Let's meet some of the “outside agitators” doing the Lord’s work in this famous photo of the 1963 Woolworth's sit-ins in Jackson, Mississippi🧵

If you haven’t voted yet in the ASA Sociology election, there’s still time! You have until May 20, 5:00 pm EDT to vote. Sociologists can stand on the right side of history by voting yes on the Member Resolution for Justice in Palestine, sponsored by Sociologists for Palestine #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Here’s a long and good tweet thread about the second paper Michael and I did on race and class, it’s a good paper, you should read!

Recommend this rigorous and compelling article by David Calnitsky & ElIa Wind on the role of insider and outsider political mobilization for the welfare state. academic.oup.com/esr/advance-ar…

Like clockwork

My short article 'Struggles on the Supply Chain' for the Contemporary Affairs section of 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟: 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 is now available to read online. read.dukeupress.edu/labor/article-…

Read new article by David Calnitsky and Kaitlin Pauline Wannamaker on cascading influence of revolutionary moments on #democracy and inequality across #borders. #EarlyView in the #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/3W0j5Et

🌍 New study by David Calnitsky & Kaitlin Pauline Wannamaker explores how revolutions, coups, and protests in one country can influence democracy and inequality in neighboring nations. 👉 societytoday.org/revolutionary-… #Sociology #Revolution #Democracy #Equality

Smart people talking about Norman Geras, a nice episode of podcasting, and good intro from Lillian Cicerchia

Kamala Harris’s VP pick, Tim Walz, is unabashedly progressive. By the traditional Democratic Party playbook, this should have made him toxic. jacobin.com/2024/08/tim-wa…

Really persuasive piece by Niko Block, worth reading in full

It’s a smart post but the conclusion is overdrawn, no reason you can’t discard the labour theory of value and remain an ecumenical Marxist

On my way to the 23rd Congress of Basic Income Earth Network (Bath, 29-31 August): "Reclaiming Radical Roots: Basic Income and Socio-Ecological Transformation". Ethics, politics, work, pilots, films... and debating "Uncondicional Freedom" as well! In person&online. See you there!

Seems pretty clear that the main reason Kamala's campaign is more moderate than Biden '20 (or even Hillary '16) — on immigration, fracking, etc. — is that the Left didn't have a credible primary challenger this time around 🧵

*I* have the Verso Books proofs! If you 1) want to understand how finance ruined democracy, 2) want a critical social/political theory of capitalism & democracy, 3) are curious about sortition and/or 4) want a concrete plan to empower the demos against the elite…could be for you