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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · 7d

Much appreciation to Flandrine Lusson for reviewing our Solidarity Cities book in the Canadian Geographer!
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Solidarity cities: Confronting racial capitalism, mapping transformation By Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy, and Craig Borowiak, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 2025. pp....

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · 7d

‪Also huge thanks to Penn Loh for a thorough review of our book "Solidarity Cities" in Economic Geography
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My co-authors are @msafri.bsky.social
@craigborowiak.bsky.social, and
@stephenhealy72.bsky.social
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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · 7d

Collectively written by @craigborowiak.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @stephenhealy72.bsky.social and myself. Published by the @uminnpress.bsky.social.

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks to Nick Clare and Joe Kearsey for a generous review and appreciation of the use of mapping as an ontological practice in Solidarity Cities: Confronting racial capitalism, mapping transformation.
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Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation

Capitalism reproduces and relies upon racism. This much we know. But what if our efforts to push back against and move beyond capitalism do the same? This

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · 7d

Grateful to Jay Cephas for a brief but incisive review of our book at Places. "Solidarity cites" collectively written by @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @craigborowiak.bsky.social, and myself. Published by @uminnpress.bsky.social.
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Bookshelf: Summer 2025 | Book Reviews in Places Journal

A seasonal offering of brief reviews of recent books on architecture, landscapes, cities, and related subjects.

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · 13d

As of today,it was not shortlisted but it was a great honor to be in the long list!

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craigborowiak.bsky.social @craigborowiak.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our book SOLIDARITY CITIES made the long list for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award.

It's exciting to be selected alongside these other cool books!

#solidaritycities @uminnpress.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social @stephenhealy87.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social

10 Books for Urban Thinkers This Summer | Metropolis

The 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List Books have the power to transform how cities are understood, governed, and experienced. The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities...

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craigborowiak.bsky.social @craigborowiak.bsky.social · 19d

Feels more urgent than ever to support cities as bulwarks against the storm. Very excited to have this new podcast drop with me and coauthors about our #SolidarityCities book!
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social

New Books: Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation — Urban Affairs Review

Featuring Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Craig Borowiak, and Stephen Healy, authors of Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation , published by University of Minne...

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · 13d

Collectively written by @craigborowiak.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, and myself. Published by the @uminnpress.bsky.social.

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks to Nick Clare and Joe Kearsey for a generous review and appreciation of mapping that we used as an ontological practice for landscapes of solidarity economy in Solidarity Cities: Confronting racial capitalism, mapping transformation.

academic.oup.com/cdj/advance-...

Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation

Capitalism reproduces and relies upon racism. This much we know. But what if our efforts to push back against and move beyond capitalism do the same? This

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · Aug 4

not as an exception from the universal rule of racial capitalist and patriarchal extraction.

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Collectively authored with Maliha Safri, Stephen Healy , and Craig Borowiak , published by University of Minnesota Press

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Solidarity Cities

Mapping the transformative effects of America’s urban solidarity economies Solidarity economies, characterized by diverse practices of cooperation and mutu...

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · Aug 4

This original reading of human history resonates with our “Solidarity Cities”book’s argument that people have built cities with the solidarity economy as both the collective means of resistance and a human way of life rooted in solidarity,

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · May 10

I love this video! Right to the point. #SolidarityCities

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · May 10

New primer video from The Conscious Citizens for explaining the solidarity economy- and amazing usage of the USSEN map we (me + @craigborowiak.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social & @stephenhealy72.bsky.social) helped develop! (at around the 1 minute mark)

What is the Solidarity Economy?

https://youtube.com/shorts/6TQZhHNBe74?si=3mzLVa7e-wM6XGlE From @theconciouscitizens and @raytrospectively, also on Instagram

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · May 27

Would be eye opening to many US parents. No federally funded parental leave - shockingly. It is time to go back to the 1971 Comprehensive Child Development Act, passed by congress and killed by Nixon. We could have had federally subsidized daycare. Also note that corporations resent this idea.

She compared motherhood in four countries. The US isn’t looking good

A new book examines childcare policies across the globe – and asks whether parenthood in the US needs to be so hard

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · Jun 11

Interesting historical connections www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt

A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · Jun 11

Interesting historical connections www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt

A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort

www.theguardian.com

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · May 27

Would be eye opening to many US parents. No federally funded parental leave - shockingly. It is time to go back to the 1971 Comprehensive Child Development Act, passed by congress and killed by Nixon. We could have had federally subsidized daycare. Also note that corporations resent this idea.

She compared motherhood in four countries. The US isn’t looking good

A new book examines childcare policies across the globe – and asks whether parenthood in the US needs to be so hard

www.theguardian.com

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · May 10

I love this video! Right to the point. #SolidarityCities

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · May 10

New primer video from The Conscious Citizens for explaining the solidarity economy- and amazing usage of the USSEN map we (me + @craigborowiak.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social & @stephenhealy72.bsky.social) helped develop! (at around the 1 minute mark)

What is the Solidarity Economy?

https://youtube.com/shorts/6TQZhHNBe74?si=3mzLVa7e-wM6XGlE From @theconciouscitizens and @raytrospectively, also on Instagram

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · May 9

The mayor of Newark was arrested today while protesting at a federal immigration detention center operated by GEO Group — a private prison company and major Trump donor.

Kudos to Ras Baraka for standing up to this authoritarian regime.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · May 9

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · May 5

I hear that the mapping workshop with my #SolidarityCities book co-authors Craig @craigborowiak.bsky.social and Maliha @msafri.bsky.social was awesome. Great job and thank you!

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · May 7

Prompted by conversations on here, I asked ChatGPT what my most recent book was - sounds like a great book, but I did not (yet!) write it...

“Play, Space, and the Politics of Urban Life” (published in 2016).

In this book, Stenning looks at the intersection of play and urban space, focusing on how people—especially in post-socialist contexts—engage in playful activities in the city. She examines play not just as a recreational activity but as a social and political practice that can reveal deeper truths about how space is used, contested, and lived. It's a fascinating exploration of how informal, often unregulated spaces in cities provide opportunities for resistance, creativity, and expression, especially in rapidly changing political and economic environments.

In this book, she argues that play and leisure activities aren't just passive or frivolous—they're deeply connected to broader social dynamics and the ways people make sense of the spaces around them. This can include everything from informal games to larger cultural movements in the city.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · May 6

I want to give credit to Metz/Weise here for stating plainly that LLMs cannot decide that something is or isn't true or false. Stating the actual, real limitations of these models is necessary, and it's good to finally see this happening in the mainstream media without any throat clearing

Today’s A.I. bots are based on complex mathematical systems that learn their skills by analyzing enormous amounts of digital data. They do not — and cannot — decide what is true and what is false. Sometimes, they just make stuff up, a phenomenon some A.I. researchers call hallucinations. On one test, the hallucination rates of newer A.I. systems were as high as 79 percent.

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YES! Media @yesmedia.bsky.social · May 7

Thank you to all of our readers, viewers, and followers for your support over the years.

In the coming days, we'll share how you can support each of our staff members in their next adventures—because the industry needs them.

Stay tuned. And never forget that a better world is possible. 🥹 💔

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · May 6

Broken Windows/ Quality of Life policing is making a come back. We should keep in mind it's toxic origins. www.gothamgazette.com/authors/130-...

The Neoconservative Roots of the Broken Windows Theory

Professor Alex Vitale traces the neoconservative roots of Broken Windows policing, a philosophy and practice championed by NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton.

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Marianna Pavlovskaya (she/her) @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social · May 7

Congratulations!

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