Reposted by Solveig DegenDER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 02/10/2026Die in den USA lehrende deutsche Ökonomin Isabella Weber glaubt zu wissen, wie man Rechtspopulisten aufhält. Sie will den Staat rigoros um die Bedürfnisse der Menschen herum organisieren.spiegel.deLinke Wirtschaftspolitik: Isabella Weber fordert Staat im Dienst der BürgerDie in den USA lehrende deutsche Ökonomin Isabella Weber glaubt zu wissen, wie man Rechtspopulisten aufhält. Sie will den Staat rigoros um die Bedürfnisse der Menschen herum organisieren. 258315
Reposted by Solveig DegenCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Interested in the contradictions of energy, states, planning and transition? Come to our conference in 7 weeks at HU Berlin, nov 12-4, with a keynote by Adam Tooze at Refugio! organized by @solveigdegen.bsky.social in our socialization research project. program to be released soon. 1136
Reposted by Solveig DegenMoment.at @moment.at · 09/09/2026Der Erfolg der extremen Rechten - die AfD in Deutschland, die FPÖ in Österreich - erfordert, einige "liebgewonnene" Wahrheiten zu überdenken. @nataschastrobl.bsky.social kommentiert.moment.atFünf unangenehme Wahrheiten zum Triumph der AfD in Sachsen-AnhaltDer Erfolg der extremen Rechten - AfD in Deutschland, FPÖ in Österreich - erfordert, liebgewonnene Wahrheiten zu überdenken. 04916
Reposted by Solveig DegenPiet Hansen @piethansen.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026Das Schlimmste an der AfD ist, dass sie Menschen nicht nach ihrem Nutzwert für die Wirtschaft unterscheidet. Sagt der Kanzler. 2321867
Reposted by Solveig DegenInternational Karl Polanyi Society @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The AfD just celebrated a major victory in Saxony-Anhalt - this prompts the question: Is fascism returning? In the new F&L blog piece, @sprezios.bsky.social argues that the fascism analogy can obscure more then what it reveals about today’s far-right. So what should we do instead? 👇find out herekarlpolanyisociety.comF&L Blog - Is Fascism Returning? - International Karl Polanyi SocietyThe resurgence of the far right has revived a familiar question: are we witnessing a return of fascism? According to historian and Stefanie Prezioso, the widespread use of the term ‘fascism’ as a temp... 044
Reposted by Solveig DegenRichard Bärnthaler @rbaernthaler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Some thoughts on how research can contribute to transformation in times of eco-social crises & institutional instability. I work through 3 questions: 1. How can we understand the current situation? 2. What can be done to change it? 3. How can we build the power to do so? tinyurl.com/2dsbfcj2sciencedirect.comEnergy social science in a critical conjuncture: Toward a framework for strategic transformation researchThis Perspective develops a framework for strategic transformation research in energy social science and beyond, grounded in the current conjuncture o… 044
Reposted by Solveig DegenLeo Fischer @leogfischer.eurosky.social · 03/07/2026Wenn ihr euch genug über die Nebelkerzr Attestpflicht aufgeregt habt, könnt ihr auch mal darüber nachdenken: - Kettenbefristung bis zu 6x 4 Jahre - Abschaffung Informationsfreiheit - Verbot der Vergesellschaftung von Wohnungen - Förderungen für Autos und KI 😀 542411906
Reposted by Solveig DegenProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Unsere Kinder und Enkel werden uns bitter verfluchen. Die #Erderhitzung lässt sich auch durch Nullemissionen nicht zurückdrehen, nur die weitere Erhitzung stoppen. Denn CO2 bleibt Jahrtausende in der Luft. Kipppunkte kommen näher. Es wird kein Zurück geben. 11727541271
Reposted by Solveig DegenKarl Dietz Verlag Berlin @karldietzberlin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Dass es so nicht weitergehen kann, ist vielen klar. Aber was ist die Alternative? Im September erscheint bei uns die dt. Erstveröffentlichung des viel beachteten Essays von Aaron Benanav »Jenseits des Kapitalismus« (in der Übers. von Raul Zelik) 2167
Reposted by Solveig Degenrobin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Auch die Wissenschaft muss sich positionieren: gegen Tendenzen der Faschisierung und für vielfältigen und gewaltfreien Protest, der der extremen Rechten nicht den öffentlichen Raum überlässt: wissenschaft-gegen-faschismus.de/index.php/so... Unterschreibt! 01813
Reposted by Solveig DegenCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 07/06/2026July 9 @ Aquarium! Berlin criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/workin... 0203
Reposted by Solveig DegenMatt Huber @matthuber.bsky.social · 05/06/2026"Changing society's relation to nature more broadly remains a worthy project" (206). This by @ueberdruss.bsky.social is a brilliant Marxist analysis of energy history that deserves its place alongside Malm, Mitchell and other classics of the last couple decades. 15513
Reposted by Solveig DegenChristoph Sorg @christophsorg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I'll present some work-in-progress on a synthesis between feminist critical political economy and the new planning debate. 0115
Reposted by Solveig DegenCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Tooze is the rare historian who thinks we can learn nothing from history, and that’s why I like it 2311
Reposted by Solveig DegenCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Tooze talking about the possible extinction of the economy 151
Solveig Degen @solveigdegen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The article is a revised version of Wendy’s keynote speech at last year’s @histmat.bsky.social conference! 010
Solveig Degen @solveigdegen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026"Neoconservatism produced a distinctive identity for the working and middle class – an identity that was devoid of the concept of class“ ⬇️📚Read our latest F&L piece for 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧’𝐬 explanation why so many people in the US embrace authoritarian politics today! 193
Reposted by Solveig Degenrobin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 04/06/2026And we begin with a packed auditorium: two days on Crisis and Transformation in times of fascisation 0389
Reposted by Solveig DegenCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Crisis dream team @ktbberlin.bsky.social “crisis and transformation” criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/cri... 1261
Reposted by Solveig DegenMathias Larsen @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026New article out in @socioeconreview.bsky.social with @danieldrisc.com: "The states–markets–decarbonization nexus: reviewing an emerging political economy agenda" doi.org/10.1093/ser/...doi.orgThe states–markets–decarbonization nexus: reviewing an emerging political economy agendaAbstract. The problem of climate change further confounds the already complex relationship between states and markets in modern capitalism. In this state o 043
Reposted by Solveig DegenCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Save the date! Nov 12-14, HU Berlin, part of the Socialization research project at @ktbberlin.bsky.social socializationproject.de 13212
Reposted by Solveig DegenRosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Really looking forward to this! Thanks to @solveigdegen.bsky.social @cominsitu.bsky.social @rabeaber.bsky.social & Clara Weinmann for organising 🤩🛢️💸 2329
Reposted by Solveig Degenrobin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Die Dynamik der Faschisierung ist in der liberalen Demokratie, ihrer dysfunktionalen & gewaltsamen Deutung und Bearbeitung von Krisen angelegt & wird aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft heraus befeuert. Rahel Jaeggi & ich antworten hier auf Reemtsmas Kritik am F-Wort: www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2...zeit.deFaschismusdebatte: Wie Demokratien zu menschenfeindlichen Regimen werdenDer Soziologe Jan Philipp Reemtsma mahnt an, nicht ständig vom Faschismus zu reden. Hat er den Ernst der Lage nicht erkannt? 26324
Reposted by Solveig DegenCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026WORKING NATURE: A HISTORY OF THE ENERGY ECONOMY Book Presentation with @ueberdruss.bsky.social, comments by Liliana Doganova and Jacob Blumenfeld, moderated by Thomas Turnbull July 9, 2026, 19:00 Aquarium, Skalitzer Str. 6, Berlin socializationproject.de/event/workin... 14212
Reposted by Solveig DegenCommon Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Today, we’re launching our first paper from the Green Planning Commission — Economic Coordination and the Limits of Markets — as an analytical foundation for why the next progressive agenda must be built around public coordination. 🧵 www.common-wealth.org/publications...common-wealth.orgEconomic Coordination and the Barriers Private Market Coordination Poses to Realizing a Progressive AgendaPrivate market coordination cannot deliver decarbonization or affordable essential provisions. Instead, public coordination must be the organizing logic of the next progressive agenda and the premise ... 12011
Reposted by Solveig Degenafrelek @afrelek.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Wrote a review of @ueberdruss.bsky.social excellent Working Nature. Go read it, it’s a book that should have been written decades ago, when the ecosocialist current was just starting to get going. Also one for all the Sohn-Rethel heads out there.marxandphilosophy.org.uk‘Working Nature: A History of the Energy Economy’ by Daniela Russ reviewed by Andrzej FrelekThe concept of energy is omnipresent in theoretical writing on the relationship between society and nature. Historically, for some time it even served as the primary means of approaching the problem i... 1149
Reposted by Solveig DegenINDEP @lndep.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Emerging from discussions at @ktbberlin.bsky.social's “The Grounds of Planning: Rationality, Pseudorationality and Critique“, a text formulating 11 theses on planning has been published by @cominsitu.bsky.social , @rabeaber.bsky.social and @solveigdegen.bsky.social. www.indep.network/11-theses-on...indep.network11 Theses on Planning PublishedEmerging from discussions at the “The Grounds of Planning: Rationality, Pseudorationality and Critique”, which was held in Berlin in December 2025, a text formulating 11 theses on planning has been… 085
Reposted by Solveig DegenCihan Çelik @cihancelik.bsky.social · 27/04/2026„Wir“? Ja dann hängt euch mal rein, liebe Ü70… 1021515318
Reposted by Solveig DegenInternational Karl Polanyi Society @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social · 30/04/2026𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴! Roland Atzmüller offers a rich and nuanced analysis of current (mis)interpretations of the far right and its entanglements with the neoliberal project - bringing a compelling Polanyian perspective. Read the entire article here: tinyurl.com/y83ewxen 021
Reposted by Solveig DegenCritical Theory in Berlin @ktbberlin.bsky.social · 04/05/202611 Theses on Planning 1. Planning for Future The prohibition on thinking concretely about the future has expired. An ecological and democratic concept of planning beyond capitalism is now necessary for planetary survival. More: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/intervention...criticaltheoryinberlin.de11 Thesen zur Planung - KTB1. Planung für die Zukunft Das Verbot, konkret über die Zukunft nachzudenken, ist hinfällig geworden. Ein ökologisches und demokratisches Konzept der Planung jenseits des Kapitalismus ist jetzt für da... 092
Reposted by Solveig DegenCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 04/05/2026really looking forward to discussing the new manuscript by @katforrester.bsky.social on the contradictions of the welfare state! criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/in-and... 3183
Reposted by Solveig Degendaniela russ @ueberdruss.bsky.social · 21/04/2026couldn‘t help thinking that this is so much smaller than the space it occupied in my head. there’s a relief in the objectification of thought: however troubling or obsessive, every idea can take the form of a handy, well-folded paperback. 23511
Reposted by Solveig DegenGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...health.org.uk 951868792
Solveig Degen @solveigdegen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The more unstable the present becomes, the more necessary it is to plan for the future. But what does it mean to plan? Read our 11 theses on planning to find out! 0206
Reposted by Solveig Degenrobin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 24/04/2026mark your calendars: CRISIS AND TRANSFORMATION Berlin, June 4-5, 2026 w/ great speakers incl. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Maeve Cooke, Alex Demirović, Verónica Gago, Stephan Lessenich & Isabella Weber more info: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/cri... 04521
Reposted by Solveig DegenCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 24/04/2026New episode of the @ktbberlin.bsky.social podcast CRITIQUE OF AI - featuring @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social @annanosthoff.bsky.social @bildoperationen.bsky.social @mttpsq.bsky.social and introduced with @robin-c.bsky.social criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/podcast/p... 24524
Reposted by Solveig DegenIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 22/04/2026It will be the law of the jungle. Market analysts are already predicting that rich countries will outbid poor countries for scarce oil and gas supplies. This means energy famine for the Global South. Link: www.ft.com/content/6ca1... 14519202
Reposted by Solveig DegenRabea Berfelde @rabeaber.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Diesen Freitag! Podiumsdiskussion über den Strukturwandel der Landwirtschaft, Eigentum und Bodenpolitik 🚜 053
Reposted by Solveig DegenClaudia Kemfert @ckemfert.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Die Energiewende geht vielen nicht zu schnell sondern zu langsam. 📊 57 % sagen: zu langsam 📊 Nur 15 %: zu schnell Besonders deutlich: 🔴 67 % unter 35 wollen mehr Tempo Das zeigt: Die Mehrheit ist weiter als die Politik. Jetzt braucht es Umsetzung statt Kurzschluss. ⚡️ #Energiewende #Kurzschluss 34953337
Solveig Degen @solveigdegen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026How can we put green planning into practice? Last Tuesday, @brusselermel.bsky.social, @isabelestevez.bsky.social, @gkahan.bsky.social, Justus Henze (@communiade.bsky.social) and I had a really interesting discussion on this question. Recording is now online!youtu.beINDEP x Green Planning Commission Online Panel – Green Planning for Transition and PolicyYouTube video by INDEP - Network for Democratic Economic Planning 183
Reposted by Solveig DegenBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 15/04/2026Very useful comparative oil shock data viz. 05322
Reposted by Solveig DegenCominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 13/04/2026new books from @versobooks.bsky.social ! including Working Nature by @ueberdruss.bsky.social (book release in Berlin, July 9, with special guests) 2367