01 / Current
LATEST TEXT · Nlr/SIDECAR
STRANGLE–HOLD?
Analysis of the Cuban state at a critical strategic juncture, at the onset of heightened US hostility, between fossil-fuel dependence and a possible green energy sovereignty.
02 / Writing
writing
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Stranglehold?
On Cuba.
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Abject Gesture
Cuba and US policy.
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Unlearning Machines
AI and alienation.
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From Thick to Thin
On Lorraine Daston’s history of rules. https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii145/articles/rob-lucas-from-thick-to-thin
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Fossil Labour
Archaeology of the capitalocene.
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The Mojibake
How does a common web glitch reveal hidden class and inter-state conflicts?
03 / Events
Speaking
17
sept 2026
discussion
La fábrica de la cultura
Spanish-language discussion on left publishing, with other global left publishers.
READ Barcelona
08
aug 2026
talk
Electric Yam
On the role of means of communication in the Mongolian revolutionary moment and socialist state-building.
Steppe Socialism, Terelj, Mongolia
14
Nov 2025
talk
Infrastructural Weapon
The European “technological sovereignty” discourse placed in critical-historical perspective.
NYU Remarque Institute, NYC
18
mar 2025
talk
Network Counter-PoweR
The problem of technological sovereignty in Cuban history.
University of Havana
04 / About
This is the site of Rob Lucas, a writer and editor, mostly writing on the history and politics of science and technology.
I’m Publishing Director at New Left Review, where I’ve worked since the 2000s, and was one of the founders of Endnotes journal. This site gathers publications, talks and occasional notes, like an old-fashioned home page.