Ottawa friends - we will be doing an Ottawa launch for my new book Eros and Alienation at Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave on Mon Feb 3 at 7pm (doors open 6:30). I am honoured to be joined in conversation with Azar Masoumi, Dan Irving and Julie Tomiak.

NEW: Alan Sears on the generative desiring at the heart of revolutionary politics, a potential antidote to capitalism’s dehumanizing effects. www.midnightsunmag.ca/eros-and-rev...

Eros and Revolution

Alan Sears on the generative desiring at the heart of revolutionary politics, a potential antidote to capitalism’s dehumanizing effects.

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NYU suspends students for an entire year for “significant and coordinated disruption” in the library, which refers to some students in keffiyehs studying quietly in the lobby, others sitting on the admin. floor asking for a meeting, a few holding banners, and some flyers dropped from an upper level…

NYU Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine@nyufsjp.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🚨- NEW YORK, January 8, 2025. Press Release: New York University Launches Unprecedented Campaign of Collective Punishment Against Students Protesting Genocide facultyforpalestine.education/2025/01/08/j... 🧵

As voucher programs expand, they worsen. In states with universal voucher programs, more of the public monies go to students already in private school and to wealthier families.

GOP states are embracing vouchers. Wealthy parents are benefitting.

Most of the beneficiaries are incoming kindergarteners or students already enrolled in private schools.

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I’ve been saying for years that sports newsrooms are wholly unprepared for this political moment. imo it’s journalistic malpractice not to have a writer on staff who can cover trans sports stories well. But I can’t even place freelance coverage at this point. It’s so bleak.

Evan Urquhart@evanurquhart.bsky.social · 2y ago

Work has been drying up for trans writers for years. Of course, part of this is bc work has been drying up for all journalists. However, with trans issues as the top priority of the Republican party there's a strong journalistic argument for increasing or maintaining that capacity.

Watch all the prison release videos from Syria. Let Syrians feed you a taste of freedom. Imagine your own society opening its doors and borders. Imagine being free one day yourself, truly free. That’s what this moment invites.

Powerful analysis of the situation in Syria by Joseph Daher

Todd Gordon@toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · 2y ago

A useful antidote to the Assad apologetics masquerading as “anti-imperialism”.

URGENT: The House is voting THIS WEEK on including a ban on health care for trans youth who are dependents of US military personnel. We reject this attack on lifesaving care that could lead to patients being coercively detransitioned. Please stand with us to protect trans youth.

The empire of the United States most likely peaked with the end of the so-called Cold War that was hot for so many. The decline of the empire is signaled by the name of the so-called War on Terror, with Americans not realizing that the source of the Terror comes from inside of them.

Learn more about how to participate in #ReadPalestine Week at publishersforpalestine.org

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Todd Gordon@toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · 2y ago

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Save our bike lanes! We need more bike lanes in Toronto, not fewer. Bike lanes save lives. Get rid of Doug Ford. #bikeTO

Thanks Murray Cooke for reminding us of the power of connecting in person - mobilizing, planning, evaluating, learning with and from each other. Social media tools can be useful in the process of building together, but cannot fill the void of missing mobilizations

Murray Cooke@murraycooke.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've finally made the switch over from Twitter. It's good to have an alternative, but really, we need to be having in-person meetings and conversations with co-workers, friends, family, neighbours, strangers. And reading books and newspapers. And organizing for change.

"I’m less interested in conducting a postmortem of this election and tweaking the Democrats’ tactics than trying to understand how to build a movement." Robin D. G. Kelley:

Notes on Fighting Trumpism - Boston Review

To mobilize the abandoned working class, we need to revive the idea of solidarity.

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