Books Not Bombs written in Ferlinghettiโs handwriting
Books Not Bombs in Ferlinghettiโs handwriting via City Lights books
Art: "War is not healthy for children and other living things."
Lorraine Schneider, 1967.
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!
For decades, scholars have argued educationโs hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they justโฆ.tweeted it out
@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.
Timely resource for anyone working or funding civil society organizations right now:
buildingmovement.org/blog/faq-non...
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.
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...
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.
With the deliberate overwhelm of terrible news today, I find myself seeking out Audrey Lordeโs work. Revisiting her words is good for the soul.
www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
If youโre in the US and youโd 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.
A bill that would "empower the secretary of the Treasury to designate any nonprofit as a โterrorist 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...
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? ๐๏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...