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anastasia c. wilson
@abolisheconomics.bsky.social
assistant professor of "economics" at a liberal arts college. phd economics umass-amherst. interested in (critical) political economy, abolition, "care", workers' inquiry, and raccoons.

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http://anastasiacwilson.com/
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Are you a cafe worker?

Blue Bottle Independent Union and Workers Inquiry Dot Work invite cafe workers to respond to their findings at workersinquiry.work
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New initiative to conduct workers’ inquiries and first-person narratives of work!
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"Beginning with the 1947 publication of The American Worker pamphlet a new form of “proletarian literature”emerged from the automotive factories and corners of Marxian movements in the US." Apprecaite @maydayrooms hosting my talk last night and the support of those who attended!
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
was absolutely giddy going through these at mayday rooms
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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She’s here!
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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#OtD 10 Nov 1970 Puerto Rican radicals from the Young Lords took over Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx. Over 600 people, including health workers, joined them to publicise the flagrant disregard for human life in NYC hospitals stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8235...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Ever so enjoyed our panel with Andrew Osborne, Alex Pyne from @bbiunion.bsky.social, @abolisheconomics.bsky.social and myself @americanwork47.bsky.social on workers’ inquiry in the US yesterday. The inquiry continues!
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Workers’ Inquiry! From yesterday’s session @histmat.bsky.social with @americanwork47.bsky.social @abolisheconomics.bsky.social and others 😍
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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CfP for the new journal: Historical Materialism: Workers and Capital.

Please see below for the full call and to submit abstracts before the (extended) deadline of 16th of November 2025: workersandcapital.historicalmaterialism.org
Historical Materialism: Workers and Capital
Historical Materialism: Workers and Capital is a Marxist journal based in London.
workersandcapital.historicalmaterialism.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
just looking up keynes's birth chart for class today www.astro-seek.com/birth-chart/...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
come chat and scheme with us at HM on saturday!
Getting excited for this years @histmat.bsky.social conference in London and participating in the @notesfrombelow.bsky.social stream on Workers and Capital. #workersinquiry
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
stoked to read this
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
what should i do in london next week?!
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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@bbiunion.bsky.social baristas are fighting for a 1st contract with Blue Bottle, & they can't wait any longer for change. Right now, some baristas are having to sell blood plasma or live out of their cars to make ends meet. Help them win a living wage, sign today: bit.ly/nocontractno... #solidarity
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Only one hour to go. Can't wait to listen to my comrades @abolisheconomics.bsky.social and Alex Pyne from Blue Bottle Independent Union talk about workers inquiry on #EconomicUpdate!
Economic Update: Union Organizing In Today's U.S.
[EU S15 E43] Union Organizing In Today's U.S. This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the impending U.S. recession, JP Morgan admits failures of the neoliberal period as it turns nationalist, and the causes of mass shootings in the U.S. In the second half of today’s show, Professor Wolff interviews two young U.S. union organizers and their organizing method of "workers inquiry": Alex Pyne of the Blue Bottle Independent Union and Anastasia Wilson of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. We hope you enjoy this discussion and look forward to joining you next week for another all-new episode of Economic Update. Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely solely on viewer support to continue doing so. You can support our work by joining our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate You can also sign up as a paid subscriber to our Substack: https://democracyatwork.substack.com/ Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world that they can't get anywhere else. We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and the others we produce possible each week. We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info Professor Wolff's latest book, "Understanding Capitalism," is available now for purchase: https://linktr.ee/understandingcapitalism
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October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Economic Update: Union Organizing In Today's U.S.
[EU S15 E43] Union Organizing In Today's U.S. This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the impending U.S. recession, JP Morgan admits failures of the neoliberal period as it turns nationalist, and the causes of mass shootings in the U.S. In the second half of today’s show, Professor Wolff interviews two young U.S. union organizers and their organizing method of "workers inquiry": Alex Pyne of the Blue Bottle Independent Union and Anastasia Wilson of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. We hope you enjoy this discussion and look forward to joining you next week for another all-new episode of Economic Update. Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely solely on viewer support to continue doing so. You can support our work by joining our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate You can also sign up as a paid subscriber to our Substack: https://democracyatwork.substack.com/ Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world that they can't get anywhere else. We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and the others we produce possible each week. We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info Professor Wolff's latest book, "Understanding Capitalism," is available now for purchase: https://linktr.ee/understandingcapitalism
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October 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Workers are on the move—refusing work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, demanding control over housing, speaking about their working lives and struggles. Join Clark McAllister (@notesfrombelow.bsky.social) & Kevin Van Meter (@americanwork47.bsky.social) in Belfast for a talk on #workersinquiry
October 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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A month from today, I will be giving at talk in Dublin, Ireland titled "CLR James, Irish Question, and Black Liberation Struggle." A preview of a section from my forthcoming book "Reading Struggles." Can't wait and mroe details as it approaches. #CLRJames
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
see you all in london in a few weeks!
Immigrant Service, Cafe, Care and Nonprofit Workers are on the move—refusing current regimes of work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, speaking about their working lives and demanding workplace democracy. Join us at @histmat.bsky.social London, part of the @notesfrombelow.bsky.social stream!
October 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Immigrant Service, Cafe, Care and Nonprofit Workers are on the move—refusing current regimes of work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, speaking about their working lives and demanding workplace democracy. Join us at @histmat.bsky.social London, part of the @notesfrombelow.bsky.social stream!
October 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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the opposite of despair is not hope (or even action in the activist sense of the word) but connection.

bcz when we truly feel like we belong and are part of something, that is what has the potential to cure despair... then the rest follows............
October 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
i like it when the local compost service signs their emails with "wormest regards" 🪱
September 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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This new article by the excellent Sara Farris looks like it will also be relevant to Environmental Humanities, where there is an increasing turn to theoretically shallow invocations of 'care' as one of the answers to our environmental predicament.
September 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Using Marx’s theory of commodity fetishism, it thus contends that care ethics risks treating care as a fetish, obscuring the systemic inequalities and inherent contradictions embedded in caregiving." doi.org/10.1177/1464...
Towards a critique of care fetishism: Social reproduction feminism and the ethics of care - Sara R Farris, 2025
Recently, there has been a notable rise in scholarly publications, research projects and public discussions engaging with care ethics and social reproduction fe...
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September 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Attending @histmat.bsky.social in London? Join @abolisheconomics.bsky.social, @americanwork47.bsky.social, @bbiunion.bsky.social, and others for our workshop "Workers’ Inquiry in the United States: Immigrant Service Workers, Café, Care, and Nonprofit Workers" hosted by @notesfrombelow.bsky.social!
September 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.
Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died
Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
what’s great about going to sleep, is that you also get to wake up and drink coffee in the morning
September 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM