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Maliha Safri. Professor of political economy, I'm living in NYC, inside the belly of the global capitalist beast. Interested in all things related to counter-mapping. Working on economies based in solidarity. (she/her).

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Mar 22

We produced our book #Solidaritycities. Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation, by @uminnpress.bsky.social to be open access, but not easy to see that link, so voila.
If you want hard copy (w pretty maps!) get 40% OFF W CODE MN92000 thru 12/31/2025 @ www.upress.umn.edu/978151791602...

Solidarity Cities | Manifold @uminnpress

*Solidarity Cities* analyzes the deeply entrenched racial and economic divides from which cooperative networks emerge as they work to provide unmet basic needs. The authors show how these initiatives ...

manifold.umn.edu

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · 2d

I am so grateful for the thinking of Raul Peck. One early line in film is haunting quote from Orwell:
“my starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.”

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · 4d

Raoul Peck. I think I snagged the very last seat sold tonight… he is to also speak afterwards.

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · 9d

I thought Tony Blair was done damaging (remember his full-throated support for Bush's war in Iraq?) He's back calling this plan "bold and intelligent". Apparently, we have Jared Kushner to thank for setting up the Tony Blair Institute for Social Change -TBI.
better acronym GFOH

Trump and Netanyahu agree new US peace plan for Gaza and warn Hamas to accept - live

President Trump says Israel would have US backing to

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · 14d

this comedian summed up two weeks of lectures on race, Indians,and US:
"Bhagat Singh Thind goes to US Supreme Court. Is this Brown guy white? Nope! go back to India. They deported those 3000 Indian people."

Indian American History 101 | Nimesh Patel

YouTube video by Nimesh Patel

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · 16d

McCarthy Blacklists are associated with Hollywood, but they rippled thru other fields including radio, labor organizations, education, religion and the government itself.
What are today's watchlists?
Canary Mission
The Professor Watchlist
...are there others I miss?

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · 18d

Fall canvas Zetrocard! From a Jackson heights shift where I got to talk to folks in Urdu, Spanish, and English

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social and Emily Holloway for so skillfully interviewing myself and my 3 coauthors! Nice summary of how we got to this decade long project.

Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎧NEW on UAR Remixed! Listen to our interview w/ @msafri.bsky.social @craigborowiak.bsky.social Stephen Healy and Marianna Pavlovskaya, co-authors of "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation.”
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

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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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you Emily Holloway- For guiding this conversation!!

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · 20d

Sign up for the big fall mayoral canvas for Zohran this weekend New Yorkers and you can get this card! I’ll be in Jackson heights
volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/canvass-for-...

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Aug 30

when the left has ideas about interventions
vs
the fascist ideas about state intervention

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Aug 30

"Hedge fund billionaires Bill Ackman and Dan Loeb, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase and tech entrepreneur Brian Armstrong of Coinbase all warned about the risk of heavy-handed interference in the city’s economy."

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Aug 30

AND YET: "When Zohran Mamdani resoundingly won the Democratic mayoral primary for New York in June, Wall Street and Silicon Valley erupted in outrage at his promises of free buses, rent freezes and city-run groceries..."

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Aug 30

"Last Friday, the administration announced it would be taking a 10 per cent stake in chipmaker Intel, using funds initially granted during the Biden administration... Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick said this week the administration would consider taking stakes in defence and munitions companies"

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Aug 30

"US President Donald Trump has unveiled a series of blunt interventions into the workings of both the financial system and the operations of private companies...
On Monday evening, he announced the firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 29

The calculated silence of America’s business and finance leaders on.ft.com/3JJNpAx

The calculated silence of America’s business and finance leaders

As Donald Trump has launched a series of blunt interventions in the corporate and financial worlds, he has received little pushback from industry or investors

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Aug 27

“They uprooted thousands of trees in an area of four square kilometers, which represents up to half of Mughayyir’s olive production,” Jabr continued. “All the families of the village have been affected.”

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · Aug 27

Israel uprooted 10,000 olive trees in al-Mughayyir during a three-day siege of the West Bank Palestinian village. The Israeli army stated that uprooting the trees was intended to “deter” village residents and make them “pay a heavy price.” mondoweiss.net/2025/08/isra...

Israel wanted to punish a Palestinian village. So it destroyed 10,000 of its olive trees.

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Aug 24

686 days.

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Aug 22

NYC has its own dating app (Oh Hi) and they published a manifesto: www.ohhi.dating/manifesto
Their entry for Andrew Cuomo's dating profile: "An overbearing, pestery creep...Doesn't know how to act. Loud. Oblivious. Bad tipper. Doesn't get the joke. Can't take a hint. "Well actually..."

picture of Andrew Cuomo on "Oh hi" dating app. describing his qualities...

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Aug 22

Toxic masculinity of crypto-bros:
"According to a report by ESPN, there is a nationwide publicity effort underway to market a new crypto coin that involves throwing green sex toys, often in the shape of a phallus, at WNBA players."

NYPD nabs alleged WNBA sex-toy tosser, lawyer says DA hunting crypto bros behind the craze

An Ohio man surrendered after allegedly hitting a 12-year-old girl with a green phallus. His lawyer says prosecutors want him to name names.

gothamist.com

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Jul 24

Remember in December 2023? when apologists were busy saying Israel would never target hospitals, doctors, would never violate the ethical minimums during war and siege?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 23

Gaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’ as hunger crisis deepens

Malnourished medical staff say they are struggling to provide care to injured civilians, while recovery rates are also hit by

www.theguardian.com

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Jun 28

The "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" uses shady labor (every existing Palestinian firm with experience rejected and boycotted) & runs a Killing Field, UN and IDF soldiers say.

This is the apex neoliberal outcome: make a foundation for killing starving people, get state $, repeat.

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Jun 25

Supervillainpacs spent $16m on Cuomo (on top of $8 million from Cuomo's campaign)+$6million against Zohran. Mamdani? spent zero on attack ads+ got $371,000 in Superpac $ from WorkingFamilies, and ran using the city matching funds of $8m + LABOR of 40,000 volunteers
Simple eqn:
Labor > $

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Jun 25

"Dreaming demands solidarity." Zohran Kwame Mamdani, June 25th, 2025 (in the wee hours).

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Jun 25

Zohran's campaign was a marvel- they will write books on it. I learned from canvassers, all of whom were younger than me. There was discipline, organization, intention, warmth. And it made me speak to my neighbors in a never-before way.

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Jun 20

I think he is believing he can resume that very same path. That’s what will obsess him. He’s not going to stay up at night wondering whether the average New Yorker is doing okay. He’s going to stay up at night trying to figure out how to be president." Facts from Bill de Blasio.

msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Jun 20

He does not have empathy for everyday people.He never has. It’s not part of his makeup and he doesn’t understand day-to-day life in the city & it will just be a political exercise as he tries to work for the next office, which I believe his eyes are set on the presidency.They certainly were in 2020.