Mike Haber

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Thanks, you too!

Happy birthday!

As a graduate of both New College of Florida and Carnegie Mellon’s grad program in Literary & Cultural Studies, I’m feeling great about higher education in this country.

They’re not eating, the cats

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Flyer for event at Brooklyn Law School: How a Volunteer-Run Art Space has Braved 45+ years in the Belly of New York Real Estate

I'll be moderating a conversation with ABC No Rio and Council Member-elect @harveyepstein.bsky.social on autonomous/DIY art spaces in the city at @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social on 11/19 at 6. Sponsored by BLS Art Law Association. RSVP: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

The Constitution, c’est moi

NYC Directory Of Resources and Aid A directory of aid resources in NYC

www.dora.nyc is now live!

it contains mutual aid distros, food pantries, and other resources and services in the NYC area.

Possibly!

It’s harder to see the connections when one’s salary depends on not seeing them

I’m leading a brief online training on legal issues for folks in the arts doing mutual aid on Sep 11 —organized by Movement Law, SELC, and Vital Arts. Free, sign up here:

First time I’m seeing Trump 2028 hats are already on display in the White House.

I have a new piece on the Community Action Program arguing the Johnson Admin developed core tools of the non-profit industrial complex. TLDR: They liked rhetoric of "participation" but were unprepared for influence of Baker/SNCC/Highlander. Couldn't fully unwind EOA so they built tools to limit CAP

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Chartbook 370: Is a "Treasury market unwind" in progress? Wednesday morning and the overnight fin-fi panic. (Part 2) A specter is stalking global financial markets.

This is good on these questions- adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

What Are the Ethics of Strapping VR Headsets on Inmates in Solitary Confinement? Stuck in cramped cells for days and weeks at a time, incarcerated people are being whisked away to beautiful worlds through the magic of VR.

This is the plot of Philip K Dick’s A Maze of Death

Feeling extra proud to have been an Equal Justice Works fellow today

Exactly

Given Chaos, I don’t expect anyone to notice the hearing for head of Federal Housing Finance Agency. But FHFA is one of the most consequential agencies that most folks have never heard of. And chief on its agenda will be full privatization of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. Here’s why that’s very bad. 1/5

Vital City | In Defense of Social Justice Upheaval The former executive director of The Bronx Defenders argues that the young, radical staffers disrupting nonprofit organizations are (mostly) right.

"Today, I find myself in agreement with our rebellious staff...that a nuanced and incrementalist approach has not achieved [change]...that our progress has often been co-opted...that we must grapple with systemic racism within our own organizations..." - Reflections from ex-E.D. of Bronx Defenders

Ha, fair enough

The canary in the coal mine here was New College of Florida, a state honors college. DeSantis is now making similar moves at Univ of West Florida, a non-elite public college. So I wouldn’t count on it just being an issue for Ivies.

Graphic depicting Handling and Protecting Money, Tax, and Other Legal Issues for Crisis Response Teams

Here's a graphical interpretation of a talk I gave earlier this month to a network of crisis response teams. Huge thanks to Sara Yukimoto-Saltman, BCCR, and Just Practice Collaborative

Defend Sanctuary Policies and Spaces — Muslims for Just Futures This page will focus on tracking MJF’s advocacy, movement-building, and organizing efforts to protect Sanctuary status. We will offer guidance on new policies and MJF’s efforts to protect Sanctuary.

Sanctuary guidance from our partners at Muslims for Just Futures (muslimsforjustfutures on insta) - www.muslimsforjustfutures.org/blog/protect...

MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources

@tyleraking.com The Mutual Aid L.A. team's resource list is up. Please boost, it's the best one I've seen: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The New College Gambit The right-wing takeover of Florida’s public honors college blurs the line between tragedy and farce, but attacks on universities are about to get worse.

I’m a New College of Florida alum, so I’ve been following the events there somewhat closely. This is the best overview I’ve seen so far.

Agree on Paris and Stuttgart as 1 and 2