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Elaine Fisher

@elainefisher.bsky.social
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Scholar of religion and the public sphere, in South Asia and around the globe. Bringing democracy and religion into dialogue.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
happy LABOR day weekend! find your WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES protest! almost 1000 planned in all 50 states and DC www.newsweek.com/map-list-cit...
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Map and list of cities hosting nationwide anti-Trump protests on Labor Day
"Workers Over Billionaires" protests are set to take place in hundreds of cities across the country on September 1.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/08/2025
This Labor Day, we stand together for a country that puts working families before billionaires. Find an event near you: bit.ly/3Vm59ED Don't see one in your area? Host your own! bit.ly/4oOLzhQ
A person holding a protest sign that reads "WORKERS 1st NOT BILLIONAIRES" with silhouettes of raised fists along the bottom.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
See you at a Labor Day rally and march in Chicago to protest Trump's threat of a military occupation.
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Labor Day March Planned To Protest Trump And Possible National Guard Deployment
Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday the Chicago Police Department has "strategically placed a plan" if President Donald Trump follows through on threats to deploy thousands of federal troops in the cit...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Don’t forget: Nationwide protest hosted by 50501 this Labor Day!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This Labor Day, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest. We must continue standing together to show Trump that we, the people, have the power – not his billionaire buddies and corporate cronies. bit.ly/4lMgKaR
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Elaine Fisher @elainefisher.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
And now, the latest in what the current administration is doing to demolish academic freedom.
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Elaine Fisher @elainefisher.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Federal employees have been ordered to respond to Elon Musk at the email hr@opm.gov. It would be very wrong if millions of people around the world abused that inbox by flooding it with nonsense — so please don’t do this. Copied from a friend.
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Elaine Fisher @elainefisher.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
So, who's going to start a pro-democracy media network along the lines of this one to reshape public anti-authoritarian culture? Does such a thing exist? If any org wants to do this, we scholars will help you connect to the best theorists of democracy, media, religion, etc. to make it happen.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We just had this whole election cycle about how inflation is the unforgivable political sin, which no other widely felt benefit can counterbalance, and it’s discarded two days into the new administration.
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Frederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
We can expect leaders from the New Apostolic Reformation to be in DC for events around the Trump inauguration. Get caught up on this important movement that helped propel Trump's campaign, with this webinar staged by @praeyesright.bsky.social last Fall. vimeo.com/user104260549
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Political Research Associates
Founded in 1981, Political Research Associates (PRA) provides research, analysis, and strategic recommendations to understand and combat anti-democratic forces.…
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Elaine Fisher @elainefisher.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
"Tens of millions of believers—about 40 percent of American Christians, including Catholics... are embracing an alluring, charismatic movement that has little use for religious pluralism, individual rights, or constitutional democracy." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
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Elaine Fisher @elainefisher.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Sharing the wise words of my dear colleague, Linda Hess, on her perspective on the suffering in Gaza. Absolutely worth a read; please share. www.lionsroar.com/seeking-budd...
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Seeking Buddha in Gaza | Lion’s Roar
As a Buddhist, a Jew, and a supporter of the Palestinian people, religious scholar Linda Hess wears the checked Palestinian scarf called a keffiyeh and a blue Zen garment called a rakusu that symboliz...
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
At the Texas Capitol, Christian worshippers are blessing the walls of a hearing room to protect lawmakers from spiritual forces and the “Jezebel” spirit. “Pray for the fear of the Lord to come into this place,” says MercyCulture pastor Landon Schott.
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Elaine Fisher @elainefisher.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Finally these networks are getting media attention. Please share widely. www.salon.com/2024/12/06/u...
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"Go scorched Earth on the satanic bureaucracy": Christian nationalists move to gut the constitution
Trump gave control of the federal budget to a Project 2025 henchman who calls this a "post-constitutional moment"
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Elaine Fisher @elainefisher.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
See, this is all fun and games until Congress votes to allow blanket revocation of non-profit status. Be sure to call your senators and tell them to oppose H.R. 9495!
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