@alexskopic

Associate editor @curaffairs; occasional writer @theintercept, @proteanmag. Proud union member @ChiNewsGuild. Business: [email protected]

 New Orleans, LA
Joined April 2025
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Some news: I've been selected for the Best American Essays 2026 anthology, for my article "The Super Bowl Exposed the Brutality of America's Class Divide." Salute to @mashagessen for putting me on; respect to @NathanJRobinson for giving me the creative freedom to write it. 🫡
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the reason moby-dick remains such a vital piece of human art is that it addresses what is probably one of humanity's greatest collective atrocities, the genocide of the whales, with an ambivalence it cannot itself fully articulate. melville is distraught, but he can't explain why
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Since he's on everyone's mind, here's Peter Taylor's profile of Lula for @curaffairs - "Worker, Prisoner, President" 🔗
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Art by Tom Humberstone 🎨 currentaffairs.org/news/the-…

The Life and Career of Lula

Worker, prisoner, president: what the Left can learn from Lula's rise from humble childhood to becoming one of the world's most popular politicians.

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It would be impressive, but he shouldn't be in a position where he has to run a close election at age 80 in the first place. AMLO did a much better job setting up a strong successor + rendering his opposition irrelevant.
alex bronzini-vender
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If Lula wins this, he has to be the greatest politician in history, right? Not sure who would even come close
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Tyler Bridges
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‘Big business’: little-known court system in Louisiana churns out thousands of evictions – and millions in fees for judges. Incredible reporting by @oliverlaughland #lalege #lagov Via @guardian theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i… s
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JOHNNY CASH: PRISON ABOLITIONIST ft. ALEX SKOPIC xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1AJEmvgvR…
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THIS IS REVOLUTION podcast

JOHNNY CASH: PRISON ABOLITIONIST ft. ALEX SKOPIC

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I'll be live on the incomparable @TIRShowOakland stream very soon, talking Johnny Cash and the politics of prisons - tune in!
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G-Man@EaterOfRats102Oct 23
Replying to @RealiaAmelia
God exists, he's called the proleteriat
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Abby Martin
@AbbyMartinOct 23
Earth’s Greatest Enemy is taking on a life of its own in Japan! Help get it seen in Okinawa and beyond to build the movement against US bases
The Empire Files
@EmpireFilesOct 20
Fantastic website to share and screen Earth's Greatest Enemy in Japan earthsgreatestenemy-jp.com/

地球最大の敵 日本上映

米軍が環境と気候に与える影響を暴くドキュメンタリー。日本語字幕版の自主上映会、開催者を募集しています。

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I like Abdul, but this is just incorrect on every level. We are very much in capitalism, the problem is not only "monopoly," and the solution is not "competition." Thank God his foreign policy is better than his economics.
Ravi Mangla@ravi_manglaOct 23
This is remarkable.
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Tara
@taraisredactedOct 23
Now that its Friday night, I'm re-reading @Wallface's post to check for more Canada involvement Just stumbled on this rich dense article by @alexskopic discussing Words of Iron, Moovers (forgot about this) and Project Truth (I never saw b4) Bookmark 📍 currentaffairs.org/news/2024…
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@WallfaceOct 20
CAM (Combat Antisemitism Movement) CEO @SachaRoytman has a post listed in Words of Iron’s archived boost feeds. The campaign supplied ready-made replies. Below are the account list, reply instructions and later Auto Pilot controls.
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This guy thinks he should decide Cuba's form of government, and he can't even tell the difference between "discrete" and "discreet"
Secretary Marco Rubio
@SecRubioOct 23
To those who seek to create positive change in Cuba - now is the time. The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete partnership with the CIA.
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Today in Current Affairs, Will Fisher answers the question on a lot of Americans' minds: why are the French so much better at protesting than us?
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Why Don’t Americans Protest Like the French?

Across France, a mass protest and strike movement has nearly brought the state to its knees. In the U.S., there are things we can learn from our European counterparts.

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jen ramos-eisen@jenramoseOct 23
NEWS: the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders have unionized and the Cowboys have agreed to recognize the union
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Back before 2008, a few savvy investors realised the bubble was about to burst, and purchased credit default swaps that would pay out when it did. Today, there's a surge in CDS trading again - this time, linked to the debt of the big tech companies. graceblakeley.substack.com/p…
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For his soon to be hundredth birthday, I wrote an essay trying to explain why John Berger’s appeal is so enduring, and also what he has meant to me
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CENTRIFUGE@ClippingModsOct 22
Hasan: "What does it say for your credibility on foreign policy issues if you've got the two biggest foreign policy issues of our lifetime, Iraq and Gaza, both wrong?" Yglesias: "I don't know that those were the two biggest foreign policy issues of our lifetime..."
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I sat down with @NathanJRobinson for @curaffairs to discuss my time on Capitol Hill and preview a personal narrative I wrote for them, which will publish in mid-November. Hope you’ll give the interview a watch or read! currentaffairs.org/news/juli…

The Art of Ambushing Members of Congress

Drop Site News reporter Julian Andreone spends his days staking out the hallways of the Capitol, confronting congress members on the issues they'd rather avoid—and you can too.

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jake rhodes@jakebrodesOct 22
Cornel West: Now Brother Barney is purple AND green. And even Brother Barney knows class struggle is not a struggle BETWEEN classes, but rather a struggle to eliminate class altogether. Norm Finklestein: I’m sorry. I’m sorry. You would call this reptilian imbecile your brother?
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