Morgan Ridgway
@riidgwayy.bsky.social
Writer. PhD
Black/Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape descent.
raised by the wetlands, raised by the city.
Philly always and forever.
morganridgway.com
Black/Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape descent.
raised by the wetlands, raised by the city.
Philly always and forever.
morganridgway.com
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This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
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The corruption of the US Supreme Court has arguably been the most serious single contributor to the US's transformation into autocracy
Reading an article titled "Why didn't Brazilian democracy die?" and a key part of the story is a Supreme Court that actually did its job
August 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The corruption of the US Supreme Court has arguably been the most serious single contributor to the US's transformation into autocracy
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It's a great way to stay up to date without needing to follow every single story daily. Recommend subscribing for free if criminalization is your area of concern.
I continue to be so appreciative of @dreanyc123.bsky.social & @interruptcrim.bsky.social for these monthly newsletters that are full of suggestions: groups to support, actions to join, campaigns to build out in our own backyards. mailchi.mp/interrupting...
August 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It's a great way to stay up to date without needing to follow every single story daily. Recommend subscribing for free if criminalization is your area of concern.
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There is a beautiful and powerful trans community in Puerto Rico, please support trans organizations if you are able to.
Thread incoming
Thread incoming
July 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
There is a beautiful and powerful trans community in Puerto Rico, please support trans organizations if you are able to.
Thread incoming
Thread incoming
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🍻🎙 What should you do if ICE shows up in your neighborhood or workplace? At the July session of Show Up Chicago, we’ll get answers from experts who know the ropes, incl State Sen Graciela Guzman @senatorguzman.bsky.social, a champion of immigrant rights.
🗓 Mon July 28, 7 pm at The Hideout. Sign up:
🗓 Mon July 28, 7 pm at The Hideout. Sign up:
Show Up Chicago with State Senator Graciela Guzman · Indivisible Chicago
# In Case of ICE
What should you do if immigration agents show up in your neighborhood or workplace? Should you answer their questions? Take a video? Say something useful to people being rounded up? ...
www.mobilize.us
July 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
🍻🎙 What should you do if ICE shows up in your neighborhood or workplace? At the July session of Show Up Chicago, we’ll get answers from experts who know the ropes, incl State Sen Graciela Guzman @senatorguzman.bsky.social, a champion of immigrant rights.
🗓 Mon July 28, 7 pm at The Hideout. Sign up:
🗓 Mon July 28, 7 pm at The Hideout. Sign up:
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This is 100% true, just as the press spent ZERO time on the attempted mass assassination of the entirety of democratic leadership through pipe bombs just a few years ago. It’s literally never even discussed! A MAGA terrorist tried to kill all of the leading dems!
I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?
June 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is 100% true, just as the press spent ZERO time on the attempted mass assassination of the entirety of democratic leadership through pipe bombs just a few years ago. It’s literally never even discussed! A MAGA terrorist tried to kill all of the leading dems!
remarkable stuff. Listen with gratitude and resolve
Protests should not only express dissent but also serve as credible threats of sustained action, such as strikes, boycotts, or other forms of collective withholding to compel systemic change.
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social in conversation with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social in conversation with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Awareness Protests Won’t Threaten the Richest, Most Well-Armed People on Earth
“Making durable changes isn’t always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
truthout.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
remarkable stuff. Listen with gratitude and resolve
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The No Kings folks are holding Organizer training for anyone who would like to get started with all these good ideas :)
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: One Million Trained, Millions More Empowered · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and ...
www.mobilize.us
June 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The No Kings folks are holding Organizer training for anyone who would like to get started with all these good ideas :)
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NOT. SWIM GOGGLES.
Friends.
Do not wear swim goggles at a protest.
If you take a projectile to the face the force can pop your eyeball out of its socket.
If you're going to invest in protest eyewear, use impact resistant safety goggles and tape the vents.
Friends.
Do not wear swim goggles at a protest.
If you take a projectile to the face the force can pop your eyeball out of its socket.
If you're going to invest in protest eyewear, use impact resistant safety goggles and tape the vents.
Take a bandana, bottle of water, swim goggles, charged phone.
Stand behind a barrier or parked car, leave or sit if trouble starts
Stand behind a barrier or parked car, leave or sit if trouble starts
If you can, go protest tomorrow.
No protest is ever 100% safe, but there is safety in numbers.
And there will be numbers.
Which is good. Because we need numbers right now.
No protest is ever 100% safe, but there is safety in numbers.
And there will be numbers.
Which is good. Because we need numbers right now.
June 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
NOT. SWIM GOGGLES.
Friends.
Do not wear swim goggles at a protest.
If you take a projectile to the face the force can pop your eyeball out of its socket.
If you're going to invest in protest eyewear, use impact resistant safety goggles and tape the vents.
Friends.
Do not wear swim goggles at a protest.
If you take a projectile to the face the force can pop your eyeball out of its socket.
If you're going to invest in protest eyewear, use impact resistant safety goggles and tape the vents.
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only a society that has spent years finding ways to drive people further apart would have people saying fool things like"it is cringe to be in a large group of people who support you"
I get the sense that a lot of people see protesting as cringe because they don't understand what it accomplishes, and I get that... to them, I say: just go. Experience what it feels like to be part of a Very Large Crowd of your fellow citizens. That feeling has radical political implications.
June 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
only a society that has spent years finding ways to drive people further apart would have people saying fool things like"it is cringe to be in a large group of people who support you"
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Mobilization has also been nationwide. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some activists are intentionally demonstrating in their local town rather than just traveling to a nearby big city for events.
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Mobilization has also been nationwide. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some activists are intentionally demonstrating in their local town rather than just traveling to a nearby big city for events.
some folks need to let MLK rest or pick up a book fr because why the only time you have something to say about him or protest is when somebody throws a rock or pushes a car?
June 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
some folks need to let MLK rest or pick up a book fr because why the only time you have something to say about him or protest is when somebody throws a rock or pushes a car?
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People ran pieces about how the discipline of the movement was actually proof of a disturbing and dangerous groupthink. We got whole columns of people complaining about having to speak with official spokesmen.
the 2024 student encampments on college campuses had movement discipline and the state still beat them, tear gassed them, expelled them, and in some cases deported them
June 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
People ran pieces about how the discipline of the movement was actually proof of a disturbing and dangerous groupthink. We got whole columns of people complaining about having to speak with official spokesmen.
in these conditions civility is a moving goal post and often only retroactively applied to justify violence already taken
June 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
in these conditions civility is a moving goal post and often only retroactively applied to justify violence already taken
been that girl and will always be that girl
With the BET Awards happening in downtown LA, I was wondering who was going to say something first. Doechii really is that girl.
June 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
been that girl and will always be that girl
important always but perhaps especially now
Full Schedule! Join Invisible Histories on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at 11:00am CST / 12:00pm ET for our annual Queer History Teach In—a virtual storytelling event spotlighting LGBTQ+ histories from across the South and beyond! Presenter schedule coming soon!✨🌈
Register at: givebutter.com/teachin2025
Register at: givebutter.com/teachin2025
June 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
important always but perhaps especially now
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Great upcoming (and all too timely, given current events) panel on Medicaid with authors from @jhppl.bsky.social special issue
#Medicaid covers about one in five people nationwide. Join @RWJF and @JHPPL on June 12 @ 3 p.m. ET as we discuss the program’s legacy and future. Speakers include @povertyscholar.bsky.social Andrea Campbell, David Adler and me. Register: bit.ly/4dsIsXR
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Medicaid at 60: Examining the Program's Past, Present, and Future. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicaid into law on July 30, 1965. Sixty years later, the program covers about one in five people in the United States. Medicaid’s 60th anniversary is an opportunit...
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June 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Great upcoming (and all too timely, given current events) panel on Medicaid with authors from @jhppl.bsky.social special issue
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Protest works. Durable protest works even better. Keep pushing, #teslatakedown. www.newsweek.com/tesla-spacex...
Tesla and SpaceX reputations plummet in major poll
Since Musk joined the Trump administration, Tesla has seen its sales plummet amid backlash over his political views.
www.newsweek.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Protest works. Durable protest works even better. Keep pushing, #teslatakedown. www.newsweek.com/tesla-spacex...
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If you’ve been following recent news about University of Minnesota public health researcher Dr. Rachel Hardeman harming junior scholars and plagiarizing their work, Hardeman’s ex-colleague, (my wife) Dr. Sirry Alang @profalang.bsky.social, made a statement. Here’s a quote with full statement below.
April 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If you’ve been following recent news about University of Minnesota public health researcher Dr. Rachel Hardeman harming junior scholars and plagiarizing their work, Hardeman’s ex-colleague, (my wife) Dr. Sirry Alang @profalang.bsky.social, made a statement. Here’s a quote with full statement below.
they are continuing to speed run this death cult but there are still things we can do
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
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May 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
they are continuing to speed run this death cult but there are still things we can do