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@cannafis.bsky.social
Labor organizer. Author METASTASIS (Common Notions, 2025) Teaching @ Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, organizing @ DSA 🌹, editing @ Science for the People & Jamhoor.
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· Feb 25
Happy publication day to me! My book is now out in the wild - find it at your local/fave bookstore or order from @commonnotions.bsky.social www.commonnotions.org/metastasis
Good morning. Mamdani morning.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Good morning. Mamdani morning.
Teaching this course again after 3 years - still a few spots left! Scholarships available. Come learn about the political and social dimensions of cancer research, and why after more than fifty years of the War on Cancer, victory is still elusive. Sign up at the link below.
The Cancer-Industrial Complex: Biology, Medicine, and Business | Fall Courses | BISR Online | buff.ly/x4B7Xsx
October 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Teaching this course again after 3 years - still a few spots left! Scholarships available. Come learn about the political and social dimensions of cancer research, and why after more than fifty years of the War on Cancer, victory is still elusive. Sign up at the link below.
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and Health Communism have been essential in shaping my understanding of sickness under capitalism. An honor to be able to talk about my book on this podcast!
and Health Communism have been essential in shaping my understanding of sickness under capitalism. An honor to be able to talk about my book on this podcast!
In our latest, we speak with Nafis Hasan @cannafis.bsky.social about how cancer research priorities were shifted from environmental and industrial exposures to theories about individual genetic susceptibility, and his book Metastasis
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Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care w/ Nafis Hasan (09/29/25) | The Death Panel
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October 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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and Health Communism have been essential in shaping my understanding of sickness under capitalism. An honor to be able to talk about my book on this podcast!
and Health Communism have been essential in shaping my understanding of sickness under capitalism. An honor to be able to talk about my book on this podcast!
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How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.
Giving hope to a little girl who lost a limb
How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.
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September 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.
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Reviewed @cannafis.bsky.social's hard-hitting book on the politics of cancer for Science for the People. It lays out how rising cancer rates are closely linked to the neoliberal transformation of society, from cancer science to medicine and industry
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Dismantling the Cancer Industrial Complex • SftP Magazine
In Hasan’s telling, cancer is a disease of capitalism. It is not just that the disease symbolises the growth-addicted, violently expansionist, and self-destructive nature of capitalism. Instead, Metas...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reviewed @cannafis.bsky.social's hard-hitting book on the politics of cancer for Science for the People. It lays out how rising cancer rates are closely linked to the neoliberal transformation of society, from cancer science to medicine and industry
magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/online/the-c...
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Book can be purchased here: nijjormanush.sumupstore.com/product/inqu...
Inquilab Zindabad?: A socialist analysis of Bangladesh after the uprisings (Book)
Developed through a close reading of news reports from Bangladesh since the uprisings, correspondence with comrades in the country, and reflections from visits back to Bangladesh post-uprising,…
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August 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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📣 NEW RELEASE📣
Once revolutionary, Bangladesh’s student-led party now courts dubious allies. What does this say about “post-ideological” politics?
An excerpt from Nijjor Manush’s new book Inquilab Zindabad?: www.jamhoor.org/read/militan...
Once revolutionary, Bangladesh’s student-led party now courts dubious allies. What does this say about “post-ideological” politics?
An excerpt from Nijjor Manush’s new book Inquilab Zindabad?: www.jamhoor.org/read/militan...
August 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📣 NEW RELEASE📣
Once revolutionary, Bangladesh’s student-led party now courts dubious allies. What does this say about “post-ideological” politics?
An excerpt from Nijjor Manush’s new book Inquilab Zindabad?: www.jamhoor.org/read/militan...
Once revolutionary, Bangladesh’s student-led party now courts dubious allies. What does this say about “post-ideological” politics?
An excerpt from Nijjor Manush’s new book Inquilab Zindabad?: www.jamhoor.org/read/militan...
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"The more you learn about the drug development process...the more you realize that all of it is centered around generating more profit instead of centering the patients."
Listen to @cannafis.bsky.social talk about his book METASTASIS: www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/05/t...
Listen to @cannafis.bsky.social talk about his book METASTASIS: www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/05/t...
The Cancer-Industrial Complex w/ Nafis Hasan
On this episode, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to Nafis Hasan about his new book, Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the
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August 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"The more you learn about the drug development process...the more you realize that all of it is centered around generating more profit instead of centering the patients."
Listen to @cannafis.bsky.social talk about his book METASTASIS: www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/05/t...
Listen to @cannafis.bsky.social talk about his book METASTASIS: www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/05/t...
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What is the Cancer-Industrial Complex?
Great discussion with METASTASIS author @cannafis.bsky.social and @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
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Great discussion with METASTASIS author @cannafis.bsky.social and @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/05/t...
The Cancer-Industrial Complex w/ Nafis Hasan
On this episode, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to Nafis Hasan about his new book, Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the
www.counterpunch.org
August 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
What is the Cancer-Industrial Complex?
Great discussion with METASTASIS author @cannafis.bsky.social and @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/05/t...
Great discussion with METASTASIS author @cannafis.bsky.social and @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
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📣 NEW BLOG: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's victory charts a new path forward for the South Asian diaspora -- @cannafis.bsky.social
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July 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📣 NEW BLOG: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's victory charts a new path forward for the South Asian diaspora -- @cannafis.bsky.social
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"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..."
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IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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June 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..."
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Our campaign offers a glimpse of what city government can look like: energetic, focused, and always bringing people in.
June 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our campaign offers a glimpse of what city government can look like: energetic, focused, and always bringing people in.
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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My brother in Christ, this looks like it will be one for the books... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
June 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My brother in Christ, this looks like it will be one for the books... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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✨ @cannafis.bsky.social and his book, METASTASIS, got a shoutout in @redemmas.org's newsletter. Thank you @megberkobien.bsky.social!
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June 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
✨ @cannafis.bsky.social and his book, METASTASIS, got a shoutout in @redemmas.org's newsletter. Thank you @megberkobien.bsky.social!
Sign up for their newsletter for great book recs: redemmas.org
Sign up for their newsletter for great book recs: redemmas.org
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From Philly DSA: The Philly No Appetite For Apartheid Campaign would like to invite interested member of the Community to learn about our No Appetite for Apartheid Campaign and how they can help promote the divestment from Israel in their local community.
Thursday, June 5th at 6 PM!
Thursday, June 5th at 6 PM!
June 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
From Philly DSA: The Philly No Appetite For Apartheid Campaign would like to invite interested member of the Community to learn about our No Appetite for Apartheid Campaign and how they can help promote the divestment from Israel in their local community.
Thursday, June 5th at 6 PM!
Thursday, June 5th at 6 PM!
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READ: Israel plans to occupy 75% of Gaza and use aid to force Palestinians into concentration camps.
Israel says it will soon occupy 75% of Gaza, and it’s using control over aid to do it
Israel plans on concentrating Palestinians into isolated camps within Gaza after it takes over 75% of the territory, luring Palestinians into those zones by using aid as bait.
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May 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
READ: Israel plans to occupy 75% of Gaza and use aid to force Palestinians into concentration camps.
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"A sweeping plan to revamp the State Department would establish an Office of Remigration, a term popularized by far-right activists in Europe and white nationalists who want the mass removal of immigrants."
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The Trump Admin Is Reportedly Embracing The Far-Right, Racist Concept Of Remigration
It's a term popularized by far-right activists in Europe and white nationalists who want to remove all immigrants, regardless of citizenship status.
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May 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"A sweeping plan to revamp the State Department would establish an Office of Remigration, a term popularized by far-right activists in Europe and white nationalists who want the mass removal of immigrants."
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"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."
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'Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal': Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault 'War Crimes'
"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination," former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.
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May 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said."
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Columbia: "We continue to be deeply concerned about Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi"
Also Columbia:
Also Columbia:
April 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Columbia: "We continue to be deeply concerned about Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi"
Also Columbia:
Also Columbia:
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There are a half-dozen ways or more that Trump is demonstrably hobbling cancer research. @ryanlcooper.com looks at a set of policies that would be no different if three cancers in a trenchcoat were making them.
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The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer
America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.
prospect.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
There are a half-dozen ways or more that Trump is demonstrably hobbling cancer research. @ryanlcooper.com looks at a set of policies that would be no different if three cancers in a trenchcoat were making them.
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
Can't believe my event last night at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social was sold out and I got to see so many @bostondsa.org comrades! My heart is so full ❤️
April 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Can't believe my event last night at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social was sold out and I got to see so many @bostondsa.org comrades! My heart is so full ❤️
So grateful to @symposiumbooks.bsky.social for hosting me and @phileil.bsky.social for a generative conversation and a signed copy of his book! Looking forward to reading and learning from him.
April 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
So grateful to @symposiumbooks.bsky.social for hosting me and @phileil.bsky.social for a generative conversation and a signed copy of his book! Looking forward to reading and learning from him.
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On April 30, 7pm, hear from Nafis Hasan, author of Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care. Nafis will discuss the intersections of capitalism and scientific research.
Zoom register: bit.ly/cvilledsa-booklaunch @cannafis.bsky.social @commonnotions.bsky.social
Zoom register: bit.ly/cvilledsa-booklaunch @cannafis.bsky.social @commonnotions.bsky.social
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Cville DSA Book Launch: Metastasis with Nafis Hasan. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Cville DSA Book Launch: Metastasis with Nafis Hasan. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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April 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
On April 30, 7pm, hear from Nafis Hasan, author of Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care. Nafis will discuss the intersections of capitalism and scientific research.
Zoom register: bit.ly/cvilledsa-booklaunch @cannafis.bsky.social @commonnotions.bsky.social
Zoom register: bit.ly/cvilledsa-booklaunch @cannafis.bsky.social @commonnotions.bsky.social