Chelsea Birchmier

Psychology PhD student at UIUC studying social movements, grad worker w/ @geo_uiuc, she/her.

[Chelsea Birchmier @chelsbirch]

Support workers on strike!! #ProtectAllWorkers #COVID19 #FightFor15 .@Show_Me15

[Pambazuka News @Pambazuka_News]

💥In "Finding Frantz Fanon in Ferguson, Missouri" @chelsbirch analyzes the 2014 Ferguson uprising as a Black-working class rebellion against internal (neo)colonialism drawing on tools from Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth"

👉More here: https://t.co/Sok2LLFFAa
#Fanon #Ferguson

[Lowkey @Lowkey0nline]

The Italian trade union Si-Cobas has announced it "will oppose any shipping of weapons to Israel."

Almost 6% of all major conventional weapons exported to Israel over the last decade came from Italy.

[Chelsea Birchmier @chelsbirch]

This is an excellent survey by @donald_planey of Hal Baron's work, locating him within radical geography. A must read for scholar-activists, as Baron's institutionalist, spatial, political economic analysis of Black racial oppression informed Chicago Freedom Movement strategy.

[Chelsea Birchmier @chelsbirch]

I thought this sounded cool so I texted my condensed matter physicist sister. Turns out they got a patent so no one can repeat/verify their work 😭 Sad what capitalism does to science

[Alex Kaplan @alexkaplan0]

Today might have seen the biggest physics discovery of my lifetime. I don't think people fully grasp the implications of an ambient temperature / pressure superconductor. Here's how it could totally change our lives.

[Teamsters for a Democratic Union @TeamsterRnF]

‼️BREAKING: TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED AT UPS ‼️

[The 92% @YonnieTaughtU]

A $0.03 residual check for Mr. Johnson?! #AbbottElementary

[GEO at UIUC @geo_uiuc]

🚨ATTENTION!🚨

If you received a late notice of appointment, you may be entitled to $100! Please fill out the grievance form below if you received a late notice and check out today's GEO-L for further info.

Form: https://t.co/xiza2oLNZ5

GEO-L: https://t.co/DNPqmviw3a

[Atlanta Solidarity Fund @ATLSolFund]

For seven years, we've worked to ensure that anyone arrested exercising their right to protest can make bail and afford lawyers. We've helped hundreds of Atlantans through every step of the process.

Now we're asking for your help.

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[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a concrete company that wanted to sue a union because a strike cost them money.

The 8-1 decision means the company, Glacier Northwest Inc., can sue the union over a strike where truck drivers left wet concrete in their trucks.

[Lake Eater @lakeeater]

the arrestees have been charged with money laundering and charity fraud. this is clearly a post-2020 experiment in targeting things like bail funds to indirectly stifle protest and increase the damage of further repression
it's been said before but: this isn't just about Atlanta

[Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy]

if you're just tuning in to what's going on in Atlanta, three organizers with the Atlanta Solidarity Fund -- the city's largest bail fund -- were arrested this morning at their homes. ASF provides jail support to ensure those in police custody have their rights protected 1/

[Black Alliance for Peace @Blacks4Peace]

Our final panelist, @elkorgle: "Libya is an African country. Some people like to divide Africa by north and south [as north Africa and sub-Saharan Africa] ... that's a racist [divide] ..."

WATCH HERE: https://t.co/VB4u6vQyN2

#Sudan #Africa #BlackTwitter #Libya

[Black Alliance for Peace @Blacks4Peace]

We're live for #AfricanLiberationDay to discuss #Sudan and #Libya. This is moderator @gual_erey_.

WATCH HERE: https://t.co/VB4u6vQyN2

[Black Alliance for Peace @Blacks4Peace]

Happy African Liberation Day! See you at 4 p.m. ET.

REGISTER HERE: https://t.co/qkqgEJLwnk

[GEO at UIUC @geo_uiuc]

We stand in solidarity with GEO Local 3550 graduate workers at the University of Michigan (U-M) who have been on strike since March 29. #1u #OnStrike @geo3550

https://t.co/NaFxShpCMU

[Grad Employees' Org UMich @geo3550]

BREAKING: We have learned via FOIA request that U-M started making payments to their injunction lawyers in 2022, months before the start of our strike. This shows that the university never bargained in good faith and never intended to avoid a strike.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: Hollywood writers are striking.

They’re fighting for their livelihoods against billion-dollar studios and streaming companies who have been squeezing writers to eke out more profits.

Writers didn’t shut down Hollywood — the studios did.

[GEO at UIUC @geo_uiuc]

Happy May Day 🙌

May 1st commemorates the struggles and wins of workers and labor movements. Check out info on how to access some of our wins including backpay and summer healthcare!

THANK YOU to all the graduate workers, friends, and allies for making these victories possible.