social: newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...newleftreview.orgJack Copley, Rentier Regimes, NLR 159, May–June 2026Jack Copley on Timothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital. Capital re-conceptualized as terraforming expropriation of the future. 254
Reposted by Jack CopleyCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🚨New Paper🚨 From Socialization to Social Research: Felix Weil, Karl Korsch, and the Political Origins of the Frankfurt School Jacob Blumenfeld In: Contemporary Critical Theory and Latin America: A South–North Dialogue on the Crises of the Present (2026) PDF: philpapers.org/rec/BLUFST 36817
Reposted by Jack Copleyalexismoraitis.bsky.social @alexismoraitis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026An article I really enjoyed writing is now out with Capital&Class 3248
Reposted by Jack CopleyHarper’s Magazine @harpers.bsky.social · 22/07/2026“Then there are those of us whose greatest battles are waged against ourselves. You could argue that we are the lucky ones. There is so much evil and suffering in the world, so much conniving and malicious intent, and the self is, at least, a familiar foe.”buff.lyBacksliding, by Meghan O’GieblynOn the paradox of willpower 021
Jack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Stunning: 'Results strongly suggest that between AD100-300 the population of the Aquiry [civilization] was approx 1.25–3 million' 'The density of earthwork openings in the forested landscape became such that the concept of forest urbanism...can be adequately applied' www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comOver 20,000 precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia - NatureUsing canopy-penetrating LiDAR data, the northern part of southwestern Amazonia appears to contain as many earthworks as previously estimated for the whole of Amazonia. 0115
Reposted by Jack CopleyNew Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · 31/08/2026NLR 160 is out now. Featuring Benjamin Kunkel on the ‘new national question’; Carlo Ginzburg's correspondence with Perry Anderson; Mao Jian on new cultural forms in China; Donald Sassoon on the British Labour Party, plus book reviews... newleftreview.org/issues/ii160/newleftreview.orgNLR 160, July–August 2026NLR 160, July–August 2026. Includes articles by Perry Anderson, Julian Stallabrass, Donald Sassoon, Benjamin Kunkel, Mao Jian, Ilya Budraitskis, Carlo Ginzburg, Perry Anderson and Mario del Pero 1229
Reposted by Jack CopleyPhenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 28/08/2026“Between 2011 and 2013, China used more concrete than the US did in the entire twentieth century. Demand peaked during these years, as waves of urbanization and industrialization crested, and then entered a secular decline. This left chronic cement overcapacity.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/cem...phenomenalworld.orgJack Copley | Cement's Stubborn EmissionsFierce competition and overcapacity crises are impeding efforts to decarbonize cement production 072
Reposted by Jack CopleyStephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Good piece on the brutal challenges decarbonization of cement production facesphenomenalworld.orgJack Copley | Cement's Stubborn EmissionsFierce competition and overcapacity crises are impeding efforts to decarbonize cement production 162
Reposted by Jack CopleyJack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Today, these crisis tendencies - characteristic of capitalist industry in general, but exaggerated in cement - are obstructing decarbonization. 131
Reposted by Jack CopleyJack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Cement has long been an industry prone to devastating overcapacity crises and efforts to suspend them through (sometimes criminal) collusion. 141
Reposted by Jack CopleyJack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This doesn't make greening cement impossible. But it does require a process of capacity closures, or 'green restructuring', the costs of which will be borne by the working class. This may poison the politics of industrial decarbonization. 021
Reposted by Jack CopleyJack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026My piece on political economy of decarbonizing cement w/ @phenomenalworld.bsky.social A 'senior industry figure I spoke to said[:] “I mean, how are you going to get somebody to lend you money for the investments required if you aren’t making any money in your core business?”' tinyurl.com/c2f9z35sphenomenalworld.orgJack Copley | Cement's Stubborn EmissionsFierce competition and overcapacity crises are impeding efforts to decarbonize cement production 44616
Reposted by Jack CopleyMartín Lallana @martinlallanas.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Excelente artículo de @jackcopley.bsky.social sobre la economía política de la descarbonización del cemento El exceso de capacidad crónico y los bajos márgenes de beneficio hace que no realicen las inversiones necesarias. Las empresas prefieren recomprar acciones phenomenalworld.org/analysis/cem...phenomenalworld.orgJack Copley | Cement's Stubborn EmissionsFierce competition and overcapacity crises are impeding efforts to decarbonize cement production 271
Jack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026My piece on political economy of decarbonizing cement w/ @phenomenalworld.bsky.social A 'senior industry figure I spoke to said[:] “I mean, how are you going to get somebody to lend you money for the investments required if you aren’t making any money in your core business?”' tinyurl.com/c2f9z35sphenomenalworld.orgJack Copley | Cement's Stubborn EmissionsFierce competition and overcapacity crises are impeding efforts to decarbonize cement production 44616
Jack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It's also a poignant essay about Durham - highly recommended. 010
Reposted by Jack CopleyBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 12/08/2026Jash Wang, 33-yo delivery rider in Shipai 1254
Jack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026'In the US, the only successful election at a Walmart was in 2000, to unionize ten meat cutters at a Supercenter in Jacksonville, Texas. Days later, Walmart responded ... by announcing that it was getting rid of all meat cutting in their Supercenters across the nation'. 012
Reposted by Jack CopleyPatrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The world is a little dimmer today. Writing this for my friend and colleague Sarah Knuth was agonizing and we miss her so much, but we also celebrate Sarah's memory and push forward on the struggles that she cared about so deeply. climateandcommunity.org/bio/sarah-kn...climateandcommunity.orgSarah Knuth (In Memoriam) - Climate and Community Institute 104715
Reposted by Jack CopleyNew Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · 24/07/2026In NLR 159: Rentier Regimes Jack Copley (@jackcopley.bsky.social) assessesTimothy Mitchell’s conceptualization of capital as capture of the future. newleftreview.org/issues/ii159... 11713
Reposted by Jack CopleyCarla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · 17/07/2026My new article with @mihjournal.bsky.social is at long last in orbit. It explores how the neoliberal fantasy machine has used space colonisation to wish away the problem of environmental limits and revive the legitimation of private property.cambridge.orgA “Limitless Frontier”? Neoliberalism, Silicon Valley, and the Commercialization of Space | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge CoreA “Limitless Frontier”? Neoliberalism, Silicon Valley, and the Commercialization of Space 23324
Reposted by Jack CopleyNew Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · 22/07/2026In NLR 159: Dynamics of American Capitalism. Javier Moreno Zacarés offers a critical appraisal of Jonathan Levy’s The Real Economy, the theoretical counterpart to his history of American capitalism. newleftreview.org/issues/ii159... 052
Reposted by Jack CopleyOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026it does not appear to be coming home 1224816
Jack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 15/07/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzpI...youtube.comYERBA BRAVA - LA CUMBIA DE LOS TRAPOSYouTube video by Yerba Brava 010
Reposted by Jack Copleyalexismoraitis.bsky.social @alexismoraitis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026My forthcoming book now has a cover, a publication date (December 2026) and a link! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526192646/manchesteruniversitypress.co.ukManchester University Press - Crises, capitalist governance and the critique of liberalismCrises, capitalist governance and the critique of liberalism - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Crises, capitalist governance and the critique of liberalism by Alexis Moraitis 0115
Reposted by Jack CopleySGIA Durham @sgiadurham.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Check out our colleague Javier Moreno Zacarés's contribution to the latest issue of New Left Review on dynamics of American capitalism newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...newleftreview.orgJavier Moreno Zacarés, Dynamics of American Capitalism, NLR 159, May–June 2026Following his widely praised Ages of American Capitalism, Jonathan Levy’s The Real Economy proposes a theoretical counterpart, grounding a concept of capital in a fusion of Smith, Keynes, Freud, Deleu... 031
Reposted by Jack CopleyAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year 268240013247
Reposted by Jack CopleyThea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I spoke to @newleftreview.bsky.social about the political economy of climate: supply chain geoeconomics, why Biden’s signature climate policy didn’t stick, political weakness of green capitalism, Chinese industrial policies, global South resource nationalism &more newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...newleftreview.orgThea Riofrancos, The New World Climate Order, NLR 159, May–June 2026An interview about the new parameters of climate politics, with the breakdown of global consensus. As the EU re-opens coal-fired plants and the US shuts down wind farms, China gouges the earth to chur... 08133
Reposted by Jack CopleyJack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 03/07/2026For @newleftreview.bsky.social I wrote about Timothy Mitchell's fascinating and frustrating book The Alibi of Capital. newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...newleftreview.orgJack Copley, Rentier Regimes, NLR 159, May–June 2026Jack Copley on Timothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital. Capital re-conceptualized as terraforming expropriation of the future. 31710
Reposted by Jack Copleysakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Also featuring Christian Sorace & David Sneath, “Steppe Transitions” Mongolia’s diverse ecology as the site of revolutionary transformations in the 20th c., when the principal source of wealth—the livestock herd—was sequentially the basis of feudal class, collective resource, and privatized asset. 084
Jack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 03/07/2026For @newleftreview.bsky.social I wrote about Timothy Mitchell's fascinating and frustrating book The Alibi of Capital. newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...newleftreview.orgJack Copley, Rentier Regimes, NLR 159, May–June 2026Jack Copley on Timothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital. Capital re-conceptualized as terraforming expropriation of the future. 31710
Reposted by Jack CopleyNew Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · 03/07/2026NLR 159 is out now. Featuring Anton Jäger on elite political culture, Javier Moreno Zacarés on American capitalism, an interview with Thea Riofrancos on the state of world climate politics, and much more. newleftreview.orgnewleftreview.orgNLR 159, May–June 2026NLR 159, May–June 2026. Includes articles by Tom Mertes, Jack Copley, Katie Ebner-Landy, Anton Jäger, Thea Riofrancos, Javier Moreno Zacarés, Christian Sorace, David Sneath and Régis Debray 0169
Reposted by Jack CopleyKenneth Novis @saditious.bsky.social · 24/06/2026My friends and I have been saying for years that it's felt like there's a missing encounter between Open Marxism and Political Marxism, it's great to see at this is finally getting some serious attention! 143
Jack 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 Jack CopleyWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 11/06/2026We are closing @goldperc.bsky.social after 12 years. Here I reflect on the times and what we made of them www.goldperc.uk/project_post...goldperc.ukLooking back on PERC - Political Economy Research CentreThe Political Economy Research Centre is to close formally this summer. Here, founding Director, Will Davies, reflects on its twelve years of activity. It took two or three years before the causes, ef... 87138
Reposted by Jack CopleyBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 04/06/2026Kicking off the Political Economy of Finance summer school v.3. At @lse-ei.bsky.social for the first time. Topic: “Finance and democracy”. Day 1: My co-hosts @mkblyth.bsky.social and @realbrianjudge.bsky.social in the morning, then @anninak.bsky.social, now @marionf.bsky.social. 1657
Reposted by Jack CopleyWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 30/05/2026This is about as comprehensive as things get. Would love to know what - if any - pushback it could receive from those representatives of the system itself. But maybe there aren’t any left. Even VCs would agree with much of it www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukStefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the UniversitiesThe problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and... 63619
Reposted by Jack CopleyPhenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 30/05/2026“American structural power had endured not despite, but because of the doomsayers.” Tim Barker reads Samuel Huntington on US “declinism” from the Cold War to the present. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/his...phenomenalworld.orgHistories of Decline | Tim BarkerPolitics and economics in American “declinism” 194
Reposted by Jack CopleyAaron Benanav @abenanav.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I'm excited to release part 3 of my series on beyond capitalism with @Autonomy_Inst. The big question people often asked about my recent work is—ok sure, but how do we get there? Please have a look at my first sketch of an answer to that question. autonomy.work/portfolio/be...autonomy.workBeyond capitalism: from design to implementationThe third instalment of Aaron Benanav's 'Beyond capitalism' series turns to the question of transition to a multidimensional economy. 35217
Reposted by Jack CopleyPhenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Phenomenal World Issue 1 is here: AMERICAN POWER With writing on ‘declinism,’ the dollar, the Donroe Doctrine, Iran, Cuba, Brazil, Venezuela, China, the Gulf, and more. Now all online— phenomenalworld.org/issue/issue-... 02320
Reposted by Jack CopleyEwan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The UK government boldly called time on drilling the North Sea, Europe’s largest declining hydrocarbon basin. I wrote @phenomenalworld.bsky.social with @freddiedaley.bsky.social on the North Sea's future and why its past shows we need more state intervention🔽 www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the... 1147
Reposted by Jack CopleyFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 17/04/2026Organised crime suspect Daniel Kinahan arrested in Dubai ft.trib.al/gTBxBw7ft.trib.alOrganised crime suspect Daniel Kinahan arrested in DubaiIrish police are looking to extradite man alleged to be one of Europe’s top criminals 5316
Reposted by Jack CopleyBen Bowsher @benbowsher.bsky.social · 18/03/2026If you missed it, I’m part of a small collective trying to bring a radical bookshop shop to Newcastle. We haven’t had a good proper radical book shop since the 1980s. We think that should change! We launched our crowdfunder today, support if you can: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb... Pls share 13726
Jack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I need to talk to someone about this book... I can't be the only one that's read it?? 000