Reposted by Matthew FluckDuncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Delighted to find this beast in the post 48617
Reposted by Matthew FluckMatthew Fluck @mattfluck.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Well actually, funny you should mention it… @ajawoods.bsky.social is visiting our Centre for the Study of Democracy in a few weeks to discuss this. It’s a great book, so I’m excited to be on the panel www.westminster.ac.uk/events/the-c...westminster.ac.ukThe Cultural Marxism Conspiracy Theory: A panel discussion 022
Reposted by Matthew FluckDaniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026This @versobooks.bsky.social book 👇 will be of wide interest - tracing the weird fixation on the Frankfurt School by the far right I'm guessing @mattfluck.bsky.social will have views.... www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...versobooks.comThe Cultural Marxism Conspiracy“Cultural Marxism” is one of the far right’s favorite buzzwords. But despite its currency, the meaning and origins of the term are rarely investigated. This book uncovers the bizarre story of the cult... 193
Reposted by Matthew FluckQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 17/03/2026Reminder to avoid the Thiel distraction. A point we’ve been hitting on tour is the temptation to apply intellectual history methods to a regime of accumulation (digital capitalism) is misguided. You won’t understand the Tech Right by reading books (they don’t read). Look at how they run their firms. 20653212
Reposted by Matthew FluckDaniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Reclaiming Utopia in IR: Problems and Prospects now has a cover 👇 which means it is almost a real thing @mattfluck.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/reclaiming-u...bristoluniversitypress.co.ukReclaiming Utopia in International RelationsReclaiming Utopia in International Relations - Problems and Prospects; Bringing together a diverse list of contributors from Europe, Australia and North America, this book challenges conventional wisd... 051
Reposted by Matthew FluckBurcu Baykurt @baykurt.bsky.social · 01/03/2026"... the specifics of the relationship between Anthropic and the Department of Defense... highlight more general contradictions in the Trump coalition between executive-authority enthusiasts and Silicon Valley oligarch-wannabes" -- @himself.bsky.social www.programmablemutter.com/p/who-loses-...programmablemutter.comWho loses from the Anthropic fight? Maybe Elon Musk and Alex Karp.Arbitrary state power can cut in many directions 043
Reposted by Matthew FluckDuncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Very pleased to find these in the post this morning. Now available as a physical object! 99814
Reposted by Matthew FluckMatthew Fluck @mattfluck.bsky.social · 19/02/2026‘“No appearance, always reality”: Rousseau, transparency, and the international’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... My latest article in the new issue of Journal of International Political Theory 022
Reposted by Matthew FluckMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/02/2026This is a really great piece that explains how Jeffrey Epstein and the people he sought out are united by the ideology that underpins the global fascist project. 10523179
Matthew Fluck @mattfluck.bsky.social · 19/02/2026‘“No appearance, always reality”: Rousseau, transparency, and the international’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... My latest article in the new issue of Journal of International Political Theory 022
Reposted by Matthew FluckFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 17/02/2026The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition: ft.trib.al/MMgA4v4ft.trib.alThe FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s bordersThe extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition 1275
Matthew Fluck @mattfluck.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Studentship alert! We’ve got three PhD studentships on offer in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Westminster.westminster.ac.ukMPhil/PhD Studentships in the School of Social Sciences | University of Westminster, London 010
Reposted by Matthew FluckPhil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The reason why billionaires are attracted to Russia isn't difficult. That is a society run by and for oligarchs, without any pretence of being anything else. Putin's regime is the model they want to impose on us. 181428275
Reposted by Matthew FluckDuncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026NEW BOOK! I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line academic.oup.com/book/62279academic.oup.comUtopiaAbstract. Ideal societies, better worlds, more just and peaceful ways of living: these have long been the stuff of human beings’ social dreaming. In this c 1126076
Matthew Fluck @mattfluck.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Looking forward to our final Westminster CSD seminar of the year tomorrow. Joe Davidson on apocalyptic imaginaries and the black radical tradition. Join us if you can!westminster.ac.ukCSD Seminar: ‘Apocalyptic abolitionists: the black radical tradition and the end of white democracy’ with Dr Joe P. L. Davidson (Loughborough) 010
Reposted by Matthew FluckGabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025This, from Adorno‘s Minima Moralia, is one of my favourite paragraphs of all time 19024
Reposted by Matthew FluckDaniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Thanks to a great team of contributors: William Scheuerman, Marija Antanaviciute, Kamilla Stullerova, Shannon Brincat, Emma Christie, Jonato Luciano Dos Santos, George Lawson and Catherine Hirst, Jens Steffek, Duncan Bell, Daniel Deudney, Aysem Mert and Lauren Horn. 053
Reposted by Matthew FluckDaniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Submitted manuscript 'Reclaiming Utopia in International Relations' edited with @mattfluck.bsky.social to Bristol Uni Press yesterday - forthcoming in 2026 #utopiainIR 062
Matthew Fluck @mattfluck.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Great piece on the LRB blog. Fascism is “not fundamentally a problem of ignorance” or of “bad information”lrb.co.ukClaire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream MachinesPart of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather... 010
Reposted by Matthew FluckDaniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 22/09/2025PART 2 of my interview w/ Alberto Toscano & @stschrader1.bsky.social on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, military repression, what it reveals about MAGA’s fascist/authoritarian project—and about illiberalism already immanent in US carceral/imperialist state www.thedigradio.com/podcast/stat...thedigradio.comState of Impunity w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart SchraderFeaturing Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the... 12717
Reposted by Matthew FluckJames Crane @jamescrane.bsky.social · 11/09/2025happy 9/11—Theodor W. Adorno’s Birthday—to those who celebrate, here’s my translation from a while back of Horkheimer’s 1938 birthday letter to Adorno on dialogue and dialectics! open.substack.com/pub/jamescra...open.substack.comTranslation: Horkheimer's Birthday Letter to Adorno (9/11/1938)On dialectics and dialogue 14821
Reposted by Matthew FluckDaniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025For IR folks interested in utopia and theory, @mattfluck.bsky.social and I are co-editing a volume, Reclaiming Utopia in International Relations, to be published by Bristol University Press (@brisunipress.bsky.social) next year #polisky 174