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Researcher, writer, activist | Critical theory, pedagogy & practice | Corporations are not people too

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The Radical Power of a Bookstore: On Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights I discovered City Lights Bookstore in 1983. I was a high school sophomore in east Los Angeles on a campus so diverse that you would be just as likely to hear kids speaking Spanish or Vietnamese as โ€ฆ

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01.03.2026 01:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Books Not Bombs written in Ferlinghettiโ€™s handwriting

Books Not Bombs written in Ferlinghettiโ€™s handwriting

Books Not Bombs in Ferlinghettiโ€™s handwriting via City Lights books

01.03.2026 01:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Art: "War is not healthy for children and other living things."

Art: "War is not healthy for children and other living things."

Lorraine Schneider, 1967.

28.02.2026 14:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 939 ๐Ÿ” 347 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
A vibrant, wide-angle photo of a colorful outdoor mural promoting the "Super Bowl LX Apple Music Halftime Show." The mural is painted on a long blue wall in a sunlit, tropical setting with real palm trees and bright pink bougainvillea flowers cascading over the top.

The artwork features a playful, surreal collage of cultural and football-themed elements:

    Central Text: The Apple Music logo in bold yellow and red 3D lettering is flanked by "SUPER BOWL LX" above and "HALFTIME SHOW" below.

    Iconic Imagery: Large illustrations of a golden trumpet, pink sunglasses, maracas, dominoes, and a cup of coffee with a musical note in the foam.

    Football Elements: Brown footballs are depicted growing on palm trees like coconuts and resting on the ground.

    Foreground: A young girl in a yellow dress walks along the sidewalk in front of the mural, passing a small goalpost illustration where a green parrot is perched.

The overall aesthetic is warm, festive, and celebrates a fusion of Latin-inspired culture and American football.

A vibrant, wide-angle photo of a colorful outdoor mural promoting the "Super Bowl LX Apple Music Halftime Show." The mural is painted on a long blue wall in a sunlit, tropical setting with real palm trees and bright pink bougainvillea flowers cascading over the top. The artwork features a playful, surreal collage of cultural and football-themed elements: Central Text: The Apple Music logo in bold yellow and red 3D lettering is flanked by "SUPER BOWL LX" above and "HALFTIME SHOW" below. Iconic Imagery: Large illustrations of a golden trumpet, pink sunglasses, maracas, dominoes, and a cup of coffee with a musical note in the foam. Football Elements: Brown footballs are depicted growing on palm trees like coconuts and resting on the ground. Foreground: A young girl in a yellow dress walks along the sidewalk in front of the mural, passing a small goalpost illustration where a green parrot is perched. The overall aesthetic is warm, festive, and celebrates a fusion of Latin-inspired culture and American football.

I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.

The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.

Follow along!

09.02.2026 17:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 3650 ๐Ÿ” 1317 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 69 ๐Ÿ“Œ 177

For decades, scholars have argued educationโ€™s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they justโ€ฆ.tweeted it out

20.11.2025 16:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 549 ๐Ÿ” 248 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate "We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."

@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.

13.06.2025 13:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1090 ๐Ÿ” 609 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27 ๐Ÿ“Œ 72
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FAQ: Nonprofits in the New Landscape - Building Movement The Trump Administration has issued a number of executive orders and memoranda on a range of issues such as immigration, DEI, the federal workforce, and funding for non-governmental organizations. For...

Timely resource for anyone working or funding civil society organizations right now:

buildingmovement.org/blog/faq-non...

13.03.2025 19:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archivesโ€” books, museums, databases, &cโ€” because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world.

And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.

19.02.2025 20:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2945 ๐Ÿ” 1246 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
Left Organizing Is in Crisis. Philanthropy Is a Major Reason Why.

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13.02.2025 22:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Nature of Our Power: A Conversation with Political Scientist Erica Chenoweth "Theย best studyย on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really canโ€™t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democr...

An effective strategy combines resistance methods to advance the pro-democratic agenda, spells out a positive and optimistic vision, is disciplined and resilient, and mobilizes mass protests or strikes for tangible leverage.

meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...

09.02.2025 19:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is why Congressional Democrats should be breaking down the doors of whatever facility manages payments and seizing control of the federal treasury because people are going to die as a result of the budget they passed and the money they allocated not being distributed according to the law.

03.02.2025 04:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2340 ๐Ÿ” 715 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40 ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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(1982) Audre Lorde, "Learning from the 60s" โ€ข In February, 1982, Audre Lorde delivered the address, โ€œLearning from the 60sโ€ as part of the celebration of the Malcolm X weekend at Harvard University.ย  Her presentation appears below. online pharmac...

With the deliberate overwhelm of terrible news today, I find myself seeking out Audrey Lordeโ€™s work. Revisiting her words is good for the soul.

www.blackpast.org/african-amer...

28.01.2025 23:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
USAspending.gov

If youโ€™re in the US and youโ€™d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov

And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

They need to hear from you.

28.01.2025 04:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 5661 ๐Ÿ” 3398 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 144 ๐Ÿ“Œ 131
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House GOP Moves to Ram Through Bill That Gives Trump Unilateral Power to Kill Nonprofits A bill to give Donald Trump power to kill nonprofits is still supported by dozens of Democrats โ€” giving the GOP plenty of breathing room.

A bill that would "empower the secretary of the Treasury to designate any nonprofit as a โ€œterrorist supporting organizationโ€ and revoke its tax-exempt status" was voted down in the House, but may still be pushed through with help from Democrats. theintercept.com/2024/11/15/n...

16.11.2024 18:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 58 ๐Ÿ” 22 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Mastery and Drift A revelatory look at modern liberalismโ€™s historical evolution and enduring impact on contemporary politics and society.ย  ย  Since the 1960s, American liberalism and the Democratic Party have been rema...

We know a lot about the history of modern U.S. conservatism. Have we studied the history of modern liberalism w/ the same depth & creativity? ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ@brentcebul.bsky.social & @lilygeismer.bsky.social are on it w/ a new edited collection from @uchicagopress.bsky.social: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

15.11.2024 13:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 65 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free โ€œWhat keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. Itโ€™s what ordinary people have to do. You have to ...

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