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Peter Ikeler

@lumpenprof.bsky.social
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Critical sociologist, higher ed unionist. Author of Hard Sell: Work and Resistance in Retail Chains (Cornell UP 2016) www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-…

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Mike McCarthy @itsmccarthy.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
For anyone that reads German, I had a great conversation with Maxine Fowé for @surplusmagazin.de about the politics of contemporary finance capital. The link to the conversation is now live.
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Get Free @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
BREAKING: students from across NYC just walked out of their schools in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis and rallied at Washington Square park to to demand a free America: free from ICE aka slave patrols 2.0 and free from white supremacy.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Amen.
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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
My report from Chicago on the Trump administration's war on immigrants and how people are pushing back, protecting their neighbors through newly-formed community safety networks, spontaneously confronting ICE agents in the streets & more — at @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/ch...
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Chicago Is Pushing Back Against Trump
The spectacular repression of ICE is leading ordinary residents of the Windy City to protest and activism
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Federal workers unions call on Schumer, Jeffries to hold the line even if it means a shutdown
“Federal workers will willingly forego paychecks in the hopes of preserving the programs we have devoted our lives to administering,” the unions said.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2025
This is the fishiest shit I've ever seen. We're supposed to believe the shooter wrote "Anti-ICE" in pen on a bullet and then shot detainees but not ICE officers?
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/e...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s show to return on Tuesday | CNN
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to air on ABC on Tuesday night, the network announced in a statement.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17/09/2025
Authorities Investigating Two Suspicious Hanging Deaths in Mississippi
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Authorities Investigating Two Suspicious Hanging Deaths in Mississippi
In Mississippi, a 21-year-old Black student at Delta State University was found hanging from a tree on campus on Monday. Local officials say no foul play is suspected in Demartravion “Trey” Reed’s dea...
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Popping back in to share this great article by @lwestheuser.bsky.social and Linda Beck. Though based on findings among German workers, has far broader implications IMO and builds on Dörre's useful paradigm of "demobilized class societies". journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Incog #degrowth strategy? #Trumpcession amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/...
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US economy goes into reverse from Trump’s abrupt policy shifts | CNN Business
The US economy just had its worst quarter since 2022 as President Donald Trump’s significant policy changes unnerved consumers and businesses.
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
"The coconut milk is off!" #tariffs www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Today is the day to get involved. Get involved w local politics - in NYC volunteer for Zohran. Get involved/ start orgs in defense of public institutions -- like libraries or post offices. Volunteer at community pantries. Participate in Know Your Rights trainings! There's so much we can do!
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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
Full of people down 5th avenue, view from 39th Street.
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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Easily 20,000 people out in NYC right now, in the rain. Incredible. #handsoff
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Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Massive turnout at today's #HandsOff! rally against Musk and Trump in St. Paul, Minnesota 🔥🔥🔥
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#HandsOff Albany rally
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Good!! www.commondreams.org/news/rutgers...
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Rutgers Senate Proposes Big Ten 'Mutual Defense Compact' to Protect Campus Speech | Common Dreams
Rutgers University Senate takes a stand against Trump's attacks on First Amendment rights, forming a mutual defense compact with other Big Ten schools. Will this bold move inspire other institutions t...
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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I bought Twitter for $44,000,000,000 and sold it back to myself for $33,000,000,000. I have 43 kids and no friends. Everything I make explodes
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 27/03/2025
Chilling footage shows Ozturk being arrested and taken away by six people in plain clothes.
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Tufts student activist Rumeysa Ozturk abducted by ICE on her way to Iftar
Chilling footage shows Ozturk being arrested and taken away by six people in plain clothes.
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Some days, writing flows. Other days, you gotta squeeze it real hard like that last wedge of lime in your margarita.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
BREAKING NEWS: bullies don't stop bullying you when you acquiesce.
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
"When the state abandons its role in overseeing capitalism’s long-term viability and instead caters narrowly to specific firms (or individuals), the results can be ruinous." jacobin.com/2025/03/marx...
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A Marxist Theory of DOGE
Elon Musk is wrecking the government. If he read Marxist state theory, he’d at least understand how it works.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/03/2025
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Say what you will about AOC and Sanders but something's going on here.
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Useful perspective wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resi...
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Resistance is alive and well in the United States
Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches in 2017, but they're far more numerous and frequent — and also becoming more strategic.
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Jess Hardie @jesshardie.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
This. I worry that institutions will just continue trying to avoid the spotlight rather than resisting collectively. It’s foolish to think any universities can dodge what is coming by remaining silent.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15/03/2025
Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts
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Søren Mau @sorenmau.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
POV: you're applying for a job in the UK
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Thousands of union members out against the Trusk cuts in NYC.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/03/2025
Greenland says No to joining the US www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Greenlanders say no to Trump as rare earths loom over coalition talks
Election throws up surprise result as independence from Denmark remains tough to define.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
For the @theguardian.com I wrote about the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil & Trump's exploitation of anti-Palestinian racism to descend the nation into authoritarianism, with the full collaboration of academia. No one is free until Palestine is free. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump is using Mahmoud Khalil to test his mass deportation plan | Heba Gowayed
The Palestinian student’s arrest at Columbia University is a harbinger of what’s to come on college campuses
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Yes.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"I have been subjected to a vicious, coordinated, and dehumanizing doxxing campaign led by Columbia affiliates Shai Davidai and David Lederer who, among others, have labeled me a security threat and called for my deportation"
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
So ICE has effectively disappeared a student for protesting Israel's genocide, separating him from his 8 month pregnant wife. Pure fascism
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/03/2025
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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RWDSU @rwdsu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
BREAKING: Barnes & Noble workers have ratified historic, first-in-the-nation union contracts at three NYC Barnes & Noble stores! RWDSU Prez @stunyc.bsky.social said: “A union is the only way to ensure workplace protections are secure – especially now, while laws protecting workers are under attack.”
a red and white graphic with photos of many NYC Barnes & Noble workers raising their fists, some wearing red RWDSU tshirts. White text reads: “BARNES & NOBLE WORKERS WIN HISTORIC FIRST IN THE NATION UNION CONTRACT AT NYC STORES”
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
even if you don't like the idea of the state on principle you will really not like what's left of it after the right hacks at it www.bostonreview.net/product/what...
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What Is the State For? - Boston Review
Spring 2024 Issue: Can the nation-state serve social justice? Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò with Thea Riofrancos, Mariame Kaba, Astra Taylor, and more.
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Big win for federal workers. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Abruptly Walks Back His Directive To Fire Thousands Of Federal Employees
His administration is suddenly reversing course after a federal judge ruled that the mass firings of probationary workers were probably illegal.
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Beautiful. meidasnews.com/news/protest...
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Protestors Drive JD Vance Away From a Ski Vacation in Vermont
The Vice President left a ski resort after being greeted by intense protests following Zelensky meeting
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Check us out in Boston next weekend
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 28/02/2025
Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 27/02/2025
Medicaid and related programs provide health insurance for nearly 80 million adults and children, but potential cuts outlined would leave millions with less money to pay for food and housing while boosting incomes for the extremely wealthy by 3.9%.
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House GOP Budget Would Raise Health Care Costs for the Poor to Pay the Rich
The push to slash health care to pay for Trump’s tax cuts will come back to haunt Republicans.
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Socialism for the rich. Austerity and borders for the rest of us. www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/p...
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Trump says US will sell $5 million ‘gold card’ to wealthy foreigners | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said the US would be selling what he described as a “gold card” to wealthy foreigners, giving them the right to live and work in the US and offering a path to citizenship in exc...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Wow mainstream coverage
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Peter Ikeler @lumpenprof.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
#FiftyFiftyOne
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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Union Square rally.
People rallying in Union Square NYCUnion Square rally.
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