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"Vultures welcome war, and profit by it."
- Reverend George Washington Woodbey, during his campaign for California State treasurer in 1914 on the Socialist Party ticket.
Source: “Socialist Speaks ...
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"Vultures welcome war, and profit by it."
- Reverend George Washington Woodbey, during his campaign for California state treasurer in 1914 on the Socialist Party ticket.
#socialism #war #imperialism #capitalism #blackradicalism #history #blackstudies #religion
- Reverend George Washington Woodbey, during his campaign for California state treasurer in 1914 on the Socialist Party ticket.
#socialism #war #imperialism #capitalism #blackradicalism #history #blackstudies #religion
UT Austin is discussing eliminating or consolidating our departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican/American and Latino/Latina Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Here is what AAADS alumni have to say. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Noname - Hundred Acres (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Noname
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November 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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"An organized urban wing of the [Underground] railroad called vigilance committees focused on protecting, supporting, and learning from fugitives."
Jesse Olsavsky for @hammerandhope.bsky.social's latest, just released issue
hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
Jesse Olsavsky for @hammerandhope.bsky.social's latest, just released issue
hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies
Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
hammerandhope.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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BREAKING: There has been another ICE raid at a Home Depot today — this time in Phoenix.
In this Huddled Masses exclusive, @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reported that immigration groups are weighing a boycott of the chain.
In this Huddled Masses exclusive, @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reported that immigration groups are weighing a boycott of the chain.
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
BREAKING: There has been another ICE raid at a Home Depot today — this time in Phoenix.
In this Huddled Masses exclusive, @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reported that immigration groups are weighing a boycott of the chain.
In this Huddled Masses exclusive, @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reported that immigration groups are weighing a boycott of the chain.
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What if I told you that there was one of the first union organizations whose who were known as Wobblies, that embraced revolution and anarchy and gave membership to all wage workers regardless of race, creed, color, or sex?
monthlyreview.org/articles/the...
monthlyreview.org/articles/the...
October 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
What if I told you that there was one of the first union organizations whose who were known as Wobblies, that embraced revolution and anarchy and gave membership to all wage workers regardless of race, creed, color, or sex?
monthlyreview.org/articles/the...
monthlyreview.org/articles/the...
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Why are Vanderbilt and the University of Texas so out of step with their peer institutions? 🤔
Why are Vanderbilt and the University of Texas so out of step with their peer institutions? 🤔
BREAKING: Chancellor Daniel Diermeier fails to reject higher education compact, reaffirms Vanderbilt’s values and openness to discussion
Of the nine schools who were sent the compact, six explicitly declined to sign it. The University of Arizona submitted a separate statement of principles, and the University of Texas at Austin has not...
vanderbilthustler.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
vanderbilthustler.com/2025/10/20/b...
Why are Vanderbilt and the University of Texas so out of step with their peer institutions? 🤔
Why are Vanderbilt and the University of Texas so out of step with their peer institutions? 🤔
DOJ: "as those terms is" is grammatically incorrect. This indictment could not be more problematic, but you'd think it would have been proofread 👀
October 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
DOJ: "as those terms is" is grammatically incorrect. This indictment could not be more problematic, but you'd think it would have been proofread 👀
Anyone who says, "I build or co-create my reality with those whose views/actions are in resonance with mine," is worse than police.
October 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Anyone who says, "I build or co-create my reality with those whose views/actions are in resonance with mine," is worse than police.
Kirk Watson, Austin mayor, isn't helping.
Gov. Abbott to send National Guard to “No Kings” protest
Austin's mayor clarified in a statement later Thursday that the troops would not be on the streets unless there was “emergency need.”
www.texastribune.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Kirk Watson, Austin mayor, isn't helping.
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The deportation machine is soulless and soul crushing. Trying to figure it out is beyond Kafkaesque. I've never been made to feel so frustrated and powerless dealing with government bureaucracies...and the machine's brutal work goes on, through people, fueled by fear, death, and destruction.
October 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The deportation machine is soulless and soul crushing. Trying to figure it out is beyond Kafkaesque. I've never been made to feel so frustrated and powerless dealing with government bureaucracies...and the machine's brutal work goes on, through people, fueled by fear, death, and destruction.
Washington Gladden described the "morally" incapable poor as "diseased social tissue," who "must be separated from society and the sexes from each other, so that the race...shall not be propagated, and so that those segregated may be reclaimed and fitted for social service!" (Social Salvation 1902)
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Washington Gladden described the "morally" incapable poor as "diseased social tissue," who "must be separated from society and the sexes from each other, so that the race...shall not be propagated, and so that those segregated may be reclaimed and fitted for social service!" (Social Salvation 1902)
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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Actually, so far the UT Regents have said, Thanks so much for including us! We are honored!
Dartmouth's and MIT's admins have already said "No."
UT-Austin's admin has said "Maybe!" 🤮
The other 6 are still silent, waiting for, what? A magical door allowing them to escape this moment?
Appeasement will get them nothing, as the 500 USC faculty warned their trustees.
Unanimously! 😲
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UT-Austin's admin has said "Maybe!" 🤮
The other 6 are still silent, waiting for, what? A magical door allowing them to escape this moment?
Appeasement will get them nothing, as the 500 USC faculty warned their trustees.
Unanimously! 😲
🧵
USC faculty members denounce Trump compact that would shift university to the right
The USC Academic Senate held a special meeting to discuss the Trump administration's education compact, which was presented to the school last week.
www.latimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Actually, so far the UT Regents have said, Thanks so much for including us! We are honored!
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💔💔A powerful + heartbreaking summary of the attacks on student services, shared governance, teaching, learning + more from Prof. Lisa Moore who has taught @UTAustin more than three decades. It is not too late to reverse these changes and #SaveUT!
www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...
www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...
After 35 years at UT Austin, I hardly recognize my university | Opinion
What was once a beacon of access and discovery is now fighting for its soul and mission as political attacks upend norms, rules and rights, Lisa L. Moore writes.
www.statesman.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
💔💔A powerful + heartbreaking summary of the attacks on student services, shared governance, teaching, learning + more from Prof. Lisa Moore who has taught @UTAustin more than three decades. It is not too late to reverse these changes and #SaveUT!
www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...
www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...
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Marc Rowan says the "compact" will "protect free speech," but First Amendment scholars across the political spectrum are of one mind that the compact is flagrantly unconstitutional, and every major free speech org--from the ACLU to FIRE to PEN--agrees. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
October 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Marc Rowan says the "compact" will "protect free speech," but First Amendment scholars across the political spectrum are of one mind that the compact is flagrantly unconstitutional, and every major free speech org--from the ACLU to FIRE to PEN--agrees. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
With other former graduate students, I stand in solidarity with Black Studies at @universityoftexas.bsky.social + Mexican & Latino Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, faculty & students across UT #saveUT @utaustinaaup.bsky.social #academic #freedom #education #UT #atx #blackstudies
October 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
With other former graduate students, I stand in solidarity with Black Studies at @universityoftexas.bsky.social + Mexican & Latino Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, faculty & students across UT #saveUT @utaustinaaup.bsky.social #academic #freedom #education #UT #atx #blackstudies