matt vidal
@chukker.bsky.social
Sociologist. Socialist. UCU Branch Rep. I write about capitalism, work, management, and class. Decent at bike polo. Local croquet champ www.mattvidal.com
"Trump is creating a novel class of exiles with little hope of returning to either the United States or their country of origin while explicitly using these vulnerable populations as bargaining chips in a wider strategy of diplomatic and geopolitical deal making www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Building a Machine to Disappear People
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It's a genocide. It's been broadcast live for over a year www.ft.com/content/acb6...
Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza
Health ministry says dozens have died this month as aid agencies warn that even their workers are suffering from malnutrition
ft.com
Israeli Troops Kill Dozens Seeking Food Near Border, Gazan Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/w...
Israeli Troops Kill Dozens Seeking Food Near Border, Gazan Officials Say
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16 million people are losing their healthcare and hospitals are already closing because of it but it’s a win because one of the bottom tier fast food restaurants is going to start selling the same Mexican Cokes that you can already get at literally every store
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
I am willing to give up everything I know about Trump and Epstein, on condition that I am readmitted to the Martha’s Vineyard social scene. by Alan Dershowitz
Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship
Exclusive: Fellows called on academy to act over Tesla owner’s role in Trump administration’s attacks on research
theguardian.com
The government is using $450 million of our tax dollars a year to fund an inhumane immigration detention facility called “Alligator Alcatraz.” Tell Congress: Demand access and shut it down.
Shut Down "Alligator Alcatraz"
"Alligator Alcatraz" is an environmental and humanitarian disaster. The cruelty must end. Join me in telling Congress to demand access and block all federal funds until this compound is shut down.
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New episode just released with Prof. Paul S. Adler on his 1990 paper 'Marx, Machines, and Skill'. Enjoy! youtu.be/PMAMY8jEqaU
Does Capitalism Deskill Workers?
YouTube video by From Alpha To Omega
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American Allies Want to Redraw the World’s Trade Map, Minus the U.S. Had enough Maga yet? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/w...
American Allies Want to Redraw the World’s Trade Map, Minus the U.S.
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Administration Takes Steps to Target 2 Officials Who Investigated Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/u...
Administration Takes Steps to Target 2 Officials Who Investigated Trump
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Trump Is Waging War on His Own Citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Waging War on His Own Citizens
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800 HUMAN BEINGS!!!! With families friends lovers jobs connections favorite books and pastimes spirits souls dreams. Try to wrap your head around that… just try!!
From May 2024 to May 2025, 4 billion people (half of the world’s population) experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat due to climate change. And what is Trump’s response? He just fired the last remaining State Department employees who work on climate change.
Another day, another Israeli war crime. The genocide is ongoing and Western governments still choose to do nothing or even continue their support of the Israeli killing machine
matt vidal@chukker.bsky.social · last yr.Children fetching water killed in Israeli strike in Gaza www.bbc.com/news/article...
Children fetching water killed in Israeli strike in Gaza www.bbc.com/news/article...
Children fetching water killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, emergency officials say
The Israeli military has not yet commented on the strike, which witnesses said hit a crowd queuing to get water at a refugee camp.
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Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says
UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
theguardian.com
As Trump Sows Tariff Confusion, Rules of Global Commerce Give Way to Chaos Had enough MAGA yet? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/w...
As Trump Sows Tariff Confusion, Rules of Global Commerce Give Way to Chaos
nytimes.com
FEMA struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended Had enough MAGA yet? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
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Wolf is going all in on growth, no mention of distribution or climate change www.ft.com/content/8a49...
The roots of the British malaise lie in a sick economy
Political responses to a bad situation tend towards either charlatanism or timidity
ft.com
Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula
Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies
theguardian.com
“The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”
"What to the Slave is The Fourth of July?": Annotated - JSTOR Daily
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a Fourth of July speech that became his most famous public oration.
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