Eve Becker's Avatar

Eve Becker

@leafandpen.bsky.social

Education, reading, writing, building bridges, anti-capitalism, travel, arts. 2 decades writing YA fiction, 2 decades teaching middle school, 4 years teaching college, 11 years running writing retreats for teachers. Retired, but not very retiring.

105 Followers  |  209 Following  |  8 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024  |  1.7478

Latest posts by leafandpen.bsky.social on Bluesky

Preview
โ€‹Pluralism is the opposite of an Ethnostate Image: the stealth art piece at my bus shelter, Columbus btwn 93rd and 94th ("Pluralsism is the opposite of an Ethnostate" added by me)

Pluralism is the opposite of an ethnostate
#freepalestine #fightantisemitism #iloveny #buildbridgesnotwalls #zohranmamdani #bradlander #jewsforzohran #jvp
www.leafandpen.org/blog/plurali...

27.06.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Preview
โ€œThe Nationโ€ Endorses Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander in the New York City Democratic Primary New Yorkers deserve better than Andrew Cuomo.

Zohran was the only candidate who gave a good answer to that lame-ass question about candidatesโ€™ first foreign visit as mayor. Mamdani, mensch, would stay right here in the Big Apple and fight for New Yorkers.

07.06.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

EVERYBODY WATCH.

ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.

Video of SEIU Californiaโ€™s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.

Heโ€™s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.

Donโ€™t turn away.

06.06.2025 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23888    ๐Ÿ” 11940    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1954    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1200

Itโ€™s happening now.

12.04.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And in other newsโ€ฆ but more of the same news, Columbia, which has been taking over northern Manhattan by eminent domain since I was a kid, so why is anyone surprised at their evil empire behaviorโ€ฆ Columbia has a new acting president. Her husband sits on the board of airbnb

29.03.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"The establishment elite preferred to see democracy die rather than risk its wealth, power, and privileges."

- Historian Benjamin Carter Hett on how the Nazis took power.

14.03.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 374    ๐Ÿ” 147    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Post image

Deliberately hiding their authoritarian power grabโ€ฆ

14.03.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Any student of Cambodian history, Chilean history, Chinese historyโ€”pick a letter of the alphabetโ€”knows: This is how it starts.

14.03.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

As the oligarchs dismantle the DOE, pls understand that โ€œeducation innovationโ€ is often code speak for funneling money from the classroom to profit-driven edutech companies

(๐Ÿ“ธ : part of my 8th grade classroom wall c. 2012)
#educationindustrialcomplex

07.03.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bahahaha, thatโ€™s bc the post is on FB!

22.11.2024 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@leafandpen is following 20 prominent accounts