Jo-Ann Mort

Image of tunnel opening into sky with the quote "My circle, my hearth, my home" by Jo-Ann Mort

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From “The Men” by Jo-Ann Mort @jo-ann.bsky.social

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The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of American Socialism

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s... i'm in this photo-front right-i was chair of the NY Local at the time of DSOC

come see me on Monday night, 7 pm, Brookline Booksmith

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Jo-Ann Mort with Leah Hager Cohen: A Precise Chaos

Boston area folks - please join me on Oct 27: brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

How the Shadow of Jeffrey Epstein Hangs Over Trump’s UK State Visit A weak Keir Starmer made a baffling invitation to Trump. Then, via Peter Mandelson, the Epstein story inserted itself into the narrative.

How the Shadow of Jeffrey EpsteinHangs Over Trump’s UK State Visit newrepublic.com/article/2004... via @newrepublic.com

The president of the United States literally announces he's going to start a war AGAINST AN AMERICAN CITY. And I wake up this morning, and it's a minor headline on the @nytimes.com home page, and at @washingtonpost.com, I don't see it anywhere on the homepage.

You Think the Bari Weiss–CBS News Story Is Bad? No—It’s Much Worse. This is an “only in America” story, all right. Creepy, corporate, neofascist America, that is.

New Column: Soon enough, the network of Edward R. Murrow will belong to the right wing. Wake up, rich liberals, and do something about this. newrepublic.com/post/200042/... via @newrepublic.com

A review of @jo-ann.bsky.social's first poetry collection, A Precise Chaos, in @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social:
www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/a-preci...
"Mort repeat­ed­ly asks ques­tions about poet­ry, about Jew­ish iden­ti­ty, and about who we are..."
The book: www.arrowsmithpress.com/jo-ann-mort

Spring Arrowsmith poet and journalist @jo-ann.bsky.social reflects on her 30-year hiatus from poetry to focus on journalism -- and what it took to publish her first collection at 69.
Read her story here:
www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/how...
Explore her book: www.arrowsmithpress.com/jo-ann-mort

Les Etats-Unis refusent l’octroi de visas à des responsables palestiniens avant l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU Le porte-parole du secrétaire général de l’ONU a déclaré qu’il était « important » que tous les Etats et les observateurs permanents, y compris les Palestiniens, soient représentés lors d’un sommet prévu la veille du début de l’Assemblée générale.

Les Etats-Unis refusent l’octroi de visas à des responsables palestiniens avant l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU

I Visit Israel Every Summer. I’ve Never Seen Hopelessness Like This. The slaughter of Palestinians continues. Most Israelis hate the war and their government. But a tiny right-wing faction controls all.

I Visit Israel Every Summer. I’ve Never Seen Hopelessness Like This. newrepublic.com/article/1995... via @newrepublic.com

“A profoundly unpopular government is at war with its own people. It is corrupt, immoral, and taking Israel to a place of extremes, where there is might at the expense of morals; messianism at the expense of humanity and hope.” Extraordinary piece by @jo-ann.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com.

Emmanuel Macron hits back at Benjamin Netanyahu over ‘murderous’ Gaza war French president rejects Israeli prime minister’s accusations that France is fuelling antisemitism

Macron hits back at Netanyahu over ‘murderous’ Gaza war on.ft.com/4p1IlYD

I Visit Israel Every Summer. I’ve Never Seen Hopelessness Like This. The slaughter of Palestinians continues. Most Israelis hate the war and their government. But a tiny right-wing faction controls all.

I Visit Israel Every Summer. I’ve Never Seen Hopelessness Like This. newrepublic.com/article/1995... via @newrepublic.com

Thanks @ljohnson.bsky.social

From Brooklyn to the Middle East, lots of longing – and a bit of moral reckoning ***

"In Jo-Ann Mort's collection of poems, the yearning is for living ethically" thank you @etannechin.bsky.social www.haaretz.com/life/books/2...

YouTube video by Democracy Docket "People Are Going to Die Because of This Bill" | Gov. JB Pritzker on Democracy, the GOP's Budget

I've known and admired J.B. Pritzker for years. He is a true warrior for democracy. I think you will enjoy watching this conversation as much as I did recording it. youtu.be/wwxFVHCTvAA

A Precise Chaos How can contemporary Jewish poets adequately respond to the history of our time when it is continually and rapidly revising itself?

latest review of my book APreciseChaos: www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/a-preci...

In Gaza, people have been holding a silent protest w pictures of Israeli children killed Oct 7th. Grieving parents in Gaza stand in the heart of the destruction, in siege and rubble.

"We live together, die together" - for an end to the war and the release of all hostages and to end the killing.

Bill Moyers Saw What Was Coming I cannot say for sure when Bill Moyers first developed such a...

Bill Moyers was one of four things from Texas that were unalloyed good. The other three are smoked BBQ, Molly Ivins, and Anne Richards. (Lyndon Baines Johnson is problematic). This is a great remembrance.

I have literally never seen a graph like this once in all my years of being an election sicko

18-24 always lags, always, it’s just a natural law of politics

and this is the guy they want to throw out of the party?!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani, quoting #MLK reminds me that Michael Harrington used this same quote a lot to contextualize democratic socialism to Americans.
“Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism. There has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God’s children in this country.”"

Millions protest for pride

Hungary banned pride and anything having to do with homosexuality. In response the country responded with the biggest pride protest in modern history. Orban is cooked. #3E

When the Capitals of Capitalism Go Socialist Today On TAP: When Wall Street gazillionaires take over a city, that city may rise up against them.

New York, the capital of American finance, now confronts the very real possibility of a socialist mayor, writes Harold Meyerson:
https://trib.al/beWScxe

Blocking @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social with Cuomo didn’t work once . Thinking that cuomo
Can block him in November is twice wronged. I voted against Mamdani in ranked voting but I’m now convinced he deserves a chance to be mayor - he ran an impressive campaign

NYC Democratic electeds who oppose Mamdani at this point are making a very risky bet. They are just asking to be primaried if he wins, as he is most likely will.

They should go ask the IDC how much Democratic primary voters like Democrats who ally with conservatives to block other Dems.

YouTube video by AFT Parents and Allies Oppose National Private School Voucher Program

A national private school voucher program will hurt students and create barriers for communities to thrive.

Tune in now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFBD...