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Levka

#khipu #class

"A 500-year-old Inca document made of alpaca wool and human hair was made by an unknown individual of low social status, shattering the common belief that only high-ranking imperial officials knew how to produce these strange thread-based records. Known as a khipu, the artifact forms part of a 'proto-writing' tradition that was widespread in the Andes until the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores, and which persisted in isolated highland villages until the 20th century."

iflscience.com/mysterious-inca

Mysterious Inca String “Writing” System Was Surprisingly Used By Commoners As Well As Elites
IFLScience · Ancient Inca Khipu “Writing” System Was Used By Commoners, Shattering Belief Of Purely Elite SkillBy Benjamin Taub
Nathaniel Gregory

The system of checks & balances has utterly failed. The people have to unite around shared #class & #work together to save themselves.

Things will keep getting worse until there is large scale #disruptive #directaction & #civildisobedience that doesn't stop until all the #criminals in power are out.

substack.com/inbox/post/168247

substack.comMilitarization of Our Streets is Un-American.The Steady State | Author's Name Withheld
#Politics#Democrats#Republicans
the roamer

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.

#summer#class#mathematics
Dr Alexandrina Vanke

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

alexandrinavanke.com/2025/08/0

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@sociology
@anthropology
@geography
#poverty
#everyday
#life
#struggle
#urban
#class
#workingclass
#Russia

Alexandrina Vanke · Paperback release incoming: what critics think about my book and why it matters for the class debate – Part 2This is the second part of the blogpost with my response to the reviewers who engaged with ‘The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia’ to be released in paperback in January 2026. In this par…
Wokebloke for Democracy

"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."
theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/
#Movies #Romance #Class #Money

The Guardian · ‘Everybody’s starved of affection’: Past Lives director Celine Song on the brutal dating scene and her realistic new romcomBy Guardian staff reporter
Justice for Willie Simmons

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.”

therealnews.com/prison-labor-m

The Real News Network · America is built on prison labor. When will the labor movement defend prisoners?By Mansa Musa
#labor#movement#prison
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Preston Maness ☭

@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."

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Dr Alexandrina Vanke

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 👉🏽 alexandrinavanke.com/2025/07/2

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Alexandrina Vanke · Paperback release incoming: what critics think about my book and why it matters for the class debate – Part 1I got a wonderful news from Manchester University Press about The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia. It will be out in paperback in January 2026. This means that the book will be availabl…
#workers#inequality#poverty
Gary Hall

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.'

divided.online/all-books/bourg

#culture #politics
#humanities #class
#classwar #books

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