Anthony Obst
@aobst.bsky.social
PhD from FU Berlin | Researcher at Justice Collective
Carcerality & Abolition | Political Myth | W.E.B. Du Bois
Carcerality & Abolition | Political Myth | W.E.B. Du Bois
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the speech
'We have toppled a political dynasty': Zohran Mamdani speaks after winning NYC mayoral race
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
the speech
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Everyone knows that there was a “reverse Underground Railroad” too, right? That there were gangs hunting down Black people — some self-emancipated, some born free, didn’t matter — and dragging them to a slave state? That it wasn’t just Solomon Northup, it was tens of thousands of people? Because ⬇️
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Everyone knows that there was a “reverse Underground Railroad” too, right? That there were gangs hunting down Black people — some self-emancipated, some born free, didn’t matter — and dragging them to a slave state? That it wasn’t just Solomon Northup, it was tens of thousands of people? Because ⬇️
(Digital) fascism strives on the workings of mythological machines.
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
(Digital) fascism strives on the workings of mythological machines.
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French police under the command of a former Nazi collaborator massacred anti-imperialist Algerian demonstrators 64 years ago today.
For decades, the French authorities concealed the evidence of one of the worst atrocities in postwar Europe.
For decades, the French authorities concealed the evidence of one of the worst atrocities in postwar Europe.
On This Day in 1961, French Police Murdered Dozens of Pro-independence Algerians
Sixty years ago today, French police under the command of a former Nazi collaborator massacred anti-imperialist Algerian demonstrators. For decades, the French authorities concealed the evidence of one of the worst atrocities in postwar Europe.
jacobin.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
French police under the command of a former Nazi collaborator massacred anti-imperialist Algerian demonstrators 64 years ago today.
For decades, the French authorities concealed the evidence of one of the worst atrocities in postwar Europe.
For decades, the French authorities concealed the evidence of one of the worst atrocities in postwar Europe.
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'There are records that crystallise genres, there are albums that carve out new spaces in established scenes, and there are LPs that, over time, end up symbolising the era in which they were created. Records that create a new musical language... Those are rare.'
R.I.P. D’Angelo
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R.I.P. D’Angelo
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October 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'There are records that crystallise genres, there are albums that carve out new spaces in established scenes, and there are LPs that, over time, end up symbolising the era in which they were created. Records that create a new musical language... Those are rare.'
R.I.P. D’Angelo
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R.I.P. D’Angelo
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We are excited to officially announce Dipesh Chakrabarty as our next Benjamin Chair in 2026. Chakrabarty, leading scholar of postcolonial theory and subaltern studies, will join us as Benjamin Chair in Berlin next summer.
Save the Date - More information coming soon on our website!
Save the Date - More information coming soon on our website!
October 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We are excited to officially announce Dipesh Chakrabarty as our next Benjamin Chair in 2026. Chakrabarty, leading scholar of postcolonial theory and subaltern studies, will join us as Benjamin Chair in Berlin next summer.
Save the Date - More information coming soon on our website!
Save the Date - More information coming soon on our website!
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wir sollten wirklich im Blick behalten, dass das von konservativen & ‚liberalen‘ Angriffen auf postkoloniale Theorie, Gender Studies, rassismuskritische Forschung sowie Wissenschaftsfreiheit & Hochschulautonomie vorbereitet und flankiert wird - auch aus den Medien und Unis heraus
Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.
AfD hetzt gegen Hochschulen: Angriff auf die Freiheit der Wissenschaft
Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.
taz.de
October 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
wir sollten wirklich im Blick behalten, dass das von konservativen & ‚liberalen‘ Angriffen auf postkoloniale Theorie, Gender Studies, rassismuskritische Forschung sowie Wissenschaftsfreiheit & Hochschulautonomie vorbereitet und flankiert wird - auch aus den Medien und Unis heraus
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ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Wenn sie von »Sicherheit« sprechen, meinen sie eigentlich immer genau das hier.
"Ausländer stören das stadtbild, daher macht der innenminister jetzt mehr rückführungen"
das sollte viral gehen liebes bluesky
das sollte viral gehen liebes bluesky
Niemand hat die Absicht von Säuberungen zu sprechen
October 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Wenn sie von »Sicherheit« sprechen, meinen sie eigentlich immer genau das hier.
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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
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Wisdom from the great Saidiya Hartman artreview.com/the-intervie...
October 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wisdom from the great Saidiya Hartman artreview.com/the-intervie...
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Sweeping strikes and nationwide protests seized parts of Italy today as pressure mounts on Giorgia Meloni’s government to take a stronger stand against Israel over its war in Gaza.
Mass protests and strikes for Gaza bring Italy to a standstill
Roads and ports were blocked and schools closed after unions called for general strike over Israel’s war on Gaza.
www.politico.eu
October 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Sweeping strikes and nationwide protests seized parts of Italy today as pressure mounts on Giorgia Meloni’s government to take a stronger stand against Israel over its war in Gaza.
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My primer on German cultural politics in the October issue of @thenation.com brings together stories first reported separately, but need to be understood in concert. It’s the companion piece to my text on the US art world. “Fascism repeats itself: first as antisemitism, then as anti-antisemitism.”
How Germany Silenced Its Artists to Support Israel
As Israel intensified its genocide in Gaza, Germany ramped up its long-simmering war on dissent, silencing Palestine solidarity while bolstering its own far right.
www.thenation.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
My primer on German cultural politics in the October issue of @thenation.com brings together stories first reported separately, but need to be understood in concert. It’s the companion piece to my text on the US art world. “Fascism repeats itself: first as antisemitism, then as anti-antisemitism.”
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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On the many afterlives of Haiti’s misunderstood Henry Christophe, from Marlene L. Daut’s Cundill Prize-shortlisted The First and Last King of Haiti.
The Other King Henry: On the Many Afterlives of Haiti’s Misunderstood Henry Christophe
On April 14, 1936, twenty-year-old Orson Welles directed his first major play. The production was an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth with an all-Black cast. Debuting in Harlem’s storied…
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September 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On the many afterlives of Haiti’s misunderstood Henry Christophe, from Marlene L. Daut’s Cundill Prize-shortlisted The First and Last King of Haiti.
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Neuerscheinung: David McNally
Slavery and Capitalism
A New Marxist History
www.ucpress.edu/books/slaver...
Slavery and Capitalism
A New Marxist History
www.ucpress.edu/books/slaver...
Slavery and Capitalism by David McNally - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
September 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Neuerscheinung: David McNally
Slavery and Capitalism
A New Marxist History
www.ucpress.edu/books/slaver...
Slavery and Capitalism
A New Marxist History
www.ucpress.edu/books/slaver...
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New ep: Trump’s intense police, ICE, military repression w/ Alberto Toscano and @stschrader1.bsky.social. What does this reveal about MAGA’s fascist authoritarian project—and about the illiberalism immanent in carceral and imperialist state? FIRST in 2-part series www.thedigradio.com/podcast/fasc...
Fascist Police State w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader
Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the...
www.thedigradio.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New ep: Trump’s intense police, ICE, military repression w/ Alberto Toscano and @stschrader1.bsky.social. What does this reveal about MAGA’s fascist authoritarian project—and about the illiberalism immanent in carceral and imperialist state? FIRST in 2-part series www.thedigradio.com/podcast/fasc...
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In «Konterrevolution und Revolte» beschreibt Herbert Marcuse, wie die westlichen Staaten nach den 68er-Protesten mit einer Konterrevolution reagierten, um das kapitalistische System zu restabilisieren. 👉 Hört jetzt die neue Folge «tl;dr» – überall dort, wo es Podcasts gibt.
![Schwarz-weiß Foto von Herbert Marcuse, der lächelnd eine Zigarre in der Hand hält. Darüber liegt ein Zitat von ihm: „Dass [die Arbeiterklasse] mehr zu verlieren hat als ihre Ketten, mag trivial sein, ist aber gleichwohl richtig.“ – Herbert Marcuse in „Konterrevolution und Revolte“. Oben links das Logo des Podcasts „tl;dr“. Unten Text: „Neue Folge ‹TL;DR› – Folge 53 des Theoriepodcasts ‹tl;dr› der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung ist jetzt online – Host Alex Demirović spricht mit Peter-Erwin Jansen“.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xosa3d3zldcd5l2vk2zx2dyy/bafkreifbvev4rmqbsx3dt3csprwva7ogz6zjsv3qhdo77qvv4y7w2ckoia@jpeg)
September 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
In «Konterrevolution und Revolte» beschreibt Herbert Marcuse, wie die westlichen Staaten nach den 68er-Protesten mit einer Konterrevolution reagierten, um das kapitalistische System zu restabilisieren. 👉 Hört jetzt die neue Folge «tl;dr» – überall dort, wo es Podcasts gibt.
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"Das moralische Versagen des Westens in Gaza markiert eine weitere Zeitenwende. Wir leben bereits in dieser neuen Welt, dieser neuen Ordnung, die noch keinen Namen hat, aber ein Gesicht, das Gesicht der Hungernden von Gaza."
Gaza als Epochenbruch
Inzwischen kann kaum jemand mehr den Bildern des Grauens in Gaza entgehen. Spät haben sie politische Reaktionen in Europa ausgelöst, doch diese bleiben ohne sichtbare Wirkung auf den Krieg.
www.blaetter.de
September 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"Das moralische Versagen des Westens in Gaza markiert eine weitere Zeitenwende. Wir leben bereits in dieser neuen Welt, dieser neuen Ordnung, die noch keinen Namen hat, aber ein Gesicht, das Gesicht der Hungernden von Gaza."
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People on the Right claiming the Kirk murder is an “American Reichstag fire” that justifies a massive crackdown on their political enemies is really remarkable, if you think it through: In this analogy, they are actively and affirmatively taking the side of the Nazis in 1933.
September 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
People on the Right claiming the Kirk murder is an “American Reichstag fire” that justifies a massive crackdown on their political enemies is really remarkable, if you think it through: In this analogy, they are actively and affirmatively taking the side of the Nazis in 1933.
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Trump just designated “Antifa” as a terrorist organization, on par with ISIS and Al Qaeda. As a reminder, “antifa” is short for “antifascist”.
They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left.
This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...
They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left.
This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...
Trump says he’s designating Antifa as a terrorist organization | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday mor...
www.cnn.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Trump just designated “Antifa” as a terrorist organization, on par with ISIS and Al Qaeda. As a reminder, “antifa” is short for “antifascist”.
They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left.
This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...
They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left.
This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...
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Die bisher größte #Gefangenenrevolte in einem Hochsicherheitsgefängnis der USA ereignete sich vom 9-13 September 1971 in #Attica, dem größten Staatsgefängnis von New York. Sie war der Höhepunkt mehrwöchiger Unruhen nach der Ermordung von #GeorgeJackson am 21. August 1971.
September 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Die bisher größte #Gefangenenrevolte in einem Hochsicherheitsgefängnis der USA ereignete sich vom 9-13 September 1971 in #Attica, dem größten Staatsgefängnis von New York. Sie war der Höhepunkt mehrwöchiger Unruhen nach der Ermordung von #GeorgeJackson am 21. August 1971.
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Freue mich einen Text zu Infrastrukturen der Fürsorge und zu @solikreismouhamed.bsky.social in diesem Sammelband beitragen zu dürfen, den man hier kostenlos downloaden kann
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
Verunsicherung
Wie umgehen mit dem um sich greifenden Gefühl der gesellschaftlichen Bedrohung? Analysen der Verflechtungen von Sicherheit, Macht und Ungleichheit.
www.transcript-verlag.de
September 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Freue mich einen Text zu Infrastrukturen der Fürsorge und zu @solikreismouhamed.bsky.social in diesem Sammelband beitragen zu dürfen, den man hier kostenlos downloaden kann
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...