Sasha Davis
@replacethestate.bsky.social
Professor, writer, parent, researcher, accomplice. New book “Replace the State” out now. I’m on here looking to follow other folks doing good research, writing, and organizing
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My new book “Replace the State: How to Change the World When Elections and Protests Fail” is officially out today (Aug 5) from @uminnpress.bsky.social available at www.upress.umn.edu/978151791952... #geosky #booksky
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Hey Colorado folks! I'm excited to come out next week to visit up in Boulder and do a talk in Denver on the 4th. calendar.ucdenver.edu/event/spa-th...
Thrive- Tactics for Social Change Beyond the State: Grassroots Movements in a Polarized World | University Events Calendar
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October 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Hey Colorado folks! I'm excited to come out next week to visit up in Boulder and do a talk in Denver on the 4th. calendar.ucdenver.edu/event/spa-th...
So while the government is 'shut down', it seems a good time for a reminder that governance can be done in much better ways. New podcast discussion on my book out today with the New Books Network. newbooksnetwork.com/replace-the-... @uminnpress.bsky.social #geosky #booksky
Sasha Davis, "Replace the State: How to Change the World When Elections and Protests Fail" (U Minnesota Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
So while the government is 'shut down', it seems a good time for a reminder that governance can be done in much better ways. New podcast discussion on my book out today with the New Books Network. newbooksnetwork.com/replace-the-... @uminnpress.bsky.social #geosky #booksky
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"I want people to see past the mistaken assumption that the state is the only place where politics happen." @replacethestate.bsky.social in @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social : www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/05/r...
Replace the State!
My new book is now out. Replace the State: How to Change the World When Elections and Protests Fail is available now direct from the University of
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September 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"I want people to see past the mistaken assumption that the state is the only place where politics happen." @replacethestate.bsky.social in @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social : www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/05/r...
My new book “Replace the State: How to Change the World When Elections and Protests Fail” is officially out today (Aug 5) from @uminnpress.bsky.social available at www.upress.umn.edu/978151791952... #geosky #booksky
August 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My new book “Replace the State: How to Change the World When Elections and Protests Fail” is officially out today (Aug 5) from @uminnpress.bsky.social available at www.upress.umn.edu/978151791952... #geosky #booksky
My newest book on the social movement organizing we need officially comes out Aug 5 - and having an event in Chicago to mark the launch at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social with @jarrodshanahan.bsky.social (book order link in comments and page bio @uminnpress.bsky.social) #geosky #booksky
August 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
My newest book on the social movement organizing we need officially comes out Aug 5 - and having an event in Chicago to mark the launch at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social with @jarrodshanahan.bsky.social (book order link in comments and page bio @uminnpress.bsky.social) #geosky #booksky
I wrote a new essay where I argue the current political moment is an acute crisis between two fundamentally different ways we think politics should work: and what this means for how we organize for political struggles today. If it resonates with you, please share! open.substack.com/pub/makethen...
The Imperial Word and the Relational World
The current political crisis is driven by two fundamentally different views of how the world works – and one of them needs to be empowered.
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May 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I wrote a new essay where I argue the current political moment is an acute crisis between two fundamentally different ways we think politics should work: and what this means for how we organize for political struggles today. If it resonates with you, please share! open.substack.com/pub/makethen...
My newest book is now available for pre-order for $20 through @uminnpress.bsky.social! If you are interested, please pre-order and share this announcement with others as well. Pre-orders can be so impactful for new books so please consider and share. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791952...
Replace the State
A practical call to action against oppression Across the globe, millions of people have participated in protests and marches, donated to political groups...
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April 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My newest book is now available for pre-order for $20 through @uminnpress.bsky.social! If you are interested, please pre-order and share this announcement with others as well. Pre-orders can be so impactful for new books so please consider and share. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791952...
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"Greenpeace...denied the claims, said in a statement after the verdict that lawsuits like this were aimed at “destroying the right to peaceful protest”; constitutional rights experts had expressed fears that case could have a wider chilling effect on free speech." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
Non-profit said in statement lawsuits like this aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’
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March 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Greenpeace...denied the claims, said in a statement after the verdict that lawsuits like this were aimed at “destroying the right to peaceful protest”; constitutional rights experts had expressed fears that case could have a wider chilling effect on free speech." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Published a new essay on organizing and political advocacy in an age of executive branch hyperactivity and the crumbling of any effective opposition party. It’s free to access and share. Please read, comment, and share if you find it useful for how we approach the current political crises.
A government bent on causing mass misery is no longer restrained by the courts or an effective opposition party. Now what?
We need to face the fact that old strategies of political action aren’t going to work.
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March 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Published a new essay on organizing and political advocacy in an age of executive branch hyperactivity and the crumbling of any effective opposition party. It’s free to access and share. Please read, comment, and share if you find it useful for how we approach the current political crises.
More college administrators need to see the current moment for what it is. Folks in US higher ed who think that if they just bend to the ‘current’ flurry of repressive govt demands it will save their funding are delusional. If they cave now, there will be no end to the increasingly draconian orders
Letter from members of the Columbia Political Science department:
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March 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
More college administrators need to see the current moment for what it is. Folks in US higher ed who think that if they just bend to the ‘current’ flurry of repressive govt demands it will save their funding are delusional. If they cave now, there will be no end to the increasingly draconian orders
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To these people, “freedom” means the freedom of the rich to exploit, the freedom of the rich to poison, and the freedom of the rich to kill. If they attempt to build these “freedom cities,” we must exercise our true freedom to raze them to the ground.
SCOOP w/ @telliotter.bsky.social:
Several groups representing “startup nations” are writing legislation for the Trump admin to create brand new tech/manufacturing cities that are exempt from federal regulations.
www.wired.com/story/startu...
Several groups representing “startup nations” are writing legislation for the Trump admin to create brand new tech/manufacturing cities that are exempt from federal regulations.
www.wired.com/story/startu...
‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’
The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.
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March 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
To these people, “freedom” means the freedom of the rich to exploit, the freedom of the rich to poison, and the freedom of the rich to kill. If they attempt to build these “freedom cities,” we must exercise our true freedom to raze them to the ground.
Finished commenting on proofs and making an index for the forthcoming book. I’m not exactly sure what I’ll dream about tonight, but I’m pretty sure it will involve putting things in alphabetical order
February 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Finished commenting on proofs and making an index for the forthcoming book. I’m not exactly sure what I’ll dream about tonight, but I’m pretty sure it will involve putting things in alphabetical order
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Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
January 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
My thoughts on the coming few weeks...
The new regime takes the reins of the government on Monday – and things will probably not go as planned.
All signs point to a MAGA overstep and a fierce reaction.
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January 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My thoughts on the coming few weeks...
Happy to announce our new article that just came out this week. Many thanks to all the folks at @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social for all the support bringing this to publication!
Constructing Island-Centred Securities: Towards Assemblages of Decolonisation and Well-Being in the Pacific
This paper analyses how political agency arises in islands caught in assemblages of competing international security projects. In this paper, we combine theoretical perspectives on geopolitical ass...
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January 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Happy to announce our new article that just came out this week. Many thanks to all the folks at @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social for all the support bringing this to publication!
Just got the cover design for my new book that will be published in 2025. Thanks to everyone at @uminnpress.bsky.social for all their work on the cover and book! Excited to see it getting closer to being out📚
December 5, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Just got the cover design for my new book that will be published in 2025. Thanks to everyone at @uminnpress.bsky.social for all their work on the cover and book! Excited to see it getting closer to being out📚
two most likely places to give excited high fives: 1. pickup basketball game after a good pass. 2. In the GIS lab when you and you research partner finally get ArcGIS Pro to do the thing you wanted it to do all morning.
November 22, 2024 at 3:21 PM
two most likely places to give excited high fives: 1. pickup basketball game after a good pass. 2. In the GIS lab when you and you research partner finally get ArcGIS Pro to do the thing you wanted it to do all morning.