Dawson Barrett
@dawsonbarrett.bsky.social
Historian // author of THE DEFIANT (post ‘60s US politics/protest) and TEENAGE REBELS (teen activism history, for teens) & co-author of PUNKS IN PEORIA (DIY in a small town) // "Picking up where Zinn left off..." (trying anyway!) // dawsonbarrett.com
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Save 30% on "Sweatshop Capital" by @bethdrobinson.bsky.social, which examines the labor practices that produced American consumer products from the late nineteenth through early twenty-first centuries, as well as the labor and social movements that contested them. #Labor buff.ly/slifuV3
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Save 30% on "Sweatshop Capital" by @bethdrobinson.bsky.social, which examines the labor practices that produced American consumer products from the late nineteenth through early twenty-first centuries, as well as the labor and social movements that contested them. #Labor buff.ly/slifuV3
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
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More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
More from the scene
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In "Sweatshop Capital," @bethdrobinson.bsky.social examines the sweatshop labor practices that produced American consumer products from the late nineteenth through early twenty-first centuries, and the labor and social movements that contested them. Read the intro for free now! buff.ly/Zr3tNKK
September 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In "Sweatshop Capital," @bethdrobinson.bsky.social examines the sweatshop labor practices that produced American consumer products from the late nineteenth through early twenty-first centuries, and the labor and social movements that contested them. Read the intro for free now! buff.ly/Zr3tNKK
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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Universities are moving rapidly to comply with laws that don't exist.
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” The professor spoke by phone from the inside of a car to avoid being overheard by colleagues.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Universities are moving rapidly to comply with laws that don't exist.
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Statues of President Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on the National Mall show the First Amendment continues to be upheld in one of our most sacred civic spaces for freedom of speech, expression, association, & the press. (I spoke with a Washington Post reporter about what this means.)
September 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Statues of President Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on the National Mall show the First Amendment continues to be upheld in one of our most sacred civic spaces for freedom of speech, expression, association, & the press. (I spoke with a Washington Post reporter about what this means.)
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A masked ICE agent sprayed David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois.
Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
September 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A masked ICE agent sprayed David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois.
Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Nestled up against the steps of City Hall in LA is a large placard with missing posters for the recently disappeared in the city.
July 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Nestled up against the steps of City Hall in LA is a large placard with missing posters for the recently disappeared in the city.
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“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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June 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video.
Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!
Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!
June 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video.
Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!
Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!
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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
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Overhead of the Chicago march against ICE
June 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Overhead of the Chicago march against ICE
“1950s manufacturing economy? Best I can do is 1890s manufacturing economy.”
April 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“1950s manufacturing economy? Best I can do is 1890s manufacturing economy.”
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The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
April 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
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Running thread of people trying to normalize the sieg heil. It's not an "Elon gesture", it's not autism, it's not your heart going out, it's not parody or trolling. It's fucking despicable. Don't ever let this shit become normal. Fuck any excuse given, there is none. Zero tolerance.
1. Elon Musk
1. Elon Musk
February 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Running thread of people trying to normalize the sieg heil. It's not an "Elon gesture", it's not autism, it's not your heart going out, it's not parody or trolling. It's fucking despicable. Don't ever let this shit become normal. Fuck any excuse given, there is none. Zero tolerance.
1. Elon Musk
1. Elon Musk
Worth remembering: the richest guy in the world has spent the last year and a half absolutely begging people to call it X, but everyone you know still calls it Twitter—and thinks it sucks.
February 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Worth remembering: the richest guy in the world has spent the last year and a half absolutely begging people to call it X, but everyone you know still calls it Twitter—and thinks it sucks.
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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
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"Even the employees came out to record the show on their phones," said the frontman for Knuckleadz, the Whittier street punk band that performed inside McDonald's on Slauson and Central Avenues.
By @theglutster.bsky.social
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By @theglutster.bsky.social
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January 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"Even the employees came out to record the show on their phones," said the frontman for Knuckleadz, the Whittier street punk band that performed inside McDonald's on Slauson and Central Avenues.
By @theglutster.bsky.social
lataco.com/punk-band-pl...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
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Every. Single. Time.
January 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every. Single. Time.