Wednesday, February 5, 2025
City Time Back in Urban Matters
Monday, February 3, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
The Old Mole
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
City Time on the Antifada
Sunday, January 19, 2025
City Time in the New York Post
Thursday, January 16, 2025
City Time in Urban Matters
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
City Time Release and Tour
Here is some advance praise for the book:
To celebrate, co-author David Campbell and I will be appearing at the following book events later this month. Hope to see you there!
Cuneo Hall, Room 109
Friday, January 3, 2025
City Time in Hellgate and Gothamist
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Sunday, November 24, 2024
City Time in Kirkus Reviews
Monday, November 4, 2024
Triumph of the Swill
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
City Time in Publisher's Weekly
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
NYC Event 9/20: Opposing Carceral Design
On Friday, September 20, I will appear on the panel "Opposing Carceral Design," alongside Tomie Arai (Chinatown Art Brigade), Mei Lum (W.O.W. Project), and the indefatigable abolitionist researcher Mon Mohapatra.
The event is at 6pm, at 127 Walker Street in Chinatown. Tickets are free and can be found here.
Hope to see you there!
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Three Way Fight Reviewed in Fightback
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Three Way Fight at Pilsen Community Books
Zhana and I will appear alongside editor Xtn Alexander, fellow contributor Michael Staudenmaier, and local eccentric Liz Simmons. More info can be found here.
Always support PCB, and see you there!
Monday, July 1, 2024
The Future Belongs to the Mad
Monday, June 3, 2024
Three Way Fight Book Out Now
Sunday, May 19, 2024
The Horror of Police at Red May
You can watch our discussion, live or later, at this link.
Viva Red May!
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The Jail is Everywhere
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Loren Goldner Presente!
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Berlin as a Community Space vs. Berlin as a Business
Read our discussion now on Hard Crackers: Chronicles of Everyday Life, and say no to pink-washed union busting!
Monday, February 19, 2024
Eric Adams' New York
Monday, January 22, 2024
On the Cosmonaut Podcast
Friday, January 12, 2024
The Undertow
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Tip of the Spear
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Captives Reviewed in Journal of Urban History
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Stop Cop City on Under the Tree
Thanks to everyone who made the Stop Cop City benefit at Pilsen Community Books a big success! We raised roughly $2,500 for the RICO defendants.
A recording of this memorable night, featuring me, Zhana, and a bunch of other great comrades, is now available on the podcast Under the Tree with Bill Ayers.
It can be heard here.
Monday, November 6, 2023
George Floyd Uprising in Los Angeles Review of Books
Check out the review here.
This essential volume can be purchased here.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Stop Cop City
For more information, or to register to attend this event online, click here.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Iowa Bluffs
Saturday, September 30, 2023
A Brilliant Red Thread at Pilsen Community Books
We will screen a short video from Don and lead a discussion of the book and its many lessons. Hope to see you there!
This event will also be live-streamed by our comrades at the Michigan General Defense Committee, but advance registration is required. Please click here to register.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Midwest World History Association Conference
I am honored to be giving the keynote address at the annual conference of the Midwest World History Association, entitled "Outcasts, Pariahs, Criminals: Histories of Others and Othering," at Roosevelt University in Chicago on Friday, September 22nd. I will discuss the historical context of two recent works, Captives and States of Incarceration.
I will also appear on a Saturday panel with my friends Abby Cunniff and Troy Brundidge, discussing our research in progress on the US prison and policing systems. For more information, check out the conference page here.
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Organizing Against Capitalism 2023
Check out all the information on the conference here. Thanks to the Michigan General Defense Committee for inviting us, and hope to see you there!
Friday, June 30, 2023
The George Floyd Uprising Reviewed in Inquest
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Treason to Whiteness Reviewed in Labour / Le Travail
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Interview in ArtSci
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
It's Going Down
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Captives Reviewed in Theoretical Criminology
Friday, May 12, 2023
A Brilliant Red Thread
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Red May 2023
Video of this event is now available here courtesy of Red May. Be sure to check out all their other excellent programming here.
Thanks to Red May and all the comrades in the PNW for having us.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Coming to the Pacific Northwest
In early May, Zhana and I will be traveling through the Pacific Northwest to promote States of Incarceration. Details are as follows:
May 5th: University of Washington, Smith Hall, Room 204, Seattle, 4pm.
May 6th: Pipsqueak, 173 16th Avenue, Seattle, 4:30pm.
May 8th: Lamplighters, 211 4th Ave E, Olympia, 6pm.
May 10: Alder Commons, 4241 NE Prescott St, Portland 6pm.
Thanks to Sean at Red May and Lucas from Chicago for setting this up.
Friday, April 14, 2023
ON STRIKE
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Mass Incarceration on the Cheap
Be sure to check out Inquest, and pick up a copy of States of Incarceration here.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Under the Mask of Philanthropy
For the April issue of the Brooklyn Rail's Field Notes section, I interviewed the activist-scholar Michael Barker about his work on the role of liberal philanthropic foundations in capitalist society. Check it out here.
Thanks to Michael Barker and, as always, the excellent Brooklyn Rail!
Friday, March 17, 2023
Captives Wins New York City Book Award
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Treason to Whiteness Reviewed in the Brooklyn Rail
Check it out here, and never miss an issue of the Brooklyn Rail.
Monday, February 27, 2023
Responding to Police Violence
Advanced registration is required to attend. Click here to sign up!
Thursday, February 16, 2023
On the Majority Report
Thanks to Emma and the rest of the MR crew for having us!
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Captives Reviewed in Vital City
Many thanks to the author for reading with an open mind, and for the honest admission that, thanks to the proponents of new "borough-based jails," we now face the "strong likelihood that, rather than closing Rikers and opening four borough jails, New York City will have an expanded jail system that includes Rikers."
Monday, February 13, 2023
Captives Reviewed in Crime, Media, Culture
The scholar Jane Komori has penned an excellent review of Captives for the journal Crime, Media, Culture. It can be read without a paywall here.
Many thanks to the author for such a generous and sophisticated treatment.