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Chenjerai Kumanyika
@chenjerai.bsky.social
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Study & teach critical media studies of empire Creator and host of Empire City @nyu_journalism Stories/ Political ed @crookedmedia @sceneonradio @uncivilshow @mothstories @streetpoetsinc
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · Jan 27
1) Here’s a small sampling of what the NYPD has been up to and or what we’ve learned about the NYPD just in the last five months since Empire City came out:

1) September 11, 2024
NYPD Buried Hundreds of Misconduct Cases"
www.propublica.org/article/nypd...
The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them
The department has killed more than 400 cases of alleged misconduct this year that an oversight board had investigated and substantiated. It’s part of a lax attitude toward discipline under the curren...
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 10h
Solidarity Against Sadism

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left.

Tuesday, October 14th at 6 PM ET

RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Solidarity Against Sadism: An Emergency Town Hall Naomi Klein, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Astra Taylor, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 5d
Check out me & @chenjerai.bsky.social & Lorena Grundy of @aaup-penn.bsky.social break down the new Trump compact for higher ed…. Otherwise known as loyalty oaths. This is AAUP TV. @aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/RB1FLkR...
Breaking Down Trump's New Higher Ed Loyalty Oath Compacts and Why We Must Resist
YouTube video by TheAAUP
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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 6d
This conversation was very good and well worth watching:
www.youtube.com/live/RB1FLkR... @aaup-penn.bsky.social @aaup.org @chenjerai.bsky.social @proftwolf.bsky.social
Breaking Down Trump's New Higher Ed Loyalty Oath Compacts and Why We Must Resist
YouTube video by TheAAUP
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 9d
Federal agents detained one resident while he was on his way to dialysis treatment, according to the complaint.
Federal agents are abducting any DC residents who appear Latino, new suit says
Federal agents detained one resident while he was on his way to dialysis treatment, according to the complaint.
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 12d
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LIVE: ARREST NETANYAHU: NYC MARCH TO THE UN
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d
JUST NOW AT THE UN…
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 12d
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LIVE: ARREST NETANYAHU: NYC MARCH TO THE UN
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Joshua Clark Davis @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social · 14d
Excited to be speaking at wonderful stores like @citylightsbooks.bsky.social @redemmas.org @politicsprose.bsky.social and with some very knowledgable interlocutors like @elizabethkai.bsky.social @chenjerai.bsky.social @jduffyrice.bsky.social
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17d
For the People Leftist Library project funds our work solely from Tshirt sales: www.librariesforthepeople.org/gear - So your purchase is what makes it possible for us to provide ASL at our virtual events, to make resources to share, etc...
Gear — For The People
Rep your support for public libraries with your whole chest. These awesome designs are by Noah Jodice, and are available in a variety of super-soft styles (tees, tanks, crewnecks, hoodies, etc) and in a range of gorgeous colors.
www.librariesforthepeople.org
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 18d
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Billionaires must pay climate rally
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 18d
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 18d
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 18d
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Billionaires must pay climate rally
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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 18d
Live at billionaires must pay climate rally in New York City

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Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 18d
Live at New York, billionaires must pay rally

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUe...
Billionaires must pay climate rally
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 19d
Hey Canada, ready to get serious about fighting fascism?

Then let's go!!

So proud of Avi. See you out there...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 19d
Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy.

I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.

We need a government that serves the many, not the money.

Join in. lewisforleader.ca/

youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY
Why I’m running for NDP leader
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · Sep 6
Reminder: @propublica.org is still tracking how immigration agents use force when they make arrests.

Do you have video or other documentation of forceful or violent arrests by immigration agents that we should review? Please reach out.

email: [email protected]
Signal: @nicolefoy.27
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · Jul 31
Citizens, crying kids, pregnant women, people who aren't the target...it doesn't seem to matter who's inside the car when immigration officers want to make an arrest. They smash the window anyway

@mckenziefunk.com & I tracked these arrests all over the U.S. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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Barry Lam @hiphination.bsky.social · Sep 3
Join me and friends at NYU for an afternoon about podcasting as scholarship. Everyone welcome but must RSVP w/

Fanny Gribinski, Mara Mills, Benjamen Walker, @chenjerai.bsky.social Barry Lam, @bartona104.bsky.social, Joy Connolly, Robert Boynton. 10/10/25.

www.paperlesspost.com/go/BBrDGDgfL...
You're invited to "Producing original scholarship in audio." Tap here to RSVP - Paperless Post Flyer
SCHEDULE 1-2 pm - Lunch and Listening Session 2:-3 pm - NYU’s Podcast Intellectuals. Fanny Gribinski and Mara Mills, Benjamen Walker 3-4 pm - How Do Scholar…
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · Sep 2
NYC Council urges Board of Elections to block Mayor Adams’ housing ballot proposals https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-council-urges-board-of-elections-to-block-mayor-adams-housing-ballot-proposals
NYC Council urges Board of Elections to block Mayor Adams’ housing ballot proposals
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is leading a bipartisan coalition to block the mayor's ballot proposals. Council leadership says the proposal language, which would fast-track certain development projects, is misleading. [ more › ]
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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · Aug 29
A screenprint version of this popular image from Justseeds comrade John Fleissner! This print was originally created for students in Los Angeles leading walkouts against ICE raids. justseeds.org/product/no-p...
A screenprint version of this popular image from Justseeds comrade John Fleissner! This print was originally created for students in Los Angeles leading walkouts against ICE raids. https://justseeds.org/product/no-pasaran-3/
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 31
New high res graphic by @superlunaristarot at the @justseeds.bsky.social website: justseeds.org/graphic/no-i...
A white van with "NO ICE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD" spray-painted on it is on fire, with smoke and flames bursting from the roof and broken windows; the background is bright yellow with purple accents.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 26
The anti-war president and aspiring Nobel Peace Prize winner . . .
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 25
Trump suggests he's changing the name the US Department of Defence to the US Department of War:

"It just sounds better... Defence? I don't want to be defence only... We want offence too.

As Department of War, we won everything. And I think we're going to have to go back to that."
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AAUP @aaup.org · Aug 23
Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, warned of a more “militant” response on campuses in the fall – including possible mass strikes.

“We’re going to need to politicize this fight. It’s not an economic strike on our job conditions – it’s a political strike for the future of the sector.”

#DefendHigherEd
‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault
The effects of a rightwing campaign to remake American higher education are fueling fear and anxiety, but advocates say they have plans to fight back
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George Washington University AAUP @gwaaup.bsky.social · Aug 19
Greetings BlueSky, we are the George Washington University Chapter of the @aaup.org. Our mission is to advance academic freedom & shared governance at our university and beyond.

#academicbluesky
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George Washington University AAUP @gwaaup.bsky.social · Aug 19
GWU-AAUP calls on the university administration to work collaboratively with the faculty and broader university community to resist this attempt to mischaracterize and suppress student protesters and to destroy free speech and academic freedom.

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