Celia Oyler
@celiaoyler.bsky.social
Life long reader of dystopian fiction and antiracist & ant-fascist history and memoir; still not prepared for this moment. Retired teacher educator: from segregated special ed to Rethinking Schools orientation. Dyke. Widow. Anti-imperialist.
My America!
ALL YOU FASCISTS BOUND TO LOSE!
New Yorkers singing a joyful message of resistance at our Presidents Day protest in NYC.
Grateful to the Resistance Revival Chrous for joining us today.
Resistance is contagious. Spread it!
#StopTheCoup #FightFascism #NotMyPresidentsDay #Resist
New Yorkers singing a joyful message of resistance at our Presidents Day protest in NYC.
Grateful to the Resistance Revival Chrous for joining us today.
Resistance is contagious. Spread it!
#StopTheCoup #FightFascism #NotMyPresidentsDay #Resist
February 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My America!
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OMG Sarah Cooper is brilliant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJ1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJ1...
The History of Wealth Throughout History
YouTube video by Sarah Cooper
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February 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
OMG Sarah Cooper is brilliant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJ1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJ1...
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Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks.
February 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks.
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ICYMI — ICE protests across 🇺🇸
February 3, 2025 at 4:58 AM
ICYMI — ICE protests across 🇺🇸
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It’s Black History Month! Teach Black resistance and Black existence. Go to linktr.ee/sonjacherrypaul for the free educator’s guide for Revolution In Our Time and for the full interview with @keklamagoon.bsky.social.
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It’s Black History Month! Teach Black resistance and Black existence. Go to linktr.ee/sonjacherrypaul for the free educator’s guide for Revolution In Our Time and for the full interview with @keklamagoon.bsky.social.
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People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.
(Photos shared with me)
(Photos shared with me)
February 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.
(Photos shared with me)
(Photos shared with me)
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A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
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Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
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NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans
The Trump administration's federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB. Pritzker's office. The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people in...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
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Read, share, act.
January 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Read, share, act.
This is such a helpful piece!
I wrote about Trump's executive orders, including his attacks on trans and undocumented people, and how we should be orienting ourselves to defy fascist violence in this moment. This piece includes commentary from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @silkys13.bsky.social.
A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe
We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.
organizingmythoughts.org
January 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is such a helpful piece!
I have the wild hope that beings from elsewhere have received the signal that humans are on a path to planetary descent so are now sending scouting missions to help humans abandon capitalism and tribalism and expansionism and build a world based on climate and economic and racial justice!
According to NJ police, the UFOs in NJ give off no heat signature, go dark and disappear when encountered, and come in off the ocean.
The Pentagon has said they aren’t ours, and they aren’t from an adversary.
Two separate military installations in NJ have reported incursions.
What the hell?
The Pentagon has said they aren’t ours, and they aren’t from an adversary.
Two separate military installations in NJ have reported incursions.
What the hell?
December 14, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I have the wild hope that beings from elsewhere have received the signal that humans are on a path to planetary descent so are now sending scouting missions to help humans abandon capitalism and tribalism and expansionism and build a world based on climate and economic and racial justice!
Educators: This piece by Teachers College grad Cara Furman about why we should not be guided by fidelity to publishers' curriculum is so spot on!
Why being forced to precisely follow a curriculum harms teachers and students
Policymakers commonly suggest that teaching to ‘fidelity’ − following a plan word for word − is best for student learning. However, research suggests the opposite is true.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Educators: This piece by Teachers College grad Cara Furman about why we should not be guided by fidelity to publishers' curriculum is so spot on!
It’s still stunning me that this is where we are….I have read dystopian and speculative fiction all my life, and here we are living #OctaviaButler’s imagination (and prescience).
The world’s richest 1% have more wealth than the bottom 95% put together, according to Oxfam.
There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.
It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.
It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
World’s top 1% own more wealth than 95% of humanity, as “the shadow of global oligarchy hangs over UN General Assembly,” says Oxfam | Oxfam International
www.oxfam.org
December 4, 2024 at 11:13 PM
It’s still stunning me that this is where we are….I have read dystopian and speculative fiction all my life, and here we are living #OctaviaButler’s imagination (and prescience).
Small acts matter! At my retirement party from teaching, many people thanked me for helping them feel included and valuable. All my actions were tiny. One colleague said my laptop sticker "Keep the immigrants, deport the racists" made him feel safe with me facilitating meetings. Small acts matter!
December 3, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Small acts matter! At my retirement party from teaching, many people thanked me for helping them feel included and valuable. All my actions were tiny. One colleague said my laptop sticker "Keep the immigrants, deport the racists" made him feel safe with me facilitating meetings. Small acts matter!
All my life I have been drawn to histories of brave humans stepping up — at great personal risk — to fight for other humans’ liberty. When I saw the film The Good Fight, I looked for memoirs and narratives about the Abraham
Lincoln Brigade who joined the International other anti-fascists. Heroes!
Lincoln Brigade who joined the International other anti-fascists. Heroes!
A story about the first great antifascists in American history. These are our heroes and role models.
#antifa #fascism #heroes #history
#antifa #fascism #heroes #history
“Premature Anti-Fascists:” The Story of America’s First Antifa - The Friedman Dossier
I. Prologue They stood on the stage of the Great Hall at the Cooper Union in New York City in the spring of 2006, where in 1860 Abraham Lincoln had publicly committed himself to the destruction of sla...
friedmandossier.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:13 PM
All my life I have been drawn to histories of brave humans stepping up — at great personal risk — to fight for other humans’ liberty. When I saw the film The Good Fight, I looked for memoirs and narratives about the Abraham
Lincoln Brigade who joined the International other anti-fascists. Heroes!
Lincoln Brigade who joined the International other anti-fascists. Heroes!
Sanders: It is a war against the Palestinian people. 60% of those killed are children, women, and the elderly. 84% of health facilities damaged. Raw sewage running through the streets of Gaza. Every one of Gaza's 12 universities have been bombed, as have many hundreds of schools.
November 20, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Sanders: It is a war against the Palestinian people. 60% of those killed are children, women, and the elderly. 84% of health facilities damaged. Raw sewage running through the streets of Gaza. Every one of Gaza's 12 universities have been bombed, as have many hundreds of schools.
Senator Bernie Sanders right now in the Senate pleading with the U.S. to follow U.S. law: beta.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
November 20, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders right now in the Senate pleading with the U.S. to follow U.S. law: beta.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
@jehadabusalim.bsky.social Download for free? Hell no: I’m buying some AND donating to @haymarketbooks.bsky.social Movement publishing and non-mainstream voices: Now more than ever!
Download your free copy of the anthology "Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire," which I had the honor of co-editing in 2022. Light in Gaza explores the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, and the struggle for liberation.
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Light in Gaza
Light in Gaza gathers a collective Palestinian vision of what a future Gaza could be.
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 17, 2024 at 10:57 PM
@jehadabusalim.bsky.social Download for free? Hell no: I’m buying some AND donating to @haymarketbooks.bsky.social Movement publishing and non-mainstream voices: Now more than ever!
Let’s take out the trash!
If you are new to BlueSky, it’s called taking out the trash.
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November 15, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Let’s take out the trash!
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Educators: if you need strategies to support your immigrant/refugee students, this book is a good place to start
Link: www.tcpress.com/humanizing-e...
[If this is a financial hardship & you work with newcomer youth, reach out & we will find a way to get you a book] @lesleybartlett.bsky.social
Link: www.tcpress.com/humanizing-e...
[If this is a financial hardship & you work with newcomer youth, reach out & we will find a way to get you a book] @lesleybartlett.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Educators: if you need strategies to support your immigrant/refugee students, this book is a good place to start
Link: www.tcpress.com/humanizing-e...
[If this is a financial hardship & you work with newcomer youth, reach out & we will find a way to get you a book] @lesleybartlett.bsky.social
Link: www.tcpress.com/humanizing-e...
[If this is a financial hardship & you work with newcomer youth, reach out & we will find a way to get you a book] @lesleybartlett.bsky.social