This is the most interested I have ever seen Trump be in another human being

She is a hero and will be celebrated as such.

Really cool book. Romantic anti-capitalism is a strong concept.

'"Comparison of Marxism with religion is a two-way street,” Jameson argued; religion might have its real prophetic truth in Marxism, as messianism, providence, and primitive magic become “foreshadowings” of their discovered true form in class struggle' harpers.org/archive/2024/0…

Tip of the Spear: "The Attica Rebels were stargazers. As they lived in rebellion they stole time to contemplate the immensity of the universe":

Finally, someone standing up to the nuns

This is an unusual one: During an ultra-Orthodox demonstration against conscription earlier this month, a Haredi youth yells: "Ismail Haniyeh was murdered in cold blood! We prefer Hamas's rule here!"

From MIH Archives: Sarah Dunstan and Patricia Owens analyze Trinidad-born Marxist journalist Claudia Jones’ geopolitical languages during WWII and reflect on black women's intellectual history and history of international thought bit.ly/4e1258a

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Brat summer; nuclear winter

This is Ayşenur’s last post on Instagram, in which she wrote “Long live international solidarity.” It really shows her deep commitment to collective liberation for all

The story of why Diane and Jeremy broke up is sending me!!!! theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Really important work by my friends at Energy Embargo for Palestine - showing how profits for energy companies are entangled in genocide. This is militant research: mapping the networks of colonial capitalism to identify enemies, like BP, and then disrupting them shado-mag.com/bp-oil-pipelin…

The Nation has published an adapted version of Wendy Brown’s forward the first English translation of Marx’s “Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1” in 50 years, published by Princeton University Press: thenation.com/article/archiv…

I've had to hear insufferable story after insufferable story about Leifer having a book talk cancelled in Brooklyn. Meanwhile, almost as an aside, in the New Yorker article that devotes so many words to the travails of young Leifer:

Online Evening Course: Great to be back at Brooklyn Institute this Autumn teaching "British Black Politics: From Anti-Colonialism to Abolitionism". Covering CLR James, Claudia Jones, Paul Gilroy, Lola Olufemi and much more thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/courses/…

Curious about Simone de Beauvoir's view of open relationships and polyamory? How her sometimes questionable relationship decisions reflect (or don't!) her theory of love? My article, Beauvoir on Non-Monogamy in Loving Relationships, is out:

One day of tragedy used to destroy hundreds of millions of lives over two decades. If our rage were allowed it would crumble mountains with its screams. 1. An anti-war protest sign, at a rally in DC, in 2005. This image was taken one month after the devastation of Hurricane