William C.
@williamcson.bsky.social
“Everybody has to die Firdaus. I will die and you will die. The important thing is how to live until you die.”— Nawal El Saadawi
My website 🔗: williamcanderson.info
My book 📖: https://www.akpress.org/nationonnomap.html
My website 🔗: williamcanderson.info
My book 📖: https://www.akpress.org/nationonnomap.html
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Another way out: You can't just wait for tyranny to go away
The Epstein scandal exposes not just individual monsters but a political order built for them to thrive
prismreports.org
The Epstein files aren’t just a partisan gotcha or the master key to defeating fascism. They represent a larger geopolitical indictment of ruling establishments and the illusion of choice. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about how this tells us to fight for more. prismreports.org/2026/01/07/a...
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Patty O'Keefe, who was violently arrested while monitoring ICE activity, says one agent told her, "You guys got to stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead," referring to Renee Good.
January 20, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Patty O'Keefe, who was violently arrested while monitoring ICE activity, says one agent told her, "You guys got to stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead," referring to Renee Good.
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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A brilliant analysis of how sanctions have transformed the Iranian government into a Chicago School regime of austerity that benefits those attached to the regime, creates precarious labour, and rolls back all the redistributive and social measures of the past:
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
January 19, 2026 at 11:21 AM
A brilliant analysis of how sanctions have transformed the Iranian government into a Chicago School regime of austerity that benefits those attached to the regime, creates precarious labour, and rolls back all the redistributive and social measures of the past:
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
“To those of you living in imperial centers...We understand that your analysis of Iran is mediated by geopolitics. But do not try to derive a political program for populations inside Iran that, in practice, translates into support for the Iranian state.” www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Iran’s Three-Body Problem | Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh
The ongoing uprising is rooted in the political economy of structural adjustment, which forms the unstable medium through which revolt becomes contagious.
www.nplusonemag.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
“To those of you living in imperial centers...We understand that your analysis of Iran is mediated by geopolitics. But do not try to derive a political program for populations inside Iran that, in practice, translates into support for the Iranian state.” www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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The South Carolina measles outbreak is growing at an astounding speed
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states
'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The South Carolina measles outbreak is growing at an astounding speed
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states
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We tried to explain that criminalization is the fuel of fascism.
January 17, 2026 at 1:07 AM
We tried to explain that criminalization is the fuel of fascism.
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These photos are terrifying (as opposed to stunning). Black women have been killed in these kind of scenarios long before Trump.
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 10:44 PM
These photos are terrifying (as opposed to stunning). Black women have been killed in these kind of scenarios long before Trump.
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this kid only narrowly missed being killed by this 'less lethal munition' as shards of debris were found 7mm away from a carotid artery.
The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
this kid only narrowly missed being killed by this 'less lethal munition' as shards of debris were found 7mm away from a carotid artery.
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The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
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Five years ago this month, we were honored to publish the now classic interview “What Will Be the Cure?: A Conversation with Sylvia Wynter.” Read Bedour Alagraa‘s fascinating exchange with the Caribbean icon. offshootjournal.org/what-will-be...
What Will Be the Cure?: A Conversation with Sylvia Wynter
Last month, I had a chance to interview Sylvia Wynter about the pandemic, Black studies, and radicalism in our current moment. What began as a series of catch-ups over the course of the pandemic, turn...
offshootjournal.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Five years ago this month, we were honored to publish the now classic interview “What Will Be the Cure?: A Conversation with Sylvia Wynter.” Read Bedour Alagraa‘s fascinating exchange with the Caribbean icon. offshootjournal.org/what-will-be...
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The Supreme Court issued a decision that advances Trump's longtime campaign against mail-in voting
This Supreme Court Ruling Could Cause Chaos In The Midterms
The decision is a boon for President Donald Trump's longtime campaign against mail-in voting.
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The Supreme Court issued a decision that advances Trump's longtime campaign against mail-in voting
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On this day (Jan 13) in 1939, Lovett Fort-Whiteman was killed in a Kolyma Gulag labor camp. He was one of the first Black communists in the US and his haunting story is buried beneath disregard. Read about his life and some of its warnings. offshootjournal.org/no-escaping-...
No Escaping the State: The Story of Lovett Fort-Whiteman
To be free, to walk in dignity—for these precious privileges some men will go anywhere, sacrifice anything. — Homer Smith Black America is not guaranteed much, if anything, under the category of citiz...
offshootjournal.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:09 PM
On this day (Jan 13) in 1939, Lovett Fort-Whiteman was killed in a Kolyma Gulag labor camp. He was one of the first Black communists in the US and his haunting story is buried beneath disregard. Read about his life and some of its warnings. offshootjournal.org/no-escaping-...
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“Bahro pointed out the same disillusionment with elections, unchecked corporate expansion, and political malfeasance that Ervin encourages us to use to organize the ideological defeat of capitalism, fascism, and empire.” From @williamcson.bsky.social’s latest: prismreports.org/2026/01/07/a...
Another way out: You can't just wait for tyranny to go away
The Epstein scandal exposes not just individual monsters but a political order built for them to thrive
prismreports.org
January 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
“Bahro pointed out the same disillusionment with elections, unchecked corporate expansion, and political malfeasance that Ervin encourages us to use to organize the ideological defeat of capitalism, fascism, and empire.” From @williamcson.bsky.social’s latest: prismreports.org/2026/01/07/a...
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Nellie Wong passed January 2nd of this year. Lifelong poet and activist, rest in power
Good morning, here’s a photo from June 1981 of some of the original contributors to This Bridge Called My Back
January 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Nellie Wong passed January 2nd of this year. Lifelong poet and activist, rest in power
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neoliberal education has succeeded in naturalizing the belief that action and movement are for the rich and powerful and surrender and dispossession are the pragmatic condition of life for the rest. In the construction of an education that strips autonomy rather than an education that fosters it
January 7, 2026 at 3:13 AM
neoliberal education has succeeded in naturalizing the belief that action and movement are for the rich and powerful and surrender and dispossession are the pragmatic condition of life for the rest. In the construction of an education that strips autonomy rather than an education that fosters it
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"The Politics of Collecting promises no easy curative or reparative reading. Instead, it argues that the only just way forward might be wholesale abolition of the art museum and the art world as we know it."
an exhilarating review of my book by Laura Vrana!
@dukepress.bsky.social
an exhilarating review of my book by Laura Vrana!
@dukepress.bsky.social
In our newest review, @callmevrana.bsky.social reads Eunsong Kim’s *The Politics of Collecting*: “Kim emphasizes that these exception(s) prove(s) the rule—the ongoing, pervasive rule of settler colonialism, anti-Blackness, and racial capitalism in the art world.”
asapjournal.com/review/disma...
asapjournal.com/review/disma...
Dismantling the Shields of the Contemporary Art World: Review of Eunsong Kim’s The Politics of Collecting - ASAP/Review
Museums lie at the center of much media coverage and popular debate in America today, the subject of controversy provoked by Trump’s insistence on rewriting history by influencing the curatorial direc...
asapjournal.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"The Politics of Collecting promises no easy curative or reparative reading. Instead, it argues that the only just way forward might be wholesale abolition of the art museum and the art world as we know it."
an exhilarating review of my book by Laura Vrana!
@dukepress.bsky.social
an exhilarating review of my book by Laura Vrana!
@dukepress.bsky.social
A lot of people want the far-right reactionaries around them (conservative neighbors, family members, police, ICE, etc) to have a change of heart so bad. Even if that were likely, the space between that change and where they're at now is filled with a bloodlust that will get you and others killed.
January 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A lot of people want the far-right reactionaries around them (conservative neighbors, family members, police, ICE, etc) to have a change of heart so bad. Even if that were likely, the space between that change and where they're at now is filled with a bloodlust that will get you and others killed.
The people who are not moved by children being massacred in school shootings because of the policies they support will not be moved by a white mother being killed by authorities either. That’s effortless for them.
January 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The people who are not moved by children being massacred in school shootings because of the policies they support will not be moved by a white mother being killed by authorities either. That’s effortless for them.
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You can get away with it.
January 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
You can get away with it.
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“Epstein & his ilk show us what the state really is. It’s a plaything for rulers,” writes columnist @williamcson.bsky.social. How do we structure the world where someone like him, or the president or the tech oligarchs, can never have as much power as they do to destroy the planet for their benefit?
Another way out: You can't just wait for tyranny to go away
The Epstein scandal exposes not just individual monsters but a political order built for them to thrive
prismreports.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM
“Epstein & his ilk show us what the state really is. It’s a plaything for rulers,” writes columnist @williamcson.bsky.social. How do we structure the world where someone like him, or the president or the tech oligarchs, can never have as much power as they do to destroy the planet for their benefit?
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The Epstein files aren’t just a partisan gotcha or the master key to defeating fascism. They represent a larger geopolitical indictment of ruling establishments and the illusion of choice. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about how this tells us to fight for more. prismreports.org/2026/01/07/a...
Another way out: You can't just wait for tyranny to go away
The Epstein scandal exposes not just individual monsters but a political order built for them to thrive
prismreports.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The Epstein files aren’t just a partisan gotcha or the master key to defeating fascism. They represent a larger geopolitical indictment of ruling establishments and the illusion of choice. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about how this tells us to fight for more. prismreports.org/2026/01/07/a...
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This this this this this this
They don't *care* that you know they're lying, just that no one is literally, physically stopping them.
They don't *care* that you know they're lying, just that no one is literally, physically stopping them.
Once you understand that you're dealing with murderous liars, you stop entertaining what they say as possibly credible and legitimate. The fight against them is about stopping them from terrorizing and killing by any means, not winning debates about your reality versus theirs.
January 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM
This this this this this this
They don't *care* that you know they're lying, just that no one is literally, physically stopping them.
They don't *care* that you know they're lying, just that no one is literally, physically stopping them.
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'Waiting didn’t prevent us from entering this era; it brought us to it.'
Tyranny doesn’t do term limits. Fascism will not be waited away. Looking for fantasies that are going to make an extremely upsetting situation easily go away is not the best use of time. It’s good to deal with the reality of where we’re at. prismreports.org/2026/01/07/a...
Another way out: You can't just wait for tyranny to go away
The Epstein scandal exposes not just individual monsters but a political order built for them to thrive
prismreports.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
'Waiting didn’t prevent us from entering this era; it brought us to it.'
Once you understand that you're dealing with murderous liars, you stop entertaining what they say as possibly credible and legitimate. The fight against them is about stopping them from terrorizing and killing by any means, not winning debates about your reality versus theirs.
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Once you understand that you're dealing with murderous liars, you stop entertaining what they say as possibly credible and legitimate. The fight against them is about stopping them from terrorizing and killing by any means, not winning debates about your reality versus theirs.
Reposted by William C.
'Close to death': What 60 days on hunger strike is doing to Palestine Action prisoners - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-linked-activists-60-days-hunger-strike-damage
'Close to death': What 60 days on hunger strike is doing to Palestine Action prisoners
Doctors supporting families of the two activists say they risk irreparable damage to their organs if the situation continues
www.middleeasteye.net
January 8, 2026 at 12:45 PM
'Close to death': What 60 days on hunger strike is doing to Palestine Action prisoners - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-linked-activists-60-days-hunger-strike-damage