Talking (social science) shop: join us in Glasgow on 27 November for our annual Early Career Researchers Day, where professors Shahram Khosravi and Karen O’Reilly will lead sessions on migration studies and ethnographic practice. Apply by 8 September for this funded opportunity. buff.ly/RwAgtTj

US Senators are currently debating the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" to advance President Trump’s agenda.   This bill is not a solution to economic inequality or for managing immigration procedures – it is a blueprint for cruelty.   ✍️ Urge Congress to stop the bill NOW: www.hrw.org/NotOnOurWatch

Thank you to the @aaldef.bsky.social for putting this valuable resource together, particularly for local businesses that do not know what to do when ICE comes knocking. #ICEoutofLA #FueraICE #Gestaponotwelcomehere #LosAngeles #immigration

These aren't "arrests." These are state-sponsored abductions. #fueraice #iceoutofLA #desaparacidos

Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · last yr.

'They are grabbing people.' L.A. and Orange County car wash workers targeted by federal immigration raids

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Verso Books@versobooks.bsky.social · last yr.

In solidarity with the movement in Los Angeles and elsewhere across the US, we've made Joshua Clover's Riot. Strike. Riot free to download.

President Trump's deployment of federalized National Guard troops is unnecessary, inflammatory, and an abuse of power. The Trump administration is putting people in LA in danger and undermines the democratic principle that the military should not police civilians. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

White House aide calls Los Angeles anti-ICE protests an 'insurrection'

Senior White House aide Stephen Miller on Saturday condemned protests in downtown Los Angeles against federal immigration raids as an "insurrection" against the United States.

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#fueraice #iceoutofLA

Climate change and conflict compound human insecurity in eastern #DRC🇨🇩. This paper by Katongo Seyuba examines how resource governance shapes climate-related security risks in North and South Kivu—calling for integrated #peacebuilding efforts ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/TCSW2134

We @propublica.org are tracking who is working with Elon Musk and what they are doing. We have 20+ names so far including some that haven't yet been reported. Help us investigate and send us tips 🔎: www.propublica.org/tips/federal... projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.

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In my head all day.

Wondering how you can make a positive impact #ForNature? The #EarthSchool by UNEP and @ted-ed.bsky.social offers a free environmental learning program for all. It features a 10-step action plan that enlightens participants on environmental issues. Take a look: tinyurl.com/78ary8hb #EducationDay

🧵 THREAD: Our reporter spent the past year reporting inside the State Department, trying to answer the central question of Biden’s foreign policy: How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza?

"Capitalism is not really a free market system. It's certainly not a democratic free market system .... it is defined by massive monopolistic corporations that dominate the world market." Grace Blakeley discusses the central thesis of her new book Vulture Capitalism. #LSEEvents #GraceBlakeley

LSE Inequalities@lseinequalities.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join us on 13 January to hear @graceblakeley.bsky.social talk about her latest book, Vulture Capitalism, with @michaelvaughan.bsky.social. This event will consider the past and present of our current crises to pinpoint exactly how it all went wrong. www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...

Calling all scholars: Deadline is 14 February 5pm (GMT)

Independent Social Research Foundation@isrfoundation.bsky.social · 2y ago

Apply Now! Our 8th Early Career competition aims to support independent-minded researchers - within 10 years of PhD award - to explore and present original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions, to real world social problems. More Info at www.isrf.org/funding-oppo...

Absolutely devastating to see an area I love and hike often is up in flames. This is all the more exacerbated by the powerful Santa Ana winds we're experiencing. Hoping communities can save what they can and safely evacuate 🙏🏼

Reuters@reuters.com · 2y ago

There is no percentage of containment in the Palisades Fire or the Eaton Fire, LA County Fire Chief Marrone said at a press conference. Live updates here ⬇️ reut.rs/4078IRc

And let's not forget that Chenjerai was hired to teach *journalism* at NYU, because he is an award-winning broadcaster. For doing the thing he was hired to teach, he is now being being declared "PNG" at NYU. Wild stuff.

Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 2y ago

NYU Campus Security and Administration is totally out of control. On Wednesday - I filmed a peaceful protest in Bobst library for two hours. Yesterday at 2pm while at home, I received an email explaining that I’ve been designated “persona non grata” and banned from several buildings on campus.

Exploitation, neglect, deprivation, death. These are not accidents of fate but the calculated outcomes of a system that prioritizes profit over human life. Friedrich Engels called it “social murder,” a term that cuts to the heart of capitalism’s hidden violence.

Social Murder, Social Rage: the Luigi Mangione Reading List

Exploitation, neglect, deprivation, death. These are not accidents of fate but the calculated outcomes of a system that prioritizes profit over human life. Friedrich Engels called it “social murder,” ...

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thesociologicalreview.org/projects/con... Amazing open-access resource from @sociologicalreview.bsky.social

As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, the process of picking up the pieces of our past continues. Here's to the matriarchs who came before me, my Great Aunties, Lorenza and Louisa Ortiz; for my Great Grandmother whose true name and true language I'm still trying to uncover.