Lester K Spence
Professor, Author, Son of Blood and Thunder, Father. Newsletter (https://lesters-newsletter-2ff539.beehiiv.com/subscribe), Knocking the Hustle ( bit.ly/1SzPlHi)).
- Reposted by Lester K SpenceThe dystopian realities of the moment make it hard to see a path towards a better future. But we must insist on imagining & illuminating that path. The Futures Forum is a new space to dream, reflect, & envision better futures. Check it out👇🏾 equitablefutures.cornell.edu/introducing-...
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- you know it's bad when george will brings up race and the civil rights movement to make a case against the administration. "minneapolis is today's birmingham."
- They're minions of Darkseid.
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- I didn't understand how helpful the literature on inter-personal abuse (sexual assault, domestic assault, parental abuse) was in understanding meso- and macro-level violence until 2024. Shout out to Nikol Alexander Floyd.
- Reposted by Lester K Spence1/4. The U.S. continues to be a place where people’s life experiences and outcomes differ dramatically by social positioning. How does that affect the way people make meaning of what is happening around them? Those questions guided this new paper. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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- Reposted by Lester K SpenceMy new Intercept piece on the NYPD’s targeting of MLK is up today, with never-before-published police surveillance photos of King.
- I just donated.
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- What's mandate of Black Studies during this moment. What's our responsibility? Join us as we host the first of a series of public conversations in Baltimore, at the Baltimore Unity Hall. We'll be in dialogue with Paul Coates and Olakekan Kamau-Nataki. Next Wednesday from 6-8pm.
- Reposted by Lester K SpenceThis is such a useful resource from @penamerica.bsky.social "What To Do If You’ve Been Doxed Or Placed On A Watchlist" Please consider letting others know that this exists. pen.org/what-to-do-i...
- Reposted by Lester K SpenceIf you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you… Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest. The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.
- And here's Coleman A. Young, who would become first black mayor of Detroit, who told HUAC they must have confused him for a stool pigeon. michiganadvance.com/briefs/on-th...
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- I'm on the list too. (Who knew?)
- Kirk is their Rosa Parks.
- Reposted by Lester K Spence"The only known solution to creeping authoritarianism is broad-based, peaceful, geographically dispersed mass engagement by everyday Americans. That’s it. That’s what works." Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Not going to @apsa.bsky.social this year. Will participate virtually. If there's any organizing going on that folks think I should be made aware of, let me know.
- They got me. A lot. If they got me....they probably got you.
- If you're an author and haven't yet signed up for the Anthropic settlement, do yourself a favor (and strike a blow against AI) by checking to see if any of your books were involved. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
- The comparative move makes sense. But I don't know many racial politics scholars who've taught about the US in a normatively positive, exceptional framework.
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- Reposted by Lester K SpenceThe New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph: link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
- Being of service can stave off a great deal of this.
- Reposted by Lester K SpenceThe President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
- Reposted by Lester K SpenceDisease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪 From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
- I just heard that a group of national guards (probably a small one) got off the MARC train at the west baltimore stop. Has anyone else reported on this?
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- Reposted by Lester K SpenceFull resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
- Reposted by Lester K SpenceThe only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
- Michael Powell from The Atlantic had the audacity to say that a mother in Ward 8 would likely WANT the national guard there to protect her child. This shouldn't have been a matter of "if you know you know" but if you know you know.
- New Washington Post-Schar School poll: Most D.C. residents strongly oppose Trump’s city police takeover, with crime concerns continue a sharp decline and statehood support reaches a record high. Story w/ @joeheim.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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- This is the baseline. If the Democrats cared about extending democracy they'd have done this some time ago. Any official who doesn't support this with their chest should be shown the door.
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- But the DC Crime!!!
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- If you've been having problems with Anna's Archive this explains it. www.reddit.com/r/Annas_Arch...
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- Reposted by Lester K SpenceThe “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring. Read it for yourself here: www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
- @polityalsberuf.bsky.social does great work, and I'm honored to be on their board. Glad I could contribute this month's cover, shot last year near Idlewild, Michigan.
- Race, Racism, and the Crisis of Democracy in Political Science is out. Most important academic article I've written to date.
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- Over ten years ago I created a mix that combines Douglass' What to the Slave is the Fourth of July with Marvin Gaye's performance of the Star Spangled Banner. Gets at the complicated nature of this day better than anything I've written. www.lesterspence.com/the-frederic...
- A french news agency asked me to comment on the trial a couple of days ago. Told them I'd love to talk about authoritarianism and racial politics....but I've no interest at all in talking about the trial.
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- First day of the 2025 JHU Racial Politics Summer School.
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- I get it. It's....sub-optimal that's for sure. But it's what we have. (and thank you!)
- There isn't a maybe. There are political avenues other than primaries....but the general idea is still the same. Defeat and replace their ideas, candidates, and institutions.
- Back Panther.
- I'll be co-MCing today's Baltimore #MayDay rally later on. If you're around come around!
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- Thanks for the shoutout. Didn't know it was out already. If folks can't get access without forking over loot let me know.
- It looks like he was an institutionalist.
- Reposted by Lester K SpenceFellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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- Looking forward to this conversation tomorrow. Timely in more ways than one.
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- And James Carville's solution? Focus on prices and the local.
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