Eli Friedman
@elifriedman.bsky.social
Dept of Global Labor and Work at Cornell | China in Global Capitalism w/Haymarket https://t.ly/uySU6 | Labor politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | @aaup.org & @jvp.bsky.social
Screened this film about the repression of Uyghurs last night at Cornell. A powerful and tragic account of how the colonial project in northwest China continues to destroy lives www.allstaticandnoise.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Screened this film about the repression of Uyghurs last night at Cornell. A powerful and tragic account of how the colonial project in northwest China continues to destroy lives www.allstaticandnoise.com
Tent would also be bigger if you didn't constantly conflate the religion and culture with support for a specific, extremely violent, nation state
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tent would also be bigger if you didn't constantly conflate the religion and culture with support for a specific, extremely violent, nation state
Saw a presentation with an AI-produced word cloud and the machine churned out made up characters. What are we even looking at here?
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Saw a presentation with an AI-produced word cloud and the machine churned out made up characters. What are we even looking at here?
Case in point
(haven't read it yet but assuming the authors' past performance guarantees future results)
(haven't read it yet but assuming the authors' past performance guarantees future results)
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Case in point
(haven't read it yet but assuming the authors' past performance guarantees future results)
(haven't read it yet but assuming the authors' past performance guarantees future results)
You guys. This is just getting embarrassing for you
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
You guys. This is just getting embarrassing for you
America's not ready for this conversation but Kristi Noem's old hair is straight up cultural appropriation of Smart 杀马特 style
October 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
America's not ready for this conversation but Kristi Noem's old hair is straight up cultural appropriation of Smart 杀马特 style
And it only gets better from there, look at this beauty
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
And it only gets better from there, look at this beauty
They don't make labor union websites like this anymore
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
They don't make labor union websites like this anymore
As long as we're doing a deep dive on dude's tattoos, it is pretty funny that he got the character for love right across the street from the Nazi tat. The yin and the yang
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
As long as we're doing a deep dive on dude's tattoos, it is pretty funny that he got the character for love right across the street from the Nazi tat. The yin and the yang
Brought this sign to my local rally and got nothing but smiles from the libs. A 70 something guy from Hawaii excitedly told me how they eat shaved ice there, and we agreed shaving or crushing ice are both acceptable
October 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Brought this sign to my local rally and got nothing but smiles from the libs. A 70 something guy from Hawaii excitedly told me how they eat shaved ice there, and we agreed shaving or crushing ice are both acceptable
Beautiful day to fight fascism in Ithaca, NY
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Beautiful day to fight fascism in Ithaca, NY
SCMP giving up on being a newspaper
October 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
SCMP giving up on being a newspaper
Sir, we're going to have to ask to see the contents of that Jacobin tote
October 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Sir, we're going to have to ask to see the contents of that Jacobin tote
This history of China's labor movement sat on Cornell's shelves for almost 50 years till I came along
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This history of China's labor movement sat on Cornell's shelves for almost 50 years till I came along
Vestiges of the ancien régime in a dusty back corner of census.gov
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Vestiges of the ancien régime in a dusty back corner of census.gov
Their aims and demands. Obv they're taking a big risk, SG has strong ties with Israel and has for many years
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Their aims and demands. Obv they're taking a big risk, SG has strong ties with Israel and has for many years
Respect to the brave folks in Singapore on hunger strike for Gaza
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Respect to the brave folks in Singapore on hunger strike for Gaza
Ah so we let people in from Europe while restricting other parts of the world
October 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ah so we let people in from Europe while restricting other parts of the world
This article (from May) by China's ambassador to Israel highlights how the China-operated Haifa port has stepped up for the cause since October 7. China supports Palestine rhetorically, its support for Israel is material
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
September 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This article (from May) by China's ambassador to Israel highlights how the China-operated Haifa port has stepped up for the cause since October 7. China supports Palestine rhetorically, its support for Israel is material
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
This is the industrial policy equivalent of building a ferris wheel to attain iconic world city status
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is the industrial policy equivalent of building a ferris wheel to attain iconic world city status
The pitch to Hong Kongers in 1997: sacrifice freedom for wealth.
The pitch today: why not sacrifice both?
The pitch today: why not sacrifice both?
September 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The pitch to Hong Kongers in 1997: sacrifice freedom for wealth.
The pitch today: why not sacrifice both?
The pitch today: why not sacrifice both?
He went on to clarify, "lol not in the companies we run"
September 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
He went on to clarify, "lol not in the companies we run"