Gavin Jacobson

"The terrifying thought that strikes you while watching the film is that we have already crossed some kind of historical event horizon and are living in that eternal present." I wrote about the enduring power of Alfonso Cuarón’s 'Children of Men' newstatesman.com/children-men-a…

Great essay from Richard Seymour: "The right no longer caters to, nor needs, its liberal outriders. They hang on out of habit." newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Hosts Pankaj Mishra, Nesrine Malik and Mohsin Hamid introduce the show and what you can expect over the weeks and months ahead. equator.org/podcasts

The Equator podcast is live! open.spotify.com/show/3pS2rfsMQ…

As part of Equator’s event series, Sean Jacobs and Jeremy Harding will discuss Harding’s outstanding new essay collection, “Analogue Africa: Notes on the Anti-Colonial Imagination” Apr 3, from 10 am to 11 am EDT / 3 pm to 4 pm EDT Register for free: eventbrite.co.uk/e/analogue-afr…

Interesting things happening in Arcis-sur-Aube.

Along with that, Berger continuously wrote about the Palestinian struggle. It would be such a shame to have him introduced by someone whose contribution to the conversation was to say that protest slogans by students were just as violent as the bombs of the IDF.

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Read Lina Mounzer: "My Home is Burning" #my-home-is-burning-by-lina-mounzer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">equator.org/articles/death…

I am a World Cup nerd so biased but this, with David Goldblatt, will be fantastic.

“To invoke Herder as the friendly grandfather of healthy nationalism while warning readers about the dangers of “digital flattening” requires a selective reading of intellectual history that borders on the reckless.” The Gift Nobody Asked For, by @ibnezra @ibnezra/note/p-191221886?utm_source=notes-share-action" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@ibnezra/note/…

Cricket isn't the only sport undergoing a political moment. Football's been there and done that for a while now. This will be excellent ahead of this summer's football World Cup.

@gabrielwinant Long felt like Marc Augé’s ‘Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity’ captures something fundamental about the 90s more than most books from the time and is a good accompaniment to Fukuyama (esp the second half of The End of History).

We’re launching a series of online seminars! First up, David Goldblatt, one of the world’s foremost writers on the game, will lead a four week course on the most political football World Cup in history. Book your spot here! equator.org/courses/world-…

I've enjoyed Equator's content since they went live last year so I'm thrilled to see they're running a series of World Cup seminars with David Goldblatt covering the topic from a socio-historical point of view. If you're interested in finding out more: equator.org/courses/world-…

INTRODUCING EQUATOR SEMINARS! The 2026 Men's World Cup is set to be the most political tournament in history. David Goldblatt, one of the world's foremost writers on football and society, breaks it all down in our first ever online seminar. Sign up: equator.org/courses/world-…

This is the exact person you’d want teaching a seminar on the history of soccer and its relationship to geopolitics