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Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels @kmfe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The materialist conception of history starts from the proposition that the production of the means to support human life and, next to production, the exchange of things produced, is the basis of all social structure; that in every society that has appeared in history, the manner in which wealth is

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here's the link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think the paper is relevant far beyond the offshore wind industry, and that many of the arguments within it help to explain why the electricity grid, the rail network, and other essential infrastructures are in such a shambles across so much of Europe and the United States.

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My recent paper in the Annals of the AAG is now in print! It explains why workers in the offshore wind industry in Germany have been striking, why some unions in the USA have been competing with one another, and what these struggles tell us about the class politics of the "energy transition".

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Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels @kmfe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It is precisely the alteration of nature by men, not solely nature as such, which is the most essential and immediate basis of human thought.

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alexismoraitis.bsky.social @alexismoraitis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

An article I really enjoyed writing is now out with Capital&Class

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Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Penguin has a page up for my new book, coming Feb 2027, HOUSE SOCIETY The epigraph is from Kenneth T. Jackson's famous "Crabgrass Frontier": "... no society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its members" The book is an exploration and affirmation of that thesis!

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House Society

The world is in the midst of a deep and worsening housing crisis. It has caused rents to soar in Britain, millions to protest in Spain, and a government to collapse in Sweden. Under a global ideology ...

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Colin Lorne @colinlorne.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

OpenSpace Research Centre: Doreen Massey Annual Event 2026 // Thursday 3rd September 6pm onwards Public exhibition & roundtable discussion (with Dave Featherstone) RGS/IBG fringe event Metroland Studios Kilburn, London, NW6 6PS Food & drink provided This event is free & open to everyone

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Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels @kmfe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A philosopher produces ideas, a poet poems, a clergyman sermons, a professor compendia and so on. A criminal produces crimes. If we take a closer look at the connection between this latter branch of production and society as a whole, we shall rid ourselves of many prejudices. The criminal produces

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"Is there anything redeemable about 1776? ... yes ... the plebeian rebels of 1776 also planted the seeds for the modern US proletariat, the first social layer in the millennial-old history of class society that not only has an interest in its eradication but also has the actual capacity to do so."

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TUED (Trade Unions for Energy Democracy) @tuedglobal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

📺TUED Global Forum: How Mexico’s Energy Transition Could Re-Shape Global Climate Policy Join us for a discussion on Mexico’s energy transition. 🔊Languages: English & Español 🗓️Tue June 30, 2026 🕖8:00am Mexico time // 10am NYC ⏳RSVP: tinyurl.com/TUED-Jun30

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Excellent article from Alejandro Fitzsimons and Guido Starosta on industrial restructuring, the rate of profit, and the dynamics of value transfer in automotive global value chains 🔥🔥🔥 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Philipp Köncke @philippkoencke.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Ersetzt die Geoökonomie den Neoliberalismus? Meine Antwort: Nein. Mein neuer Artikel in @prokla.bsky.social zeigt am USA-China-Konflikt, warum Geoökonomie als Anpassung neoliberaler Globalisierung und Staatlichkeit an die verschärfte Weltmarktkonkurrenz zu verstehen ist. doi.org/10.32387/pro...

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Geoökonomie als Ende des Neoliberalismus? Zur Rekonfiguration von Staat und Globalisierung im USA-China-Konflikt | PROKLA. Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

8) 'Dialectical Cognition: The Regulation of Action in its Form of Reproduction of Self-Necessity by thought' Published 1992, as a working paper of his research center, the Centro para la Investigación como Crítica Práctica (CICP), Buenos Aires. cicpint.org/wp-content/u...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

7) 'Dialectics on Its Feet, or the Form of the Consciousness of the Working Class as Historical Subject' Published in 2014, as part of the edited volume 'Marx's "Capital" and Hegel's "Logic": A Reexamination', edited by F. Moseley and T. Smith. cicpint.org/wp-content/u...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

6) 'Method: From the "Grundrisse" to "Capital"' Published in 2013, as part of the edited volume 'In Marx's Laboratory: Critical Interpretations of the "Grundrisse"', edited by R. Bellofiore, G. Starosta, and P.D. Thomas cicpint.org/wp-content/u...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

5) 'Argentina: The Reproduction of Capital Accumulation through Political Crisis' Published 2006, in 'Historical Materialism' cicpint.org/wp-content/u...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

4) 'La formación económica de la sociedad argentina. Volumen 2: De la acumulación originaria al desarrollo de su especificidad hasta 1930' 1st edition: 2022 www.edicionesimagomundi.com/producto/la-...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

3) 'La formación económica de la sociedad argentina. Volumen I: Renta agraria, ganancia industrial y deuda externa. 1882-2004' cicpint.org/wp-content/u... 1st edition: 2007

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

2) 'La renta de la tierra: Formas, fuentes y apropiación' 1st edition: 2017 cicpint.org/wp-content/u...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Some selected writings and lectures in both Spanish and English: 1) 'El capital: razón histórica, sujeto revolucionario y conciencia' 1st edition: 2003 2nd edition: 2013 proletarios.org/books/JIC-El...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Tragic news of the death of Argentinian scholar Juan Iñigo Carrera, one of the world's most brilliant critics of political economy. JIC taught 'Capital' to generations of students, using Marx to help us understand the historicity of scientific knowledge and the necessity of our own action.

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Endnotes @endnotesjournal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Mapping the Margins of Capitalism by Daniel Colligan a review of Sven Beckert, Capitalism: A Global History (Penguin, 2025) endnotes.org.uk/palabre/mapp...

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Jamie Merchant @jamiemerchant.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

on historical method from Simon Clarke aka the goat

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 27/04/2026

#OtD 27 Apr 1998 a general strike in the private sector broke out in Denmark, involving a fifth of the country's workforce. Lasting for 10 days, union leaders panicked and agreed a compromise. This is a history of the dispute: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9879...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

It's also a very particular type of 'economist thinking' because segmented labor market theory goes much further in explaining Southern whites' support for Jim Crow, especially in the context of the serial economic depressions and high unemployment conditions of the late 19th century South.

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Good rebuttal of Rockhill’s conspiratorial reading of the Frankfurt School. What's missing is a discussion of Monthly Review’s longstanding disdain for the western working class and elite admiration for the political leadership of socialist states. Same old line, much less rigour — sad decline.

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No, Western Marxism Wasn’t a CIA Plot

Gabriel Rockhill’s polemic against Western Marxism seeks to condemn a set of postwar left-wing intellectuals such as Herbert Marcuse. Heavy on innuendo but light on evidence, the result is more like a...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

How can Marx help us understand growing "skills shortages" in the renewable energy industry? What role do class struggle and class collaboration play in the temporary resolution of this barrier to accumulation?   Check out my new article in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers:

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Beyond questions of energy and labour, the article returns to the “locality debate” on regional class alliances and seeks to revive the theory of "geographical industrialization" on new foundations. Those debates receded towards the end of the 1990s, but they're more relevant than ever before.

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This article draws on a long period of research in Germany and the United States, and many conversations with my mentor James McCarthy.  It also owes a great deal to Guido Starosta, whose distinctive understanding of Chapter 10 of Marx's Capital helped me greatly in the analysis.

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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Now available for preorder - Unpaid by Matthew Cole "A searing and revelatory unmasking of the despicable reality of modern capitalism. Few books are able to make complex ideas so accessible – yet this is one of them." - @owenjones.bsky.social

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Unpaid

Unpaid upends conventional wisdom about how we value work, exposing wage theft as one of capitalism’s enduring open secrets. From unpaid overtime and under-the-table jobs to algorithmic exploitation, ...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

When that perception is widespread, you can't simply hand-wave that capitalism is the problem, as many "ecosocialists" are wont to do. The left has to organize where these layoffs are happening and mobilize alongside workers and their trade unions in defense of these kind of jobs.

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

But it doesn't make sense to simply blame Vestas - they're doing what any rational firm will do in this inverted world. The real guilt is with politicians in Copenhagen and Brussels who, day in and day out, actively decide against increasing state investment in the expansion of wind energy at sea.

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Vestas fires 440 workers at its offshore wind nacelle factory near Odense, Denmark. Amidst the catastrophe of war in West Asia, with disastrous consequences for the working class in Europe and the rest of the world, the demand for offshore wind turbines on the continent still isn't high enough.

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Vestas vil fyre 440 medarbejdere på Fyn

Vindmølleproducenten Vestas forventer at måtte nedlægge omkring 440 stillinger på Lindø.Det oplyser Vestas til MarketWire.Fyringer sker på grund af en større justering, skriver mediet, og vil primært ...

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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

read Marx

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

"Twenty-first-century tech elites may not even know of the old technocracy movement, but have revived many of its ideas. Gone are the pomp and spectacle of rallies, however, since popular persuasion is no longer needed."

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Technocracy 2.0 | The Brooklyn Rail

As Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir, says outright, the only lasting future for the United States is the merging of tech and the state. He cites the Manhattan Project as a precedent: a model that is now...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

It's some of the best English-language writing on ground rent since Harvey's "Limits to Capital." Notably, it draws on the untranslated work of the Argentinian researcher Juan Iñigo Carrera, who has revolutionized the materialist analysis of ground rent, value circulation, and uneven development.

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Rent and the Critique of Capitalist Political Ecology: From the Appropriation of Nature to Uneven Development

Recently, critical scholars interested in the political ecology of contemporary capitalism have highlighted rent as a key category for the analysis of nature–capital relations. However, this ecolog...

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

For those interested in value theory and the critique of political ecology: This new article by André Novas Otero shows how rent can only be understood in terms of its double basis (natural difference and class power), and how this double basis helps explain the persistence of uneven development.

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

“Much ecological politics focuses on a kind of localism – localizing food systems, reuniting communities with ecologies – but clearly that is not what is required. The crisis is global and requires a restructuring of production at the planetary scale, at the level of the species."

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William Westgard-Cruice @williamwc.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

On the decline of process knowledge and its significance: "The point is not to romanticize traditional working-class occupations. But in the frenzy of digitalization, both right and left have forgotten that software presupposes hardware ... modern human life presupposes building and manufacturing."

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