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Our National Nightmare
What’s the way out of the terrors of Trumpism?
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The eighth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
As right-wing attacks on public and higher education have increased in hostility and visibility, revisiting the Atlanta Public Schools hysteria is instructive for communities fighting back today, write Sarah Abdelaziz and Anna Simonton in our latest issue. hammerandhope.org/article/atla...
The Long Aftermath of the Mass Cheating Trial in Atlanta Public Schools
In the wake of prison time, school closures, and extraordinary prosecutorial overreach, educators and activists are trying to reclaim their public schools.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
As right-wing attacks on public and higher education have increased in hostility and visibility, revisiting the Atlanta Public Schools hysteria is instructive for communities fighting back today, write Sarah Abdelaziz and Anna Simonton in our latest issue. hammerandhope.org/article/atla...
Vigilance committees were antislavery organizations that began forming in northeastern cities in the 1830s, often supported by Black churches, writes Jesse Olsavsky in our latest issue. Their work took on new urgency after the revamped Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies
Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Vigilance committees were antislavery organizations that began forming in northeastern cities in the 1830s, often supported by Black churches, writes Jesse Olsavsky in our latest issue. Their work took on new urgency after the revamped Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Just became a member this week. You should too. Banger after banger, every issue.
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“I’m working to develop a different research agenda. In Niger, they can arrest you without due process. What is happening in the U.S. now actually resembles what has been occurring in Niger for some time.”
- Rahmane Idrissa for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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- Rahmane Idrissa for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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Military Coups and the Struggle for Power in Africa’s Sahel Region
A political scientist looks at turmoil in his native Niger, as well as Burkina Faso and Mali.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“I’m working to develop a different research agenda. In Niger, they can arrest you without due process. What is happening in the U.S. now actually resembles what has been occurring in Niger for some time.”
- Rahmane Idrissa for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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- Rahmane Idrissa for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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"Black organizers had noticed gaps in the campaign’s strategy for reaching Black voters. To address them, they led canvasses in working-class Black neighborhoods...By early October, Mamdani had taken a commanding lead over Cuomo among Black voters"
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Will Zohran Mamdani Win Over Black New Yorkers?
Five people talk about their experience of the Mamdani campaign — from the inside and the outside.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Black organizers had noticed gaps in the campaign’s strategy for reaching Black voters. To address them, they led canvasses in working-class Black neighborhoods...By early October, Mamdani had taken a commanding lead over Cuomo among Black voters"
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Since the U.S.’s inception as a nation in the 18th century, white people have deployed monuments to territorialize their power through representations of famous men, writes Mabel O. Wilson in her essay for Issue No. 8
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A Free Black Woman, a Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, and the Battle Over U.S. History
How Charlottesville’s memorial landscape can help us understand — and combat — the White House’s violent plans to reshape the nation’s public spaces.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Since the U.S.’s inception as a nation in the 18th century, white people have deployed monuments to territorialize their power through representations of famous men, writes Mabel O. Wilson in her essay for Issue No. 8
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"The video was a force of nature, a monocultural eruption of soul and sex," writes Damon Young, "It felt as if D’Angelo had been given every bodily gift a human could desire, and had granted us the privilege of experiencing them with him."
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The Reaction to the “Untitled” Video Changed D’Angelo. His Reaction Changed Me.
The framework for Black men to be candid about body-based vulnerabilities had many architects. He was one of them.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"The video was a force of nature, a monocultural eruption of soul and sex," writes Damon Young, "It felt as if D’Angelo had been given every bodily gift a human could desire, and had granted us the privilege of experiencing them with him."
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"We have a whole team set up so that if they see ICE, they can move in quickly, record everything, ask for warrants, and provide whatever support is needed to the folks getting detained and their families," said Lelo in his recent conversation with Hammer & Hope.
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This Labor Leader Is Still Organizing After ICE Detention, But From Mexico
Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, a farmworker union organizer from Washington State, decided to return to his family’s village in Guerrero, where he continues the fight across the border.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"We have a whole team set up so that if they see ICE, they can move in quickly, record everything, ask for warrants, and provide whatever support is needed to the folks getting detained and their families," said Lelo in his recent conversation with Hammer & Hope.
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"The terms in which this longer project is now being activated are alarming and blatantly authoritarian," says @elizabethkai.bsky.social .bsky.social in her conversation with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social in Issue No. 8.
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Whose Streets? Trump’s Federalized National Guard and the Long Arc of White Supremacy
Federal agents have long harassed immigrants and Black and brown people in cities, but something dangerous is changing behind the scenes.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"The terms in which this longer project is now being activated are alarming and blatantly authoritarian," says @elizabethkai.bsky.social .bsky.social in her conversation with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social in Issue No. 8.
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After DHS agents descended upon a Home Depot in Los Angeles, @latenantsunion.bsky.social spent the summer experimenting. @city.bsky.social reports on how organizers built a long-term protective presence for Issue No. 8
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November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
After DHS agents descended upon a Home Depot in Los Angeles, @latenantsunion.bsky.social spent the summer experimenting. @city.bsky.social reports on how organizers built a long-term protective presence for Issue No. 8
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"Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank have been displaced since the start of this year and continue to face settler violence, which is at a record high, fueled by genocidal rhetoric from politicians," writes Kholood Eid in her Issue No. 8 essay hammerandhope.org/article/gaza...
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank have been displaced since the start of this year and continue to face settler violence, which is at a record high, fueled by genocidal rhetoric from politicians," writes Kholood Eid in her Issue No. 8 essay hammerandhope.org/article/gaza...
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"After the federal mass-deportation initiative dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz” hit the shelter, a meeting was held the next day. Black residents affirmed they stood with Latino residents and the raid impacted everyone. Afterward folks were less divided by race..."
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Trump Escalates Tyranny in Chicago
Having a common enemy sometimes unifies people, whether an unhoused Venezuelan migrant in Bronzeville or a mother in a South Shore apartment.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"After the federal mass-deportation initiative dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz” hit the shelter, a meeting was held the next day. Black residents affirmed they stood with Latino residents and the raid impacted everyone. Afterward folks were less divided by race..."
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From Chicago, @natalieymoore.bsky.social reports on escalating tensions and ICE's operations. Read the full piece and more in our latest issue.
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Trump Escalates Tyranny in Chicago
Having a common enemy sometimes unifies people, whether an unhoused Venezuelan migrant in Bronzeville or a mother in a South Shore apartment.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
From Chicago, @natalieymoore.bsky.social reports on escalating tensions and ICE's operations. Read the full piece and more in our latest issue.
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Mamdani’s ability to deliver transformational policies largely depends on how effectively a left coalition can mobilize for them, writes @hadasthier.bsky.social in our latest issue.
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Zohran Got New Yorkers to Hope. What’s the Plan to Deliver?
Organizers who brought him to the verge of victory are looking ahead to the challenges of democratic governance.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Mamdani’s ability to deliver transformational policies largely depends on how effectively a left coalition can mobilize for them, writes @hadasthier.bsky.social in our latest issue.
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trial by jury clearly has a role to play today as it did then. you can read other lessons from this history - ways that multiracial groups people living and working in the North resisted slave power under Black leadership in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
trial by jury clearly has a role to play today as it did then. you can read other lessons from this history - ways that multiracial groups people living and working in the North resisted slave power under Black leadership in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
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“If I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die protecting my people,” said Jorge, a former day laborer. “I’ve got blood family, but these are my people, too. These are my neighbors.” h/t @hammerandhope.bsky.social
Immigration Raids at This Home Depot Got More Aggressive but Less Effective. The LA Tenants Union Knows Why.
The union’s daily presence tries to give the city’s most vulnerable immigrant workers a measure of safety and gum up Trump’s deportation machine.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“If I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die protecting my people,” said Jorge, a former day laborer. “I’ve got blood family, but these are my people, too. These are my neighbors.” h/t @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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Organizing for and with solidarity works.
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Organizing for and with solidarity works.
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Look look look!
The eighth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
Our National Nightmare
What’s the way out of the terrors of Trumpism?
hammerandhope.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Look look look!
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When I feel cynical about the state of media or discourse, @hammerandhope.bsky.social is a powerful reminder of what is possible - really good writing, about really important things, from really smart people.
It's also free to read, but absolutely worth supporting as a paying member.
It's also free to read, but absolutely worth supporting as a paying member.
The eighth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
Our National Nightmare
What’s the way out of the terrors of Trumpism?
hammerandhope.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
When I feel cynical about the state of media or discourse, @hammerandhope.bsky.social is a powerful reminder of what is possible - really good writing, about really important things, from really smart people.
It's also free to read, but absolutely worth supporting as a paying member.
It's also free to read, but absolutely worth supporting as a paying member.
The eighth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
Our National Nightmare
What’s the way out of the terrors of Trumpism?
hammerandhope.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The eighth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
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This is good, and everyone should read it, inside or out of New York, because its lessons are going to be relevant for socialist candidates and campaigns in any part of the country.
Written by someone i admire so much, Maya Meredith- her debut in @hammerandhope.bsky.social!!
Written by someone i admire so much, Maya Meredith- her debut in @hammerandhope.bsky.social!!
Will Zohran Mamdani Win Over Black New Yorkers?
Five people talk about their experience of the Mamdani campaign — from the inside and the outside.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is good, and everyone should read it, inside or out of New York, because its lessons are going to be relevant for socialist candidates and campaigns in any part of the country.
Written by someone i admire so much, Maya Meredith- her debut in @hammerandhope.bsky.social!!
Written by someone i admire so much, Maya Meredith- her debut in @hammerandhope.bsky.social!!
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Great story from @hammerandhope.bsky.social on how Black organizers noticed gaps in the Zohran campaign's strategy for reaching Black voters—and then set out to do something about it by canvassing in Black neighborhoods, hosting their own outreach events, and more. hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
Will Zohran Mamdani Win Over Black New Yorkers?
Five people talk about their experience of the Mamdani campaign — from the inside and the outside.
hammerandhope.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Great story from @hammerandhope.bsky.social on how Black organizers noticed gaps in the Zohran campaign's strategy for reaching Black voters—and then set out to do something about it by canvassing in Black neighborhoods, hosting their own outreach events, and more. hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
NEW ISSUE PREVIEW 🚨Mamdani’s evolving relationship with Black NYers sheds light on a critical question for any left project in the U.S.: How do you build trust with Black voters to earn their support? - Maya Meredith, a leader in the NYC chapter of the @demsocialists.bsky.social @afrosoc.bsky.social
Will Zohran Mamdani Win Over Black New Yorkers?
Five people talk about their experience of the Mamdani campaign — from the inside and the outside.
hammerandhope.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW ISSUE PREVIEW 🚨Mamdani’s evolving relationship with Black NYers sheds light on a critical question for any left project in the U.S.: How do you build trust with Black voters to earn their support? - Maya Meredith, a leader in the NYC chapter of the @demsocialists.bsky.social @afrosoc.bsky.social
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I think we can lay the groundwork to win this. @hammerandhope.bsky.social ran an interview with the folks who won Build Public Renewables in New York, lessons there worth checking out
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October 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I think we can lay the groundwork to win this. @hammerandhope.bsky.social ran an interview with the folks who won Build Public Renewables in New York, lessons there worth checking out
hammerandhope.org/article/clim...
hammerandhope.org/article/clim...
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Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social for a town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left, hosted w/ @hammerandhope.bsky.social.
Tuesday, October 14th at 6:00 PM ET
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Tuesday, October 14th at 6:00 PM ET
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social for a town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left, hosted w/ @hammerandhope.bsky.social.
Tuesday, October 14th at 6:00 PM ET
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Tuesday, October 14th at 6:00 PM ET
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...