This Wednesday, I'm excited to join @dlondonwortel @redemmas to talk about his book "The Menace of Prosperity"—a sweeping history of NYC's urban political economy, and a powerful case that "we cannot afford to finance progressive policies through taxes on a regressive economy."
Fingers crossed that we're going to see a major win for democratic socialism in the NYC mayoral race the night before, making all of this really even more urgent and relevant!
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Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
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Great to see this excellent report from @Demos_Org and @NewEconomyNYC on public banking and racial equity and how democratizing finance and creating new people-serving financial institutions can build community wealth. Shout out to @JohnDuda! demos.org/policy-briefs/publ…
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Thrilled to welcome @BigMeanInternet back to the store on 4/29 for a discussion of his new book "What's Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis," in conversation w/@maximillian_alv
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The health ministry has released a 1,516–page document listing the names of over 50,000 Palestinians confirmed killed in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023. There are a total of 474 pages listing 15,600+ children’s names. The first 27 pages the age is listed as 0 — children under 1 year old
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“There’s what the capital can do, and then there’s what humans can do once they have the material conditions to show up for each other. And that is what is truly life-changing.”
—Andrea Golden, PODER Emma
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Wow. Read this full letter from Mahmoud Khalil. "I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear."
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Canada & Mexico should put tariffs on US oligarchs
If Tesla wants to sell cars in Canada & Mexico then Musk himself, as main shareholder of Tesla, should have to pay tax in Canada & Mexico
Put a wealth tax on him, and condition Tesla’s market access to him paying the tax 7/x
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The US has a weakness: its groveling, highly internationalized oligarchy
Why is it a weakness? Because it’s a tiny number of people, who rely, for their wealth, on accessing foreign markets—thus giving foreign countries sizable power on them
It’s now time to use that power 6/x
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building publicly-owned renewables in NY (@publicpowerny). fighting for building decarbonization done by unionized workers in RI (@climatejobsri). passing a "polluter pays" climate bill in CA (@StopBigOil).
the climate fight continues under trump.
shorturl.at/Kw09f
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There are three things in the photo that virtually nobody else sees but me.
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On 2/15, we're thrilled to be hosting @m7mdkurd, poet & co-founder of the movement to #SaveSheikhJarrah, for a conversation on his new book "Perfect Victims"—an urgent affirmation of Palestinian resistance and refusal. Get tickets now: redemmas.org/events/mohammed…
ALT A poster for the event, with dark black text above a red graphic showing a figure with wings and a pointed tail above a heap of tangled bodies, pierced with arrows, on the ground.
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As institutions, legacy western media outlets have decided they are part of this war on Palestinian children.
While the report has a lot to say about Fox45, I'm glad they took a critical look at the whole gang:
Why is it important that newsrooms hire diverse journalists from the community? Why is it important that newsrooms be more thoughtful about crime coverage? Why is @baltbeat so vital? This report from The Sentencing Project is why.
ALT The Real Cost of ‘Bad News’: How Misinformation is Undermining Youth Justice Policy in Baltimore By Richard Mendel and Eliza Thor, Ph.D.
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7PM @redemmas: Heath Pearson showcases dynamic, interdependent community as the best hope for undoing the systems of confinement that reproduce capital in Cumberland County, New Jersey...home to three state prisons, one federal prison, and the regional jail. w/ @dereckapurnell
