msafri.bsky.social
Maliha Safri. Professor of political economy, I'm living in NYC, inside the belly of the global capitalist beast. Interested in all things related to counter-mapping. Working on economies based in solidarity. (she/her).
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civil rights along with other movements that have sought to expand the circle of inclusion while also altering society's very character."
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passionate in-group bonds, and these can justify violent othering, as evidenced by the exclusionary solidarity of white supremacists, ruling elites, and jingoistic nationalists. ...In contrast, we are interested in what we call "transformative solidarity"- the kind that propelled the fight for
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"solidarity is not always a positive force or a driver of progress and change: these bonds can be neutral, reactionary, or transformative, depending on the community and context...Solidarity creates
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different way, one rooted in the ethics of economic cooperation, inclusion, mutuality, and democracy, and in community struggles for racial and economic justice. We call this third dimension the "Solidarity City." Me+
@craigborowiak.bsky.social,@mpavlovskaya.bsky.social, @stephenhealy72.bsky.social
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thank you for writing this book! with all the project esther stuff, we need this book to explain what JVP is actually about.
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and Zionism as a source of Jewish safety and community...At the same time, we prioritized the creation of welcoming spaces for people to “come home to” when they are ready, without tying ourselves in knots or sacrificing our principles for people who aren’t yet ready.”
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than symbols of repression against Palestinians.For JVP, that has entailed organizing Jews by building a political home where people could find a warm embrace and avenues of expression of their Jewishness that are both familiar and liberatory, while also understanding the dangers of regarding Israel
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which hijacked Jewish symbols and traditions in the service of the repression of Palestinians, JVP’s solidarity model was slightly different. We included independent actions affirming our cultural traditions and detethering & reinventing them so they could be part of our struggle for justice rather
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3/6
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Harold Bauder: "Surprisingly, participants beyond the police did not discuss the perspective of solidarity as an act of compassion. Participants in all 3 cities embrace the perspective of solidarity as relating to access to RIGHTS..."
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Article 2: "Urban Solidarity" by Harold Bauder is 🌟 He has written so much on Solidarity and Sanctuary Cities. He interviews activists, NGO workers, municipal officials, police in Zurich, Berlin, and Freiberg, about solidarity. one hilarious takeaway?
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forced displacement." In Neoliberalism the mobility of capital and goods generated human mobility. Migrants become symptom. Authors describe creation of "the South African migration regime under Apartheid onto a global scale."
in the US- we need to prepare for Apartheid 2.0 so essential reading.
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Revision, not journalism but political economy. I teach a ‘real world economics’ course…
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whew. "Don't gotta work it out" got me through break-up blues.
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I liked them- why did they do something bad or something?
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Yes your are right rivers are there, I meant inlets and canals and reservoirs…
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No waterways on the new map, much less understanding of park space.
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@billshaner.bsky.social I've read your work for so long! Thanks for engaged urban journalism all these years.
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At some point DaRocha took the infant of another family member into her arms to help. "What I felt is indescribable, because such an innocent baby that is going to be impacted by separation of family members," DaRocha said.
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I only came onto this site about six months ago, so I started following you cuz of Tesla Takedown. thank you for reposting this and sharing of yourself so generously.
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It was so inspiring to be with people doing incredible work- in New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, Chicago- many more resisting in place, in cities. I met one of the DC Solidarity City organizers!
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😂