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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 1h

Toni Morrison said, “That's not an intellectual proposition, a call to be a nicer person."

tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 4h

The thing that more progressives and leftists could come to terms with is a lot of people inflicting state violence are, literally, just doing their jobs.

Again, abolition is a labor issue.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 4h

The alienation is palpable. Knowing who to be mad at is part of the work.

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Bench Ansfield @benchansfield.bsky.social · 9h

NYC come thru!! I'll be doing two BORN IN FLAMES launch events next week 10/16 and 10/18. Plz spread the word!

(links to follow)

Two posters for the Born in Flames launch.

OCTOBER 16 // 7pm // $7-15
Maysles Documentary Center
Screening of Decade of Fire + Book Panel with organizer and writer Shellyne Rodriguez, director Vivian Vázquez, and Elliot Liu of Take Back the Bronx

OCTOBER 18 // 2:30pm // $15-20
Museum of the City of New York
In Conversation with Ritti Singh (Housing Justice for All and NYS Tenant Bloc) and curator of social activism Sarah Seidman

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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 12h

Capacity is filling up quickly for our 10/13 teach-in on the life and work of Assata Shakur with @dreamhampton.bsky.social and @monifabandele.bsky.social in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. Become a member today and RSVP at the link below!
We can't wait to see you. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hammer & Hope Teach-In: The Life and Work of Assata Shakur

Please use this form to RSVP! If you have any questions, contact [email protected]. Location: Gladys Books & Wine | Bed Stuy, 306 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11233 Date: Monday, Oct. 13, T...

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 11h

Because certainly there's no reason why this history might be terrifyingly relevant right now, here's a link to preorder @stschrader1.bsky.social's "Blue Power" on how police in the US organized to exempt themselves from democratic oversight and control: redemmas.org/titles/48838...

Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves

Buy from Red Emma's, a worker-owned radical bookstore

redemmas.org

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 6h

I’ve been critical of the normalization of the phrase “hate crimes” and its use by social justice folks for several reasons, one being that the framing of something as “hate“ is often used to target minorities and to punish people for challenging structural violence.

Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 17h

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 9d

I'm honored to share the winners of the 5th Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize, given in memory of my sister. Both essays this year reflect on the stark, inherent violence of prison, and convey a key message for our time: Where there is injustice, there is resistance. truthout.org/articles/ann...

Announcing the Winners of the 5th Annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize

The prize honors the work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated authors who are writing toward a more just world.

truthout.org

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 2d

For #BannedBooksWeek, we’re highlighting the unjust censorship of political books which impacts countless incarcerated readers each year.

For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.

Books Are For Everyone: A Banned Books Week Reading List

Banned Books Week—October 5th to 11th—is an annual celebration of the freedom to read, and the aspiration that books should be accessible to all. In recognition of Banned Books Week 2025, Haymarket is...

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 8h

Getting more people to call this fascism… I get it. And as more do, what do we do with this increased consciousness?

Thinking of Ruth Wilson Gilmore noting, "At stake is not only how we fight to win, but also how prepared we are for victories. Prepare to win means be ready for the morning after."

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 9h

Not about Chicago, but here’s a recent story about a realtor threatening to call ICE.

www.golocalprov.com/news/top-ri-...

GoLocalProv | News | Top RI Realtor Threatens to Call ICE on Buyer, Then Offers $20,000 to Kill GoLocal Story

Kyle Seyboth, a prominent Rhode Island realtor, in a series of text messages, threatened to call United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a family if they did not agree to conditions...

www.golocalprov.com

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 1d

When Black people have bad politics, a lot of nonBlack people use the moment to take liberties in talking about Black identity, Black culture, and Black politics. Instead of just critiquing the bad politics.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 1d

Octavia E. Butler wrote in her journal, ”Good is only sexy when it’s very powerful, not sanctimonious, and not too good.“

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 1d

View from today’s gym. I love bridges, riding a bike during rush hour, and blue skies.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 1d

Quiet as it’s kept, there are leftist versions of positive thinking. Sometimes it’s called theory.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 2d

Some people are petty and useless when we could be petty and useful.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 2d

Good lord, backbends are difficult.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 2d

Bitch, stop scrolling and do this workout.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 2d

Lefties often suggest being an intellectual is a higher calling with a special role in society. This treats knowledge production as precious and not as work, and doesn’t consider people who do certain labor or jobs as part of the working class in terms of one’s relation to the means of production.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2d

Danny Shaw, formerly a professor at John Jay College, reveals that he was fired after being targeted by the ADL, StopAntiSemitism, and Canary Mission. He explains how these organizations orchestrated a doxxing campaign land attempted to discredit his scholarship due to his advocacy for Palestine.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2d

This video is part of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's series, "Faculty on the Frontlines," which spotlights ten AAUP members who share their stories of repression and resistance in the face of partisan interference and violations of academic freedom.

Learn more at the link below👇

Faculty on the Front Lines

Faculty on the Front Lines:AAUP Members Share Stories of Repression and Resistance"Faculty on the Front Lines" is a series documenting the stories of AAUP members. While some of these participants hav...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2d

Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor of linguistics at MIT, discusses how his proposal to teach a class on language & decolonization in Haiti, Israel, and Palestine was denied. He faced significant repercussions: he was removed from his department, had a pay raise withheld, and his salary frozen.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 2d

A government job. Part of why we need to politically fight for a government (instead of privatization) while reimagining what public work is.

WBUR @wbur.org · 2d

An AP tally shows ICE is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforcement. The ads are airing in more than a dozen cities, including Boston, Chicago, Seattle and Atlanta.

ICE ad blitz in Boston aims to lure local law enforcement officers to join Trump mass deportation efforts

An Associated Press tally shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforc...

www.wbur.org

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 2d

Like James Baldwin said, “Love. Write.”

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 3d

Along with being a serious and courageous writer, Ta-Nehisi Coates has achieved something many of us haven’t, despite our best efforts: He stayed off social media like he said he would.

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