@jordantcamp.bsky.social
Jordan T. Camp is Assoc. Prof. of American Studies at Trinity College, author of Incarcerating the Crisis, co-editor of Policing the Planet, and co-host of the Conjuncture podcast and web series: trinitysocialjustice.com/conjuncture-podcast/. Posts my own.
Please join us for Ibrahim Shikaki's (Econ, Trinity College) C.L.R. James Justice Lecture on Wed. March 25, 20126 at 4.30 in the Trinity Library 1823 room. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. If you'll be in Hartford, we hope to see you there!
‘Military service is one of the strongest predictors for becoming a mass shooter in the US.’
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the symbiosis of drugs and war.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
"Naked class war is manifesting in an intense expansion of immigrant policing bodies," Justin Akers Chacón tells @cheatherton.bsky.social in the new episode of Conjuncture. This episode is dedicated the memory of the late great Mike Davis. Watch here: youtu.be/QBr98oEiUVY (1/2).
Please join us for @nararoberta.bsky.social's lecture, "Black Struggle, Global Dialogue: Race and Democracy in 20th-Century Authoritarian Brazil," on Thurs., Feb. 26 at 4.30. The event is free and open to the public. If you'll be in Hartford, we hope to see you there!
Happy Birthday, Antonio Gramsci! He was born on this day in Sardinia in 1891. His prison writing inspired the @conjuncture.bsky.social podcast that @cheatherton.bsky.social and I produced for last 5 years. You can check out our previous interviews here: trinitysocialjustice.com/conjuncture-...
In the light of ICE's unjustifiable murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, AAUP President Todd Wolfson has released a statement urging that ICE should suspend all operation in American cities.
Read full statement at link below 👇 and at the graphic in this thread 🧵
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
Kim Kelly talks “Solidarity as Self Defense” w @jordantcamp.bsky.social for @conjuncture.bsky.social
if i were to ever have the privilege of being sworn in to an office, i would choose a copy of Black Reconstruction
"If you want to go back to the old wobbly maxim--an injury to one is injury to all--you got to mean it," @kimkelly.bsky.social
tells @jordantcamp.bsky.social in the new episode of Conjuncture. They discuss labor, solidarity, and her book, Fight Like Hell: trinitysocialjustice.com/kim-kelly-on...
"If you want to go back to the old wobbly maxim--an injury to one is injury to all-- you got to mean it," @kimkelly.bsky.social tells me in the new episode of @conjuncture.bsky.social. We discuss labor, solidarity, and her book, Fight Like Hell: trinitysocialjustice.com/kim-kelly-on...
JOB!!!
Jewish Currents is searching for a new Editor in Chief!
This is a pretty important role, and I hope there is a diverse applicant pool. Being Jewish is NOT a requirement. As an advisory board member with no say in the hire, I hope especially that those who are POC and/or trans will apply!
In the forthcoming episode of @conjuncture.bsky.social, I speak with @kimkelly.bsky.social about the @sbworkersunited.org strike, solidarity, and the challenges of the moment. @cheatherton.bsky.social and I will release in new year. Stay tuned! www.instagram.com/reel/DS0Vpbu...
Merry Christmas from Rosa, @ppfideas.bsky.social team & me 😍! In the latest episode of the podcast, David & I discuss von Trotta's film "Rosa Luxemburg" & the life and politics of “the most brilliant intellect of all the scientific heirs of Marx and Engels Marx and Engels", as Franz Mehring put it.
Issue 4 is out this month!
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Meanwhile, check out @cheatherton.bsky.social new interview with David McNally @redprof.bsky.social on international and working class history, slavery, and capitalism:
trinitysocialjustice.com/david-mcnall.... 2/2
Got the chance to speak with fierce labor reporter @kimkelly.bsky.social for upcoming Conjuncture. We discuss the ongoing @sbworkersunited.org strike, the role of labor in the struggle against fascism, and her book Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of the Labor Movement. We'll release in 2026! 1/2
Calling all students, parents, and friends of the New School! Send the Board a letter TODAY - the deadline for us to enroll in voluntary separation and early retirement approaches!
Tell them to stop the cuts and chop from the top!
To send a quick letter go to linktr.ee/aauptns
"Those who engineer authoritarian state regime projects are eager to suppress this [abolitionist] history," David McNally tells @cheatherton.bsky.social in the new Conjuncture. They discuss his book Slavery and Capitalism @ucpress.bsky.social. Check out here: trinitysocialjustice.com/david-mcnall...
Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
🚨 WHY THIS STARBUCKS STRIKE IS DIFFERENT - @kimkelly.bsky.social
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
@therealnews.com
Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
I’m in San Juan, PR for the American Studies Association Conference and will be speaking about labor’s role in fighting fascism on a panel tomorrow. If you’re here, say hi :)
Thrilled to be chairing panel with @kimkelly.bsky.social, Sofia Cutler, and Justin Akers Chacon on labor and the challenge of far right tomorrow at ASA. Hope to see you there!
So excited to be chairing this panel with @kimkelly.bsky.social Justin Akers Chacon, and Sofia Cutler on "Labor History and the New Challenge of the Far Right," tomorrow, Fri. 11/21 at 8. If you'll be at ASA, hope to see you there!
Please join us for a talk by Sofia Guimarães Cutler (Ph.D. candidate, Yale American Studies), "Last Mile: The Delivery Driver and the Logistics of Labor and Capitalism " next
Tues., Nov. 4th at 6:30 in Trinity Library. Free and open to the public. If you'll be in Hartford, hope to see you there!
"Quand nous sommes tous des ennemis de l’État/When we are all enemies of the state." I worked with translator Nathalie Prévost to publish the French translation of Stuart Hall's 1974 speech on Walter Rodney in @afriquexxi.bsky.social. afriquexxi.info/Quand-nous-s...
Should sociology remain descriptive, or is engaging with normative questions essential to understanding social life? Here, @sarasalem.bsky.social answers as part of our latest blog series.
"The environment is woven into the rise of the right-wing movement," Alex Loftus tells me in our interview to launch Season 5 of the Conjuncture podcast. Episode produced w/ support of Trinity Social Justice Institute & @antipodeonline.bsky.social: trinitysocialjustice.com/alex-loftus-...
Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration is a disaster for academic freedom, freedom of speech, & the independence of American higher education. Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat.
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Hundreds of higher ed workers have gathered together at Morehouse & Spelman for the @aaup.org & @aft.org Summer Institute. Right now we are learning organizing skills to protect ourselves our campuses and our students!