manfrede.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of British Columbia. Researching China, social movements, labor, authoritarianism. Author of "Workers and Change in China." He/him. Website: https://manfredelfstrom.com
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This is good messaging. Also, as one of your constituents: stop giving unanimous consent!
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What a terrible loss.
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Why aren’t you reporting this? bsky.app/profile/mari...
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Hey, how come you’re not covering this underway: bsky.app/profile/mari...
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Obviously, the essay’s message could be—and was later—taken to an extreme. Seems appropriate here, though.
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Yes, this is the correct framing.
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Update: actually, in addition to what I wrote previously, some of the reported excitement of people meeting across the China-US divide in this new space is kinda hopeful and basically a good thing.
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Sigh… pardons and pogroms both likely… Notable, though, now that you mention it, that immigration action in one form or another is not seen as something that would excite readers.
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Tankies are truly the anti-vaxxers of the left.
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I tend to think the benefit lies in the rail system as a whole and its ability to reach everywhere and therefore be the default mode of transportation, not the reach of any individual station.
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Yes, it is awkward! I found that line a little puzzling, too.
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I mean, I guess, something like “don’t push these things in a way that enters into Chinese domestic conversation”?
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THIS is the map.
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Sure, sure. Context matters. I suppose I’m fine with an early 20th century CIO organizer-style Communist with that position.
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Wait, why give the communists the labor portfolio? That should be the socialists or the anarchists, surely.
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Much appreciated!
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Wait, have I been pronouncing it wrong?
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Thanks for highlighting this! Commented!
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Probably the Ramones and Never Mind the Bollocks. The Clash for me, though!
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Also, it has become a boring issue for reporters.
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Yes, the right now effectively has a carve-out from the standards (correctly) expected of movements more generally.
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Brutal.
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I saw my first MAGA hats in Kelowna—twice!—before I saw one in the US.