Jonathan Smucker

cofounder @popularcomms @mennoniteaction @lancstandsup @PAstandsup
member @uaw_4811 @DemSocialists
author @hegemonyhowto
soc PhD candidate @Cal #FirstGen

[Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker]

Our paper on populism and emotions is the lead article in the new print issue of @socquarterly!

[Cihan Tugal @CihanTugal]

This paper on populism is now in print as LEAD ARTICLE (after the presidential address).
https://t.co/8l2lXWyXj7

[David Harvey | @davidharvey.org on Bluesky @profdavidharvey]

Next week: Join me for a free public livestream of my new course, The Story of Capital.

The course meets on Tuesdays from 4:15 - 6:15 pm [ET] from September 8th to December 1st.

[Fighting Fascism Podcast @FightFascismPod]

We friggin' loved this episode. Historian @Patrick_Wyman joined us to discuss what makes societies fall apart and how history demonstrates that human agency — and our decisions today — really do matter in determining what comes next for our civilization.

https://t.co/9RmbbDvhhc

[UAW @UAW]

63 years ago today, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom brought nearly 250,000 people to Washington, D.C. to protest racial discrimination and demand economic justice.

The UAW, led by President Walter Reuther, supported the march with signage emphasizing the interconnection of racial and labor justice.

Dr. King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech is rightly regarded as a watershed moment in the civil rights movement and one of the most famous and influential orations of American history. Slotted initially to be a four-minute closing to the march, it became “a powerful 16-minute rallying cry for the entire civil rights movement,” says Kevin Strait, curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).

“Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy…Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred…We cannot turn back…No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” – Martin Luther King, Jr., speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963.

[The Nation @thenation]

Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of Dolly Parton, who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years. https://t.co/hkyUc8eLqw

[UAW @UAW]

"Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of an artist who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years."

https://t.co/sRaC57dEaX

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

Do they think this makes her look bad?

[Fighting Fascism Podcast @FightFascismPod]

This week we were joined by @jbwashing to learn from the organizers who’ve been leading the fight against immigration camps — and discuss why these mechanisms for indefinite detention without trial are obviously the infrastructure of authoritarianism.

https://t.co/oaVY7qP0OK

[Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker]

.@hegemonyhowto available here: https://t.co/dcmKN0bqkE

(2nd edition with @haymarketbooks out in 2027)

[Astra Taylor @astradisastra]

better to be more specific about long-standing tendencies that aren’t serving our movements. (for example, check out @jonathansmucker's Hegemony How-To for a pre-2020 critique of the left's self-limiting habits)

[Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker]

@astradisastra .@hegemonyhowto available here: https://t.co/dcmKN0bqkE

(2nd edition with @haymarketbooks out in 2027)

[Astra Taylor @astradisastra]

better to be more specific about long-standing tendencies that aren’t serving our movements. (for example, check out @jonathansmucker's Hegemony How-To for a pre-2020 critique of the left's self-limiting habits)

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Zohran Mamdani:

We’re not running away from the Democratic Party. We’re going back to what the party used to be.

You think about FDR and LaGuardia. You think about the New Deal. That’s what the Democratic Party once was. That’s what it could be again.

And if we want to win, I think that’s what we have to become.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Congratulations to Will Lawrence, Donavan McKinney and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on their historic victories last night.

Abdul took on the entire billionaire class, faced more than $60 million in spending against him, and WON.

Now let's beat Mike Rogers and take back the Senate.

[Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker]

Michigan seems like a dream to me now

[William Lawrence @WeWill2026]

Last night, we celebrated an unprecedented win for people-first politics in Michigan.

But today, I want to make one thing very clear: THE JOB’S NOT FINISHED.

The mission is to beat Tom Barrett and send an unbought, independent-minded representative of mid-Michigan to Congress.

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

Thank you, Michigan. I love you from the bottom of my heart!

[William Lawrence @WeWill2026]

I couldn’t be prouder of the movement we’ve built in mid-Michigan.

Thank you to @AmbBridgetBrink and @MattMaasdam for your years of public service and all your hard work on the campaign trail.

While tonight we celebrate, there’s still much more work ahead.

[POLITICO @politico]

Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence wins Michigan battleground House primary https://t.co/2Dnwp247TC

[Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker]

How about that Will Lawrence?

[William Lawrence @WeWill2026]

We do not need to settle for corporate domination of our politics. It’s that simple.

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

Money out of politics.
Money in your pocket.
Medicare for All.

Michigan...

We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.