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‘Turn the volume up’: Mamdani invokes Trump in fiery speech that laid out plan of action As New York City’s mayor-elect reiterated his policies, the president posted ‘And so it begins!’ on his social media

‘Turn the volume up’: Mamdani invokes Trump in fiery speech that laid out plan of action

Re-upping the dedication of Mahmood Mamdani's 2020 book, 'Neither Settler nor Native'.

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City Mayoral election, reports @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social

Zohran Mamdani Leads Trump-Backed Ex-Gov Andrew Cuomo in Early NYC Election Results The New York City mayoral race drew national attention as a test for the left as democratic socialist Mamdani faced former governor Cuomo.

The New York City Board of Elections announced that 2 million people had cast ballots — the highest number since 1969.

been thinking about this a lot and want to (again) plug Astoria Food Pantry which will need extra funding to help our neighbors if/when SNAP benefits are cut off. we've already been running out of food faster than usual this month—any donation amount will help! givebutter.com/afp2025

#NoKings #Hartford

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

Anchoring academic resistance Last week the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) rejected the “Compact” offered by the Trump Administration, crossing a line into resistance and (implicitly) inviting other uni…

MIT, by emphasizing data and merit, rather than politics, set out a standard for the rest of academia.

Anchoring academic resistance politicsoutdoors.com/2025/10/17/a...

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

At the Third U.S. Congress against War and Fascism in 1936, Langston Hughes declared: “Fascism is a new name for that kind of terror the Negro has always faced in America. . . . This kind of terrorism is extending more and more to groups of peoples whose skins are not black.”

The Future That Was How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

The cover for my book, The Future That Was, is now live! It features the MacArthur genius artist Shahzia Sikander's Infinite Woman (2021), where earth is surrounded by an infinite series of women marching around the globe who, from afar, become rays of the sun ☀️

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amazing, can't wait!

This was such a great convo with @danieldenvir.bsky.social & @alfatau.bsky.social! Please check it out!

State of Impunity w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the...

PART 2 of my interview w/ Alberto Toscano & @stschrader1.bsky.social on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, military repression, what it reveals about MAGA’s fascist/authoritarian project—and about illiberalism already immanent in US carceral/imperialist state www.thedigradio.com/podcast/stat...

South Korea to examine Georgia ICE raid for possible human rights abuses South Korea vowed to investigate whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated human rights after it detained hundreds at a Hyundai-LG plant.

The South Korean government said it will look into whether human rights violations were committed against the 317 South Koreans who were detained by ICE agents in Georgia earlier this month.

UN Inquiry Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide and Calls for Arms Embargo The findings could be used by the International Court of Justice, which has a pending genocide case against Israel.

A United Nations commission of inquiry has determined that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, concluding in a 72-page report that Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention, just one of which would legally constitute a genocide.

Human rights experts join rising chorus that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

BREAKING: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a team of independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s Human Rights Council concludes.

Opinion | Kathy Hochul: Why I Am Endorsing Zohran Mamdani I am confident that Zohran Mamdani has the courage, urgency, and optimism New York City needs to lead it through the challenges of this moment.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Zohran Mamdani and I will both be fearless in confronting Donald Trump’s extreme agenda — with urgency, conviction, and the defiance that defines New York” Gov. Kathy Hochul writes in an endorsement of the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City.

Hochul Endorses Mamdani for Mayor of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York backed Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, in a New York Times essay. Her support comes as Democrats are starting to coalesce around him.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York endorsed Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, on Sunday night, providing critical support ahead of the November election.

Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.

The Supreme Court’s ICE Raids Ruling Is Shameful The conservative majority essentially decided it’s OK to use racial profiling in immigration enforcement.

"The Supreme Court's ruling doesn't only apply to Latinos," Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman writes. "If you are in the US and you're reading this, you, too, could be arrested and required to prove your citizenship at any moment if you look or sound like you fit some hypothetical profile."

The Supreme Court Just Gave the OK to Racial Profiling The court’s ruling allowing ICE to resume its indiscriminate round-ups of LA’s Latino residents can only be described as one thing.

Here’s my write up on the most racist decision to come out of the Supreme Court in a while. The court approved of Trump’s racial profiling of Latinos with Brett Kavanaugh saying being harassed based on the color of your skin is “common sense.”
My latest in @thenation

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice The artwork, which shows a judge hitting a protester with a gavel, was confirmed by the elusive street artist.

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many thanks 🙏🏼

‘A Damn Nuisance’ | Howard W. French Patrice Lumumba’s vision for a newly independent Congo fell victim to historical circumstances that were too powerful for him to overcome.

On the terrific documentary, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat and two compelling books about Lumumba and Africa in his era. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Trump Is Enacting Structural Eugenics It is important we understand this term, what it means for our personal safety, and why we must stand united to stop this fascism

Understand this fact—Trump isn’t just anti-science or anti-vaccine—He’s something far worse: Pro Structural Eugenics.

Once you realize his every policy is ingrained in Structural Eugenics, you’ll see the Goal is mass death of Black, brown, & low income people.
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Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center “The use of national security rhetoric to justify mass incarceration today echoes the same logic that led to their forced removal and incarceration,” one advocate said.

Japanese Americans protest Fort Bliss, former WWII incarceration site, as largest ICE migrant detention center

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How We Brought Respectful Debate Back to The Harvard Crimson’s Editorial Board

To us, the solution is deceptively simple. Universities should create environments where students with different views must talk to one another routinely and establish ground rules that ensure they do so without distractions or prejudgment. Illiberalism on college campuses isn’t inevitable. At The Crimson, it took only a few months to radically improve.

I will never understand how American elites managed to convince themselves that uncivil debate — not fascism, not impunity and not widespread indifference to facts — is the defining problem of our time.
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Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck