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David Calnitsky

@davidcalnitsky

Sociologist studying inequality, socialism, social theory, and lots else at University of Western Ontario users.ssc.wisc.edu/~dcalnits/

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"Marxist theories of the state have long recognized that, for capitalism to sustain itself, the state must act on behalf of capitalism as a system, not merely at the behest of individual capitalists." David Calnitsky on DOGE is a must read jacobin.com/2025/03/marxis…

Matt Karp 🌹🦏🇺🇸 (@karpmj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Remember the Harper's Letter? In light of the recent attacks on academic freedom—all carried out in the name of policing "perceived transgressions of speech" with regard to Israel—I wonder how many of my colleagues would sign it again. I know I would. harpers.org/a-letter-on-ju…

Remember the Harper's Letter? 

In light of the recent attacks on academic freedom—all carried out in the name of policing "perceived transgressions of speech" with regard to Israel—I wonder how many of my colleagues would sign it again. I  know I would.

harpers.org/a-letter-on-ju…
Juan Calderon 🇪🇨🇫🇷🇲🇽 (@juancalder) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Una teoría marxista para Musk -Por David Calnitsky (Revista Jacobin).- "Si la historia sirve de guía, esta no es una receta para profundizar en el capitalismo estadounidense sino una fórmula para su desmantelamiento." jacobinlat.com/2025/03/una-te…

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"A survivor from a massacre of Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in Gaza has said he saw Israeli troops open fire on a succession of Red Crescent ambulances and rescue vehicles and then use a bulldozer to bury the wreckage in a pit." theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

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“The government is seeking to deport Khalil solely for his constitutionally protected speech, a protection which applies to everyone in the United States. If the government succeeds, you could well be next.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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As a photojournalist living in Gaza, 25-year-old Fatima Hassouna spent the past 18 months of war documenting Israeli airstrikes. On Wednesday, an Israeli airstrike hit her home, killing her and ten members of her family, including her pregnant sister. theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

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(Continental philosopher): Without 5, we could not count to 6. (Me): Yes. (Continental philosopher): It could be said 6 is consequently in the 5-shadow, the forthcoming of 6 is 5-heralded, that 5 springs necessarily from the recapitulation of 6. (Me, checking my watch): Yes.

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Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

Yes. 

Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking.

Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
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We're pleased to announce that this year's BJS Prize has been awarded to David Calnitsky and Kaitlin Pauline Wannamaker for their paper "The revolution next door". Read the open access article in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/58lpaFf

We're pleased to announce that this year's BJS Prize has been awarded to <a href="/DavidCalnitsky/">David Calnitsky</a> and Kaitlin Pauline Wannamaker for their paper "The revolution next door".

Read the open access article in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/58lpaFf