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Michael Gould-Wartofsky @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Supplement The Occupiers with the following radical reads, all of which come with my highest recommendation for those looking to learn more about the movement. #occupywallstreet

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

To mark the 15-year anniversary of #OccupyWallSt this week we were excited to have Yotam Marom on the @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social. Reminiscing about our time together at Occupy, we discussed the left's "politics of powerlessness" and Yotam's new book on the topic. Check it out!

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy 15th birthday, #OccupyWallStreet, the movement that introduced the 99% vs. the one percent and set the stage for the still unfolding insurgency within the Democratic Party—an insurgency that's making big advances in 2026. My piece for the 10-year anniversary: theintercept.com/2021/09/17/o...

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Happy Birthday, Occupy Wall Street

Ten years later, the Democratic Party ignores Occupy Wall Street’s warnings at its own peril.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I was on a podcast! I was on the Fighting Fascism Podcast to talk about the strange fascist obsession and deep misunderstanding of Tolkien, who despised the Nazis and would, I feel confident, have despised our modern techno-Nazis even more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The great @flyingwithsara.bsky.social on why @aoc.bsky.social would make a phenomenal presidential candidate. (You know, if Sara doesn't to it.

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Singing little joyful songs to my four-year-old all morning about Hakeem Jeffries being sad

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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

"The premise of our laws is that the fortunes of the people shouldn't be dependent on the whim, the caprice, the political prejudices, or the emotional stability of a few self-appointed men." Zephyr Teachout this week on Fighting Fascism @aaronregunberg.bsky.social + @jonathansmucker.bsky.social

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Right now, there are tens of millions of Iranians waiting to find out if Donald Trump will exterminate their civilisation. Absolutely hideous. They need our solidarity.

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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

New episode is up! This week we talked with our friend Morris Katz, lead strategist for Zohran Mamdani and Graham Platner, about why the Democratic Party sucks so much and how we can make it suck less. This convo rocks, check it out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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What If Democrats Didn’t Suck? (w/ Morris Katz)

Podcast Episode · Fighting Fascism Podcast · April 6 · 1h 19m

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 30/03/2026

New podcast alert! This morning we launched "Fighting Fascism"—hosted by @aaronregunberg.bsky.social, @jonathansmucker.bsky.social, and Matt DaSilva. Want to learn how to piss off fascists? First episode with @astra.bsky.social and @mark-bray.bsky.social. www.redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe...

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Let’s Fight Some Fascists (w/ Astra Taylor and Mark Bray) | Fighting Fascism

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Matt DaSilva @mattydasilva.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I am the normie friend/vibes guy/personality hire on this new podcast with @aaronregunberg.bsky.social and @jonathansmucker.bsky.social We're talking with smart people about what we should do to combat the horrors. Give a listen!

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

So great to reconnect with Astra Taylor and Mark Bray on the inaugural episode of the new @thenation.com podcast, @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social - check it out!

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Aaron Regunberg @aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I considered being ironic (just what the world needs, a podcast), but I’m excited about this, so I’m just going to be earnest. Today, @mattydasilva.bsky.social, @jonathansmucker.bsky.social and I are launching a new podcast, sponsored by @thenation.com. If you hate fascists, you should check it out!

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Fighting Fascism @fightingfascismpod.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Fighting Fascism's inaugural episode is up! We talked with @astra.bsky.social and @mark-bray.bsky.social about why it shouldn’t actually be that hard to build a majoritarian coalition around the idea that like 25 creepy billionaires shouldn’t own literally everything on the planet. Check it out!

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Let’s Fight Some Fascists (w/ Astra Taylor and Mark Bray)

Podcast Episode · Fighting Fascism Podcast · March 30 · 1h 19m

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Joe Kent is a POS but this is an important defection, revealing big vulnerabilities and fissures within the Trump Administration / MAGA Coalition. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...

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Joe Kent, a Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns Over the Iran War

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

It's worth noticing how Minneapolis did not go the way the Trump Administration had hoped. Yes, they intended to sow fear and create chaos. But they wanted the resistance to appear extreme, fringe, unrelatable. Instead it looked popular—like everyday Americans of all stripes. Because it was.

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

This incident may be small in comparison to greater horrors of this wrecking-ball administration, but it so plainly illustrates the sadistic power tripping and complete disdain for everyday working people that is part and parcel of authoritarianism. www.reuters.com/world/us/top...

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Top Noem aide entered cockpit before firing pilot over missing blanket, sources say

Top U.S. homeland security aide Corey Lewandowski entered the cockpit of a government jet uninvited during a flight last year, after which he fired a pilot over a misplaced blanket, two people familia...

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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Cihan Tuğal (@cihantugal.bsky.social), Jonathan Smucker, and Kip Roberts examine how emotions shape boundary work among populists and anti-populists within the Republican and Democratic parties. Read more at bit.ly/4cg6ir2

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Last week, I published a report - the "Political Disconnect" -based on interviews with 144 low-income & working-class people, across racial groups, who don't usually vote. They are the experts on why, and today I want to share their words. www.swarthmore.edu/u...

Multicolored background with speech bubble that reads “Voting in a sense feels like a privilege. And that’s pretty weird because people are like, ‘It’s your duty to vote.’ But it’s like, a lot of times things don’t change even if you do vote.” Text below reads “John, a 27-year-old Black UPS worker”

Multicolored background with speech bubble that reads “Politicians have a very predictable script at this point, and I’m kind of done hearing it.” Text below reads “Sylvia, an unemployed 33-year-old White woman”

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Cihan Tugal @cihantugal.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

My tribute to and critical analysis of Michael Burawoy, published as the lead article in Sociologia. The heart of the piece is a discussion of 1) why/how Burawoy transitioned from his early, “labor process”-focused research programme to a “counter-market” one; ++ ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/So...

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Check out this important new research from Daniel Laurison et al on low-income and working-class Pennsylvanians about what politics means to them.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone. www.swarthmore.edu/u... please share!

image of a report cover, with a US flag in the background, and the text "The Political Disconnect: Working-Class and Low-Income People on What Politics Means to Them and How They Might be Mobilized”

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now. #AccountabilityIsComing

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

When the people lead the fight against tyranny, the opposition politicians follow.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

As ICE tries to tear our communities apart, we must elect Democrats who will fight back. @analiliafornj.bsky.social will stand strong, build solidarity, and push back against ICE’s violence. Join @sanders.senate.gov, @workingfamilies.org & me in supporting Analilia in the NJ-11 special election.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

dear @facethenation.bsky.social @meethepress.com 🇨🇦 we all saw 2 executions.Renee Good. Alex Pretti. interviewing known liars of the criminal regime without calling out their lies is wrong. insults the dead and their families. 💔 #ICEout #MinnesotaStrong

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in. Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

People magazine with a more accurate header than most of the "papers of record."

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Referring to ICE as "federal law enforcement" is pro-terrorist propaganda.

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Abolish ICE. Primary any Democrat who votes to fund Trump's Gestapo.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"What can Democrats actually do?" - Vote against funding for ICE and DHS - State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law - Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE - Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position, Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Our article on populism, emotions, and boundary work is out in the The Sociological Quarterly.

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Cihan Tugal @cihantugal.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Our article on populism is published in @socquarterly.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Based on 52 interviews with populists and anti-populists during Trump’s first presidency, we make the following contributions 1) We demonstrate the centrality of emotions in anti-populist politics

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Populism, Emotions, and Boundary Work Among Political Activists in the Trump Era

How do emotions shape boundary work among populists and anti-populists? Based on 52 in-depth interviews, we analyze how political activists construct their positions through “emotive contestation.”...

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Cihan Tugal @cihantugal.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

The theory of populism needs to be reconstructed by attention to some of the cases neglected in generalizing debates: India, Turkey, South Africa, China, and Iran. I point out in this article that the dominant theories of populism are based on the West 1/ www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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Populism Studies: The Case for Theoretical and Comparative Reconstruction

Studies of populism have shifted from substantive to discursive/performative and institutional perspectives in recent decades. This shift resolved some long-standing problems but insulated the analysi...

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Minneapolis city Council member tells Chris Hayes that Ice has been posting up at recess at schools and surveilling the kids. This shit is just outrageous.

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Honestly this makes me feel even more clear that he doesn't have a plan and is doing this because he's an authoritarian who has backed himself into a corner, so he's going for broke and throwing spaghetti at the wall. apnews.com/article/denm...

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Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland

U.S. President Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland. Trump didn't provide details Friday.

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Jonathan Smucker @jonathansmucker.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

If he were eligible to run for President, he'd be incredibly hard to beat.

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

@schumer.senate.gov refuses to say whether he thinks @democrats.senate.gov should vote against DHS budget without constraints on ICE. Replace this man as soon as possible.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 08/01/2026

Minneapolis.

Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.

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