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@paulachak.bsky.social

Prof in New York, studies broken media, capitalism and anti-colonial futures.

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19.06.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7708    πŸ” 1320    πŸ’¬ 338    πŸ“Œ 144
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Amar mayor! Tomar mayor!

From Parkchester to Jackson Heights, Bangladeshi New Yorkers have been showing up for this campaign from day one β€” and I’m proud to have their support.

19.06.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1016    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 15
Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"

Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.

But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.

That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.

18.06.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 36575    πŸ” 7812    πŸ’¬ 580    πŸ“Œ 206

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is now here calling for the release of Lander (his fellow mayoral candidate)

17.06.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6216    πŸ” 1604    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 89
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.

While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.

This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

17.06.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 28618    πŸ” 11212    πŸ’¬ 2195    πŸ“Œ 1865
A graphic of Bernie and Zohran smiling. Text reads β€œBERNIE ENDORSES ZOHRAN.”

A graphic of Bernie and Zohran smiling. Text reads β€œBERNIE ENDORSES ZOHRAN.”

As for so many across this country, Bernie Sanders has been the single most influential political figure in my life.

As Mayor, I will strive to live up to his example by fighting for the working class every day and hopefully make Brooklyn’s own proud.

17.06.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4230    πŸ” 543    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 77
Graphic with a photo of Letitia James that says she is ranking Zohran.

Graphic with a photo of Letitia James that says she is ranking Zohran.

With Tish James as our Attorney General, New Yorkers have a champion for the rule of law, a fighter who stands up for working people over greedy corporations, and a leader who has taken on Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomoβ€”and won. I am so proud to have her support.

16.06.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1239    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 17
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The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security

Government services undoubtedly have their flaws, but DOGE's disinformation-driven approach to data and "reform" has made Social Security demonstrably worse--creating chaos, driving away experienced expert staff, and jeopardizing benefits that millions depend upon. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

16.06.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
The New York Times front page.

The New York Times front page.

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

14.06.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 25480    πŸ” 6018    πŸ’¬ 658    πŸ“Œ 428
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#NoKings
New York

14.06.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 31434    πŸ” 5833    πŸ’¬ 472    πŸ“Œ 316
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No Kings, No ICE, No Bans on Stolen Land and Free Palestine! A little rain couldn’t stop tens of thousands in New York this afternoon. A few of my favorite signs.

14.06.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so great! Thank you Jordan for this work.

14.06.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cruel capitalism: a forum on media and fascism Abstract. This article introduces a forum on β€œMedia and Fascism” by reading tech oligarch and right-wing political operative Elon Musk as a nexus of intern

Not saying we jinxed it. But I do think it's funny that the Musk/Trump breakup comes the same week @paulachak.bsky.social's and my piece about their collab dropped.

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05.06.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mis/Disinformation Studies folks!

This is an excellent meditation on the political limitations of debunking and on how we might respond otherwise. Even if you're not a queer/trans studies person, this piece is well worth the read!

05.06.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Cruel capitalism: a forum on media and fascism Abstract. This article introduces a forum on β€œMedia and Fascism” by reading tech oligarch and right-wing political operative Elon Musk as a nexus of intern

Our June issue is now live! It kicks off with a forum on Media and Fascism, featuring a star-studded list of contributors.

Get started with this introduction by forum editors @paulachak.bsky.social and @ajbauer.bsky.social!

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04.06.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Cruel capitalism: a forum on media and fascism Abstract. This article introduces a forum on β€œMedia and Fascism” by reading tech oligarch and right-wing political operative Elon Musk as a nexus of intern

Check out CCC’s latest forum on β€œCruel Capitalism: Media and Fascism” co-edited with @ajbauer.bsky.social in
@ccc-journal.bsky.social!
Essays on trans culture, the central role of Christian Zionism, masculinity and alt media, reparative and abolitionist futures, and more!

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03.06.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prison media mobilization: smuggled technologies and media practices in Lebanese carceral spaces

Read our latest article by @chaficnajem.bsky.social'on smuggled digital technologies and how incarcerated people in Lebanon make their voices heard. With lessons for those interested in abolition media everywhere! Now available from @ccc-journal.bsky.social!

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23.05.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A judge in Vermont has ordered Tufts University student RΓΌmeysa Γ–ztΓΌrk immediately released from ICE detention. Γ–ztΓΌrk has been held in a notorious prison in Louisiana. She still faces the threat of deportation, apparently in retaliation for co-authoring a piece for her student newspaper about Gaza.

09.05.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 835    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 22

Great video capturing fighting spirit of principled scholars who should give us all a boost of much needed hope.

23.04.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The urgency of producing Palestine Palestine has long been in the global conscience, especially for many, a beacon of a decolonial struggle for liberation. Today, there is a new urgency to u

Read our review by critical Kashmir studies scholar Ather Zia's of "Producing Palestine: The Creative Production of Palestine Through Contemporary Media," edited by Dina Mater and Helga Tawil Souri (Bloomsbury, 2024) here. Read and engage in the on-going violence in Gaza.

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23.04.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are trying to figure out how to make sense of authoritarian turn, read this thoughtful review by @jfarkas.bsky.social and @bilgeyesil.bsky.social new book on Turkish mediated authoritarianism and how to contest its hold..

23.04.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The urgency of producing Palestine, Ather Zia's review of "Producing Palestine: The Creative Production of Palestine Through Contemporary Media" edited by Dina Mater and Helga Tawil Souri (Bloomsbury Press, 2024), published in Communication, Culture and Critique

The urgency of producing Palestine, Ather Zia's review of "Producing Palestine: The Creative Production of Palestine Through Contemporary Media" edited by Dina Mater and Helga Tawil Souri (Bloomsbury Press, 2024), published in Communication, Culture and Critique

Johan Farkas' review of "Talking back to the West: How Turkey uses counter-hegemony to reshape the global communication order" (University of Illinois Press, 2024) by Bilge Yesil, published in Communication, Culture and Critique

Johan Farkas' review of "Talking back to the West: How Turkey uses counter-hegemony to reshape the global communication order" (University of Illinois Press, 2024) by Bilge Yesil, published in Communication, Culture and Critique

The CCC Editorial Collective is excited to highlight our new and selective β€œBook Review” section, which features what we see as necessary and critical scholarship that we should all be reading.

23.04.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The death throes of American Empire: some visual evidence from downtown Manhattan.

17.04.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NYU has closed off every space for student protest, thereby criminalizing the very act of dissent on campus, bowing down to Trump. Today, student activists organized a β€œMelt ICE” rally protesting sadistic deportations by federal ghouls. In response, NYU reinforced cops & checkpoints. Disgusting!

16.04.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Arm’s length or joined at the hip? Public service media’s coverage of Gaza Abstract. Critiquing normative articulations of a public versus commercial media binary, we explore the contradictory juxtaposition of democratic expectati

🚨 JUNE ISSUE PREVIEW 🚨Read latest article on the limits of US and UK public media coverage of the on-going genocide in Gaza, published thanks to our Editorial Collective from @ccc-journal.bsky.social

Congrats Authors @sydneyforde.bsky.social and @desfreedman.bsky.social

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16.04.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Join the NYU branch of @aaup.bsky.social and some 20+ academic labor orgs on Thursday afternoon. It’s time to hit the streets to protest the terrorizing and kidnapping of our anti-war students and fascist backlash against science and all critical thought. Please share and see you Thursday!

15.04.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIf the administration’s lawless & unconstitutional attempts to control speech & governance at Harvard are allowed to proceed, then any one of our institutions could be next. The impact would be catastrophic – crushing freedom of speech and academic freedom as hallowed ideals in our democracy.

12.04.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œMake Iran great again”: Apolitical influencers and the revival of a romantic patriarchal nationalism Abstract. The Woman Life Freedom (WLF) Movement in Iran represents a longstanding struggle for social justice, gender equity, and civil rights. Our study d

Check out the latest in critical global feminist media studies from @ccc-journal.bsky.social, @hoornazkeshava.bsky.social and @nicolestewart.bsky.social, "Make Iran Great Again: Apolitical Influencers and the Revival of a Romantic Patriarchal Nationalism"!

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08.04.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Institutions Should Not Provide Student and Faculty Info To Enable Deportations In response to news reports that the Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Education has requested the names and nationalities of students and faculty who may have been involved in alleged T...

The Office for Civil Rights has requested the names & nat'lities of students & faculty..involved in alleged Title VI violations.
Today, the AAUP wrote to college & universities to clarify that they are under NO LEGAL COMPULSION to comply. Doing so enables deportations.
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02.04.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 185    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

We are planning to honor Jonathan’s significant intellectual legacy in critical media and cultural studies in future CCC issues. More on that in the months ahead.

03.04.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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