Omari
@oaverettephillips.bsky.social
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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Omari
@oaverettephillips.bsky.social
· Nov 15
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.
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.
Cell phones have ruined so much. Especially the concert going experience.
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Cell phones have ruined so much. Especially the concert going experience.
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WA has set Vehicle Miles Travelled reduction goals. To achieve that two things need to happen:
1. Transit/ safe ped access must have priority
2. Driving, parking, cost of gas, insurance all must be a little bit worse (harder, slower, more expensive)
Mode shift can’t be all carrot and no stick.
1. Transit/ safe ped access must have priority
2. Driving, parking, cost of gas, insurance all must be a little bit worse (harder, slower, more expensive)
Mode shift can’t be all carrot and no stick.
Why are we assuming that we want to maintain car volumes? To meet our climate, public health and road safety goals as a city, there is no reason any on or off ramp in #Seattle should require multiple lanes. #Rainier
If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
Judkins Park Community Advisory Group Meeting 4
YouTube video by wsdot
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November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
WA has set Vehicle Miles Travelled reduction goals. To achieve that two things need to happen:
1. Transit/ safe ped access must have priority
2. Driving, parking, cost of gas, insurance all must be a little bit worse (harder, slower, more expensive)
Mode shift can’t be all carrot and no stick.
1. Transit/ safe ped access must have priority
2. Driving, parking, cost of gas, insurance all must be a little bit worse (harder, slower, more expensive)
Mode shift can’t be all carrot and no stick.
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People were gaining a language, sense of history and set of conceptual tools that delegitimised both white supremacy *and the wider systems of capitalism and colonialism-imperialism* that it's bound up with.
The 2020 racial reckoning threatened the legitimacy of *the entire social order*.
The 2020 racial reckoning threatened the legitimacy of *the entire social order*.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
People were gaining a language, sense of history and set of conceptual tools that delegitimised both white supremacy *and the wider systems of capitalism and colonialism-imperialism* that it's bound up with.
The 2020 racial reckoning threatened the legitimacy of *the entire social order*.
The 2020 racial reckoning threatened the legitimacy of *the entire social order*.
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In all seriousness, I am working on new podcast project that I hope to launch in the new year, and need your help to get it rolling. Your paid sub helps me stay afloat and gives me the scratch to pay a producer & work on other cool things that I simply haven't been able to afford taking the time for
This holiday season, I'm passing the hat
A plea for sustained support.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In all seriousness, I am working on new podcast project that I hope to launch in the new year, and need your help to get it rolling. Your paid sub helps me stay afloat and gives me the scratch to pay a producer & work on other cool things that I simply haven't been able to afford taking the time for
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WHAT STARBUCKS WILL PAY FOR:
✅A swanky office with all the fixings so CEO Brian Niccol can chill near his home in Newport Beach
❌Investing in workers with fair pay, hours, & protections in a union contract that would cost LESS THAN 1 DAY OF SALES
We just want to chat, Brian... #NoContractNoCoffee
✅A swanky office with all the fixings so CEO Brian Niccol can chill near his home in Newport Beach
❌Investing in workers with fair pay, hours, & protections in a union contract that would cost LESS THAN 1 DAY OF SALES
We just want to chat, Brian... #NoContractNoCoffee
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
WHAT STARBUCKS WILL PAY FOR:
✅A swanky office with all the fixings so CEO Brian Niccol can chill near his home in Newport Beach
❌Investing in workers with fair pay, hours, & protections in a union contract that would cost LESS THAN 1 DAY OF SALES
We just want to chat, Brian... #NoContractNoCoffee
✅A swanky office with all the fixings so CEO Brian Niccol can chill near his home in Newport Beach
❌Investing in workers with fair pay, hours, & protections in a union contract that would cost LESS THAN 1 DAY OF SALES
We just want to chat, Brian... #NoContractNoCoffee
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This recent episode from @thewaroncars.bsky.social is a great little primer on the history of manufactured car dependency.
podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
The Creation of America's Car Culture
Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 11/11/2025 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This recent episode from @thewaroncars.bsky.social is a great little primer on the history of manufactured car dependency.
podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
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To the Fresno person that piled their trash in the bike lane: may you have the Monday you deserve.
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
To the Fresno person that piled their trash in the bike lane: may you have the Monday you deserve.
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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I am absolutely over the moon that my book “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” is officially published TODAY!
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I am absolutely over the moon that my book “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” is officially published TODAY!
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
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Always repost Paul Robeson singing I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night to Scottish coal miners.
Remembering Joe Hill on the 110th anniversary of his murder by the state of Utah.
Paul Robeson singing "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night" to Scottish coal miners in 1949.
Paul Robeson singing "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night" to Scottish coal miners in 1949.
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Always repost Paul Robeson singing I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night to Scottish coal miners.
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A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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This is terrible. Ursinus College (where my partner works) spent last year planning a reorganization (they’re creating multidisciplinary “hubs”) only for its administration to announce layoffs this semester. I hope this isn’t in the cards for those working at Montclair State
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Another one of my colleagues weighs in on the “restructuring” of our home college. This time in the Wall Street Journal. It’s paywalled, so screenshots to follow.
Opinion | Montclair State’s Inhumanity to the Humanities
Goodbye, English department. Hello, Institute for Complex Systems and Algorithmic Infused Societies.
www.wsj.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This is terrible. Ursinus College (where my partner works) spent last year planning a reorganization (they’re creating multidisciplinary “hubs”) only for its administration to announce layoffs this semester. I hope this isn’t in the cards for those working at Montclair State
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This is correct.
On top of state and local police complicity with ICE, many communities on the receiving end of decades of over-policing aren't necessarily thrilled to invite local police into the situation.
ICE's terror campaign echoes the militarized "War on Drugs" that terrorized generations.
On top of state and local police complicity with ICE, many communities on the receiving end of decades of over-policing aren't necessarily thrilled to invite local police into the situation.
ICE's terror campaign echoes the militarized "War on Drugs" that terrorized generations.
Counterpoint: Find your local ICE watch group, save their number, and call them. Better yet, volunteer yourself, hit the streets, and patrol.
We have seen far too many examples of police departments protecting ICE, even departments that have policies of not helping ICE.
We have seen far too many examples of police departments protecting ICE, even departments that have policies of not helping ICE.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is correct.
On top of state and local police complicity with ICE, many communities on the receiving end of decades of over-policing aren't necessarily thrilled to invite local police into the situation.
ICE's terror campaign echoes the militarized "War on Drugs" that terrorized generations.
On top of state and local police complicity with ICE, many communities on the receiving end of decades of over-policing aren't necessarily thrilled to invite local police into the situation.
ICE's terror campaign echoes the militarized "War on Drugs" that terrorized generations.
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Counterpoint: Find your local ICE watch group, save their number, and call them. Better yet, volunteer yourself, hit the streets, and patrol.
We have seen far too many examples of police departments protecting ICE, even departments that have policies of not helping ICE.
We have seen far too many examples of police departments protecting ICE, even departments that have policies of not helping ICE.
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Counterpoint: Find your local ICE watch group, save their number, and call them. Better yet, volunteer yourself, hit the streets, and patrol.
We have seen far too many examples of police departments protecting ICE, even departments that have policies of not helping ICE.
We have seen far too many examples of police departments protecting ICE, even departments that have policies of not helping ICE.
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The police and ICE are on the same side, guys.
Organize and call your neighbors, not agents of the state.
Organize and call your neighbors, not agents of the state.
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The police and ICE are on the same side, guys.
Organize and call your neighbors, not agents of the state.
Organize and call your neighbors, not agents of the state.
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Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
Nationwide, faculty and students fight against Trump’s assault on higher education — and administrators capitulate. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/17/u...
Nationwide, faculty and students fight against Trump’s assault on higher education — and administrators capitulate. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/17/u...
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
While faculty and students won a federal ruling that Trump can’t cut UC funding, UC leaders are still negotiating a settlement.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
Nationwide, faculty and students fight against Trump’s assault on higher education — and administrators capitulate. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/17/u...
Nationwide, faculty and students fight against Trump’s assault on higher education — and administrators capitulate. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/17/u...
Had the opportunity to speak with Charlene Mires, one of the editors of the "Greater Philadelphia" three-volume set for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Carolyn T. Adams et. al, "Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century" (Penn Press, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Had the opportunity to speak with Charlene Mires, one of the editors of the "Greater Philadelphia" three-volume set for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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UNIONIZED STARBUCKS WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE AS OF THIS MORNING @sbworkersunited.org
Don't cross the picket line
Don't cross the picket line
🚨 New @therealnews.com
"We're done": Starbucks workers across prepare for indefinite national strike that will begin TOMORROW if Starbucks doesn't make serious movement at the bargaining table.
I spoke w/ Michelle Eisen of @sbworkersunited.org about the strike
therealnews.com/starbucks-is...
"We're done": Starbucks workers across prepare for indefinite national strike that will begin TOMORROW if Starbucks doesn't make serious movement at the bargaining table.
I spoke w/ Michelle Eisen of @sbworkersunited.org about the strike
therealnews.com/starbucks-is...
‘Starbucks is the largest labor violator in modern history’: Starbucks workers prepare for indefinite national strike
“We've been fighting for a very long time, and we're at the point now where we're done—and workers will go on strike by Thursday if this company does not come back with some new proposals and resolve ...
therealnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
UNIONIZED STARBUCKS WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE AS OF THIS MORNING @sbworkersunited.org
Don't cross the picket line
Don't cross the picket line
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
DON'T BE A SCAB! DON'T BUY STARBUCKS!
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
DON'T BE A SCAB! DON'T BUY STARBUCKS!
So I see the discourse and I get it to some degree. But I do have to say: stating that taking over a party is more "practical" than organizing a third party is really... something.
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
So I see the discourse and I get it to some degree. But I do have to say: stating that taking over a party is more "practical" than organizing a third party is really... something.
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And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
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The country is on the precipice of oblivion. It's okay to think and organize beyond the two party system.
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The country is on the precipice of oblivion. It's okay to think and organize beyond the two party system.