Yay Tish

Only half way through, but the Harvey interview is exceptional and looking forward to the new book: www.versobooks.com/products/337...

Saw “My Dinner with Andre.” I must be an idiot, but I didn’t get it. Came away thinking it had some interesting ideas, but given that almost the entire “movie” was just the monologues recited back and forth, it would have worked better as a radio-play. And I actually enjoyed “Jeanne Dielman.”

I’m not sure people appreciate this enough.

Both interviews are good. The second particularly. The “reactionary Left” should mature past rejecting everything tainted by the whiff of wrong-Thought and just taking what is useful simply b/c it’s useful. Turns out Berger became a virulent anti-racist. Maybe the whole debate is a distraction.

One the things I hate most about the pmc is their tendency to knowingly laugh when discussing deeply serious topics. Like, it might be horrific, but hey - it doesn’t affect them, so they can chuckle at the absurdity of something so horrifying. Please stop.

Particularly liked Battistoni, I have found her work compelling for some time. I wonder if Hardt/Negri’s concept of commonwealth gets us anywhere in how to deal with Nature in a property-rights framework. Maybe there is some potentially interesting work to be done on property/sovereignty/Nature.

Pastor takes away the right lessons. Though the analysis suffers from the familiar conflation of voting patterns with Left/Right ideological commitments, the prescription remains valid. dissentmagazine.org/article/por-...

Sad to hear Rep. Golden is not running for another term. I hope he reconsiders. Work like this is so important. www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...

Fair contract now! Join the Starbucks boycott until workers get a fair contract.

The interview with Eric Blanc is particularly good. It shouldn’t be controversial given the lessons of history; socialism in the US is only possible through the ballot box and electoral success requires a proven record of actually making life better for people. Sewer socialists for the win!

I’d frame it slightly differently: ”[Since] Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.”

No contract, no coffee! www.nocontractnocoffee.org

Thousands of Starbucks workers are on strike for a living wage and better working conditions. Stand with them by boycotting Starbucks until it can strike a fair contract. sbworkersunited.org @sbworkersunited.org

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat... Further proof that Brutalism is gorgeous.

I feel like the Left YIMBY/NIMBY debate is just another front in the materialist/utopian debate. And I believe Marx settled that one 150 years ago. The takeaway: more socialists need to read Capital.

Zohran adding YIMBYs to his transition team is resulting in some absolutely incredible Left NIMBY crashouts over on Twitter. This is my favorite.

No cause evictions leave tenants at the mercy of landlords for stable jobs, kids’ education, and strong communities. It’s a terrible power to have.

apnews.com/article/star... workers kick off 65-store US strike on company's busy Red Cup Day

“The switching between Republican and Democrat is not ideological whiplash – it is practical hunger.” www.independent.co.uk/voices/zohra...

New Know Your Enemy: Matt and Sam are very worried. www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...

So - here’s the plan . . . We all bring sandwiches to the nearest ICE office and . . . Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

AND ran unopposed after Robert Kraft's son ran a campaign (but dropped out) If you're not familiar with the name, he's the owner of the New England Patriots that built the dynasty of this century. The Krafts are HUGE in Boston. And she still crushed him. ❤️

Love to see our 2 highest profile DemSocs together. Let’s keep filling the room.

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published February)

Trump and MAGA Republicans would rather shut down our air space than agree to protect your health care.

Every other president in every other shutdown has funded SNAP. The American people are getting real tired of Trump playing politics with their lives.

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

Trump is already making inequality worse; and tanking the economy. It’s a smash and grab.

This is proof that with a strong platform of affordability, candidates can run and win in every region of the country. We are setting the stage for a working class wave in the 2026 midterms — and beyond.

I read the second Trump election as a protest against Biden’s fecklessness (apparently due to age) in the later part of his term, not a repudiation of the party. Yesterday’s triumph makes me wonder what would have happened if Biden had chosen to retire and we had had a real primary.

Dems should run on a federal millionaire’s tax.

The government’s shut down. Trump and Republicans are: —Demolishing part of the White House to make room for a $200M golden ballroom —Trying to send Argentina a $40 BILLION bailout —Refusing to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva —Buying Kristi Noem 2 luxury private jets Americans deserve better.

Under Trump, wealthy Americans are getting ahead while everyone else is falling behind. Our economy should work for all Americans – not just the wealthy.

We are in the throws of a battle over who is going to survive the future. A future marked by scarcity and disaster. A future these people are accelerating. That is what is driving the attacks on civil rights and basic equality. Supremacist beliefs are the tool needed to justify human culling.

This is a damning anecdote from Rep Jim McGovern. He tells me that during debate over Trump's big budget bill, House Rs privately admitted to him that it would screw over their own constituents, yet they had to vote for it anyway. Read all of it. He wrecks them: newrepublic.com/article/1999...

I haven’t finished listening to this one, but so excited about Benanav’s argument for a place for public-sector economic planning, I had to post. Given the housing crisis, an argument for a 5-year housing plan should be front and center of a winning socialist political program.

“It was on a smaller scale, but it’s a reminder that, although large groups of migrants are a powerful visual to activate hawkish opinions, a successful integration operation prevents those optics from arising and is legitimately good for people.” www.dissentmagazine.org/article/trum...

Samuel Moyn is always worth a listen - I’m reminded of Napoleon’s quip about how he came to lead France - he supposedly said that when he returned to Paris, the crown was just lying on the ground. Is the Left’s elite able and willing to step into the power vacuum in the Democratic Party?

ENDS SUNDAY, JULY 20th! Thousands of stickers have already been claimed! That shows how badly people want working class champions in office who believe in a better future. Every donation helps us elect more. Give ANYTHING and get this sticker as thanks: wfpus.org/Sticker

Western Mass. tenants organizing to build communities for affordability and against corporate greed. So proud of Joel Feldman and his work on this - our little firm continues to have an outsized impact. www.gazettenet.com/Easthampton-...

This is really a fantastic discussion and illuminating on a question that’s been bothering me for a little while now - how did we get to this point where the class divide has become defined more and more by educational attainment?

“More than $100 million is set to flow to homelessness prevention programs, including income support for at-risk tenants and eviction defense.” By @latimes’ Andrew Khouri latimes.com/california/s... #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

How to make sense of any "agenda" in the Trump years? Some important insights here: private markets want access to 401(k)s to sustain asset values, and align with Silicon Valley in seeing a return of M&As as another way to pull cash out of inflated securities. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ame...

New Study 🔔: More than 7M Americans face eviction each year. But if they go to court, most do it alone, without a lawyer. Our researchers studied the initiatives that are trying to change this reality, known as Right to Counsel programs or RTC. evictionlab.org/disrupting-t...

“[A winning politics] means connecting with ordinary people and changing policy at the state and local levels, not just gaming a narrative every four years to win the presidency.”

Imagine if we had had a president willing to fight as hard for the PRO Act as this one does for tax cuts for the rich. Instead we got one who fought harder to perpetuate a genocide and to this day cannot stop gaslighting his own base re: his declining health.

Next year, with a push from tenant organizing . . .

Collective action is the only way forward.

Republicans are spineless cowards.