@dannykatch.bsky.social
How did Elon become so evil? My origin story doubles as a review of the tremendous new book, "Muskism" by @quinnslobodian.com & @bentarnoff.com
The origin story of a supervillain
"Muskism" is a great new work of political economy; I rewrote it as a monster story
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I’ve been obsessed for years with the retail industry’s self-destructive strategy of making it harder to buy things. It calls into question whether bosses are capable of seeing through their own bullshit — in this case, the pandemic shoplifting panic — even for the sake of their bottom line.
We used to be able to buy things in this country
Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy
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Being anti-Argentina now reads as a some kind of gesture at solidarity that reads more to me like ignorance of the ways that every society has plenty of people worth cheering and booing.
I am anti-anti-Argentina
In the World Cup, a country as beautiful and flawed as any other has become an Internet villain.
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I wrote about the fight against another impending surrender in higher ed
Bar Association May Soon Upend Diversity Standards for Accredited Law Schools
Organizers are fighting another possible surrender to racism in higher education.
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The science fiction of artists presents us with alternate realities that give new perspectives on the one we’re actually in. This new science fiction of capitalists demands the opposite: accept an alternate reality in which they will always be in charge because they determine what’s real.
Capitalist Unrealism
There is no alternative to AI bullshit
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My mayor Muslim My bagels Jewish Knicks won in five Tax the Upper East Side
Knickstopia in Zohran’s New York
Start spreading the news: Another world is possible
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13 in a row! It's either the end of the world or socialism is possible in our lifetime
The Knicks Are Freaking Me Out
Why won't they stop winning? Is this the end of the world?
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The new repression against Palestine solidarity has much popular support than the anticommunist witch hunts in America's past. Will it matter? I hope so
Trying so hard to make Palestine a Red Scare
All the repression, none of the popular support.
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I've seen the future, and written a fizzy Q&A about it!
Are you ready for AI 2.0???
A brief explainer for all your questions, from “What is Ape In-Slavement?” to “Why is it inevitable no matter how much it sucks?”
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I remain hopeful but wary. Mamdani will have to demonstrate not only that he can govern but that he can conquer.
Mamdani’s first 107.5 Days
Sewer Socialist Sellout or Subtle Strategy Savant?
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I wrote about a NYC Teamsters local where members organized to pass a resolution against ICE, only to have it overturned on dubious grounds
Union Democracy on ICE
Why did a NYC Teamsters Local Overturn a Resolution Against Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies?
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A prominent pro-Israel outlet argues that the fight over Zionism is part of a global struggle for nationalism. I agree open.substack.com/pub/dannykat...
Anti-Zionism for Everyone
We all have an interest in opposing the sociopathic tail wagging the brain-dead dog.
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Like ICE working as the Trump's personal labor force, a proposed ban on Haitian remittances--dictating to people what they can and cannot do with their hard-earned money--is an example of how anti-immigrant measures are the first step in authoritarianism for everyone documentedny.com/2026/03/25/t...
For Haitian Immigrants, a Proposed Ban on Remittances Sparks Fear of Deadly Consequences - Documented
The Trump administration's proposal to end remittances sent from the U.S. to Haiti could cut of a vital financial lifeline for those in the unstable nation.
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48 hours after the Oscars, the world has moved on, but I'm still sharing a few thoughts on why OBAA packs a powerful political punch despite its many blindspots
One Battle After Another speaks to this moment
and possibly not the next one
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NYTimes: Iran's new leader is a HARD LINE CLERIC. (also his mother, wife, and daughter have been murdered by our country's illegal war)
I wrote a Tom Friedman column! (Older heads will remember). I use a 5-minute conversation with a random person to make a sweeping argument for my political beliefs--which in this case is that the left should solidarize with the struggles that Iranians face against our government--and their own.
Solidarity isn't built out of ignorance
In which I make way too much out of a short interaction.
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I wrote about my 9/11 morning in an attempt at solidarity and empathy with what my garbage government is now doing to Iran
What it feels like to be bombed
On 9/11, I experienced a fraction of what my garbage government is now doing to Iran
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I wrote on my ambivalence about "The Epstein Class" as an organizing slogan
"Free Palestine" is antisemitic...but "The Epstein Class" is fine?
Let’s see how much “Jewish feelings” matter when they aren’t weaponized for Middle East domination.
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Perfect 80s synth pop. Just play it. Your welcome www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmV...
Yaz - Situation (Official Audio)
YouTube video by RHINO
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TPUSA got beatdown even worse than the Patriots. Here’s my piece about why that matters…a little dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-won-hal...
We Won Halftime
For what it’s worth, which isn’t nothing.
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I've had this piece from @hammerandhope.bsky.social bookmarked for months, and it was worth the wait. Incredible history of organizing and pedagogy inside the Underground Railroad, lots of lessons for today hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies
Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
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I wrote about how the police shooting of Jabez Chakraborty, who was having a mental health crisis and whose family wanted a medical response rather than a police one, is an early challenge for Zohran to stand up to elites who want him to Back the Blue dannykatch.substack.com/p/zohrans-ba...
Zohran’s Bad First Response to an NYPD Shooting
Let's see if the NYC left can help him course correct.
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Why are the richest people in the world casting their lot with this rube’s rebellion against the system that enriches them? I'm not really sure yet, but here's one stab at it dannykatch.substack.com/p/ruling-cla...
Ruling Class Rebels
Why do elites support Trump’s war on their system?
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This is not a reform or compromise. It's simply a reiteration of the administration's bogus claim that ICE has to invade Blue cities that have democratically passed sanctuary city laws www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Minnesota Live Updates: Trump’s Border Chief Says Crackdown Could Ease With More Access to Jails
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I wrote something about how the Border Patrol murder of Alex Pretti should shake up some assumptions that many people have about guns and America. dannykatch.substack.com/p/the-irrele...
The Irrelevance of Alex Pretti’s Gun
America's gun debate has long ignored the structural violence that is now unavoidable
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It's devastating that their response to the general strike was to murder Alex Pretti. A few months ago, I was afraid that this level of repression would break American resistance. Now I'm confident it will only increase it.
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
"Migration politics never make sense. People are broadly supportive of immigrants, yet worry about there being too many of them. The irrationality is rooted in the folly of nation-states and borders. I know that sounds like smug jargon, but it’s true." dannykatch.substack.com/p/what-are-w...
What are we for?
As Americans turn against ICE, let’s talk about where that could lead.
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