Andrew J Douglas
@ajdouglas.bsky.social
political theorist at morehouse | latest books = http://bit.ly/mlkcrc + http://bit.ly/duboisccs | in-progress books = du bois and political economy + theories of money in the black radical tradition | marathoner | posts ≠ employer
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Andrew J Douglas
@ajdouglas.bsky.social
· Dec 29
Toward the Cooperative University: W. E. B. Du Bois’s Membership in the AAUP
In 1937, at the tender age of sixty-nine, W. E. B. Du Bois paid a $4 membership fee and joined the American Association of University Professors. Du Bois was several years into his second stint as a p...
www.aaup.org
Since I’ve now completely abandoned the other site and am still relatively new here, I’ll flag a few pieces I published this year.
For @aaup.bsky.social on Du Bois, higher ed labor, and the idea of the university as a member cooperative. 1/
www.aaup.org/article/towa...
For @aaup.bsky.social on Du Bois, higher ed labor, and the idea of the university as a member cooperative. 1/
www.aaup.org/article/towa...
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Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/
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People shouldn't forget that the first domino setting off tonight's capitulation came from the American Federation of Government Employees two weeks ago
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
People shouldn't forget that the first domino setting off tonight's capitulation came from the American Federation of Government Employees two weeks ago
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
These millionaires in the Senate just keep proving Nyerere’s point. Or Du Bois’s for that matter.The US remains a one-party state, and with all the vestiges of American extravagance, we still have two of them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
These millionaires in the Senate just keep proving Nyerere’s point. Or Du Bois’s for that matter.The US remains a one-party state, and with all the vestiges of American extravagance, we still have two of them.
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Maryland’s public pension fund raised its Israeli bond holdings to $74 million in 2024.
truthout.org/articles/mar...
truthout.org/articles/mar...
Maryland Workers Are Fighting to Divest Their Pensions From Israel’s Genocide
Maryland’s public pension fund raised its Israeli bond holdings to $74 million in 2024.
truthout.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Maryland’s public pension fund raised its Israeli bond holdings to $74 million in 2024.
truthout.org/articles/mar...
truthout.org/articles/mar...
“Working-class Black Atlantans frequently defended their neighbors by running off policemen as they attempted to make arrests for petty crimes.”
Stories of collective self-defense from the late 19th c. These are the histories we need to build on.
Stories of collective self-defense from the late 19th c. These are the histories we need to build on.
In 1901, "11,502 Black men, women, boys, and girls were arrested, comprising 64.5 percent of total arrests. Atlanta’s Black population was approximately 36,000." @jboothhistory.bsky.social on Atlanta's long history of racist policing
Stop Cop City’s Deep Roots - Jonathon Booth - Inquest
For 150 years, Atlanta has endured racist policing that has served the interest of the city’s economic elite. The fight to resist this “Atlanta way” goes back just as far.
inquest.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“Working-class Black Atlantans frequently defended their neighbors by running off policemen as they attempted to make arrests for petty crimes.”
Stories of collective self-defense from the late 19th c. These are the histories we need to build on.
Stories of collective self-defense from the late 19th c. These are the histories we need to build on.
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More reporting from the Israeli press seems to further confirm that the US has effectively taken over day to day decision making from the Israelis on Gaza— exacerbating fears in both the government and opposition that a precedent has been set for the internationalization of the Palestinian question.
US sidelining Israel on decision-making at Gaza ceasefire HQ, official says
Israeli liaison unit said relegated to contractor role in Gaza aid; US includes entire Trump 20-point peace plan in UN resolution establishing international Gaza force
www.timesofisrael.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
More reporting from the Israeli press seems to further confirm that the US has effectively taken over day to day decision making from the Israelis on Gaza— exacerbating fears in both the government and opposition that a precedent has been set for the internationalization of the Palestinian question.
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Jfc. 💀
“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Jfc. 💀
“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
“Thoroughfare, public square, pipeline, railway, dockside, airport, border, these will be our places.”
Teaching Clover today. RIP.
Teaching Clover today. RIP.
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“Thoroughfare, public square, pipeline, railway, dockside, airport, border, these will be our places.”
Teaching Clover today. RIP.
Teaching Clover today. RIP.
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The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
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Seems like a good day for big ideas.
Mamdani Win Could Be The First Step Towards Seizing The Means of Knowledge Production
Let CUNY socialize EdTech for all of us.
theamericanvandal.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Seems like a good day for big ideas.
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A damn daycare. This is sick. What are we doing?
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A damn daycare. This is sick. What are we doing?
“The Sudanese war serves as a tragic analogy: the nation has become a high-value commodity caught in a global auction, where the SAF and RSF are merely the proxies bidding with foreign-supplied arms, rather than independent political actors fighting for national interests.”
The conflict in Sudan is not well understood. But reading this article in Black Agenda Report will help you.
www.blackagendareport.com/sudan-africa...
www.blackagendareport.com/sudan-africa...
Sudan: Africa's Regional Neo-Colonial War | Black Agenda Report
The conflict in Sudan is a neo-colonial takeover, with United States ally the UAE using a proxy force to exploit that nation for its resources and strategic position.
www.blackagendareport.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“The Sudanese war serves as a tragic analogy: the nation has become a high-value commodity caught in a global auction, where the SAF and RSF are merely the proxies bidding with foreign-supplied arms, rather than independent political actors fighting for national interests.”
Working people have done what they can within what's left of this electoral system. But will this reminder that fascism is both unpopular and unconsolidated lead the regime to govern as if it will be held to account someday? Probably not.
Organize harder.
Organize harder.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Working people have done what they can within what's left of this electoral system. But will this reminder that fascism is both unpopular and unconsolidated lead the regime to govern as if it will be held to account someday? Probably not.
Organize harder.
Organize harder.
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Meet Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future.
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Meet Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future.
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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An Argentine friend I was speaking with last week in Paris suggested the global future would be less democratic.
And while the outlook isn't exactly encouraging, the demand for democracy, or at least some sort of accountability and popular say in governance, remains strong everywhere it is denied.
And while the outlook isn't exactly encouraging, the demand for democracy, or at least some sort of accountability and popular say in governance, remains strong everywhere it is denied.
Tanzanian opposition claims security forces are secretly dumping bodies after election violence
Tanzanian authorities are facing growing concern over killings during crackdowns on protests surrounding last week's election.
apnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
An Argentine friend I was speaking with last week in Paris suggested the global future would be less democratic.
And while the outlook isn't exactly encouraging, the demand for democracy, or at least some sort of accountability and popular say in governance, remains strong everywhere it is denied.
And while the outlook isn't exactly encouraging, the demand for democracy, or at least some sort of accountability and popular say in governance, remains strong everywhere it is denied.
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Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
I’ve seen enough. Luddism is the way. Smash the machines.
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’ve seen enough. Luddism is the way. Smash the machines.
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NEW: I learned a lot talking to Alex Karp's biographer, Michael Steinberger. Namely, that Palantir has ambitions to become what IBM used to be for the U.S. government: its de facto operating system.
www.inc.com/sam-blum/ale...
www.inc.com/sam-blum/ale...
Alex Karp Wants to Make Palantir the De Facto Operating System of the U.S. Government, Says Biographer
A new book explores how a liberal academic became the CEO that now embraces the Trump administration and ICE.
www.inc.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NEW: I learned a lot talking to Alex Karp's biographer, Michael Steinberger. Namely, that Palantir has ambitions to become what IBM used to be for the U.S. government: its de facto operating system.
www.inc.com/sam-blum/ale...
www.inc.com/sam-blum/ale...
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Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
What a finish by Hellen Obiri at NYC. Shattered the course record.
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What a finish by Hellen Obiri at NYC. Shattered the course record.
Always love watching Eliud Kipchoge run. 41 years old, 15 seconds off the pack, 18 miles in. Amazing.
November 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Always love watching Eliud Kipchoge run. 41 years old, 15 seconds off the pack, 18 miles in. Amazing.