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@oaverettephillips.bsky.social

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PhD candidate in History & African American Studies at UC Davis; MA in History; 19th-century working-class history; Managing Editor @cliocontemporary.bsky.social; Lecturer at CSU, Chico; Host - New Books in African American Studies; Labor Organizer

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Omari @oaverettephillips.bsky.social · Nov 15

An intro:

Hey everyone! I’m Omari, a history PhD student at UC Davis. My work focuses on class consciousness as seen through interracial labor organizing in the US south during the late 19th and 20th century.

Big critic of capitalism and neoliberalism. Big fan of solidarity.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 17h

What are you good at? Got some skills? Are you a good talker? A gardener? A cook? A laborer? Got a closet full of coats that don’t fit your kids but might fit the kids whose mom just got deported? C’mon friends, there’s space for you in the movement. Join it. Pick up the tools for the time you got

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 17h

Same shit here: think the protest is a waste of time? Ok, fine, join a community patrol. Make coffee and pass out care packages to the unhoused. Door knock for the local candidate that promises to do smthg about ICE. Help a frutero with an extra 200% tip. So on and so on

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 17h

The biggest lesson I’ve learned from my time in the labor movement is this: solidarity is a *verb*—and that action takes many forms. Can’t hit the picket line? Pick up the phone and get a member off the couch. Can’t make the time to phone tree but have a half hour on the weekend? Help make signs.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 17h

If you get involved and find that your time and energy is better spent elsewhere, then…go elsewhere. There’s a group doing *something* under every revolutionary category you can think of…just go. Do the thing.

Stop yelling about effectiveness online or whatever, any small act is a worthwhile one

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 17h

My point is—make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing.

Protests aren’t effective warnings for the powerful if you aren’t backing it up with more organizing outside of it. Find the local coalition partner you like, introduce yourself, and stand under their banner

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 17h

I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,

…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 1d

This is a very scary bit of information. Think about this - no actual money. Worse, the centers rely on taking advantage of and destroying small communities with pollution (increasing health problems) and use of clean water (creating shortages).

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

Omari @oaverettephillips.bsky.social · 1d

Second piece to help undergrads think through grad school admissions. This one is focused on thinking about the variables of PhD programs.

Clio and the Contemporary @cliocontemporary.bsky.social · 1d

In our second guide @cliocontemporary.bsky.social
editor Sarah King provides advice to students considering PhD programs: "Embarking on a PhD in history can be incredibly rewarding, but before you apply, it's best to have a clear-eyed view of academia as a whole..."

What to Think About When Thinking About Grad School: So, you want to do a PhD?

Embarking on a PhD in history can be incredibly rewarding, but before you apply, it’s best to have a clear-eyed view of academia as a whole (including the various types of universities where …

clioandthecontemporary.com

Omari @oaverettephillips.bsky.social · 2d

Great guide for undergrads to help think through if a Masters, PhD—or grad school as a whole—is right for them

Clio and the Contemporary @cliocontemporary.bsky.social · 2d

In the first of two guides @cliocontemporary.bsky.social editor Sarah King provides advice to help "students figure out what about grad school appeals to them, what degrees they actually need to do the things they love, and whether they're in the right place to start grad school now."

What to Think About When Thinking About Grad School: Questions to Guide Undergrads Contemplating a Master’s or PhD

Considering an MA or PhD in history? This guide helps students figure out what about grad school appeals to them, what degrees they actually need to do the things they love, and whether they’…

clioandthecontemporary.com

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 2d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 3d

please contact the president of Texas State University, Kelly Damphousse, and urge him to respect academic freedom and the first amendment and restore Professor Tom Alter to teaching.

[email protected], 512-245-2121.

aaup-texas.org/blog?blog=y

Texas Conference of American Association of University Professors

AAUP champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty and staff to promote economic security and quality education.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · Sep 14

I am advocating for you to be killed but I am using my inside voice you must debate me this is called democracy

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 9d

Two years have passed since Israel began its total genocidal assault on Gaza.

As politicians rebrand mass starvation as a “humanitarian crisis,” @alfatau.bsky.social exposes how this language hides genocide, shielding them from accountability in Palestine.

inthesetimes.com/article/cent...

How to Hide a Genocide

Naming Gaza's mounting famine a humanitarian crisis rather than a facet of genocide allows Western powers to continue their unshakable alliance with Israel and their rejection of all efforts to hold i...

inthesetimes.com

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 9d

You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 9d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 9d

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11d

I think often about the Amazon engineer who wrote in an open letter to the company that Ring was “incompatible” with a free society.

Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door

For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.

www.washingtonpost.com

Omari @oaverettephillips.bsky.social · 11d

a dodgers baseball player wearing a helmet and a necklace is standing on the field .

ALT: a dodgers baseball player wearing a helmet and a necklace is standing on the field .

media.tenor.com

Omari @oaverettephillips.bsky.social · 13d

And then allow ICE to have a major presence due to said Super Bowl performers' comments about them.

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Clio and the Contemporary @cliocontemporary.bsky.social · 15d

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Today is the 50th anniversary of the "Thrilla in Manila" fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Suzuko Morikawa shows their face-off to be a "crucible cultural conflict" that extended beyond the ring and captured the tensions of the mid-1970s. 🗃️
clioandthecontemporary.com/2025/10/01/t...

The “Thrilla in Manila” at 50: A Retrospective on Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and the Power of Their “Calculated Blaze”

At the 50th anniversary of the fight, the “Thrilla in Manila” emerges as not only the story of two extraordinary boxers’ pushing themselves to their physical limits, but also embodies creativity an…

clioandthecontemporary.com

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Natascha Elena Uhlmann @nataschaelena.bsky.social · 14d

Attacks on working people are growing at a dizzying pace. But we have a key point of leverage: The billionaire class depends on our labor.

@labornotes.bsky.social has just released a new resource on May Day 2028 filled with contract alignment FAQ's and resources. www.may2028.org

May Day 2028 - MAY 2028

CONTACT US Resource Library Ready to take action? Working towards alignment in your local? We’ve compiled sample resolution language, organizing tips from people who have done it, and other resources....

www.may2028.org

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Toby Higbie @thigbie.bsky.social · 20d

It’s official! We’re launching the UCLA Department of Labor Studies. After years of building as a small but mighty “program,” Labor Studies has been elevated to departmental status. We’re the first but hopefully not the last of our kind in the UC system.

UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 21d

We are thrilled to announce that UCLA Labor Studies is now officially a department!🎉

The UCLA Labor Studies Department is the first of its kind at the UC

Read more about this historic development here: irle.ucla.edu/2025/09/25/u...

RELEASE– Historic first: UCLA launches Labor Studies Department

UCLA Labor Studies undergraduate major and minor will expand as a new academic department

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 15d

If you live in California, call the governor's office and tell him to sign SB 79 into law.

916-445-2841

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16d

A bunch of toxic LA NIMBYs are whining about SB 79, the amazing housing bill the CA legislature passed recently.

It's on the governor's desk, and reportedly he's getting cold feet. Hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, please have some spine on the most important issue in your state. Just sign it.

Homeowners denounce SB 79 vote - Beverly Press & Park Labrea News

Legislation awaits governor’s signature

beverlypress.com

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 18d

My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated —like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

www.nytimes.com

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 19d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star