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1 year

NEW: The Houston mayoral race is looking… bleak! For @newrepublic I survey the beef between outgoing mayor Sylvester Turner & frontrunner John Whitmire, a tough-on-crime, pro-labor(?) Democrat w/ MAGA & union support. So where's the progressive movement?

Houston’s Mayoral Race Is Exposing the Left’s Fault Lines

Disappointed in Mayor Sylvester Turner, progressives wonder if they’ll be stuck with John Whitmire, a pro-labor conservative Democrat.

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Sam Russek

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1 year

SCOOP: The TX legislator who initially proposed banning "any ordinance" that stalls evictions—even in the case of emergencies or natural disasters—is herself a landlord with at least 7 properties valued at ~$1.9 million. My latest for @newrepublic

Texas’s War on Tenants Is an Inside Job

Landlords have one of their own in the state legislature. She and her allies are looking to stick it to renters.

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BREAKING: TX Sen. Creighton, a Republican w/ a real estate side gig, silently slipped an amendment in #HB2127 outlawing any ordinances prohibiting or delaying evictions. He did so w/o informing other senators on the state floor. The bill passed 3rd reading #txlege 1/8

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Sam Russek

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3 years

NOW: protestors have gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in Houston to support #Palestine . 7 of Israel’s 9 embassies across the US have drawn protests against illegal occupation HPD is here now hastily placing fencing to keep ppl off the road

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NEW: 11 staffers resigned en masse from Pervez Agwan’s campaign in late Oct, citing sexual harassment. Since then, they’ve faced legal threats, doxxing & anonymous texts saying they’ve “fucked up” Frmr staffers shared the crazy full story in @newrepublic

How Multiple Sexual Harassment Allegations Derailed a Progressive Challenger’s Congressional...

Pervez Agwan wanted to unseat centrist Lizzie Fletcher in Houston. His campaign has been rocked by mass resignations, a lawsuit, and an arrest.

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The Cop City RICO indictment doubles down on the idea that Tortuguita, the forest defender murdered by police, had a gun—even tho an independent autopsy AND video evidence indicate the Georgia state police *shot each other.*

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Sam Russek

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11 months

BREAKING: More than 60 Democratic Party leaders in Houston have submitted a resolution to formally condemn DA Kim Ogg's role in weakening voter rights, attacking criminal justice reform, & tacit approval of Republican voter suppression. For @newrepublic

Texas Dems Finally Push Back on Their Own D.A. Who’s Been Investigating Them

Texas Democrats have had enough of Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

#BREAKING : the protestors outside the Israeli embassy have spilled over onto the feeder road. HPD is trying to corral people back in but there are too many people. Traffic is stopped

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

1 year

END: I wrote about Creighton’s eviction bill—and his personal connections to real estate—earlier this year for @newrepublic . If you want to read more about what this bill does and who made it, see here:

Texas’s War on Tenants Is an Inside Job

Landlords have one of their own in the state legislature. She and her allies are looking to stick it to renters.

newrepublic.com

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

10 months

BREAKING: a coalition of young people across Houston are blockading the offices of BNY Mellon for its "complicity in the ongoing genocide of Palestinians." BNY Mellon is a major investor in Elbit Systems, an Israeli weapons manufacturer & a major donor to Friends of the IDF

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Sam Russek

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3 years

I’m at the #SaveSilwan protest outside Houston’s Israeli Consulate. Police presence is much heavier than May 18th’s protest in the same location Protestors also chanting “hey, Biden, you will learn, by the millions we’ll return”

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1 year

It’s not immediately clear that this is against Senate rules, but it’s safe to say unless the other senators looked at the official amendment filings before passing the bill today that they were misled to believe this amendment was something completely different. 6/8

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1 year

The #HB2127 “death star” bill already overturns local ordinances like worker protections that go beyond state law. W/ this amendment, workers will be without important protections in the workplace and at home 4/8

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Sam Russek

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1 year

Video shows Creighton announcing Amendment 2, “Members, this amendment makes it clear that no single municipal county official… may have a suit brought against them as an individual,” he says. That’s not what Amendment 2 does, according to official documents. 2/8

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Sam Russek

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3 years

Day 49 of the rent strike, still going strong. @HoustonTenants / @VDPtenantsunion told me today that another meeting between tenants and management is this Wed. In the meantime, they’re hanging this banner from a balcony near the complex entrance

Texas Observer

@TexasObserver

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Tenants at Villas Del Paseo were without water for weeks after February’s winter storm. Now, they’re organizing to demand better conditions at their complex.

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Sam Russek

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10 months

Sort of bizarre to me that this—a significant escalation in Houston—wasn't mentioned by any local media yesterday...at all? Meanwhile, police were there, cars were stalled arnd the block & BNY employees tried forcing their way in & taking the ceasefire banner. Shut down <1hr

Sam Russek

@samrussek

10 months

BREAKING: a coalition of young people across Houston are blockading the offices of BNY Mellon for its "complicity in the ongoing genocide of Palestinians." BNY Mellon is a major investor in Elbit Systems, an Israeli weapons manufacturer & a major donor to Friends of the IDF

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Sam Russek

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1 year

See here: This is Amendment 2 in full. It’s clearly regarding evictions, almost word for word the eviction bill that Creighton introduced to the Senate earlier this year, along with House Rep and landlord Shelby Slawson. 3/8

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Sam Russek

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1 year

Typically, TX Senators announce amendments on the floor, but video shows Creighton mentions an entirely different amendment relating to attorney’s fees. Official filings, however, show the eviction bill he brought to the Senate earlier this year. 5/8

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

1 year

#HB2127 “ends home rule in Texas” @mayjalone told me. But combined with Creighton’s evictions bill, it could increase the already historic number of evictions we’re seeing in cities across the state 7/8

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Sam Russek

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1 year

So now all management has to do is *allege* that union workers intentionally destroyed property, and the union can get dragged into $$$ litigation, even if the charges are bullshit. And SCOTUS ruled 8-1: thanks, Elena Kagan & Sonia Sotomayor!

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

1 year

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a concrete company that wanted to sue a union because a strike cost them money. The 8-1 decision means the company, Glacier Northwest Inc., can sue the union over a strike where truck drivers left wet concrete in their trucks.

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Sam Russek

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4 years

One of the Kappa Alpha Order's founders called KA and the KKK "reactions against the same evils." This year, Southwestern University's KA chapter was suspended after denouncing Lee and the Confederacy in an open letter My latest for Texas Monthly:

A Southwestern University Frat Tried to End Confederate Traditions—and Was Suspended

SU Kappa Alpha brothers believe they were disciplined for the content of a social media post; the national organization says they violated protocol.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

Cuba won’t be allowed to play in this year’s Gold Cup because the US denied their visas. How can you host the tournament if you’re just going to deny entry to the countries you don’t like?

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

Just before I recorded this, a protestor with a megaphone said, “If the news isn’t going to cover us, we’ll fucking make them cover us.” Protestors are proceeding slowly down Richmond, HPD in tow

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

4 years

For @TexasObserver I followed the 1st rent strike in Houston in recent memory. Organized by @VDPtenantsunion & @HoustonTenants , rent strikes are technically illegal in TX, but conditions were "so uninhabitable" tenants felt they had no other choice

“No Justice, No Rent:” After Winter Storm Uri, Tenants Go on Strike

Tenants are organizing to demand better conditions at their complex after they were without water for weeks after February’s winter storm.

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

Wondering how many people thought they were going to be praying in the middle of the street mid-protest tonight. Some are using their cardboard signs to cushion their head on the ground

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

9 months

HAPPENING NOW: a coalition of young people, including @palyouthmvmt @SJPHouston @pal_solidarity , are outside BNY Mellon’s Houston branch for the second time. BNY Mellon is a major investor in Elbit Systems, an israeli weapons manufacturer

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

1 year

@aaronnarraph @isaiahrmartin @VotersTomorrow @0liviajulianna Also on his LinkedIn: he currently works for MRM Consulting, a firm that works directly w the Dept of Defense and different military branches to write proposals for aerospace equipment and tech 🙃

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Sam Russek

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2 years

For @newrepublic I wrote about Greg Abbott's takeover of Houston ISD, TX's largest independent school district, how segregation led to privatization under the guise of "local control," and the student movements fighting all of this along the way

Greg Abbott’s Authoritarian Power Grab of Houston’s Public Schools

The Texas governor wants to make a big name for himself in the conservative movement, and students are being left behind.

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

Lol F*x N*ws asked me for permission to use my protest coverage from today

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

1 year

The new season of Love Is Blind set in Houston is great bc ppl say “I’m a geologist” or “I work in chemistry” and they just mean they’re pencil pushers at Exxon lmao

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Sam Russek

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3 years

I’m at the #nakba73 rally in Houston where hundreds have already gathered They’re chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Harris County has one of the largest Mid Eastern pops in TX, but I see a couple Irish flags too. Lots showing up in solidarity

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Sam Russek

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3 years

1/2: I asked an organizer abt HPD’s increased presence @ today’s rally. She explained the situation w/ a Black protester she feels was targeted by police & how organizers keep their plans under wraps After this interview she assured me: “we’re not going to stop protesting”

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Sam Russek

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3 years

TODAY: employees of the McDonald’s on Almeda Genoa in S Houston are on #STRIKE with @fightfor15 . Houston is 1 of the 30 cities nationwide participating in the strike, the only city in Texas The picket doubles as a vigil for one of the employee organizers, who died of COVID-19

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1 year

It’s worth noting a major funder for the Houston Landing “nonprofit newsroom” is the Arnold family, who also supported the now-TEA Commissioner’s attempt to make Dallas public schools work under a de facto charter system

Houston Landing

@Hou_Landing

1 year

NEW: Meet Mike Miles, the “very big disruptor” floated as Houston ISD’s next superintendent. (1/🧵)

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Sam Russek

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3 years

#BREAKING : the #propalestine crowd started chanting “we want to march” and have broken through the barrier, shutting down Westheimer and Post Oak

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

Closer look at HPD setting up fencing to keep protestors in. Not a ton of space left. (Yes, the cop on the left was coming to tell me to move lol)

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

Protestors are now on Richmond Avenue

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

#BREAKING : HPD grabbed one protestor and took him away, even though hundreds are now in the street Maybe I missed it, but I’m wondering why one Black protester was taken away, and not everyone else?

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

2 years

NYPD has arrested Ramza, a member of the Tompkins Homeless Collective, FIVE TIMES in a month for refusing to leave his tent. I spoke with him about living under the threat of sweeps, mutual aid, and the NY shelter system

Protean Magazine

@proteanmag

2 years

Sam Russek ( @samrussek ) interviewed Ramza, an encampment resident in New York City who has been subjected to repeated arrest and police harassment. Sweeps have worsened under Mayor Eric Adams’s punitive policies.

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Sam Russek

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1 year

This is how Houston’s mayor, who funded its “housing first” plan—attracting the likes of Karen Bass, Eric Adams, and Brandon Johnson—talks about homeless people in his city. Maybe people should look at the plan a bit more critically before saying they should follow his lead.

Sylvester Turner

@SylvesterTurner

1 year

Patrons and employees of the central library are being harassed and people are choosing not to use the library for events because people are attracted there and sleeping there by those feeding the homeless. They feed and leave but the city is faced with the after effects. st

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Sam Russek

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3 years

I’m at the #freepalestine protest on Westheimer & Post Oak in Houston. It seems HPD learned their lesson from Tuesday’s protest. They’ve split the crowd into 4 groups & set up barriers along the curb ahead of time. I’ve counted dozens of police vehicles, marked & unmarked

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

Pro Palestine protestors are heading slowly toward Richmond Avenue. After recording this video, I counted 5 HPD vehicles trying to block access

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Sam Russek

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2 years

For @NYMag @Curbed I wrote about the fight to save "Anarchy Row," a tent encampment near Tompkins Square Park. “I want an apartment for all my homeless people!” one resident shouted as he was arrested. “No more shelters, no more safe havens!”

The 8-Hour Standoff Against a Homeless-Encampment Sweep

Seven people were arrested after protesting the removal of the tents near Tompkins Square Park.

www.curbed.com

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Sam Russek

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5 years

A quarter after midnight, two guys walked in asking for matching tattoos reading "Gimme Danger." When asked what it meant, everybody shrugged. "I don't know why he's getting this tattoo done, actually," said a friend. My first for @TexasMonthly !

How Tattoo Artists Working on Austin’s Bustling 6th Street Make Their Mark

Every night of the week, revelers walk into Sacrament Tattoo to get inked.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

HPD successfully blocked the protestors’ movement south along I-59’s feeder road so protestors turned back only to be greeted by more police vehicles & a ton of traffic. Protestors have turned right, off the feeder road, & have paused their march as leaders figure out what to do

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Sam Russek

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3 years

ICYMI: @VDPtenantsunion / @HoustonTenants declared VICTORY after a 2-month long rent strike, securing all but 2 of their original demands & $500 prorated rent for all tenants. Amid an unprecedented disaster, tenants organized--and it worked.

Texas Observer

@TexasObserver

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Tenants at Villas Del Paseo were without water for weeks after February’s winter storm. Now, they’re organizing to demand better conditions at their complex.

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Sam Russek

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1 year

For @thenation I spoke w/ director @chronopictures about HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE. We discussed self-congratulatory "activist" media, state involvement in Hollywood, & cleared the air RE: the "higher-up" in counterterrorism who consulted on this film

The First Great Action Movie About Climate Justice?

A conversation with Daniel Goldhaber about adapting Andreas Malm's How to Blow Up a Pipeline into a politically-minded thriller.

www.thenation.com

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Sam Russek

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1 year

To the @majorityfm chat that said I looked too young to be there and called me Harry Potter—I know :-/ fair shots

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

Was about to record another video but these guys asked me if I could take a picture for them lmao

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Sam Russek

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3 years

I’m at the Naksa day rally outside Boeing’s office in clear lake, where #freepalestine protestors have taken to the street. This protest follows #BlockTheBoat protests across the country

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Sam Russek

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3 years

Sooo according to @HoustonChron not even the Houston Police Chief knows why this guy was detained. What exactly happened here?

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

2 years

For @thenation : I followed Madeline Brame, the "queen of the movement" against bail reform in NY, for 6 months up until the midterms It's a story about grief, radicalization, and how politicians like Lee Zeldin exploit tragedies in Black communities

Meet the Woman Leading the Charge Against Bail Reform in New York

The murder of her son radicalized Madeline Brame. Now, the right has embraced her as the muse of the movement to quash the most progressive bail reform law in the US.

www.thenation.com

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Sam Russek

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3 years

For @TexasObserver I spoke with tenants who said they had "COVID-like symptoms" bc of the mold in their apartment. With no federal regulations for airborne concentrations of mold indoors, when push came to shove, their landlord didn't do anything about it

'You See People With Mushrooms Growing Out of Their Carpets': Tenants With Mold in Their Homes Have...

Incidences of mold in Texas homes exploded after the mid-February storm, which burst pipes and allowed moisture to seep into buildings’ foundations at a rapid rate.

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

9 months

At this point, best case scenario IMO is for Landing journalists to spin off and form a worker-owned outlet like The Appeal or Defector—something Houston rly needs. Best way to avoid all these conflict of interest and corporate malfeasance charges is to cut them out altogether!

Joshua Benton

@jbenton

9 months

New by @s_peppered , with lots of details about the shock firing of @Mizanur_TX and @alexdstuckey at @Hou_Landing : The Houston Landing’s newsroom is “blindsided” by the firing of its top editor and a star reporter

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Sam Russek

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2 years

"Your neighbors have a face. You don't have to shoulder your burdens alone, because we're all struggling in this system built against us, together." Really enjoyed this conversation w/ members from @HoustonTenants , @LATenantsUnion , and @WRTUnited

Jewish Currents

@JewishCurrents

2 years

On this week's episode of our On the Nose podcast, @AriBrostoff spoke with tenant organizers from Los Angeles, Houston, & Rapid City, SD gathered at the @atun_rsia convention, where members of tenant unions from 20 cities met and strategized last month.

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3 years

Protestors have blocked Wesleyan in both directions and stopped about a block away from the Israeli embassy, nearly back where they started

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

I’m at the Harris County Joint Processing center where activists from around Houston are gathering to protest the arrest of a #propalestine protest organizer. This is the same Black organizer who police detained & let go the past 2 protests More info to come in the thread below

SJP Houston 🇵🇸

@SJPHouston

3 years

‼️HAPPENING TODAY AT 5PM‼️ We are calling on members of our community to show up and share!!

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Sam Russek

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1 year

I’ll be live on the Majority Report ( @majorityfm ) in about 20 minutes, talking about the Houston mayoral election and my recent piece for @newrepublic Watch here:

Anti-Abortion Attack Goes Global; Mayor's Race In Houston w/ Sian...

Fun Half Link: https://youtube.com/live/NxPkunTMdPc?feature=shareIt's another EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks to journalist Sian Norris to discuss her...

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@samrussek

2 years

I mean I guess I am big mad that segregation persists across Houston ISD and charter schools often serve to intensify that. It's a little weird to me that u aren't!

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@JamesQuinteroTX

2 years

The radical Left is Big Mad over the @HoustonISD takeover. If only they showed the same concern over the district's persistent failure to teach kids adequately. #txlege #txed @TPPF @samrussek

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3 years

I spoke with Sammy, an organizer who facilitated the release of the protester detained by police. He said was the SAME Black protester who was detained at the protest two weeks ago After this interview, organizers warned the crowd to make sure to leave in groups to avoid arrest

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Sam Russek

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1 year

In @proteanmag I wrote about Ludovico Silva’s MARX’S LITERARY STYLE, a lovely introduction to Marx’s writing and ideas, from the bad poetry of his university days to the “round and polished phrases” that bolstered—and mimicked—his theoretical framework

Review: Marx’s Literary Style, by Ludovico Silva

Sam Russek reviews Verso’s new English edition of Ludovico Silva’s classic Marx’s Literary Style (trans. Paco Brito Núñez). As Silva illustrated in 1971, Marx’s harmonies between concretion and...

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1 year

For the weekend crowd, in the newest issue of @DissentMag I wrote about class comedies: White Lotus and Triangle of Sadness versus The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), why the genre rings so hollow today, and the ways we think about class luxury

Cruelty and Luxury: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie at Fifty - Dissent Magazine

Luis Buñuel’s most famous film is a furious, if restrained, critique of the wealthy and a scathing look inside their collective unconscious.

www.dissentmagazine.org

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Sam Russek

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5 years

Not every F150 has a Trump/Pence sticker but every Trump/Pence sticker is on an F150

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3 years

For @newrepublic : There's a big caveat in Houston's lauded 54% reduction in homelessness. I saw people in unlivable apts far from support/resources they needed. They felt neglected, abused, & some ended up back on the streets. Supported by @econhardship

Houston Is Hailed as a National Success for Fighting Homelessness. But the Reality Isn’t Quite as...

Simple overall stats don’t show the truth of the housing crisis.

newrepublic.com

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3 years

The protest is pausing for prayer. One organizer on a bullhorn said “we’re going to pray and then we’re going to get back to marching” He continued that moments of quiet like these are just as important to show that “Houston stands with Palestine”

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3 years

The protest was paused briefly for the Maghreb Athan

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2 years

My article for @newrepublic was cited in the NYT today. It’s well-reported and touches on an idea I (as a freelancer) didn’t have a ton of resources to cover I’m glad the issue is being covered. Houston’s solution to homelessness feels like 2 steps fwd, 1 step back

Michael Kimmelman

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2 years

My latest, for Headway. Please check out the latest package of Headway stories.

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2 years

When I first started freelancing in 2020, most of the editors who took my pitches at the time were either at TXO or had recently departed from it. I owe so much to their kindness—I didn’t really know what I was doing. They taught me, and others, so much. This is such a loss

Sewell Chan

@sewellchan

2 years

EXCLUSIVE: The Texas Observer, the crusading liberal magazine founded in 1954, which Molly Ivins edited in the ’70s, is closing down and laying off its staff. The board voted on Wednesday, and again today, to proceed with the shutdown.

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. @TxDOT 's proposed I-45 expansion will tear 160 single-family homes, 433 multi-family homes, 486 public & low-income houses, 344 businesses, 5 churches, & 2 elementary schools @StopTxDotI45 is asking the community to reject the proposal in a TxDOT survey. More info below:

Stop TxDOT I-45

@StopTxDOTi45

3 years

🚨HOUSTON IS NOT FOR SALE🚨 Great Houston Partnership spent $10,000 in ad buys LAST WEEK to mislead the public about the cost of this expansion! We can’t out-buy them, but we can out-organize them: 📣

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@EasternOoC ?

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HISD’s new superintendent Mike Miles and TEA Commissioner Mike Morath both have deep ties with the charter movement in Texas. They failed to initiate many of their “reforms” in Dallas, but now they have the authority to experiment in Houston. Good reporting by @sgonzalezkelly

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We spoke with Dallas education activists, union leaders and elected officials about Miles' tenure in Dallas. They described a man who pushes controversial reforms with a "my way or the highway" approach

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3 years

Just unreal to me that ppl are gonna lose their homes bc a bunch of technocratic freaks wanna “let the market decide”

Tenants Together

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3 years

"To Prevent COVID, End Vaccines"

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Sam Russek

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9 months

What has this "progressive" union-busting congressional candidate lashing out at me and other journalists when he has a faltering campaign to run? Read to find out!

How Multiple Sexual Harassment Allegations Derailed a Progressive Challenger’s Congressional...

Pervez Agwan wanted to unseat centrist Lizzie Fletcher in Houston. His campaign has been rocked by mass resignations, a lawsuit, and an arrest.

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3 years

BREAKING: the #propalestine organizer has been released!

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Protesters are handing out these flyers to passersby. Barricades are barring protesters from nearing the entrance or blocking the entrance to the parking garage

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2 years

For @Gawker I reviewed The Goodby People (1971), a fantastic novel about defeatism and isolation in a rapidly Disney-fying city. I reference Mike Davis, Gary Indiana, Repo Man, and the relentless punishment of the poor—all things LA! :)))

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Sam Russek

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I had no idea that’s where the banner came from when I covered this picket for @TexasObserver My favorite part about covering movements in Houston was seeing how these groups overlapped and made each other stronger

Screwston Anti-Fascist Committee

@screwstonafc

3 years

After the George Floyd Uprisings, Patriot Front tried to cover up a Houston BLM Banner with their own. We took it down the same day and have donated pieces to other local groups over the past year. Another piece was used by us during the George Floyd Protests.

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Sam Russek

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Bari Weiss

@bariweiss

11 months

Why Do Young Americans Support Hamas? Look at TikTok. In @TheFP Rep. Mike Gallagher argues that the app is digital fentanyl made by China. And it is brainwashing our youth against the country and our allies.

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For @thenation I reviewed John Arena's EXPELLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, about the bipartisan push to privatize social services & gut working class communities ft. Cory Booker, Oprah, Zuckerberg, Ras Baraka—son of Amiri Baraka & mayor of Newark—& Adolph Reed Jr

The Bipartisan Attack on Public Schools

In New Jersey, liberal and conservative forces poured resources into the charter school movement. This effort helps explain the woes of the public school system in the country.

www.thenation.com

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

4 years

What if white liberals simply did not use wakanda as a stand-in for Black ppl, I think that would be pretty cool

Mecca Allahzilla

@TheEpicDept

4 years

Got it before he deleted

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Sam Russek

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For @TexasMonthly : I toured HOU's 7 miles worth of tunnels to see how remote work has affected the businesses explicitly built to service the offices downtown Due to low wages, some work fewer than 30hrs per week to keep meeting unemployment requirements

Remote Work in Downtown High-rises Is Killing the Businesses in Houston’s Tunnels

The city's subterranean shops are still feeling the pandemic’s toll.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

1 year

Getting a new desk is going to solve every problem in my life

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

4 years

Football would be better if after a touchdown they all gave each other a little kiss

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

7 years

I get more favorites and retweets from bot accounts than actual friends and that's the way I like it

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

1 year

A little late but tomorrow at ~11:40 CST/12:40 EST I’ll be on The Majority Report with Sam Seder ( @majorityfm ) to talk about the Houston mayoral election and my most recent @newrepublic article (link below). Hope to see some of y’all there!

Houston’s Mayoral Race Is Exposing the Left’s Fault Lines

Disappointed in Mayor Sylvester Turner, progressives wonder if they’ll be stuck with John Whitmire, a pro-labor conservative Democrat.

newrepublic.com

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

10 months

Got a haircut in lower Manhattan and they tried to do this to me, to make this who i am. But i won’t let that happen.

misha꙳

@schizarella

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what is this genre of man called?

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

#Nabka73 protestors have made it to Houston city hall. Waving with Palestinian flags, I’ve seen those from Lebanon, Turkey, Mexico, Ireland, Pakistan and Bangladesh Doesn’t look like the green space in front of city hall is going to be big enough to hold everybody

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

1 #proIsrael counter protestor so far. I’ve covered all 3 protests in Houston since #nakbaday and this is the first i’ve seen

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

Using formerly incarcerated kids as props to show that "not all police officers are the same" and,,,, wow! Some even have tattoos! Do y'all even hear yourselves?

Dallas Morning News

@dallasnews

3 years

‘They were willing to learn’: Dallas police go incognito to work with formerly jailed teens at Café Momentum

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

. @HoustonTenants @VDPtenantsunion are beginning a weeklong picket TODAY @ 4 p.m., & ask the public to show up for them This is 1 of the apts, where an El Salvadorean family, including a 4 y/o child, were living. Even w/ running water, conditions for some are still uninhabitable

Houston Tenants Union

@HoustonTenants

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

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I’m just trying to walk to the movies man did this storage unit billboard really make an Epstein joke 😭

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

4 years

One tenant I spoke to for this story fell behind on rent while in the hospital w/ COVID. Then during the Feb storm she lost water & heat for 3 days. Unable to drive to the store for boxes, too cold to pack, she lost a week to prepare for her moveout date. One crisis after another

Texas Monthly

@TexasMonthly

4 years

Since last March, Houston has become a hot spot for evictions. According to Eviction Lab, more than 26,000 evictions have been filed in the Houston metro area during the pandemic—double the total of Austin and Fort Worth.

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

5 years

My first prose poem, CHATROULETTE, published with @paintbucketpage . About online isolation & other things. "[...] In high school, a guy I met on Chatroulette thought I was his girlfriend. Under different circumstances, he was a maybe [...]"

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

6 years

We’re living in a single party state

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

1 year

New visuals from @januaryadvisors show a historic increase in evictions in Harris County, far exceeding pre-pandemic numbers. As Houston touts another annual decrease in homelessness, it's important to note housing insecurity isn't lessening: in fact, it's the exact opposite

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

A small group of protestors gathered outside the embassy have seen the commotion on Wesleyan and some are joining outside the Edwards Greenway theater. (Sidenote: I’ve been coming to this theater for years. I had no idea the Israeli embassy was right next door)

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

3 years

My fall plans: the delta variant: (I tore my ACL again)

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Sam Russek

@samrussek

5 years

In my first for @TexasObserver , I got to cover a show @camhouston director Hesse McGraw called "30 years in the making," on the legacy of DJ Screw and his influence on Houston-based or -affiliated mixed media artists

Texas Observer

@TexasObserver

5 years

The late, great DJ Screw, born Robert Earl Davis Jr., sold mixtapes in high school for lunch money. He went on to open his own record store, sell hundreds of thousands of copies of his albums, and establish himself as the godfather of Houston hip-hop.

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