Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Imagine professing to care deeply about the working conditions of your contingent coworkers and then deciding to make your life’s work foot-soldiering for the forces explicitly campaigning to undermine the standing of the university in society 040
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 08/08/2026“Cubans have had to choose between US dominance and deepening misery many times, and it usually hasn’t turned out to Washington’s liking.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukTony Wood · Maximum Pressure: Cuba on the BrinkIf every accusation is a confession, then the US State Department report released on 20 July, which describes Cuba as... 001
Reposted by Christy ThorntonChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026ICE and/or police murdered someone this morning in Biddeford, Maine. From the statements I’ve seen from local activists, I *think* the victim was a young Black man. You may already know Black immigrants are the largest non-white immigrant demo in Maine. A protest is already under way.pressherald.comWitness says Biddeford shooting victim told police ‘I tried to stop’One resident says he heard the shots and saw as agents pulled the man out of the vehicle. 12819366
Reposted by Christy ThorntonThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/06/2026BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.bit.lyMore than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missingSurvivors say more than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble. 21550402828
Reposted by Christy ThorntonSiddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026“Paraguay’s head coach, Gustavo Alfaro, has a haggard, agreeably soulful look, a 63-year-old itinerant Argentinian with a belief in deep, throbbingly morbid defensive football, who has also talked at this World Cup of the duty of the sport to represent the poor, the people, the anti-Fifa.”theguardian.comCanale and Gill the heroes as Paraguay hand Germany first World Cup shootout defeatGermany lost their first World Cup penalty shootout in dramatic fashion after a tense 1-1 draw after extra time 13413
Reposted by Christy ThorntonScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Who funded every business venture Elon Musk has launched? US taxpayers, involuntarily. What have they gotten from the investment? Nothing whatsoever. 28448312524
Reposted by Christy ThorntonEvergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Jesus. 68,900 reported missing in Venezuela.abc7.comVenezuela earthquake death toll rises to 1,430 as desperation mountsTensions flared as desperation grew in Venezuela as rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors and the death toll rose sharply to 1,430. 491657759
Reposted by Christy ThorntonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026The Court of Appeal judgement on Palestine Action is frankly bonkers. It says PA is not "a direct action civil disobedience protest group like the suffragettes operating transparently in the open." Right: the arson, bombings, slashings etc were all planned in open meetings in Parliament Square 🙄🧵 20882236
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 16/06/2026So proud of the newly minted Dr. Lucas Azambuja, who defended his fantastic JHU sociology dissertation today that explains why fractions of the Brazilian capitalist classes aligned and de-aligned over Bolsonarismo. He starts a postdoc at Tulane very soon - New Orleans, look out! 0121
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Received the official notice of tenure at NYU, which means I’ve now been tenured in both sociology and history. I really don’t recommend that anyone else attempt this ridiculous undertaking, but I’m really grateful to my students, colleagues, and mentors who got me here. 1252
Reposted by Christy Thorntonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/05/2026The Trump administration will not rest until every elite institution has purged itself of black people. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgTrump DOJ: Yale’s Medical School Has Way Too Many Black StudentsThe administration’s view is that the mere presence of students of color at Yale Medical School proves discrimination against white people. 11343881615
Reposted by Christy ThorntonStuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Hey, I have books to give away! If you picked up BLUE POWER and would like a copy of my first book BADGES WITHOUT BORDERS, reply with a pic of your copy of BLUE POWER and I will send BADGES WITHOUT BORDERS to a couple of you! (The dog is not yawning due to the book contents, I promise.) 094
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Grateful to @bradlander.bsky.social for coming out to stand in solidarity with NYC’s organized & fighting faculty - including those under attack from their own admin at the New School - on this May Day ✊ 091
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Trying not to be totally gutted by this week’s retirements of both Steve Hahn and Barbara Weinstein, two of the best mentors and colleagues I could imagine. Some massive shoes to fill at NYU in their wake. 2140
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Quite a venue for a book talk, @quinnslobodian.com 1201
Reposted by Christy ThorntonStuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026So excited for the first BLUE POWER event tomorrow (Tuesday) in Baltimore! Events now planned in Philly, DC, NYC, Seattle, and Chicago, all listed here: stuartschrader.com 1167
Reposted by Christy ThorntonVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The push for institutional neutrality, like the so-called “free-speech crisis,” was always a right wing ploy to get universities to stop pointing out obvious things like “fascists are ascendant” and “racism is bad.” It is sad that so many university “leaders” took the bait. 11568168
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Congratulations to my pal @stschrader1.bsky.social! His new book Blue Power - which Ruthie Gilmore called a ‘tour de force’ - is out today! 15510
Reposted by Christy ThorntonOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026personally I think "Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn" is a bad thing to read in the newspaper www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...nytimes.comFederal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn 321316344
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 30/03/2026New York! We're bringing @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social to NYU to talk about his new book on self-determination - April 14 at 4:30pm. All are welcome - registration/info here: www.nysean.org/events/the-f... 072
Reposted by Christy ThorntonThe Bitchuation Room Podcast @bitchuationroom.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Cuba has some of the most highly educated medical professionals in the world. But America's barbaric blockade is causing serious pain. @llchristyll.bsky.social stopped by the Bitchuation Room to talk about how the embargo is disrupting essential medical care in Cuba. 0114
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 24/03/2026It was great to join @franifio.bsky.social to talk about my recent trip to Cuba, what the US is doing there, and why the right-wing influencer set is freaking out. You can watch here: www.youtube.com/live/JpjOlRA... 0268
Reposted by Christy ThorntonThe Bitchuation Room Podcast @bitchuationroom.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Live today talking ICE chuds at airports, Cuba blackouts with @llchristyll.bsky.social, and Cori Bush's resurgence with... @coribush.bsky.social! Watch LIVE on Youtube, Substack, or Twitch at 1pm PT / 4pm ET! ✨ youtube.com/live/JpjOlRA...youtube.comTBR Tuesday Livestream 3/24 (feat. Cori Bush & Christy Thornton)YouTube video by The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini) 173
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The 2026 @hpe-project.bsky.social grant competition is now open! PhD candidates and early-career scholars doing work on histories of neoliberalism are welcome to apply by April 5 for research work this summer. Details and application: www.hpeproject.org/grants-cfphpeproject.orgHPE Project 2026 Summer Research Grant CFP — History & Political Economy ProjectThe History & Political Economy (HPE) Project invites applications from PhD students and early-career scholars for our 2026 summer research grant. 075
Reposted by Christy ThorntonCarly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026This obituary makes it sound like he was criticized by polluters and jealous peers, not those who pointed out the links between the movement he sparked (ZPG) and eugenics, the very politics that have delivered us “mass deportations now” and untold border violence www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/b... 321354309
Reposted by Christy ThorntonNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026A former top Chevron executive was super tight with Delcy Rodriguez. He told the CIA to back her instead of Venezuela's democratic opposition,. The agency told Trump. Now Ali Moshiri is ready to cash in. He's raising $3 billion to get back in Venezuela's oil game. www.wsj.com/world/americ...wsj.comHe Was Chevron’s Man in Venezuela—and a CIA InformantAfter retiring from Chevron, Ali Moshiri warned the Trump administration it would face a morass if it tried to install the democratic opposition. 31933517
Reposted by Christy ThorntonMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 15/03/2026Yes, that’s the issue. I’ve been trying to find a way to articulate this: to the extent that LLMs serve a purpose in education, it’s an indictment of the education system, not a praiseworthy feature of LLMs. 22924250
Reposted by Christy ThorntonAmy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comRuben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stopThe Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later. 064324014
Reposted by Christy ThorntonPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Abolish ICE has a +11 approval — which means it is *32 points* more popular than Donald Trump Ask yourself: does corporate media portray that accurately? 152615824
Reposted by Christy ThorntonGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946. 195107123232
Reposted by Christy ThorntonStuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 27/02/2026RIP to a truly unique and inspiring intellectual 2103
Reposted by Christy Thorntonjon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 24/02/2026Didn’t think the first NYPD power struggle would start over literal snowflake bullshit 351352
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 24/02/2026"Just 2 percent of all college students—including 3 percent of Republicans—say they feel they don’t belong on campus due to their political views." 09928
Reposted by Christy ThorntonBoston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 24/02/2026“The middle class already pays taxes on its wealth in the form of property taxes. The wealthy don’t, since most of their wealth consists of financial assets, which are exempt from property tax. In the 19th century, by contrast, property taxes of most states fell on all assets, real and financial.”bostonreview.netTaxing the SuperrichFor the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax. 03215
Reposted by Christy ThorntonBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Books do not bring drugs into prison. Prison guards bring drugs into prison. 739997
Reposted by Christy ThorntonVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The reactionary centrists who took seriously and platformed the moral panics over DEI and critical race theory seriously helped this along. And now that fanatical zealots are banning “world-views” and Holocaust education they are mostly quiet. 10256106
Reposted by Christy ThorntonThe New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 16/02/2026“The federal invasions are usurpations—but not necessarily of police authority,” @stschrader1.bsky.social writes. Instead, they have “become opportunities to...further weaken the already fraying democratic constraints on police power.” nybooks.comAuthoritarianism from Below | Stuart SchraderAs National Guard troops and federal officers swarmed Washington, D.C., in August, sent by President Donald Trump to confront what he declared a “crime 097
Reposted by Christy ThorntonStuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 15/02/2026This article briefly previews my forthcoming book Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves, out in April from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social. You can preorder it w/ the discount code BLUE20 here: www.basicbooks.com/titles/stuar... 29127
Reposted by Christy ThorntonStuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 14/02/2026How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends. 16380208
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Your weekend long read: Local cops and their union bosses have welcomed - and in some cases invited - Trump’s federal takeovers of US cities. @stschrader1.bsky.social traces this alarming synthesis of local & federal power for The New York Review archive.is/G1Bnh 0278
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 11/02/2026We have created an impunity machine, and invited and incentivized terrible people to join it. Abolish the whole damn thing. 0145
Christy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Obviously far from central here, but when Bondi says "don't you ever accuse me of a crime" she sounds exactly like Parker Posey doing the "hotel manager" bit 161