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Ben Chappell
@benchappell.bsky.social
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Antifascist. Interdisciplinary ethnographer. * studies. Midwesterner. Academic unionist. Loves mass transit and espresso. Hates structural violence and oligarchy.
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 12h
Civil War documentary voice over, please
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 12h
For academics ditching academia . edu, I am hoping this spot takes off: hcommons.org. Let's connect there.
Knowledge Commons – Open access, open source, open to all
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 21h
Chicago for capital of the u s
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 1d
Maybe a leading journalist is like a work of art. I might not be able to define it exactly, but when I'm not looking at one, I can tell.
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 1d
Winning heading of the day
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Dana Siler @danasilerpgh.bsky.social · 1d
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Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector
On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 1d
There are days of great privilege when my work is to read. I am in the academic labor movement not only to save those days for myself but so that anyone who wants them will have at least some of those days in their lifetime.
A small table with two books and a plate of apple slices. The books are how fascism works by Jason Stanley and unsettling by Gilberto Rosas.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 2d
Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 4d
Mood

#organize
#rebels
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 4d
If someone says class struggle, do you think of Psych 210?
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 5d
Was silence not an option?
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 6d
That's a win. Freedom of speech is not the exclusive property of citizens.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 7d
Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.
Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment
The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 7d
Omg
Screen capture of a panel of text, reading Trump sent troops to Portland because right wing media told him to "I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, well wait a minute am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? President Donald Trump" Oregon sues to block deployment of troops.
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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 11d
the very definition of antifa - protecting communities by acting as the target
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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 15d
Text reads, in yellow and in all caps: THEY’RE NOT JUST COMING FOR US… THEY’RE COME FOR ALL OF YOU, TOO. WE’RE JUST IN THE WAY The background is of an antifascist action flag.
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 12d
ICE is political violence
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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 13d
Roxane Gay's tour de force of an op ed.

🎁post.
Opinion | Civility Is a Fantasy
www.nytimes.com
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 13d
This is really bad since generative AI is automating bullshit production
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Jace @rapturedemon.bsky.social · 17d
Unbelievable…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20d
Swisher: "Nexstar is trying to do a very large merger with Tegna, and so they will do whatever it takes."

Cooper: "That's an important point, because that merger would require the approval of the FCC."
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 21d
“Let’s save pessimism for better times." -Eduardo Galeano, thanks to Marike for quoting him
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · 22d
Ida B Wells memorial, Chicago
A black metal sculpture with twisting limbs reaching up under a bright sky with clouds A person in grey cap, sunglasses, and a blue shirt standing solemnly in front of a metal engraved portrait of Ida B. Wells.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Aug 30
My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote:
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
Molly Ivins, dressed in a sort of satin blouse with a neckthing that I'm going to call a scarf?. She's smiling with every cell in her body. Beaming radiantly the joy of being righteous and kind at the same time. Her eyes closed almost to a squint, and every pearly white on display. Gods bless you, Molly, you were a hell of a person.
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · Aug 30
There will either be a revolution within the Democratic party, or a revolution without the Democratic party
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · Aug 25
Coverage of the UKansas faculty union bargaining, by an independent student weekly weeklyroseku.blogspot.com/2025/08/kuni...
KUnion Busting: 427 Days Without a Contract
Over a year after winning their union, there is still no contract in sight for faculty and academic staff as KU management stalls negotiations.
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · Aug 17
Na na na nuh na
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Ben Chappell @benchappell.bsky.social · Aug 16
Everybody gets a Nobel participation trophy, right?