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In Defense of Hopelessness | Charles Snyder | INQUEST
Even among abolitionists, there's room for those who lack hope.
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wrote about hopelessness and abolitionist organizing –
"Training in the regular undertaking of organized action, irrespective of hope, would help us see that the hopeful and hopeless can learn from one another..."
inquest.org/in-defense-o...
"Training in the regular undertaking of organized action, irrespective of hope, would help us see that the hopeful and hopeless can learn from one another..."
inquest.org/in-defense-o...
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For the @parapraxismag.bsky.social resistance issue I wrote about the lines of flight forged by some of the most important revolutionaries of our time. Among other things, this piece is my perspective on Black-Palestinian solidarity www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/fug...
Fugitive Solidarities — Parapraxis
On Kanafani, Shakur, Jackson, and Sinwar Dylan Saba
www.parapraxismagazine.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For the @parapraxismag.bsky.social resistance issue I wrote about the lines of flight forged by some of the most important revolutionaries of our time. Among other things, this piece is my perspective on Black-Palestinian solidarity www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/fug...
my latest, out in the new issue of Rethinking Marxism, Vol. 36 No. 4:
"The Purification of Struggle in Foucault’s Analysis of Ancient Philosophy"
download available –
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KJHCS...
"The Purification of Struggle in Foucault’s Analysis of Ancient Philosophy"
download available –
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KJHCS...
The Purification of Struggle in Foucault’s Analysis of Ancient Philosophy
In The Hermeneutics of the Subject, Michel Foucault criticizes modern historiography for presupposing a factitious theory of the subject. Foucault rejects this presupposition and pursues an alterna...
www.tandfonline.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
my latest, out in the new issue of Rethinking Marxism, Vol. 36 No. 4:
"The Purification of Struggle in Foucault’s Analysis of Ancient Philosophy"
download available –
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KJHCS...
"The Purification of Struggle in Foucault’s Analysis of Ancient Philosophy"
download available –
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KJHCS...
"In the Hudson Valley area of New York, there were more than 550 families with children living in motels in 2023 across Dutchess, Ulster, Orange and Sullivan counties — more than double the number of families with children that were in motels in 2021"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/eco...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/eco...
Squeezed by high prices, a growing number of Americans find shelter in long-term motels
A surge in rents and home prices left more lower-income households with no place else to go.
www.nbcnews.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:54 AM
"In the Hudson Valley area of New York, there were more than 550 families with children living in motels in 2023 across Dutchess, Ulster, Orange and Sullivan counties — more than double the number of families with children that were in motels in 2021"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/eco...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/eco...
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love it when they are honest about their intent
December 17, 2024 at 3:47 PM
love it when they are honest about their intent
"the idea that the US university is a place of critical thinking, social justice, liberal arts, and making the world a better place is as false as the day is long"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
With words they try to jail us: US universities are not citadels of freedom
Today, the American university – just like the American nation-state – is once again at peak repression.
www.aljazeera.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:37 PM
"the idea that the US university is a place of critical thinking, social justice, liberal arts, and making the world a better place is as false as the day is long"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
How Amazon Ruined Christmas
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:05 PM
BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
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Join me for a Rhinebeck screening of UNION and Q&A with ALU organizers who successfully beat Amazon in Staten Island—and learn about the fight in Hudson Valley! mhvdsa.org/unionfilm
December 3, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Join me for a Rhinebeck screening of UNION and Q&A with ALU organizers who successfully beat Amazon in Staten Island—and learn about the fight in Hudson Valley! mhvdsa.org/unionfilm
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And in case you'd like to speak to the people responsible, who are richer now than pre-2020 because you're poorer, they are here: www.theguardian.com/business/202....
December 6, 2024 at 10:08 AM
And in case you'd like to speak to the people responsible, who are richer now than pre-2020 because you're poorer, they are here: www.theguardian.com/business/202....
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I live and grew up in Poughkeepsie Ward 8. I’ve attended almost every Common Council meeting in the last 2.5 years. I worked closely with Councilmember Deichler on replacing lead pipes, expanding tenant protections, regulating Airbnbs, and more. I’d be ready on day one!
December 3, 2024 at 2:54 PM
I live and grew up in Poughkeepsie Ward 8. I’ve attended almost every Common Council meeting in the last 2.5 years. I worked closely with Councilmember Deichler on replacing lead pipes, expanding tenant protections, regulating Airbnbs, and more. I’d be ready on day one!
wrote about hopelessness and abolitionist organizing –
"Training in the regular undertaking of organized action, irrespective of hope, would help us see that the hopeful and hopeless can learn from one another..."
inquest.org/in-defense-o...
"Training in the regular undertaking of organized action, irrespective of hope, would help us see that the hopeful and hopeless can learn from one another..."
inquest.org/in-defense-o...
In Defense of Hopelessness | Charles Snyder | INQUEST
Even among abolitionists, there's room for those who lack hope.
inquest.org
December 3, 2024 at 3:03 PM
wrote about hopelessness and abolitionist organizing –
"Training in the regular undertaking of organized action, irrespective of hope, would help us see that the hopeful and hopeless can learn from one another..."
inquest.org/in-defense-o...
"Training in the regular undertaking of organized action, irrespective of hope, would help us see that the hopeful and hopeless can learn from one another..."
inquest.org/in-defense-o...
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Want to replace Central Hudson with a publicly-owned utility with NO profit motive? 👀
US TOO!
Our Newburgh canvass kicks off on Dec 7th at 1pm, to collect names in support of the bill that replaces Central Hudson with a people’s utility. mhvdsa.org/newburgh-hvpa
US TOO!
Our Newburgh canvass kicks off on Dec 7th at 1pm, to collect names in support of the bill that replaces Central Hudson with a people’s utility. mhvdsa.org/newburgh-hvpa
November 27, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Want to replace Central Hudson with a publicly-owned utility with NO profit motive? 👀
US TOO!
Our Newburgh canvass kicks off on Dec 7th at 1pm, to collect names in support of the bill that replaces Central Hudson with a people’s utility. mhvdsa.org/newburgh-hvpa
US TOO!
Our Newburgh canvass kicks off on Dec 7th at 1pm, to collect names in support of the bill that replaces Central Hudson with a people’s utility. mhvdsa.org/newburgh-hvpa
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A new collection of essays explores the role of cultivating radical resistance through care in growing the world we want.
How mothers (and others) are making prison abolition possible
A new collection of essays explores the role of cultivating radical resistance through care in growing the world we want.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 23, 2024 at 12:51 AM
A new collection of essays explores the role of cultivating radical resistance through care in growing the world we want.