An absolute banger in "social history from the top down." (In Mayer's own words.)

The tenth book of the year. And it's excellent!

Liberal pundits after every elections:

This is the fifth book I've read this January.

Tesla: Gigafabrik in Grünheide verliert rund 1700 Arbeitsplätze Das deutsche Werk von Tesla schrumpft offenbar schneller als von Elon Musk verordnet. Interne Dokumente zeigen einen Stellenabbau von fast 14 Prozent.

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According to internal documents from the election committee of the Tesla works council, the number of employees at the plant has dropped to 10,703.

That is a decline of roughly 1,700 employees (or nearly 14%) compared to the 12,415 workers employed during the last works council election in 2024

In: Matthew Frye Jacobson, Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race, p.271.

Cédric Durand, Michel Aglietta, NLR 156, November–December 2025 A tribute to the founder of the Parisian Regulation School of heterodox economics, with its striking combination of elite statistical training, rich conceptualizations and long-range economic history....

RIP Michel Aglietta. A reckoning with the work of one of the parents of the Regulation School by @cedricdurand.bsky.social for @newleftreview.bsky.social newleftreview.org/issues/ii156...

Watching Sátántangó.

My third read of '26. Pretty good so far! Very informative and a heap of data for a possible further theorization of race.

The first book I've finished in 2026. Mentally, I'm in the Deep South, I guess.

Second read of the year

BP's had a hell of a 20 yrs:

✅2004 -"Greenwashing" rebrand w/ "Beyond Petroleum" campaign. Invent "carbon footprint" deflecting blame.
✅2010-Spill 134 million gallons of oil into the sea.
✅2020-Claim ambition to shift from oil/gas to clean energy.
✅2025-Abandon such claims.

Born 105 years ago yesterday. One of the all-time greats!

Malcolm X Malcolm X and Rosa Parks were two of the civil rights leaders assembled by A. Philip Randolph for a 1962 rally supporting poorly-paid Black, Hispanic, and Caribbean hospital workers in their bid for.....

This is one of my favorite photos - it shows collaboration between 3 of the most important Black leaders of the 20th century. Anna Arnold Hedgeman is often cropped out -- yet she was as influential as Malcolm X and A Philip Randolph. Here, she's identified as Rosa Parks! Please, learn your history!

The Lenbachhaus in Munich is home to some of the finest examples of the New Objectivity art. If you happen to be in Munich don't miss the chance to visit the gallery!

Israeli forces kill at least 14 Palestinians since dawn <article data-history-node-id="424637" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-kill-least-14-palestinians-dawn" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-kill-least-14-palestinians-dawn" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces kill at least 14 Palestinians since dawn</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces killed at least 14 Palestinians in southern&nbsp;Gaza since dawn on Sunday, a medical source at Nasser Medical Complex told Al Jazeera.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli forces kill at least 14 Palestinians since dawn - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...

Los Angeles! There she blows! by Louis Adamic Louis Adamic's classic 1930 essay on the origins and development of Los Angeles. For those who saw this mentioned in Mike Davis' City Of Quartz this is the entire article from Outlook Magazine.

libcom.org/article/los-...

Interview with Hazem Jamjoum on Ghassan Kanafani and ‘The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine’ Ghassan Kanafani’s ‘The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine’ examines the mass uprisings against Zionism and for independence from British colonialism. A new English translation of the book offer...

Ghassan Kanafani’s 'The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine' examines the mass uprisings against Zionism and for independence from British colonialism. A new English translation of the book offer news insights into the pivotal text.

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#Palestine #Israel

Do Your Own Damn Research: The New Episteme of Trump 2.0

Trump 2.0's attack on universities and gutting of funding for research is nothing less than an attempt to create a new episteme, one that replaces research and experts with "do your own research" influencers and scams.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2025/05/do-y...

RIP to one of the greatest voices of the exploited and oppressed.

Love Ann Petry! 'The Street' was a delight and so is 'The Narrows'.

Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with video | CNN South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat in awkward silence as he listened to a video US President Donald Trump played in the Oval Office. CNN’s Larry Madowo reports that Trump was pushing debunked...

staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...

#OtD 19 May 1925 El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, aka Malcolm X, was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He became one of the most influential advocates of self-defence for Black people as well as one of the foremost critics of America's institutional racism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9128...

#OtD 16 May 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters went on strike, shutting down almost all commercial transport in the city. The dispute lasted over three months, ending with most of the workers' demands being met in a landmark win shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/str...

Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century is in such a nice font

@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social

🚩 May Day demo. Mpls, 2022.

How the creation of the ‘New Antisemitism’ was used to shield Israel and attack the Left Challenges to Zionism in the late 1960s and 1970s sparked an effort to redefine antisemitism focused on defending Israel while attacking the political Left. This resulted in the IHRA definition and…

Challenges to Zionism in the late 1960s and 1970s sparked an effort to redefine antisemitism focused on defending Israel while attacking the political Left. This resulted in the IHRA definition and the assault on Palestine activism we see today.

Mandatory summmer reading, no doubt!

Free Markets and Fixed Natures - Boston Review How neoliberals fell in love with “human nature”—the glue that still unites the divergent factions of the new right.

Can't wait to get my hands on this book. Until then... here's an excerpt:

The great thinker of a free Palestine!