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Caleb Smith
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Professor, PhD, historian, writing about the neoliberal shift of Black politics in Chicago from 1929 to 1994, race, class, and 20th century U.S. political history. socialist. feminist. writer. geek. punk. he\him\his
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And it has been long enough now for smart, honest people to know and do better.
That “working class” is a transparently race and gender coded term tells you who pundits view as low and middle income workers and what type of work they believe “counts” among this group.

Reality: the working class is predominantly White women and racial minorities in the low wage service sector.
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Some of the details may be disputed but this man’s cause of death was determined to be dehydration. It takes over a week without water for an adult to die of dehydration. One officer’s suggestion he needed medical attention was ignored. There’s no plausible situation where this wasn’t intentional.
Lamont Mealy, a mentally ill man, was locked in solitary confinement in a Maryland prison. Guards shut off water to his cell. A fellow prisoner says guards taunted him. He died of dehydration after 8 days. His family's lawsuit asserts officials covered it up.
How a Maryland prisoner died an ‘excruciating’ death from dehydration
Lamont Mealy died of dehydration in an isolation cell at Western Correctional Institution in 2023. A lawsuit claims state officials covered it up.
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Did people call for reforming the Gestapo? [Rhetorical question]
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I adore James Gunn's complete and utter rejection of subtly on racism, especially right now.
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
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Protesters in Milwaukee are kicking off their 1.8 mile march through downtown for No Kings day
Me as a Knight of Gondor: "Chicago has no king. Chicago needs no king!"
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If you were out in the streets today, thanks. If you left feeling inspired, please seek out local ways that you can keep organizing with others.
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No King protest still absent from the NY Times digital front page
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Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.

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Yeah it’s mostly Ed-tech as resource capture for a ghost product in an over-capitalized market.

It’s also the politics of tech in deeply politicized general assemblies and the encroachment of comp sci + university boards that want to be tech CEOs

As for our colleagues. Sigh.
Tressie, Is this all because 35% of the market is tied up in this BULLSHIT so we’re all being forced to integrate it everywhere? or is there an authentic belief that this is the right way forward? It’s so obviously the Worst Idea Ever.
...My work is called "Pillaging the Vanguard" and Cory Booker writes my work for me...
here's cory booker @booker.senate.gov absolutely crapping the bed when given mild and correct criticism over his votes for trump nominees while claiming to be a leader of the opposition against fascism. kudos to the @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social podcast
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