marxian theoretical tourist

sending thoughts into the void // she/her // @cybersoybean

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

how zines were used as evidence to sentence Prairieland defendants to decades in prison at 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility

"They didn’t like my book club.” - Elizabeth Soto, mother of three and defendant.

https://t.co/mCJs0uZbkg

[csz @cszabla]

all must be sacrificed to the slop generator or else

[Climate & Community Institute @cplusci]

Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to speed up buses and make them fare-free provoked excitement and debate during his mayoral campaign. But NYC isn't the only place where there's political momentum for better buses: municipalities across the US have been eliminating fares for all riders and making strategic improvements to speed up bus service.

[marxian theoretical tourist @willynLi]

@lenitiv ich schwöre ich hab so genug von diesem Popmusikdiskurs, solche ‘Kritiker’ sollten uns die Zeit und Mühe ersparen und direkt in der Werbung arbeiten wie sie wollen

[The Baffler @thebafflermag]

Anti-immigrant violence has erupted in Belfast this week, with racist mobs setting fires and forcing families to flee their homes. In our latest issue, @Oliver_Eagleton links the right-wing grievances of Northern Ireland and the United States.
https://t.co/nytRb8Iphw

[fuck “latinidad” @ytnessisdeath]

This is so fucked.

[marxian theoretical tourist @willynLi]

love waking up to see that i, along with a suspicious # of moots, am now randomly following an elon stan account…lol pathetic

[Dennis M. Hogan @dennismhogan]

I think it’s interesting that everyone laments the decline of scholarly rigor in the humanities when social sciences and applied social sciences (in business schools) have been rocked by major fraud and replication scandals. But those fields make money so no one says anything

[Greg @GregGrandin]

For perspective, the East Germans over the course of nearly 3 decades, killed 140 trying to cross over the Berlin Wall.

[Nate Holdren @n_hold]

to maybe put too fine a point on it, worth noting NJ has a Dem trifecta - governor and both legislative houses, and Newark has a Dem mayor

[Chris, Karl Marx Enjoyer @WriteToRebel]

I knew a guy in undergrad who was obsessed with Hayek except that he thought “the road to serfdom” was an expression that basically meant “slippery slope” so he was constantly saying stuff like “that’s gonna put us on the road to serfdom”

[marxian theoretical tourist @willynLi]

@cszabla i mean TBF the tap water thing is 90% because it’s a lucrative business practice in italy to only sell drinks. the ac thing is more complicated and costly. what does it cost to install a water filter?

[Matt Stopera @mattstopera]

high key one of the best albums of the year

[Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman]

New research: we have studied the wealth of the 200 Californian billionaires and what they effectively pay in tax.

From Mark Zuckerberg (Meta) to Sergei Brin and Larry Page (Alphabet), the results are edifying. 🧵

https://t.co/lW5UaGhYHY

[Ryan Geddie @RyanGeddie]

Paris commune barricade location, now a KFC

[marxian theoretical tourist @willynLi]

person who got one of the entry-level jobs I ultimately got passed over for has been working in her field since I was 10 years old. things are going great

[Basil🧡 @LinkofSunshine]

The permanent vibecession is here to stay

[Ilias Alami @IliasAlami]

New article! How is finance ‘raced’, and why is this the case? With what consequences for our understandings of race, finance, and capitalism?
To explore this, we develop a 'raced finance' analytic, grounded in political economy and racial capitalism debates. Link 👇🏾and 🧵:

[fully fund transit @crosstown_line]

ah yes the gateway to the wealthiest city on earth