Sean Jacobs
@_SeanJacobs
Professor and Director of @newschool_IA at @thenewschool. Founder of @africasacountry. Developing Eleven Named People and Cape Town Review of Books.
Overheard: South Africa defeats occupation twice in one week.
To commemorate the end of Hulkamania, here's @GovJVentura on Hulk Hogan helping Vince McMahon bust union organizing in the WWE.
. @ZohranKMamdani’s mayoral primary win matters because, like @IlhanMN, he represents a new kind of leadership—rooted in lived experience, driven by grassroots organizing, and able to turn complex policy into clear, urgent demands for justice. aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/…
I don’t usually read The Atlantic, but @jemelehill's 2019 piece on how Jay-Z (shocker, "a Black Republican") helped the #NFL sideline @Kaepernick7 is key context for @nessnitty's recent posts accusing Jay-Z and Roc Nation’s Desiree Perez of smearing Kaepernick and helping to…
Niggas be saying “Hulk Hogan was a part of my childhood, I can’t diss him” like he used to loan ya mama food stamps or some shit. Nigga you was watching him on TV get a fucking grip
"MLS has announced one-game suspensions for two of its most popular players—Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba—after they skipped the All-Star Game" (via @Sportico).
.@UNITEHERE26 is striking ahead of the Red Sox–Dodgers MLB baseball series—the first strike in Fenway Park’s 113-year history. Workers urge fans to attend games but ask them not to buy food or drinks from non-union staff.
Swedish proverb: He who waits for something good never waits too long.
'Mandela's Sermon' (1969) By Keorapetse Willie Kgositsile Blessed are the dehumanized for they have nothing to lose but their patience False gods killed the poet in me. Now I dig graves with artistic precision
Accidental Theorist: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | @_SeanJacobs What would a Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o theory of international affairs look like? thenewcntxt.com/ia-theorist-is…
That story about the Cape Town youth football team stranded in Portugal after a tour to Spain is deeply troubling. A squad of over 20 players, mostly black (also meaning coloured) from the Cape Town-based BT Football Academy, had traveled to compete in a tournament in Spain.…
Donald Trump's call, on TruthSocial, for the Cleveland Guardians and, especially, the Washington Commanders to revert to their former names—offensive to Native Americans (in the case of Cleveland, the “Indians” and Washington, the “Redskins”)—may be just another attempt to toss…
If you follow sports, sports administration, and sports politics in South Africa, watch as @DanCorderOnAir (I still think he should retire the hats LOL) does the Lord's work, brilliantly summarizing @GaytonMcK's various shenanigans and snake oils. (Though Corder doesn't address…
It is undeniable this American sect had a foothold among white South Africans under apartheid, but @dailymaverick, Marianne Thamm, and the scriptwriter can’t get themselves to say it. What is squeamishness about race, especially South African whiteness? youtube.com/watch?v=ShyNvz…
'The formerly exiled ANC activist and later judge Albie Sachs is archiving his life, including a new film that forms part of a larger project of legacy-making.' Struggle and archive | @_SeanJacobs | @africasacountry africasacountry.com/2025/06/strugg…