msafri.bsky.social
@msafri.bsky.social
Maliha Safri. Professor of political economy, I'm living in NYC, inside the belly of the global capitalist beast. Interested in all things related to counter-mapping. Working on economies based in solidarity. (she/her).
Queens is amazing- lots of zohran posters in storefronts and goat for 6.99 a pound? As opposed to 18.99 per pound in curry hill…
October 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Queens is amazing- lots of zohran posters in storefronts and goat for 6.99 a pound? As opposed to 18.99 per pound in curry hill…
Rally for zohran volunteers tonight in Washington heights. On stage is a 15 and 80 yr old volunteer talking about volunteering bec they are New Yorkers worried about fascism and inequality.
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Rally for zohran volunteers tonight in Washington heights. On stage is a 15 and 80 yr old volunteer talking about volunteering bec they are New Yorkers worried about fascism and inequality.
I am so grateful for the thinking of Raul Peck. One early line in film is haunting quote from Orwell:
“my starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.”
“my starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.”
October 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I am so grateful for the thinking of Raul Peck. One early line in film is haunting quote from Orwell:
“my starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.”
“my starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice.”
Raoul Peck. I think I snagged the very last seat sold tonight… he is to also speak afterwards.
October 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Raoul Peck. I think I snagged the very last seat sold tonight… he is to also speak afterwards.
Fall canvas Zetrocard! From a Jackson heights shift where I got to talk to folks in Urdu, Spanish, and English
September 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Fall canvas Zetrocard! From a Jackson heights shift where I got to talk to folks in Urdu, Spanish, and English
Sign up for the big fall mayoral canvas for Zohran this weekend New Yorkers and you can get this card! I’ll be in Jackson heights
volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/canvass-for-...
volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/canvass-for-...
September 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Sign up for the big fall mayoral canvas for Zohran this weekend New Yorkers and you can get this card! I’ll be in Jackson heights
volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/canvass-for-...
volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/canvass-for-...
NYC has its own dating app (Oh Hi) and they published a manifesto: www.ohhi.dating/manifesto
Their entry for Andrew Cuomo's dating profile: "An overbearing, pestery creep...Doesn't know how to act. Loud. Oblivious. Bad tipper. Doesn't get the joke. Can't take a hint. "Well actually..."
Their entry for Andrew Cuomo's dating profile: "An overbearing, pestery creep...Doesn't know how to act. Loud. Oblivious. Bad tipper. Doesn't get the joke. Can't take a hint. "Well actually..."
August 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
NYC has its own dating app (Oh Hi) and they published a manifesto: www.ohhi.dating/manifesto
Their entry for Andrew Cuomo's dating profile: "An overbearing, pestery creep...Doesn't know how to act. Loud. Oblivious. Bad tipper. Doesn't get the joke. Can't take a hint. "Well actually..."
Their entry for Andrew Cuomo's dating profile: "An overbearing, pestery creep...Doesn't know how to act. Loud. Oblivious. Bad tipper. Doesn't get the joke. Can't take a hint. "Well actually..."
At the rally with @sangaymishra.bsky.social + army of volunteers for Zohran, & chatted with his parents in the line.
No kings- to a city we the people will make!
No kings- to a city we the people will make!
June 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
At the rally with @sangaymishra.bsky.social + army of volunteers for Zohran, & chatted with his parents in the line.
No kings- to a city we the people will make!
No kings- to a city we the people will make!
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social thanking his mom Mira Nair for canvassing.
He said that after the debate he went to Cuomo to shake his hand & say "You should come around more often" (Cuomo lives mostly in Westchester, & does scarce controlled appearances). Cuomo said "Nah, I don't think so" off camera.
He said that after the debate he went to Cuomo to shake his hand & say "You should come around more often" (Cuomo lives mostly in Westchester, & does scarce controlled appearances). Cuomo said "Nah, I don't think so" off camera.
June 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social thanking his mom Mira Nair for canvassing.
He said that after the debate he went to Cuomo to shake his hand & say "You should come around more often" (Cuomo lives mostly in Westchester, & does scarce controlled appearances). Cuomo said "Nah, I don't think so" off camera.
He said that after the debate he went to Cuomo to shake his hand & say "You should come around more often" (Cuomo lives mostly in Westchester, & does scarce controlled appearances). Cuomo said "Nah, I don't think so" off camera.
6/6 books: Solidarity. The Past, Present, and Future of a World-changing Idea by @lhh.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social from @haymarketbooks.org. I loved this book for many reasons, (authors were all working on these books at the same time)- and their tagline is in the description of our book.
May 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
6/6 books: Solidarity. The Past, Present, and Future of a World-changing Idea by @lhh.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social from @haymarketbooks.org. I loved this book for many reasons, (authors were all working on these books at the same time)- and their tagline is in the description of our book.
5/6 books on solidarity. #SolidarityCities by @uminnpress.bsky.social. "Between these paired logics of what might be familiar to readers as the Gentrified City and the Disinvested City, North Philadelphia's community gardens reveal a third dimension of city life that organizes urban space in a
May 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
5/6 books on solidarity. #SolidarityCities by @uminnpress.bsky.social. "Between these paired logics of what might be familiar to readers as the Gentrified City and the Disinvested City, North Philadelphia's community gardens reveal a third dimension of city life that organizes urban space in a
4/6 books on Solidarity.
Solidarity is the Political Version of Love by @rvilkomerson.bsky.social & @alissashira.bsky.social
"A classic internationalist example is the global solidarity movement with Black South Africans against apartheid. As a Jewish organization fighting against Israeli apartheid
Solidarity is the Political Version of Love by @rvilkomerson.bsky.social & @alissashira.bsky.social
"A classic internationalist example is the global solidarity movement with Black South Africans against apartheid. As a Jewish organization fighting against Israeli apartheid
May 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
4/6 books on Solidarity.
Solidarity is the Political Version of Love by @rvilkomerson.bsky.social & @alissashira.bsky.social
"A classic internationalist example is the global solidarity movement with Black South Africans against apartheid. As a Jewish organization fighting against Israeli apartheid
Solidarity is the Political Version of Love by @rvilkomerson.bsky.social & @alissashira.bsky.social
"A classic internationalist example is the global solidarity movement with Black South Africans against apartheid. As a Jewish organization fighting against Israeli apartheid
6 days, 1 book on Solidarity per day.
Theory of Water, by @biidaasamose.bsky.social
"Sintering is a joining...
It is a collective effort, involving many different spirits, plants and animals. World-making, as we see, is necessarily a collective effort of diverse beings. It is a workers' collective."
Theory of Water, by @biidaasamose.bsky.social
"Sintering is a joining...
It is a collective effort, involving many different spirits, plants and animals. World-making, as we see, is necessarily a collective effort of diverse beings. It is a workers' collective."
May 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
6 days, 1 book on Solidarity per day.
Theory of Water, by @biidaasamose.bsky.social
"Sintering is a joining...
It is a collective effort, involving many different spirits, plants and animals. World-making, as we see, is necessarily a collective effort of diverse beings. It is a workers' collective."
Theory of Water, by @biidaasamose.bsky.social
"Sintering is a joining...
It is a collective effort, involving many different spirits, plants and animals. World-making, as we see, is necessarily a collective effort of diverse beings. It is a workers' collective."
6 days, 1 book on Solidarity per day (peak ahead, ordered randomly).
In Solidarity. Essays on working-class organization in the US. by Kim Moody.
labor organizer on mass strikes in US:
"Each of these strikes began in a different way, but all unfolded in solidarity with strikers under attack."
In Solidarity. Essays on working-class organization in the US. by Kim Moody.
labor organizer on mass strikes in US:
"Each of these strikes began in a different way, but all unfolded in solidarity with strikers under attack."
May 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
6 days, 1 book on Solidarity per day (peak ahead, ordered randomly).
In Solidarity. Essays on working-class organization in the US. by Kim Moody.
labor organizer on mass strikes in US:
"Each of these strikes began in a different way, but all unfolded in solidarity with strikers under attack."
In Solidarity. Essays on working-class organization in the US. by Kim Moody.
labor organizer on mass strikes in US:
"Each of these strikes began in a different way, but all unfolded in solidarity with strikers under attack."
of course this remains the favorite metro map of any city I have ever visited in life:
May 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
of course this remains the favorite metro map of any city I have ever visited in life:
Black Food Rising! The People’s Lunch. Come check out NYC Black food solidarity economies, 12-4, May 18, sliding scale tix
May 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Black Food Rising! The People’s Lunch. Come check out NYC Black food solidarity economies, 12-4, May 18, sliding scale tix
May 2-5, Atlanta. Resist and Build. national Summit Planning Circle includes reps from American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Black Nashville Assembly, Boston Impact Initiative, Kola Nut Collaborative, Living World Studios, May First Movement Technology, Next System Studies (NSS),
April 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
May 2-5, Atlanta. Resist and Build. national Summit Planning Circle includes reps from American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Black Nashville Assembly, Boston Impact Initiative, Kola Nut Collaborative, Living World Studios, May First Movement Technology, Next System Studies (NSS),
Exiting union station in DC which has a direct view of Capitol Hill but I was only interested in this Solidarity City project!
April 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Exiting union station in DC which has a direct view of Capitol Hill but I was only interested in this Solidarity City project!
This piece generated controversy but thankfully made it into Letters from Home: The Black ABCs Reimagined, an extraordinary exhibition at the Schomburg Library, by the Schomburg Junior Scholars Program.
April 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This piece generated controversy but thankfully made it into Letters from Home: The Black ABCs Reimagined, an extraordinary exhibition at the Schomburg Library, by the Schomburg Junior Scholars Program.
Letters from Home: The Black ABCs Reimagined, an extraordinary exhibition at the Schomburg Library, by the Schomburg Junior Scholars Program.
April 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Letters from Home: The Black ABCs Reimagined, an extraordinary exhibition at the Schomburg Library, by the Schomburg Junior Scholars Program.
"They spoke to the sun in the mornings and the moon at night as cherished relatives" from Theory of Water by @biidaasamose.bsky.social.
Makes me think anew on my family- my birthday is on 23 Rajab, niece on 22, and mum on 24, all in the lunar calendar which actively organizes Muslim family life.
Makes me think anew on my family- my birthday is on 23 Rajab, niece on 22, and mum on 24, all in the lunar calendar which actively organizes Muslim family life.
April 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"They spoke to the sun in the mornings and the moon at night as cherished relatives" from Theory of Water by @biidaasamose.bsky.social.
Makes me think anew on my family- my birthday is on 23 Rajab, niece on 22, and mum on 24, all in the lunar calendar which actively organizes Muslim family life.
Makes me think anew on my family- my birthday is on 23 Rajab, niece on 22, and mum on 24, all in the lunar calendar which actively organizes Muslim family life.
What an immense honor to have Rabbi Wise @alissashira.bsky.social in my class today! I'm holding her recent book Solidarity Is the Political Version of Love,
Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing. she's holding mine from @uminnpress.bsky.social. She talked about @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social.
Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing. she's holding mine from @uminnpress.bsky.social. She talked about @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social.
April 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What an immense honor to have Rabbi Wise @alissashira.bsky.social in my class today! I'm holding her recent book Solidarity Is the Political Version of Love,
Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing. she's holding mine from @uminnpress.bsky.social. She talked about @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social.
Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing. she's holding mine from @uminnpress.bsky.social. She talked about @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social.
Whatupdoe Detroit! She is a most incredible city. This underpass was just one of many moments that take your breath.
March 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Whatupdoe Detroit! She is a most incredible city. This underpass was just one of many moments that take your breath.
and they sent me a ridiculous dreamcatcher + socks, reusable tote, and cleaning cloth.
In case you are wondering what genocide looks like in banal marketing terms in March 2025, here you go.
also- multiple lawsuits, for priest abuse, and their marketing of "poverty porn."
In case you are wondering what genocide looks like in banal marketing terms in March 2025, here you go.
also- multiple lawsuits, for priest abuse, and their marketing of "poverty porn."
March 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
and they sent me a ridiculous dreamcatcher + socks, reusable tote, and cleaning cloth.
In case you are wondering what genocide looks like in banal marketing terms in March 2025, here you go.
also- multiple lawsuits, for priest abuse, and their marketing of "poverty porn."
In case you are wondering what genocide looks like in banal marketing terms in March 2025, here you go.
also- multiple lawsuits, for priest abuse, and their marketing of "poverty porn."