Ben Lockwood, PhD

Elites are so out of touch. They’re entirely committed to fossil fuels, AI, enshittification, war and worker exploitation. All the while the public is increasingly experiencing the human and environmental consequences of the ultra rich and their lifestyles. A reckoning is coming.

We were promised that the rich were going to leave NYC after Mamdani won and instead we have this...

Reasons to knock doors this Saturday to Tax the Rich:

1. Stop the budget cuts and win a New York we can all afford
2. FREE Tax The Rich beanies

Sign up for one of the 6 Saturday canvasses happening across the city with the Week of Tax-tion! dsa.nyc/ttr

Email your representatives: No War with Venezuela! I just wrote a letter to my congressional representatives to urge them to oppose Trump's illegal war with Venezuela. Can you join me? https://admin.actionnetwork.org/letters/email-your-representative-...

The War Powers Resolution could come up for a vote in the House as soon as next week. Tell your representative: No war with Venezuela, No war with Iran 👇

actionnetwork.org/letters/emai...

In news that will surprise no one

Join our International Solidarity Working Group’s No Appetite for Apartheid Research Party on Saturday, March 7th. RSVP for Zoom or In Person location info.

We will be researching and power mapping businesses/products to boycott for our No Appetite for Apartheid campaign

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We keep us safe Observer Trainnt. Learn best practices for non-violent peaceful action in your community as a legal observer along with how to get involved in your local response groups. Sunday, March 8th, 1-3pm, Macalester College, Olin Rice Room 350. Registration link in bio, with the Twin Cities DSA logo that has two loons, a star, and a rose, and a picture of an ice cube with an X across it.

Join us for this week's legal observer training at Macalester College in St. Paul! We are excited to be teaming up with Mac YDSA to keep growing the pool of community members who can keep us safe. All are welcome! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/legal...

A legal observer in Cold Spring urged us to share that on 2/5, an ICE agent threatened to kill them. The agent purposely stood in front of their car and used the bogus fear of being hit to justify the threat. As the news cycle turns its eye away from MN, we will not forget.

I understand why those in the Iranian disapora might feel a sense of relief right now, but I think they'll be in for a shock if they're under the assumption that either the US or Israel are even remotely interested in the wellbeing of the Iranian people

Another girls’ school targeted by U.S.–Israeli missiles this time in Urmia

Is @governor.ny.gov going to govern for the millions of working New Yorkers, or a handful of billionaires?

The only way to deliver an affordable New York is to Tax The Rich. Join the fight to demand it. dsa.nyc/ttr

The Sacrificials When the sacrificials come through, the entire city shuts down, fireworks filling the night sky and music booming out from hastily set-up stages. The atmosphere is ecstatic, the way the tongue glor…

My body horror story "The Sacrificials" about trying to escape a communal accepted sacrifice party is live on Flash Fiction Online! www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...

Our next monthly social this week on Thursday, March 5 from 6 - 8 PM at Woodstock's Pizza (238 G St, Davis). We hope to see you there!

Scientific American has updated the figure, now grouped into swimmers, fliers, walkers/runners, and vehicles. A person on a bicycle remains the most efficient way to travel, compared to all forms of biological locomotion and mechanical transport.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

The economic structures that produce the ultra rich are the same that produce ecological collapse, climate change, international conflict, and human exploitation. In fact the wealthy cannot become wealthy without these effects. Global capitalism and imperialism rob the many to enrich the few.

I think about this take more often than I'd like to.

It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week.

The 2026 midterms are the next target for Trump’s anti-democratic playbook. Between extreme gerrymandering and plans to seize ballot boxes under "national emergencies," the stage is being set for a power grab that could dismantle congressional oversight for good.

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#ICYMI Great turnout this morning as the Common Council passed two #ICEOut items, including a resolution calling to #AbolishICE!

Is your data center getting a big discount on electricity? That’s redacted. » Yale Climate Connections A look at secret agreements in Montana.

Data centers are becoming *really* unpopular, and one thing that's def not helping them is that they make secret deals with public utilities.

Want to know the prices they pay? The details of their deal with your utility?

Well too bad! It's redacted.

yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/is-y...

Need an auto-block function applied to anyone whose post includes the string "I've started using AI"

Academia in its current form is cooked

This war is really going to drive home the point that it’s not a great idea for society to depend on fossil fuels that are completely vulnerable to petrostate warmongering

Graphic describing actions that can be taken against the war in Iran.

‼️TAKE ACTION: NO WAR WITH IRAN‼️ Organize/attend a rally with @answercoalition.bsky.social , lobby Congress to pass the War Powers Resolution, and organize your union to pass an antiwar resolution! 🌹

Andrew Kozma — RogueAgent

"What do we owe? Death asks
while removing my teeth. The process takes years."

My poem "Two Quarters Less a Penny" is live on Rogue Agent. It's a birthday poem, so about getting older. Whee! www.rogueagentjournal.com/akozma-2

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

Check out Matt’s piece and much more in our latest issue of the Eco Update 🌎👇

Shorter version of Rubio: Bibi is fully in charge.