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Andrew Osborne

@andrewosborne.bsky.social
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writer & researcher / PhD Sociology specialising in the study of organising among New York street vendors, thesis: research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/35889

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/08/2026
Stephen Miller said a Chicago apartment building raided by immigration agents was “filled with terrorists.” So why is it that not a single person arrested that night was charged with a crime? 🎧 This is the real story behind the midnight raid. Listen on “Paper Trail”:
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The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building
Trump officials claimed they successfully arrested members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in a dramatic midnight raid. We uncovered a very different story.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 23/08/2026
Joe Lonsdale co-founded Palantir, runs the venture capital firm 8VC, and helped lead a pro-Trump super PAC. His Cicero Institute has also pushed laws criminalizing homelessness across the country. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social reports on the billionaire behind the crackdown.
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Inside the Right’s War on the Homeless
How one Trumpist tech mogul pushed a crackdown on the unhoused all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
RIP Jesse Jackson, whose anti-imperialist Rainbow Coalition attempted to cut across the path of automatic neoliberal succession, yet was blocked by Harrington and Howes' DSA, which didn't subscribe to the multiracial, working–class coalition's demand for structural change.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
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Distributed Denial of Secrets @ddosecrets.org · 22/12/2025
The censored 60 Minutes' segment, Inside CECOT, is now available. Download from @ddosecrets.org: data.ddosecrets.org/Inside%20CEC... Download/stream from @archive.org: archive.org/details/insi... The original video was recorded by @jasonparis.bsky.social, and cleaned up by @emma.best
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Writers from the Luasan Collective examine how long-standing bid-rigging between Hong Kong’s local state and building contractors created the conditions for the deadly Wang Fuk Court fires in Tai Po.
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Tai Po in flames - Lausan
How Hongkongers are reviving mass action and mutual aid in the wake of the deadly fires in Tai Po.
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Land Value Politics, Kim Phillips-Fein interviews @dlondonwortel.bsky.social —"rather than seeing 'neoliberalism' as a turn towards economic logic, we should see it as a continuation of an older, very narrow fiscal imaginary." www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/d...
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Land Value Politics | Kim Phillips-Fein
An interview with Daniel Wortel-London
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
My new piece in @journalspectre.bsky.social on Jeffrey Epstein, blackmail, and primitive accumulation—analysing how kompromat became the structural engine of his wealth-building scheme, predetermining outcomes and entrenching power relations. spectrejournal.com/jeffrey-epst...
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Jeffrey Epstein – Spectre Journal
Andrew Osborne analyzes the social dynamics that made Jeffrey Epstein an indispensable exemplar of capitalist appropriation before, ultimately, rendering him redundant.
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
IG: @nigrotime 📷
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New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The first translation of Siegfried Kracauer's "harrowing and hilarious" WWI novel, Ginster, comes out tomorrow. No battles for Ginster, stages his own minor acts of resistance far from the front.
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A Lost World War I Classic Returns, as Relevant as Ever
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Got a tip recently about how Trump's tariffs are preventing libraries from sharing books, and causing their loaned books to get stuck or lost in other countries: www.404media.co/libraries-ca...
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Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs
Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
curtis yarvin seems somewhat unhappy
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Budget Motel Abyss @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
www.gofundme.com/f/help-heury...
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I asked U.S. Northern Command about this (as the federalized California troops are under their authority); they directed me to the Pentagon which directed me to the White House. a WH spokesperson said Trump "exercised his lawful authority" after alleged "violent riots and attacks on law enforcement"
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Hausu M.D. 🎥👺📼🍉🖤 @suspiraserhead.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The funniest thing about this is how legit terrified ICE looks.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
"Goodstein had reportedly been receiving death threats in the past few weeks.... 'She's had multiple death threats over the years,' "Just last month, she was involved in a controversial case in determining if voter's personal information in South Carolina could be handed over to the government. "
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2025
ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon. There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified. This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:
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Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation
According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.
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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
This is how ICE drove by protesters yesterday. A row of state police separated protesters and ICE vehicles.
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Goldenseal @deevee0013.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Palestinian scholar and feminist Eman Abdelhadi arrested today in Chicago. Here she is calling shame on the cops and demanding they question their life choices.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
These fascists have taken my friend, Palestinian scholar and feminist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social into custody.
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
"When she complained, she received a letter [...] The offences you are held on remand for are linked to Palestine Action and impact roles that are considered appropriate for you. The library orderly role is not considered appropriate." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Prisoners held over alleged Palestine Action offences face crackdown since group ban
People charged before protest group was proscribed describe restrictions on wearing keffiyehs and holding certain prison jobs
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
In 1983, 50 companies controlled 90% of the U.S. media market. That number is now down to 5.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
NEW: Recently we reported on L.A. honor student and track star Nory Sontay Ramos and her mom Estela, deported after a routine immigration check-in. Weeks after we met them in Guatemala, where they were in hiding, Estela died suddenly. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
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The death of Estela Ramos Baten
Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother Estela were deported after a routine check-in. Two months later, Estela was buried with Guatemalan and U.S. flags draped over her coffin.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Political violence.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"FREE DC! FREE PALESTINE! TRUMP IS THE HITLER OF OUR TIME!"
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/09/2025
A sign of a man throwing a sandwich with a free dc banner underneath
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Shea Jordan Smith @sheajordansmith.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Hilton Americas workers in Houston are ON STRIKE — the first Texas hotel worker strike in modern history. Strong unions build strong communities. When workers stand up for justice, they deserve leaders who stand with them. #LaborDay
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
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As many as 100 Epstein victims will attend Washington rally Wednesday
The rally comes as lawmakers Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) want a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to release Epstein files.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Trump Boasts of Strike on “Drug-Carrying Boat” from Venezuela The U.S. military carried out an attack on a "drug vessel" in the Caribbean. It could mark the first shots of a new war. theintercept.com/2025/09/02/t...
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Trump Boasts of Strike on “Drug-Carrying Boat” from Venezuela
The U.S. military carried out an attack on a "drug vessel" in the Caribbean. It could mark the first shots of a new war.
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"The hacking software – called Graphite – can hack into any phone [and] can also open and read information held on encrypted applications, like WhatsApp or Signal."
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Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
If you open the windows, Beelzebub gets out.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 02/09/2025
BREAKING: Trump’s use of the National Guard during immigration protests in Los Angeles is illegal, a judge rules. Follow AP's live updates.
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Live updates: Trump’s use of the National Guard during LA immigration protests ruled illegal
A judge in Washington ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal.
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Angela Mitropoulos @mitropoulos.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The far Right has thoroughly inverted the meaning of antisemitism. It ostensibly no longer describes fascist antipathy toward "rootless cosmopolitanism" & "globalists" — as Hitler ranted on about in Mein Kampf. Now, it is supposed to refer to criticism of Hitler's ultra- and ethno-nationalism.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Israeli army calls up reserves amid fears of low turnout and falling morale - www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-…
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Israeli army calls up reserves amid fears of low turnout and falling morale
Testimony from reservists suggests army expects significant dropout due to a combination of exhaustion, trauma and distrust in the government's true aims
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
As rumors fly that Trump has suffered a stroke, I was reminded that the motherfucker has always been a loathsome piece of shit. To make more money with a different tenant, Trump threw 74-year-old widow, Mary Filan, who had recently suffered a stroke out of her Queens apartment.
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 29/08/2025
I wrote a whole monograph about how people endlessly try to emulate the Bad Thing at the center of a spectacle dystopia, but this really takes the cake.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
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Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods
This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
NEWS: CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the country, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states and DC — even to people who meet the new FDA criteria — because the CDC hasn't signed off and isn't expected to do so (if it does so) for at least three weeks.
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CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Matthew Petti covers Jeffrey Epstein's attempt to pivot towards surveillance-tech in his later years—investing in the Israeli startup Carbyne, while leveraging ties with Ehud Barak and Peter Thiel.
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Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s spy industry connections
Leaked emails show Epstein’s attempts to dabble in security tech—across borders—in the last years of his life.
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Corey Frayer @csfrayer.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
'#Carney’s government appears more interested in deflecting attention from the damning arms trade revelations than in delivering real justice for #Palestinians.' socialistproject.ca/2025/08/expo...
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Exposing Canada’s Role in Arming Israel
On July 29, World Beyond War and the Palestinian Youth Movement published a 53-page report, “Exposing Canadian Military Exports to Israel,” detailing the extent of the Canadian government’s direct inv...
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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Now online: 'David Harvey’s Value Theory: A Critique of Marxism *as* Political Economy' by Benjamin Tetler.
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The economics of the Cracker Barrel rebrand explained: the tension between use and exchange.
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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Bill Fletcher, Jr.: "Neofascism sees the trade union movement as its enemy while at the same time trying to appeal to the working class who make up labour’s membership." inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
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The Labor Movement Is in a Fight for Its Existence Against a Neofascist Threat
For unions to survive, they must embrace antifascism.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 22/08/2025
Eric Adams’ Close Advisor and Associates Indicted in Wide-Ranging Influence Schemes www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/21/e...
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Eric Adams’ Close Advisor and Associates Indicted in Wide-Ranging Influence Schemes
Longtime right hand to the mayor Ingrid Lewis-Martin, city official Jesse Hamilton and Greenpoint film and TV studio owners are among those charged by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg in alleged…
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