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910 anti-trans bills in the US just in 2025 (so far).
103 already passed.
Anti-trans laws cause more than a 72% increase in suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth.
Charlotte Fosgate’s death was entirely preventable.
103 already passed.
Anti-trans laws cause more than a 72% increase in suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth.
Charlotte Fosgate’s death was entirely preventable.
Charlotte Fosgate, a 17-year old trans girl completed suicide earlier this month. Over the weekend, Twitter users found her final post and began mocking her and making memes about her dying.
The level of duhumanization of trans people is so thorough, they're celebrating a teenager killing herself.
The level of duhumanization of trans people is so thorough, they're celebrating a teenager killing herself.
May 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
910 anti-trans bills in the US just in 2025 (so far).
103 already passed.
Anti-trans laws cause more than a 72% increase in suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth.
Charlotte Fosgate’s death was entirely preventable.
103 already passed.
Anti-trans laws cause more than a 72% increase in suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth.
Charlotte Fosgate’s death was entirely preventable.
My latest essay on how Sinophobia in American labor has reinforced class collaboration at different historical junctures, and how this chauvinism has relied on a certain logic consistent from labor’s support of Chinese exclusion to today’s tariffs.
Labor unions are joining forces with Donald Trump to target China. That's a terrible idea, writes @promiseli.bsky.social.
www.thenation.com/article/econ...
www.thenation.com/article/econ...
Labor Has a China Problem—but Not the One You Think
Faced with Trump and neoliberalism, American unions are embracing one of their oldest, most dangerous tendencies: Sinophobia.
www.thenation.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My latest essay on how Sinophobia in American labor has reinforced class collaboration at different historical junctures, and how this chauvinism has relied on a certain logic consistent from labor’s support of Chinese exclusion to today’s tariffs.
Sharing on behalf of faculty comrades at Cal State LA—the admin has been threatening ethnic studies departments. CSULA has a lot of working-class immigrant students facing the brunt of Trump’s attacks. Sign their petition and support them on Wednesday!
forms.gle/gg7oQoBHR5z5...
forms.gle/gg7oQoBHR5z5...
March 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Sharing on behalf of faculty comrades at Cal State LA—the admin has been threatening ethnic studies departments. CSULA has a lot of working-class immigrant students facing the brunt of Trump’s attacks. Sign their petition and support them on Wednesday!
forms.gle/gg7oQoBHR5z5...
forms.gle/gg7oQoBHR5z5...
A protest yesterday in front of the US Embassy in Hong Kong in solidarity with Mahmoud Khalil. US Embassy agents told them they couldn’t chant there and called the police. The police warned protestors not to violate the national security law.
Follow @antiwar_hk on IG for more.
Follow @antiwar_hk on IG for more.
March 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A protest yesterday in front of the US Embassy in Hong Kong in solidarity with Mahmoud Khalil. US Embassy agents told them they couldn’t chant there and called the police. The police warned protestors not to violate the national security law.
Follow @antiwar_hk on IG for more.
Follow @antiwar_hk on IG for more.
In light of Deliveroo’s announced exit from Hong Kong this week, here’s an good piece reflecting on how the competition between HK food delivery companies have pushed delivery riders’ wages down while making them work for more less in recent years.
news.mingpao.com/pns/%E5%89%A...
news.mingpao.com/pns/%E5%89%A...
周日話題：平台退場而法未至 - 20250316 - 副刊
【明報專訊】美團自2023年在港成立Keeta以來，市佔率持續攀升，日前競爭對手戶戶送（Deliveroo）更宣布即將撤出香港市場。筆者在美團宣布來港前就深感興趣，第一時間成為了他們第一波攻港的外賣員，或許可以談一下這兩年多外賣市場的變化。
news.mingpao.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In light of Deliveroo’s announced exit from Hong Kong this week, here’s an good piece reflecting on how the competition between HK food delivery companies have pushed delivery riders’ wages down while making them work for more less in recent years.
news.mingpao.com/pns/%E5%89%A...
news.mingpao.com/pns/%E5%89%A...
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"Socialists from different traditions must unify with militant workers and marginalized groups to develop a political strategy. We must rebuild infrastructures of resistance to consolidate and defend our ranks."
@promiseli.bsky.social
@promiseli.bsky.social
Three leading left intellectuals and political activists in the United States offer their perspective on Trump’s offensive against the rights of the working class and oppressed, breaking from the Democratic Party, and the role of socialists in this moment.
www.leftvoice.org/virtual-roun...
www.leftvoice.org/virtual-roun...
Virtual Roundtable: Challenges and Opportunities for the Left Under Trump 2.0 - Left Voice
Three leading left intellectuals and political activists in the United States offer their perspective on Trump's offensive against the rights of the working class and oppressed, breaking from the Demo...
www.leftvoice.org
March 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Socialists from different traditions must unify with militant workers and marginalized groups to develop a political strategy. We must rebuild infrastructures of resistance to consolidate and defend our ranks."
@promiseli.bsky.social
@promiseli.bsky.social
Want to invite everyone to join the international call to hold the University of Lausanne accountable for their politically-motivated firing of my Syrian comrade Joseph Daher for his Palestine activism.
More info and link to petition below:
tempestmag.org/2025/02/soli...
More info and link to petition below:
tempestmag.org/2025/02/soli...
Solidarity with Professor Joseph Daher
Professor Joseph Daher is facing the loss of his job for his Palestine activism at the University of Lausanne.
tempestmag.org
February 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Want to invite everyone to join the international call to hold the University of Lausanne accountable for their politically-motivated firing of my Syrian comrade Joseph Daher for his Palestine activism.
More info and link to petition below:
tempestmag.org/2025/02/soli...
More info and link to petition below:
tempestmag.org/2025/02/soli...
I’m here at Pasadena City Hall, where hundreds of Pasadena high school students across multiple campuses self-organized a rally after a collective mass walkout and march against deportations.
Now chanting “From Palestine to Mexico, All the walls have got to go” 🇵🇸🇲🇽🔥
Now chanting “From Palestine to Mexico, All the walls have got to go” 🇵🇸🇲🇽🔥
February 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’m here at Pasadena City Hall, where hundreds of Pasadena high school students across multiple campuses self-organized a rally after a collective mass walkout and march against deportations.
Now chanting “From Palestine to Mexico, All the walls have got to go” 🇵🇸🇲🇽🔥
Now chanting “From Palestine to Mexico, All the walls have got to go” 🇵🇸🇲🇽🔥
I wrote about how the LA fires and ensuing state response have harmed Black communities, how the early 2020s’ organizing of the Los Angeles left enabled today’s mutual aid efforts, and how we must keep uniting to demand more—a political program for an abolitionist city budget.
spectrejournal.com/after-the-fire/
@promiseli.bsky.social writing on disinvestment, mutual aid, and abolition in Los Angeles.
@promiseli.bsky.social writing on disinvestment, mutual aid, and abolition in Los Angeles.
After the Fire – Spectre Journal
Promise Li argues that the mutual aid response to the LA fires shows both the carceral city's abandonment of its communities and the possibility of changing politics as usual.
spectrejournal.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I wrote about how the LA fires and ensuing state response have harmed Black communities, how the early 2020s’ organizing of the Los Angeles left enabled today’s mutual aid efforts, and how we must keep uniting to demand more—a political program for an abolitionist city budget.
Reposted by promise li
We got a Spectre Live next Tuesday (1/28, 4pmEST/1pmPST) with Dan Boscov-Ellen, Abby Cunniff, @joshuafrank.bsky.social, @promiseli.bsky.social, and @magalintzin.bsky.social talking about the politics surrounding the LA Fires.
Register: www.haymarketbooks.org/events/675-l...
Register: www.haymarketbooks.org/events/675-l...
January 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We got a Spectre Live next Tuesday (1/28, 4pmEST/1pmPST) with Dan Boscov-Ellen, Abby Cunniff, @joshuafrank.bsky.social, @promiseli.bsky.social, and @magalintzin.bsky.social talking about the politics surrounding the LA Fires.
Register: www.haymarketbooks.org/events/675-l...
Register: www.haymarketbooks.org/events/675-l...