j.l. feldman
@jlfeldman.bsky.social
political theory - general strike and democracy
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In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
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MESA and the AAUP have released a critical report exposing the weaponization of civil rights law to suppress campus speech concerning Palestine.
Read full report here: mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
Read full report here: mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
MESA and the AAUP have released a critical report exposing the weaponization of civil rights law to suppress campus speech concerning Palestine.
Read full report here: mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
Read full report here: mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
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Hope you enjoy #NoCuomo!, a pro- #Zohran "Gaston"/Beauty & the Beast #parody I produced+cowrote for @jfrejnyc.bsky.social!
Share to replace hate+disinfo with humor+joy!
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got majority of Jewish primary votes. We'll do it again! #LFG
#NYC #Mayor #Election2025 #Cuomo #GOTV
Share to replace hate+disinfo with humor+joy!
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got majority of Jewish primary votes. We'll do it again! #LFG
#NYC #Mayor #Election2025 #Cuomo #GOTV
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Hope you enjoy #NoCuomo!, a pro- #Zohran "Gaston"/Beauty & the Beast #parody I produced+cowrote for @jfrejnyc.bsky.social!
Share to replace hate+disinfo with humor+joy!
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got majority of Jewish primary votes. We'll do it again! #LFG
#NYC #Mayor #Election2025 #Cuomo #GOTV
Share to replace hate+disinfo with humor+joy!
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got majority of Jewish primary votes. We'll do it again! #LFG
#NYC #Mayor #Election2025 #Cuomo #GOTV
So devastated we’ve lost D’Angelo. All of his music is amazing, but this recording is particularly special to me. At a time when I really needed beauty in my life I’d listen to it over and over and over again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWCb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWCb...
Betray My Heart / Spanish Joint (Live @ Spotify Sessions NYC)
YouTube video by samuel
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October 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
So devastated we’ve lost D’Angelo. All of his music is amazing, but this recording is particularly special to me. At a time when I really needed beauty in my life I’d listen to it over and over and over again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWCb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWCb...
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I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon
Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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My article on the 20 point gaza "peace plan" is now out. Let me tell you why peace processes in the Israeli Palestinian conflict seem to keep failing, with a focus on Tony Blair the menace of the middle east
theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...
theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...
Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland
The former British leader was tapped to lead redevelopment efforts in Gaza if a deal is agreed upon.
theconversation.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My article on the 20 point gaza "peace plan" is now out. Let me tell you why peace processes in the Israeli Palestinian conflict seem to keep failing, with a focus on Tony Blair the menace of the middle east
theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...
theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
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True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
August 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.
Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
x.com/andrewcuomo/...
A helpful thread! Owners of rent-stabilized units may be facing rising costs relative to rent increases—but this seems to reflect the cost of financing, not the cost of operations and management per se. Add to the list of reasons why housing should not be a commodity…
This article on on NYC landlords unable to pay their expenses gives a foretaste of what I suspect the pushback to a rent freeze is going to look like. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/07/b...
Rent Freeze Proposal Chills Cash-Starved Owners of Bronx Buildings
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s pledge is raising alarms as bankers refuse to finance regulated buildings where costs outstrip income.
www.thecity.nyc
August 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A helpful thread! Owners of rent-stabilized units may be facing rising costs relative to rent increases—but this seems to reflect the cost of financing, not the cost of operations and management per se. Add to the list of reasons why housing should not be a commodity…
Warren’s interlocutor says raising taxes on the rich is an issue for Congress, not NYC, to solve. It makes one wonder which Congress he thinks will do that and when? Moreover, if/when Congress ever does decide to raise taxes on the rich, he’ll say “But the wealthy will just pick up and leave the US”
ELIZABETH WARREN: What Zohran is saying is 'I want people to be able to afford to live in NYC'
FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?
WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?
FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?
WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?
August 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Warren’s interlocutor says raising taxes on the rich is an issue for Congress, not NYC, to solve. It makes one wonder which Congress he thinks will do that and when? Moreover, if/when Congress ever does decide to raise taxes on the rich, he’ll say “But the wealthy will just pick up and leave the US”
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The corporation for public broadcasting shutting down is awful news for people looking to keep public media’s mission alive.
a brief thread on what it means for public radio:
The corporation for public broadcasting shutting down is awful news for people looking to keep public media’s mission alive.
a brief thread on what it means for public radio:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissio...
cpb.org
August 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
The corporation for public broadcasting shutting down is awful news for people looking to keep public media’s mission alive.
a brief thread on what it means for public radio:
The corporation for public broadcasting shutting down is awful news for people looking to keep public media’s mission alive.
a brief thread on what it means for public radio:
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Copy of my book just arrived in the mail today! Feels unreal. You can preorder it here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
July 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Copy of my book just arrived in the mail today! Feels unreal. You can preorder it here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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This offering from @prisonculture.bsky.social is for us — the heartbroken & yet hopeful, the exhausted & still going, the down but not out.
"Brandon is proof that each of us can show up for the most vulnerable in our communities. We can do so with what’s within our capacity to offer. We can be the people on the banks."
The Magic of Showing Up
720 Weeks On 79th and Cottage Grove
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This offering from @prisonculture.bsky.social is for us — the heartbroken & yet hopeful, the exhausted & still going, the down but not out.
“We should see political theory’s expanding geographic remit as something other than accumulating cases of historical difference, of minor literatures. ... [W]e might see decolonization & its study for what it is: a direct & unambiguous contribution to democratic theory.”
Really excellent essay!
Really excellent essay!
I wrote an idiosyncratic snapshot of the state of political theory. Basically, I don't think the study of decolonization grows out of postcolonial theory. It's the intellectual afterlife of the global financial crisis and the protest decade that followed.
doi.org/10.1177/0090...
doi.org/10.1177/0090...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“We should see political theory’s expanding geographic remit as something other than accumulating cases of historical difference, of minor literatures. ... [W]e might see decolonization & its study for what it is: a direct & unambiguous contribution to democratic theory.”
Really excellent essay!
Really excellent essay!
“The actual politics of ‘free speech’ in the United States is not as a freestanding statement of values but a right-wing political strategy—one that advances polarization against the left under the guise of reducing it”
Concise & convincing history of “free speech” as right-wing polarization tactic
Concise & convincing history of “free speech” as right-wing polarization tactic
I explore why liberals fell for the heterodox movement’s “free speech” ploy in my latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social: www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-ri...
The actual politics of free speech is fueled by a right-wing political strategy. - Boston Review
Nicole Hemmer responds to Alex Gourevitch’s “The Right to Be Hostile.”
www.bostonreview.net
July 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“The actual politics of ‘free speech’ in the United States is not as a freestanding statement of values but a right-wing political strategy—one that advances polarization against the left under the guise of reducing it”
Concise & convincing history of “free speech” as right-wing polarization tactic
Concise & convincing history of “free speech” as right-wing polarization tactic
A remarkable moment from an interview with Brad Lander on the Jewish Currents podcast: two ICE officers who arrested him are immigrant New Yorkers, one of whom was considering voting for him and Mamdani
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
July 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A remarkable moment from an interview with Brad Lander on the Jewish Currents podcast: two ICE officers who arrested him are immigrant New Yorkers, one of whom was considering voting for him and Mamdani
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.
Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
www.msnbc.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.
now calling and texting friends and family who live in these districts...
IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
now calling and texting friends and family who live in these districts...
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You have to add up all the red bars and stack them on top of each other to pay for the green bar.
June 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
You have to add up all the red bars and stack them on top of each other to pay for the green bar.
“If it involves handcuffs on wrists, it’s probably worth pursuing”
June 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“If it involves handcuffs on wrists, it’s probably worth pursuing”
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In case those names aren't familiar:
Harvard Medical School fired Martin Kulldorff last year after he refused to get a mandatory COVID shot.
Twitter banned Robert Malone in 2021 for sharing videos that falsely linked athlete deaths with COVID vaccines (including a guy who died in 2013).
Harvard Medical School fired Martin Kulldorff last year after he refused to get a mandatory COVID shot.
Twitter banned Robert Malone in 2021 for sharing videos that falsely linked athlete deaths with COVID vaccines (including a guy who died in 2013).
BREAKING: RFK Jr. names Martin Kulldorff and Robert Malone and six others to ACIP.
x.com/SecKennedy/s...
x.com/SecKennedy/s...
Secretary Kennedy on X: "On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s" / X
On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s
x.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In case those names aren't familiar:
Harvard Medical School fired Martin Kulldorff last year after he refused to get a mandatory COVID shot.
Twitter banned Robert Malone in 2021 for sharing videos that falsely linked athlete deaths with COVID vaccines (including a guy who died in 2013).
Harvard Medical School fired Martin Kulldorff last year after he refused to get a mandatory COVID shot.
Twitter banned Robert Malone in 2021 for sharing videos that falsely linked athlete deaths with COVID vaccines (including a guy who died in 2013).
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Babies can only have milk. They can’t even have water. Since Israel is banning all aid including baby formula, these babies will die. And since Israel is also starving everyone in Gaza, moms can’t nurse their babies either. They’re just watching their babies die as they die to.
14,000 babies are at risk of dying in the next 48 hours in Gaza if aid doesn’t reach them, warns Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs – a figure he called “utterly chilling.”
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May 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Babies can only have milk. They can’t even have water. Since Israel is banning all aid including baby formula, these babies will die. And since Israel is also starving everyone in Gaza, moms can’t nurse their babies either. They’re just watching their babies die as they die to.
“fellowship is heaven, & lack of fellowship is hell: ... & the life that is in it, that shall live on and on for ever, and each one of you part of it, while many a man's life upon the earth from the earth shall wane.”
–William Morris, A Dream of John Ball
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–William Morris, A Dream of John Ball
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May 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“fellowship is heaven, & lack of fellowship is hell: ... & the life that is in it, that shall live on and on for ever, and each one of you part of it, while many a man's life upon the earth from the earth shall wane.”
–William Morris, A Dream of John Ball
archive.org/details/McGi...
–William Morris, A Dream of John Ball
archive.org/details/McGi...