Omari
@oaverettephillips.bsky.social
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PhD candidate in History & African American Studies at UC Davis; MA in History; 19th-century working-class history; Managing Editor @cliocontemporary.bsky.social; Lecturer at CSU, Chico; Host - New Books in African American Studies; Labor Organizer
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oaverettephillips.bsky.social
An intro:

Hey everyone! I’m Omari, a history PhD student at UC Davis. My work focuses on class consciousness as seen through interracial labor organizing in the US south during the late 19th and 20th century.

Big critic of capitalism and neoliberalism. Big fan of solidarity.
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harikunzru.bsky.social
I am advocating for you to be killed but I am using my inside voice you must debate me this is called democracy
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mark-bray.bsky.social
I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.
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inthesetimes.com
Two years have passed since Israel began its total genocidal assault on Gaza.

As politicians rebrand mass starvation as a “humanitarian crisis,” @alfatau.bsky.social exposes how this language hides genocide, shielding them from accountability in Palestine.

inthesetimes.com/article/cent...
How to Hide a Genocide
Naming Gaza's mounting famine a humanitarian crisis rather than a facet of genocide allows Western powers to continue their unshakable alliance with Israel and their rejection of all efforts to hold i...
inthesetimes.com
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karnythia.bsky.social
You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state
motherjones.com
Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
www.motherjones.com
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adapalmer.bsky.social
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
oaverettephillips.bsky.social
And then allow ICE to have a major presence due to said Super Bowl performers' comments about them.
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nataschaelena.bsky.social
Attacks on working people are growing at a dizzying pace. But we have a key point of leverage: The billionaire class depends on our labor.

@labornotes.bsky.social has just released a new resource on May Day 2028 filled with contract alignment FAQ's and resources. www.may2028.org
May Day 2028 - MAY 2028
CONTACT US Resource Library Ready to take action? Working towards alignment in your local? We’ve compiled sample resolution language, organizing tips from people who have done it, and other resources....
www.may2028.org
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thigbie.bsky.social
It’s official! We’re launching the UCLA Department of Labor Studies. After years of building as a small but mighty “program,” Labor Studies has been elevated to departmental status. We’re the first but hopefully not the last of our kind in the UC system.
uclairle.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce that UCLA Labor Studies is now officially a department!🎉

The UCLA Labor Studies Department is the first of its kind at the UC

Read more about this historic development here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/09/25/u...
RELEASE– Historic first: UCLA launches Labor Studies Department
UCLA Labor Studies undergraduate major and minor will expand as a new academic department
irle.ucla.edu
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thewaroncars.bsky.social
If you live in California, call the governor's office and tell him to sign SB 79 into law.

916-445-2841
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A bunch of toxic LA NIMBYs are whining about SB 79, the amazing housing bill the CA legislature passed recently.

It's on the governor's desk, and reportedly he's getting cold feet. Hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, please have some spine on the most important issue in your state. Just sign it.
Homeowners denounce SB 79 vote - Beverly Press & Park Labrea News
Legislation awaits governor’s signature
beverlypress.com
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nhannahjones.bsky.social
My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated —like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
www.nytimes.com
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thenewthinker.bsky.social
eternal gratitude to Cuba for offering sanctuary and a home to some of our most cherished political heroes.

Rest in power Assata Shakur.
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pplscitycouncil.bsky.social
assata was the best of us. a revolutionary who was determined to be free by any means necessary. our north star forever and always. assata taught us that we will win our liberation and that the most important thing in the world for us is to struggle. rest in power assata shakur
Tweet from Tanisha long with pictures of Assata

“Assata Shakur joins the ancestors a free woman. She did not die bound by the carceral system and she did not pass away living in a land that never respected or accepted her.
Assata taught us that liberation can not be bargained for, it must be taken.
Rest Free, Assata.”
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hebagowayed.bsky.social
I’m so fucking tired of the argument that pro Palestine protesters only target Kamala. Literally every week since Oct 7 there are Palestine protests multiple times a week. Someone just interrupted Trump dinner. Watch videos of ICE protests in LA — tons of kuffiyehs. You’re just not watching.
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
Maybe he's selflessly selling his house to help personally finance the Olympics in case they go over budget
EXCLUSIVE: 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Chairman Casey Wasserman Lists Stanley
Kubrick-Inspired Home for $32.5 Million
BY CHARLIE LANKSTON
SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
A photo of Casey Wasserman is at the center in a LA28 track suit, with images of a stunning modern home hanging off a cliff with an infinity pool overlooking the LA basin
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lorennacleary.bsky.social
MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.
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adamkeiper.com
Absolutely amazing Grim Reaper vibes from Melania Trump in these pictures.
Two photos of Donald Trump with King Charles and Queen Camilla in Windsor Castle, as a staffer looks on, and a dark-silhouetted shape glowers under a wide-brimmed hat off to the side, apparently Melania Trump