Michael Creighton

Delhi poet, library movement activist, teacher.

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

I'm pleased to say that New Delhi Love Songs, my first book of poems, is now on sale! In India, you can get it in hard cover from @speakingtiger14 or Amazon.in. Anywhere else, Amazon has it in paperback or Kindle. Blurbs, poems, links for buying are here: https://t.co/xz5qp9g0UU

[Isha Gupta @chappaltinda]

Currently Reading

Book #9

New Delhi Love Songs by Michael Creighton

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

It's been a minute since I've been in Portland & I now hear Trump's talking about the Insurrection Act. Seriously? I'm laughing! This city is TOO polite!
Random cars keep stopping to let me cross the street, even b4 I'm sure I want to cross. Takes the fun out of jaywalking.

[UAW @UAW]

ICYMI: May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again.

https://t.co/FrlG1Gag3l

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

@UAW @UAW student workers were on strike at University of Oregon on May Day and are still on the line! As a parent of one of the strikers, I'm asking everybody I know to write their Oregon representatives and the @uoregon. These young workers are our future!

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

Edit: Admin at @uoregon is disrupting the lives of student workers by refusing to bargain in good faith. (This kind of anti-union story is as old as unions... we need a strong labor movement now, more than ever!)

[The Register-Guard @registerguard]

The University of Oregon Student Workers union rallied through campus, disrupting Unthank Hall dining and a presentation in the Ford Alumni Center. https://t.co/anreCCxKAH

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

@registerguard As a parent of a striking worker, I fully support the union. @uoregon could settle this tomorrow; they've had 11 months. Management always says workers are the problem...that story is as old as the hills. Please be careful about one-sided headlines.

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

My child's on strike with thousands of @UAW student workers at @uoregon -- @Teamsters have been honoring their picket lines...these young workers are learning a powerful lesson in solidarity--you take one of us on, you take all of us on! Hats off to Teamster drivers everywhere!

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

@AOC My child is on strike with thousands of student workers at the @uoregon . These young people are the future we need. Please lend your support, AOC! Without a strong labor movement, democracy will fail for sure!

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

@BernieSanders My child is on strike with thousands of student workers at the @uoregon . These young people are the future we need. Please led your support, Senator Sanders! Without a strong labor movement, democracy will fail for sure!

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

@TinaKotek Governor Kotek, I'm an Oregon voter, one of your admirers, and a parent of a striking U of O student worker. Please stand for union rights and tell university admin to settle a fair contract now

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

My middle child who has worked for four years in the University of Oregon library, is on strike with thousands of other student workers, and I'm so proud. @uoregon isn't bargaining in good faith--hasn't even agreed to arbitration for harassment & discrimination. Spread the word!

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

@uoregon You aren't showing the thousands of student workers are on strike for a fair contract. U of O needs to bargain in good faith. Not doing so is shameful

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

@uoregon Why are student workers on strike? U of O hasn't even agreed to arbitration in the case of discrimination or harassment...thinks it's ok to investigate itself. That's bad faith bargaining! Settle now!

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

I'm not a Catholic, but I married one & attended mass for 10 yrs. Today, we've lost a great & humble leader who understood Jesus' radical message: love for all, 'including those who are different than ourselves, or who come from distant lands'.

Pope Francis--¡Presente!

[AnnieZaidi PhD @anniezaidi]

Reminder. Doing this today

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

If you love books and are in Delhi, you don't want to miss this... @anniezaidi is an important writer, and she's launching her book at @CommunityLibPro because she loves libraries! Register: https://t.co/SQ89tZ8euI

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

This fundraiser is focused on making sure seniors have the space, access & resources they need to be full participants in TCLP libraries...

...and when young people see seniors in libraries, they learn to expect a lifetime of reading--please help!
https://t.co/hxI2ttX5yw

[The Community Library Project @CommunityLibPro]

Your donation will help us strengthen our programmes for seniors beyond digital literacy & reserved access to facilities.

A programme designed with them, for them, in a world that forgets them into shrinking corners.

@aparnavaidik @DanHusain @RabaniGarg
#SpringSpotlight

[Michael Creighton @mocreighton]

There's so much bad news in the world, and then there are these three free libraries in Delhi where everyone & all ideas are welcome. We're not great at raising money, but that's bc we spend all of our energy matching people with people and books-- please donate :-)

[The Community Library Project @CommunityLibPro]

Spring Spotlight... on the Seniors for whom shaam ki chai is with their peers at the library, over newspapers & charcha.
DONATE so we can continue to be their safe space.

Spring Spotlight is on you... Link To Donate https://t.co/UMHeUKrea3

[Prof Francois Balloux @BallouxFrancois]

A university degree is a qualification, not a morality clause. A University revoking degrees for 'wrong think' makes a total mockery of its mission. This is also the most authoritarian 'right-woke' nonsense I've come across in a while.
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[jenmarya55 @jenmarya55]

@jasonhickel @ChuckModi1 It’s not even “Free Speech for me but not for thee.”
The US itself hasn’t had Free Speech since the Espionage Act of 1917. But for it, America might’ve had peace, strong unions, real civil rights, more equality & more political parties. #RepealEspionageAct #1AOverEspionageAct