Patrick Collier
patcollier.bsky.social
Patrick Collier
@patcollier.bsky.social
Associate Dean (I know...), professor, writer, trying to put my best love out into the world
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Dozens of unions, community and faith organizations are calling on every Minnesotan to take a stand on January 23rd.

On January 23rd there will be a unified, statewide pause in economic activity.
maydaystrong.org/iceoutmn
ICE OUT MN — MAY DAY STRONG
maydaystrong.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Following David's lead, I also posted on FB and was surprised by the positive response. Spread the word about what's happening here. People want to know.
January 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Honored to be in the inaugural issue of Rust Belt Studies and grateful to the team behind this exciting new journal.
www.rustbeltstudies.org/rust-belt-fe...
Rust Belt Feelings | Rust Belt Studies
www.rustbeltstudies.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Page One in Cincinnati:

“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”

#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Sunday after Thanksgiving. Singing for my supper (of gin).
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Spotify is doubling down on decision to run ICE ads ‼️

Help us spread the word to #BoycottSpotify | boycottspotify.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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For those that weren't able to make our webinar with @patcollier.bsky.social and Jim Connolly, you can now catch up on YouTube!

Learn more about the Everyday Life in Middletown archive as well as how the writers in archive write about comprehend crisis

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Everyday life in Middletown - YouTube
Find out more about the Everyday Life in Middletown project here: https://bsudsl.org/edlmiddletown/. Cover image: A photo submitted to the Everyday Life in M...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Protesters have blocked the westbound side of Canal. They are chanting "ICE out of New York now!" and "Liberation, not deportation!"
October 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We'll be talking about our Everyday Life in Middletown book with some amazing English scholars, including the brilliant Ben Highmore, tomorrow at 9 a.m. EDT (2 GDT). Free, but register at the link. Hope to see you there!
universityofsussex.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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The wannabe dictator and his cabal think they’re a tidal wave, crashing to wash everything away. But they’re just rough waves on the shore — noise and foam. The real tide is us steady and rising.
October 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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"As the Trump administration cracks down on both environmental policies and progressive activism, the Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate justice organization that popularized calls for a Green New Deal, is widening its mission to fight authoritarianism."
Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism
Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Chicago residents are engaging in daily protests and community safety patrols to resist ICE's crackdown on the city.
Chicago Activist on Organizing Community ICE Patrols as Trump Escalates Immigration Crackdown
Tension between immigration agents and community activists is growing in Chicago, where ICE agents have deployed tear gas and pepper balls against ongoing protests outside Chicago’s Broadview ICE dete...
www.democracynow.org
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Join us on Oct. 7 for our next seminar on modern America, "Crisis Politics and Everyday Life in "Middletown."" Authors @patcollier.bsky.social & James J. Connolly, with comments by @thomassdavis.bsky.social. Register: www.masshist.org/eve...
October 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
So pleased to be presenting our work to the excellent scholars at and around Mass Observation & with Ben Highmore, whom we so admire, hosting.
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Our next event, 'Everyday Life and the Crisis Ordinary in Middletown, U.S.A.' is now open for booking! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/everyday-l...
September 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Everyday Life in Middletown is inspired by the book 'Middletown: A Study of a Midwestern City' and Mass Observation. In this event, Project Director Patrick Collier and Director James Connolly will discuss the project with Ben Highmore
September 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Our next event, 'Everyday Life and the Crisis Ordinary in Middletown, U.S.A.' is now open for booking! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/everyday-l...
September 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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"What if, instead of telling a story about how our species fell from some idyllic state of equality, we ask how we came to be trapped in such tight conceptual shackles that we can no longer even imagine the possibility of reinventing ourselves?”
― David Graeber
September 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Pleased to be engaging with accomplished scholars about my work, with Jim Connolly, about "Middletown" (i.e. Muncie, Indiana). Tuesday Oct. 7 at 5 p.m.
You can register for Zoom or in-person at the link.
www.masshist.org/events/crisi...
Massachusetts Historical Society: Crisis Politics and Everyday Life in "Middletown”
www.masshist.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Then and Now
The Little Street Delft c.1658, painted by Johannes Vermeer; now identified by archival research as 40-42 Vlamingstraat, Delft, photographed (right) in 2017.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
September 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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September 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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A DC crowd within sight of the White House calls for Free DC, not using the National Guard for a political ploy
August 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM