Christopher Newfield
@cnewf
Psychic life of culture, green political economy, critical university studies, knowledge-power struggles, epistemic justice.
“For the first time in two centuries, the West is no longer the leader in future technology, but the follower.” NEW: @kmac and I @phenomenalworld write about what the Chinese tech acceleration means for the world. Subscribe & read here: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/brics…
I missed the part where Labour cut the Office for Students by £100 million, targeting courses like nursing, while also cutting visas for NHS nurses timeshighereducation.com/news/some-univ…
Deeply concerning part of Columbia's capitulation to Trump: Foreign students arrested at protests can now be detained by ICE regardless of whether university admin's punish them. Significant escalation of efforts to chill speech & protest activity by non-citizen students.
I met with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, who was imprisoned for 104 days by the Trump administration for opposing Netanyahu’s illegal & horrific war in Gaza. Outrageous. We must not allow Trump to destroy the First Amendment & freedom to dissent.
I am deeply disappointed by reports of Columbia University’s outrageous and embarrassing $200 million capitulation to the Trump Administration’s repugnant extortion campaign. Let’s be clear: no investigation was ever conducted by the Department of Education’s Office of Civil…
So completely crazy - “The Metropolitan police said 55 people had been arrested in Parliament Square under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for displaying placards in support of Palestine Action.” theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…
“Socialism” is quickly becoming a synonym for “actually governing”’
The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets. So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
Witnesses to the Massacre . A painting by the Palestinian artist Saleh Al-Malhi, 1984 .
churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/… - train more peacemakers: it's cheaper and effective.
MODERATOR: Congressman @RoKhanna recently has been advocating for the Democratic Party to be the anti-war party ... is this an opportunity for Democrats to move more in that direction? SENATOR SHAHEEN: No.
It's weird that a big tent Democratic party wouldn't include the guy who just handily won the Democratic primary in the city with the most Democratic voters in America. #votersmatter
Is there room for a Zohran Mamdani and a Dean Phillips in the Democratic Party? "The answer ultimately I think is no," @DeanBPhillips tells me.
another reminder that Trump 2, for all his Republican normie elements athats @jbouie correctly describes, is the first to figure out how to crush the richest universities and not just the regional publics the Rs normally impoverish uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/07/straws…
Incredibley widespread hostility to British political parties
🚨 NEW | Just 18% of Brits would consider voting for a Corbyn-led left party, lowest of any party. 67% of Brits say they would NOT consider backing the hypothetical party, the worst ratings of any party. Via @YouGov, 6-7 July
A propos of nothing, a major throughline in the work of political theorist Mahmood Mamdani is that the modern imperial state is distinct from earlier empires in its desire not to eradicate difference, but to shape and define it, and then govern through those hierarchies.
Really excited for this collection! On renewing Marxist debates about 'exploitation' as a lens on the transformations of contemporary capitalism. Coming soon...
Ahead of the expected proscription of Palestine Action - the first time a protest group has been legally redefined as terrorist - I went through the Hansard of the 2000 Act they're being banned under. Turns out MPs were assured the law wouldn't be applied this way. Thread 🧵🔽
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-tea…