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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · Aug 21

Some people are attempting to make their compliance with fascism into something it's certainly not. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about how the promotion of obedience, hiding, and disengagement is taking us backward, despite attempts to make it seem reasonable. prismreports.org/2025/08/21/o...

Another way out: Hiding and obedience won't stop fascism

By being obedient to the point of giving up all self-determination, we’re poised to return to what many before us fought to overturn

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

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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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · 2d

The core problem with #trust is not between the DNC & GOP, but between an elite-led Congress (represented in both parties) and a population whose policy priorities never seem to manifest in legislation. A #shutdown is just extreme anti-poor austerity led by those elites.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Shutdown Lays Bare America’s Latest Crisis: A Total Breakdown in Trust

Past shutdowns have been about one thing. This one feels like it is about everything.

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · 7d

I'm super excited to announce my new book Who Do We Trust? Power, Solidarity, & Antiauthoritarianism will be out on October 20 from @plutopress.bsky.social!! It focuses on all the reasons to #trust each other more and to stop trusting in hierarchies. www.plutobooks.com/product/who-...

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · 9d

Most tech workers don't #trust AI. But why *would* they trust AI or the people who make it? They're in highly competitive fields & don't get to control the parameters of their work, AI generates workplace unaccountability, and it is deskilling their professions.

www.newsweek.com/despite-usin...

Despite using AI, only a quarter of tech workers trust it

Google’s DORA report found the percentage of software development professionals that used AI surged to 90 percent.

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · 12d

Rove is a disaster capitalist, but he looks almost moderate in comparison to the current chaos-specialists-in-charge.

Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · 12d

Even hardliners like Karl Rove fear a loss of public #trust in government (he did much to destroy trust during GW Bush's presidency). There's already only single digit strong confidence in #Congress; that's been constant for years now. How much else is left to lose?
thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · 12d

We should #trust people who've invested a lifetime in pursuit of knowledge; pro-social justice doctors are trustworthy experts if not compromised by conflicts of interest or egomania. We should #distrust famous celebrities, conspiratorial politicians, & attention-seekers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tylenol: Trust doctors over Trump on paracetamol, Wes Streeting says

He tells expectant mothers to ignore Trump's claims of a link between use of the painkiller and autism.

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 18d

While U.S. media capitulates to fascism, in Canada the CBC features an accurate portrayal of antifa activism on their flagship prime time show The National. With commentary from @mark-bray.bsky.social and myself.

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What is Antifa and why is Trump targeting it?

YouTube video by CBC News: The National

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · 20d

States are inherently distrustful--of each other and of their own populaces. The encapsulated interests they share with each other are almost always instrumental, financial, and interactional. But, this illustrates the isolation the US is facing by its extreme policies.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Saudi Arabia Seeks New Security Alliances as Trust in U.S. Erodes

The kingdom signed a new defense pact with Pakistan a week after Israel carried out a missile attack targeting Hamas political officials in Qatar, another key U.S. Arab Gulf partner.

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · 21d

There's lots of ways to build #trust in a workplace. While good communication between bosses & workers is nice, it pales in comparison to sharing power: Do workers have any influence over what happens? How they work, what that work is, what is the result of their work?
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...

Rebuilding Workplace Trust After Layoffs: Why Empathy Matters More Than Positivity

Learn how to rebuild workplace trust after layoffs using communication, authentic leadership, and psychological safety that maintains team morale.

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · 21d

3 in 4 Americans don't #trust Trump admin recommendations on reducing vaccines. California's Dept of Public Health says the new #CDC vaccine advisory committee is out of step w/ "trusted national medical professional organizations". Wingnuts have seized institutional power & are generating distrust.

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 23d

California says it can no longer trust Washington on COVID vaccines. A major battle is looming

California’s COVID surge is showing signs of peaking as the state pushes back against federal guidelines that some say have jeopardized access to vaccines.

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · Aug 2

Yeah, and interestingly, several Panthers became anarchists!
daily.jstor.org/the-real-sto... @dmwilliams.bsky.social.

The Real Story of Black Anarchists - JSTOR Daily

Often in the news today, anarchism is widely misunderstood. One myth is that it's a movement for white people.

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 30

I wrote an article ("Bootmakers & Virologists: #Anarchist Views on Expertise") on the difference b/w #expertise & #authority. It's better to distrust hierarchies like corporate #medicine, and to instead trust workers who value justice + freedom. Read it here:

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Anarcho-Syndicalist Review #92; Illustration of a scientist cat using a microscope; cover story of "Bootmakers & Virologists: Anarchist Views on Expertise"

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Lauren Schudde @laurenschudde.bsky.social · Mar 28

New pub @ #RIHE: @dmwilliams.bsky.social's case study examines alumni initial reactions and subsequent actions upon public university nickname change. doi.org/10.1007/s111...

University Alumni Donations as Threats to Punish or Promises to Reward: Alumni Loyalty Before and After the Elimination of a Native American Nickname and Logo - Research in Higher Education

The gap between predicted and actual outcomes—following a university’s removal of their controversial Native American nickname—may be rather wide. This study investigates what alumni threaten or promi...

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · Mar 12

My latest paper reviews research on the appropriation of #Indigenous culture for sports logos, #mascots, & nicknames. It covers the history of the practice, public opinion, social psychological factors, and political dimensions (conflict, #movements, & change).
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

The Appropriation of Native American Culture for Sports Logos, Mascots, and Nicknames | Request PDF

Request PDF | The Appropriation of Native American Culture for Sports Logos, Mascots, and Nicknames | Native American imagery and symbols—as logos, mascots, and nicknames—have been commonplace in Amer...

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · Mar 8

I've been re-reading old interviews I recorded with long-term radicals, like the 89-year-old French sociologist Ronald Creagh: "I am today a person without any creed whatsoever. I only have hypotheses. And I would say anarchism is the philosophy of life that I dislike the least."

Video screenshot of Ronald Creagh in 2019, with quote.

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · Jan 23

Great book. I reviewed it favorably for the journal Social Movement Studies.

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(PDF) Review of Mike Finn's "Debating Anarchism: A History of Action, Ideas, and Movements"

PDF | Hundreds of authors have constructed anarchist hobgoblins, perpetuated misunderstandings, and narrowed the range of anarchist thought. Yet recent... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · Jan 13

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · Jan 8

Very excited to contribute to the Anarchist Essays podcast!!

Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · Jan 8

🎙️Anarchist Essay #96!

In our first episode of the new year in our series w/ @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social Dana Williams (@dmwilliams.bsky.social) presents 'Concerning Anarchist Sociology: Working Within and Against Disicpline'.

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Essay #96: Dana Williams, ‘Concerning Anarchist Sociology: Working Within and Against Discipline’

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · Jan 6

I have a new episode on @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social's Anarchist Essays #podcast. Listen to me talk about #anarchism and #sociology!

open.spotify.com/episode/2yz9...

Essay #96: Dana Williams, ‘Concerning Anarchist Sociology: Working Within and Against Discipline’

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · Jan 1

Later this year, @plutopress.bsky.social will publish my new book Who Do We Trust?: Power, Solidarity, & Antiauthoritarianism. So, this year I'll be posting about "radical trust"--critical distrust of hierarchy + authority figures, alongside expansive, horizontal social trust. Follow if interested.

Blurry photo of the book Who Do We Trust? being written, with unaccredited co-author

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · Dec 27

Ancestry.com's public databases are overwhelmingly state-based records. And the first full, de facto censuses collected in countries throughout Africa, Asia, & Europe were collected years prior to state formation; others were collected in the very first years of a state, to establish their power.

State age when first full, de facto censuses were conducted (mean year of state=0)

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Dana Williams @dmwilliams.bsky.social · Dec 27

States formed by capturing information about their claimed territories and subjects. Ironically, these records are primary documents for later generations of family historians. Read my 2024 analysis of genealogy's reliance upon statist records, especially censuses.
works.hcommons.org/records/ac35...

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