Shannan Clark
@shannanclark.bsky.social
Historian of labor, media, and cities. Teacher and trade unionist. Author of The Making of the American Creative Class: http://tinyurl.com/yc98a2xn. Vote in NY-10, heart in MO-1, paycheck in NJ-11. Also in https://scholarsforanewdealforhighered.org
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“After one full year of negotiations, Penn administrators have failed to agree to a contract that includes fair wages, improved benefits, and strong support for international workers."
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Penn graduate student union overwhelmingly authorizes strike as contract negotiations continue
‘After one full year of negotiations, Penn administrators have still failed to agree to a contract that includes fair wages, improved benefits, and strong support for international workers,’ GET-UP wr...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“After one full year of negotiations, Penn administrators have failed to agree to a contract that includes fair wages, improved benefits, and strong support for international workers."
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Just a guy who spent his day either in a classroom or on public transit who wants to figure out what's up with the 25-26 edition of the Sixers with minimal incidental annoyance.
Why are the announcers for NBC's coverage of NBA such dorks?
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Just a guy who spent his day either in a classroom or on public transit who wants to figure out what's up with the 25-26 edition of the Sixers with minimal incidental annoyance.
Why are the announcers for NBC's coverage of NBA such dorks?
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Why are the announcers for NBC's coverage of NBA such dorks?
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November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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The crisis of affordability is a crisis of debt. Public goods that should be public and reparative are so costly and expensive that we're going into debt for things that are free in other nations — education, health care, school lunch, expensive rents, even going into debt for our own incarceration.
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The crisis of affordability is a crisis of debt. Public goods that should be public and reparative are so costly and expensive that we're going into debt for things that are free in other nations — education, health care, school lunch, expensive rents, even going into debt for our own incarceration.
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My moderating skills were a little rusty, but this event still turned out SO GREAT thanks to @sandynurse.bsky.social & @ngusdorf.bsky.social!!
If you want to learn about how NYC government works (we get deep into the city budget) you absolutely can't miss this event!!
youtu.be/kTZb8XlVJs0
If you want to learn about how NYC government works (we get deep into the city budget) you absolutely can't miss this event!!
youtu.be/kTZb8XlVJs0
Local Power
YouTube video by LPE Project
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November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My moderating skills were a little rusty, but this event still turned out SO GREAT thanks to @sandynurse.bsky.social & @ngusdorf.bsky.social!!
If you want to learn about how NYC government works (we get deep into the city budget) you absolutely can't miss this event!!
youtu.be/kTZb8XlVJs0
If you want to learn about how NYC government works (we get deep into the city budget) you absolutely can't miss this event!!
youtu.be/kTZb8XlVJs0
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Maybe Zohran is the competent smart determined and undeterred son that Trump never had and always wanted to be
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Maybe Zohran is the competent smart determined and undeterred son that Trump never had and always wanted to be
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I'm honored to be elected to the @higheredlabor.bsky.social steering committee for 2026-27. There is so much work to be done to rebuild higher education in the US that serves the common good, with fair and just conditions for all campus workers, and democratic institutional governance.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'm honored to be elected to the @higheredlabor.bsky.social steering committee for 2026-27. There is so much work to be done to rebuild higher education in the US that serves the common good, with fair and just conditions for all campus workers, and democratic institutional governance.
I'm honored to be elected to the @higheredlabor.bsky.social steering committee for 2026-27. There is so much work to be done to rebuild higher education in the US that serves the common good, with fair and just conditions for all campus workers, and democratic institutional governance.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'm honored to be elected to the @higheredlabor.bsky.social steering committee for 2026-27. There is so much work to be done to rebuild higher education in the US that serves the common good, with fair and just conditions for all campus workers, and democratic institutional governance.
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For @thenation.com, I wrote about the Condé Nast Fired Four and what our fight means for the labor movement
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe
The Trump administration is making employers think they can ignore their legal obligations and trample on the rights of workers.
www.thenation.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
For @thenation.com, I wrote about the Condé Nast Fired Four and what our fight means for the labor movement
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
I'm feeling pretty depressed today about the impending liquidation of my department by vandals and scammers who think they're entitled to be hailed as transformative visionaries, but at least I got to sign off on this:
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I'm feeling pretty depressed today about the impending liquidation of my department by vandals and scammers who think they're entitled to be hailed as transformative visionaries, but at least I got to sign off on this:
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I'm proud to introduce legislation in partnership with Rep. Smith-Wade-El that would prevent the criminalization of homelessness. The Shelter First Act is a means to uphold the dignity and rights of all Pennsylvanians.
Lawmakers and housing advocates in Pennsylvania are calling on the commonwealth to take a more compassionate response to homelessness on the heels of a monumental ruling that allows local government to ban outdoor sleeping even if there are no shelter beds available.
From @wdownard.bsky.social
From @wdownard.bsky.social
Pa. advocates push to counter the ‘criminalization of homelessness’ following SCOTUS ruling • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
To combat a "criminalization of homelessness," two lawmakers seek to prioritize Shelter First policies in Pennsylvania.
penncapital-star.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm proud to introduce legislation in partnership with Rep. Smith-Wade-El that would prevent the criminalization of homelessness. The Shelter First Act is a means to uphold the dignity and rights of all Pennsylvanians.
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Join the first ever demonstration cosponsored by a coalition of on-campus and community orgs to protest Columbia’s recent policies: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
We demand: No more arbitrary rule changes, reopen the gates, and stop the surveillance!
Thur Nov 20 @ noon. Sundial & Bway gate
We demand: No more arbitrary rule changes, reopen the gates, and stop the surveillance!
Thur Nov 20 @ noon. Sundial & Bway gate
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Join the first ever demonstration cosponsored by a coalition of on-campus and community orgs to protest Columbia’s recent policies: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
We demand: No more arbitrary rule changes, reopen the gates, and stop the surveillance!
Thur Nov 20 @ noon. Sundial & Bway gate
We demand: No more arbitrary rule changes, reopen the gates, and stop the surveillance!
Thur Nov 20 @ noon. Sundial & Bway gate
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The AI boom has become a terrifying bubble. Big tech companies don’t have enough money, and they’re spending it all on depreciating assets. Investors will be left holding the bag. From @ddayen: trib.al/kuleGti
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
trib.al
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The AI boom has become a terrifying bubble. Big tech companies don’t have enough money, and they’re spending it all on depreciating assets. Investors will be left holding the bag. From @ddayen: trib.al/kuleGti
So tired of working for people who hate us, what we stand for, and the work that we do.
Loving the Sit Down and Shut Up email that the dean of my college, a mercenary who was brought in to dismantle it, sent to the entire faculty and staff in response to recent efforts to publicize what is happening.
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
So tired of working for people who hate us, what we stand for, and the work that we do.
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but did you see this
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
but did you see this
Loving the Sit Down and Shut Up email that the dean of my college, a mercenary who was brought in to dismantle it, sent to the entire faculty and staff in response to recent efforts to publicize what is happening.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Loving the Sit Down and Shut Up email that the dean of my college, a mercenary who was brought in to dismantle it, sent to the entire faculty and staff in response to recent efforts to publicize what is happening.
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The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
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Yesterday, on day 1,126 of our unfair labor practice strike, our return to work notice was sent to @post-gazette.com ownership.
“Every single step of the way, we have told the company and decision makers within it that this is what would happen.”
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/17/p...
“Every single step of the way, we have told the company and decision makers within it that this is what would happen.”
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/17/p...
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yesterday, on day 1,126 of our unfair labor practice strike, our return to work notice was sent to @post-gazette.com ownership.
“Every single step of the way, we have told the company and decision makers within it that this is what would happen.”
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/17/p...
“Every single step of the way, we have told the company and decision makers within it that this is what would happen.”
www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/17/p...
I'm grateful for the opportunity to participate in the @higheredlabor.bsky.social candidates' forum this evening, and I'd be honored to serve on the steering committee if elected.
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'm grateful for the opportunity to participate in the @higheredlabor.bsky.social candidates' forum this evening, and I'd be honored to serve on the steering committee if elected.
Right on -- building upon 50+ years of organizing museum workers that began with Local 2110's predecessor District 65 at MoMA back in the early 1970s.
🧵 This morning, Local 2110 of @uawregion9a.bsky.social
petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a union election for nearly a thousand full-time and part-time professional and non-professional staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a union election for nearly a thousand full-time and part-time professional and non-professional staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Right on -- building upon 50+ years of organizing museum workers that began with Local 2110's predecessor District 65 at MoMA back in the early 1970s.
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Of course the excellent Shahana Hanif @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social is a public library champion and has signed on to support @nycplan.org 0.5% budget demand. Thank you Member Hanif!
council.nyc.gov/district-39/
council.nyc.gov/district-39/
District 39
New York City Council
council.nyc.gov
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Of course the excellent Shahana Hanif @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social is a public library champion and has signed on to support @nycplan.org 0.5% budget demand. Thank you Member Hanif!
council.nyc.gov/district-39/
council.nyc.gov/district-39/
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Thousands have signed the petition to reinstate the Fired Four member of our @condeunion.bsky.social and @newyorkerunion.bsky.social. Join them in telling Conde Nast
- REINSTATE NOW actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
- REINSTATE NOW actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thousands have signed the petition to reinstate the Fired Four member of our @condeunion.bsky.social and @newyorkerunion.bsky.social. Join them in telling Conde Nast
- REINSTATE NOW actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
- REINSTATE NOW actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Meanwhile, on the elimination of all of the departments within my college...
The Eternal Synergy of the Spotless Mind
BY ADAM RZEPKA A large public university is wiping out all of its humanities departments. It isn’t sure why. As I write this, our Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS…
academeblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Meanwhile, on the elimination of all of the departments within my college...