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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 12h

Solidarity with Mark Bray. The treatment he’s receiving is extremely disturbing.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13h

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11h

this is not good at all.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12h

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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norbizness @norbizness.bsky.social · 22h

17 guardsmen died in what basically amounted to a private security service for rich West/South Texas patrons and he can still be re-elected until the heat death of the universe at this rate.

17 Guardsmen have died on Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial border mission, soldiers speak out | Houston Public Media

Since Abbott's Operation Lone Star began in 2021, at least 17 Texas National Guardsman have died from a multitude of causes, including a drowning in an attempt to save migrants, negligent discharge of...

www.houstonpublicmedia.org

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 20h

Lets got Zohran on the Q46 from Kew Gardens to JFK!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."

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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 22h

reposting this with new URL
www.break-down.org/socialising-...

Socialising Nature

How we can live together without exploiting each other? This is the work of socialising nature.

www.break-down.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22h

Pritzker is offering the following at the moment:

1. Trust the courts. [not a viable strategy]
2. "Film the cops"
3. Vote in 2026
4. Protest [peacefully]

And he knows this is not sufficient. Everyone does.

He will not address the local cops angle because he might be deposed...

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1d

The second there is a little bit of rain in New York people stop picking up their dogs shit. I find it totally baffling.

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Al Raven @alraven.bsky.social · Jul 7

Me every single day

Old man yells at cloud meme, but the cloud is replaced by "Capitalist Totality"

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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 1d

Interested about financialisation and why states foster policies that lead to the dominance of financial capital? Come to CLaSP's seminar:
Event: Financial Capital, the State, and Politics
When: 30th October, 2025; 4-530 PM
Where: Graduate Centre, QMUL Mile End Campus
Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Bernards

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1d

seems relevant….

daniel loick @danielloick.bsky.social · 1d

Living in Authoritarian Times: An online conversation with Ghazaleh Alimardani (Iran), Rahul Bhatia (India), Volkan Çidam (Turkey), Maik Dele Dittrich Frydetzki (Germany), Joseph Howley (USA). Moderated by Zeynep Gambetti (Turkey).

26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1d

sorry wasn’t clear i am for this sort of stuff being published in constellations just blows my mind they will now publish it

Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1d

Constellations is now publishing stuff like this!?

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Marxist Feminism, Reproductive Labor, and the Question of Value

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: David Adler—a Jewish American on the Gaza aid Flotilla—details Israeli detention.

At one point, he says, he was forced to his knees for a photo op with the Israeli flag, as Ben Gvir yelled in his face, calling him a terrorist.

Says US "hung up" on families of Americans, veterans seeking help.

EXCLUSIVE: Freed Flotilla Activist David Adler Details His ‘Violent Abduction’ by Israel

The Jewish American writer says Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir specifically targeted him, forcing a photo op with the Israeli flag and calling him a “terrorist.”

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

The attack on Mark is another stunt by right-wing grifters to victimize a random person in an effort to use MAGA fear mongering to justify their existence. It should go without saying we should do anything possible to support his family.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1d

looks like it! But will available in a much cheaper paperback from haymarket in spring of 2027

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1d

i value honesty. skimming the intro could be even more effective!

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1d

oh man, it's real!

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Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre

"Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre" published on 26 Mar 2026 by Brill.

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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 2d

Concern that Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act to take control of blue cities is by no means far-fetched. Our cities are already occupied by a federal army of thugs— ICE — directed to kidnap and cage our neighbors, atop regular police violence. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/07/t...

The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act

An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.

theintercept.com

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Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 2d

The iron law of climate politics: everyone is "in favour of climate action" [as long as it means zero change to existing lifestyles]

How politicians and passengers gave up on greener air travel

A renewed push for economic growth has added to technological challenges and problems with carbon offset schemes

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 2d

A message from my dear friend Tasneem in Gaza, whose daughter was hurt in an attack: "Alma has wounds on her forehead and front teeth. She can't eat because of the severe pain."

The civilians rely on our direct donations to survive. Please give to Tasneem and to others. ❤️🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Chloe Ahmann @chloeahmann.bsky.social · 4d

📣 Friends, sharing a new collection on “Everyday and Emergent Ecofascisms” – edited with Zeynep Oguz for @societyandspace.bsky.social – that we hope folks find useful in These Times. Together, we “tend to the mundane ways ecofascist tenets organize the everyday...

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02637758251374876

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 2d

Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use a Federal Law to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Use a Federal Law to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops

www.nytimes.com

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