Freedom Writer
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Researcher, writer, activist | Critical theory, pedagogy & practice | Corporations are not people too
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For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
Is Trump dismantling the Education Department? Not yet. But changes are coming.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so f...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
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@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
Timely resource for anyone working or funding civil society organizations right now:
buildingmovement.org/blog/faq-non...
buildingmovement.org/blog/faq-non...
FAQ: Nonprofits in the New Landscape - Building Movement
The Trump Administration has issued a number of executive orders and memoranda on a range of issues such as immigration, DEI, the federal workforce, and funding for non-governmental organizations. For...
buildingmovement.org
March 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Timely resource for anyone working or funding civil society organizations right now:
buildingmovement.org/blog/faq-non...
buildingmovement.org/blog/faq-non...
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Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
February 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
An effective strategy combines resistance methods to advance the pro-democratic agenda, spells out a positive and optimistic vision, is disciplined and resilient, and mobilizes mass protests or strikes for tangible leverage.
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...
The Nature of Our Power: A Conversation with Political Scientist Erica Chenoweth
"The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democr...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io
February 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
An effective strategy combines resistance methods to advance the pro-democratic agenda, spells out a positive and optimistic vision, is disciplined and resilient, and mobilizes mass protests or strikes for tangible leverage.
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...
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This is why Congressional Democrats should be breaking down the doors of whatever facility manages payments and seizing control of the federal treasury because people are going to die as a result of the budget they passed and the money they allocated not being distributed according to the law.
NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is why Congressional Democrats should be breaking down the doors of whatever facility manages payments and seizing control of the federal treasury because people are going to die as a result of the budget they passed and the money they allocated not being distributed according to the law.
With the deliberate overwhelm of terrible news today, I find myself seeking out Audrey Lorde’s work. Revisiting her words is good for the soul.
www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
(1982) Audre Lorde, "Learning from the 60s" •
In February, 1982, Audre Lorde delivered the address, “Learning from the 60s” as part of the celebration of the Malcolm X weekend at Harvard University. Her presentation appears below. online pharmac...
www.blackpast.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
With the deliberate overwhelm of terrible news today, I find myself seeking out Audrey Lorde’s work. Revisiting her words is good for the soul.
www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
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If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
USAspending.gov
www.usaspending.gov
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
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A bill that would "empower the secretary of the Treasury to designate any nonprofit as a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke its tax-exempt status" was voted down in the House, but may still be pushed through with help from Democrats. theintercept.com/2024/11/15/n...
House GOP Moves to Ram Through Bill That Gives Trump Unilateral Power to Kill Nonprofits
A bill to give Donald Trump power to kill nonprofits is still supported by dozens of Democrats — giving the GOP plenty of breathing room.
theintercept.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:12 PM
A bill that would "empower the secretary of the Treasury to designate any nonprofit as a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke its tax-exempt status" was voted down in the House, but may still be pushed through with help from Democrats. theintercept.com/2024/11/15/n...
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We know a lot about the history of modern U.S. conservatism. Have we studied the history of modern liberalism w/ the same depth & creativity? 🗃️@brentcebul.bsky.social & @lilygeismer.bsky.social are on it w/ a new edited collection from @uchicagopress.bsky.social: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Mastery and Drift
A revelatory look at modern liberalism’s historical evolution and enduring impact on contemporary politics and society. Since the 1960s, American liberalism and the Democratic Party have been rema...
press.uchicago.edu
November 15, 2024 at 1:05 PM
We know a lot about the history of modern U.S. conservatism. Have we studied the history of modern liberalism w/ the same depth & creativity? 🗃️@brentcebul.bsky.social & @lilygeismer.bsky.social are on it w/ a new edited collection from @uchicagopress.bsky.social: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
