Conjuncturepod

Conjuncture is a web series and podcast curated & co-hosted by Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton and produced for the @TrinitySocialJ1. Tweets our own.

[Conjuncturepod @conjuncturepod]

On June 13, 1980 radical historian & theorist Walter Rodney was assassinated. To honor his life and legacy Jordan T. Camp worked with @BostonReview to publish Stuart Hall's previously unpublished 1974 speech in support of Rodney: https://t.co/dumRsmZtwv

[Kim Kelly @GrimKim]

I’m in San Juan, PR for the 2025 American Studies Association Conference and will be speaking about labor’s role in fighting fascism on a panel at 8am (!) tomorrow. If you’re at #asa2025, say hi!

[Kim Kelly @GrimKim]

Out here in York, PA where @SBWorkersUnited strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the world to demand a fair contract!

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

Workers from @SBWorkersUnited put their bodies on the line today, shutting down Starbucks' distribution center in York, PA, the largest in the US

Stand in solidarity with these working-class heroes, DON'T BUY STARBUCKS ANYWHERE UNTIL THEY WIN THEIR STRIKE

[Tamanisha J John @TamanishaJohn]

“The connection, then, between Rodney’s intellectual work and politics in the Caribbean were not externally imposed—imposed from the outside. The connections were internal to the story itself—the intellectual and the political work were one and the same.”

https://t.co/mPtHBHwifY

[Global Black Studies at Duke @DukeAAAS]

When We Are All Enemies of the State

A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.
https://t.co/F2Yst8xB8D

[Boston Review @BostonReview]

“If what he has tried to do is the act of ‘an enemy,’ then we are all enemies.”

Jordan T. Camp introduces a previously unpublished 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney, who was assassinated 45 years ago tomorrow:

https://t.co/1Hw67RSJ4p

[SEIU California @seiucalifornia]

UPDATE: David Huerta had been released from custody.

[Todd Wolfson @ProfTWolf]

“The labor movement must see these attacks as what they are – an attempt to divide workers and create false enemies in a time of rampant corporate greed.” ⁦@mancillabrando⁩ clear as a bell. ⁦@UAW⁩ ⁦@AAUP⁩ https://t.co/6tkmR7iCKl

[Stefan Kipfer @StefanKipfer1]

The new conjuncture is out. With Camilla Hawthorne. Watch or listen!

[Mike McCarthy @its_mccarthy]

Useful episode of @conjuncturepod on thinking about racism and fascism relationally with Camilla Hawthorne.

https://t.co/9ULh4XJPPr

[Africa Is a Country @africasacountry]

With the repeal of the most punishing tariffs against China, Trump’s April blitz is on hold. Beneath the turmoil lies a battle between technocrats, ultranationalists, and anti-imperial populists, all vying to reshape—or destroy—American global power. https://t.co/QfEXLQbxdr

[Kim Kelly @GrimKim]

✨ my new book for young readers, ‘Fight to Win! Heroes of American Labor.’ comes out in one week! ✨

if you’re a parent, educator, librarian, or someone else who has kids in their life, and you want to teach them about labor and working class history, this book is for you.

[Kim Kelly @GrimKim]

🖤 May Day means solidarity with ALL workers, including sex workers, incarcerated workers, undocumented workers, criminalized workers, and disabled workers.

When we say “an injury to one is an injury to all,” we’d better fucking mean it. 🖤

[Stefan Kipfer @StefanKipfer1]

A must-watch episode from Conjuncture: Hashem Abu Sham'a is in conversation with Christina Heatherton about the centrality of Palestine for struggles of emancipation anywhere.

[Mai Taha @mtaha1871]

My piece “Insurgent Social Reproduction: The Home, the Barricade and Women’s Work in the 1936 Palestinian Revolution” is finally out with @TCSjournalSAGE
A good moment to recall the Palestinian home as a site of revolution!
@LSEsociology @LSEHumanRights
https://t.co/4iSETD5aZn

[Cihan Tugal @CihanTugal]

From the Wall Street Journal to @jacobin, there is renewed talk on the Right's use of Gramsci. But critics argue that rightists' references to Gramsci and his mentor Lenin are just name-dropping. In the article below, I documented + https://t.co/6iZYAFY8NI

[Kim Kelly @GrimKim]

BREAKING: the @MineWorkers and @steelworkers unions are suing the Trump admin over its decision to pause enforcement of a lifesaving new silica rule meant to curb the ongoing black lung epidemic in Appalachia.

My exclusive story for @inthesetimesmag https://t.co/GSAsRMMora

[Isaac Kamola @isaac_kamola]

With @biblioracle and fellows at @aaup Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom we're publishing a new newsletter "Academic Freedom on the Line." The latest issue examines "Obeying in Advance Edition." Check it out! https://t.co/buLIYjl20v

[Kim Kelly @GrimKim]

My labor history book for kids, ‘Fight to Win! Heroes of American Labor,’ comes out in just a few weeks, so I’m doing a little book release event at my favorite local anarchist bookstore, @woodenshoebooks to celebrate!

May 6, 6pm, free, all-ages (duh), wear a mask, bring a pal!