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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

I'm definitely feeling this level of urgency from the students in my US social history course this semester.

Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

Not only do we all need a friend like Sergio, we also need to be that Sergio for someone else. The representation might be simplistic, but it's how we'll beat fascism.

Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

Just having a few small beers.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

intactivist = wacktivist.

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 1d

"Considering the rightward trend of country music through the last half-century, it sounds odd to hear a mainstream country singer endorsing communal economic programs. In Cash’s youth, however, country musicians were behind the New Deal."

(We've always known Johnny Cash was cool.)

Down in Dyess

Johnny Cash wrote in his autobiography, “I grew up under socialism—kind of.”

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

Just having a few small beers.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

Def true re: Vineland.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

The film induces slippage into an historically inaccurate but figuratively accurate perception of time/radical family traditions in which New Left-type revolutionary action somehow unfolded within an amorphous early GWOT.

Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

There has been a palpable sense of urgency as we've discussed the white-supremacist terror and violence that defeated reconstruction, the labor-capital conflict of the Gilded Age, nativism during the first era of mass immigration etc. The relevance is obvious as never before.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

The film's antifascism is basic in as much as it's represented as only commitment to human rights and equality and not as an investigation into the political economy that makes the Christmas Adventurers possible. The incoherence is maybe a result of joining the exploits of the French 75 in progress.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

I'm teaching a US social history course this term that is basically an educational power bar of all of the topics that the fascists want to ban. But I'm also feeling this unprecedented yearning for this knowledge from my students this term.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw a TV spot for One Battle After Another (cuz I watch baseball) and I'm struck by its inability to communicate directly what the film is really about. Seems like a problem re: efforts to represent antifascism within our current iteration of capitalist media.

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Power At Work @poweratwork.bsky.social · 5d

Aimee Loiselle shows why unions must claim space in mainstream media to win the bigger fight in her new piece for @poweratwork.bsky.social! Pop culture isn’t just entertainment—it’s power. Visit poweratwork.us/pop-culture-... to learn more!

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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 2d

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 2d

Love how the dead-azz tree behind our building is a magnet for woodpeckers.

Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 2d

Highly recommended.

Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

Bookshop has free shipping today, in case you’re looking to pick up the hottest (and also only?) student loan industry heist novel of the year.

The Payback: A Novel

A Novel

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 3d

On brand for Cuomo to be running a cheezy AI-slop campaign ad in his quest to become mayor of a city in which thousands of culture workers are currently seeing their incomes and employment prospects depressed by the advent of AI slop.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 5d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 3d

Grant's new mailbag on how you study the history of punk will be a great fit in undergrad classrooms. The footnotes alone are an absolute goldmine.

Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 3d

A brand new mailbag—yes, you CAN study that, but how?

You Can Study That?

What could be more satisfying than immersing yourself in the history of something you love?

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 3d

Friendly reminder to keep a little list of all of the fascist collaborators in your life. If we somehow manage to come back from this, we gotta settle some scores with these fuckers.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 4d

So blessed to discover that I'll be teaching when the university president comes to meet with my soon-to-be-eliminated department in early December.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 5d

Today, @lookheron.bsky.social argues that, for higher education, it's been one battle after another: how the neoliberal era laid the groundwork for the recent authoritarian turn.

The Neoliberal Foundation of the Authoritarian Turn in Higher Education

Recent authoritarian attacks on higher education mark a significant shift from the neoliberal era, which celebrated institutional independence from the state, the role of education in boosting worker…

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 5d

Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails–leaving workers on their own in old age.

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Climate Change Puts A Generation’s Retirement On The Line

Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails–leaving workers on their own in old age.

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 5d

One thing to understand about what's happening now is that on Oct 1, the deportation machine's budget increased dramatically: $170 billion in NEW funding, averaging to $42.5 billion per year. That's just below the Israeli military's annual budget. It's the equivalent of 13th biggest army on earth.

The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

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