Professor at ICTA-UAB, Political Science and Public Law โ€ข Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE โ€ข Global inequality and ecological economics

Joined September 2011
New research highlights from 2025!ย  This thread covers some of our latest work on capitalism, imperialism, post-growth and ecosocialist futures. It's all open access, and free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. ๐Ÿงต
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I joined Fakto podcast at Manifiesta in Belgium to talk about capitalism, climate change, and why we need worker control over production. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ejsHXeโ€ฆ
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Must-watch short on the Bandung movement, when global South countries challenged imperial power in the world-system. More relevant now than ever. youtu.be/xpDU-Ib8VaA?is=zkvfโ€ฆ
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Under capitalism, no investor will voluntarily walk away from a highly profitable industry like fossil fuels โ€“ even if itโ€™s causing ecological breakdown. This is why solving the climate crisis requires overcoming capitalism. @JasonHickel on the Better Future Pod:
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Jason Hickel retweeted
This is how the Nazis talked about the Jews in the late 1920s.
Every single Muslim holding public office in America is a trojan horse, and a threat to both national security and our republic. We refuse to be silent.
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Never forget that the clowns who are currently saying โ€œwe canโ€™t stop climate change, just accept itโ€ are the same people who spent the last decade doing everything possible to prevent us from stopping climate change.
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Jason Hickel retweeted
I sat with a friend who was telling me how Israel executed his entire family, including his wife and children. He told me, "We were trapped in a house in northern Gaza. The army was announcing over loudspeakers that everyone inside should come out with their hands on their heads, and that the army wouldn't kill them." He said, "I didn't know what to do except leave. My family and I left the house one by one, with our hands on our heads. A soldier called us to stand against a wall. Suddenly, I heard gunfire, and I didn't wake up until I was in the hospital. I learned that they had executed my entire family. I was injured and bled for a long time, and I survived after ambulances arrived. One of the doctors told me that Israel had killed my entire family, including my mother, father, wife, and two children." He told me the story with eyes full of sorrow, pain, and tears. This is one of the testimonies of Israel's terrorism against families in Gaza.
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Today in 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested by apartheid police, with support from the CIA, for resisting white minority rule. He was imprisoned for 27 years. US government agencies listed Mandela as a "terrorist" until 2008.
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Jason Hickel retweeted
we're told Israel is "the only democracy in the Middle East" โ€“ but they govern a population under military occupation without the right to vote. thatโ€™s apartheid. Western governments know this, and choose to support them anyway. why? @JasonHickel on the Better Future Pod:
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This grotesque headline is from the Telegraph. 3,000 people in Britain have been killed in heatwaves this year so far. 20,000 in Europe. Even if Britain did get to โ€œembrace Mediterranean lifeโ€, what about the actual Mediterranean, what do they get to embrace? What about India? The indifference of the British elite toward mass suffering is astonishing.
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This new study finds that the total death toll in Europe during the June heatwave exceeds 20,000 people. "This result highlights the accelerating threat of mass heat mortality events in Europe despite previous adaptations to heat." Pre-print here: zenodo.org/records/21083733
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Right, the boycott should apply to all of Israel. It is an apartheid regime that is carrying out a genocide of the Palestinian people and this fact is clear for all to see. Genocidal apartheid regimes should absolutely be isolated.
Replying to @_LFI
๐Ÿšซ A boycott of all trade with settlements is practically and politically impossible and risks becoming a de facto boycott of all of ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ votes on 27 October, with opp. ahead in polls. A ban will help the Israeli right and harm the centre and leftโ€™s push for intl. diplomacy. 3โƒฃ The ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ and ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ economies are interlinked. With the WB economy already fragile, a ban could be catastrophic. Extensive ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง commercial relationship creates significant legal, economic and practical complications. These may have unintended consequences for pharma๐Ÿ’Š, banking ๐Ÿฆ , higher education ๐ŸŽ“ , charities โค๏ธ, financial services ๐Ÿ’น and wider ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง trade ๐Ÿ›๏ธ A ban will affect Jerusalem โ€“ 38% of whose residents are Israeli-Arabs โ€“ and the Old City. The future of Jerusalem is highly sensitive and at the heart of previous ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ negotiations. (12/14)
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Jason Hickel retweeted
capitalism has always required cheap labor and resources from a periphery, and the West has maintained that imperial arrangement through violence.ย  itโ€™s imperative that we transition to a post-capitalist economic system. @jasonhickel on the Better Future Pod:
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Andy Burnham wants me to be happy with a ยฃ2 bus fare, but I want an end to Israeli genocide.
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This new study finds that the total death toll in Europe during the June heatwave exceeds 20,000 people. "This result highlights the accelerating threat of mass heat mortality events in Europe despite previous adaptations to heat." Pre-print here: zenodo.org/records/21083733
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This result might even be conservative. The study estimates 5,210 deaths in France, which is shy of the 5,700 that the French authorities just recently announced: theguardian.com/world/2026/jโ€ฆ
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Jason Hickel retweeted
It seems clear that the school in Minab was bombed precisely because it was a school.
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People often say, why donโ€™t villagers in the West Bank ever hit back when Israeli settlers are brutalizing them or burning their homes? The answer was always obvious, but this is it. Netanyahu will use it as justification to accelerate slaughter and destruction in the West Bank:
ื ืจื“ื•ืฃ ืืช ื”ื˜ืจื•ืจ ื‘ื›ืœ ืžืงื•ื. ื ื’ื™ืข ืืœ ื”ืžื—ื‘ืœื™ื, ืืœ ืฉื•ืœื—ื™ื”ื ื•ืืœ ื›ืœ ืžื™ ืฉืžืกื™ื™ืข ืœื”ื - ื•ื ื‘ื•ื ืื™ืชื ื—ืฉื‘ื•ืŸ. ื‘ืขืงื‘ื•ืช ืคื™ื’ื•ืขื™ ื”ื˜ืจื•ืจ ื‘ื™ืžืžื” ื”ืื—ืจื•ื ื”, ืฉืจ ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื›ืดืฅ ื•ืื ื™ ื”ื ื—ื™ื ื• ืืช ืฆื”ืดืœ, ืœืื—ืจ ื”ืชื™ื™ืขืฆื•ืช ืขื ื—ื‘ืจื™ ื”ืงื‘ื™ื ื˜ ื”ืžืฆื•ืžืฆื ื•ืจืืฉื™ ืžืขืจื›ืช ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ, ืœื ืงื•ื˜ ืฉื•ืจืช ืฆืขื“ื™ื ืชืงื™ืคื™ื ื ื’ื“ ื”ื˜ืจื•ืจ: ืœื”ืจื•ืก ืืช ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžื—ื‘ืœ ืฉื‘ื™ืฆืข ืืช ื”ืคื™ื’ื•ืข ื”ื‘ื•ืงืจ ืกืžื•ืš ืœื›ืคืจ ืชืœ. ืœืคืขื•ืœ ื‘ืขื•ืฆืžื” ื‘ื›ืคืจื™ื ื”ืžื”ื•ื•ื™ื ืžื•ืงื“ื™ ื˜ืจื•ืจ, ืœืจื‘ื•ืช ืื™ืกื•ืฃ ื ืฉืง ื•ืฉืœื™ืœืช ืื™ืฉื•ืจื™ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”. ืœืชื’ื‘ืจ ืืช ื›ื•ื—ื•ืชื™ื ื• ื‘ืจื—ื‘ื™ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื” ื•ืฉื•ืžืจื•ืŸ. ืœื”ืคืจื™ื“ ืฆื™ืจื™ ืชื ื•ืขื” ื•ืœื”ืฆื™ื‘ ืžื—ืกื•ืžื™ื ื‘ื”ืชืื ืœืฆื•ืจื›ื™ ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ. ืœื”ืื™ืฅ ืืช ื”ืกื“ืจืช ื”ื—ื•ื•ืช ื•ืืช ื”ืงืžืชืŸ ืฉืœ ื—ื•ื•ืช ื—ื“ืฉื•ืช. ืื ื™ ืฉื•ืœื— ืžืขื•ืžืง ื”ืœื‘ ืชื ื—ื•ืžื™ื ืœืžืฉืคื—ืช ืžืœื˜, ืฉื‘ื ื” ื‘ื ื™ื”ื• ื ืจืฆื— ื”ื‘ื•ืงืจ ื‘ืคื™ื’ื•ืข ื”ื ืคืฉืข. ืื ื™ ืžืื—ืœ ืจืคื•ืื” ืฉืœืžื” ืœืคืฆื•ืขื™ื ื•ืžื—ื–ืง ืืช ื›ื•ื—ื•ืช ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ ื•ืืช ื”ืžืชื™ื™ืฉื‘ื™ื ื”ืขื•ืžื“ื™ื ื‘ืื•ืžืฅ ื•ื‘ื ื—ื™ืฉื•ืช ืžื•ืœ ื”ื˜ืจื•ืจ. ืื ื—ื ื• ื ืืคืฉืจ ืœื›ื•ื—ื•ืช ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ ืœืคืขื•ืœ ื‘ื—ื•ืคืฉื™ื•ืช ื•ื‘ืžืœื•ื ื”ืขื•ืฆืžื” ื ื’ื“ ื”ืžื—ื‘ืœื™ื ื•ืฉื•ืœื—ื™ื”ื. ืื ื™ ืงื•ืจื ืœื›ื•ืœื ืœื”ื™ืžื ืข ืžื›ืœ ืคืขื•ืœื” ืฉืขืœื•ืœื” ืœืคื’ื•ืข ื‘ืคืขื™ืœื•ืช ื›ื•ื—ื•ืชื™ื ื• ืื• ืœื”ืกื™ื˜ ืื•ืชื ืžืžืฉื™ืžืชื ื”ืžืจื›ื–ื™ืช: ืœื”ื’ืŸ ืขืœ ืื–ืจื—ื™ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื•ืœื”ื›ืจื™ืข ืืช ื”ื˜ืจื•ืจ.
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Jason Hickel retweeted
Revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara once said โ€œWe are the heirs of the worldโ€™s revolutions.โ€ Every democratic right we have today was won through struggle. His memory should inspire the actions we take today. @JasonHickel on the Better Future podcast:
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The reason we produce so many private jets and not enough healthcare is that ultra-wealthy people have taken over our economy and our democracy. @jasonhickel says taxing the rich is about taking that power back, so we can make democratic decisions about the future we want.
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