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asha ransby-sporn

@asha-rrs.bsky.social
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organizer, writer find me in chicago. linktr.ee/asharansbysporn

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Alex Han @alexhan.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
In Chicago we have an actually existing left/progressive led coalition with governing power. It's a very different situation but one to examine and engage with. You can listen to me, @asha-rrs.bsky.social and Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor try to untangle it here: thedigradio.com/podcast/chic...
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Chicago’s Left Experiment
Featuring Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, and Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor on Chicago’s left political experiment. In the wake of Zohran’s remarkable victory in New York, organizers all over the country ar...
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 05/11/2025
On the cusp of Zohran Mamdani winning the NYC mayoral election, @asha-rrs.bsky.social examines how Black voters shaped—and could redefine—the Left’s electoral future.
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Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left
Looked at closely, Mamdani’s campaign shows the crucial role—and potential—of Black voters in America’s insurgent left political coalition.
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lauraflanders.org @lauraflanders.org · 24/10/2025
Wherever you are in the county, you’ve probably heard the name "Zohran Mamdani." Why has the NYC mayoral candidate captured this much attention, and what does it reveal about the popularity of progressive politics? bit.ly/3WSDonQ Ft. @felipedlh.bsky.social, Osama Siblani & @asha-rrs.bsky.social.
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David Zoltan (he/they) @wonkicorn.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Anything by @asha-rrs.bsky.social is worth reading. One of the sharpest strategists in the country, if not the world.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 19/08/2025
Black voters are not inherently “moderate.” In fact, 67% view socialism favorably—the highest of any demographic. What Mamdani’s win shows about this untapped power, from @asha-rrs.bsky.social
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Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left
Looked at closely, Mamdani’s campaign shows the crucial role—and potential—of Black voters in America’s insurgent left political coalition.
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Alex Han @alexhan.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
attempting to interpret my experience of trying to build Left electoral power through the challenging prism of big city municipal politics in forms both written: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
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What the Left Must Learn from Mamdani
Our role on the Left is to set aside our cynicism and push through the specter of electoral losses to help set the table for our political future.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 07/08/2025
Looked at closely, Mamdani’s campaign shows the crucial role—and potential—of Black voters in America’s insurgent left political coalition.
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Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left
Looked at closely, Mamdani’s campaign shows the crucial role—and potential—of Black voters in America’s insurgent left political coalition.
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 07/08/2025
Building trust within Black communities, investing in durable organization: this is exactly the advice several young Black Zohran volunteers in SE Queens gave me as well during the primary. As usual, @asha-rrs.bsky.social knows what's up. (PS—great idea to reach out to @sandynurse.bsky.social).
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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Zohran’s victory prompted many to ask: what’s up in Chicago? CTU leader Brandon Johnson mayoral election was product of labor and social struggle. But project confronts challenges. LIVE DIG w @alexhan.bsky.social, @asha-rrs.bsky.social, Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/chic...
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Chicago’s Left Experiment
Featuring Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, and Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor on Chicago’s left political experiment. In the wake of Zohran’s remarkable victory in New York, organizers all over the country ar...
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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Chicago! I’m doing a live show July 2nd (just ahead of the @socialismconference.org) w/ @inthesetimes.com on the state of Chicago politics, appraising Mayor Brandon Johnson’s tenure two years in. Guests: @alexhan.bsky.social, @asha-rrs.bsky.social, Alderman Jeanette Taylor. Link for tickets below!👇
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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
No more urgent conversation for this moment: @keeanga.bsky.social and @asha-rrs.bsky.social offer a critical reflection on summer 2020 rebellion: “The pressing question is how we went from twenty-six million people on the streets to a fascist in the White House?” www.thedigradio.com/podcast/from...
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From Rebellion to Reaction w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Asha Ransby-Sporn
Featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Asha Ransby-Sporn on 2020’s summer of mass protest and rebellion sparked by the police murder of George Floyd. As Keeanga puts it: “The pressing question is how w...
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 22/05/2025
Two years afters Mayor Brandon Johnson's election, @asha-rrs.bsky.social interviews Chicago organizers about what they've accomplished—and what they've learned about power. Read it here: inthesetimes.com/article/mayo...
Two Years After Electing a Mayor, Chicago's Left Keeps Contesting for Power.
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 19/05/2025
When comrades ask who to read for useful takes on how the organized Left is doing in Chicago, one person I consistently name is @asha-rrs.bsky.social. Her latest column in @inthesetimes.com offers an insightful assessment of the moment for Chicago's Left and a wise strategic orientation to meet it.
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barbararansby.bsky.social @barbararansby.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Winning City Hall is important, but not the North Star. Still, in this neo-fascist moment, we need geographical spaces where left politics can breathe.Chi is one such place. See Asha's @inthesetimes.com piece. Support @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in NYC & ORGANIZE!!! inthesetimes.com/article/mayo...
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Two Years After Electing a Mayor, Chicago’s Left Keeps Contesting for Power
Movement-backed Mayor Brandon Johnson and a record class of progressive alders took office exactly two years ago. I spoke with organizers—including CTU President Stacy Davis-Gates—about what we’ve won...
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 15/05/2025
Two years ago today, middle-school-teacher-turned-union-organizer Brandon Johnson was sworn in as mayor. @asha-rrs.bsky.social writes about what Chicago's left movement has won and what’s still to be done to deliver a more equitable city. ⤵️
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Two Years After Electing a Mayor, Chicago’s Left Reflects on Contesting for Power
Movement-backed Mayor Brandon Johnson and a record class of progressive alders took office exactly two years ago. I spoke with organizers—including CTU President Stacy Davis-Gates—about what we’ve…
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 09/05/2025
Did someone say base-building? 🙂 As usual, Maurice's take here is excellent: materially grounded and collective-action oriented. @hammerandhope.bsky.social has compiled an excellent collection of answers to this reflective question. I also recommend in particular the piece by @asha-rrs.bsky.social
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 05/04/2025
Man, the big huge protests in places like Boston, DC, NY, Chicago, and Minneapolis are awe-inspiring. But my heart is gonna explode looking at these crowds of people out in tiny Maine towns and super red Alabama towns. Places where 15% of the population is on the street corner with more coming!
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asha ransby-sporn @asha-rrs.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
what the rightwing billionaire alliance is doing is a revolution for the wealthy. we can debate the most effective tactics etc, but anyone telling Black people that we shouldn't play a part at all in doing whatever we can to resist is not to be trusted w any of our liberation
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asha ransby-sporn @asha-rrs.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
there are no coincidences. trump & netanyahu announcing a fragile ceasefire ahead of him taking office, then israel repeatedly breaking the ceasefire while the U.S.'s billionaire-captured federal govt floods its own people w/ attacks so we are too overwhelmed to respond to each thing. & then..
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Respair Media @respairmedia.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The wave of structural dismantling and violence that Trump reigns down threatens to overwhelm us. But our guest Asha Ransby-Sporn has some answers. We talked about what we can learn from our opposition, movement homes, and much more 🌱 LISTEN: pod.link/1016530091/e... @asha-rrs.bsky.social
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"We owe it to each other not only to reject the idea that there is nothing we can do, but to resist these attempts to overwhelm, distract and divide us." Important piece by @asha-rrs.bsky.social
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In the Face of Overwhelm
We owe it to each other to resist attempts to disorient, divide and distract us from the reality of government takeover by the billionaire Right.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18/02/2025
This is tonight! Join @natashakimiz.bsky.social, @sarahlazare.bsky.social, @asha-rrs.bsky.social and @alexhan.bsky.social at 6:30pm! Details here: www.eventbrite.com/e/another-wo...
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Bryan Mercer @bmercer.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
“One of the purposeful consequences of overwhelm is that we see ourselves as the people politics happens to as opposed to being active participants in doing politics or shaping our political reality… But we are political actors, too, if we choose to be!” inthesetimes.com/article/bill...
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In the Face of Overwhelm
We owe it to each other to resist attempts to disorient, divide and distract us from the reality of government takeover by the billionaire Right.
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rufflefeather @rufflefeather.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
"But we are political actors, too, if we choose to be!" Let's make a better world.
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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
"Beyond a laundry list of moral positions or communities we care about, we should be tying ourselves together with a coherent vision for the direction we want our society to go — and a worldview about how it should work " - @asha-rrs.bsky.social
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mía @lumaruna.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
" In the Face of Overwhelm ... the barrier to people-powered organizing is not that people don’t care to see change in the context of their workplaces, but that they believe the forces against them are too strong ..." @asha-rrs.bsky.social via @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social
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In the Face of Overwhelm
We owe it to each other to resist attempts to disorient, divide and distract us from the reality of government takeover by the billionaire Right.
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 13/02/2025
NEW — Chicago organizer @asha-rrs.bsky.social encourages you to reject the idea that there is nothing we can do in the face of billionaire government takeover. This piece is being republished in partnership with @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social. thetriibe.com/2025/02/in-t...
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In the face of overwhelm • The TRiiBE
PERSPECTIVE: We owe it to each other to reject the idea that there is nothing we can do in the face of billionaire government takeover — and to resist attempts to disorient, divide and distract us.
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asha ransby-sporn @asha-rrs.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Billionaire government takeover is made possible by overwhelming the public, media & institutions around us. We owe it to each other to face it all & resist anyway. my first in a new column w @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social, co-published w @thetriibe.com read if you like.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 13/02/2025
"Let’s be people who are flexible enough to shed tactical dogma, step outside of issue silos and embrace moments of opportunity." — @asha-rrs.bsky.social
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In the Face of Overwhelm
We owe it to each other to resist attempts to disorient, divide and distract us from the reality of government takeover by the billionaire Right.
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asha ransby-sporn @asha-rrs.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
i cannot stress enough how much we shouldnt just be carrying on w the same organizing & movement strategies, campaigns, or demands as usual. a tech billionaire taking over fed government & gutting many of its (insufficient, yes, but needed) functions is a society-changing event.
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