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Appealing to philosophical values won’t build solidarity, but local communities might. - Boston Review Paulina Ochoa Espejo responds to Lea Ypi’s “The Real Border Crisis.”

“Workers should be internationalists—sure. But structures don’t spring automatically from cosmopolitan appeals. They must be painstakingly built upon people’s everyday practices.”

@pochoaespejo.bsky.social in our latest forum:

Every time I hear that this is “unskilled” labor…

Appraising Mamdani’s Five Key Policies — The Democracy Collaborative Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s policies are not only feasible, but could work to improve the lives of a majority of New Yorkers. And they have past precedent in the city, Professor Maliha Safri wr...

Maliha Safri gives wonderful analysis of Mamdani's policy agendas, showing how they build on successful solidarity economies from NYC's past and present! #solidaritycities. @msafri.bsky.social

Opinion | It Is Trump’s Casino Economy Now. You’ll Probably Lose.

WHOA!
“A.I. companies represent roughly 75 percent of recent S&P 500 earnings growth, 80 percent of profits and 90 percent of capital expenditure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...

Chartbook 413 The future of the world economy beyond globalization - or, thinking with soup. This year marks the 80th anniversary of 1945.

Love this!
“Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social

Bookshelf: Summer 2025 | Book Reviews in Places Journal A seasonal offering of brief reviews of recent books on architecture, landscapes, cities, and related subjects.

Grateful to Jay Cephas for a brief but incisive review of our book at Places. "Solidarity cites" collectively written by @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @craigborowiak.bsky.social, and myself. Published by @uminnpress.bsky.social.
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Do Trans People Have A Right to Exist? Or, My Life As An Ideology

Wrote about The Heritage Foundation's plan to weaponize the FBI against transgender people's existence, which includes banning me from saying that's what they're doing

“Stop the Count”: food-insecurity version. 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

amazing coauthors! @msafri.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social @stephenhealy72.bsky.social

Feels more urgent than ever to support cities as bulwarks against the storm. Very excited to have this new podcast drop with me and coauthors about our #SolidarityCities book!
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social

The Weekly Wrap: EPA Wants To Get Rid of Emissions Reporting for Industrial Polluters DOT cuts funds for projects that don’t promote cars, California moves to pass SB 79, and more.

in case you missed it, amid the chaos:
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Hmm. Something is not quite right here.

Trump’s DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy | Rebecca Solnit Donald Trump is concocting a drama in DC because he would like us to really stop talking about the Epstein files

Wrote about the most violent day in D.C.'s history, January 6, 2021, the current takeover of that city by the guy who instigated it, the right-wing snowflakes complaining they're afraid to walk down the street, and why the right fears and loathes cities (and lies about why). Bonus Epstein finale.

And check out their awesome Seeding Solidarity map. map.gocoopnyc.org

Cooperative Economics Alliance of New York City We forge a shared strategy and identity amongst community-led, democratically-controlled initiatives across NYC.

Loving the Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC’s (CEANYC’s) beautiful new website! Educate, Train, Strengthen Connections, make economic matches. Doing it right. #solidaritycities #cooperatives #soludarityeconomy #resist&build

One of Erdoğan's most successful innovations has been repeatedly firing state statisticians who report bad news - Turkey's economic figures have gained a lot.

President Trump is learning from a master.

10 Books for Urban Thinkers This Summer | Metropolis The 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List Books have the power to transform how cities are understood, governed, and experienced. The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities...

Our book SOLIDARITY CITIES made the long list for the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award.

It's exciting to be selected alongside these other cool books!

#solidaritycities @uminnpress.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social @stephenhealy87.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social

I love this video! Right to the point. #SolidarityCities

From Fort Bragg to L.A., Trump enlists the military in a slow-motion coup | Will Bunch Trump’s abuse of the military to control civilians, as tanks roll into D.C., is where this was always heading.

Will Bunch calling out the authoritarian game plan and the gross politicization of the US military. @willbunch.bsky.social

The plans to cut healthcare for millions of Americans to further enrich billionaires is still despicable even as Trump hopes to distract us with his escalation in LA.

"If Trump’s high-handedness on tariffs and the lop-sidedness of BBB are beginning to generate dissent and disagreement, what might the Republicans unify around? One obvious answer is racist xenophobia. And who better to deliver that message than Stephen Miller?"

Chartbook 388: Trump v. Musk - Alien v. Predator or "death march" into a political vacuum? (Oh, and Mr Merz goes to Washington, too.)

Great insight in Adam Tooze's latest Chartbook. Where might the infighting between Trump, Musk, small businesses, and conservative lawyers be heading? Racist xenophobia. Anti-immigration is what holds the Republican coalition together. @adamtooze.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Much of the ‘racial reckoning’ efforts after Floyd’s murder never emerged Hours into his second term, President Donald Trump started a campaign to dismantle DEI efforts, including those launched in response to George Floyd’s death.

Tomorrow marks 5 years since George Floyd’s murder. I was skeptical then that protest and performative solidarity would lead to lasting change.

I share some thoughts in this @washingtonpost.com piece, alongside others reflecting on the moment: wapo.st/43DsEgq

The AI jobs crisis is here, now It's not coming, it has already arrived.

I know too many college students and we grads who are having difficulty finding work this summer. Maybe it’s the trump shock. But maybe it’s the AI Revolution. AI does the work that young grads do.

What is the Solidarity Economy? https://youtube.com/shorts/6TQZhHNBe74?si=3mzLVa7e-wM6XGlE From @theconciouscitizens and @raytrospectively, also on Instagram

New primer video from The Conscious Citizens for explaining the solidarity economy- and amazing usage of the USSEN map we (me + @craigborowiak.bsky.social @mpavlovskaya.bsky.social & @stephenhealy72.bsky.social) helped develop! (at around the 1 minute mark)

Jewish faculty decry Republican panel members ahead of antisemitism hearing Lawmakers on key committee have quoted Hitler and are associated with calls for Jews to convert to Christianity

The republican panel investigating antisemitism has its own outrageous antisemitism problem. This political theater has to end.

What an awesome set of posts! So grateful for the connection and your support!!

Thanks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for hosting a conversation about our book. All four authors participated! The podcast with Elena Sorbino was posted on April 29, 2025 newbooksnetwork.com/solidarity-c.... #SolidarityCities. @uminnpress.bsky.social.