Gabriel Winant
@gabrielwinant.bsky.social
Historian, opinions my own. Hand upon the dollar, eye upon the scale. He/him.
Pinned
More rigorous and clear than my initial entry
Today, Matthew Dimick argues that while antitrust may promise to tame corporate power, it leaves untouched the deeper logic of capitalism that compels production for profit’s sake.
The latest in our mini-series on Marxism and Antitrust.
The latest in our mini-series on Marxism and Antitrust.
Marx, Antitrust, and the Logic of Capital
Antitrust may promise to tame corporate power, but it leaves untouched the deeper logic of capitalism that compels production for profit's sake. In this sense, antitrust is not voluntarist enough…
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November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
More rigorous and clear than my initial entry
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And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.
Complicity of liberal institutions with the crackdown on student protest paved the way for the crisis of academia. To defend our work we must sever the link with the security state. Come join us at U of C tomorrow, where we will discuss how to confront the hiring of the inveterate liar John Kirby.
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Complicity of liberal institutions with the crackdown on student protest paved the way for the crisis of academia. To defend our work we must sever the link with the security state. Come join us at U of C tomorrow, where we will discuss how to confront the hiring of the inveterate liar John Kirby.
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Please join us next week at UChicago for a conversation with @peterbeinart.bsky.social, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, and @gabrielwinant.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Please join us next week at UChicago for a conversation with @peterbeinart.bsky.social, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, and @gabrielwinant.bsky.social
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i'm reading peter friedlander's /the emergence of a uaw local, 1936-1939/ and it's as good as @gabrielwinant.bsky.social says.
i'm once again struck about the way that union organizers are a kind of applied sociologists (though of 1950s small-group dynamics school).
i'm once again struck about the way that union organizers are a kind of applied sociologists (though of 1950s small-group dynamics school).
The emergence of a UAW local, 1936-1939 : a study in class and culture | WorldCat.org
A firsthand account of the experience of unionization in personal and social terms. Freidlander describes the transformation of a working-class community by its own actions and the ensuing stratificat
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October 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
i'm reading peter friedlander's /the emergence of a uaw local, 1936-1939/ and it's as good as @gabrielwinant.bsky.social says.
i'm once again struck about the way that union organizers are a kind of applied sociologists (though of 1950s small-group dynamics school).
i'm once again struck about the way that union organizers are a kind of applied sociologists (though of 1950s small-group dynamics school).
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You may recall that the State Department found that Israel was deliberately blocking aid to Gaza, and the Biden administration suppressed that report and lied about its content. Kirby, as the national security spokesperson, was the central figure in that effort. www.propublica.org/article/bide...
A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Departme...
www.propublica.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
You may recall that the State Department found that Israel was deliberately blocking aid to Gaza, and the Biden administration suppressed that report and lied about its content. Kirby, as the national security spokesperson, was the central figure in that effort. www.propublica.org/article/bide...
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The appointment of John Kirby to direct the Institute of Politics is shocking and disgraceful. Kirby misled the public systematically over a long period, over grave matters of life and death. He has no place in an institution committed to truthful inquiry or a democratic public sphere.
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The appointment of John Kirby to direct the Institute of Politics is shocking and disgraceful. Kirby misled the public systematically over a long period, over grave matters of life and death. He has no place in an institution committed to truthful inquiry or a democratic public sphere.
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His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
October 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
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Get ready! Be there!
October 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Get ready! Be there!
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Moreover, the effect of these
targeted deportation proceedings continues unconstitutionally to
chill freedom of speech to this day.”
targeted deportation proceedings continues unconstitutionally to
chill freedom of speech to this day.”
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Moreover, the effect of these
targeted deportation proceedings continues unconstitutionally to
chill freedom of speech to this day.”
targeted deportation proceedings continues unconstitutionally to
chill freedom of speech to this day.”
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They did so in order to strike fear into similarly situated non-citizen pro-Palestinian individuals, pro-actively (and effectively) curbing
lawful pro-Palestinian speech and intentionally denying such
individuals (including the plaintiffs here) the freedom of speech that is their right.
lawful pro-Palestinian speech and intentionally denying such
individuals (including the plaintiffs here) the freedom of speech that is their right.
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
They did so in order to strike fear into similarly situated non-citizen pro-Palestinian individuals, pro-actively (and effectively) curbing
lawful pro-Palestinian speech and intentionally denying such
individuals (including the plaintiffs here) the freedom of speech that is their right.
lawful pro-Palestinian speech and intentionally denying such
individuals (including the plaintiffs here) the freedom of speech that is their right.
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From conclusion, p 147:
"Secretaries Noem and Rubio and
their several agents and subordinates acted in concert to misuse the sweeping powers of their respective offices to target non-citizen pro-Palestinians for deportation primarily on account of their First Amendment protected political speech.
"Secretaries Noem and Rubio and
their several agents and subordinates acted in concert to misuse the sweeping powers of their respective offices to target non-citizen pro-Palestinians for deportation primarily on account of their First Amendment protected political speech.
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
From conclusion, p 147:
"Secretaries Noem and Rubio and
their several agents and subordinates acted in concert to misuse the sweeping powers of their respective offices to target non-citizen pro-Palestinians for deportation primarily on account of their First Amendment protected political speech.
"Secretaries Noem and Rubio and
their several agents and subordinates acted in concert to misuse the sweeping powers of their respective offices to target non-citizen pro-Palestinians for deportation primarily on account of their First Amendment protected political speech.
@aaup.org won its case against the State Department's attempt to terrorize non-citizens and deprive them of their First Amendment rights
September 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@aaup.org won its case against the State Department's attempt to terrorize non-citizens and deprive them of their First Amendment rights
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A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
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It’s easy to fear that academics are too isolated to defend ourselves if you don’t know about the struggles going on all around us, and the connections—real and possible—between us and the larger community. Come learn and talk about it on 10/1 at 11 am!
September 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s easy to fear that academics are too isolated to defend ourselves if you don’t know about the struggles going on all around us, and the connections—real and possible—between us and the larger community. Come learn and talk about it on 10/1 at 11 am!
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All of us at the university budget town hall heard the same thing when the president said that donors liked the “sharpening” we’ve done and will reward future “sharpening,” right?
September 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
All of us at the university budget town hall heard the same thing when the president said that donors liked the “sharpening” we’ve done and will reward future “sharpening,” right?
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We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine.
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine.
Despite and amidst everything we’re hiring in US history, nineteenth century careers.historians.org/jobs/2159497...
Assistant Professor, Department of History in Chicago, IL for University of Chicago, History Department
Exciting opportunity in Chicago, IL for University of Chicago, History Department as a Assistant ...
careers.historians.org
August 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Despite and amidst everything we’re hiring in US history, nineteenth century careers.historians.org/jobs/2159497...
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Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps.
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
August 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps.
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
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doesn't make the headline for some reason but the Trump administration confirmed on the record that they are running an explicitly whites only refugee program, if you're wondering how things are going in the year 2025
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans reut.rs/3H6mYnH
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
reut.rs
July 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
doesn't make the headline for some reason but the Trump administration confirmed on the record that they are running an explicitly whites only refugee program, if you're wondering how things are going in the year 2025
Trump more or less saying "let's do a final solution"
“It’s getting to be that time” — Trump gives Israel carte blanche to brutalize Gaza
July 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trump more or less saying "let's do a final solution"
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Mark your calendars: our event with Benjamin Balthaser and Gabriel Winant in celebration of CITIZENS OF THE WHOLE WORLD: ANTI-ZIONISM AND THE CULTURES OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH LEFT has been postponed to Thursday, August 21st.
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47454
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47454
July 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Mark your calendars: our event with Benjamin Balthaser and Gabriel Winant in celebration of CITIZENS OF THE WHOLE WORLD: ANTI-ZIONISM AND THE CULTURES OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH LEFT has been postponed to Thursday, August 21st.
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47454
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47454
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My only hope is that one day Trump and his officials will face a tribunal on crimes against humanity.
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My only hope is that one day Trump and his officials will face a tribunal on crimes against humanity.