Hussein Rashid, PhD

We must unlearn the deception that public funds "come from" taxes. The truth is that taxes are public collections of private funds created by private banks using credit that they were granted BY THE PUBLIC. To demand full funding of all basic needs, organized majorities must understand this fact.

The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. -Toni Morrison (for reasons)

You heard him

people don't want to hear it, but schumer's refusal to defend ilhan omar helps enable the open bigotry we are hearing from rfk jr

I’m seeing people reacting by pointing out that he’s obviously wrong. I appreciate that, but it’s also a pointless exercise. The problem isn’t that he’s wrong. The problem is that this is normal in American politics — and it’s been normal for a while.

The Delivery Protection Act would level-up workers' power to organize against Amazon—not just in NYC but nationwide by inspiring similar efforts elsewhere. There's just one hold-up: Council Speaker Julie Menin, who hasn't yet put the bill to a vote. Join me in telling her to do so: ☎️ (212) 860-1950

Everyone knows you can vote for or against both candidates and ballot proposals. But in NY, you can also vote for or against *political parties.* Every vote for Hochul on @nywfp.bsky.social's line is a vote FOR left movement + party organization and AGAINST both fascist right and neoliberal center.

Excited to be at @middlechurch.bsky.social today for #FreedomRising. I’ll be on at 2pm talking about Ubuntu from a #Shia #Muslim perspective. Join us. www.freedomrisingconference.com

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

This workshop will prepare your body, mind, and spirit for what is ahead, and will help build courage and confidence to take the action needed when our democracy, rights and lives are under attack. @handsoffnyc.bsky.social Nonviolent Street Tactics Training: www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/...

Here’s what you can do: The ACLU has an excellent resource laying out how to check your voter registration, what your rights are and what to do if someone impedes on those rights. Learn more at aclu.org/know-your-rights/voting-rights

Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi, 1927 – 2020). Friday Prayers (1979, oil on canvas).

new york forever. FUCK ICE.

Event: Freedom Rising, Oct. 23-25 2026 Middle Church is hosting their annual conference, and I’m pleased to be taking part. The conference, Freedom Rising, takes place from October 23-25, 2026, both in-person and... https://husseinrashid.com/2026/10/23/event-freedom-rising-oct-23-25-2026.html/

You don't speak of dreams as unreal. They exist. They leave a mark behind them.

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

Palestinian farmers do not — and should not — need permits to harvest their own olive fields. But they fear doing so, because the IDF doesn’t protect them from settler violence.

This mentoring session — open to the public! — will offer a valuable and rare opportunity for graduate students and junior scholars in Islamic Studies to candidly discuss a variety of practical concerns about navigating the field in these turbulent times. Register now: aarweb.org/event/rising...

I’m in touch with friends part of a group of 33 American citizens — including many rabbis & a soon-to-be-congressman — currently detained by the IDF because they were… peacefully harvesting olives in the West Bank with Palestinians & Israelis. Awaiting updates. @truahrabbis.bsky.social

Undercover French police:

The No Kings Comic-Con is now viewable in its entirety! With @markruffalo.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @jerilryan.bsky.social @wilsoncruz.bsky.social @gwillow.me @alexwinter.com @susaneisenberg1.bsky.social @phillamarr.bsky.social and so many more! comixaction.com/2026/10/20/n...

Pushing "A.i." on kids will leave our kids BEHIND. Sign the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social petition and tell @mayor.nyc.gov to CANCEL these high school pilots. Our kids should not be guinea pigs for tech companies! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

There's a long history of using immigration enforcement tools to target Muslims in the US. Read my book "Seasons of Fury: Four families and the rise of Islamophobia in America" to understand how we got here. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672414...

Download the zine to print and share here! (Be sure to print at "Scale: 100%") This is also the link to share for folks to read the whole zine online! gregpak.net/2026/10/15/z...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings Comic-Con” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Oct 15th - Twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” and Elias “Stack” buy a rundown sawmill, and start transforming it into one hell of a juke joint 📽️📅 Sinners (2025)

Let me just say I felt a lot of this thread and that's why I retired from Penn.

This fall and beyond, NYC PLAN will be continuing to demand that @mayor.nyc.gov honor his promise to fund our libraries at 0.5% of the city expense budget. Interested in joining us in our fight? Our next monthly meeting is in-person, Sunday Oct 18: email info@nycplan.org for details

Religion News Service is running an annual community survey, to help us understand how well we’re reaching people who are—or could be—interested in our work. Whether you’ve never heard of us, love us, hate us, etc: we’d love your feedback. Take the survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/9K3P9VD.

Register to attend No Kings Comic-Con this Thursday. Https://Tinyurl.com/nkcomiccon @gregpak.net @ethansacks.bsky.social #nkcomiccon #readmorecomics

Happy Indigenous People's Day

So when a *woman* at a *public university in the US* in the year of our lord *twenty-twenty-six* who doesn't have tenure is the lead author on a paper that says, effectively, the government is killing trans people? That's a lot of circumstantial evidence telling me she's taking a risk for the truth.

Not only is this a cool event, but it's also an opportunity for someone to FINALLY ask Nicholas Meyer which Star Trek movie is set in San Francisco

Interview on Civility Unbound The idea of civility goes back to classical Rome and the ways in which citizens engaged one another within the republic. The term itself is often used in a number... https://husseinrashid.com/2026/10/12/interview-on-civility-unbound.html/

Journey to the future and beyond with the Africanfuturism: Nnedi Okorafor, Wole Talabi, and Adam Oyebanji book bundle! Supports Binc Foundation | https://bit.ly/3UdIFZB