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@leaypi.bsky.social leads a forum on the real crisis fueling the war on immigrants, w/ @pochoaespejo.bsky.social @danieldenvir.bsky.social @daralind.bsky.social
Plus @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on civility under fascism, @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social on MAGA’s complaints +
@leaypi.bsky.social leads a forum on the real crisis fueling the war on immigrants, w/ @pochoaespejo.bsky.social @danieldenvir.bsky.social @daralind.bsky.social
Plus @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on civility under fascism, @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social on MAGA’s complaints +
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“His victory against Andrew Cuomo, the former-governor-son-of-a-governor, shows how Democrats have finally arrived at their Tea Party moment: voters fed up with a hollowed-out Democratic Party registered their dissatisfaction, succeeding despite a torrent of propaganda from the establishment.”
Will Democrats Learn from the Establishment’s Loss? - Boston Review
The David Hogg affair, Zohran Mamdani’s win, and the future of the Democratic coalition.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“His victory against Andrew Cuomo, the former-governor-son-of-a-governor, shows how Democrats have finally arrived at their Tea Party moment: voters fed up with a hollowed-out Democratic Party registered their dissatisfaction, succeeding despite a torrent of propaganda from the establishment.”
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November 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
“We have to be building political homes while also doing the door-knocking and organizing that builds power and changes lives. The duality of that work can be hard to hold.”
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
Building a Political Home - Boston Review
Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”
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November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
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“Staging hosts, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social told me, ‘are giving our politics a home. . . and they are doing it by opening up their own. What these New Yorkers are showing time and time again is that they will provide the foundation for us to make the case directly to our neighbors.’”
The Kitchen Tables Behind Mamdani’s Kitchen-Table Strategy - Boston Review
Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.
www.bostonreview.net
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Staging hosts, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social told me, ‘are giving our politics a home. . . and they are doing it by opening up their own. What these New Yorkers are showing time and time again is that they will provide the foundation for us to make the case directly to our neighbors.’”
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“As Mamdani’s dramatic upset makes clear, his is the path forward: a robust, big-tent grassroots political organization that incorporates the populism rather than shutting it out and speaks to the needs of voters fed up with a sclerotic party establishment.
It’s about damn time.”
It’s about damn time.”
Will Democrats Learn from the Establishment’s Loss? - Boston Review
The David Hogg affair, Zohran Mamdani’s win, and the future of the Democratic coalition.
www.bostonreview.net
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“As Mamdani’s dramatic upset makes clear, his is the path forward: a robust, big-tent grassroots political organization that incorporates the populism rather than shutting it out and speaks to the needs of voters fed up with a sclerotic party establishment.
It’s about damn time.”
It’s about damn time.”
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"In claiming the mantle of science, the data-centered approach to politics has drawn ever tighter boundaries around what it takes to speak knowledgeably about politics and so in turn who can be entrusted to direct it."
Lily Hu for @bostonreview.bsky.social
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Lily Hu for @bostonreview.bsky.social
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How to Lie with (Political) Statistics - Boston Review
Inside the data wars over Democratic strategy.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"In claiming the mantle of science, the data-centered approach to politics has drawn ever tighter boundaries around what it takes to speak knowledgeably about politics and so in turn who can be entrusted to direct it."
Lily Hu for @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
Lily Hu for @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
“As Mamdani’s dramatic upset makes clear, his is the path forward: a robust, big-tent grassroots political organization that incorporates the populism rather than shutting it out and speaks to the needs of voters fed up with a sclerotic party establishment.
It’s about damn time.”
It’s about damn time.”
Will Democrats Learn from the Establishment’s Loss? - Boston Review
The David Hogg affair, Zohran Mamdani’s win, and the future of the Democratic coalition.
www.bostonreview.net
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“As Mamdani’s dramatic upset makes clear, his is the path forward: a robust, big-tent grassroots political organization that incorporates the populism rather than shutting it out and speaks to the needs of voters fed up with a sclerotic party establishment.
It’s about damn time.”
It’s about damn time.”
“His victory against Andrew Cuomo, the former-governor-son-of-a-governor, shows how Democrats have finally arrived at their Tea Party moment: voters fed up with a hollowed-out Democratic Party registered their dissatisfaction, succeeding despite a torrent of propaganda from the establishment.”
Will Democrats Learn from the Establishment’s Loss? - Boston Review
The David Hogg affair, Zohran Mamdani’s win, and the future of the Democratic coalition.
www.bostonreview.net
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“His victory against Andrew Cuomo, the former-governor-son-of-a-governor, shows how Democrats have finally arrived at their Tea Party moment: voters fed up with a hollowed-out Democratic Party registered their dissatisfaction, succeeding despite a torrent of propaganda from the establishment.”
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This is an important read.
“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Presidential Crimes - Boston Review
Torture must be addressed through legal instruments, not simply through the electoral repudiation of bad policy.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is an important read.
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“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Presidential Crimes - Boston Review
Torture must be addressed through legal instruments, not simply through the electoral repudiation of bad policy.
www.bostonreview.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
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“Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.”
In our latest, nia t. evans reports from NYC on the kitchen tables behind Mamdani’s kitchen-table strategy:
In our latest, nia t. evans reports from NYC on the kitchen tables behind Mamdani’s kitchen-table strategy:
The Kitchen Tables Behind Mamdani’s Kitchen-Table Strategy - Boston Review
Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.
www.bostonreview.net
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.”
In our latest, nia t. evans reports from NYC on the kitchen tables behind Mamdani’s kitchen-table strategy:
In our latest, nia t. evans reports from NYC on the kitchen tables behind Mamdani’s kitchen-table strategy:
“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Presidential Crimes - Boston Review
Torture must be addressed through legal instruments, not simply through the electoral repudiation of bad policy.
www.bostonreview.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
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Eric Foner has argued that the Reconstruction amendments so fundamentally changed the political order that they should be considered a “Second Founding.” What I like about that way of putting it is that it signals the possibility that we can do this again and again. — @ositanwanevu.com
Democracy v. the Constitution - Boston Review
An interview with Osita Nwanevu about his new book, The Right of the People, and why defeating authoritarianism requires going back to democratic basics.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Eric Foner has argued that the Reconstruction amendments so fundamentally changed the political order that they should be considered a “Second Founding.” What I like about that way of putting it is that it signals the possibility that we can do this again and again. — @ositanwanevu.com
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This article is one of the more wonderful things I have ever read on Plato www.bostonreview.net/articles/pla...
Plato and the Poets - Boston Review
The centuries-old debate should be settled: an intellectual world bereft of poetry is a damaged one.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This article is one of the more wonderful things I have ever read on Plato www.bostonreview.net/articles/pla...
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Plato and the Poets
The centuries-old debate should be settled: an intellectual world bereft of poetry is a damaged one.
by Elaine Scarry
www.bostonreview.net/articles/pla...
Plato at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature #philosophy
The centuries-old debate should be settled: an intellectual world bereft of poetry is a damaged one.
by Elaine Scarry
www.bostonreview.net/articles/pla...
Plato at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature #philosophy
November 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Plato and the Poets
The centuries-old debate should be settled: an intellectual world bereft of poetry is a damaged one.
by Elaine Scarry
www.bostonreview.net/articles/pla...
Plato at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature #philosophy
The centuries-old debate should be settled: an intellectual world bereft of poetry is a damaged one.
by Elaine Scarry
www.bostonreview.net/articles/pla...
Plato at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature #philosophy
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My essay – "What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Political Violence" – is in the new print issue of Boston Review.
I hope you'll subscribe to what's unquestionably one of the best magazines, and perhaps the best political magazine, in the country.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
I hope you'll subscribe to what's unquestionably one of the best magazines, and perhaps the best political magazine, in the country.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
What Is Political Violence? - Boston Review
Pundits and politicians conceal the truth: it’s all around us, perpetrated by our political system itself.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
My essay – "What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Political Violence" – is in the new print issue of Boston Review.
I hope you'll subscribe to what's unquestionably one of the best magazines, and perhaps the best political magazine, in the country.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
I hope you'll subscribe to what's unquestionably one of the best magazines, and perhaps the best political magazine, in the country.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
“Staging hosts, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social told me, ‘are giving our politics a home. . . and they are doing it by opening up their own. What these New Yorkers are showing time and time again is that they will provide the foundation for us to make the case directly to our neighbors.’”
The Kitchen Tables Behind Mamdani’s Kitchen-Table Strategy - Boston Review
Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.
www.bostonreview.net
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Staging hosts, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social told me, ‘are giving our politics a home. . . and they are doing it by opening up their own. What these New Yorkers are showing time and time again is that they will provide the foundation for us to make the case directly to our neighbors.’”
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Really interesting story about how Mamdani campaign used "staging hosts" to help scale canvassing work -- which had the added benefit of getting people to talk to each other www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Kitchen Tables Behind Mamdani’s Kitchen-Table Strategy - Boston Review
Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.
www.bostonreview.net
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Really interesting story about how Mamdani campaign used "staging hosts" to help scale canvassing work -- which had the added benefit of getting people to talk to each other www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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the major lessons of the Mamdani campaign are actually about organizing, not about social media, the candidate, or policies (although these last two are related)
"While loneliness and virtual life still reign supreme, the people I spoke to described the thrill of connecting with strangers, watching their toddlers play with canvassers, and coming home to find unexpected guests."
The Kitchen Tables Behind Mamdani’s Kitchen-Table Strategy - Boston Review
Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.
www.bostonreview.net
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
the major lessons of the Mamdani campaign are actually about organizing, not about social media, the candidate, or policies (although these last two are related)
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"While loneliness and virtual life still reign supreme, the people I spoke to described the thrill of connecting with strangers, watching their toddlers play with canvassers, and coming home to find unexpected guests."
The Kitchen Tables Behind Mamdani’s Kitchen-Table Strategy - Boston Review
Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.
www.bostonreview.net
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"While loneliness and virtual life still reign supreme, the people I spoke to described the thrill of connecting with strangers, watching their toddlers play with canvassers, and coming home to find unexpected guests."
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Imagine being so pumped about a candidate that you’d hand your house keys to strangers to use as a campaign site.
We need more of these.
We need more of these.
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Imagine being so pumped about a candidate that you’d hand your house keys to strangers to use as a campaign site.
We need more of these.
We need more of these.
“Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.”
In our latest, nia t. evans reports from NYC on the kitchen tables behind Mamdani’s kitchen-table strategy:
In our latest, nia t. evans reports from NYC on the kitchen tables behind Mamdani’s kitchen-table strategy:
The Kitchen Tables Behind Mamdani’s Kitchen-Table Strategy - Boston Review
Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.
www.bostonreview.net
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Staging sites aren’t new to political campaigns, but they’ve never been done like this before.”
In our latest, nia t. evans reports from NYC on the kitchen tables behind Mamdani’s kitchen-table strategy:
In our latest, nia t. evans reports from NYC on the kitchen tables behind Mamdani’s kitchen-table strategy:
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just read this powerful essay. I forgot who shared initially but made me think of this! (Re our safe keeping our institutions and universities &how the side of righteousness does not guarantee a win AND despite that we MUST continuously and actively choose it) www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
just read this powerful essay. I forgot who shared initially but made me think of this! (Re our safe keeping our institutions and universities &how the side of righteousness does not guarantee a win AND despite that we MUST continuously and actively choose it) www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...