if you are not making demands against the people responsible for oppression, you are passively complicit. if you are actively chanting "USA" over people trying to stop the USA from sending bombs to kill people, you are cheerleaders for the oppressors. You are a pro-war protester

Every Democratic pundit in 2016: “We really forgot about the working class. That is why Trump won.” Democratic National Convention Stage in 2024: “I, Tony West, general counsel of Uber, have a deep passion for justice.” 🤯🤯🤯

ruth wilson gilmore snapped when she said “white men, and their many-hued and gendered agents”

this is what it looks like to use the lever of power available to you

Love that we've rebranded aversion to the soul sucking reality of racial capitalism as "Sunday Scaries." you're not scared, you're exploited.

So proud of and constantly inspired by my sister Meredith Whittaker for not only ensuring that we have safe ways to communicate, but also that there is an alternative to the Silicon Valley model! One that will not destroy the world! wired.com/story/meredith…

While you were enjoying brat summer, university counsel were working around the clock to design the most punitive student conduct code the campus has ever seen

Since writing this, my inbox has been flooded with the most disturbing, hateful messages I could have ever imagined… … which has only reinforced how important this was to write. If this is the vitriol I’m met with, I can’t imagine what the players themselves have dealt with.

Affect theory really is just a vibe check

Please stop appealing to the humanity of the police. Tell them you’re filming. Ask for their badge number. They do not care about these kids. They do care about themselves.

Are you a US college/university student? Did your university institute new protest/demonstration policies after last spring’s encampments? Do you want to talk about how that’s impacting you as you begin the new school year? DM me! (For a Mother Jones article)

I’m begging people to take ONE ethnic studies class! Just one!

The 2020s are, in part, defined by non-stop grief

BREAKING: Apple retail workers in Oklahoma City secured a tentative union contract, the 2nd store to do so at Apple. CWA says highlights include: -Pay increases of up to 11.5% over 3 years -Severance & store closure protections -Worker involvement in scheduling