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Alan Sears
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Queer socialist recently retired from Toronto Metropolitan University. Author of Eros and Alienation: Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities (Pluto Press, January 2025)

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Alan Sears @alansearslefty.bsky.social · Jan 30
Thanks so much Shozab! Your course sounds really exciting!

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Alan Sears @alansearslefty.bsky.social · Jan 27
Ottawa friends - we will be doing an Ottawa launch for my new book Eros and Alienation at Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave on Mon Feb 3 at 7pm (doors open 6:30). I am honoured to be joined in conversation with Azar Masoumi, Dan Irving and Julie Tomiak.

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Alan Sears @alansearslefty.bsky.social · Jan 27
Thanks so much. I look forward to further discussion!

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Alan Sears @alansearslefty.bsky.social · Jan 17
Holy crap, this is another level of “structural coercion”. I am outraged to hear this - and also sorry that you have to deal with this (and if you are facing this, who next?).

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Midnight Sun Magazine @midnightsunmag.bsky.social · Jan 13
NEW: Alan Sears on the generative desiring at the heart of revolutionary politics, a potential antidote to capitalism’s dehumanizing effects.

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Eros and Revolution
Alan Sears on the generative desiring at the heart of revolutionary politics, a potential antidote to capitalism’s dehumanizing effects.
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NYU Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine @nyufsjp.bsky.social · Jan 8
🚨 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🚨- NEW YORK, January 8, 2025.

Press Release: New York University Launches Unprecedented Campaign of Collective Punishment Against Students Protesting Genocide

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January 8, 2025. Press Release: New York University Launches Unprecedented Campaign of Collective Punishment Against Students Protesting Genocide
NYU Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine Press Inquiries: medianyufjp@proton.meIG: @nyu_fsjpX: @NYUFJPalestine FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, January 8, 2025 – In a draconian case of collect…
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Alan Sears @alansearslefty.bsky.social · Dec 10
Powerful analysis of the situation in Syria by Joseph Daher
toddgordontoronto.bsky.social Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Dec 9
A useful antidote to the Assad apologetics masquerading as “anti-imperialism”.
tempestcollective.bsky.social Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Dec 9
"The political compass of revolutionaries should be the principle of solidarity with popular and progressive struggles from below." #Syria

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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · Dec 10
URGENT: The House is voting THIS WEEK on including a ban on health care for trans youth who are dependents of US military personnel. We reject this attack on lifesaving care that could lead to patients being coercively detransitioned. Please stand with us to protect trans youth.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · Dec 10
As voucher programs expand, they worsen. In states with universal voucher programs, more of the public monies go to students already in private school and to wealthier families.
GOP states are embracing vouchers. Wealthy parents are benefitting.
Most of the beneficiaries are incoming kindergarteners or students already enrolled in private schools.
www.politico.com

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Dec 9
Work has been drying up for trans writers for years. Of course, part of this is bc work has been drying up for all journalists.

However, with trans issues as the top priority of the Republican party there's a strong journalistic argument for increasing or maintaining that capacity.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · Dec 9
The empire of the United States most likely peaked with the end of the so-called Cold War that was hot for so many. The decline of the empire is signaled by the name of the so-called War on Terror, with Americans not realizing that the source of the Terror comes from inside of them.

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Dec 9
A useful antidote to the Assad apologetics masquerading as “anti-imperialism”.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · Dec 9
Watch all the prison release videos from Syria. Let Syrians feed you a taste of freedom. Imagine your own society opening its doors and borders. Imagine being free one day yourself, truly free. That’s what this moment invites.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Nov 29
Learn more about how to participate in #ReadPalestine Week at publishersforpalestine.org

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Alan Sears @alansearslefty.bsky.social · Nov 24
Follow Midnight Sun Mag here on Bluesky for queer, anti-racist, anti-colonial, feminist, ecological marxist analysis
toddgordontoronto.bsky.social Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Nov 23
Midnight Sun Mag is now on bluesky. Please check us out & share.
midnightsunmag.bsky.social Midnight Sun Magazine @midnightsunmag.bsky.social · Nov 22
We've joined the X-odus, as @desaima.bsky.social put it! Happy to be here.

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Nov 23
Midnight Sun Mag is now on bluesky. Please check us out & share.

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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · Nov 17
Save our bike lanes! We need more bike lanes in Toronto, not fewer. Bike lanes save lives. Get rid of Doug Ford. #bikeTO

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Alan Sears @alansearslefty.bsky.social · Nov 17
Thanks Murray Cooke for reminding us of the power of connecting in person - mobilizing, planning, evaluating, learning with and from each other. Social media tools can be useful in the process of building together, but cannot fill the void of missing mobilizations
murraycooke.bsky.social Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · Nov 15
I've finally made the switch over from Twitter.

It's good to have an alternative, but really, we need to be having in-person meetings and conversations with co-workers, friends, family, neighbours, strangers. And reading books and newspapers. And organizing for change.

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Murray Cooke @murraycooke.bsky.social · Nov 15
I've finally made the switch over from Twitter.

It's good to have an alternative, but really, we need to be having in-person meetings and conversations with co-workers, friends, family, neighbours, strangers. And reading books and newspapers. And organizing for change.

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · Nov 12
"I’m less interested in conducting a postmortem of this election and tweaking the Democrats’ tactics than trying to understand how to build a movement." Robin D. G. Kelley:
Notes on Fighting Trumpism - Boston Review
To mobilize the abandoned working class, we need to revive the idea of solidarity.
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