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Hadas Thier

@hadasthier.bsky.social
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Author of A People's Guide to Capitalism, and Crypto-Capitalism: The New Financial Dystopia (Jan 2027). Raising a very young Mets prospect.

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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“I don’t know how families are making it right now.” Brooke Floyd told me, “It does make me think when I’m lying in bed at night, What are these babies eating?” hammerandhope.org/article/medi... Grateful for support from @economichardship.bsky.social to write this for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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The Economic Crisis in Black America
Life for most Black people in the United States is a scramble to get by in the best of economic times — and with Trump’s cuts to social programs like Medicaid and food stamps, the times are getting worse.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hammer and Hope Issue #12 is out now, available for free in its entirety here. A short thread featuring a few of the articles: hammerandhope.org
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Hammer & Hope
A magazine of Black politics and culture
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"And the worst is still to come: In October, billions of dollars’ worth of expenses from [SNAP] will be shifted to the states, leading to further cuts and the possible elimination of food stamps altogether..." @hadasthier.bsky.social on the economic crisis: hammerandhope.org/article/medi...
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The Economic Crisis in Black America
Life for most Black people in the United States is a scramble to get by in the best of economic times — and with Trump’s cuts to social programs like Medicaid and food stamps, the times are getting worse.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 19/09/2026
Our Fall 2026 catalog is here! New books from @jwashing.bsky.social, Noura Erakat and John Reynolds, Saul Williams, @khadijahqueen.com, Daniel Hosang, @hadasthier.bsky.social, @js-tan.bsky.social and Clarissa Redwine, Marwan Bishara, and many others!
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Haymarket Books Fall 2026 Catalog
Haymarket Books Fall 2026 Catalog
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ahh! Just got my advance copies of Crypto Capitalism: The New Financial Dystopia Official pub via @haymarketbooks.org in January! Super excited this will be out in the world after so much time and work. I plunged in so that you wouldn't have to ;) DM if you want a copy to write a review.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You can pre-order here! bookshop.org/p/books/cryp...
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Crypto-Capitalism: The New Financial Dystopia
From the author of A People's Guide to Capitalism, a clear-eyed look at the world of cryptocurrencies, cutting through the glitz and the scams to reveal how crypto mirrors and exacerbates the crises o...
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ahh! Just got my advance copies of Crypto Capitalism: The New Financial Dystopia Official pub via @haymarketbooks.org in January! Super excited this will be out in the world after so much time and work. I plunged in so that you wouldn't have to ;) DM if you want a copy to write a review.
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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a tremendous piece from start to finish, with so many quotable lines in between. An essential read for folks in Rhode Island and beyond.
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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
In Issue No. 11, @hadasthier.bsky.social asked more than two dozen organizers in cities around the country this question: What lessons can be learned from how the resistance in Minnesota and beyond came together? hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
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Inside the Nationwide Resistance to the ICE Invasions
The mass popular opposition to ICE “surges” led to a sea change in public opinion. Now organizers are asking: What’s next?
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In These Times @handle.invalid · 01/07/2026
Online gambling is already everywhere. Prediction markets expand its reach further, allowing users to wager on nearly any event imaginable, including war, natural disasters and the possibility of nuclear detonation. @hadasthier.bsky.social on the growth of the gambling economy.
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The Explosive Growth of Prediction Markets Is a Symptom of a Deeply Sick Economy
Silicon Valley fuels them. Wall Street loves them. Prediction markets are everywhere, and ordinary people will pay the price.
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In These Times @handle.invalid · 29/06/2026
Wonder if they missed the piece @hadasthier.bsky.social wrote about how Polymarket and other prediction market platforms are a symptom of a deeply sick economy. inthesetimes.com/article/pred...
Screenshot of an In These Times article header. The headline reads, “The Explosive Growth of Prediction Markets Is a Symptom of a Deeply Sick Economy.” The subhead says, “Silicon Valley fuels them. Wall Street loves them. Prediction markets are everywhere, and ordinary people will pay the price.” The piece is labeled “Feature,” written by Hadas Thier and dated June 8, 2026.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It was an honor to write about the ICE resistance for @hammerandhope.bsky.social and to talk to over two dozen organizers across the country. The fight is far from over, but the work they've done is hopeful and courageous beyond words. hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
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Inside the Nationwide Resistance to the ICE Invasions
The mass popular opposition to ICE “surges” led to a sea change in public opinion. Now organizers are asking: What’s next?
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The best of the centrist freakout about DSA's sweep in NY acknowledges the incredible electoral machine that @demsocialists.bsky.social built. But you can't simply graft good organizing onto bad politics. That's the heart of a piece I wrote for @thenation.com about DSA
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I love... everything about this.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It was an honor to write about the ICE resistance for @hammerandhope.bsky.social and to talk to over two dozen organizers across the country. The fight is far from over, but the work they've done is hopeful and courageous beyond words. hammerandhope.org/article/ice-...
hammerandhope.org
Inside the Nationwide Resistance to the ICE Invasions
The mass popular opposition to ICE “surges” led to a sea change in public opinion. Now organizers are asking: What’s next?
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Trump admin is going after the movement in Minneapolis because it reached into every corner of life in the Twin Cities, because it was so effective in forcing ICE back. They are trying desperately to regain the offensive. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Fifteen people charged over alleged interference in Minnesota immigration crackdown
Prosecutors claim defendants were part of Minneapolis-based ‘antifa’ groups that ‘violently oppose’ law enforcement
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In These Times @handle.invalid · 10/06/2026
The gambling economy has a familiar rule: The house always wins. @hadasthier.bsky.social writes, a Bloomberg analysis found that most profits on Polymarket went to a tiny slice of accounts that appeared to be automated bots. Everyone else lost $131 million in aggregate.
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The Explosive Growth of Prediction Markets Is a Symptom of a Deeply Sick Economy
Silicon Valley fuels them. Wall Street loves them. Prediction markets are everywhere, and ordinary people will pay the price.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Prediction markets, like crypto, are part of a gambling economy, symptoms of a sick economy and politics. Silicon Valley fuels them. Wall Street loves them. And ordinary people are the marks. This is my latest for @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/pred...
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The Explosive Growth of Prediction Markets Is a Symptom of a Deeply Sick Economy
Silicon Valley fuels them. Wall Street loves them. Prediction markets are everywhere, and ordinary people will pay the price.
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In These Times @handle.invalid · 09/06/2026
Young people facing high housing costs, @hadasthier.bsky.social writes, while debt and limited job opportunities are being offered as a bleak substitute for economic security: apps that encourage them to gamble on sports, crypto, elections, wars and disasters.
inthesetimes.com
The Explosive Growth of Prediction Markets Is a Symptom of a Deeply Sick Economy
Silicon Valley fuels them. Wall Street loves them. Prediction markets are everywhere, and ordinary people will pay the price.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Landlord targeted by Mamdani agrees to forgive back rent in 5,100 apartments
The company Summit says it will waive unpaid rent in its new building portfolio as long as tenants resume making payments.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Bitcoin and all things crypto are continuing their slide, now at half their peak value. It feels like 2022 all over again, but this time with Trump in the middle of the train wreck. My piece for @jacobinmag.bsky.social from earlier this spring looks at why. jacobin.com/2026/04/cryp...
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Crypto Is Flailing
Donald Trump used the White House to pump crypto to unprecedented highs. It’s still collapsing.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Trump's White House pushed crypto to unprecedented heights. But it's collapsing anyway. My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social + A good time to mention! I just submitted my "Crypto-Capitalism: The New Financial Dystopia" manuscript to @haymarketbooks.org So more to come! jacobin.com/2026/04/cryp...
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Crypto Is Flailing
Donald Trump used the White House to pump crypto to unprecedented highs. It’s still collapsing.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
HUGE NEWS: ICE’s courthouse arrests have been STAYED by a New York district judge. That means that ICE will have to stop arresting our immigrant neighbors on the spot when they show up to court at places like 26 Federal Plaza, 290 Broadway, and 201 Varick. (1/2)
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Do I know anyone (Or do you?) who is good at analyzing blockchain data, and interested in a very small gig? DM me if so!
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Trump's White House pushed crypto to unprecedented heights. But it's collapsing anyway. My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social + A good time to mention! I just submitted my "Crypto-Capitalism: The New Financial Dystopia" manuscript to @haymarketbooks.org So more to come! jacobin.com/2026/04/cryp...
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Crypto Is Flailing
Donald Trump used the White House to pump crypto to unprecedented highs. It’s still collapsing.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
“New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the impossible could be made possible.” --Zohran Mamdani For @hammerandhope.bsky.social I wrote about what comes next. hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
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Zohran Got New Yorkers to Hope. What’s the Plan to Deliver?
Organizers who brought him to the verge of victory are looking ahead to the challenges of democratic governance.
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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Mamdani’s ability to deliver transformational policies largely depends on how effectively a left coalition can mobilize for them, writes @hadasthier.bsky.social in our latest issue. hammerandhope.org/article/mamd...
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Zohran Got New Yorkers to Hope. What’s the Plan to Deliver?
Organizers who brought him to the verge of victory are looking ahead to the challenges of democratic governance.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 05/05/2025
Texas is the national epicenter of Bitcoin mining, writes @candicebernd.bsky.social with the @texasobserver.org. There are an estimated 40 crypto mines in Texas, which together consume enough electricity to power 800,000 homes. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Texas’s Crypto-Mining Racket
Public officials are propping up a Texas Bitcoin boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Jamelle Bouie @jamellebouie.net is reading about the Federal Unionists Network, and you should be too. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
“Mr. Rodríguez, we’re going to miss you,” a girl told the teacher after singing. 
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Fearing deportation, a beloved music teacher gives a final lesson
Jesús Rodríguez, a Venezuelan national whose U.S. humanitarian parole status is set to expire soon, decided to voluntarily leave the United States out of worry of being detained.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Happy May Day! Here’s some May Day reading for you from the forefront of today’s struggles. my latest in @hammerandhope.bsky.social hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
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A Spark of Hope From Scrappy Federal Workers
As federal unions engage in lengthy legal battles, the growing Federal Unionists Network has provided a fulcrum for rank-and-file members who don’t want to wait to resist.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Federal workers are providing a spark of hope-- Organizing against the Trump-Musk-Vought troika's slash-and-burn attacks & in the process, potentially laying the groundwork for a more potent labor movement in yrs to come. My latest for @hammerandhope.bsky.social hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
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A Spark of Hope From Scrappy Federal Workers
As federal unions engage in lengthy legal battles, the growing Federal Unionists Network has provided a fulcrum for rank-and-file members who don’t want to wait to resist.
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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
"What began in 2022 as an ad hoc group of fewer than two dozen union members has grown into an org of hundreds of active members, a network of 15,000+ workers, and a developing infrastructure to organize and train leaders within every federal union in the country" hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
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A Spark of Hope From Scrappy Federal Workers
As federal unions engage in lengthy legal battles, the growing Federal Unionists Network has provided a fulcrum for rank-and-file members who don’t want to wait to resist.
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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The sixth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live. It’s morning again in America. Federal agents snatch students off the streets. The White House boasts of banishing hundreds of people to a Salvadoran prison. Head Start and domestic violence shelters await the chopping block. hammerandhope.org
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Trump's latest EO to completely bust the federal unions -- ending collective bargaining rights for over a million federal workers -- is an open totalitarian call to dismantle any organization or institution that "fights back" or in any way "obstructs" the administration.
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The ADL would back the Klan if the leadership thought it might, even indirectly, help Israel in some way
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
29 hours left $64k short of our overall goal 1 out of breath candidate zohranfornyc.com/donate
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Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Rebuilding a powerful labor movement is THE key to defeating Trumpism & the billionaires Had a great conversation about the stakes & potential of widescale worker-to-worker organizing with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social on the new episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social thedigradio.com/podcast/work...
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Workers Organizing Workers w/ Eric Blanc
Featuring Eric Blanc on We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big. Interview conducted by guest host Gabriel Winant.
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
when satire is more truthful than news
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
good piece!
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
wtf, i hate bluesky now
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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FDIC Releases Documents That Probe Banks’ Crypto-Business Plans
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. released a trove of documents related to its supervision of US banks that were providing services to the cryptocurrency industry or considering doing so, providing ...
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Hadas Thier @hadasthier.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Today in "Up is Down and Down is Up" news... Government advocates for crypto are tearing down every regulatory responsibility that they have in the name of "transparency." The entire purpose of crypto is to operate in the dark, outside of government or democratic oversight.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Here's what's happened, if you're just tuning in: 1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments 2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal 3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team 4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
EMERGENCY PIECE: Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous. Worse, exclusive new information revealed here explicate how Musk’s actions relate to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (Link at the end)
Banner Image of piece, link at the end of thread
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