Marxism and agricultural history • esbenboegh.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mt2vukep5s2tIrrationalitetens triumf14 Aug 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2vukep5s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3msi6pzdcdc2pJeg siger noget om svineavl i en kronik i Politiken i dag. Gavelink -> https://politiken.dk/del/msRbarAHS64w07 Aug 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3msi6pzdcdc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mrxriddjhc2wThis is what the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, along with her nationalist friends refer to as "a threat against Europe"31 Jul 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxriddjhc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mrcvb5prx226As a commentary on our contemporary condition, Nolan’s Odyssey mourns the crisis of liberalism and ends by expressing hope for a future liberal restoration. Of course, we should reject such nostalgia.23 Jul 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcvb5prx226https://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mrajx7cg6k2dJeg har været på Nationalmuseet, hvor jeg fandt en god opsummering af en for tiden meget populær bog om “folkelighed”.22 Jul 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrajx7cg6k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mlv26q23uk2bVivek Chibber sadly fails to see that his arguments for market "socialism" lead to a naturalization of orthodox economic theory. His model would still produce the same pathologies as any economy where market competition and profit-maximization are permitted. https://jacobin.com/2026/05/central-planning-soviet-union-socialism15 May 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv26q23uk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mltfacxfak2zI Danmark kommer truslen fra højre ikke fra snak om laktoseintolerans eller kyrilliske t-shirts men derimod i form af højskolesangbog og stegt flæsk. Ikke hardcore raceideologi men hyggeracisme, nationalisme og folkeånd.14 May 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltfacxfak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mginwcln422pMeanwhile, in Denmark, the left embraces reamament and increased military spending in the name of "national defence". The strong tradition of anti-militarism, including both left-social democrats and most of the socialist and communist left, is long gone. https://jacobin.com/2026/03/germany-student-strikes-rearmament-conscription07 Mar 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mginwcln422phttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mg3u6y2sqc2sDen nye atomvåbenaftale forringer sikkerheden, øger utrygheden og er blot endnu et skridt i det globale våbenkapløb, hvor Danmark igen igen agerer halehæng i stedet for at holde fast i at gå en selvstændig vej.02 Mar 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3u6y2sqc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mf7wba67cs2kMit bedste råd til Rådet for kulturel modstandskraft vil være at definere "kulturel modstandskraft" som evnen til at modstå politisk pres for at instrumentalisere kultur som led i en national oprustning, herunder presset for at oprette et råd for kulturel modstandskraft. https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/rane-willerslev-og-14-andre-skal-raadgive-minister-om-kulturel-modstandskraft19 Feb 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7wba67cs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3meopatzpp223Med en rød pølse i den ene hånd og en håndbold i den anden kan vi i fællesskab afskrække Putin! https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/rane-willerslev-og-14-andre-skal-raadgive-minister-om-kulturel-modstandskraft12 Feb 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3meopatzpp223https://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3me2mu2s35s2kRead this excellent piece about the global labor regimes behind the AI hype! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2mu2s35s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mdq6q2euas2yThey never should have been sent to Iraq and Afghanistan in the first place to fight for U.S. interests in completely futile and criminal wars that ultimately made things worse. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdq6q2euas2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mcubsnhq322oLooking for literature on the concept of "technological fix" or related concepts?20 Jan 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcubsnhq322ohttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mcr5ipyax22w"we had boats landing there, also"... We're truly living in an era of aimless, mad capitalism and irrational imperialist decadence19 Jan 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcr5ipyax22whttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mcn5glj2bc23The red peasant ploughing amidst the ruins of evil lordship and capitalism preparing the soil for a good harvest for all working people17 Jan 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcn5glj2bc23https://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mbkhav6azk24Do we really believe that appealing to “international law” can prevent imperialist aggression? History teaches otherwise. We need to abolish the system that creates the conditions for such aggression: global capitalism. If that seems somehow unrealistic, it’s simply necessary to make it less so.03 Jan 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkhav6azk24https://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3mb5mw3k5222aThis book is essential reading for historians of capitalism and agriculture. It provides new evidence of the crucial role of peasant expropriation by large landowners in the emergence of agrarian capitalism in England during the 15th-16th centuries. For years, the role of peasant expropriation 1/229 Dec 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb5mw3k5222ahttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3madrtoittc2lI'm very happy to announce that I have received a large grant from the Augustinus Foundation for a research project on the industrialisation of animal production in Denmark. The project is based at the Green Museum (where I work) and I will lead a research group of excellent researchers from -> https://www.linkedin.com/posts/det-gr%C3%B8nne-museum_det-gr%C3%B8nne-museum-f%C3%A5r-43-mio-til-nyt-forskningsprojekt-activity-7407757873054752769-Bqx1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAvFB1IBsVm7DFVP7gUfLfwYdIgibZQv-Do19 Dec 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3madrtoittc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3m7n6nx4gjk2pIf “nationalise the entire economy” means throwing the market economy into the dustbin of history, count me in! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7n6nx4gjk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3m6zls4uk2c2hOn this day in 1914, Karl Liebknecht stood as the only SPD deputy in the German Reichstag to vote against war credits. The SPD majority’s abandonment of its internationalist antimilitarism destroyed the second International as Europe descended into a catastrophic war. Today, many socialist 1/202 Dec 2025 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zls4uk2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3m6i43bs5kk2gVi må ikke se, hvad der rent faktisk foregår i de danske svinestalde. Den private ejendomsret trumfer mediernes ret til at informere offentligheden. https://landbrugsavisen.dk/retten-forbyder-brug-af-skjulte-optagelser-fra-jeppe-bloch-nielsens-svinestald-24982325 Nov 2025 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6i43bs5kk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3m63dq5ye2222Socialdemokrater har i disse dage travlt med at udråbe sig som det eneste "folkeparti" i Danmark. Men Socialdemokratiet har altså ikke været et reelt folkeparti i begrebets klassiske forstand som et organiseret masseparti forankret i folkelige organisationer i mange mange årtier.20 Nov 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63dq5ye2222https://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3m5q3xy6wms2uKaare Dybvad viser her totalt manglende forståelse for sit eget partis rolle i de sidste mange årtiers liberalisering, markedsgørelse og stigende ulighed. I stedet har han fundet på den absurde idé, at alt handler om indvandring. https://www.information.dk/indland/2025/11/kaare-dybvad-enhedslisten-parti-studerende-indvandrere-behoever-gaa-skamme16 Nov 2025 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5q3xy6wms2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3m4gwc75md22bDet burde være en forudsætning for at blive borgmester i København, at man har deltaget i verdensungdomskongres i Moskva. https://youtu.be/FbIApzmSH5I?si=D2TXgea7W3LJOdhY30 Oct 2025 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gwc75md22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3m36fvkzcak2gNeed a new novel for bedtime reading. Preferably something recent. Any suggestions?14 Oct 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36fvkzcak2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/esbenboegh.bsky.social/post/3m32rpqtqac2iAt the Danish Marxism conference, I had a great discussion after my paper presenting a critical history of the Danish farmer cooperatives. Are cooperatives inherently problematic, or is it just this specific historical example? My opinion is that whether a capitalist firm is owned by individuals 1/313 Oct 2025 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:hhoblouidaou4mfm76aiph7a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m32rpqtqac2i