Jonathan Smucker
@jonathansmucker.bsky.social
jonathansmucker.org
Sociologist, political strategist, campaigner, organizer, communicator
Co-founder: Popular Comms, Beyond the Choir, Lancaster Stands Up, PA Stands Up, Mennonite Action
Member: UAW Local 4811, DSA
Author of hegemonyhowto.org
Sociologist, political strategist, campaigner, organizer, communicator
Co-founder: Popular Comms, Beyond the Choir, Lancaster Stands Up, PA Stands Up, Mennonite Action
Member: UAW Local 4811, DSA
Author of hegemonyhowto.org
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My tribute to and critical analysis of Michael Burawoy, published as the lead article in Sociologia. The heart of the piece is a discussion of 1) why/how Burawoy transitioned from his early, “labor process”-focused research programme to a “counter-market” one; ++
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February 6, 2026 at 2:37 AM
My tribute to and critical analysis of Michael Burawoy, published as the lead article in Sociologia. The heart of the piece is a discussion of 1) why/how Burawoy transitioned from his early, “labor process”-focused research programme to a “counter-market” one; ++
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ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/So...
Check out this important new research from Daniel Laurison et al on low-income and working-class Pennsylvanians about what politics means to them.
Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
February 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Check out this important new research from Daniel Laurison et al on low-income and working-class Pennsylvanians about what politics means to them.
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Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
February 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
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"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
#AccountabilityIsComing
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
#AccountabilityIsComing
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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When the people lead the fight against tyranny, the opposition politicians follow.
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
When the people lead the fight against tyranny, the opposition politicians follow.
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As ICE tries to tear our communities apart, we must elect Democrats who will fight back. @analiliafornj.bsky.social will stand strong, build solidarity, and push back against ICE’s violence. Join @sanders.senate.gov, @workingfamilies.org & me in supporting Analilia in the NJ-11 special election.
January 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
As ICE tries to tear our communities apart, we must elect Democrats who will fight back. @analiliafornj.bsky.social will stand strong, build solidarity, and push back against ICE’s violence. Join @sanders.senate.gov, @workingfamilies.org & me in supporting Analilia in the NJ-11 special election.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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dear
@facethenation.bsky.social @meethepress.com
🇨🇦 we all saw 2 executions.Renee Good. Alex Pretti.
interviewing known liars of the criminal regime without calling out their lies is wrong. insults the dead and their families. 💔
#ICEout #MinnesotaStrong
@facethenation.bsky.social @meethepress.com
🇨🇦 we all saw 2 executions.Renee Good. Alex Pretti.
interviewing known liars of the criminal regime without calling out their lies is wrong. insults the dead and their families. 💔
#ICEout #MinnesotaStrong
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM
dear
@facethenation.bsky.social @meethepress.com
🇨🇦 we all saw 2 executions.Renee Good. Alex Pretti.
interviewing known liars of the criminal regime without calling out their lies is wrong. insults the dead and their families. 💔
#ICEout #MinnesotaStrong
@facethenation.bsky.social @meethepress.com
🇨🇦 we all saw 2 executions.Renee Good. Alex Pretti.
interviewing known liars of the criminal regime without calling out their lies is wrong. insults the dead and their families. 💔
#ICEout #MinnesotaStrong
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Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
January 25, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
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People magazine with a more accurate header than most of the "papers of record."
“ICU nurse Alex Pretti killed by feds in Minn. held phone, not a gun, video shows.” people.com/icu-nurse-al...
ICU Nurse Alex Pretti Killed by Feds in Minn. Held Phone, Not a Gun, Video Shows
Witnesses have shared footage of the moment ICU nurse, Alex Pretti, was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24. A video verified by 'The New York Times' appears to show P...
people.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:11 PM
People magazine with a more accurate header than most of the "papers of record."
Nurse-murdering terrorist thugs.
January 24, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Nurse-murdering terrorist thugs.
Referring to ICE as "federal law enforcement" is pro-terrorist propaganda.
January 24, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Referring to ICE as "federal law enforcement" is pro-terrorist propaganda.
Abolish ICE.
Primary any Democrat who votes to fund Trump's Gestapo.
Primary any Democrat who votes to fund Trump's Gestapo.
January 24, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Abolish ICE.
Primary any Democrat who votes to fund Trump's Gestapo.
Primary any Democrat who votes to fund Trump's Gestapo.
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?
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"What can Democrats actually do?"
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
"What can Democrats actually do?"
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Our article on populism, emotions, and boundary work is out in the The Sociological Quarterly.
Our article on populism is published in @socquarterly.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Based on 52 interviews with populists and anti-populists during Trump’s first presidency, we make the following contributions
1) We demonstrate the centrality of emotions in anti-populist politics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Based on 52 interviews with populists and anti-populists during Trump’s first presidency, we make the following contributions
1) We demonstrate the centrality of emotions in anti-populist politics
Populism, Emotions, and Boundary Work Among Political Activists in the Trump Era
How do emotions shape boundary work among populists and anti-populists? Based on 52 in-depth interviews, we analyze how political activists construct their positions through “emotive contestation.”...
www.tandfonline.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Our article on populism, emotions, and boundary work is out in the The Sociological Quarterly.
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Our article on populism is published in @socquarterly.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Based on 52 interviews with populists and anti-populists during Trump’s first presidency, we make the following contributions
1) We demonstrate the centrality of emotions in anti-populist politics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Based on 52 interviews with populists and anti-populists during Trump’s first presidency, we make the following contributions
1) We demonstrate the centrality of emotions in anti-populist politics
Populism, Emotions, and Boundary Work Among Political Activists in the Trump Era
How do emotions shape boundary work among populists and anti-populists? Based on 52 in-depth interviews, we analyze how political activists construct their positions through “emotive contestation.”...
www.tandfonline.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Our article on populism is published in @socquarterly.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Based on 52 interviews with populists and anti-populists during Trump’s first presidency, we make the following contributions
1) We demonstrate the centrality of emotions in anti-populist politics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Based on 52 interviews with populists and anti-populists during Trump’s first presidency, we make the following contributions
1) We demonstrate the centrality of emotions in anti-populist politics
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The theory of populism needs to be reconstructed by attention to some of the cases neglected in generalizing debates: India, Turkey, South Africa, China, and Iran. I point out in this article that the dominant theories of populism are based on the West 1/
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Populism Studies: The Case for Theoretical and Comparative Reconstruction
Studies of populism have shifted from substantive to discursive/performative and institutional perspectives in recent decades. This shift resolved some long-standing problems but insulated the analysi...
www.annualreviews.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The theory of populism needs to be reconstructed by attention to some of the cases neglected in generalizing debates: India, Turkey, South Africa, China, and Iran. I point out in this article that the dominant theories of populism are based on the West 1/
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Minneapolis city Council member tells Chris Hayes that Ice has been posting up at recess at schools and surveilling the kids. This shit is just outrageous.
January 17, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Minneapolis city Council member tells Chris Hayes that Ice has been posting up at recess at schools and surveilling the kids. This shit is just outrageous.
Honestly this makes me feel even more clear that he doesn't have a plan and is doing this because he's an authoritarian who has backed himself into a corner, so he's going for broke and throwing spaghetti at the wall. apnews.com/article/denm...
Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland. Trump didn't provide details Friday.
apnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Honestly this makes me feel even more clear that he doesn't have a plan and is doing this because he's an authoritarian who has backed himself into a corner, so he's going for broke and throwing spaghetti at the wall. apnews.com/article/denm...
If he were eligible to run for President, he'd be incredibly hard to beat.
This is not how people normally react to seeing a politician
Video: Mary-Lyn Buckley via X (@ml_buckley)
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Video: Mary-Lyn Buckley via X (@ml_buckley)
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January 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If he were eligible to run for President, he'd be incredibly hard to beat.