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We need to participate in "projects of eroding capitalism through the expansion of emancipatory forms of economic activity." portside.org/2025-11-09/p...
Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs To Be Again.
Bluesky This is an edited version of a speech I gave at a recent meeting of the American Public Health Association in Washington, DC.
portside.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We need to participate in "projects of eroding capitalism through the expansion of emancipatory forms of economic activity." portside.org/2025-11-09/p...
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Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
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“This was a very very bad vote”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“This was a very very bad vote”
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“First they came after undocumented people. [Now] they’re coming after documented people who are the cream of the crop. Who are they coming after next, & why?”
Faculty say FL Gov. DeSantis’ attack on H-1B visa holders affect the future of Florida’s students, Alexandra Martinez reports.
Faculty say FL Gov. DeSantis’ attack on H-1B visa holders affect the future of Florida’s students, Alexandra Martinez reports.
Florida faculty say DeSantis’ attack on H-1B visa holders threatens university mission
Faculty and labor leaders say the governor’s rhetoric targets legally authorized workers and promotes xenophobia
prismreports.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“First they came after undocumented people. [Now] they’re coming after documented people who are the cream of the crop. Who are they coming after next, & why?”
Faculty say FL Gov. DeSantis’ attack on H-1B visa holders affect the future of Florida’s students, Alexandra Martinez reports.
Faculty say FL Gov. DeSantis’ attack on H-1B visa holders affect the future of Florida’s students, Alexandra Martinez reports.
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
63 Countries Are Complicit In Genocide
open.substack.com/pub/realleec...
open.substack.com/pub/realleec...
63 Countries Are Complicit In Genocide
UN report shows 1/3rd of the world is facilitating ethnic cleansing in Gaza
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
63 Countries Are Complicit In Genocide
open.substack.com/pub/realleec...
open.substack.com/pub/realleec...
Nina Lakhani, the Guardian- “The UN must ban all fossil fuel lobbyists from the COP” Democracy Now. And hurricanes should be named after fossil fuel companies- Hurricane Chevron, Hurricane Mobil.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nina Lakhani, the Guardian- “The UN must ban all fossil fuel lobbyists from the COP” Democracy Now. And hurricanes should be named after fossil fuel companies- Hurricane Chevron, Hurricane Mobil.
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It's the colonized against the colonizer
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It's the colonized against the colonizer
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Rest in peace and power Matt Dumont, “Treating the Poor: a Personal Sojourn Through the Rise and Fall of Community Mental Health”. Matt Dumont Presente! Loved and remembered by Community Church of Boston.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Rest in peace and power Matt Dumont, “Treating the Poor: a Personal Sojourn Through the Rise and Fall of Community Mental Health”. Matt Dumont Presente! Loved and remembered by Community Church of Boston.
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Cruelty IS the point, people are garbage IS the point
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Cruelty IS the point, people are garbage IS the point
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DO NOT CAVE. COMMUNITIES ARE HELPING WHILE THE GOP DOES NOTHING. DO NOT CAVE.
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
DO NOT CAVE. COMMUNITIES ARE HELPING WHILE THE GOP DOES NOTHING. DO NOT CAVE.
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Don't do it. Resist.
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Don't do it. Resist.
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Don’t cave on just a promise of a vote. You need an agreement with teeth
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Don’t cave on just a promise of a vote. You need an agreement with teeth
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This party will not survive @schumer.senate.gov.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This party will not survive @schumer.senate.gov.
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Don't help Republicans reopen the government until they vote to fund healthcare and food benefits.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Don't help Republicans reopen the government until they vote to fund healthcare and food benefits.
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No caving to Republicans without AT LEAST an ACA subsidy extension.
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
No caving to Republicans without AT LEAST an ACA subsidy extension.
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happening now:
community members are gathering at the chicago fbi field office to demand ice and border patrol agents leave the city and stop terrorizing residents.
yesterday, the fbi and other feds helped greg bovino and a caravan of border patrol agents ravage little village and cicero.
community members are gathering at the chicago fbi field office to demand ice and border patrol agents leave the city and stop terrorizing residents.
yesterday, the fbi and other feds helped greg bovino and a caravan of border patrol agents ravage little village and cicero.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
happening now:
community members are gathering at the chicago fbi field office to demand ice and border patrol agents leave the city and stop terrorizing residents.
yesterday, the fbi and other feds helped greg bovino and a caravan of border patrol agents ravage little village and cicero.
community members are gathering at the chicago fbi field office to demand ice and border patrol agents leave the city and stop terrorizing residents.
yesterday, the fbi and other feds helped greg bovino and a caravan of border patrol agents ravage little village and cicero.
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Trump is still using hunger as a political weapon while also refusing to address skyrocketing health care costs — and seems to be enjoying it. It’s the definition of sadism. A truly twisted man.
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trump is still using hunger as a political weapon while also refusing to address skyrocketing health care costs — and seems to be enjoying it. It’s the definition of sadism. A truly twisted man.