Let me be very clear: tomorrow morning and EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, call your Reps and Senators whether Dem, Republican or Independent. Express your outrage at Trump’s imperial and illegal actions against sovereign nations. TELL THEM to convene. To hold up everything. Hold up $. 202-224-3121

Some of many examples in U.S. history of invasion, & the devastating impact for the people. 🧵 Aug. 19, 1953, Iranian Premier was removed from power in a coup organized & financed by British & U.S. govts. Shah quickly returned to take power & signed over 40% of Iran’s oil fields to U.S. companies.

Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...

PB editors @megancummins.bsky.social, @njdames.bsky.social, Marlene L. Daut, @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social, Frank Guridy, Tara K. Menon, Leah Price, @becquer.bsky.social, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social, Abigail Struhl, and Stephanie Wong share their fave books of 2025.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... From the acclaimed author of “The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks” on the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott.

Anywho, it's valuable to read deeply about Montgomery if you are organizing today. Start with @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social's The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks - www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/221039... - the book also has a young reader's edition.

Our 2025 Editors’ Picks are here! Sports editor Frank Andre Guridy recommends "King of the North: Martin Luther King’s Life of Struggle Outside of the South" by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social.

The small, mean world our leaders are building isn’t inevitable. It’s a choice to see immigration as a source of threat rather than possibility. That was part of the story of the lottery that I love, that the admin is trying now to kill. uncpress.org/978146967304...

The Montgomery bus boycott was meant to disrupt city life and use Black consumer power to force the bus company and the city to address Black demands. As @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social points out, each decision was a hard decision to make.

Grateful to @theguardian.com for actually listing the countries in this new travel ban. The @nytimes.com can't be bothered. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...

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31 days strong. I know the local chains in Jacksonville are appreciating the business. Check out Sweet Peaches or Brass Tacks to get your caffeine fix.

On the Starbucks picket line in Brooklyn. NO CONTRACT!! NO COFFEE!!

Today is the one-year anniversary of my partner’s death. He lived a rich & full life despite the recurring hospitalizations & increasing pain that characterized his last year. And he was always dedicated to collective efforts & community: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/n...

What Activists Can Learn From Rosa Parks on the 70th Anniversary of Montgomery Bus Boycott

King of the North by Brooklyn College Prof. Jeanne Theoharis painstaking scholarship upends the false narratives about MLK’s activism in the North, outing the liberals who baulked, and revisiting the absolutely essential intellectual contributions of Coretta. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Historian and biographer Jeanne Theoharis, author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, argues, “Part of what her courage is, is the ability to step forward again and again, without any sense that this is going to change anything, and say, 'This is the line. And I refuse.'”

Part 2 of our conversation with historian Jeanne Theoharis on the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, which began days after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955. www.democracynow.org/2025/12/11/j...

What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott and what the actual history gives us for organizing today. Hint: it's not about the 'right' action but the courage of perseverance.

Talking about what we get wrong about the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Rosa Parks— and how the real, fuller story gives us much more for our struggle today on @democracynow.org : www.democracynow.org/2025/12/10/m...

It was such fun to be on @democracynow.org to talk about the myths of the Montgomery bus boycott & emphasize that the courage of Rosa Parks was her ability to take step after step without indication that any of them would matter. We have to stop looking for the 'right' action and just take action.

The Montgomery bus boycott began 70 years ago on December 5, 1955. Much of how it’s remembered and taught is romanticized, inaccurate and even dangerous. This anniversary of the most successful US social movements calls for fact checking! @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

"Amid an onslaught of moves to ban the teaching of a full and accurate American history, many educators across the country are refusing to bend. They are bringing this history to students across the country, even in the states with the most restrictive laws." -- @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social ⬇️

What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis

This is the perfect read for a Sunday night to get ready for a new week of doing the work

Caminante, no hay camino. Camino se hace al andar

My BHM assembly this year was about Claudette Colvin, and in previous years has been about the women of Montgomery and their tireless efforts. Movements take time and effort. A brilliant article.

Think you know the Montgomery Bus Boycott or Rosa Parks? This is a great reminder that resistance takes time to work. A fact that's easy to forget in our instantaneous culture.

This is a wonderful article, it inspires and keeps things real at the same time. I also found it quite moving: What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Really good, timely article by one of our most thoughtful historians of the Civil Rights movement: What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

An amazing piece by the fabulous Jeanne Theoharis! While her scholarship uncovers the untold histories, she also shows us why these stories matter today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #protest #activism #therebelliousrosaparks #untoldhistory

This article is such a good reminder that it's understandable to be tired. Change takes time. But you shouldn't let that stop you. You can't do everything but you should do everything you can. You never know which action will be the spark that's needed.

I think all the time about how much work went into keeping a bus boycott going. Organizing rides, organizing meals, helping ppl who lost their jobs, ppl in other places raising money to support the work... what ppl saw was the tip of the iceberg.

Read this and the thread please:

A must-read!

From the classroom perspective, it's pretty easy to get students to understand good v evil; simple heroism and simple villainy. But what @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social points out here is so important: students need to understand what it means to fight an evil SYSTEM, an "accumulation of injustice."

oh man this was excellent, i learned a lot. so much that's useful for the times we're living through!

Do something. Maybe it won’t work. Do it anyway. Maybe it will or maybe it will inspire someone else to do something that will.

Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We restored the zip ties on baby Jesus. The #Christmas story is literally about an authoritarian ruler using violence, causing fear, and eventually driving the holy family to become refugees in Egypt. The parallels couldn't be more clear between scripture and our nativity. We're not going anywhere.

What to get for the teacher who's furious about book bans

Starting in 10 minutes!

Tonight! 6:30 EST online, the Schomburg's Conversations in Black Freedom Studies is having a special program on the 30th anniversary of Charles Payne's I've Got the Light of Freedom with @profjeffries.bsky.social, Emilye Crosby, Tess Raser, Charlie Cobb & Charles Payne! youtube.com/live/8IZksfH...

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

"A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History" by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social #booksky #bookchallenge

Thread. Also, Theoharis' bio of Parks is fire.

1/ For six months, I've been traveling the world on Pulitzer Ctr & Fund For Investigative Journalism grants investigating Trump's effect on HIV & LGBTQ health. On World AIDS Day, @theintercept.com is publishing an overview essay of Afeef Nessouli & my findings. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...

Today is World AIDS Day and the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ bus stand A lifelong activist, Parks was also a lifelong quilter and contributed her talents to sew squares for the AIDS quilt: www.changethepattern.org/stories/rp?r...

Incredible thread - remember the real Rosa Parks, not the watered down, convenient myth Rosa Parks.