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Vincent Harting

@vharting.bsky.social
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Research Director of "Alternatives to Capitalism" | Working on socialism, democratic theory, and economic justice. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/alternatives-to-c…

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thrilled to launch our new Alternatives to Capitalism public lecture series at LSE this year with Evgeny Morozov @evgenymorozov.bsky.social on Socialism after AI, co-hosted with @equatormag.bsky.social ! www.lse.ac.uk/events/ai-so...
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Socialism after AI | Dr Evgeny Morozov
6:30pm Mon 5 Oct | Dr Evgeny Morozov | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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Vincent Harting @vharting.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Giving a keynote here on socialism and oligarchy, please consider applying and share widely!! philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Ljubljana Doctoral and Postdoctoral Conference in Political Theory and Philosophy
The Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, invites doctoral candidates and early-career postdoctoral researchers to a two-day conference in political theory and poli...
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Niklas Plaetzer @nplaetzer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
My chapter on 19th century plebeian internationalism is out now in The Routledge Handbook of Ideology Analysis 🎉 📕 Many thanks to the editors @julfaure.bsky.social, Matthew Humphreys, and David Laycock! If you'd like to read it, feel free to get in touch. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Gosh. It's almost as if capitalism is not in fact a totally rational and seamless system.
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Vincent Harting @vharting.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Please register and join us in some weeks for the next session of our series on "Alternatives to Capitalism" with @leaypi.bsky.social !
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From Subordination to Revolution: A Gramscian Theory of Popular Mobilization | John Chalcraft | Tuesday 03 March 2026 18:00 - 19:30 | STICERD Event
An event from the Cohesive Capitalism Event series organised by STICERD
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
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The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Every world leader should be condemning Trump. We’ll see who steps up. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
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Trump orders strikes on Caracas, officials tell CBS, as Venezuela declares national emergency - latest
Venezuela's government says it rejects
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Vincent Harting @vharting.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
This is very good stuff: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Trade unions, not tribunates: Contrasting two proposals of anti-oligarchic democratic innovation
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Vincent Harting @vharting.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
If you're around London next week, consider joining us for this workshop on alternatives to capitalism! Details below👇
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Alternatives to Capitalism Workshop | Vincent Harting | Thursday 11 December 2025 11:00 - 16:00 | STICERD Event
An event from the Cohesive Capitalism Event series organised by STICERD
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Vincent Harting @vharting.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Super excited about this one ✊🏼 www.altrlab.org/latest/marx-... @enzoreds.bsky.social
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Robert Talisse @roberttalisse.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The cool thing about teaching utilitarianism is that each time I do, I get a little closer to convincing myself it's correct
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Such a funny headline - don't they realise Starmer IS the mistake? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes
Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
@leaypi.bsky.social in today’s @financialtimes.com
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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 22/08/2025
Very grateful to the ECPR political theory jury for this wonderful news!
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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 12/08/2025
In a new article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social I propose an institution reform to make representative government less oligarchic: having elected politicians held accountable by randomly selected "Constituency Juries"
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Vincent Harting @vharting.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
If you’re around Munich in a couple of weeks and want to discuss oligarchy and corporatism with me please join us to this workshop! ✊🏼 collab.dvb.bayern/spaces/TUMhf...
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Overcoming Oligarchy: Class-Specific Political Institutions in Democratic Theory - Hochschule für Politik - BayernCollab
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, and I know I speak for millions of people up and down this country: We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It's a bit of a shame everyone decided to turn against the Enlightenment just when it's most needed, isn't it....
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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Saddened by the death of Pope Francis, who was a wonderful force for good. I hope the Catholic Church stays true to his vision of economic and environmental justice. Here's a short essay I wrote a decade ago on Francis's radical economic vision in Laudato Si': web.archive.org/web/20150626...
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OPINION: Pope Francis’ radical economic vision | Al Jazeera America
His new encyclical on climate change urges wholesale transformation of our capitalist system
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Mathijs van de Sande 🟥🔻 @mathijsvandesande.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Liberals who argue that fascists such as Trump and Le Pen should not be barred from running elections by legal means (and must instead be 'defeated democratically') seem to forget that fascists have no intent to win democratically (and break the law precisely to assure that they won't be defeated).
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Trump calls it Liberation Day. Expecting it to be a bit more like Liz Truss day.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Ever forced to find cuts to welfare, never forced to raise taxes.
"Despite the last-minute scramble to find savings, the chancellor is nevertheless expected to strike a robust note when she addresses MPs, facing down growing speculation she will be forced to raise taxes – perhaps as soon as the autumn."
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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 17/03/2025
Few things beat discussing socialism with such great comrades and friends. Huge thanks to @tatianallaguno.bsky.social @vharting.bsky.social and @jkandiyali.bsky.social
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Vincent Harting @vharting.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
What an honour to have been part of this wonderful book roundtable on @brunoleipold.com’s Citizen Marx alongside @tatianallaguno.bsky.social ❤️✊🏼
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Limited government has in practice always been about limiting government services, while increasing government force and brutality. Exactly the wrong way round.
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Loubna El Amine لبنى الأمين @loubnaelamine.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The London Political Theory Network is organizing a panel on “Empire and Emancipation” on April 4, 3-5pm, at Senate House, involving Paul Apostolidis, Arturo Chang, Ulas Ince, Kimberly Hutchings, and Ẹniọlá Ṣóyẹmí. For more details and to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/empire-and...
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Empire and Emancipation Panel
The London Political Theory Network will host scholars to explore themes of colonialism, imperial legacy, and anticolonial resistance.
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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I always struggle a little to explain my students why Marxists are right about freedom in the capitalist state. Jeff Bezos does it so much better.
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Lukas Slothuus @lslothuus.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📝 My new article “Facing a fossil free future through the past: The importance of history for understanding fossil fuel phaseouts” is out in Energy Research & Social Science! Read and share: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Facing a fossil free future through the past: The importance of history for understanding fossil fuel phaseouts
The study of policies limiting the production of fossil fuels must be appropriately historicised. Contextualising these policies within a longer-term …
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Nikhil Venkatesh @nikvenkatesh.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Wow this paper is fantastic. An economic explanation for Haslanger's theory of race, of DuBois on the psychological wage, and of the different racial stratifications of different societies. Sometimes I read an econ paper that makes me wish I became an economist...
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LSE Political Theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We're very exciting to host a book launch for @mirjam-m.bsky.social 's Global Sweathshops on 5 March, 4-6pm. Discussion will be chaired by @brunoleipold.com with comments by Paul Apostolidis, @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and Sarah Goff. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/global-swe....
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James Muldoon @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump's inauguration marks a seismic political shift in Silicon Valley - a complete capitulation to the far right and the beginning of a new era of 'tech for evil': trashing the environment, military AI, misinformation and rampant cronyism. open.substack.com/pub/doesnotc...
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Big Tech Gives Us the ‘Roman Salute’: Welcome to the Era of ‘Tech for Evil’
When people show you who they are, believe them.
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LSE Political Theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
And also huge congratulations to @vharting.bsky.social and Andreas Sorger who officially received their PhDs in political theory today! 🎓🎉
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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 12/12/2024
I have a short piece on the imperative mandate in this just released volume on democracy from current/former fellows at The New Institute. Its fully open access and available here: www.transcript-publishing.com/978-3-8376-6...
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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Most contemporary discussions of markets vs planning are too stark and simplistic. To think seriously for the future, we need a richer and more nuanced approach. Angus Hebenton & I make a start here: engaging with the unduly neglected work of Meade, Holland, and Wootton. ejpe.org/journal
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Does everyone know Gandhi’s Talisman? Written in 1948 though not published until 1958, a striking resonance with Rawls’ Theory of Justice.

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."
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LSE Political Theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Big welcome to Bluesky to @vharting.bsky.social who completed his PhD on “Material Constitutionalism and the Politics of Anti-Oligarchy” with us earlier this year and now teaches across the road in the Philosophy department 🥳
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LSE Political Theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We've put together a starker pack for political theorists based at LSE go.bsky.app/12JJvRZ
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Vincent Harting @vharting.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
So happy to have been part of this! And new in this platform ✊
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PREDEF|Politische Theorie Wien @poltheoriewien.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Among them @stephaniewanga.bsky.social @nplaetzer.bsky.social @bpoppmadsen.bsky.social @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social @angusbrown.bsky.social @nicolaivoneggers.bsky.social @adarht.bsky.social @olivermarchart.bsky.social - thank you!
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