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Kat Hunfeld

@kathunfeld.bsky.social
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Political theorist // editor at Historical Materialism // working on the climate crisis, commons, ecosocialist strategy & desire 🍉

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Rahul Rao @rahulraothariel.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
“If Trump’s intention was to remove Khamenei from the political landscape, he may instead have fixed him in it, recast in the eyes of his devotees as a figure of sacrifice rather than failure.”
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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together
‘The dry and the wet burn together’ is a Persian expression invoked when a fire spreads without discrimination. Once...
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Daniel James @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
There’s a German expression for this: “etwas salonfähig machen” (rendering something fit for the salon).
Screenshot of the Schloss Elmau website for the symposium “World in Pieces,” curated by Ivan Krastev (February 22–27, 2026). The description states that Krastev has invited “distinguished political thinkers” to discuss current political trends. A highlighted passage reads: “leaving enough time for guests and participants to interact, unwind in the spas, and recharge with wintersports in the invigorating winter wonderland.”
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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
WTF - Yarvin is a fascist, celebrated by European fascists, and platforming him in this way does not merely risk but IS mainstreaming fascism and thus collaboration
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Leigh Claire La Berge @lclaberge.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
In as few words as possible, tell me you're a liberal.
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Objection, I had pink slides and a fast ramble 💫
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Lukas Slothuus @lslothuus.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
It's imperialism, stupid! Natural resources are not the reason the US wants control over Greenland. I explain why in my new @theconversation.com article on Greenland's critical raw materials and fossil fuels in US expansionist ambition. Read the article here: theconversation.com/why-greenlan...
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Why Greenland’s vast natural resources won’t necessarily translate into huge profits
Mining and fossil fuel extraction both demand infrastructure that Greenland doesn’t have.
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Statement by the union of Iranian bus-drivers. www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/12/s...
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Morten Paul @mortenpaul.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Für das @nd-aktuell.de haben Ivo Eichhorn & ich einen Nachruf auf den hier eher unbekannten marxistischen Theoretiker Asad Haider geschrieben, der im Dezember mit nur 38 Jahren verstorben ist. Danke an @alexstruwe.bsky.social für die Chance & das genaue Redigat. www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1196...
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Asad Haider: Menschen denken
Wie sieht Emanzipation in Zeiten der Ohnmacht aus? Der marxistische Theoretiker Asad Haider suchte dazu einen theoretischen Ausdruck von Occupy bis Black Lives Matter in den USA. Nun ist er mit nur 38...
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I have a new open access article out, co-authored with @alejopedregal.bsky.social and Nemanja Lukić, called 'For an Anti-Imperialist Ecological Modernity'. The article introduces a special issue we've edited on ecomodernism and imperialism. But it does much more than that. A thread. 1/13
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Matt Huber @matthuber.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
BP's had a hell of a 20 yrs: ✅2004 -"Greenwashing" rebrand w/ "Beyond Petroleum" campaign. Invent "carbon footprint" deflecting blame. ✅2010-Spill 134 million gallons of oil into the sea. ✅2020-Claim ambition to shift from oil/gas to clean energy. ✅2025-Abandon such claims.
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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
When higher ed is under attack by the twin forces of authoritarianism & austerity, institutions like the New School that have historically been bulwarks of critical education & anti-fascism should be strengthened rather than destroyed. What an utter failure of leadership & imagination
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I reviewed two fantastic books by @reproutopia.bsky.social , @fullnommunism.bsky.social and Mijke Van Der Drift for @histmat.bsky.social - reflecting on tolerable levels of dissonance in comradely feminisms: www.historicalmaterialism.org/enemies-comr...
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Enemies, Comrades, and The Counterrevolutionary Logic of Cisness - Historical Materialism
Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, Trans femme futures: Abolitionist ethics for transfeminist worlds. Pluto Press, 2024.  Sophie Lewis, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses against Liber...
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Lukas Slothuus @lslothuus.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
My review of @alybatt.bsky.social's fantastic book "Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature" is out in Contemporary Political Theory. I had the pleasure of discussing it at @histmat.bsky.social launch last month in London with Andreas Malm and Søren Mau link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Free gifts: capitalism and the politics of nature - Contemporary Political Theory
Contemporary Political Theory -
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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The deadline for next year's HM Istanbul has been extended!!! Due to overwhelming demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper/panel proposals to 12 December 2025. Make sure to send us your abstracts, comrades! Further details from the HM Istanbul website below.
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Historical Materialism Istanbul 2026
From Catastrophe to Struggle: Rethinking Capitalism amid Wars and Disasters
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Alex Stoffel @stoffelalex.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Next week I'm moderating an @histmat.bsky.social event on the instantly-canonical 'Feminism Against Cisness' with @riislover667.bsky.social, @reproutopia.bsky.social, Lola Olufemi, and @weakanalogy.bsky.social. Thursday, December 11, 6pm GMT, online To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminism-a...
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Reminding ourselves of why exactly past struggles were successful is absolutely central to emancipatory efforts. Nostalgia is vague affect, what you quote is, Id argue, precise analysis
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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Free copies of the journal until we are out of stock!
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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Now live, the Deutscher Memorial Prize Winner Lecture by Matteo Pasquinelli.
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Deutscher Memorial Prize Winner Lecture: Matteo Pasquinelli
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Sure thing comrade
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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Template letter to advocate for second evacuation of Gaza students with UK university scholarships: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Gaza students second MP letter template
Dear [Name] MP On Monday 22 September, and as reported in the Guardian, 34 students from Gaza arrived in the UK to take up their places at our country’s top universities. These students have overcom...
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 24/09/2025
Research conducted by @transjournalists.org “identified 43 outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The Daily Beast running with the disproven stories of a ‘trans shooter’ and ‘trans bullets.’”
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At least 43 outlets shared anti-trans misinfo after Charlie Kirk shooting: TJA | Xtra Magazine
A report from the Trans Journalists Association found that 43 outlets published misinformation about “transgender ideology” after Charlie Kirk’s killing
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This is all mega interesting - is there a way to join online/ will there be livestreams?
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Still beaming from teaching with this today - it’s incredible to witness the ease with which students make sense of complex theory when it comes to applying it to the most urgent contexts. Thanks for writing it @pashukanist.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social and Adam!
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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Comrades, registration for the twenty-second annual Historical Materialism Conference in London is now open. The plenaries and programme will be released soon. Join us this year (and every year) in November!
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Twenty-Second Annual Conference Registration - Historical Materialism
Online registration is now open. Please register and pay the correct conference fee as soon as possible, as it helps us to plan ahead and ensure the smooth running of the conference.  You can select ...
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
In case you missed it, you can now catch @kathunfeld.bsky.social and Andreas Malm discussing *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature* with author Alyssa Battistoni on the Historical Materialism YouTube channel.
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Free Gifts (with Alyssa Battistoni)
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
👆💯 Any day now, oil giant Equinor is expected to reapply to develop Rosebank: the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK. Now it’s up to this government to make the right call and reject Rosebank. 👉 Join the #StopRosebank Day of Action, Sat 6th Sep. Link in bio.
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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Stop rolling out the welcome mat for fascists by pretending that refusal is beyond human capacities. It isn’t. It’s just hard and costly so we would have to do it together
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
There is still time to sign up for what I am sure will be a fantastic event!
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Rahul Rao @rahulraothariel.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
St Andrews staff & students, please sign this open letter calling on the university to sever links with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and all other Israeli universities and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you! www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
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End Links With Hebrew University — UCU St Andrews
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ucustandrews.bsky.social @ucustandrews.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Staff and students at St Andrews - sign the open letter calling on the university to end links with Hebrew University www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
University of St Andrews - End Link With Hebrew University
Open letter from staff and students

Link in bio
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
This is an attempt to remove trans people from public life and no other spin on it should be accepted.
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Very excited for this book talk with @alybatt.bsky.social , Andreas Malm and myself hosted by @histmat.bsky.social - sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-gifts...
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'Free Gifts:' A Book Talk with Alyssa Battistoni
Join us for a discussion of 'Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature,' with author Alyssa Battistoni, Andreas Malm & Kat Hunfeld.
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Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought @biapt.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The deadline for our Edinburgh conference has been extended to July 22nd. So there’s still ample time to submit something. Join us in Scotland!
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Netpol @netpol.org · 16/07/2025
Any help on this would be appreciated. We've been inundated with enquiries we cannot answer from academics, public sector workers and journalists about what they can and cannot say. One writer has been advised to temporarily stop promoting their book as it includes a chapter on Palestine Action
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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
This scheme is still open, and includes Palestine:
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Yay! Can highly recommend the cycling paths in North Edinburgh. One of my favourite destinations is Cramond island, coming back via the Pitt for snacks :)
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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Just landed in London bookshops: Resisting Erasure. A radical critique of Israel's settler-colonial capitalism and empire. by @AdamHanieh @pashukanist.bsky.social and myself. Preorder link live too www.versobooks.com/products/341...
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Training starts now comrades 💅
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Kat Hunfeld @kathunfeld.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Just start your endurance training now 💪💅
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Christoph Schuringa @schuringa.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I wrote a blog post for @versobooks.bsky.social on writing a social history of analytic philosophy www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/o...
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On Writing a Social History of Analytic Philosophy
[book-strip index="1"] To write a social history of analytic philosophy, the dominant mode of academic philosophy in the English-speaking world and beyond, is to subject it to a kind of treatment to w...
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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New forum in Geopolitics: Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza How is infrastructure weaponised in Israel's settler colonial warfare and how is it being disrupted by transnational solidarity? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity
This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israel’s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...
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Fabian Goldmann @goldi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Gern geschehen, lieber Spiegel.
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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
spectrejournal.com/against-bad-... Spectre editor Holly Lewis responds to John Rees's "Marxist" "argument" for biological essentialism.
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Against Bad Arguments for Terrible Things – Spectre Journal
Holly Lewis takes a sledgehammer to John Rees's attempt to Marx-wash antitrans bigotry.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Rest in peace Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87
Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’
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Alex Stoffel @stoffelalex.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
t.co/5k4MkqezLj
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https://www.youtube.com/live/_ZPhVVHN3m4
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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
On Tuesday 27 May, between 17:00–18:30 (BST) join Historical Materialism editor Alexander Stoffel (@stoffelalex.bsky.social) and Juliana Gleeson discussing 'Queer, Trans, and Intersex Liberation History'. The event will be broadcast online, further details from the link below.
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Queer, Trans, and Intersex Liberation History
Join us for a discussion of 'Hermaphrodite Logic' and 'Eros and Empire' with authors Juliana Gleeson and Alexander Stoffel.
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Arbeitology @arbeitology.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
It’s difficult to put into words but I just don’t think calling the UK government hypocritical is what is going on. The military industrial complex is not a democratic entity - it doesn’t matter if it’s John Healy or Ben Wallace at the helm, the wheels will keep turning, and that’s even more scary
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