Masshistoria's Avatar

Masshistoria

@clight.bsky.social

feminist historian, expose & resist StandYourGround laws, Harvard gender and ethnic studies

1,005 Followers  |  1,197 Following  |  194 Posts  |  Joined: 27.09.2023  |  1.6838

Latest posts by clight.bsky.social on Bluesky

Here we go.  RFK Jr has fired the entire advisory committee on vaccines.  He will pack it with his anti-vaccine pseudoscientists.  His plan to destroy the entire vaccine program has begun.  A dangerous lunatic.

Here we go. RFK Jr has fired the entire advisory committee on vaccines. He will pack it with his anti-vaccine pseudoscientists. His plan to destroy the entire vaccine program has begun. A dangerous lunatic.

@drneilstone.bsky.social

09.06.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
Preview
The Dangerous Truth About the β€˜Nonlethal’ Weapons Used Against LA Protesters While they can cause serious injuries, β€œnonlethal” weapons are regularly used in the United States to disperse public demonstrations, including at the recent ICE protests in Los Angeles.

In LA, protesters have come face-to-face in recent days with members of law enforcement wielding β€œnonlethal” weapons. While these are regularly used in the United States to disperse public demonstrations, they can cause serious injuries.

09.06.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 434    πŸ” 158    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 8

RFK Jr for the win.

09.06.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 253    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Let This Radicalize You Doing Justice: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.

www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...

10.06.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
"Violence" in Social Movements β€’ 111
They Will Call You Violent
If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because "violence" is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as "peaceful" are, in reality, quite violent.
Even as people experience the violence of poverty, the torture of im-prisonment, the brutality of policing, the denial of health care, and many other violent functions of this system, we are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating. When state actors refer to "peace," they are really talking about order. And when they refer to "peaceful protest," they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state. The more uncooperative you are, the more you will be accused of aggression and violence. It is therefore imperative that the state not be the arbiter of what violence means among people seeking justice.

"Violence" in Social Movements β€’ 111 They Will Call You Violent If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because "violence" is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as "peaceful" are, in reality, quite violent. Even as people experience the violence of poverty, the torture of im-prisonment, the brutality of policing, the denial of health care, and many other violent functions of this system, we are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating. When state actors refer to "peace," they are really talking about order. And when they refer to "peaceful protest," they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state. The more uncooperative you are, the more you will be accused of aggression and violence. It is therefore imperative that the state not be the arbiter of what violence means among people seeking justice.

for no reason, an excerpt from "let this radicalize you"…

09.06.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1142    πŸ” 532    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7

"Harvard University has spent the last year slowly dismantling a religious-studies program that critics said was biased against Israel." www.chronicle.com/article/in-p...

09.06.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

No, @npr.org. He’s booting them to make room for his chosen replacements, who will be antivax.

Your headline sucks.

09.06.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

It's quite possible that Whiskey Pete 1) is too stupid and 2) has no aides to figure out he needs to coordinate with LAPD, in which case this will become a clusterfuck very quickly.

is he going to feed the Marines? Or are they supposed to live off the land?

09.06.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3399    πŸ” 982    πŸ’¬ 274    πŸ“Œ 54

Blood on his hands

09.06.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 327    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

First they illegally deport citizens. Then they unleash ICE to terrorize communities. Now they’ve got the National Guard in L.A. to silence protestors.

This ain’t about law and order.

This is what authoritarianism looks like.

08.06.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 12039    πŸ” 3602    πŸ’¬ 413    πŸ“Œ 133
Post image

Mark Green is a combat vet.

Now would be a fantastic time for him to condemn the use of the military against civilians.

I’m sure he’s too much of a coward to call out Trump directly, but give him a call & make his remaining time in Congress fun anyway: (202) 225-2811

09.06.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a couple of cartoon characters are holding rainbow flags in front of a crowd . ALT: a couple of cartoon characters are holding rainbow flags in front of a crowd .

LA PROTESTERS: How to annoy ICE, cops, Guardsmen & Marines β€œpatrolling” the streets?

Blast β€œIN THE NAVY”, follow & dance party around them with BIG Pride flags, glitter bomb them & shout β€œHappy Pride Month”.

Believe me, the ridicule they’ll get will make them LOATHE being in LA.
#NotJoking

09.06.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4384    πŸ” 1263    πŸ’¬ 186    πŸ“Œ 123

Morale must be sky high!

09.06.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2011    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 11
Preview
On Trump’s birthday, tell him: β€˜No Kings’ Major peaceful protests are planned across the country on Saturday, June 14.

Attend a #NoKings protest this Saturday to take a stand against fascism and wake up the mainstream media.
My latest Stop the Presses newsletter. Spread the word.

09.06.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 764    πŸ” 252    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 9
Post image 09.06.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 21968    πŸ” 5632    πŸ’¬ 693    πŸ“Œ 232

Deploying Marines to LA isn’t normal. It’s a gross abuse of power similar to what we see from dictators around the world, setting the stage for martial law or full-on authoritarianism.

09.06.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9363    πŸ” 2346    πŸ’¬ 374    πŸ“Œ 80

RFK Jr.’s plan was always to undermine the vaccine regimen as much as he can. Bill Cassidy and other Republican senators were fools to believe anything else. They have enabled a profound threat to the health and well-being of millions of Americans.

09.06.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 546    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 9

RFK Jr. promised under oath not to take away vaccine access. He broke that promise again today.

ACIP determines which vaccines are covered by major insurers. Replacing career civil servants w/political appointees (or disbanding ACIP altogether) will reduce access for *millions of Americans*

09.06.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 556    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 9

When Senator Bill Cassidy announced he would vote to confirm RFK Jr, he included this in his statement:

β€œIf confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.”

WITHOUT CHANGES.

09.06.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2476    πŸ” 707    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 50
Post image

My friend was going to come over today. She called to tell me she can't in tears.

She said ICE was at the intersections by her house. She can't leave because she's undocumented. Her kids are citizens. She's afraid to let them out of the house because she's afraid they'll be targeted regardless.

09.06.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1196    πŸ” 438    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 11
Post image

Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:

08.06.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 16895    πŸ” 6023    πŸ’¬ 2937    πŸ“Œ 2074

Anyway I keep trying to come up with something useful to say about how incredibly desperate the corporate media is to extinguish even the most basic, milquetoast speech against fascism, but I simply have nothing

08.06.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 244    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Let me be exceedingly clear here: The government is trying to manufacture a crisis to justify violence against its own citizens.

There’s no ifs or buts β€” the Trump Administration is trying to provoke a violent response. They want a fight. They want an excuse to fire and terrorize.

08.06.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 261    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

I am not joking AT ALL. This man understands the world and how it works and is able to clearly describe it in a way almost every mainstream media pundit seems to be absolutely incapable of.

08.06.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The country would be immeasurably better off if the NYT permanently replaced David Brooks with this guy.

08.06.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 475    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
Video thumbnail

I wanted to share this so that people know how dangerous these less lethal munitions are. I left the protest early last night to take my friend and coworker, Nick Stern, to the ER. He is having surgery this morning to remove embedded shrapnel. These protesters came to his rescue when he went down ❀️.

08.06.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1124    πŸ” 503    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 25

This is epic. I hope everyone’s taking notes.

08.06.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Patty you are a hero 😍🀩

08.06.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@clight is following 19 prominent accounts