@Matthuber78

Geographer, Lifeblood (2013) @UMinnPress, Climate Change as Class War (2022) @VersoBooks https://xitter.cf/t.co/OgdpkbYLz3

 Syracuse, NY
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Joined August 2011
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Very excited today is publication day w/ @VersoBooks Get it here: versobooks.com/books/3973-cl…
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"My being a democratic socialist means that housing, health care and education are human rights" syracuse.com/news/2026/10/lo…

Longshot GOP Assembly candidate hopes to win over CNY Democrats who don’t like socialism

Democrat Mo Brown faces Republican Shawn Fiato in the 129th District.

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Happy to be included in @jacobinmag_de print on the socialization of agriculture!
Jacobin Magazin@jacobinmag_deOct 23
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@Matthuber78 erklärt, warum kein Sozialismus ohne industrielle Landwirtschaft und internationale Lieferketten auskommen wird. jacobin.de/regional-bio-klei…
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Regional ist nicht die Rettung

Eine Zukunft, in der regionale Kleinbauern uns mit ökologischen Lebensmitteln versorgen, scheint idyllisch, könnte aber die Weltbevölkerung nicht ernähren. Agroindustrie und internationale Lieferke...

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So if you want to understand capitalism, you need to be talking to small business owners, portfolio managers, and Marxists. Nobody else can really talk about it with any substance.
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NEW ODD LOTS: Jacobin founder @sunraysunray tells me and @tracyalloway that after the socialists take over, we don’t have to worry. Markets will still have a major role to play in the economy open.spotify.com/episode/1cv…

Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under Socialism

Odd Lots · Episode

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“I don’t have your money, it’s at Claude’s house!”
Madison Mills
@MadisonMills22Oct 22
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios. The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios. Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said. Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior. Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…

Scoop: Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accounts

Banks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and others are racing to contain agent risks.

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“Jobs Not Bombs.” The left needs to target the military state to fund jobs, public infrastructure, health care, schools and much else. Spot on.
Damage Magazine@damagemagOct 21
Vivek Chibber on the end of US empire, the likelihood of a second Cold War, and the opportunities that imperial decline presents for the American Left OUT TODAY damagemag.com/p/vivek-chibbe…

Vivek Chibber: American Empire Is in Irreversible Decline

Vivek Chibber on the end of US empire, the likelihood of a second Cold War, and the opportunities that imperial decline presents for the American Left

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Loren Balhorn@fraubalhornOct 21
Unsere neue Ausgabe ist gedruckt und wird in den nächsten Tagen zugeschickt – online gibt es die ab Freitag zu lesen. Diesmal geht es um meine Lieblingsbeschäftigung: Essen, und alles was das damit zu tun hat. Mit Beiträgen von @Matthuber78, @_RajPatel, Özge Inan und viel mehr!
Jacobin Magazin@jacobinmag_deOct 21
Mit den steigenden Lebensmittelpreisen kehrt die Brot-und-Butter-Politik im großen Stil zurück. Unsere neue Ausgabe fragt, wem unser Lebensmittelsystem dient – und warum es trotz ausreichender Nahrung so schwer ist, alle satt zu bekommen.
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Hey this is tomorrow! Tentative title for my talk is "Public Power as Public Utility" 👩‍🔧⚡️🔋🧑‍🔧
SAPE@SAPEtalksOct 20
🔥TOMORROW🔥 🔌 Energy and Food: Towards public ownership and re-organising production 🌽 We have @graceblakeley, @Matthuber78, and Harry Konstantinidis on the panel, chaired by @C_Lapavitsas ⏰ 6pm (UK) / 1pm (NY) / 12pm (OK) Join us on Zoom 👉🏽 bit.ly/4zIzbon
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Free @BenBurgis
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I show this clip in my capitalism class every year to illustrate relative surplus value via the division of labor. An amazing/hilarious performance by Riehle. RIP.
Blind Mike
@BlindMike_Oct 19
RIP Richard Riehle. This is probably my favorite scene in Office Space
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Paul Prescod@paul_prescodOct 17
It's here! A deep dive on how A. Philip Randolph won black communities over to trade unionism and laid the foundations for the modern civil rights movement. Order from @orbooks today! orbooks.com/catalog/against-…
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Ted Reese@GrossmaniteOct 17
The per day cost of hiring a supertanker to ship oil before the war on Iran was $30k (having come down from 250k during the pandemic). Now it's $1.2m And it has to be hired for twice as long to travel much longer distances The shipping price is up from $3 a barrel to $26
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Kevin Pranis@KevinPranisOct 17
Great time talking about workforce and responsible data center development w/@MarshallGenzer for @Marketplace on behalf of @LIUNAMinnesota. The challenges aren't unique -- we hear similar objections to factories, housing, transmission, solar/wind, etc. 1/ marketplace.org/story/2026/1…

What's at stake in Minnesota's data center debate

Hyperscaler data centers are relatively new in Minnesota. They’ve sparked a backlash and have become an issue in the midterm elections.

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Interesting problem: efforts to reduce fossil demand lower prices, creating more consumption/emissions *elsewhere*. Efforts to restrict supply yields higher prices, profits, & fossil investment ("carbon lock-in"). So, neither is a substitute for massive clean energy buildout.
Robinson Meyer
@robinsonmeyerOct 16
New podcast: SHOULD CLIMATE ACTIVISTS KEEP FIGHTING FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE? Few researchers have been as influential in the fight against fossil fuel infrastructure as @SEI_Erickson. His analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline was used by the Obama admin, and he’s a frequent expert witness against key projects. But recently his research has started to warn against a counterintuitive side effect of constraining oil production: It can actually enrich the fossil fuel industry by transferring wealth from consumers to producers. This wealth transfer can be enormous — and much larger than the price of an averted barrel. Earlier this week, I sat down with him to discuss this shift in his work, why fossil fuel supply remains important, and what it all means for the future of climate policy. Listen at Heatmap: heatmap.news/podcast/shift-k… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3HX… Apple: open.spotify.com/episode/3HX…

Should Climate Activists Keep Fighting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure?

Rob talks with Peter Erickson, an affiliated researcher at the Stockholm Environment Institute

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See also nonsite.org/triumph-of-capit…

Triumph of Capital, Crisis of Democracy

We argue that Trumpism arose from a political and social crisis generated by the success of accumulation. This crisis resulted not from the decline of capitalism or the exhaustion of accumulation b…

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A great essay. Steve and Scott are ably building off and expanding Panitch and Gindin's unique and impt theory of imperialism.
Steve Maher@SteveMaher18Oct 15
In our article, "Structural Power Amid Political Weakness," we argue that the crisis of American empire stems not from the decline of US capitalism but from its strength. The dollar remains dominant, US MNCs remain profitable, yet the state struggles to legitimate its power. (1/)
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Gareth@g_f_redOct 15
Wrote a book review/essay for @antipodeonline on the US electricity system, risk, time and power. Review brings together Nikki Luke's 'Electric Life' and @electricgeog 'Brokers of Power' - both must reads for anyone interested in electricity! antipodeonline.org/2026/10/1…

Brokers of Power: The Financialization of the US Electricity System & Electric Life: Utility...

Gareth Fearn (University of Oxford) on Conor Harrison’s Brokers of Power: The Financialization of the US Electricity System & Nikki Luke’s Electric Life: Utility Regulation and the Fight for Energy...

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Aaron Rupar
@atruparOct 14
QUINTANILLA: Real average hourly earnings down 0.7% on the month. That's the sixth straight month CRAMER: Look, rich people are making a lot of money. God, I sound like Marx. I really don't want to sound like Marx. It's just, I'm looking at the data
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I read this in print last night (subscribe!) and it is indeed a very good/useful piece in understanding US economic empire and the role of the dollar.
New Left EViews
@NewLeftEViewsOct 10
Just a reminder that I have a feature essay in the latest Jacobin issue (except below). It's a very good issue and worth subscribing for: jacobin.com/subscribe
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