Most disturbing because it indicates the 'anti-extremism' police have unmeetable targets and so will go after anyone with a social media page and a willingness to meet in person once in a while.

Акция «Передано из России» Вчера мы объявили о том, что люди из России могут присылать нам в бот свои идеи и слова для плакатов, а наши зарубежные активистки выйдут с ними в разных городах мира.

Incredibly brave testimony from IU Associate Dean for Graduate Education Elizabeth Dunn: Whitten's repression has broken "the fundamental link between us and our students." "There's a high likelihood I'll be fired today."

Since UT-Austin cracked down on a pro-Palestine demonstration last week, an ill-informed debate has ensued about the authority Texas public universities have– & don’t have– to remove protesters. So I asked five First Amendment law experts.🧵 bit.ly/4a547Sz

Similarly, I don’t know how they invented the möbius strip before trying to dry to duvet covers in the same dryer.

Alain Delon passed away tonight and I'm again reminded that we're losing a generation of men who possessed an incredible sense of style. But what made Delon's style so extraordinary? Let's explore. 🧵

Building a left that's both powerful and internationalist is big challenge in the metropole: people identify with and become attached to the nation's imperialist project. Aziz Rana and Aslı Bâli lay out the history of Third Worldism to map the way forward. thedigradio.com/podcast/third-…

The poet Henri Coulette (1927-1988) would have done well on Twitter. These were salvaged from his notebooks by Donald Justice and Robert Mezey.

Once there are no more systems - but only enclaves, islands and fiefdoms - what will replace systems theory?

Друзья! Нужна помощь с идиотской затеей. Я, как и многие, не могу ехать в Россию. Это, может быть, в каком-то плане и не трагедия, только я вроде аналитик той самой России, да главным образом российского общества, и я это самое общество и не вижу.

We won! Democratic socialist Mike Siegel will be our next city council member for D7. Austin DSA knocked tens of thousands of doors to help secure this victory over the GOP-supported opponent. We look forward to working with Mike on council to implement working class politics!

well it's 1842 and I'm feelin' festive so time to crack open my fav christmas mag for a little holiday cheer 🤗

really could use a breakdown-of-systems theory right now

On how anti-radicalism cost Russian liberals their country (and what insults like ‘deplorable s’ and ‘vermin’ had to do with it) see my new piece in the JLA: doi.org/10.1111/jola.7…

historically the more realistic threat to elites is not revolution but being reduced to supplicants by the state, as in putin's russia. but they always think they're too shrewd to let it happen