Riot Folk! (Ryan Harvey) - Peace, Justice and Anarchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuo0Hg0TGH4
This country ain't nothin but a company's dream
A couple hundred thousand workers that's all that they see
Our hands on our tools, money writing the rules
From the sweatshop prisons to the cops in the schools
Dog-sittting today, for friends.
They have a huge 17th century house with a large garden, in the centre of town. I sit in the garden, enjoying the sun and the friendly breeze and the whole space. Everything here is generous and graceful. I grew up thinking of myself as part of the educated upper middle class, destined to be safe and comfortable. Now I can barely pay my bills, and we can't afford summer holidays. #DownwardlyMobile, your name is Roamer. Part of being an academic in the UK, I accept it.
Today I sit in this beautiful vast garden, harvesting memories of past self-images. I have books with me; van der Waerden's Algebra I, the German edition, since you ask. Mathematics is best expressed in German, and best by writers to whom it is a second language. His German is up there with Thomas Mann or Goethe.
A day off. Quiet reflection. A supremely elegant Saluki by my side. A supremely elegant book in my hands.
Part 2 of the blog is now live. I continue the conversation on class within today’s global socio-political agenda in a dialogue with the reviewers of ‘The urban life of workers in post-Soviet’ due to be out in paperback in January 2026. Join the conversation in comments, on other blogs or through debate in academic journals and books
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"Romantic comedies, particularly those set in New York City, tend to be escapist fantasies: you’re not supposed to wonder how the heroine can afford to live in a swanky one-bedroom in Manhattan or wear Louboutins; you’re certainly not supposed to ponder the moral implications of the hero’s wealth.
But in Materialists, every detail is spelled out."
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/03/celine-song-interview-materialists-past-lives-dakota-johnson-pedro-pascal-chris-evans
#Movies #Romance #Class #Money
2026 NFL Draft: First look at QB class, Browns options include Drew Allar, Arch Manning and more
The Cleveland Browns quarterback situation is, frankly, a mess. Joe Flacco probably isn’t an answer beyond 2025 and…
#nfl #nfldraft #NFLDraft #allar #and #arch #at #browns #by #class #cleveland-browns-nfl-draft #dawgs #draft #Drew #first #Football #front-page #include #look #manning #more #nature #NFL #options #qb
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2026 NFL Draft: First look at QB class, Browns options include Drew Allar, Arch Manning and more https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/251701/ #allar #and #arch #at #browns #by #class #ClevelandBrownsNflDraft #dawgs #draft #Drew #first #Football #FrontPage #include #look #manning #more #nature #NFL #NflDraft #options #qb
America is built on prison labor. When will the labor movement defend prisoners?
“Incarcerated workers are a part of the working class,” award-winning journalist Kim Kelly says. And we are “not telling the real history of labor in this country if [we’re] not focusing on the organizing efforts and the labor of people who are in prison.”
https://therealnews.com/prison-labor-movement-incarcerated-workers
New Podcast! "28 July 1869: Daughters of Saint Crispin" on @Spreaker #class #history #working
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/28-july-1869-daughters-of-saint-crispin--66814546
@bradr #TomLehrer favourite: National Brotherhood Week.
"To hate all but the right folks is an old established rule."
#music #obituaries #class #ClassWar #satire
Alt-text for spoken word introduction, which takes up the first 51 or so seconds:
"One week of every year is designated National Brotherhood Week. This is just one of many such weeks honoring various worthy causes. One of my favorites is National Make-Fun-Of-The-Handicapped Week, which Frank Fontaine and Jerry Lewis are in charge of as you know.
"During National Brotherhood Week various special events are arranged to drive home the message of brotherhood – this year, for example, on the first day of the week, Malcolm X was killed, which gives you an idea of how effective the whole thing is.
"I’m sure we all agree that we ought to love one another, and I know there are people in the world who do not love their fellow human beings, and I hate people like that! Here’s a song about National Brotherhood Week."
Great news! ‘The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia’ will be released in paperback in January 2026 
This means that the book will soon be available at a more affordable price and I’m glad it will reach more readers. In the new blogpost, I respond to some of the critical reflections from reviewers. Read Part 1 here 
https://alexandrinavanke.com/2025/07/25/paperback-release-incoming-what-critics-think-about-my-book-and-why-it-matters-for-the-class-debate-part-1/
https://www.europesays.com/2275276/ Trump administration releases billions in frozen money for schools #BrightonParkElementary #chi #Chicago #class #english #illinois #migrant #Spanish #student #TheWhiteHouse #TrumpAdministration
Tatatataaa Gewinnspiel ausgelost: Eine neue MEW 3 mit »Die deutsche Ideologie«, »Thesen über Feuerbach« plus 100 Seiten mehr als jedes Hardcover erhält: @m0veax — congrats 
bitte DM wegen Postversand. Wem das Losglück leider nicht hold war, wird hier fündig: https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/mew-marx-engels-werke-band-3-2
Looking forward to reading this when it’s out:
Bourgeois coldness by Henrike Kohpeiß
'Bourgeois coldness refers to an affective strategy that offers an explanation for how self-preservation works. Bourgeois coldness is one of the most advanced affective and aesthetic forms of preserving the structure of the colonial status quo. It creates an affective shelter in the world, unencroached upon by the immediate consequences of its many catastrophes. It functions like air conditioning – a complex technology which reliably stabilises the climate until those inside consider it natural. Bourgeois spaces – institutional and affective – stay cool and pleasant. But outside it’s burning.'
If they'd gone to the right schools we'd have never heard of their crimes....it's always about Class here.
The #DOJ has argued that #Trump's order conforms with the #Constitution & has asked Laplante to find that the plaintiffs cannot sue as a #class.
#SCOTUS’ ruling did not address the legal merits of Trump's order, which the Republican president issued as part of his hardline #immigration agenda on his first day back in office in January.
Judge Laplante agreed the plaintiffs could proceed as a #class, allowing him to issue a fresh judicial order blocking implementation of #Trump's policy nationally.
The question of whether to issue an #injunction was "not a close call," he said, noting #children could be deprived of #US #citizenship if Trump's order took effect.
"That’s irreparable harm, citizenship alone," he said. "It is the greatest privilege that exists in the world.”
https://www.europesays.com/2232002/ New Zealand demolish Ireland to secure semi-final spot · The 42 #class #ireland #IrelandRepublic #NewZealand #Rugby #SemiFinals #WorldU20Championship
The process to certify a class can often take months. A snr White House ofcl told Reuters the #Trump admin will be watching #class certification decisions closely & plans to aggressively challenge them to prevent “abuse”of the process.
The govt says the named class plaintiffs in the New Hampshire case are too different from one another to be able to proceed as a #ClassAction. They include an #asylum seeker & someone on a #StudentVisa.
#ClassActions must follow what is known as #Rule23, which requires the plaintiffs to meet several elements including proving that the proposed #class members suffered the same #injury. Conservative #SCOTUS Justice Samuel #Alito warned lower courts against certifying nationwide classes without "scrupulous adherence to the rigors of Rule 23.”
