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Eli Friedman

@elifriedman.bsky.social

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Dept of Global Labor and Work at Cornell | China in Global Capitalism w/Haymarket https://t.ly/uySU6 | Labor politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | @aaup.org‬ & @jvp.bsky.social‬

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · Oct 1

Xi: “The unification of the motherland is the historical trend... No one can stop the wheels of history”

But it's precisely bc those wheels of history reversed in the 2010s that the PRC has resorted to militarization. My take in @bostonreview.bsky.social on the PRC's 75th:

The Cost of China’s Prosperity - Boston Review

For Hong Kong and Taiwan, neoliberalism’s falling tides made political repression inevitable.

www.bostonreview.net

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 9h

Had a pretty good run in the late 60s-early 70s though, Maoism was so hot

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 9h

This history of China's labor movement sat on Cornell's shelves for almost 50 years till I came along

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 10h

They got plenty of practice doing censorship in China and HK, Apple is ready to play ball with authoritarians of all nations

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 14h

This will do for protest in the 2020s what the umbrella did for the 2010s

Portland protesters showered by tear gas again — and with solidarity from across the U.S.

Thousands gathered in Portland, Ore., for another night of protests as demonstrations and the presence of federal agents sent by Trump continued.

www.latimes.com

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 14h

Incredible tactical innovation

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 15h

Heed the call

Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 2d

If there’s ever been a time when unprecedented collective action was needed, it’s now. Join the call: www.May2028.org

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 15h

Vestiges of the ancien régime in a dusty back corner of census.gov

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 1d

It's not obvious to me that working for a tech company is better. Chinese students' top choice is working for the government which is definitely super boring but at least you get job security

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 1d

"According to a survey last year by Zhaopin, a recruitment agency, only 8% of students [in China] want to enter manufacturing."

Turns out people just don't want to work in a factory when there are other options

adamtooze.substack.com/p/has-most-o...

Has most of the world passed peak social media? A planet healthy diet & will China forever remain an engineering state?

Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze

adamtooze.substack.com

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 1d

cornell alums sign and share and fight and then some docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Alumni in Support of Cornell’s Independence, Democracy, and Academic Freedom

Please add your name below if you agree to be a signatory of the following message to be delivered to the Cornell Board of Trustees: Dear Members of the Cornell Board of Trustees, Ongoing attacks on A...

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Woke Shell

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Their aims and demands. Obv they're taking a big risk, SG has strong ties with Israel and has for many years

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Respect to the brave folks in Singapore on hunger strike for Gaza

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 2d

"It worked for me it will surely work for my children" ideology is almost always wrong unless the "it" is inheriting huge sums of wealth

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 2d

"The machines weld car frames, assemble electronic devices and move heavy loads with precision, filling labour gaps caused by the demographic shift."

And yet there is nearly 20% youth unemployment, maybe lack of people isn't the real story

As China’s population falls, 300,000-strong robot army keeps factories humming

The country leads the world in newly installed industrial robots, far ahead of Japan and the US.

www.scmp.com

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 2d

What percentage of the African students are Afrikaners

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Ah so we let people in from Europe while restricting other parts of the world

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Far and away the most important thing they could do to reduce costs for the most people is to increase funding for public universities. Ofc they are doing precisely the opposite

Republicans Take Aim at ‘Industry Behind the Curtain’ of College Prices

www.nytimes.com

Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Our academic freedom committee on how Cornell egregiously violated its own rules in discipling Prof Cheyfitz and cancelling his class on Gaza

GUEST ROOM | Cornell’s Actions Against Professor Cheyfitz Violate Academic Freedom, Faculty Governance and Due Process

The Cornell AAUP Committee on Academic Freedom writes against Provost Kavita Bala's non-compliance with a unanimous Faculty Senate decision vindicating Prof. Eric Cheyfitz of alleged discrimination in...

www.cornellsun.com

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 3d

One man's polycrisis is another's poly-golden age

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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Why people hate billionaires

“There has never been a better time to be excited about the future,” Bezos declared. “We are gifted to live in a moment in time where there are multiple golden ages going on.”