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

"Expressions of voluntary immobility, therefore, are a way of politicising place and asserting right to self-determination: a response to climate injustice, a way of reclaiming identity and of navigating a very difficult future."

Farbotko & McMichael (2019). "Voluntary immobility and ..."

In his final interview, which was about public sociology, Michael Burawoy said that students “are our primary public as academics.”

I appreciate his point cuz critiques about academics being cut off from the public and only in conversation with other academics ignore the crucial work of teaching.

James Baldwin resisted being a spokesman cuz they can talk in slogans. He said write for your understanding, not for the public. He warned of writers becoming personalities giving fast food. He said, “I can’t lead a movement. But I can fuck up your mind.” And his work was “to try to tell the truth.”

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It is Wednesday and on Wednesdays we sign up to canvass.

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It has happened here Ian Welsh, on August 25, 2025: ...It’s done. It’s over. The US has gone fascist. Purges of the military, intelligence and law enforcement agencies to install personal loyalists; Troops in the capital,...

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Your task today:
If you can, buy a HARD COPY of the 1619 project by Nikole Hannah Jones and tuck it away.
When the Republican regime, who thinks slavery 'wasn't that bad,' is run out we will need to restore valid historical scholarship.

(Hardcover - about $20.00)

Yes, he did. Code for I'll help white people by subjugating all the brown/black folks - they know what he said and that's exactly what they heard. So, yes he did.

Maine oyster farmer wants to upend Democratic politics with Senate bid Graham Platner wants to oust Sen. Susan Collins — and disrupt national Dems’ plans to unite around Gov. Janet Mills.

Meet the Maine oyster farmer looking to challenge Sen. Susan Collins.

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After avoiding it during the primary, Andrew Cuomo finally went on the Brian Lehrer Show last week — and lied about his record.

The truth is that universal pre-K was won despite the disgraced ex-Governor, not because of him.

Colbert has bent the knee many times! His entire show is dependent on bending the knee!!

If you joined my Harlem walking tour on Saturday, I just made a donation to the Brave House based on your contributions. Thank you. They are currently trying to raise $50,000 to offer Free Legal Aid for Young Immigrant Women in NYC. www.thebravehouse.com/donate.html

Non-citizen driver’s licenses void in Wyoming starting July 1 Experts say the new law that went into effect Tuesday is likely unconstitutional and legal challenges are anticipated.

Non-citizen driver’s licenses void in Wyoming starting July 1

#Immigration

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It might - greatly dead!

Surprise!

The latest issue of Sikh Research Journal. Accessible for free. Download it too, if you wish.

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The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

Icymi last month: The US government has collected DNA samples from 133,000+ migrant children and teenagers and uploaded them into a national criminal database originally built for people convicted of sex offenses and violent crimes

....including members of your own party, Sir, especially the ones that claim to be "progressive." They are submerged in donor money and have forgotten how to lead for ALL, i.e. of course if they ever did. Shame indeed!

Please share this. Friends of the Everglades are organizing a protest to stop Alligator Alcatraz. Join us we have coalition members traveling overnight to be there by morning.

Where: Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, 54575 Tamiami Trail
When: Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Yes, like the Ambani wedding in India that went on for days, at various venues, attended by Bollywood and some Hollywood "stars" and politicians! Obscene.

The democratic establishment is just that - support for the establishment. Fanatics of the Democratic party are the same. They are neoliberal/capitalist & racist (perhaps sexist too) who want to preserve the white supremacist and capitalist nation. So not sure it's about common sense. IMHO

"I'm high on hopium," said someone on dropsite news!! GO ZOHRAN!!!!!!!

NYC Mayoral Primary Day: Zohran Mamdani on Building a Movement & Campaigning for an Affordable City Today’s mayoral primary in New York City features two very different frontrunners, the scandal-ridden former governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, and the young Democratic Socialist state assemblymember...

New Yorkers remember to rank Zohran NUMBER 1 today!! Go Astoria!!! Make the change toward progress.

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Economists Support Zohran Mamdani’s Plan for New York City Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral platform is a practical blueprint to tackle some of New York City’s most pressing problems.

“Taken together, Mamdani’s responsibly costed economic policies form a coherent agenda that rejects austerity and embraces the city’s power to make life more affordable for New Yorkers.”