Jørgen Eiken Magdahl

Human geographer and researcher. Social movements. Politics of labour. Activist.

[Jørgen Eiken Magdahl @JMagdahl]

I'm pleased to share my new paper. It tries to look at diffrent ways of approaching - and studying - social movement spatialities.

[RGS-IBG Higher Ed @RGS_IBGhe]

'The findings emphasise different contrasting epistemologies in the use of spatial concepts, which in turn can invite critical engagement.' - Jørgen Eiken Magdahl (University of Oslo) in recent #TIBG paper, now in Early View and #openaccess. https://t.co/iwxbi5RqZU

[𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 @OTPipers]

🚨(🔴)𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Manchester United have rejected a £90M bid for Benjamin Sesko from Barcelona. Manchester United wants £200M or Sesko stays beyond this summer!

[@marcca]

[Jørgen Eiken Magdahl @JMagdahl]

https://t.co/hdQHQB1A2S

[PSI – Public Services International ✊🌍🚩 @PSIglobalunion]

Solidarity pouring in from the other Global Union Federations following our join Council of Global Unions statement condemning Trump's massive attack on public sector union rights! ✊

@AFGENational
@SEIU
@AFSCME
@NationalNurses
@AFTunion

[Jørgen Eiken Magdahl @JMagdahl]

The neoliberal model behind Johannesburg’s failing water infrastructure. Giving the opportunity to plead poverty and neglect their infrastructure, because there isn’t “enough” money.
#PublicService
#corporatisation
#taxjustice

https://t.co/M704sWt3FA

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

New York city rises up for Mahmoud Khalil, leader of the pro-Palestine student rallies on Columbia university campus wrongly abducted by ICE

[Jørgen Eiken Magdahl @JMagdahl]

South Africans fought and won:
“We are from a poor community and we can’t keep up with this big (electricity price) hike. I am fighting...”
#Electricity
#SouthAfrica

https://t.co/flG48QahS2

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

May 2025 lead us to see the end of the Israeli Apartheid in Palestine. Everyone has a role to play in that, as workers, bureaucrats, consumers, voters, citizens. No one should rest until this monstruosity becomes the past.

[William Gumede @william_gumede]

Heart-breaking passing of my friend Prishani Naidoo, SWOP head, Wits. Feels like yesterday when we walked, talked, laughed about our lives, politics, health, around Zoo Lake. Ex-President, SA Univ. SRC. Did Poverty of Ideas book together. Rest in love. https://t.co/gDGuglPKQX

[Jørgen Eiken Magdahl @JMagdahl]

Inflation affects voting behavior and increases popular discontent. This study also shows that inflation has "a significant impact on the frequency of demonstrations and strikes against government policies"
#inflation
#costoflivingcrisis
@kielinstitute
https://t.co/LObcf5euab

[Jørgen Eiken Magdahl @JMagdahl]

General strike in Greece against the cost of living crisis and for public services

Low-income Greeks are forced to get by on a minimum wage of €900 a month in a country where prices are some of the highest in Europe
@EPSUnions
@savvaskarma
See: https://t.co/j70ETnpFNi

[Savvas Karmaniolas @savvaskarma]

Thousands take to the streets during a 24h general #strike in #Greece to protest low wages and government spending on public education and health, in which Greece stands well below the EU and OECD average.

[Antipode @antipodeonline]

"If we can't unionise at Amazon, we have no future": The film [co-directed by Antipode Foundation trustee Brett Story!] about the workers who took on Jeff Bezos and won https://t.co/fla5GBnEwO

[Jørgen Eiken Magdahl @JMagdahl]

Interesting new paper about the spatiality of popular politics on the urban margins, studying two Latin American cases
@samhalvorsen
@antipodeonline

[Stefan Kipfer @StefanKipfer1]

"Latin America currently sits at a crossroads, pivoting between attempts to revitalise the 21st century left and the resurgence of a new, populist right—a tendency that is being replicated worldwide in the current global conjuncture."

[Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon]

This is a key background paper to understanding US election outcomes (those affected by inflation overwhelmingly voted Trump):

-People perceive inflation as unambiguously negative.
-Partisan differences: Republicans voters are more likely to attribute inflation to govment policy

[Jørgen Eiken Magdahl @JMagdahl]

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[Verso Books @VersoBooks]

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[The Guardian @guardian]

Jews shut down the New York Stock Exchange to protest Israel. Here’s why | Elena Stein https://t.co/B7D3T5eiQE

[Workers in Palestine @WorkersinPales1]

Power to dockworkers at port Piraeus, Greece, who blocked a container carrying arms to Israel ✊🏾🇵🇸

We need more of this!

Workers action can restrain Israel’s genocidal war machine!

The time to act is NOW!

[Jørgen Eiken Magdahl @JMagdahl]

"Numerous reports... have said a (urban water services) system collapse is imminent, although Johannesburg Water has repeatedly denied this."
#WaterPolitics
#PublicServices
#Water
#WaterResource
#SouthAfrica

https://t.co/5TC9z1Lxzu

[ILRIG @ilrig]

PUBLIC LAUNCH OF ILRIG BOOKLET
A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF WATER PRIVATISATION & ANTI-PRIVATISATION STRUGGLES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Wednesday 17 July 20243, 3pm - 4.30pm
@ Imam Haroon Hall, Community House (41 Salt River Road, Salt River, Cape Town)
LIVE STREAMING WILL BE AVAILABLE