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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

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“…the conspiracy is the necessary and required form in which dissent, opposition, or conflict has to be explained in a society which is, in fact, mesmerized by consensus.” Stuart Hall et al, Policing the Crisis

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If you pile your furniture in the middle of your living room then set it on fire, you will have the warmest house in your street, for a few hours.

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@DanielJHannan
Reminder that Britain went from being the slowest-growing European economy in the 1970s to the fastest-growing in the 1980s.

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Tom Six @tomsix.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It hasn’t reached 30C in our house today and nobody has been able to cope. It’s amazing to me that this is the extent of the demand that’s being considered.

Tom Six @tomsix.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Striking that only a few years ago we were hearing about the Preston model of localism, but the country is poised for a leader from the north west and all we’re getting is the watered-down, talked-up alternative of Manchesterism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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In 2011 Preston hit rock bottom. Then it took back control | Aditya Chakrabortty

In a new series looking at how to make the economy work for everyone, Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty finds out how Preston turned its fortunes around by spending locally

(‘A shitshow’ is also accurate)

Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists

The best hope, organisationally, is mainstreamlabour.org but they have been quiet so far…

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Mainstream Labour

They have had their fragile power base in the parliamentary Labour Party seriously eroded by Starmer’s authoritarianism, lost a lot of key activists to the Greens, and added to all that damage by inflicting the implosion of Your Party on themselves...

I think Burnham offers a chance for meaningful change, but many on the progressive left seem determined to preach to the choir rather than organising to take advantage of the opportunity to shape Burnham’s project.

So Labour Right is moving to prevent any leadership contest. I hope the left gets its act together and stands a candidate for hustings with some demands that will have traction with Burnham. Currently it looks like Streeting’s cronies are swarming around him to foreclose any offer to the left.

Tom Six @tomsix.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I’m delighted, today, to have an opportunity to say my piece about the legacy of Black theatre’s great pathfinder in Britain, Yvonne Brewster, and the anti-imperial politics of her work. www.tom6.space/blog/in-and-...

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In and against the imperial state: Talawa at the Cochrane — Tom Six

It was a pleasure today to be at ‘New Directions, Histories, and Adaptations in Black Theatre and Performance’ - thanks to the organisers Tiziana Morosetti and Lennox Goddard. The event was partl...

Tom Six @tomsix.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Struggling to convince progressives that a Burnham who can put Reform back in its box but also has to work with them is a Good Thing. Their reason? ‘I don’t agree with him.’ Since when was that the point?! 🫠

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Tom Six @tomsix.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Good to see left populism doing what Corbynism should have done *a lot better* and beginning to take some ground back from the hot mess made by both liberal & far-right pedlars of nostalgic identitarian nonsense about THE WORKING CLASS.

Oddly enough I’m kind of attempting an answer to this question in an overdue essay at the moment - though I hadn’t thought of it quite like that. Thanks!

Really good on emergence of race as an object of critical study, transatlantic influences (both ways), various tangled strands of Black/African-American studies in US & a good balance btwn fair assessment of/enjoyable sideswipes against the po-co elite. Excellent job from Dhanveer, Ash & Jem.

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Podcast Episode · Culture, Power, Politics » Podcast · 6 June · 2h 8m

At the risk of becoming solely a @jemgilbert.bsky.social hype merchant on here, this conversation is exactly what I needed to point students to in response to the Q ‘what do you mean by “the demise of Black British Cultural Studies”?’ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

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Black Theory in Britain

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Tom Six @tomsix.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Spot on. Excellent thread.

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@jemgilbert.bsky.social ⬆️ might grab you, vibes-wise. Argues that atmosphere/vibe is a useful way of thinking about how structural and material conditions can be directly affectively experienced. (Also riffs briefly on your/Alex’s Deleuzian account of interests.)

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Tom Six @tomsix.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

My piece on atmospheres of institutional racism available open access 👇🏼