I wish critics of "scholar activism" would read this closely and sit with Hall's argument and its implications for our present moment.
https://t.co/Mtc4JhCWXp
49 year old Italian American 4 generations removed from Italy, who could not carry a conversation in Italian, and hates the concept of immigration generally voice:
Why didn’t Zohran acknowledge my immigrant community
@ChrissyCasilio@SenMcConnell Based on the amount of people you block, you have pretty thin skin for someone trying to be an online political troll — Woody from Toy Story lookin ass
@n_hold There’s an abridged group going on currently in my area which I try not to hate on, but myself and two other friends struggled through it together and it’s that struggle that made it the most rewarding intellectual experience of my life
@n_hold@nkulw Ordered based on your tweet the other day. Williams is a huge influence on me and I have NEVER read his fiction and I’m looking forward to it.
I’m am pleased to announce the NPC’s resolution to form a Federal Socialists in Office Committee has passed with substantial input and collaboration across tendencies in DSA. This is going to be tough, and it will take a while. But it’s necessary. The joyous work continues!
So I’m from Buffalo, and our mayor just told us we’re broke and he needs to raise taxes because the plows are too old and the street lights don’t work. But hey, we have money for rainbows and bullshit on buses.
I will be even more blunt: Tenured Professors defending a system they benefited from should surprise no one. That a lot of the arguments are basically just “this is just like everything else,” however, are utterly and completely false.
Intellectual labor needs the same protections as all labor (which sadly few laborers get), not a quasi-aristocratic guild system that only functions by an army of grad students as TAs and Research Assistants and even more precarious and larger adjunct faculty enable for am faculty research that is a coin flip on if anyone in their field sees.
I realize that even full time faculty are precariously positioned now. Pay is dropping. I literally make more as a high school teacher than many full time professors in my field, and I make about median household income for my area.
But these systems are failing and that is part of how the vultures have been circling.
Do not join DSA just to join a caucus. Learn how the org works and settle into your local chapter before getting involved in faction and giving yourself a headache, or embarrassing yourself. DSA is your first job. A caucus is like a second. You will have additional meetings and work to do, otherwise you will be useless to the caucus, and the comrades either won’t accept you or you will be kicked out. Many comrades want to see how you’ve been involved in your local chapter. If you’re not an active DSA organizer, what use will you be? Many have candidacy periods, where you will be made to study. If you don’t engage, you will not be accepted, because you are either not serious, or do not have the capacity for the work. Find out what your politics are, through study. You’re welcome.
They got me. They blocked me from doing too many posts and quote tweets per day without being verified-
So it was stopping me from promoting. Only allowing me to retweet. So now I'm temporarily verified.
I Love Boosters is in theaters now!
It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 https://t.co/6AGmFrB7x4