msafri.bsky.social
@msafri.bsky.social
Maliha Safri. Professor of political economy, I'm living in NYC, inside the belly of the global capitalist beast. Interested in all things related to counter-mapping. Working on economies based in solidarity. (she/her).
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· Mar 22
Solidarity Cities | Manifold @uminnpress
*Solidarity Cities* analyzes the deeply entrenched racial and economic divides from which cooperative networks emerge as they work to provide unmet basic needs. The authors show how these initiatives ...
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We produced our book #Solidaritycities. Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation, by @uminnpress.bsky.social to be open access, but not easy to see that link, so voila.
If you want hard copy (w pretty maps!) get 40% OFF W CODE MN92000 thru 12/31/2025 @ www.upress.umn.edu/978151791602...
If you want hard copy (w pretty maps!) get 40% OFF W CODE MN92000 thru 12/31/2025 @ www.upress.umn.edu/978151791602...
I’ve turned a lot to Palestine Legal for help and advice in the last 10 yrs- plus they are just a collection of cool people. Please consider supporting this fundraiser.
Imagine if students, workers, and people of conscience were celebrated for supporting Palestinian freedom.
This is the future that Palestine Legal is building through our legal, advocacy, and communications work.
FORTIFY DISSENT WITH US: palestinelegal.org/donate
This is the future that Palestine Legal is building through our legal, advocacy, and communications work.
FORTIFY DISSENT WITH US: palestinelegal.org/donate
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’ve turned a lot to Palestine Legal for help and advice in the last 10 yrs- plus they are just a collection of cool people. Please consider supporting this fundraiser.
They also interview activists involved in running the Great Plains communes, communes in China, and liberated Palestine and the Levant.
Makes me imagine what I have put out of the bounds of imagining in my lifetime.
Makes me imagine what I have put out of the bounds of imagining in my lifetime.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
They also interview activists involved in running the Great Plains communes, communes in China, and liberated Palestine and the Levant.
Makes me imagine what I have put out of the bounds of imagining in my lifetime.
Makes me imagine what I have put out of the bounds of imagining in my lifetime.
Their book is the fictional equivalent to reading @ruha9.bsky.social's work. Set in NYC in 2072, on the anniversary of establishing the New York Commune: a series of oral history interviews with activists about the 2040's, insurrection in 2052, and the early years of running NYC communes.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Their book is the fictional equivalent to reading @ruha9.bsky.social's work. Set in NYC in 2072, on the anniversary of establishing the New York Commune: a series of oral history interviews with activists about the 2040's, insurrection in 2052, and the early years of running NYC communes.
from @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and ME O'Brien:
"O’Brien: What does the commune mean to you?
Kelley: It means we take care of each other. It means everything for everyone. It means we communized the shit out of this place. It means we took something that was property and made it life."
"O’Brien: What does the commune mean to you?
Kelley: It means we take care of each other. It means everything for everyone. It means we communized the shit out of this place. It means we took something that was property and made it life."
Everything For Everyone — Common Notions Press
www.commonnotions.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
from @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and ME O'Brien:
"O’Brien: What does the commune mean to you?
Kelley: It means we take care of each other. It means everything for everyone. It means we communized the shit out of this place. It means we took something that was property and made it life."
"O’Brien: What does the commune mean to you?
Kelley: It means we take care of each other. It means everything for everyone. It means we communized the shit out of this place. It means we took something that was property and made it life."
Obviously we are inspired by recent events- and I was reading 2 nights ago and it felt to me a “freedom dream”
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Obviously we are inspired by recent events- and I was reading 2 nights ago and it felt to me a “freedom dream”
I had started reading this book Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 (by @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and M. E. O’Brien) in the summer and then got interrupted, but I'm finishing it now!!
it should be required reading for NY DSA chapters.
it should be required reading for NY DSA chapters.
Everything For Everyone — Common Notions Press
www.commonnotions.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I had started reading this book Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 (by @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and M. E. O’Brien) in the summer and then got interrupted, but I'm finishing it now!!
it should be required reading for NY DSA chapters.
it should be required reading for NY DSA chapters.
Queens is amazing- lots of zohran posters in storefronts and goat for 6.99 a pound? As opposed to 18.99 per pound in curry hill…
October 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Queens is amazing- lots of zohran posters in storefronts and goat for 6.99 a pound? As opposed to 18.99 per pound in curry hill…
Thanks for reading it!!
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Thanks for reading it!!
I wrote this piece for the Democracy Collaborative:
"Appraising Mamdani's Five Key Policies"
Looking forward to seeing friends this weekend for get out the vote efforts (I'm signed up for friday, saturday, and sunday!)
"Appraising Mamdani's Five Key Policies"
Looking forward to seeing friends this weekend for get out the vote efforts (I'm signed up for friday, saturday, and sunday!)
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
October 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I wrote this piece for the Democracy Collaborative:
"Appraising Mamdani's Five Key Policies"
Looking forward to seeing friends this weekend for get out the vote efforts (I'm signed up for friday, saturday, and sunday!)
"Appraising Mamdani's Five Key Policies"
Looking forward to seeing friends this weekend for get out the vote efforts (I'm signed up for friday, saturday, and sunday!)
In Queens, at the big rally- and Kathy Hochul was repeatedly interrupted by “tax the rich” chants. She also butchered Z’s name and people started chanting the correct pronunciation. But Zohran came out and saved her- people cheered and he escorted her off stage. #shareyourshine
October 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
In Queens, at the big rally- and Kathy Hochul was repeatedly interrupted by “tax the rich” chants. She also butchered Z’s name and people started chanting the correct pronunciation. But Zohran came out and saved her- people cheered and he escorted her off stage. #shareyourshine
Yes - sorry! Posted too quickly
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Yes - sorry! Posted too quickly
Chicago, you have my heart always.
The neighborhood he describes - Belmont Cragin- was where I went to grade school.
The neighborhood he describes - Belmont Cragin- was where I went to grade school.
Juan González reports on Chicago's resistance against ICE.
Juan González on Chicago’s Grassroots Movement to Protect Immigrants from ICE
As Trump threatens to send more federal troops to Chicago, grassroots movements have mobilized to protect immigrants from ICE raids. Democracy Now!’s Juan González, who is based in Chicago, reports th...
www.democracynow.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Chicago, you have my heart always.
The neighborhood he describes - Belmont Cragin- was where I went to grade school.
The neighborhood he describes - Belmont Cragin- was where I went to grade school.
Rally for zohran volunteers tonight in Washington heights. On stage is a 15 and 80 yr old volunteer talking about volunteering bec they are New Yorkers worried about fascism and inequality.
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Rally for zohran volunteers tonight in Washington heights. On stage is a 15 and 80 yr old volunteer talking about volunteering bec they are New Yorkers worried about fascism and inequality.
So this is People magazine: "“I started noticing, around 9 months, she was saying ‘agua’ instead of water”
“She’s acknowledging what her teacher is saying and doing what she’s telling her to do in Spanish, which we thought was awesome,” Ebony shares.
“She’s acknowledging what her teacher is saying and doing what she’s telling her to do in Spanish, which we thought was awesome,” Ebony shares.
Parents Surprised When Their Daughter Started Speaking Spanish. Then They Realized Where She Learned It (Exclusive)
A viral TikTok captured the moment Ebony’s toddler responded in Spanish to her daycare teacher, and now the family is embracing bilingual learning together.
people.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
So this is People magazine: "“I started noticing, around 9 months, she was saying ‘agua’ instead of water”
“She’s acknowledging what her teacher is saying and doing what she’s telling her to do in Spanish, which we thought was awesome,” Ebony shares.
“She’s acknowledging what her teacher is saying and doing what she’s telling her to do in Spanish, which we thought was awesome,” Ebony shares.
I am so grateful for the thinking of Raul Peck. One early line in film is haunting quote from Orwell:
“my starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.”
“my starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.”
October 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I am so grateful for the thinking of Raul Peck. One early line in film is haunting quote from Orwell:
“my starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.”
“my starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.”
Raoul Peck. I think I snagged the very last seat sold tonight… he is to also speak afterwards.
October 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Raoul Peck. I think I snagged the very last seat sold tonight… he is to also speak afterwards.
I thought Tony Blair was done damaging (remember his full-throated support for Bush's war in Iraq?) He's back calling this plan "bold and intelligent". Apparently, we have Jared Kushner to thank for setting up the Tony Blair Institute for Social Change -TBI.
better acronym GFOH
better acronym GFOH
Trump and Netanyahu agree new US peace plan for Gaza and warn Hamas to accept - live
President Trump says Israel would have US backing to
www.bbc.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I thought Tony Blair was done damaging (remember his full-throated support for Bush's war in Iraq?) He's back calling this plan "bold and intelligent". Apparently, we have Jared Kushner to thank for setting up the Tony Blair Institute for Social Change -TBI.
better acronym GFOH
better acronym GFOH
this comedian summed up two weeks of lectures on race, Indians,and US:
"Bhagat Singh Thind goes to US Supreme Court. Is this Brown guy white? Nope! go back to India. They deported those 3000 Indian people."
"Bhagat Singh Thind goes to US Supreme Court. Is this Brown guy white? Nope! go back to India. They deported those 3000 Indian people."
Indian American History 101 | Nimesh Patel
YouTube video by Nimesh Patel
youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
this comedian summed up two weeks of lectures on race, Indians,and US:
"Bhagat Singh Thind goes to US Supreme Court. Is this Brown guy white? Nope! go back to India. They deported those 3000 Indian people."
"Bhagat Singh Thind goes to US Supreme Court. Is this Brown guy white? Nope! go back to India. They deported those 3000 Indian people."
McCarthy Blacklists are associated with Hollywood, but they rippled thru other fields including radio, labor organizations, education, religion and the government itself.
What are today's watchlists?
Canary Mission
The Professor Watchlist
...are there others I miss?
What are today's watchlists?
Canary Mission
The Professor Watchlist
...are there others I miss?
September 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
McCarthy Blacklists are associated with Hollywood, but they rippled thru other fields including radio, labor organizations, education, religion and the government itself.
What are today's watchlists?
Canary Mission
The Professor Watchlist
...are there others I miss?
What are today's watchlists?
Canary Mission
The Professor Watchlist
...are there others I miss?
Fall canvas Zetrocard! From a Jackson heights shift where I got to talk to folks in Urdu, Spanish, and English
September 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Fall canvas Zetrocard! From a Jackson heights shift where I got to talk to folks in Urdu, Spanish, and English
Thank you @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social and Emily Holloway for so skillfully interviewing myself and my 3 coauthors! Nice summary of how we got to this decade long project.
🎧NEW on UAR Remixed! Listen to our interview w/ @msafri.bsky.social @craigborowiak.bsky.social Stephen Healy and Marianna Pavlovskaya, co-authors of "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation.”
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
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 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Thank you @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social and Emily Holloway for so skillfully interviewing myself and my 3 coauthors! Nice summary of how we got to this decade long project.
Thank you Emily Holloway- For guiding this conversation!!
September 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thank you Emily Holloway- For guiding this conversation!!
Sign up for the big fall mayoral canvas for Zohran this weekend New Yorkers and you can get this card! I’ll be in Jackson heights
volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/canvass-for-...
volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/canvass-for-...
September 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Sign up for the big fall mayoral canvas for Zohran this weekend New Yorkers and you can get this card! I’ll be in Jackson heights
volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/canvass-for-...
volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/canvass-for-...
when the left has ideas about interventions
vs
the fascist ideas about state intervention
vs
the fascist ideas about state intervention
August 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
when the left has ideas about interventions
vs
the fascist ideas about state intervention
vs
the fascist ideas about state intervention
"Hedge fund billionaires Bill Ackman and Dan Loeb, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase and tech entrepreneur Brian Armstrong of Coinbase all warned about the risk of heavy-handed interference in the city’s economy."
August 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Hedge fund billionaires Bill Ackman and Dan Loeb, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase and tech entrepreneur Brian Armstrong of Coinbase all warned about the risk of heavy-handed interference in the city’s economy."