in octavia butler’s books, one of the clearest motifs is that humans have a penchant for living in denial of threats rather than adapting. that’s the part of her writing that resonates with me the most. i see it with covid, the climate crisis, fascism, public infrastructure…
Anyone who knows me knows I hate IU, with a passion. However, the professors and people that I met and worked with at CRRES are the only thing that made being there bearable. Yet again @IndianaUniv, disappointed but not surprised.
IU’s Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President has withdrawn support for the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity beginning fiscal year 2026.
https://t.co/IR1fXWyYSk
Both Marx+ Lenin were ruthlessly critical of conservatives+ liberals. Lenin wrote an entire book castigating Kautsky for his liberalism. For Lenin, liberals are insidious b/c they sell you freedom while brutally oppressing you. Seems you haven't understood the plot to begin with
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Kimberle Crenshaw is the best example of how intellectuals can do groundbreaking work as a subject of inquiry, not for humanity's sake. I'll repeat, your faves are not revolutionaries, they merely have the power to communicate ideas better than others. There's a difference
Reasons why our struggles in Latin America are deeply entangled with Palestine's liberation/decolonization.
Israel’s role in Indigenous/campesino genocide in Guatemala
—technologies of violence imported from Israel are still used to repress the movements in Guatemala.🧵1/
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As we continue to see more blatant and overt union-busting strategies by IU admin I can't help but be reminded of this lil page from the CIA sabotage handbook....