deprofessionalised intellectual * co-author of Shaping for Mediocrity: The Cancellation of Critical Thinking at Our Universities (Zer0, 2024) * co-editor of Commoning with George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici (Pluto, 2019) * Omnia Sunt Communia * he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3mqom4ee6r22wThis event tomorrow evening will be good. Book launch for POINTS OF DEPARTURE: REFUSAL OF WORK AND THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM, a new collection of writings of autonomist Marxist Harry Cleaver. (With the book's co-editor, Robert Ovetz.) https://maydayrooms.org/event/points-of-departure-a-harry-cleaver-reader-book-launch-with-robert-ovetz/15 Jul 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqom4ee6r22whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3mpqmwowwg22uGiven ongoing attacks on university staff and research (at @exeter.ac.uk and many other institutions) with arts and humanities, critical social sciences, environmental science and sustainability particular targets, it’s worth resharing ‘Universities Degraded’. https://zenodo.org/records/1563892203 Jul 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqmwowwg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3mpgbi3kug22nMy review of a new collection of Harry Cleaver's writings on the refusal of work, the crisis of capitalism, and Marxist theory, edited by Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter, just published in the Morning Star. https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/how-refusing-work-will-always-beat-capital29 Jun 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgbi3kug22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3mowzc7b4ck2a"A bid to reassure the ... fossil fuel industry." (Both stories from @theguardian.com.)23 Jun 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowzc7b4ck2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3ml43dqevrs2tI'm really proud of this article, co-authored with @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social & @matildaf.bsky.social, just published in @irrnews.bsky.social's journal Race & Class.05 May 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml43dqevrs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3mi2kuk4j2c2h27 Mar 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2kuk4j2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3mfozdm5pw22r25 Feb 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfozdm5pw22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3mf2mnv34ic2c"When we ask what is at stake if academic freedom is not protected, the answer is not only vital knowledge and democracy itself. The untruthful language marking universities as we know them, might be a precursor to the demise of academia itself." Distressing but important piece by Susanne Taüber. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1350508425139294617 Feb 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2mnv34ic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3mcuopnjwxc2gThis just out in @jacobinmag.bsky.social. https://jacobin.com/2026/01/carbon-credits-exploitation-refugees-unhcr20 Jan 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcuopnjwxc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3m2ed6z4lsc2tShaping for Mediocrity reviewed in the Morning Star. It's particularly timely since workers at University of Leicester are right now in the midst of yet another struggle against restructuring and redundancies. @ucu.org.uk https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/organising-resistance-university04 Oct 2025 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ed6z4lsc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3lykmjcgvcs22"For action and for Palestine." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWIFvEMoy3w11 Sep 2025 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lykmjcgvcs22https://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3lupeuxrn322nThis is tonight! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2025 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lupeuxrn322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3luiimgnrks26The Oasis reunion wasn't the only newsworthy event happening in Manchester the past two weekends, not that you'd know it from the mainstream media – & even most of the alternatives. Here's a report from the July 12 @defendourjuries.bsky.social action opposing genocide in Gaza. https://reelnews.co.uk/2025/07/20/all-reelnews-campaigns/palestine/opposing-genocide-in-manchester-the-reality-of-protest-under-starmers-government/21 Jul 2025 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3luiimgnrks26https://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3ltrvsroazc25This happened in Leeds earlier. One person was arrested for sitting on some steps holding a placard saying I OPPOSE GENOCIDE I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION Police searched his house and, I believe, he's still being held in custody. @defendourjuries.bsky.social @palaction.bsky.social12 Jul 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltrvsroazc25https://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3ltrne6xjic25Solidarity with the people from @defendourjuries.bsky.social, risking their liberty in Manchester, Cardiff and London today – in opposition to genocide in Palestine and the UK government's complicity in that and in support of @palaction.bsky.social – taking direct action to stop genocide. 🇵🇸 🍉 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jul 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltrne6xjic25https://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3ltc6g2i6lk27*This* was the spirit of Gleneagles – 20 years ago this weekend – embodied in the millions of people across the planet who believed another world was (is) possible. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/06/g8-make-poverty-history-summit-2005-debt-relief06 Jul 2025 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltc6g2i6lk27https://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3lsz2znqpik2g02 Jul 2025 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsz2znqpik2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davidharvie.bsky.social/post/3lsyjex3qvs2sIf we're to restore our rights to the land, & to the commons more generally, it's vital we remember the stories of how we lost these rights in the first place – the stories of enclosure. At the July 24 screening, the amazing @beccaeharrison.bsky.social will discuss the film & its revelance today. https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/cinespotlights-harvest-18-intro02 Jul 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:sru2phrfphkk2v2vxxprsj5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyjex3qvs2s