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Arlene Stein
@ajoystein.bsky.social
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Sociologist thinking and writing about authoritarianism, democracy, LGBTQ issues, feminism. Author of The Stranger Next Door, Unbound, other books. Child of immigrants. Never Again for Anyone. #KnittyGrittyJC

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Arlene Stein is an American sociologist and author best known for her writing about sex and gender, the politics of identities, and collective memory. She is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University and former director of the Institute for Research on Women. Stein has also taught at the University of Essex and at the University of Oregon. .. more

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 4h
While young people “preferred to live in a democracy over a dictatorship by 57% to 27%”, only 35% said they would consider getting involved in organised politics.

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France is not alone in its political crisis – belief in a democratic world is vanishing | Simon Tisdall
The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fast, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 2d
Just hit 50 verified #NOKINGS events in #NJ !

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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5d
Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 6d
There are only two paths out of our current situation, and we must take both.

The first is a national uprising of the American people that forces Trump’s enablers to recognize that they [will] lose by supporting him.

The second path is to vote in overwhelming numbers in 2026.

Robert Hubbell
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 6d
A sad day for American culture.

Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 9d
When it comes to our own history of far-right movements, Americans have an exceedingly short memory. My latest.

@sas.rutgers.edu

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Sociologist Explores a Dark Moment in 1930s America and Asks: 'Why did we Forget?'
Rutgers sociologist Arlene Stein explores a pro-Nazi movement that operated openly in 1930s America and questions why such groups so easily slipped from public memory.
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 11d
No citizen who simply settles for being a consumer of democracy should expect to have a real democracy ever again.

When Silence Is the Only Logical Choice, Are We Really Free? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Opinion | When Silence Is the Only Logical Choice, Are We Really Free?
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 11d
Hypocrites.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11d
"Under pressure from Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and prominent right-wing activists in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Anti-Defamation League is removing from its website the Glossary of Extremism and Hate, one of the organization’s signature anti-hate resources."
ADL deletes Glossary of Extremism under pressure from conservatives over Charlie Kirk entry
The organization stands by a separate resource that describes Kirk’s Turning Point USA’s ties to ‘extremists’
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11d
"Under pressure from Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and prominent right-wing activists in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Anti-Defamation League is removing from its website the Glossary of Extremism and Hate, one of the organization’s signature anti-hate resources."
ADL deletes Glossary of Extremism under pressure from conservatives over Charlie Kirk entry
The organization stands by a separate resource that describes Kirk’s Turning Point USA’s ties to ‘extremists’
jewishinsider.com
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 13d
Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 14d
I-70 in Western #Maryland
#VisibilityBrigade
Letters on overpass spelling out: Speak Up Democracy Needs You Now
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 14d
The smartest piece you will read about Kirk.

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 15d
“I was working on my Kafka manuscript, and then the Kafkaesque interrupted me,” Professor Judith Butler said.

Give In or Fight Back? Colleges Are Torn on How to Respond to Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...
Give In or Fight Back? Colleges Are Torn on How to Respond to Trump.
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 15d
These are the faces and stories of some of the dedicated Federal employees who Trump forced out of their jobs. We will all pay the price.

Who Left the Federal Workforce www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Former Federal Workers on the Cost of Trump's Cuts
The New York Times photographed and interviewed two dozen former federal workers from across the country to get a sense of what they left behind and what they face next.
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 16d
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
Why Corporate America Is Caving to Trump
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 17d
The simple truth is that never before in our history have so few had so much wealth and power while so many live in economic desperation.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The American system is badly broken | Bernie Sanders
What we are witnessing right now is the rise of two Americas. One for the billionaire class. And one for everybody else
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17d
The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19d
Last night in LA…

Nightmare fuel on a freeway wall.
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The Notorious R.O.D. @frankr0d.bsky.social · 19d
What I'm wearing to the rapture.
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 20d
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From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 21d
Brilliant, harrowing read.

Look at This Country and I See a Stranger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 21d
@NYT caves to pressure, producing this total fluff piece

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/u...
For Erika Kirk, a Husband’s Life Cut Short by Violence He Seemed to Foresee
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 21d
More, please!

California Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in the State www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
California Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in the State
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 21d
@repbonnie.bsky.social calls for the resignation of Homan and an investigation into his relationship with the GEO group.
Watson-Coleman calls for Homan's resignation and investigation into his ties with private prison company the GEO Group.
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 22d
The far right is everybody’s problem

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Sarah Akinterinwa on the privilege of being able to ignore the British far right – cartoon
Last weekend saw the biggest ever march by the far right in London
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 22d
“This is how the mob operates when it demands protection money. It’s not how the laws of a country are administered.”

Trump Says the U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for Skilled Worker Visas www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
Trump Says the U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for Skilled Worker Visas
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Magdalena @csibike1.bsky.social · 22d
What does it take to wake up people to the blatant tyranny?
Anyone in the UK voting for Reform, ie Farage & disciples Tommy etc see where electing a right wing liar leads!Democracy is dying. No checks and balances. Tyrants respect no law, no human rights, have no human compassion, just power hungry
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 23d
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him | Jonathan Freedland
It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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