Vicky Osterweil

Jul 2, 2024 | all-cats-are-beautiful.ghost.io | Vicky Osterweil

The Supreme Court has officially thrown their lot in with a fascist coup. They have indicated their absolute willingness, indeed excitement, indeed collective engorgement for the fascist power grab. In the last seven days they legalized bribery, then said that January 6th was cool and good, then made it impossible for anyone except the now-bribable court to regulate corporations, then said that the president is indeed above the law.

Jun 5, 2024 | shepherd.com | Kellie Carter Jackson |Tricia Hersey |W.E.B. Du Bois |Vicky Osterweil

This book completely arrested me. I remember first listening to a podcast, We Can Do Hard Things, where the author was being interviewed. The way Hersey talked about our need for rest was radical and revolutionary. As a mom of three, I actively have to work at not being depleted. I take her lessons to heart every time I open my email or respond to a text. I will not be ruled by the tyranny of grind culture. Anytime I am ever asked about a book on my top list, Du Bois’s book is a staple.

Mar 17, 2024 | all-cats-are-beautiful.ghost.io | Vicky Osterweil

Dune Part Two and the Return of Socialist RealismWe are living through an era of thudding cultural literalism. In our narrative products (movies, TV and to a lesser but noticeable extent, novels) that has meant that instead of story we get plot, premise and lore, dialogue is replaced by exposition, emotion evoked only by music cue and cliche.

Jan 29, 2024 | firestorm.coop | Vicky Osterweil

Monday, Feb 26th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET Author and anti-gentrification activist Andrew Lee is joined in conversation by Vicky Osterweil. Lee's new book Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War investigates gentrification from the perspective of those fighting it.

May 29, 2023 | griid.org | Mariame Kaba |Andrea Ritchie |Vicky Osterweil |Jeff Smith

It has been three years since thousands of people rose up against police violence in Grand Rapids, which was just one of the hundreds of protests that took place across the globe after a Minneapolis cop killed George Floyd. From the very beginning, Grand Rapids City officials sought to control the narrative about what happened on May 30th, 2020. Those with political power sought to demonize those who engaged in property destruction and differentiate peaceful protesters from violent protestors.