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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I'm starting with the section on Marxist feminism—the focus is on the 1920s work of Berta Lask and the criticism of Eleanor Marx. Lask was, arguably, the first Marxist feminist playwright and Marx the first Marxist feminist theatre critic. Both are as extraordinary as they are under-appreciated.

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Here's the draft table of contents: Introduction: Marxism on Stage Chapter 1: Karl Marx’s Theatrical Critique of Political Economy • The Value of Performance • Proletarian Theatres Chapter 2: Theatre in Marxist Theory • Western Marxism • Marxist Feminism • Black Marxism

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Wondering what work is like for all those tasked with delivering those last-minute Christmas gifts? For @proteanmag.com I wrote this on algorithmic management, logistics work, and the possibilities for class struggle at the tail end of the supply chain x.com/brechtfast/s...

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 22/12/2025

In this wide-ranging interview, Laleh Khalili (@lalehkhalili.bsky.social) speaks with Thea Riofrancos (@triofrancos.bsky.social) about her new book, "Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism"—on lithium mining, prospects for a just climate transition, and more. proteanmag.com/2025/12/22/e...

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Extractive Frontiers: An Interview With Thea Riofrancos • Protean Magazine

In this extensive, wide ranging interview, Laleh Khalili speaks with Thea Riofrancos about her new book Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, the political economy of lithium mining, the poss...

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The five most memorable things I read this year: -Berta Lask, Thomas Müntzer -Katie Mack, The End of Everything -Lyndal Roper, Summer of Fire and Blood -Ludovico Silva, Marx’s Literary Style -Volker Weidermann, Dreamers: When the Writers Took Power, Germany, 1919

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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Theatre and Marxism(s), with Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social Friday 5th December 2025, 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Theatre and Marxism(s)

This talk tells the history of Marxism through an unusual lens: the theatre. Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Shane Boyle (Queen Mary University of London)

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I have a new essay in a special issue of TDR on “Performance, Possession, and Automation.” It’s the first of a few articles I have coming out on raw material and art, which I’m hoping will become a book someday. DM me if you want the pdf. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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minor compositions @minorcompositions.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 20 The Arts of Logistics with Michael Shane Boyle & Elaine W Ho youtu.be/7dZI1Pn2c2g @shaneboyle.bsky.social

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The Arts of Logistics with Michael Shane Boyle & Elaine W Ho

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

The UK’s Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) passed a BDS resolution today. 📣 It took an amazing group a lot work, but the vote was overwhelmingly in favour.

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roxanne panchasi @rpanchasi.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

mauerpark, berlin JOSHUA CLOVER 1962-2025 POET + COMRADE (big thanks to shane boyle for letting me share)

Wall mural with red text on a white background (framed by red over other a patch and other artwork along the wall) in Mauerpark, Berlin that reads:
JOSHUA CLOVER
1962-2025
POET + COMRADE

Close up of wall mural with red text on a white background (framed by red over other a patch and other artwork along the wall) in Mauerpark, Berlin that reads:
JOSHUA CLOVER
1962-2025
POET + COMRADE

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Not on here much but thought I’d post this, for Joshua Clover (in Berlin).

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Joshua Clover was one of one. Here he is with Syd.

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Materialist Institute for Research @ucmarxistinstitute.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

We are devastated to say that our comrade, teacher and friend Joshua Clover passed away last night. He is irreplaceable; We will miss him forever.

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

My new essay for @newleftreview.bsky.social on surrealism, antifascism and the place of Palestine in German memory culture newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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Shane Boyle, Contre-Attaque — Sidecar

At Lenbachhaus.

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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Shane Boyle on surrealism and anti-fascism: ‘No painting in solidarity with Palestine has been torn down in a German gallery – at least not so dramatically.’ newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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Shane Boyle, Contre-Attaque — Sidecar

At Lenbachhaus.

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Mahmoud Khalil’s letter is a manifesto for our times: it is our generation’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail “I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear” inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...

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My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner

A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Also in Glasgow for a couple of things next Friday, for anyone there!

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

In London next week for these things. Will be eating at Nando’s after each. Details here: shaneboyle.com/events/

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Quorum @qmulquorum.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Tickets now available for Shane Boyle (@shaneboyle.bsky.social)'s presentation "Marxism and Theatre Ecology: The Metabolic Performances of Otobong Nkanga and Zina Saro-Wiwa", 26 March 6PM: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shane-boyl...

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Talking about cold chains, raw material and iceberg art today at 5pm (uk) online. details and zoom link below: www.brunel.ac.uk/research/Gro...

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Brecht’s first day of school

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BRISMES @brismes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF strongly condemns the Free University of Berlin’s cancellation of the February 19 lectures by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese & Israeli architect Prof. Eyal Weizman (1/3). Read our letter: shorturl.at/oYEzv @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

question for people who know the antideutsche better than I do—is Tocotronic an antideutsch band or are they just run-of-the-mill German liberals at home with taz and Texte zur Kunst?

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Will post here more—mostly things like this

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Christmas plays an important role in German tradition. Some cities even honor it by erecting bronze statues of Santa Claus.

A bronze statue of a man with a beard and a flowing hair. His hand is in his jacket. He knows who has been nice and who was not. He is here to seize the means of production.

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Concrete. China poured more in the three years before Covid than the US ever had in its history. Also, in the case of Mekong it is also for extended shorelines elsewhere.

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Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Will start my posting with this, an enormous water park built on a decommissioned oil rig.

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