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Michael Brownstein
@michaelbrownstein.bsky.social
professor of philosophy and department chair, John Jay College
professor of philosophy, CUNY Grad Center
alum, Deep Springs College
author, Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
The great @saraprotasi.bsky.social giving excellent comments--with feeling!--on Somebody Should Do Something at the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics annual conference. @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Love this statue in Nola
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Fox gets it exactly backwards! One bit leading to Dems' nationwide victory this week: the willingness to lose in the short term to win in the long term (aka winning by losing loudly). The Texas Dems' walkout showed commitment, as @madva.bsky.social and I argued, and now it's paying dividends.
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Marathon day is the best day in Brooklyn. And as if the runners weren't inspiring enough, I ran into @bradlander.bsky.social handing out paper towels for them to wipe their noses!

@madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Recommended reading for the day after the big protest: chapter 13 of Somebody Should Do Something @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The book tour rolls on for Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change, this one at Porter Square Books, with the inestimable Mahzarin Banaji. Link in the comments! @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @portersqbooks.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
How one would expect the biggest national protest since to be covered
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Amtrak got me to Philly two hours late, but after a sprint from 30th St, it was a fun time with @madva.bsky.social talking about Somebody Should Do Something at Penn. Good turnout given that we were competing with the (ill-fated) Phillies game. @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Still glowing after last night's event at @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social, talking about social change with a big, brilliant group of people. Special thanks to @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for great questions. This was the first stop for the Somebody Should Do Something book tour. More info below!
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It's pub day for Somebody Should Do Something! @madva.bsky.social, @dryan149.bsky.social, and I started working on it almost 5 years ago. A bajillion people helped us along the way. Thank you everyone. Never a better time than now to go fight for change together.
@mitpress.bsky.social #booksky
September 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A theme of the critical comments was that a loss is a loss. Here's a typical one.
September 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Book tour! Come by and help brainstorm how to fight together to protect democracy and make the world more just. @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky
August 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Very excited and grateful that Somebody Should Do Something received a ⭐review from @libraryjournal.bsky.social!

Full review here: www.libraryjournal.com/review/someb...

@dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My new book--with Alex Madva and @dryan149.bsky.social--has a cover!

In print 9.16.25, but why not preorder a copy now? mitpress.mit.edu/978026204978...

@mitpress.bsky.social #CoverReveal #Bookstagram

Thanks to Frank Augugliaro for the cover design
April 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
5th Ave, many thousands
April 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Whole Foods testing out some tariff-proof strategies
February 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM