Only 3 people can now actually BE the next President: Bernie, Biden or Trump. Only ONE will actually bring real change for working people: Bernie Sanders

Harvard history department, sponsored by White Claw.

Every worker in America should have guaranteed paid sick leave. This is already the case in every other major country on Earth.

“This simultaneous collapse of politics and governance has forced people to take to the streets... to demand the most basic necessities of life, including the right to be free of police harassment or murder.” 🔥by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opi…

The curfew just went into effect in Minneapolis. Historically the enforcement of curfews enable police to occupy entire neighborhoods like a military force, make mass arrests & worse (See esp. Watts in 65--police killed 31 people over the course of the rebellion) Stay safe MPLS

News! The Huntington has established a one-year fellowship for the study of Octavia E. Butler, the first #scifi writer to receive a MacArthur “genius” award and the first Black woman to win widespread recognition writing in that genre. More: bit.ly/2E78XFU #OctaviaButler

Paging all history grad students and folks in affiliated departments! ninahalty @MarissaJeanneS1 Brandon Mancilla Camden Elliott @kenalyass @deanzacook Natalie Behrends @NathanGrau1

Yesterday we began voting to authorize a strike. But this fight is so much bigger than just one union, one vote. This fall semester many of Harvard's unions are seeing their contracts expire and the administration unwilling to recognize the value of its workers.

Call Sen. Murray at 202-224-2621 and tell her this bill needs to: 1) keep the 75% TT hiring provision, 2) expand free tuition to all 2- and 4-yr institutions, & 3) require pay parity for adjuncts and a living wage for all campus workers. It's quick and easy, DO IT RIGHT NOW!

Let's do it!

&that is jarring to both a culture built on corporate lobbying & media struggling to cover this well. That’s why you see knot-twisting headlines attempting to frame a caucus of ~100 members as the problem instead of the conservative handful blocking votes w/ inconsistent demands-

& I suspect it may also be why you see media reflexively centering coverage of these bills on a number instead of what’s actually in them. The thing is, 1 number doesn’t tell you anything. It doesn’t help you as a normal person understand at ALL how your life could improve.

Additionally, changes to a topline number isn’t necessarily shorthand for a conservative or progressive policy either. Ex: There’s a world where a bigger number over longer time could be a conservative win, or a smaller number over shorter time could be a progressive win.Or not!

That’s why it’s so important to discuss this not just in numbers, but in changes to the leg. Let’s say we bring down $3.5T. We can do that by taxing the rich to offset, cutting universal pre-k, or shortening the funding time. All can bring outlay down. Which one do you prefer?

THAT kind of conversation helps YOU as a normal person understand & bring you in the same convos that we as your Reps are having as we negotiate. That empowers you to give your input. & THAT is of so much more service to you than discussing optics or political beefs or whatever

|￣￣￣￣￣ | | Never | | Cross | | a | | picket line | | ＿＿＿＿＿| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / 　 づ Pass it on #striketober

On Thursday Oct. 21 (12pm EST), I will chair a Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies talk by Sama Mammadova (Harvard History, Harvard History Graduate Student Association, Association for Global Political Thought) on "A Bank for the People: Popular Credit and Moral Economy in Renaissance Italy". Please RSVP with a message. ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2021/10…

"A superb corrective to the debate over America's gun problem and what to do about it. This is a fresh and timely history." —Kyle Burke on Drew McKevitt (gone from this bad site)'s GUN COUNTRY

NEW: House Speaker Mike Johnson’s wife has taken down the website for her business, Onward Christian Counseling Services, a day after HuffPost reported on documents on the site comparing being gay to bestiality and incest. huffpost.com/entry/mike-joh…

📚Join Dr. Margot Canaday as she talks about her new book, "Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America." 🗓 April 4th, 11:00 AM @ Hilberry A in the Student Center!