Paul Prescod
@paul_prescod
Philly union man through and through!
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Coming soon! Damage is publishing a new collection of writing from Bayard Rustin, with commentaries from contemporary writers on the left. Pre-order now: damagemag.com/2025/07/24/rus…
What is Israel supposed to do?! NOT bomb to rubble a place without casinos and strip clubs??
Pro-Israel activist Michael Rapaport says Gaza is "hell" because of "the people that run that place." "There should be casinos, there should be strip clubs, there should be Chick-fil-As," Rapaport says, "it never ever is gonna happen because of Hamas!"
Mostly for my U.S. friends and followers: Exciting news! 🎉 The English edition of my book Nordic Socialism is finally on its way to bookstores! ❤️ And even more exciting — I’m heading to the U.S. soon for a book tour across the country! I’ll be doing events in DC, Philadelphia,…
"you're STILL talking about that creep!?"
I'm excited to be talking next month with member of Danish parliament @pelledragsted about his new book "Nordic Socialism: The Path Toward a Democratic Economy." Mark your calendars for August 2nd!
The best summary of the Trump and Israeli connection to Epstein by @Bmarchetich. jacobin.com/2025/07/jeffre…
Gonna go out on a limb and say the richest man in the world turning the AI for a major social media site into “MechaHitler” should be more concerning to folks scared about rising antisemitism than the prospect of a thoughtful NYC mayor who thinks war crimes are bad.
The man below is the founder of Al Qaeda in Syria. The US just took his organization off its terror list and lifted sanctions on him. The woman below is the UN rapporteur on Israel and Palestine. The US is about to impose sanctions on her. Let that sink in.
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.
Though very different context, the current Philly municipal strike brings to mind the strike by Atlanta municipal workers in 1977. Maynard Jackson, Atlanta's first black mayor, crushed the strike of the mostly black workforce. I wrote about it here. jacobin.com/2020/04/atlant…
"On one side, there remains the perennial trap of thinking the old dilemmas can be outmuscled by the good luck of youth; on the other, the trap of thinking the future is doomed to be nothing more than the past; between them, possibly, the space to invent." -Todd Gitlin
"Nine thousand blue-collar workers who make Philadelphia run went on strike July 1. After sacrificing through the pandemic and years of bruising inflation, they say they’re on strike so they can afford to live in the city they serve," writes @paul_prescod: labornotes.org/2025/07/philad…
It’s hard to leave the house without experiencing the work that @afscme33 members do. The union’s slogan, “Philadelphia Works Because We Do,” is more than just rhetoric. jacobin.com/2025/07/philad…
People who believe blue collar workers are below them are people who I never want to interact with
Come out today to support our city workers in @afscme33! People who do such essential work for our city should be able to live in it!
