Raj Thamotheram
Formerly a sustainable finance guy who's also not fond of pandemics or genocides or fascists.
On here for as long as it helps us organise a centre left response to the polycrisis.
If we have something in common, feel free to send me a DM.
Starter Packs
Created by Raj Thamotheram (3)
US pro democracy advocates & anti fascists
A collection of thought leaders and organisers in the USA who are credible because of their track record. Some are progressive, others centrist and a few are never Trumpers. It's a personal list and I'd welcome suggestions for additional names.
NGOs
This starter pack lists some of the NGOs who've made the decision to at least test this site. All are concerned about losing their network of supporters. Is there any evidence that they can be encouraged to follow NGOs here? Please message me if you know of other NGOs.
How to resist fascists, kleptocrats & similar
This is a list of people I consider wise thought leaders and activists who have hands-on experience of doing this work. If you have suggestions, please send me a message including something they have written / said. (And if you know such folk, and they aren't on here, you know what to do!) Thanks
@mayorseidel.bsky.social
Sewer Socialism beats climate change and bureaucracy explains the world. Re tootskeets don't endorse, new tootskeets represent nobody. they/she 🚰🌹🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱
@yaelschacher.bsky.social
Immigration historian and Director for Americas and Europe at Refugees International. Views my own.
@dataforprogress.org
Data movements trust. Progressive policy and polling organization. dataforprogress.org
@commondreams.org
News and opinion for a better world. Nonprofit. Independent. Reader-supported. https://www.commondreams.org/
@usspcrichardandson.bsky.social
shaking them and waking them and giving them más. homosexual menace, infallible genius, tristate nationalist, lawyer (sorry), New Jerseyan (you're welcome), opinions mine and mine alone.
@johnmenadue.com
Progressive analysis on politics, foreign policy, the economy, media, and culture, with a focus on peace and justice. John Menadue, Publisher & Editor in Chief Read: johnmenadue.com Subscribe for free: https://tinyurl.com/vr2vz4av
@pitasanna.bsky.social
Writer. Filmmaker. Watch for free my six part docuseries on Canada's foreign policy: http://truthtothepowerless.com
@bennuvibes.bsky.social
He/him Artist. Writer. Progressive. Feminist. Harm reduction advocate. Indigenous Métis.
@poligraf.bsky.social
🐬 fingerstyle guitarist · poet · essayist · composer · writer · vegan · zen 📍 Québec, Qc ⚜️ 🏷️ #music #progrock #art #painting #poetry #movies #philosophy #religion #zen #buddhism #guitar #veganism #cooking #walking #nature #humanrights #football
@elijahkahlenberg.bsky.social
From the river to the sea, there exists one family deserving of freedom, equality and unity || Atidna International President—Brothers, Not Others || Columbia Law 2030 || UT Austin 2025
@jameshadlow.bsky.social
Addressing #remoteandrural #coastal health issues. Associate Medical Director. Doctor. Anaesthetist. Darzi Fellow Alumnus. Once played cricket for Germany. All views my own
@ienesatac.bsky.social
PhD student in Sociology and Social Data Analytics at Penn State | Prev. University of Mannheim & Bogazici University ienesatac.com
@garyadler.bsky.social
Sociologist of culture, religion, civil society, and law. Love mixing the methods. @PSUsoccrim Current project: religion-state relations and local government. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=xHfWZUgAAAAJ *Views expressed are my own*
@gulayturkmen.bsky.social
Sociologist, researcher, writer, editor, teacher, academic nomad https://www.gulayturkmen.com/
@mayrl.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Chair of Sociology at Colby College. Religion, politics, history, culture, law, policy, vermú. http://mayrl.org, @mayrl@sciences.social, @yrlsoc@x
@jonathancoley.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology, Oklahoma State University | Editor-in-Chief, The Sociological Quarterly (@socquarterly.bsky.social) | social movements, politics, education, religion, work, sexuality, race 🏳️🌈 http://jonathancoley.com
@gizemarikan.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social. ISPP Academy Director @polpsyispp.bsky.social. Political psychology, religion and politics, democratic attitudes, immigrants and integration. gizemarikan.com
@sssreligion.bsky.social
The SSSR is an interdisciplinary academic association that promotes & communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences. Founded in 1949. sssreligion.org Flagship publication: JSSR @jssreligion.bsky.social
@jacquifrost.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @PurdueSociology. Researching how nonreligious people live, what science means to people, and why religious change happens.
@ruthbraunstein.bsky.social
Sociologist. Religion, culture, politics | Director Meanings of Democracy Lab | Books: PROPHETS & PATRIOTS, RELIGION & PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM | Next book: MY TAX DOLLARS
@jeffguhin.bsky.social
Pronounced Gyoo-in, Assoc Prof @SociologyUCLA. Religion/Schools/Theory, he/él/هو, Dad to 2, Book 2: Against Achievement: What Meritocracy (and Social Science) Misses About Schools
@valecantori.bsky.social
Sociologist in the making @USC. Studying representations of Public Islam in U.S. civic life | proud first-gen | tagliatelle-maker 🍝🇮🇹 www.valentinacantori.com
@jssreligion.bsky.social
The JSSR Journal is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes research on the social scientific study of religion. Flagship publication of @sssreligion.bsky.social. Engage our journal: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14685906
@erinfjohnston.bsky.social
Sociologist studying religion, culture, identity, and qualitative methods. Sr. Research Associate @ Duke University Department of Sociology | Religion and Social Change Lab https://sites.google.com/site/ejohnsto/
@dromishai.bsky.social
Author of "Above the Fray:The RC & the Making of the Humanitarian NGO Sector"&"Moral Minefields:How Sociologists Debate Good Science" (U Chicago Press). Harvard sociologist.
@jackdelehanty.bsky.social
Sociology professor, runner, husband to Tania, dad to Sylvie & Louis. Making Moral Citizens, my book on faith-based community organizing, now available from UNC Press.
@criminovelist.bsky.social
Assistant professor in the Purdue Department of Sociology. I study hate crime, violence, guns, health, and religion. I also write murder mystery novels. Learn more at chseto.com. All opinions shared here are my own.
@pauldjupe.bsky.social
Prof at Denison University; Political Scientist studying US religion and politics. blogging at religioninpublic.blog. Riding all over (hilly) Ohio.
@evanstewart.bsky.social
Social Scientist | Asst. Prof. @ UMass Boston Studying the stakes of pluralism in social change. Climate | (Non)Religion & Spirituality | Public Opinion https://www.evan-stewart.com @socimages.bsky.social
@nazita.bsky.social
Political scientist. Scholar of race, religion, and American politics.
@jlkucinskas.bsky.social
Sociologist of morality, social & organizational change and spirituality. Author of The Loyalty Trap (forthcoming) on civil servants' experiences under Trump, The Mindful Elite and Situating Spirituality. Learning about climate action. Mom juggling it all.
@josephroso.bsky.social
Assistant professor of sociology at Ambrose University in Calgary, AB. I study religion, politics, and organizations. http://josephroso.com/
@jpsteinmann.bsky.social
PostDoc | Sociologist | @KFN | @FGZ | Social inequalities | Migration and integration | Right-wing populism | Deviant behavior | Religion https://www.jan-philip-steinmann.com/
@rarinald.bsky.social
Sociologist at the University of Colorado Boulder. I do ethnographic and interview research on gender, religion, and social change, with a focus on Indonesia. Faculty Director of the Center for Asian Studies.
@chouhoud.bsky.social
Arab and Muslim public opinion, MENA, Religion & Politics, Race & Ethnicity Associate Professor, Political Science, Christopher Newport University إسكندراني / Brooklynite #YNWA www.chouhoud.com
@profkjoshi.bsky.social
Scholar: FDU | Author: White Christian Privilege Practitioner: Social Justice Education * http://idsj.us Pizza: Thin crust w/ extra jalapeños (she/her)
@sueannshiah.bsky.social
#FaithfullyLGBT #Presbyterian #Riotgrrrl #Taiwanese American @NewBloomMag Writer-Musician-Producer-Filmmaker | Ethnomusicologist | Public Theologian Alum-Belmont U, National Taiwan U Current-Princeton Theological Seminary www.sueannshiah.com
@anthonyb1939.bsky.social
Film, religion, politics. The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War (University Press of Kansas).
@caitlinfitzgerald.bsky.social
Sociology PhD student @notredame focusing on the intersection of religion, culture, and health | Graduate Scholar @HumanEcologyCUA
@arielzellman.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University Co-director, Religion and State Project Territorial Conflict, Politics & Religion, Extremist Social Movements New Book: Religious Minorities at Risk, Oxford, w Matthias Basedau & Jonathan Fox
@michaelrosino.bsky.social
sociologist | racial politics, media, democracy | author of Democracy is Awkward https://bit.ly/4hUsTK3 & Debating the Drug War https://bit.ly/3UW39mS | cat dad | serial reposter | sociology host on new books network
@religiondata.bsky.social
https://www.thearda.com/ The ARDA includes a variety of tools designed to foster better research, teaching, and understanding of religion data. Always free to access. Nonpartisan/nonsectarian.
@daniellaurison.bsky.social
Sociologist at Swarthmore College, trans man. Wrote Producing Politics & The Class Ceiling & a bunch of articles on class & race & inequality &/or political participation. DanielLaurison.com = me WeAreHigherEd.org = standing up for education and democracy
@oms279.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University Culture, political sociology, NLP, social networks, computational social science oscarstuhler.org
@mjmcoomber.bsky.social
Professor/Episcopal priest writing & teaching anti-imperial resistance in the Bible, practicing anti-fascist resistance in the world, LGBTQIA+ ally | https://www.amazon.com/author/coomber | he/him | posts mine Described as a “dope teacher” in student eval
@thedemonologist.bsky.social
I am a professor of religion who teaches elements of popular culture, monstrosity, and medieval studies. My writings are primarily about demons and the demonic, currently present-day American demonology and politics: https://linktr.ee/mheyes