James R. Tracy
@jtofthebay.bsky.social
https://jamesrtracybooks.org
Author specializing in movement histories. Melville House | City Lights| AK Press | Manic D Press.
Author specializing in movement histories. Melville House | City Lights| AK Press | Manic D Press.
Come to our big book party December 7th!
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Come to our big book party December 7th!
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This week Inquest launched a new series on abolitionist organizing and carceral geography from Ruth Wilson Gilmore, @craiggilmore.bsky.social , Judah Schept, & @lydiajean.bsky.social . Get the full recap: mailchi.mp/inquest.o...
July 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This week Inquest launched a new series on abolitionist organizing and carceral geography from Ruth Wilson Gilmore, @craiggilmore.bsky.social , Judah Schept, & @lydiajean.bsky.social . Get the full recap: mailchi.mp/inquest.o...
You may know people who would gaslight you into thinking that objecting to starvation and extermination is anti-jewish. What times we live in.
July 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
You may know people who would gaslight you into thinking that objecting to starvation and extermination is anti-jewish. What times we live in.
If anyone knows of defense funds for these medical workers, please share.
July 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If anyone knows of defense funds for these medical workers, please share.
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Apropos of absolutely nothing, it seems like a fine day to learn a bit about a big-city Socialist mayor. Daniel Hoan of Milwaukee was re-elected many times, with many exemplary successes and some challenges, none of which bear any resemblance whatsoever to the present day
"As mayor from 1916 to 1940, [Socialist] Daniel Webster Hoan transformed Milwaukee from a graft-ridden, ineffective municipality to a well-governed city that received national recognition for its high-quality services." emke.uwm.edu/entry/daniel...
Daniel Webster Hoan - Encyclopedia of Milwaukee
As mayor from 1916 to 1940, Daniel Webster Hoan transformed Milwaukee from a graft-ridden, ineffective municipality to a well-governed city that received
emke.uwm.edu
June 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Apropos of absolutely nothing, it seems like a fine day to learn a bit about a big-city Socialist mayor. Daniel Hoan of Milwaukee was re-elected many times, with many exemplary successes and some challenges, none of which bear any resemblance whatsoever to the present day
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What should you do when ICE comes to the ballpark? Bay Area teams are already preparing www.sfchronicle.com/sports/ostle...
What should you do when ICE comes to the ballpark? Bay Area teams are already preparing
The Los Angeles Dodgers said when ICE showed up on their doorstep, they weren’t let in. Bay Area teams and restaurants are bracing for when their workers and patrons also face federal harassment.
www.sfchronicle.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
What should you do when ICE comes to the ballpark? Bay Area teams are already preparing www.sfchronicle.com/sports/ostle...
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The 5% are all op-ed writers.
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The 5% are all op-ed writers.
One of those issues that shouldn't need a study.
June 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
One of those issues that shouldn't need a study.
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Saw this whole out doing errands today
June 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Saw this whole out doing errands today
No fucking war. The blowback from this day will curse this country for decades.
No Fucking War
YouTube video by 7 Year Bitch - Topic
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No fucking war. The blowback from this day will curse this country for decades.
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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So... what are the Dems going to do now that Trump says we have bombed Iran?
How Democratic Party Leaders Quietly Support Trump's March to War With Iran
Some Democrats are fighting to stop Trump's Iran war, but leaders like Chuck Schumer are quietly acquiescing or, worse, supporting an attack.
theintercept.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So... what are the Dems going to do now that Trump says we have bombed Iran?
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ICE picked the wrong neighborhood 💥
June 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
ICE picked the wrong neighborhood 💥
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On June 13, 1980 radical historian & political theorist Walter Rodney was assassinated. To honor his life & legacy I worked w/ @bostonreview.bsky.social to publish Stuart Hall's previously unpublished 1974 speech in support of Rodney. Rodney and Hall speak to our conjuncture w/ remarkable clarity.
“Today their legacies demonstrate the imperative of organic intellectuals to confront authoritarian nationalism and forge global solidarity.”
@jordantcamp.bsky.social introduces a previously unpublished 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney, who was assassinated 45 years ago tomorrow:
@jordantcamp.bsky.social introduces a previously unpublished 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney, who was assassinated 45 years ago tomorrow:
When We Are All Enemies of the State - Boston Review
A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.
www.bostonreview.net
June 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
On June 13, 1980 radical historian & political theorist Walter Rodney was assassinated. To honor his life & legacy I worked w/ @bostonreview.bsky.social to publish Stuart Hall's previously unpublished 1974 speech in support of Rodney. Rodney and Hall speak to our conjuncture w/ remarkable clarity.
What Liz said.
Bad indeed. Regardless of what you think about PSL specifically, this is a threat to any group that helps organize & support protests. You can’t — & shouldn’t — control every agitator who shows up.
Hawley, that friend of the working class, is going after PSL. This is quite bad.
June 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What Liz said.
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“A fascist society is one in which some people are deputized to do violence, and everyone else is forced to defend themselves.”
Mutual Aid in the Age of Fascism - Boston Review
As people are being deputized to do violence, building connections is political resistance.
www.bostonreview.net
June 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“A fascist society is one in which some people are deputized to do violence, and everyone else is forced to defend themselves.”
Truly that time when we can find out the answer to the question 'what would I have done?'
Short while ago, small group of protesters attempted to block a van leaving 26 federal plaza, thought to be moving people arrested at court appointments and ice check ins this week, NYPD now gathering.
June 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Truly that time when we can find out the answer to the question 'what would I have done?'
This death should be an election issue for the Governor G. Podcast when he runs for the White House.
'It's not fair': Marvin Boomer's family, friends grieve at open-casket service
"Had this happened in Mill Valley... Marvin Boomer would be alive," the family's spokesperson said at an emotional press conference.
oaklandside.org
June 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This death should be an election issue for the Governor G. Podcast when he runs for the White House.
This does it for my @nytimes.com subscription. I'll miss Wordle. Probably should have cancelled after the 50,000th headline obscuring genocide, but better late than never.
Is It OK to Earn Rental Income From an ICE Holding Facility?
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This does it for my @nytimes.com subscription. I'll miss Wordle. Probably should have cancelled after the 50,000th headline obscuring genocide, but better late than never.
Free David Huerta and free them all. #solidarity
The nearly 15 million working people of the AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions demand the immediate release of @californialabor.bsky.social Vice President and @seiuca.bsky.social and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta.
aflcio.org/press/releas...
aflcio.org/press/releas...
June 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Free David Huerta and free them all. #solidarity
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I’ve said it before but it is embarrassing that so many intellectuals spent years in small factional battles over the propriety of calling this fascism.
In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
June 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’ve said it before but it is embarrassing that so many intellectuals spent years in small factional battles over the propriety of calling this fascism.
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She hopes her legal fight will help others know they can speak out against Israel’s genocide despite ongoing attacks on pro-Palestine speech by both universities and the federal government. interc.pt/45alAdx
June 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
She hopes her legal fight will help others know they can speak out against Israel’s genocide despite ongoing attacks on pro-Palestine speech by both universities and the federal government. interc.pt/45alAdx