Emese Ilyès
@emeseilyes.bsky.social
Critical social psychologist. Educator co-building worlds inside of classrooms. Participatory action researcher. Szèkely Hungarian. Committed to collective liberation and radical solidarity. https://www.commondreams.org/author/emese-ilyes
Guide to being an explorer. ✨By Keri Smith.
July 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Guide to being an explorer. ✨By Keri Smith.
Been thinking a lot about how Trump projects his distorted relationship to humanity onto all of us. He is wrong. We do not revel in watching others hurt. Humanity is built on collective care instead of selfish destruction. We can’t let him convince us otherwise. www.commondreams.org/opinion/la-p...
June 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Been thinking a lot about how Trump projects his distorted relationship to humanity onto all of us. He is wrong. We do not revel in watching others hurt. Humanity is built on collective care instead of selfish destruction. We can’t let him convince us otherwise. www.commondreams.org/opinion/la-p...
Who is watching the debates tonight?! Rank: Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander, Adrienne Adams, Zellnor Myrie. Early voting starts Saturday. #nycvotes #zohranmamdani #dontrankcuomo
June 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Who is watching the debates tonight?! Rank: Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander, Adrienne Adams, Zellnor Myrie. Early voting starts Saturday. #nycvotes #zohranmamdani #dontrankcuomo
“… that fool crow, picking through trash near the corral, understands the center of the world as greasy strips of fat. Just ask him.
May 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“… that fool crow, picking through trash near the corral, understands the center of the world as greasy strips of fat. Just ask him.
This call to join together in a rebellion of love, persistence and commitment.
Excerpt from Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s As We Have Always Done
#resistance
Excerpt from Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s As We Have Always Done
#resistance
May 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This call to join together in a rebellion of love, persistence and commitment.
Excerpt from Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s As We Have Always Done
#resistance
Excerpt from Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s As We Have Always Done
#resistance
When universities withhold diplomas from valedictorians speaking truth to power and billionaires dismantle public services, our students pay the price. Education isn’t a commodity, it’s a right. We need to defend it.
May 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
When universities withhold diplomas from valedictorians speaking truth to power and billionaires dismantle public services, our students pay the price. Education isn’t a commodity, it’s a right. We need to defend it.
Tiny drops of magic sprinkled into this gently Spring week
April 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Tiny drops of magic sprinkled into this gently Spring week
I keep feeling echoes in my body between what we are seeing now and what I have experienced as a little girl under authoritarianism. This article is of little lessons of survival I’m carrying and I wanted to share them with you . https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/survive-trump-s-authoritarianism
April 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I keep feeling echoes in my body between what we are seeing now and what I have experienced as a little girl under authoritarianism. This article is of little lessons of survival I’m carrying and I wanted to share them with you . https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/survive-trump-s-authoritarianism
“Scholarship cannot flourish in an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust. Teachers and students must always remain free to inquire, to study and to evaluate, to gain new maturity and understanding; otherwise our civilization will stagnate and die.” Justice Earl Warren
April 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“Scholarship cannot flourish in an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust. Teachers and students must always remain free to inquire, to study and to evaluate, to gain new maturity and understanding; otherwise our civilization will stagnate and die.” Justice Earl Warren
“If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living the truth. This is why it must be suppressed more severely than anything else.” Václav Havel 🔥should we do a global book club?
April 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living the truth. This is why it must be suppressed more severely than anything else.” Václav Havel 🔥should we do a global book club?
Thank you to all who marched and allowed each voice to be united against fascism, against targeting students, against the dismantling of democracy. Proud to have walk alongside of millions of my beloved community around the country.
April 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Thank you to all who marched and allowed each voice to be united against fascism, against targeting students, against the dismantling of democracy. Proud to have walk alongside of millions of my beloved community around the country.
“while life, in its essence, moves towards plurality, diversity, independent self-constitution and self-organization, in short, towards the fulfilment of its own freedom, the post-totalitarian system demands conformity, uniformity, and discipline.” Václav Havel, The Power of the Powerless
April 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“while life, in its essence, moves towards plurality, diversity, independent self-constitution and self-organization, in short, towards the fulfilment of its own freedom, the post-totalitarian system demands conformity, uniformity, and discipline.” Václav Havel, The Power of the Powerless
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/community-action-over-courts
We are mobilizing. And it is making a difference.
These grassroots efforts are necessary on our journey toward justice. See you in the streets!
Thank you @commondreams.org.web.brid.gy for creating space for this conversation.
We are mobilizing. And it is making a difference.
These grassroots efforts are necessary on our journey toward justice. See you in the streets!
Thank you @commondreams.org.web.brid.gy for creating space for this conversation.
April 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/community-action-over-courts
We are mobilizing. And it is making a difference.
These grassroots efforts are necessary on our journey toward justice. See you in the streets!
Thank you @commondreams.org.web.brid.gy for creating space for this conversation.
We are mobilizing. And it is making a difference.
These grassroots efforts are necessary on our journey toward justice. See you in the streets!
Thank you @commondreams.org.web.brid.gy for creating space for this conversation.
On a run today. I spotted her through the buildings in a Red Hook. I worry for her, for all of us.
March 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On a run today. I spotted her through the buildings in a Red Hook. I worry for her, for all of us.
London planes. I’ve always felt a special affinity for them.
March 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
London planes. I’ve always felt a special affinity for them.
Spring has sprung in NYC.
March 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Spring has sprung in NYC.
New piece in @commondreams.org.web.brid.gy - Trump’s fixation on the Gilded Age is more about white supremacy and democratic backsliding than anything else. Trump is making that US weak. He does not know real power and real strength www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
March 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New piece in @commondreams.org.web.brid.gy - Trump’s fixation on the Gilded Age is more about white supremacy and democratic backsliding than anything else. Trump is making that US weak. He does not know real power and real strength www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
While making critical race theory and acknowledgement of environmental racism illegal and ending any grants that could have addressed these injustices…
#stateoftheunion
#stateoftheunion
March 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
While making critical race theory and acknowledgement of environmental racism illegal and ending any grants that could have addressed these injustices…
#stateoftheunion
#stateoftheunion
Truly embarrassing to flaunt ignorance this way.
March 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Truly embarrassing to flaunt ignorance this way.
February 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Happy birthday to Audre Lorde and Toni Morrison!
February 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy birthday to Audre Lorde and Toni Morrison!
Spending time with the brilliant words Robin D.G. Kelley.
January 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Spending time with the brilliant words Robin D.G. Kelley.
This has been a bewilderingly beautiful autumn in NYC. Such a long stretch without any rain allowed the pigments beneath the green chlorophyll of the leaf to slowly and steadily reveal themselves.
November 20, 2024 at 1:56 PM
This has been a bewilderingly beautiful autumn in NYC. Such a long stretch without any rain allowed the pigments beneath the green chlorophyll of the leaf to slowly and steadily reveal themselves.