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nafis @cannafis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Good morning. Mamdani morning.

nafis @cannafis.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Teaching this course again after 3 years - still a few spots left! Scholarships available. Come learn about the political and social dimensions of cancer research, and why after more than fifty years of the War on Cancer, victory is still elusive. Sign up at the link below.

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nafis @cannafis.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

@deathpanel.bsky.social and Health Communism have been essential in shaping my understanding of sickness under capitalism. An honor to be able to talk about my book on this podcast!

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NPR @npr.org · 07/09/2025

How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.

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Giving hope to a little girl who lost a limb

How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.

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Tayyaba Jiwani @radkinase.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Reviewed @cannafis.bsky.social's hard-hitting book on the politics of cancer for Science for the People. It lays out how rising cancer rates are closely linked to the neoliberal transformation of society, from cancer science to medicine and industry magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/online/the-c...

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Dismantling the Cancer Industrial Complex • SftP Magazine

In Hasan’s telling, cancer is a disease of capitalism. It is not just that the disease symbolises the growth-addicted, violently expansionist, and self-destructive nature of capitalism. Instead, Metas...

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Jamhoor @jamhoor.org · 27/08/2025

📣 NEW RELEASE📣 Once revolutionary, Bangladesh’s student-led party now courts dubious allies. What does this say about “post-ideological” politics? An excerpt from Nijjor Manush’s new book Inquilab Zindabad?: www.jamhoor.org/read/militan...

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

"The more you learn about the drug development process...the more you realize that all of it is centered around generating more profit instead of centering the patients." Listen to @cannafis.bsky.social talk about his book METASTASIS: www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/05/t...

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The Cancer-Industrial Complex w/ Nafis Hasan

On this episode, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to Nafis Hasan about his new book, Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the

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Jamhoor @jamhoor.org · 01/07/2025

📣 NEW BLOG: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's victory charts a new path forward for the South Asian diaspora -- @cannafis.bsky.social www.jamhoor.org/blog/zohran-...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Our campaign offers a glimpse of what city government can look like: energetic, focused, and always bringing people in.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

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Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

My brother in Christ, this looks like it will be one for the books... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

✨ @cannafis.bsky.social and his book, METASTASIS, got a shoutout in @redemmas.org's newsletter. Thank you ‪@megberkobien.bsky.social‬! Sign up for their newsletter for great book recs: redemmas.org

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Making Worlds Bookstore & Social Center @makingworlds.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

From Philly DSA: The Philly No Appetite For Apartheid Campaign would like to invite interested member of the Community to learn about our No Appetite for Apartheid Campaign and how they can help promote the divestment from Israel in their local community. Thursday, June 5th at 6 PM!

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

"A sweeping plan to revamp the State Department would establish an Office of Remigration, a term popularized by far-right activists in Europe and white nationalists who want the mass removal of immigrants." www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...

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The Trump Admin Is Reportedly Embracing The Far-Right, Racist Concept Of Remigration

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said." www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...

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'Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal': Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault 'War Crimes'

"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination," former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Columbia: "We continue to be deeply concerned about Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi" Also Columbia:

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SCOOP: Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained
"I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm."
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Zeteo article:

Emails Show
Mohsen Mahdawi
Pleaded with Columbia for Protection for
Months Before ICE
Detained Him
"Is this how Columbia cares for its students?" the green card holder asked less than a month before his arrest this week.
PREM THAKKER
APR 18, 2025

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

There are a half-dozen ways or more that Trump is demonstrably hobbling cancer research. @ryanlcooper.com looks at a set of policies that would be no different if three cancers in a trenchcoat were making them. prospect.org/health/2025-...

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The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer

America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.

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nafis @cannafis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Can't believe my event last night at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social was sold out and I got to see so many @bostondsa.org comrades! My heart is so full ❤️

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nafis @cannafis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

So grateful to @symposiumbooks.bsky.social for hosting me and @phileil.bsky.social for a generative conversation and a signed copy of his book! Looking forward to reading and learning from him.

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nafis @cannafis.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

"Metastasis isn’t an easy read... Its style and density make Metastasis an imperfect book and its engagement with Marxist philosophy isn’t mainstream in US science writing. But it is also deeply necessary and illuminating." Appreciate @kpc.bsky.social's critical review for @newscientist.com

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Two chances this week to hear me chatting about books: Tomorrow night, April 10, I'll be talking about Prescription for Pain at Barrington Books. And Sunday afternoon, April 13, I'll be speaking with @cannafis.bsky.social about his fascinating book Metastasis at Symposium Books!

A flier for Phil Eil's book event at Barrington Books on April 10, at 7 p.m., to discuss the paperback of his book Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the "Pill Mill Killer."

A flier for a book event for Nafis Hasan's Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care at Symposium Books in Providence on Sunday, April 13, at 4 p.m. He'll be in conversation with me: Philip Eil.

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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The Trump admin is gutting NIOSH, the only federal agency dedicated to worker safety research. Thousands of workers are already out of a job. Lives are at risk. Call Congress and demand they reverse the cuts and reinstate these essential workers. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

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CALL: Reverse Gutting of Core Worker Safety Agency, NIOSH

Due to Elon Musk and his unaccountable DOGE, we are facing one of the largest mass firings of federal workers in history, including highly technical federal workers who keep us safe on the job. More...

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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

interior secretary explicitly referencing ‘de-extinction’ pseudoscience as a pretext to abolish the Endangered Species Act

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear. His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...

In just four days, Dr. Khan Suri was transferred among five different ICE facilities across three states, despite the fact that ICE records indicate there were beds in Virginia facilities. Dr. Khan Suri was fasting in religious observance of Ramadan, but multiple ICE facilities refused him food or water to break his fast.

For almost two weeks, he was housed in a room without a bed and with a television blaring 21 hours a day. Dr. Khan Suri was issued used underwear, and a bright red uniform that is usually reserved for detained individuals who have been classified as ‘high security’ based on their criminal history or alleged affiliation with criminal organizations. He is not permitted to work or spend more than two hours per week outside of his dorm.

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nafis @cannafis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Going back to where it all started: Boston folks, see you in a week! I will be in conversation with Calvin Wu at the @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social Apr 15, 7 pm. Big thanks to my old chapter @bostondsa.org for co-sponsoring! RSVP- nafishasan_brooklinebooksmith2025.eventbrite.com

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Nafis has written an interesting and important book, and I'm looking forward to chatting with him about it. Join us!

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nafis @cannafis.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

hey Providence! See you Sunday, 4/13, 4 pm for a conversation about my book with @phileil.bsky.social at @symposiumbooks.bsky.social. RSVP here - www.eventbrite.com/e/author-eve...

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 04/04/2025

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2):

“It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2):

“According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

“As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 03/04/2025

Israel's genocide on Gaza must end NOW. The US funds it. Trump wants to escalate it. On April 5, we march. For Gaza. For Lebanon. For Mahmoud. For Rumeysa. marchforpalestine.org

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nafis @cannafis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

thanks Ben! Would love to hear your thoughts on the book too :)

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nafis @cannafis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

next stop on the book tour - Charlottesville!! Big thanks to @cvilledsa.bsky.social for hosting - excited to be in conversation with my friend, comrade and brilliant historian Perri Meldon! Sun, Apr 6, 4.30 pm at Visible Records

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Eid Mubarak from me to you 🌙

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Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Last night, Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez was taken by ICE in Washington State, where he has lived, worked, and organized as a farmworker since he was 14, on his way to take his partner to work. Take action against this attack on farmworker leadership now: bsky.app/profile/food...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility. 1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken. A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.

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WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine

“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Reminder from 2020 of what all the "Cancel Culture" grifters, who are almost unanimously silent as ICE continues to kidnap people, were angling for: A police state.

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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night. Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/03/2025

Today on Volts: if the market won't build clean energy fast enough, should the state step in? Advocates believe so, and they convinced the NY legislature, which passed a public-power law over a year ago. How's that law doing? And how's the larger public-power push? We get into it.

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What's going on with public power in New York?

A conversation with Patrick Robbins of Public Power NY and Johanna Bozuwa of the Climate and Community Institute.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

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