We should #trust people who've invested a lifetime in pursuit of knowledge; pro-social justice doctors are trustworthy experts if not compromised by conflicts of interest or egomania. We should #distrust famous celebrities, conspiratorial politicians, & attention-seekers. www.bbc.com/news/article...

While U.S. media capitulates to fascism, in Canada the CBC features an accurate portrayal of antifa activism on their flagship prime time show The National. With commentary from @mark-bray.bsky.social and myself. youtu.be/G7I-tNtCfOA?...

States are inherently distrustful--of each other and of their own populaces. The encapsulated interests they share with each other are almost always instrumental, financial, and interactional. But, this illustrates the isolation the US is facing by its extreme policies. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

There's lots of ways to build #trust in a workplace. While good communication between bosses & workers is nice, it pales in comparison to sharing power: Do workers have any influence over what happens? How they work, what that work is, what is the result of their work? www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...

3 in 4 Americans don't #trust Trump admin recommendations on reducing vaccines. California's Dept of Public Health says the new #CDC vaccine advisory committee is out of step w/ "trusted national medical professional organizations". Wingnuts have seized institutional power & are generating distrust.

Yeah, and interestingly, several Panthers became anarchists! daily.jstor.org/the-real-sto... @dmwilliams.bsky.social.

I wrote an article ("Bootmakers & Virologists: #Anarchist Views on Expertise") on the difference b/w #expertise & #authority. It's better to distrust hierarchies like corporate #medicine, and to instead trust workers who value justice + freedom. Read it here: works.hcommons.org/records/36y8...

New pub @ #RIHE: @dmwilliams.bsky.social's case study examines alumni initial reactions and subsequent actions upon public university nickname change. doi.org/10.1007/s111...

My latest paper reviews research on the appropriation of #Indigenous culture for sports logos, #mascots, & nicknames. It covers the history of the practice, public opinion, social psychological factors, and political dimensions (conflict, #movements, & change). www.researchgate.net/publication/...

I've been re-reading old interviews I recorded with long-term radicals, like the 89-year-old French sociologist Ronald Creagh: "I am today a person without any creed whatsoever. I only have hypotheses. And I would say anarchism is the philosophy of life that I dislike the least."

Very excited to contribute to the Anarchist Essays podcast!!

I have a new episode on @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social's Anarchist Essays #podcast. Listen to me talk about #anarchism and #sociology! open.spotify.com/episode/2yz9... Essay #96: Dana Williams, ‘Concerning Anarchist Sociology: Working Within and Against Discipline’

Later this year, @plutopress.bsky.social will publish my new book Who Do We Trust?: Power, Solidarity, & Antiauthoritarianism. So, this year I'll be posting about "radical trust"--critical distrust of hierarchy + authority figures, alongside expansive, horizontal social trust. Follow if interested.

States formed by capturing information about their claimed territories and subjects. Ironically, these records are primary documents for later generations of family historians. Read my 2024 analysis of genealogy's reliance upon statist records, especially censuses. works.hcommons.org/records/ac35...

An edited collection about anarchism & policing compiled after the #GeorgeFloydUprising was published earlier this year. My chapter focused on "anarchist possibilities" regarding trust & confidence in police; horizontalists distrust police + protest more. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Here's my 2024 study assessing #CivilSociety theories using case studies related to #anarchism (incl. the Haymarket Affair, Spanish #Revolution, & Seattle's anti-WTO #protest). These theories need to better account for not just non-capitalism, but anti-capitalism. works.hcommons.org/records/6epc...

I'm not new to Bluesky, but this is my first post. I'm active on Mastodon (@[email protected]), too, and plan to stay there. Here, I'll likely just post about what I'm reading and writing. My interests include political sociology, inequalities, social movements, anarchist studies, trust, and music.