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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

@emile-chabal.bsky.social chose 'The Left Wing Case for Austerity' by @micdido.bsky.social - a 'forgotten history [which] sets out an alternative future in which ideas such as ‘restraint’ or ‘austerity’ might have progressive outcomes' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The Left-Wing Case for Austerity: Planning and Consumption Restraint in 1970s Europe | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core

The Left-Wing Case for Austerity: Planning and Consumption Restraint in 1970s Europe - Volume 35

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History of Communism @historyofcommunism.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Huge online movie archive of the Communist Party of France by @cine-archives.bsky.social. With movies about Lenin, the Spanish war, mobilizations against the Indochina war and the Algerian war, demonstrations for Angela Davis, Ben Chavis, Mandela… www.cinearchives.org #SocialistSunday #Communism

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Because Elsevier will start to charge for the use of this website (and I won't pay), you have until March 31, 2025, to download most of my (non-book) publications for free. 👇

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SelectedWorks - Cas Mudde

Berkeley Electronic Press Selected Works

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Hester Blum @hesterblum.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

My draft of a syllabus statement on a.i. for my writing class, for what it is worth:

A NOTE ON GENERATIVE AI

This class helps you to be a better writer and thinker. Generative AI (ChatGPT and other platforms) is neither writing nor thinking. Any use of AI in this class (whether to write, brainstorm, outline, or summarize) will be considered a violation of academic integrity. It undermines your intellectual development, for one: AI content is often inaccurate or hallucinatory and is always boring, banal, and average. This is by design, as generative AI works by predicting the most obvious or basic sequencing of words. Good writing—writing that is persuasive, powerful, lively, funny, surprising, rousing, insightful, transformative, provocative—requires human work. Human creativity is weird and variable and uneven, but it holds the capacity for growth, revelation, empathy, and brilliance. I urge you not to abandon the glorious experiential potential of human messiness and transformation for the tedium of robot sentences.

One further reason to abjure generative AI, especially in a class on environmental literature: in addition to its counterproductivity to your work as a writer and thinker, AI is enormously environmentally destructive.

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Michele Di Donato @micdido.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli promoted a great volume on the crisis and challenges of the European Left since the late 20th century.

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Lucas Poy @lucaspoy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Some years ago I created this list, and it keeps on growing. It includes links to newspapers/journals of socialist parties in the years of the Second International (1889-1914) that are accessible online, for free. If you know others, let me know! socialhistoryportal.org/second-inter...

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Michele Di Donato @micdido.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Mathieu Fulla @mathieufulla.bsky.social‬ joined BlueSky! A great follow for those interested in the international history of socialism, French politics, and many other topics. Also, a good chance to repost some of the work on leftist internationalism we have coordinated together:

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Mathieu Fulla @mathieufulla.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Heureux d'arriver sur #bluesky avec une bonne nouvelle: je suis habilité à diriger des recherches depuis hier midi😄. Une discussion passionnante avec mon jury Emmanuelle Avril, Noëlline Castagnez, Marc Lazar, Kiran Patel, Carlos Sanz Diaz et mon formidable garant Laurent Warlouzet! #HelloESR

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Like many other European social democratic parties, Labour is moving right on immigration, certainly driven by the recent success of Reform. We have researched this question for years now. There is an abundance of evidence of why this isn't a good strategy. A thread summarizing some of our research

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Jean Hardouin-Dompnier @jeanhd.eurosky.social · 02/12/2024

Colloque « François Mitterrand 1988-1991, session 1, évolutions et évènements politiques » (vendredi 13 décembre 2024), avec la participation des Archives nationales. www.mitterrand.org/colloque-fra...

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Good piece by @andybounds.bsky.social on the make up of the new Commission: “Von der Leyen to preside over most rightwing European Commission” on.ft.com/3Bcrj5L

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Von der Leyen to preside over most rightwing European Commission

New team reflects growing appeal of conservative and hard-right parties in Europe

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Michele Di Donato @micdido.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Now online: Les gauches et l’international au XXe siècle, a special issue of Parlement[s], Revue d'histoire politique, edited by Mathieu Fulla and myself shs.cairn.info/revue-parlem...

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Parlement[s], Revue d'histoire politique 2024/2 (n° 40)

Les gauches et l’international au XXe siècle

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Alberto Garzón @agarzon.substack.com · 17/11/2024

🧵📚 He creado un hilo con recomendaciones de libros que son útiles para entender la crisis ecosocial. Se trata de una cuidada selección de mi biblioteca sobre temas como la economía ecológica, energía, degrowth, ecofeminismo, economía política, ciencia, recursos naturales... Espero que os guste.

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Neil Warner @neilwarner.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I put together a new starter pack of people who do work on the history of socialism. Encompasses different aspects, tendencies, and eras, including recent years. Let me know if you have suggestions or would like to be added yourself.

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Michele Di Donato @micdido.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hello Bluesky! Sharing a short thread of recent publications as I settle into this new space. Looking forward to seeing what conversations unfold

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