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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

This morning in Astoria — alongside State Senate Education Chair John Liu, City Council Education Chair Rita Joseph, and UFT VP Mary Vacaro — we released “Community to Classroom,” a new citywide teacher recruitment initiative.

Zohran at a podium in a park. Behind him are State Sen. John Liu, Councilmember Rita Joseph, and UFT VP Mary Vacaro.

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 13h

via @marydudziak.bsky.social The Germans are basically funding 3 year asylum professorships for US academics seeking to flee the country for the remainder of the Trump Administration.

VolkswagenStiftung @volkswagenstiftung.de · 27d

New opportunity for professors in the humanities & social sciences in the US: Our Transatlantic Bridge Professorships support research & exchange in Germany & the US (€300,000 for up to 3 years). Apply from Jan 15, 2026. 🌉🇩🇪🇺🇸 More: 👉 www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/f...

Transatlantic Bridge Professorships

The programme is aimed at professors at US universities who are conducting research on the future of democracy, fundamental rights and academic freedom, or the future of transatlantic relations and wh...

www.volkswagenstiftung.de

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 12h

Culture might seem a less consequential right than free assembly+ its infringement makes less spectacular news than repressive violence. But the repeal of the right to culture is grave.

honored to be with @isanchezprado.bsky.social in @hyperallergic.com today!

hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...

How to Protect Your Right to Culture

The United States government’s coordinated repeal of the right to culture has grave consequences for the texture of our daily lives. But there are ways to fight back.

hyperallergic.com

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 12h

new @teenvogue.com: students at the 9 colleges invited to Trump's "college compact" have been pushing their universities to reject it.

+ a bit of a scoop: @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social tells us that they're launching a national coalition to support students pushing their schools to fight the Trump admin

College Students and Faculty Resist Trump’s “Free Speech” Funding Scheme

Nine universities across the country were given a test of loyalty from the Trump administration. Now, students are demanding their schools not sign the president’s 10 point compact agreement.

www.teenvogue.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

"After we win in November, we do not demobilize. The rich and corporate interests who tried to buy this election with the millions they stole from our pockets will want to see us fail.

We won’t let them." - Chi Ossé

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 2d

Watching Sammy Davis Jr guest star on The Mod Squad while I put the finishing touches on a midterm study guide.

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Claire Phillips @clairephillips.bsky.social · 4d

N+1 is looking for a managing editor. Who's got the time? The talent? Healthcare is a definite plus!!

www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

n+1 Seeks Managing Editor

n+1 is seeking a full-time Managing Editor to work in our Brooklyn office. Compensation will range from $58,000 to $64,000 and includes health and dental insurance. n+1 is a print magazine of literatu...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 5d

I'm definitely feeling this level of urgency from the students in my US social history course this semester.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 5d

Not only do we all need a friend like Sergio, we also need to be that Sergio for someone else. The representation might be simplistic, but it's how we'll beat fascism.

Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 6d

Just having a few small beers.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 5d

intactivist = wacktivist.

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 6d

"Considering the rightward trend of country music through the last half-century, it sounds odd to hear a mainstream country singer endorsing communal economic programs. In Cash’s youth, however, country musicians were behind the New Deal."

(We've always known Johnny Cash was cool.)

Down in Dyess

Johnny Cash wrote in his autobiography, “I grew up under socialism—kind of.”

contingentmagazine.org

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 6d

Just having a few small beers.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 6d

Def true re: Vineland.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 6d

The film induces slippage into an historically inaccurate but figuratively accurate perception of time/radical family traditions in which New Left-type revolutionary action somehow unfolded within an amorphous early GWOT.

Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 6d

There has been a palpable sense of urgency as we've discussed the white-supremacist terror and violence that defeated reconstruction, the labor-capital conflict of the Gilded Age, nativism during the first era of mass immigration etc. The relevance is obvious as never before.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 6d

The film's antifascism is basic in as much as it's represented as only commitment to human rights and equality and not as an investigation into the political economy that makes the Christmas Adventurers possible. The incoherence is maybe a result of joining the exploits of the French 75 in progress.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 6d

I'm teaching a US social history course this term that is basically an educational power bar of all of the topics that the fascists want to ban. But I'm also feeling this unprecedented yearning for this knowledge from my students this term.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 6d

Just saw a TV spot for One Battle After Another (cuz I watch baseball) and I'm struck by its inability to communicate directly what the film is really about. Seems like a problem re: efforts to represent antifascism within our current iteration of capitalist media.

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Power At Work @poweratwork.bsky.social · 10d

Aimee Loiselle shows why unions must claim space in mainstream media to win the bigger fight in her new piece for @poweratwork.bsky.social! Pop culture isn’t just entertainment—it’s power. Visit poweratwork.us/pop-culture-... to learn more!

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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 7d

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 7d

Love how the dead-azz tree behind our building is a magnet for woodpeckers.

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Highly recommended.

Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 7d

Bookshop has free shipping today, in case you’re looking to pick up the hottest (and also only?) student loan industry heist novel of the year.

The Payback: A Novel

A Novel

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 7d

On brand for Cuomo to be running a cheezy AI-slop campaign ad in his quest to become mayor of a city in which thousands of culture workers are currently seeing their incomes and employment prospects depressed by the advent of AI slop.