‘Tribalism in sport can be as ugly as any other form of tribalism, but fanbases are more welcoming than some other kinds of imagined community: unlike nation states, their doors are open to all who wish to enter.’ Arvin Alaigh on how the Knicks are uniting NYC. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

Arvin Alaigh | Knicks in Five?

I’m following the NBA Finals thousands of miles from midtown Manhattan. In my North London flat, I set the alarm for 1...

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‘New York City is riding high. Fat Joe, the Bronx rapper, has called it “the greatest unification of the city since 9/11”. Legions of casual Knicks supporters are now dedicated fans; those of us who were already devotees have become entirely possessed.’ Arvin Alaigh: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

Arvin Alaigh | Knicks in Five?

I’m following the NBA Finals thousands of miles from midtown Manhattan. In my North London flat, I set the alarm for 1...

lrb.co.uk

‘However briefly and superficially, the city’s infinitely fissiparous social, political and cultural spheres have, for now, cohered – millions watching together, cheering for an end to the Knicks’ half-century of humiliation.’ Arvin Alaigh on the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

Arvin Alaigh | Knicks in Five?

I’m following the NBA Finals thousands of miles from midtown Manhattan. In my North London flat, I set the alarm for 1...

lrb.co.uk

‘Although the NBA is a corporate entity that epitomises the runaway glut of hyper-capitalism (billionaire owners, multimillionaire players), it is strictly regulated to ensure competitive practice.’ @arvinalaigh.bsky.social on salary cap loopholes in the NBA. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

Arvin Alaigh | Inside Basketball

In 2014, Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for a then-record $2 billion, rescuing the basketball team from...

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‘NBA teams have made for fruitful investments: in 2000, the most valuable team in the league was valued at $395 million; as of early 2025, the average NBA team was worth about $4.6 billion.’ @arvinalaigh.bsky.social on salary cap loopholes in the NBA, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

Arvin Alaigh | Inside Basketball

In 2014, Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for a then-record $2 billion, rescuing the basketball team from...

lrb.co.uk

‘The legacy sports media don’t see allegations of fraud as part of their remit, which tends to be restricted to such topics as player performance, roster melodramas and coaching strategy.’ Arvin Alaigh on salary cap loopholes in the NBA, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

Arvin Alaigh | Inside Basketball

In 2014, Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for a then-record $2 billion, rescuing the basketball team from...

lrb.co.uk

Wrote for @thenation.com about how catastrophic the Iran war could be for Israel's grip on US politics—and why this is a moment to be seized for anyone who wants the US-Israel alliance to end. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

The Iran War Could Be Catastrophic for the US-Israel Alliance. Good.

As Israel’s role in pushing the war with Iran comes into ever sharper focus, it's up to us to turn outrage into change.

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went long on #NJ11 for @thenation.com! always a pleasure to write about my sweet New Jersey—read for a wild story involving NJ Dem party politics; a history of 'The Resistance'; AIPAC own goals; ICE terror; and so much more

🇺🇸 Todos hemos visto los vídeos de Mamdani, pero su éxito se debe a una estrategia digital que va más allá de las redes sociales, como explica muy bien este artículo de @arvinalaigh.bsky.social en @dissentmag.bsky.social que he traducido para @elsaltodiario.com. www.elsaltodiario.com/redes-social...

La maquinaria digital de Mamdani

El éxito del programa de Mamdani dependerá de una ambiciosa estrategia digital que va más allá de sus buenos resultados en redes sociales.

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There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:

Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Leading up to that.. Eric Lee Atty Kids screaming "Let us out! Let us out!"

The success of Zohran’s agenda will depend on an ambitious digital strategy that transcends social media performance. Read @arvinalaigh.bsky.social on online organizing: dissentmagazine.org/article/mamd...

Mamdani’s Digital Machine - Dissent Magazine

The success of Zohran’s agenda will depend on an ambitious digital strategy that transcends social media performance.

dissentmagazine.org

for the new issue of @dissentmag.bsky.social, I wrote about Mamdani's approach to digital organizing -- I try to demystify what goes into a digital electoral program! give it a lil read and let me know what you think

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity. msf.org/msf-denounce...

i attended netroots nation earlier this summer, and wrote about it for @thebaffler.com - check it out! thebaffler.com/latest/by-th...

By the Netroots | Arvin Alaigh

At Netroots Nation, an activist vanguard sits uncomfortably alongside those amenable to the status quo of the Democratic Party.

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Who is Netroots Nation for anymore? Activists? Democratic Party advocates? Arvin Alaigh visits the 2025 conference for answers.

By the Netroots | Arvin Alaigh

At Netroots Nation, an activist vanguard sits uncomfortably alongside those amenable to the status quo of the Democratic Party.

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These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE. jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-tw...

Arvin Alaigh: The complex, sometimes romanticized, but ultimately prophetic Catholic peace movement has critical lessons to teach today's America amid a genocidal war in Gaza. www.commonwealmagazine.org/resistance-r...

Resistance Reexamined

The complex, sometimes romanticized, but ultimately prophetic Catholic peace movement has critical lessons to teach today's America amid a genocidal war in Gaza.

commonwealmagazine.org

It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”

twitter is great bc every day your algorithm is constantly force-feeding you race war bait, incomprehensible quasi-schizophrenic promoted tweets, crypto scams, and fight videos... all without even asking :-)

Can you see what’s happening in LA? 5 straight days, 1,000+ students, at least 8 schools across the city & county… Encourage the young people in your life to take action! Help them organize & mobilize their schools & classmates. Shut it all down!

People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · last yr.

VAN NUYS WALKOUT: Add another school to the list - hundreds of Van Nuys High School students walked out in protest of Trump immigration policies Thousands of high school students across LA walked out of class today. Nearly a full week of sustained defiance & it’ll keep growing

I'm in the @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com this morning asking: Who exactly is running the federal government? If we can’t answer that simple question, government officials and civil society must recognize warning signs of state capture and take back what's ours. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

It's all love blue sky fam.. but twitter is a lot better rn :/

New bad thing just dropped: Tech bros buying/donating surveillance gear to police departments, skipping public, elected official input and scrutiny on how it will be used. techcrunch.com/2024/11/08/b...

Ben Horowitz’s cozy relationship with the Las Vegas Police Department aided a16z portfolio company Skydio | TechCrunch

When Skydio, a young maker of drones in San Mateo, California, sent a customer proposal in 2023 to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, its chief

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Contemporary antiwar protesters—smeared by journalists, beaten by police, rebuked by the public—will one day be seen as prophetic. At least, that’s what happened to the Berrigan brothers, two radical priests who stood up against the Vietnam War.

The Fracture of Good Order | Arvin Alaigh

It’s never a fair fight when the institutions that determine the acceptable bounds of dissent are the same ones conducting or enabling mass slaughter.

thebaffler.com

Sorry blue sky Fam ... twitter is much more fun right now :/