Andreas Petrossiants
@apetrossiants.bsky.social
writer and editor; PhD candidate at NYU writing about tenants' movements and the production of social space; co-editor of Diversity of Aesthetics https://www.commonnotions.org/buy/diversity-of-aesthetics-looting-volume-3
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Diversity of Aesthetics — Common Notions Press
Critical conversations and reflections about lessons learned at the intersection of social movements and artist production.
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We’re so excited that @commonnotions.bsky.social is publishing an anthology of our project Diversity of Aesthetics in the summer. If your infoshop, bookstore, uni, commune, or what have you is interested in doing some kind of event, get in touch! www.commonnotions.org/diversity-of...
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So deeply profoundly disappointed by Wenders.
Really surprised how an entirely predictable question could sink the entire Berlinale jury.
"We have to stay out of politics" (Wim Wenders) could have been said in any authoritarian regime, where artists often are political. Here it was disgraceful.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
"We have to stay out of politics" (Wim Wenders) could have been said in any authoritarian regime, where artists often are political. Here it was disgraceful.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Berlinale Immediately Gets Heated at Jury Presser as President Wim Wenders Asserts “We Have to Stay Out of Politics”
"We are the counterweight of politics, the opposite of politics, we have to do the work of people — not the work of politicians," said the legendary filmmaker at the first Berlin Film Fest press confe...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
So deeply profoundly disappointed by Wenders.
For those in nyc, I'm honored that the poetry project invited me to host a reading group about the work of the brilliant Marina Vishmidt. www.poetryproject.org/events/marin...
Marina Vishmidt Reading Group: A Dis/Course Workshop with Andreas Petrossiants
In gathering to read Marina Vishmidt’s work together we will attend to her crucial contributions to understanding the hurdles that emerge in revolutionary activity. Among them: “The politics of subjec...
www.poetryproject.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM
For those in nyc, I'm honored that the poetry project invited me to host a reading group about the work of the brilliant Marina Vishmidt. www.poetryproject.org/events/marin...
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trayvon martin would be 31 today 😢
February 5, 2026 at 10:55 AM
trayvon martin would be 31 today 😢
Sat down with Silvia Federici to talk about her recollections of wartime and postwar struggle in Italy, her radicalization in Buffalo, and WfH, among other things www.e-flux.com/journal/160/...
"AP: What was May ’68 like for you in Buffalo?
SF: I was getting an abortion during May ’68."
"AP: What was May ’68 like for you in Buffalo?
SF: I was getting an abortion during May ’68."
Looking Back with Silvia Federici: A Conversation - Journal #160
Andreas Petrossiants talks to Silvia Federici about her childhood in Italy and her political radicalization.
www.e-flux.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Sat down with Silvia Federici to talk about her recollections of wartime and postwar struggle in Italy, her radicalization in Buffalo, and WfH, among other things www.e-flux.com/journal/160/...
"AP: What was May ’68 like for you in Buffalo?
SF: I was getting an abortion during May ’68."
"AP: What was May ’68 like for you in Buffalo?
SF: I was getting an abortion during May ’68."
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The photos from a UN fact finding mission to northern Gaza which were part of a diplomatic cable suppressed by the US Ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, have been released by Drop Site News. These are the genocidal conditions in Gaza that Lew specifically tried to hide from the White House and public.
Look at the photos. The thing I heard often working on the USAID Gaza response from our partners in Gaza was the field of dead bodies - men, women, children - that fanned out around IDF checkpoints in the Netzarim corridor. Shot by IDF soldiers for no reason (unless "for fun" counts as a reason).
U.S. Envoys Refused to Report "Apocalyptic" Conditions in Gaza. Exclusive Photos Show the Reality They Suppressed
The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem suppressed a February 2024 report on northern Gaza because it “lacked balance.” These photos from the UN fact finding trip are visual evidence of the conditions.
www.dropsitenews.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The photos from a UN fact finding mission to northern Gaza which were part of a diplomatic cable suppressed by the US Ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, have been released by Drop Site News. These are the genocidal conditions in Gaza that Lew specifically tried to hide from the White House and public.
If you've not had the chance to read it, Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh's essay on the situation in Iran is excellent.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Iran’s Three-Body Problem | Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh
The ongoing uprising is rooted in the political economy of structural adjustment, which forms the unstable medium through which revolt becomes contagious.
www.nplusonemag.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
If you've not had the chance to read it, Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh's essay on the situation in Iran is excellent.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Maccabi Tel Aviv crashing out of European Champions' League without a single win, bottom of the table - amazing
a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
ALT: a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
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January 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Maccabi Tel Aviv crashing out of European Champions' League without a single win, bottom of the table - amazing
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"We can therefore think of the siege as sort of mercenary Keynesianism, making up for the lack of employment in the new AI-powered defense sectors that have been the focus of the larger plunder-and-restructure approach to governance."
illwill.com/lies
illwill.com/lies
Lies You Will Be Told • Ill Will
Phil A. Neel examines the post-2020 political order, arguing that liberal myths about law, elections, and restraint function as counterinsurgency in an era of open state violence.
illwill.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"We can therefore think of the siege as sort of mercenary Keynesianism, making up for the lack of employment in the new AI-powered defense sectors that have been the focus of the larger plunder-and-restructure approach to governance."
illwill.com/lies
illwill.com/lies
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Portrait of Alex Pretti defending his city
January 25, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Portrait of Alex Pretti defending his city
The fall of the postwar liberal order was always going to be painful and fucked up. And yet watching it, no amount of practiced or studied analysis works as a salve for making sense of the depravity or even the existence of these fucking douchebags who care about nothing.
January 25, 2026 at 1:21 AM
The fall of the postwar liberal order was always going to be painful and fucked up. And yet watching it, no amount of practiced or studied analysis works as a salve for making sense of the depravity or even the existence of these fucking douchebags who care about nothing.
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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Alex Pretti’s shooting — the third in Minneapolis by feds since Trump’s deportation machine descended on Minnesota with extreme brutality — is an unbearable follow-up to the most extraordinary day of mass resistance to Trumpian fascism to date… @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/01/24/s...
We Can Fight This: Minnesota’s General Strike Shows How
A day before Alex Pretti’s brutal killing by federal agents in the Minneapolis steets, Minnesota showed us a way forward: the general strike.
theintercept.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Alex Pretti’s shooting — the third in Minneapolis by feds since Trump’s deportation machine descended on Minnesota with extreme brutality — is an unbearable follow-up to the most extraordinary day of mass resistance to Trumpian fascism to date… @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/01/24/s...
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
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Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
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ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
January 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
share with everyone you know. Thanks for reporting back @margaret.bsky.social
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 23, 2026 at 4:42 PM
share with everyone you know. Thanks for reporting back @margaret.bsky.social
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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John Birch Society having a totally normal moment.
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 AM
John Birch Society having a totally normal moment.
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Ukrainian president calls for international intervention to do a regime change in Iran.
Zelenskyy on Iran protests: World must not miss chance for change
Read more
newsukraine.rbc.ua
January 13, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Ukrainian president calls for international intervention to do a regime change in Iran.
We've been so happy to hear back from folks who have read the conversations in Diversity of Aesthetics. If you've not had a chance to check it out, copies are available from Common Notions! www.commonnotions.org/diversity-of... And check out their other titles which are all amazing
Diversity of Aesthetics — Common Notions Press
Critical conversations and reflections about lessons learned at the intersection of social movements and artist production.
www.commonnotions.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:40 AM
We've been so happy to hear back from folks who have read the conversations in Diversity of Aesthetics. If you've not had a chance to check it out, copies are available from Common Notions! www.commonnotions.org/diversity-of... And check out their other titles which are all amazing