Spectre Journal

Issue 12 is in the mail! With features by David McNally, Clara Mattei, @IlyaMatveev_ , and @WorkerTF .

Quick off the mark as usual @poltheoryother @redandinexpert and sociologist/left blogger Phil Burton-Cartledge discuss the implications of the local/parliamentary election results for the future. Succinct and to the point, great stuff. open.spotify.com/episode/0qnUNm…

Beyond pleased to share my review of Annie McClanahan's Beneath the Wage, with thanks to @JournalSpectre @grundrza & Camila Valle spectrejournal.com/service-with-a…

@philbc3 talking Labour's election disaster on @poltheoryother soundcloud.com/poltheoryother…

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Annie McClanahan's Beyond the Wage is available from Zone Books/@PrincetonUPress . press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Read @brouillettese's review of Annie McClanahan's Beneath the Wage ( Zone Books , @PrincetonUPress ). Brouilette highlights the book's focus on the new terrains of antagonism, solidarity, and transformation afforded by service labor. spectrejournal.com/service-with-a…

NEW PODCAST: Aslı Bâli and Darryl Li joined MERIP's Executive Director James Ryan to discuss the challenges posed to academic freedom since 10/7, and how academic associations like @mesa_1966 are fighting back. LISTEN NOW buff.ly/bexgyp0

Orcs, this piece asserts, refuse to stay erased. Robert Tally Jr.'s "The Mismeasure of Orcs" probes Tolkien’s contradictory representation of orcs as both monstrous and human, tools of labor and victims of dehumanization. By @LKonstan in @JournalSpectre buff.ly/AZOGW4M

We'll be closing May with another piece on worker history by Robin Peterson.

ICYMI: John Schultz's May Day piece on worker experiments in independent politics in the 1930s is still live on our website.

Anti-imperialism has become a key priority for the global left. @CihanTugal looks at how we can best mobilise a mass anti-imperialist movement. links.org.au/iran-and-weste…

spectrejournal.com/managing-contr… Read Elaine Wik's April article analyzing the economic dynamics shaping nationalist conflicts between India and Bangladesh.

On the Palos Verdes Peninsula, public money—at least $200 million of it—has been used to safeguard the foolhardy investments of LA County’s wealthiest people. Chelsea Kirk writes on luxury real estate and the landslides that will bring them down. thebaffler.com/latest/slipsho…

I think @RobertTally was right in saying that, despite being an inspirational teacher, Rick hasn't published enough to get tenure. This is exactly what's wrong with the criteria used to hand out tenure.

@RobertTally 's The Mismeasure of Orcs is available from @McFarlandBooks . mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-mi…

ICYMI: @LKonstan 's review of @RobertTally 's The Mismeasure of Orcs ( @McFarlandBooks ) is still live on our website. Up the Orcs!

this is a delightful essay. as someone who 'didn't have the grades' to study philosophy at school, i found roderick's video lectures to be a compelling and mind-expanding introduction to many major philosophers and theorists.

In a couple of hours (5/8, 5:30 CT) @alybatt talking to @gabrielwinant . Organized by @haymarketbooks . Register: haymarkethouse.org/events/haymark…