James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 10/10/2026All songs a capella groups sing sound better with instruments. 100
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Sobering. "States in danger of losing their creditworthiness...must now persuade their citizens to accept overt rather than latent austerity... the policymakers...are grappling with the question of how to break the news to their populations." newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...newleftreview.orgWolfgang Streeck, Who Will Pay — SidecarFiscal crisis and firewalls. 000
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"[Pero] ahí están las «ciudades sin miedo» tejiendo tramas de esperanza democrática. La disputa sigue abierta. Y el municipalismo –con raíces en prácticas y memorias populares– muestra argumentos y fuerza para retomar, barrio a barrio, caminos de humanidad." www.nuso.org/articulo/323...nuso.orgAlegato por un municipalismo transformador | Nueva SociedadEl municipalismo de izquierda tiene raíces históricas profundas y hoy constituye un polo de resistencia democrática frente al avance reaccionario. Las ciudades progresistas articulan laboratorios de i... 000
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderMichael Moore @mmflint.bsky.social · 06/01/2025No filmmaker, writer or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own extermination. Yet 22 brave Palestinian filmmakers found a way to film their story last year in Gaza using whatever tools they could pull from the rubble of their homes & cities. Go see FROM GROUND ZERO—in theaters now! 13537207
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderStacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Congratulations to the membership of the American Historical Association for finding the voice, moral clarity, professional integrity to vote YES on the Resolution Against Scholasticide in Gaza! The work is just beginning. There will be more votes, chances to stand up. Take every opportunity. #AHA25 422752
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderRead the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Extremely excited about this bookshop.org/p/books/star... 1038149
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 03/01/2025However, if you are condemning this program in the name of the working class and not condemning workplace raids and the threat of mass deportation on the same basis, you are not actually against using the immigration system to attack workers. 110
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 03/01/2025I have represented immigrant workers suing their bosses for more than a decade and I believe HB-1 is designed to exploit workers and is a net negative, alongside a hundred other aspects of our shit immigration system. www.epi.org/publication/...epi.orgH-1B visas and prevailing wage levels: A majority of H-1B employers—including major U.S. tech firms—use the program to pay migrant workers well below market wagesH-1B is a temporary nonimmigrant work visa that allows U.S. employers to hire college-educated migrant workers as well as fashion models from abroad; nearly 500,000 migrant workers are employed in the... 120
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 03/01/2025“While value-based care sounds nice, it has failed to lower costs or improve the quality of care. However, it is very profitable for insurers, large health systems, and the consultants who serve them.” ctnewsjunkie.com/2024/12/30/a...ctnewsjunkie.comAnalysis | Despite The Name, Value Is Not The Solution For Raging Healthcare Costs | CT News JunkieHealthcare analyst Ellen Andrews, Ph.D., says the murder of a United Healthcare executive has intensified very strong reactions to America’s broken healthcare system. Unfortunately, too many opportuni... 020
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Happy new year, a dream for some a nightmare for others. 2025 stop the genocide 🇵🇸 220
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Universalism! jacobin.com/2025/01/univ...jacobin.comUniversalism Fixes Flawed Welfare StatesThousands of Americans cohabitate but don't marry because doing so would result in the loss of Medicaid eligibility. Marriage penalties (and bonuses) are just part of why we need a universal social-de... 011
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 01/01/2025“There is something very, very wrong with us, that our society affords so much power to people like this.” prospect.org/power/2024-0...prospect.orgMy Dinner With AndreessenBillionaires I have known: Part One of a three-part series 000
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 31/12/2024“With unmatched dedication, she fought for students' rights to quality education, empowering countless families to navigate the complexities of the public-school system.” Barbara was a great union leader as well. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...legacy.comBarbara Rey-DeLoatch Obituary (2024) - Bloomfield, CT - Howard K. Hill Funeral Services - New HavenView Barbara Rey-DeLoatch's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook. 000
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Este es el festival donde Gonzalo Rubalcaba se declaraba el mejor de todos , detrás de tarima estaban todos los grandes pianistas mirando 👀, es algo que es inexplicable lo que hace ese cubano !!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsKB...youtube.comGonzalo Rubalcaba Trio / Autumn Leaves (1991)YouTube video by paris0820 010
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Farmworker MLP! “The attorney will work at the center teaching staff about patients’ legal rights, screening for social determinants of health, conducting ‘know-your-rights’ workshops, and working alongside the care team to address systemic challenges patients face.” www.wwlp.com/news/local-n...wwlp.com$250K awarded to local non-profits to improve healthcare equityHealth New England of Springfield awarded the Dr. Mark A. Keroack Health Equity Grant to five local non-profit organizations that are improving equity in healthcare. 021
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 21/12/2024“Loss is an element of change” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...podcasts.apple.comHolding Our Collective Grief, with Sarah Jaffe and Malkia Devich-CyrilPodcast Episode · Block & Build · 12/20/2024 · 57m 000
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 20/12/2024[Former FBI Special Agent, Current Uni Cop] Skelly-Byrnes was particularly concerned about “the power of the movement, how it is growing, and the solidarity. Many different groups and ideologies are blending and joining forces.” jewishcurrents.org/inside-yale-...jewishcurrents.orgInside the Yale Police Department’s War on Student ProtestersExclusive documents reveal the YPD’s use of counterterrorism tactics in suppressing pro-Palestine activism. 001
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Lots of interesting Medical-Legal Partnership discussion on Talk Justice consistent with the theme of "meeting people where they are" youtu.be/qsq3fTPbfyo?...youtu.beLSC Talk Justice - Episode 96 - New Report Builds a Framework for Civil Justice InnovationYouTube video by Legal Services Corporation 000
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 19/12/2024The Nation reports: Since October 2023, NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation, and CNN’s State of the Union have mentioned Gaza 2,557 times but featured only one Palestinian guest—Husam Zomlot, for a single seven-minute interview. 35328
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 19/12/2024New York is always staging "which side are you on " 000
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Yes plz www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/140340...thescottishsun.co.ukCeltic planning Kieran Tierney return from Arsenal in stunning transfer swoopCELTIC are in pole position to pull off a sensational transfer coup and bring Kieran Tierney back to Parkhead. It emerged on Wednesday night that Arsenal won’t take up the option to extend the Scot… 000
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Banias is a (still living) 8-year old in Gaza. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe NarratorPodcast Episode · This American Life · 12/15/2024 · 57m 000
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderSportypoll Football @spoll-football.bsky.social · 15/12/2024📸 Celtic FC 011
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 15/12/2024As someone on SSDI I can't tell you how it hurts to listen to people speak about Social Security and Medicare but fail to mention the populations who subsist on these programs: Seniors: 77.8% Survivors: 11.2% People w/Disabilities: 11% It's very crucial in our messaging to ensure EVERYONE is seen. 13729921036
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 14/12/2024“For Terkel, as for Hall, it was important to not only understand what people did in a society but also how they felt about it and why.” jacobin.com/2024/12/stud...jacobin.comStuds Terkel’s Classic Working Turns 50Fifty years ago, Studs Terkel documented American workers’ complex inner lives at a pivotal moment of social transformation. His interviews in Working revealed both the dignity and degradation of work... 000
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 14/12/2024🇨🇺 🎶 Tonight! 7:00 PM Best video in Hamden www.bestvideo.com/events/carlo...bestvideo.comCARLOS MANUEL GOMEZ, JEFF FULLER, & BEN BILELLO: CUBAN JAZZ — Best Video Film & Cultural CenterCuban Jazz with Carlos Gomez, Jeff Fuller and Ben Bilello at Best Video Film & Cultural Center Saturday, December 14, 2024 7:00 – 8:30 pm $15 music charge GET YOUR TICKETS HERE Carlos Manu... 000
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderCT State Conference-AAUP @ct-aaup.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Celebrating the launch of Connecticut's newest AAUP Chapter -- Yale AAUP -- with a statewide happy hour! 🎉🎉🎉 Can you find your chapter members in there @wesleyanaaup.bsky.social @uconnaaup.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social @isaackamola.bsky.social Albertus Magnus College 083
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderAAUP @aaup.org · 12/12/2024BREAKING: The AAUP condemns today’s faculty arrests at NYU. “This crackdown on NYU faculty is part of a distressing pattern of repression of pro-Palestinian speech on college campuses nationwide.” — AAUP President Todd Wolfson. ⬇️ www.aaup.org/news/aaup-co...aaup.orgAAUP Condemns Faculty Arrests Amidst Protest Crackdown at NYUThe AAUP condemns the reported arrests of two faculty members and three designations of faculty as "personae non grata" at New York University. As the AAUP has maintained since 1940, faculty should be... 10332174
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderNate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Here’s a different sort of jazz year-ender — killer discoveries, Then and Now. Chances are, there’s something here you haven’t dug into yet www.npr.org/2024/12/12/n...npr.org 0398
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Awards season for Connecticut Drivers United! Beautiful honor that allows members learn about and remember the life of Art Perry, as well. 020
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Discussing the 14 billionaires In Donald Trump's cabinet over wings with other out-of-touch elites at the Connecticut statewide AAUP member Happy Hour in New Haven. 030
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 11/12/2024New MLP just dropped. 🔥 “The Health Equity Clinic builds upon the great work at the law school and throughout UConn to promote the health and well-being of Connecticut’s citizens in fulfillment of our mission as the state’s flagship public university.” www.courant.com/2024/12/10/h...courant.comHartford HealthCare, UConn Law School teaming up to help hospital patients. Here’s why.Hartford HealthCare and the UConn Law School are working together to provide a clinic that will offer legal representation for those in need. 020
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 10/12/2024“Still, legal aid organizations hold the ultimate expertise in addressing health-related social needs (HRSNs) through their knowledge of policy, provision of technical support for nonlegal providers (eg, social workers), and direct client representation.” jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comLegal Aid Is Essential to Effective Social Care IntegrationThis Viewpoint discusses how integration of social and legal services can deliver individual-level care that addresses health-related social needs such as food and housing security. 022
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I know I’ve got perfect politics b/c I will not snitch on wacky pro-Assad high school teacher but also will not snitch on refugee children who do whatever to his car. 000
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Update: students vote overwhelmingly for divestment from war criming yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/12...yaledailynews.comYale students overwhelmingly pass divestment referendumIn a referendum administered by the Yale College Council, a sweeping majority of students voted for Yale to disclose its investments in military weapons manufacturers, divest from said manufacturers a... 000
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderEdwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Instead of adopting #Medicaid expansion, Georgia partially expanded with onerous work reporting requirements, covering only 5.5K people instead of 300K under expansion. Work requirements are also bogging down processing of other applications. #healthpolicy kffhealthnews.org/news/article...kffhealthnews.orgGeorgia’s Work Requirement Slows Processing of Applications for Medicaid, Food Stamps - KFF Health NewsGeorgia’s ability to process applications for Medicaid and other public benefits has lagged since the launch of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s “Pathways” Medicaid work requirement, leaving Georgia with ... 0128
Reposted by James Bhandary-Alexanderryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 06/12/2024there's a great book by a Finnish lady who moved to the US to get married, where she found our dogshit health care system started giving her panic attacks www.anupartanen.com/the-nordic-t... 619529
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 06/12/2024FIRE’s spokesperson shows exactly the wrong way to advocate for academic freedom and free speech. yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/12...yaledailynews.comYale Political Union guest speaker utters racial slurIn front of over 130 Yale Political Union members, Harvey Silverglate uttered a racial epithet. 000
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 05/12/2024"Instead of the leader as a person who was supposed to be a magic man,” she argued, “you could develop individuals bound together by a concept that benefitted the larger numbers and provided an opportunity...to grow into being responsible for carrying out a program.” arcmag.org/ella-baker-p...arcmag.orgElla Baker, Pragmatism, and Black Democratic Perfectionism | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraElla Baker (1903-1986) believed, and enacted this belief in the way she organized, that what the Black freedom struggle needed most, what America needed most, was “the development of people who are in... 000
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/12/2024We waste hundreds of billions a year on health care administrative expenses that make insurance CEOs and wealthy stockholders incredibly rich while 85 million Americans go uninsured or underinsured. Health care is a human right. We need Medicare for All. 511392253
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 05/12/2024AAUP's magazine Academe has a series of articles coming out about scholars at risk. My German Jewish grandfather escaped Europe as a refugee scholar-in-exile and I appreciate AAUP members pushing to keep the door open for scholars from Russia, Gaza and elsewhere. www.aaup.org/article/amer...aaup.orgAmerican Universities Must Support Scholars in Exile | AAUPWestern universities must support scholars from Ukraine fleeing war and those from Russia and Belarus who have faced, or may soon face, exile because of the political climate. 041
James Bhandary-Alexander @jba1975.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I would like to praise once again New Haven alder Caroline Tanbee Smith, unfortunately the only city politician in New Haven who took action in support of a ceasefire earlier this year. May those who hid, and those who denied, find their moral voice in 2025. yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/05...yaledailynews.comNew Haven alders drop Gaza ceasefire resolutionThe alders overwhelmingly voted to “read and file” a ceasefire resolution proposed in November, declining to either pass or formally reject it. 000
Reposted by James Bhandary-AlexanderBruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 05/12/2024Had a lot of fun today teaching Erik Olin Wright’s account of class and getting students to think of examples of occupations in each class location and guess their percentage of the labour force 2283
