craigborowiak.bsky.social
@craigborowiak.bsky.social
Professor of political science. Solidarity economies, local and global. Philly. Community gardens. Democratic accountability. Interested in discard studies.
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Today (jan 7) is the official publication date for our new book!
SOLIDARITY CITIES: CONFRONTING RACIAL CAPITALISM, MAPPING TRANSFORMATION.
We are all smiles!
@mpavlovskaya.bsky.social, @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @uminnpress.bsky.social
SOLIDARITY CITIES: CONFRONTING RACIAL CAPITALISM, MAPPING TRANSFORMATION.
We are all smiles!
@mpavlovskaya.bsky.social, @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @uminnpress.bsky.social
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Every time I hear that this is “unskilled” labor…
Your Thanksgiving gravy tastes better when you use union mushrooms. Let's give a huge thanks to workers like "Adan" who harvest mushrooms for Monterey Mushrooms under a UFW contract. On an average day, he picks 240-280 of the blue baskets you see in this vid. #WeFeedYou
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Every time I hear that this is “unskilled” labor…
Maliha Safri gives wonderful analysis of Mamdani's policy agendas, showing how they build on successful solidarity economies from NYC's past and present! #solidaritycities. @msafri.bsky.social
Appraising Mamdani’s Five Key Policies — The Democracy Collaborative
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s policies are not only feasible, but could work to improve the lives of a majority of New Yorkers. And they have past precedent in the city, Professor Maliha Safri wr...
www.democracycollaborative.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Maliha Safri gives wonderful analysis of Mamdani's policy agendas, showing how they build on successful solidarity economies from NYC's past and present! #solidaritycities. @msafri.bsky.social
WHOA!
“A.I. companies represent roughly 75 percent of recent S&P 500 earnings growth, 80 percent of profits and 90 percent of capital expenditure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
“A.I. companies represent roughly 75 percent of recent S&P 500 earnings growth, 80 percent of profits and 90 percent of capital expenditure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
Opinion | It Is Trump’s Casino Economy Now. You’ll Probably Lose.
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
WHOA!
“A.I. companies represent roughly 75 percent of recent S&P 500 earnings growth, 80 percent of profits and 90 percent of capital expenditure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
“A.I. companies represent roughly 75 percent of recent S&P 500 earnings growth, 80 percent of profits and 90 percent of capital expenditure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
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“Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social
“Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social
Chartbook 413 The future of the world economy beyond globalization - or, thinking with soup.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of 1945.
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Love this!
“Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social
“Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social
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Grateful to Jay Cephas for a brief but incisive review of our book at Places. "Solidarity cites" collectively written by @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @craigborowiak.bsky.social, and myself. Published by @uminnpress.bsky.social.
placesjournal.org/article/book...
placesjournal.org/article/book...
Bookshelf: Summer 2025 | Book Reviews in Places Journal
A seasonal offering of brief reviews of recent books on architecture, landscapes, cities, and related subjects.
placesjournal.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Grateful to Jay Cephas for a brief but incisive review of our book at Places. "Solidarity cites" collectively written by @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @craigborowiak.bsky.social, and myself. Published by @uminnpress.bsky.social.
placesjournal.org/article/book...
placesjournal.org/article/book...
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Wrote about The Heritage Foundation's plan to weaponize the FBI against transgender people's existence, which includes banning me from saying that's what they're doing
Do Trans People Have A Right to Exist?
Or, My Life As An Ideology
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Wrote about The Heritage Foundation's plan to weaponize the FBI against transgender people's existence, which includes banning me from saying that's what they're doing
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September 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Feels more urgent than ever to support cities as bulwarks against the storm. Very excited to have this new podcast drop with me and coauthors about our #SolidarityCities book!
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social
New Books: Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation — Urban Affairs Review
Featuring Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Craig Borowiak, and Stephen Healy, authors of Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation , published by University of Minne...
www.urbanaffairsreview.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Feels more urgent than ever to support cities as bulwarks against the storm. Very excited to have this new podcast drop with me and coauthors about our #SolidarityCities book!
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social
in case you missed it, amid the chaos:
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
The Weekly Wrap: EPA Wants To Get Rid of Emissions Reporting for Industrial Polluters
DOT cuts funds for projects that don’t promote cars, California moves to pass SB 79, and more.
nextcity.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
in case you missed it, amid the chaos:
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
Hmm. Something is not quite right here.
August 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hmm. Something is not quite right here.
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Wrote about the most violent day in D.C.'s history, January 6, 2021, the current takeover of that city by the guy who instigated it, the right-wing snowflakes complaining they're afraid to walk down the street, and why the right fears and loathes cities (and lies about why). Bonus Epstein finale.
Trump’s DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy | Rebecca Solnit
Donald Trump is concocting a drama in DC because he would like us to really stop talking about the Epstein files
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wrote about the most violent day in D.C.'s history, January 6, 2021, the current takeover of that city by the guy who instigated it, the right-wing snowflakes complaining they're afraid to walk down the street, and why the right fears and loathes cities (and lies about why). Bonus Epstein finale.
Loving the Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC’s (CEANYC’s) beautiful new website! Educate, Train, Strengthen Connections, make economic matches. Doing it right. #solidaritycities #cooperatives #soludarityeconomy #resist&build
Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City
We forge a shared strategy and identity amongst community-led, democratically-controlled initiatives across NYC.
www.ceanyc.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Loving the Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC’s (CEANYC’s) beautiful new website! Educate, Train, Strengthen Connections, make economic matches. Doing it right. #solidaritycities #cooperatives #soludarityeconomy #resist&build
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One of Erdoğan's most successful innovations has been repeatedly firing state statisticians who report bad news - Turkey's economic figures have gained a lot.
President Trump is learning from a master.
President Trump is learning from a master.
August 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
One of Erdoğan's most successful innovations has been repeatedly firing state statisticians who report bad news - Turkey's economic figures have gained a lot.
President Trump is learning from a master.
President Trump is learning from a master.
Our book SOLIDARITY CITIES made the long list for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award.
It's exciting to be selected alongside these other cool books!
#solidaritycities @uminnpress.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social @stephenhealy87.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
It's exciting to be selected alongside these other cool books!
#solidaritycities @uminnpress.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social @stephenhealy87.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
10 Books for Urban Thinkers This Summer | Metropolis
The 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List
Books have the power to transform how cities are understood, governed, and experienced. The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities...
www.metropolis.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Our book SOLIDARITY CITIES made the long list for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award.
It's exciting to be selected alongside these other cool books!
#solidaritycities @uminnpress.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social @stephenhealy87.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
It's exciting to be selected alongside these other cool books!
#solidaritycities @uminnpress.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social @stephenhealy87.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social
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I love this video! Right to the point. #SolidarityCities
New primer video from The Conscious Citizens for explaining the solidarity economy- and amazing usage of the USSEN map we (me + @craigborowiak.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social & @stephenhealy72.bsky.social) helped develop! (at around the 1 minute mark)
What is the Solidarity Economy?
https://youtube.com/shorts/6TQZhHNBe74?si=3mzLVa7e-wM6XGlE From @theconciouscitizens and @raytrospectively, also on Instagram
ussen.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I love this video! Right to the point. #SolidarityCities
Will Bunch calling out the authoritarian game plan and the gross politicization of the US military. @willbunch.bsky.social
From Fort Bragg to L.A., Trump enlists the military in a slow-motion coup | Will Bunch
Trump’s abuse of the military to control civilians, as tanks roll into D.C., is where this was always heading.
share.inquirer.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Will Bunch calling out the authoritarian game plan and the gross politicization of the US military. @willbunch.bsky.social
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The plans to cut healthcare for millions of Americans to further enrich billionaires is still despicable even as Trump hopes to distract us with his escalation in LA.
June 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The plans to cut healthcare for millions of Americans to further enrich billionaires is still despicable even as Trump hopes to distract us with his escalation in LA.
Great insight in Adam Tooze's latest Chartbook. Where might the infighting between Trump, Musk, small businesses, and conservative lawyers be heading? Racist xenophobia. Anti-immigration is what holds the Republican coalition together. @adamtooze.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
Chartbook 388: Trump v. Musk - Alien v. Predator or "death march" into a political vacuum?
(Oh, and Mr Merz goes to Washington, too.)
open.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Great insight in Adam Tooze's latest Chartbook. Where might the infighting between Trump, Musk, small businesses, and conservative lawyers be heading? Racist xenophobia. Anti-immigration is what holds the Republican coalition together. @adamtooze.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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Tomorrow marks 5 years since George Floyd’s murder. I was skeptical then that protest and performative solidarity would lead to lasting change.
I share some thoughts in this @washingtonpost.com piece, alongside others reflecting on the moment: wapo.st/43DsEgq
I share some thoughts in this @washingtonpost.com piece, alongside others reflecting on the moment: wapo.st/43DsEgq
Much of the ‘racial reckoning’ efforts after Floyd’s murder never emerged
Hours into his second term, President Donald Trump started a campaign to dismantle DEI efforts, including those launched in response to George Floyd’s death.
wapo.st
May 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Tomorrow marks 5 years since George Floyd’s murder. I was skeptical then that protest and performative solidarity would lead to lasting change.
I share some thoughts in this @washingtonpost.com piece, alongside others reflecting on the moment: wapo.st/43DsEgq
I share some thoughts in this @washingtonpost.com piece, alongside others reflecting on the moment: wapo.st/43DsEgq
I know too many college students and we grads who are having difficulty finding work this summer. Maybe it’s the trump shock. But maybe it’s the AI Revolution. AI does the work that young grads do.
The AI jobs crisis is here, now
It's not coming, it has already arrived.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I know too many college students and we grads who are having difficulty finding work this summer. Maybe it’s the trump shock. But maybe it’s the AI Revolution. AI does the work that young grads do.
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New primer video from The Conscious Citizens for explaining the solidarity economy- and amazing usage of the USSEN map we (me + @craigborowiak.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social & @stephenhealy72.bsky.social) helped develop! (at around the 1 minute mark)
What is the Solidarity Economy?
https://youtube.com/shorts/6TQZhHNBe74?si=3mzLVa7e-wM6XGlE From @theconciouscitizens and @raytrospectively, also on Instagram
ussen.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New primer video from The Conscious Citizens for explaining the solidarity economy- and amazing usage of the USSEN map we (me + @craigborowiak.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social & @stephenhealy72.bsky.social) helped develop! (at around the 1 minute mark)
The republican panel investigating antisemitism has its own outrageous antisemitism problem. This political theater has to end.
Jewish faculty decry Republican panel members ahead of antisemitism hearing
Lawmakers on key committee have quoted Hitler and are associated with calls for Jews to convert to Christianity
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The republican panel investigating antisemitism has its own outrageous antisemitism problem. This political theater has to end.
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Thanks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for hosting a conversation about our book. All four authors participated! The podcast with Elena Sorbino was posted on April 29, 2025 newbooksnetwork.com/solidarity-c.... #SolidarityCities. @uminnpress.bsky.social.
Maliha Safri et al., "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation" (U of Minnesota Press, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Thanks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for hosting a conversation about our book. All four authors participated! The podcast with Elena Sorbino was posted on April 29, 2025 newbooksnetwork.com/solidarity-c.... #SolidarityCities. @uminnpress.bsky.social.