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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 3d

The media trots out the "deplorable" comment from a decade ago to castigate the left. Once a week now Trump implies that the military should destroy democrats, and it is just how things are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · 16d

I presume only seeking CUNY and SUNY faculty sign ons?

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · 17d

She’s super important to the book!

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · 17d

Fascism only works if it has a social base. I wrote a book about efforts across the country to organize predominantly white communities away from this base. How? By showing them their shared stake in fighting for racial and economic justice. The book is out Jan 2026. @surj.org

White Flank: Organizing White People for Racial Justice

Organizing White People for Racial Justice

bookshop.org

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · 24d

😂😂😂 should I be concerned by my own humanity (or lack thereof) that constructing a Turing machine was one of my most beloved assignments from undergrad?!?

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Aug 27

This looks like a great opportunity! @ucsbkalfou.bsky.social is such a fantastic journal.

Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies @ucsbkalfou.bsky.social · Jul 31

Got a project in mind for our special issue on ethnic studies+student activism? Apply to our workshop, Oct 11, to get feedback on your ideas and connect with others on the dreams and struggles embedded in this work. Space is limited; apply soon!

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Aug 24

Powerful and beautifully rendered reflection from @kutalik.bsky.social

Chris Kutalik @kutalik.bsky.social · Aug 21

I wrote about moving back to LA, ‪ the growth of @dsa.la, fightback against ICE, and the late great Mike Davis’ Magical Urbanism.

I Love LA: Fire, Memory, and Struggle
substack.com/@chriskutali...

I Love LA: Fire, Memory, and Struggle

A year ago, I moved back to Los Angeles.

substack.com

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Aug 20

A powerful manifesto from someone who has the courage to walk the walk. Thanks for this beautiful model @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social

Michael Gould-Wartofsky @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social · Jul 1

Yesterday was my last day at Columbia University. With my contract up, and my conscience clear, I am proud to say that I will no longer be working for the collaborationists and accommodationists of American academia.

mgouldwartofsky.substack.com/p/farewell-t...

Farewell to the Imperial University

Today was my last day at Columbia University.

open.substack.com

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Aug 15

Important and always nuanced insights from @insurgentprof.bsky.social. Powerful stuff

‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that

How do white Southerners think about their racial status in a world that is scrutinizing white advantages? Researchers found people across the political spectrum grappling with what being white means.

theconversation.com

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Aug 8

Yes! We are bsky-friends! (Or birdy pals?) I didn't realize. Great talk today!

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is just awesome. Good on ya.

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Aug 6

One child an hour has died in Gaza since this war began.

Gaza’s stolen childhood: UNICEF says 28 Palestinian children die every day

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

youtu.be

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Aug 4

What an amazing gift for our loved ones fighting the good fight this coming late fall/early winter!

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Aug 4

Hey fam, my new book, Read This When Things Fall Apart, comes out in three months. That means now is the critical window for preorders, which help get books on shelves, in libraries, and into the hands of the people who need them most. www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/vCQt68D...

The book cover for Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis, Edited by Kelly Hayes. The book cover features an artistic rendering of a person with long hair wading into a body of water at night in a wilderness.

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Jul 30

The full issue is finally out, thanks to the incomparable Enid Logan. Here is her great introduction!

The 2024 U.S. presidential election & the politics of race: responding to a moment of crisis with analysis, insight & action

This themed issue is on the 2024 election and the politics of race. And it is also necessarily about the racial dynamics unfolding under the Trump administration at present. The questions addressed...

www.tandfonline.com

Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Jul 29

New work by @bryanbrasmussen.bsky.social and @apattison.bsky.social. Love these guys and this great project.

Andy Pattison @apattison.bsky.social · Jul 29

A short story in the @colgate.edu Research Magazine on my project “Condors over Cattle: Managed Wilderness and the Pastoral Tradition in Northern Baja California,” with
@bryanbrasmussen.bsky.social news.colgate.edu/researchmaga...

Condors vs. Cattle | Colgate Research

news.colgate.edu

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Jul 24

Critique as you will the NYT. I still very much appreciate the work of Daniel Martinez Hosang and colleague Joseph Lowndes. This interactive seems an accessible and interesting way to present their work, particularly to students.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Obama Won Record Numbers of Nonwhite Voters. This Is How the Democrats Lost Them.

One in five voters who cast a ballot for Donald Trump in 2024 was a person of color. Why?

www.nytimes.com

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · Jun 26

When democracy challenges their preferred status quo, too many of these folks shamelessly turn to authoritarian tactics to overturn its outcomes. The current climate only emboldens these fascist fools. Those of us who still believe in the promise of democracy must not give up the fight!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jun 26

Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has sent a letter to Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported.

Andy Ogles: Zohran "little muhammad" Mamdani is an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York. He needs to be DEPORTED. Which is why I am calling for him to be subject to denaturalization proceedings.
Attached is my letter to @AGPamBondi.

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Jun 23

May we all be so brave as to keep our wits about us in these times.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 23

WATCH: “This is f*cking kidnapping! That’s not your badge… I do have a little bit of education… get the f*ck out of here, racial profiling is illegal…”

A brave woman melts ice 🧊 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Jun 22

“he argued that racism was intended to establish a “nobility of the skin.” Whiteness, Sumner understood, was a class hierarchy—an insight that is still resisted by people on every part of the political spectrum”

Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · Jun 22

wrote about Charles Sumner, someone who proved that racism wasn't somehow natural or unquestioningly accepted in the past—which means it's not natural and shouldn't be accepted today, either. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/charles-su...

Charles Sumner: Of His Time

Our textbooks don’t want you to know about antiracists in the past.

www.everythingishorrible.net

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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · Jun 20

another day, another asset-stripping overlap between Michigan’s Emergency Manager law and this administration

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Jun 19

"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."

www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill

The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

www.wilderness.org

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Jun 15

This!!

Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · Jun 15

I wish someone would make a compilation of all the unusual places, the small towns, rural counties, the South, etc. I went to one of those rallies. It was big. And I don’t think it was an outlier.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 15

things are indeed getting worse. but we are going to win.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 15

“No Kings Day”: A compilation

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · Jun 12

This part. There are practical benefits to resistance to disappearing people off the street & they are evident. It’s not that protestors are winning it’s that they’re stopping democracy from losing completely.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Jun 12

It’s blindingly clear at this point that the protestors in Los Angeles are in fact helping to prevent a fascist takeover, and the pundits who suggested that protest is counterproductive were being either stupid or actively malicious.

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · May 28

www.kvoa.com/news/local/a...

Annual Migrant Trail Walk begins bringing together dozens for 75-mile journey

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - More than 40 people left Tucson Monday morning to begin a long walk in the desert with a purpose.

www.kvoa.com