Adrian Harewood

This Is What the End of the Liberal World Order Looks Like In a post-American world, greed and nihilism are destroying Sudan.

Earlier this year, I made two trips to Sudan, where a terrible civil war has displaced 14 million people. The state is absent, international institutions are weak.Outside powers, motivated by greed and nihilism, have stepped into the vacuum

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All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

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LISTEN: My interview w/ #RexBrynen, esteemed McGill University scholar on the Middle East about #Israel’s #Genocide in #Gaza, the 12 Day War b/n Israel/US & Iran, & the roots of civil strife in #Syria. @ricochetmedia.bsky.social “In Bed with the Elephant” youtu.be/WU-iD3eYCvs?...

As scholars of genocide, we demand an end to Israel’s atrocities | Open letter Within weeks, 400 colleagues joined our organization. We say: it is not too late to save lives. End the genocide now

“Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum adhere to a “Palestine exception” when opposing genocide... organizations such as the ADL, use spurious accusations of antisemitism to silence or discredit those who dare to speak out.”

Rex Brynen - A Time of Turbulence, Tumult and Transformation in the Middle East Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · 2025-07-31 · 34m

LISTEN:My @ricochetmedia.bsky.social conversation w/ the brilliant McGill Prof. #RexBrynen one of the most astute observers of the Middle East about the 12 Day War b/n #Israel/US & Iran, #Genocide in #Gaza & the roots of civil strife & #Israel’s attacks in #Syria. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...

I took one of my first university courses 3 decades ago w/ #RexBrynen. Tomorrow we’ll post my @ricochetmedia.bsky.social podcast interview w/ the brilliant McGill scholar of Middle East politics. We’ll discuss the “12 Day War”, Israel’s #Genocide in #Gaza & the roots of civil strife in #Syria.

A photo of labor activist Chris Smalls, talking into a mic

A spokesperson for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition tells me:

“Chris Smalls is still in Givon Prison and despite repeated requests to meet with the U.S. Embassy has been ignored by his country after being abducted by the IOF in international waters.”

With great sadness, we share that Ryne Sandberg has passed away today.

Budget office says Trump's tax law will add $3.4 trillion to deficits, leave 10 million uninsured President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cut bill will add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits through 2034.

President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits through 2034, the Congressional Budget Office reported, a slight increase in the projection that takes into account the final tweaks that Republicans made before getting the legislation over the finish line.

After winning the EUROs, Lucy Bronze has made a shocking statement 🤯

LISTEN: Interview with former #SNCC field secretary (activist) Fred Anderson on @ricochetmedia.bsky.social podcast "In Bed with the Elephant" about his years in the Civil Rights Movement and decision to escape to Canada during the Vietnam War. youtu.be/8YSZxs0lioA?si…

Fred Anderson - Author of Eyes Have Seen: From Mississippi to Montreal: A Memoir Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · 2025-07-17 · 56m

LISTEN: #FredAnderson may be the most interesting person I’ve interviewed. The former Civil Rights activist was friends w/ Bob Moses, Stokely Carmichael, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mordecai Richler, Pierre Bourgault, Margaret Laurence, Roch Carrier & Austin Clarke. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...

60-year-old Black history archive faces uncertain future after federal cuts The Amistad Research Center, one of largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants.

The Amistad Research Center, one of the largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants

Simpsons creator Matt Groening dealing with his new-found success at the 21st annual San Diego Comic Con in August 1990.

This was the first time The Simpsons team appeared at #SDCC. Sam Simon introduces Matt at the panel where @aljeansimpsons.bsky.social can also be seen.

Screenshot of Columbia's settlement with the White House

Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.

On the latest episode of #IBWTE, host @caradrianh.bsky.social sits down with civil rights activist Fred Anderson for a look at his life in the 60's, resisting the Vietnam war, and building the National Black Coalition of #Canada.

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45-year-old Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman since Martina Navratilova to win a singles match apnews.com/article/venu...

Evicted and erased: How Montreal’s predatory landlords are turning poverty into profit A Mexican immigrant now living in a tent is just one casualty of a growing eviction-for-profit scheme. A new investigation reveals how landlords exploit vulnerable tenants, weaponize housing laws, and...

How Montreal’s predatory landlords are turning poverty into profit

A new investigation by @zacharykamel.bsky.social reveals how landlords exploit vulnerable tenants, weaponize housing laws, and leave homes empty—all in the name of return on investment

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#housingcrisis

LISTEN: My @ricochetmedia.bsky.social interview w/ Fred Anderson, former Civil Rights organizer/activist, #SNCC field secretary. He left U.S. in 1966 because he refused to fight in the #VietnamWar. He lived underground in Canada for 11 years.

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Trump administration prepares to drop seven major housing discrimination cases Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods. Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.

Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods.

Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases

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1974 reggae tune "Devil's Brother in Law" by I Roy & Augustus Pablo. Produced by Bunny Lee. On the 2016 Bunny Lee V/A compilation Tape Rolling: On Wax and In the Studio 1971-74 from Pressure Sounds. #Reggae m.youtube.com/watch?v=EMba...

Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike Move follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plant

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A bronze plaque titled "The Light of Truth: Ida B. Wells National Monument" credits Richard Hunt and lists organizations and individuals who contributed to the monument, mounted on a stone pedestal outdoors.

This plaque was among 3 that were installed today to complete the Ida B Wells National Monument in Bronzeville. I missed the ceremony but Michelle sent me some photos. It's among the greatest honors of my life to have played a part in making sure that Ida got her flowers. What a blessing! Go visit!

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LISTEN: Fred Anderson on joining #SNCC at 15, working w/ John Lewis & Bob Moses,his amazing life on the frontlines of the US Civil Rights Movement & escaping to Montreal - @ricochetmedia.bsky.social “In Bed with The Elephant (w/Adrian Harewood) Podcast” youtu.be/8YSZxs0lioA?si… via @YouTube

Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.

Could publicly-owned grocery stores break Canada’s grocery oligopoly? A bold proposal from New York’s Zohran Mamdani is sparking interest north of the border. Experts say a Canadian public option is not only possible — it’s long overdue

Could publicly-owned grocery stores break Canada’s grocery oligopoly?

A bold proposal from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is sparking interest north of the border. A Canadian public option is not only possible — it’s long overdue

New from @readtheorchard.org:

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I don't take money from corporate PACs. And it’s wild that I’m the only candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan who never has—and never will.

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Japan’s public transportation system is world-renowned — but why is it so easy to get around Tokyo by train, and how did it get that way? The World’s transportation correspondent @jersiegel.bsky.social unpacks why.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.

I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.