Matt Huber
@matthuber.bsky.social
Geographer, Lifeblood (2013) @UMinnPress, Climate Change as Class War (2022) @VersoBooks https://www.versobooks.com/books/3973-climate-change-as-class-war
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@matthuber.bsky.social
· May 20
My book has been 'out of stock' for months on Verso's site, but I'm happy to report it's back up! www.versobooks.com/products/775...
I'm having so much fun this morning writing an ordinary book review, but I also have the sinking feeling I'm like a handloom weaver in the early 19th Century.
September 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I'm having so much fun this morning writing an ordinary book review, but I also have the sinking feeling I'm like a handloom weaver in the early 19th Century.
I'm late to this, but this is simply an incredible way to open an essay. 🔥
September 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I'm late to this, but this is simply an incredible way to open an essay. 🔥
Marx: "Capital therefore has an immanent drive, and a constant tendency tendency, towards increasing the productivity of labour, in order to cheapen commodities and, by cheapening commodities, to cheapen the worker himself."
Seems relevant.
Seems relevant.
September 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Marx: "Capital therefore has an immanent drive, and a constant tendency tendency, towards increasing the productivity of labour, in order to cheapen commodities and, by cheapening commodities, to cheapen the worker himself."
Seems relevant.
Seems relevant.
So hey I've spent much of the last 2.5 years thinking about ecology & imperialism. It has resulted in a massive essay (I'm still revising), but was happy @jacobin allowed me to lay out some of the core ideas in this interview in the new issue!
September 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
So hey I've spent much of the last 2.5 years thinking about ecology & imperialism. It has resulted in a massive essay (I'm still revising), but was happy @jacobin allowed me to lay out some of the core ideas in this interview in the new issue!
Earlier this summer at the SASE conference, I was happy to present a new essay I've been working on for the forthcoming Socialist Register volume:
"After the Climate Movement: Against Movementism and Toward a Working Class Strategy." (see video below) youtu.be/HuvxGOaADLc?...
"After the Climate Movement: Against Movementism and Toward a Working Class Strategy." (see video below) youtu.be/HuvxGOaADLc?...
September 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Earlier this summer at the SASE conference, I was happy to present a new essay I've been working on for the forthcoming Socialist Register volume:
"After the Climate Movement: Against Movementism and Toward a Working Class Strategy." (see video below) youtu.be/HuvxGOaADLc?...
"After the Climate Movement: Against Movementism and Toward a Working Class Strategy." (see video below) youtu.be/HuvxGOaADLc?...
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Comenzando "El Futuro de la Revolución", de @matthuber.bsky.social, con una edición muy cuidada de @erratanaturae.bsky.social, el día que leo que la ONU reconoce que los esfuerzos por frenar el cambio climático han fracasado y que vamos de cabeza a una catástrofe ambiental. Maravillosa sociedad.
September 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Comenzando "El Futuro de la Revolución", de @matthuber.bsky.social, con una edición muy cuidada de @erratanaturae.bsky.social, el día que leo que la ONU reconoce que los esfuerzos por frenar el cambio climático han fracasado y que vamos de cabeza a una catástrofe ambiental. Maravillosa sociedad.
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My latest book review looks at @matthuber.bsky.social's book "Climate Change as Class War". It's quite a critical engagement, but it's a book that I nonetheless found a stimulating read as we watch fossil fuel capitalism destroy our planet. resolutereader.blogspot.com/2026/08/matt...
Matthew T. Huber - Climate Change as Class War
I write this review the day news reaches us of a horrific tragedy in Nepal. Hundreds if not thousands of people have been killed by a glaci...
resolutereader.blogspot.com
August 27, 2026 at 5:47 PM
My latest book review looks at @matthuber.bsky.social's book "Climate Change as Class War". It's quite a critical engagement, but it's a book that I nonetheless found a stimulating read as we watch fossil fuel capitalism destroy our planet. resolutereader.blogspot.com/2026/08/matt...
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Penguin has a page up for my new book, coming Feb 2027, HOUSE SOCIETY
The epigraph is from Kenneth T. Jackson's famous "Crabgrass Frontier": "... no society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its members"
The book is an exploration and affirmation of that thesis!
The epigraph is from Kenneth T. Jackson's famous "Crabgrass Frontier": "... no society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its members"
The book is an exploration and affirmation of that thesis!
House Society
The world is in the midst of a deep and worsening housing crisis. It has caused rents to soar in Britain, millions to protest in Spain, and a government to collapse in Sweden. Under a global ideology ...
www.penguin.co.uk
August 21, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Penguin has a page up for my new book, coming Feb 2027, HOUSE SOCIETY
The epigraph is from Kenneth T. Jackson's famous "Crabgrass Frontier": "... no society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its members"
The book is an exploration and affirmation of that thesis!
The epigraph is from Kenneth T. Jackson's famous "Crabgrass Frontier": "... no society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its members"
The book is an exploration and affirmation of that thesis!
Really fascinating look into how the new "reform caucus" in the IBEW (CREW - The Caucus of Rank & File Electricians) organized members to use a strike threat to win big in a contract fight. labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
Texas Electricians Open Up Negotiations and Win Big
The building trades can be a tough place for union reformers. Union business is typically conducted behind the scenes, with little involvement from members, while the bosses stall and derail negotiati...
labornotes.org
August 10, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Really fascinating look into how the new "reform caucus" in the IBEW (CREW - The Caucus of Rank & File Electricians) organized members to use a strike threat to win big in a contract fight. labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
“Mr. Poindexter insisted that he was ‘not running to carry the flag for the Democratic Party.’
‘I am literally fighting for workers,’ he said.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...
‘I am literally fighting for workers,’ he said.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...
Amid Abuse Claims Against Max Miller, This Democrat Thinks He Can Win His Seat
Brian Poindexter, an ironworker, is in the spotlight in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District, where Mr. Miller faces multiple calls to step aside.
www.nytimes.com
August 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
“Mr. Poindexter insisted that he was ‘not running to carry the flag for the Democratic Party.’
‘I am literally fighting for workers,’ he said.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...
‘I am literally fighting for workers,’ he said.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...
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August 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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A follow up post on the write up of the report (follow the QPs). I have to say it's amazing that in the year of our lord 2026, the Marxist definition of the working-class is a subject of great debate in mainstream discourse.
matthuber.substack.com/p/who-is-in-...
matthuber.substack.com/p/who-is-in-...
August 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
A follow up post on the write up of the report (follow the QPs). I have to say it's amazing that in the year of our lord 2026, the Marxist definition of the working-class is a subject of great debate in mainstream discourse.
matthuber.substack.com/p/who-is-in-...
matthuber.substack.com/p/who-is-in-...
A follow up post on the write up of the report (follow the QPs). I have to say it's amazing that in the year of our lord 2026, the Marxist definition of the working-class is a subject of great debate in mainstream discourse.
matthuber.substack.com/p/who-is-in-...
matthuber.substack.com/p/who-is-in-...
August 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
A follow up post on the write up of the report (follow the QPs). I have to say it's amazing that in the year of our lord 2026, the Marxist definition of the working-class is a subject of great debate in mainstream discourse.
matthuber.substack.com/p/who-is-in-...
matthuber.substack.com/p/who-is-in-...
August 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I will write more when this is publicly available, but so distressing to read neo-Malthusian analysis in a Marxist journal.
Argues zero-sum mercantilism is rational in a "full world" reaching biophysical limits (a concept from neo-Malthusian Herman Daly...JB Foster also uses).
Argues zero-sum mercantilism is rational in a "full world" reaching biophysical limits (a concept from neo-Malthusian Herman Daly...JB Foster also uses).
August 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I will write more when this is publicly available, but so distressing to read neo-Malthusian analysis in a Marxist journal.
Argues zero-sum mercantilism is rational in a "full world" reaching biophysical limits (a concept from neo-Malthusian Herman Daly...JB Foster also uses).
Argues zero-sum mercantilism is rational in a "full world" reaching biophysical limits (a concept from neo-Malthusian Herman Daly...JB Foster also uses).
This basic idea shapes so much of my thinking on electricity. clcouncil.org/publications...
August 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
This basic idea shapes so much of my thinking on electricity. clcouncil.org/publications...
Must read by @fredstaffordcs.bsky.social on how a naive “just build transmission” policy could unwittingly enrich private renewables & their corporate tech buyers.
Also lays out a practical historical example of the Pacific intertie that works w/ not against the public utility system.
Also lays out a practical historical example of the Pacific intertie that works w/ not against the public utility system.
August 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Must read by @fredstaffordcs.bsky.social on how a naive “just build transmission” policy could unwittingly enrich private renewables & their corporate tech buyers.
Also lays out a practical historical example of the Pacific intertie that works w/ not against the public utility system.
Also lays out a practical historical example of the Pacific intertie that works w/ not against the public utility system.
Validating new report from Joan Williams & Jared Abbott:
"Liberal college grads run 29 pts more supportive of climate change initiatives than working-class respondents—the 4th-largest class gap we found (87% vs. 58%)...[WC] ranked [it] as only their 27th priority (out of 30)."
"Liberal college grads run 29 pts more supportive of climate change initiatives than working-class respondents—the 4th-largest class gap we found (87% vs. 58%)...[WC] ranked [it] as only their 27th priority (out of 30)."
July 30, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Validating new report from Joan Williams & Jared Abbott:
"Liberal college grads run 29 pts more supportive of climate change initiatives than working-class respondents—the 4th-largest class gap we found (87% vs. 58%)...[WC] ranked [it] as only their 27th priority (out of 30)."
"Liberal college grads run 29 pts more supportive of climate change initiatives than working-class respondents—the 4th-largest class gap we found (87% vs. 58%)...[WC] ranked [it] as only their 27th priority (out of 30)."
Apropos of nothing, this is one of my absolute favorite passages from Capital:
“When the worker co-operates in a planned way with others, he strips off the fetters of his individuality, and develops the capabilities of his species.” 🔥
“When the worker co-operates in a planned way with others, he strips off the fetters of his individuality, and develops the capabilities of his species.” 🔥
July 24, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Apropos of nothing, this is one of my absolute favorite passages from Capital:
“When the worker co-operates in a planned way with others, he strips off the fetters of his individuality, and develops the capabilities of his species.” 🔥
“When the worker co-operates in a planned way with others, he strips off the fetters of his individuality, and develops the capabilities of his species.” 🔥
Yes the working class is broad and heterogenous, but we should be especially concerned with the specific portions shifting toward the right.
July 17, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Yes the working class is broad and heterogenous, but we should be especially concerned with the specific portions shifting toward the right.
Thanks to @jacobinmag.bsky.social for publishing a revised version of this:
jacobin.com/2026/07/gree...
jacobin.com/2026/07/gree...
July 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Thanks to @jacobinmag.bsky.social for publishing a revised version of this:
jacobin.com/2026/07/gree...
jacobin.com/2026/07/gree...
“The U.S. Treasury receives the revenue from most of Venezuela’s exports, then disburses it…through the country’s banking system, a relationship akin to parents handing out allowances…Mr. Rubio and his team set the conditions on what that money can be spent on, and by whom.”
How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela From Afar
The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in th...
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM
“The U.S. Treasury receives the revenue from most of Venezuela’s exports, then disburses it…through the country’s banking system, a relationship akin to parents handing out allowances…Mr. Rubio and his team set the conditions on what that money can be spent on, and by whom.”
I should say it’s on the concept of ‘green capital’ which I don’t think is very helpful for the Left.
Did a 🧵 over at the other place which would be too cumbersome to reproduce here but I hope you will check it out here: x.com/threadreader...
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@Matthuber78 @Matthuber78 Hallo, the unroll you asked for: https://t.co/hTayy20wuv Have a good day. 🤖
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July 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I should say it’s on the concept of ‘green capital’ which I don’t think is very helpful for the Left.
Did a 🧵 over at the other place which would be too cumbersome to reproduce here but I hope you will check it out here: x.com/threadreader...
Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) on X
@Matthuber78 @Matthuber78 Hallo, the unroll you asked for: https://t.co/hTayy20wuv Have a good day. 🤖
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July 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Did a 🧵 over at the other place which would be too cumbersome to reproduce here but I hope you will check it out here: x.com/threadreader...