drjanehayward.bsky.social
Lecturer in China and Global Affairs, Lau China Institute, King’s College London. Researching China’s agrarian question and related urban transformations.
👤 Joined on 16 November 2024
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@drjanehayward.bsky.socialA letter to Marx about Xiao Wu "Everything Xiao Wu said, you've said before. But your words are written in the preamble of our Constitution.” On the other hand, Xiao Wu was disappeared
Show PostThurs: Join @versobooks.bsky.social for "Hundred Flowers Launch Event", a new book series on China's past, present & future. W/ @elifriedman.bsky.social @letahongfincher.bsky.social Weixiang Chen & Teemu Ruskola. In NYC Fri: Trif Trans Bar at @newbloommag.net's Daybreak in Taipei. 10/
Show PostThere’s a really unpleasant 2018 feeling to all this: very serious problems incoming imminently, very nasty far right wing figures waiting to profit when the government fucks up, and it looks like our political/media class is back in full Fuck it, my hate for these Commies is all that matters mode.
Show PostWould a better form of that motion have been better? Sure! But I don’t think it would’ve had different consequences. There’s no version of Britain where we get a more reasonable discussion about the plight of the Palestinians. The entire point is to never look at that, except as a sad inevitability.
Show PostI do think one of the guests has a good point about being lectured on racism against her own religion. I think that point would be considerably stronger if the entire media class had not just spent two weeks doing exactly the same shit to the Green Party leader and others, in a much nastier manner.
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