craigborowiak.bsky.social
@craigborowiak.bsky.social
Professor of political science. Solidarity economies, local and global. Philly. Community gardens. Democratic accountability. Interested in discard studies.
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Today (jan 7) is the official publication date for our new book!
SOLIDARITY CITIES: CONFRONTING RACIAL CAPITALISM, MAPPING TRANSFORMATION.
We are all smiles!
@mpavlovskaya.bsky.social, @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @uminnpress.bsky.social
SOLIDARITY CITIES: CONFRONTING RACIAL CAPITALISM, MAPPING TRANSFORMATION.
We are all smiles!
@mpavlovskaya.bsky.social, @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @uminnpress.bsky.social
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This is an excellent, accessible, if long, piece by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social & @adambonica.bsky.social. Drawing on scientific evidence and ground-truth logic, they dismantle calls for Democratic moderation and prescribe a path that is pragmatic and courageous.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
This is an excellent, accessible, if long, piece by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social & @adambonica.bsky.social. Drawing on scientific evidence and ground-truth logic, they dismantle calls for Democratic moderation and prescribe a path that is pragmatic and courageous.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Back in Dec, Forbes features a new framework to address food affordability in NY: "a scaled-up, 20 city-owned supermarket network, alongside a complementary strategy that supports cooperative food and supply chain infrastructure development across NYC" #solidaritycities @grocerynerd.bsky.social
How Public And Cooperative Grocers Could Transform New York City
With rising grocery prices and record high food insecurity in mind, a new report proposes a publicly owned and cooperative grocery infrastructure for New York City.
www.forbes.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Back in Dec, Forbes features a new framework to address food affordability in NY: "a scaled-up, 20 city-owned supermarket network, alongside a complementary strategy that supports cooperative food and supply chain infrastructure development across NYC" #solidaritycities @grocerynerd.bsky.social
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if we ever lose hope, may we never lose our
humanity
humanity
January 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
if we ever lose hope, may we never lose our
humanity
humanity
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The way to reconcile this is their aspiration was always to put down a slave revolt, not fight in one. bsky.app/profile/osit...
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The way to reconcile this is their aspiration was always to put down a slave revolt, not fight in one. bsky.app/profile/osit...
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GO BIRDS FUCK ICE 🦅
January 23, 2026 at 11:20 PM
GO BIRDS FUCK ICE 🦅
Emphatically. Yes.
“Overcoming difference is not the same as washing it away. Political solidarity is a recognition that we have a mutual interest in organizing together to create a political force that can change the conditions that we all suffer from, even if that suffering looks different based on social position.”
The Black Feminist Collective That Gave Us Identity Politics
The Combahee River Collective’s 1977 statement reshaped the politics of the Black left and beyond.
hammerandhope.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Emphatically. Yes.
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We’re watching Trump radicalizing an entire generation in real time
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 1:43 PM
We’re watching Trump radicalizing an entire generation in real time
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The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
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@debkossmann.bsky.social: “I do not want my tax dollars or Haverford’s resources to be used to support a poorly trained, unprofessional, and cruel secret police force that is our current federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.”
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Haverford Township bars police from cooperating with ICE in noncriminal immigration enforcement
A township commissioner said it is "not our role" to act as a federal immigration authority.
share.inquirer.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:02 PM
@debkossmann.bsky.social: “I do not want my tax dollars or Haverford’s resources to be used to support a poorly trained, unprofessional, and cruel secret police force that is our current federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.”
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"The video is being shared not as proof, but as reinforcement of this administration’s view of who is “other,” and therefore an acceptable target. The video also offers those who support the ICE officer something to see themselves in, to cheer on."
About the smearing of Nicole Renee Good, a new piece from me:
Trump and ICE Want You to Think Renee Nicole Good Deserved It
Since Good was killed, the administration and its right-wing allies have engaged in brazenly misogynistic attempts to defend ICE’s actions.
newrepublic.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 PM
"The video is being shared not as proof, but as reinforcement of this administration’s view of who is “other,” and therefore an acceptable target. The video also offers those who support the ICE officer something to see themselves in, to cheer on."
Excellent account of how water scarcity is major driver of protests in Iran. #climatecrisis #iranprotests @globalpost.bsky.social
Iranians are Running Out of Water, Money and Patience
Iranian farmer Sajjad’s harvest of apples, a water-intensive crop, completely failed last year. He and his family grow grapes and apples on
globalpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Excellent account of how water scarcity is major driver of protests in Iran. #climatecrisis #iranprotests @globalpost.bsky.social
Superb analysis of how being spun:
“First, the killing is framed as self-defense. When that narrative cracks under video and eyewitnesses, the focus shifts to tone policing. When that fails, blame is reassigned upward and outward, onto city policy, onto immigrants, onto anyone who doesn’t submit.”
“First, the killing is framed as self-defense. When that narrative cracks under video and eyewitnesses, the focus shifts to tone policing. When that fails, blame is reassigned upward and outward, onto city policy, onto immigrants, onto anyone who doesn’t submit.”
Two Stories, One Body in the Snow
The killing of Rene Nicole Good, the federal lie that followed, and the violence used to enforce it
marygeddry.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Superb analysis of how being spun:
“First, the killing is framed as self-defense. When that narrative cracks under video and eyewitnesses, the focus shifts to tone policing. When that fails, blame is reassigned upward and outward, onto city policy, onto immigrants, onto anyone who doesn’t submit.”
“First, the killing is framed as self-defense. When that narrative cracks under video and eyewitnesses, the focus shifts to tone policing. When that fails, blame is reassigned upward and outward, onto city policy, onto immigrants, onto anyone who doesn’t submit.”
Big part of Venezuela operation is the many $ billions of international debt the country defaulted on due to US sanctions and oil squeeze. Vulture capitalists have talons out.
Venezuela's billions in distressed debt: Who is in line to collect?
The toppling of President Nicolas Maduro has thrust Venezuela's debt crisis - one of the world's largest unresolved sovereign defaults - into the limelight.
www.reuters.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Big part of Venezuela operation is the many $ billions of international debt the country defaulted on due to US sanctions and oil squeeze. Vulture capitalists have talons out.
“We tend to imagine corruption as a transaction: money buying votes, quid pro quos in backrooms. But money's real power is quieter and deeper. It decides which candidates get to run, which policies are thinkable, and whose voices get amplified or ignored.” @adambonica.bsky.social
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
data4democracy.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“We tend to imagine corruption as a transaction: money buying votes, quid pro quos in backrooms. But money's real power is quieter and deeper. It decides which candidates get to run, which policies are thinkable, and whose voices get amplified or ignored.” @adambonica.bsky.social
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“Workers should be internationalists—sure. But structures don’t spring automatically from cosmopolitan appeals. They must be painstakingly built upon people’s everyday practices.”
@pochoaespejo.bsky.social in our latest forum:
@pochoaespejo.bsky.social in our latest forum:
Appealing to philosophical values won’t build solidarity, but local communities might. - Boston Review
Paulina Ochoa Espejo responds to Lea Ypi’s “The Real Border Crisis.”
www.bostonreview.net
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Workers should be internationalists—sure. But structures don’t spring automatically from cosmopolitan appeals. They must be painstakingly built upon people’s everyday practices.”
@pochoaespejo.bsky.social in our latest forum:
@pochoaespejo.bsky.social in our latest forum:
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Every time I hear that this is “unskilled” labor…
Your Thanksgiving gravy tastes better when you use union mushrooms. Let's give a huge thanks to workers like "Adan" who harvest mushrooms for Monterey Mushrooms under a UFW contract. On an average day, he picks 240-280 of the blue baskets you see in this vid. #WeFeedYou
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Every time I hear that this is “unskilled” labor…
Maliha Safri gives wonderful analysis of Mamdani's policy agendas, showing how they build on successful solidarity economies from NYC's past and present! #solidaritycities. @msafri.bsky.social
Appraising Mamdani’s Five Key Policies — The Democracy Collaborative
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s policies are not only feasible, but could work to improve the lives of a majority of New Yorkers. And they have past precedent in the city, Professor Maliha Safri wr...
www.democracycollaborative.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Maliha Safri gives wonderful analysis of Mamdani's policy agendas, showing how they build on successful solidarity economies from NYC's past and present! #solidaritycities. @msafri.bsky.social
WHOA!
“A.I. companies represent roughly 75 percent of recent S&P 500 earnings growth, 80 percent of profits and 90 percent of capital expenditure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
“A.I. companies represent roughly 75 percent of recent S&P 500 earnings growth, 80 percent of profits and 90 percent of capital expenditure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
Opinion | It Is Trump’s Casino Economy Now. You’ll Probably Lose.
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
WHOA!
“A.I. companies represent roughly 75 percent of recent S&P 500 earnings growth, 80 percent of profits and 90 percent of capital expenditure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
“A.I. companies represent roughly 75 percent of recent S&P 500 earnings growth, 80 percent of profits and 90 percent of capital expenditure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
Love this!
“Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social
“Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social
Chartbook 413 The future of the world economy beyond globalization - or, thinking with soup.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of 1945.
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Love this!
“Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social
“Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social
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Grateful to Jay Cephas for a brief but incisive review of our book at Places. "Solidarity cites" collectively written by @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @craigborowiak.bsky.social, and myself. Published by @uminnpress.bsky.social.
placesjournal.org/article/book...
placesjournal.org/article/book...
Bookshelf: Summer 2025 | Book Reviews in Places Journal
A seasonal offering of brief reviews of recent books on architecture, landscapes, cities, and related subjects.
placesjournal.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Grateful to Jay Cephas for a brief but incisive review of our book at Places. "Solidarity cites" collectively written by @stephenhealy72.bsky.social, @msafri.bsky.social, @craigborowiak.bsky.social, and myself. Published by @uminnpress.bsky.social.
placesjournal.org/article/book...
placesjournal.org/article/book...
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Wrote about The Heritage Foundation's plan to weaponize the FBI against transgender people's existence, which includes banning me from saying that's what they're doing
Do Trans People Have A Right to Exist?
Or, My Life As An Ideology
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Wrote about The Heritage Foundation's plan to weaponize the FBI against transgender people's existence, which includes banning me from saying that's what they're doing
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September 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Feels more urgent than ever to support cities as bulwarks against the storm. Very excited to have this new podcast drop with me and coauthors about our #SolidarityCities book!
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social
New Books: Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation — Urban Affairs Review
Featuring Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Craig Borowiak, and Stephen Healy, authors of Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation , published by University of Minne...
www.urbanaffairsreview.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Feels more urgent than ever to support cities as bulwarks against the storm. Very excited to have this new podcast drop with me and coauthors about our #SolidarityCities book!
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social
Thank you.
@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social
@uminnpress.bsky.social
in case you missed it, amid the chaos:
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
The Weekly Wrap: EPA Wants To Get Rid of Emissions Reporting for Industrial Polluters
DOT cuts funds for projects that don’t promote cars, California moves to pass SB 79, and more.
nextcity.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
in case you missed it, amid the chaos:
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
