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UnSafe Thoughts

Roddey Reid

Focus on the U.S. elections, populism, cultures of intimidation and bullying, and higher education

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UnSafe Thoughts ·

2026/01/30

“Reid’s persistent optimism throughout this book will come as a comfort to many news-weary readers, who may be discouraged by the fact that government agents have continued to use extreme violence against protestors—including those who’ve exercised strategies that are very similar to those in this book. Resistance, he writes, ‘is about separating ourselves from our fear and undoing fear as the ground of our collective existence.’ Many readers, looking for hopeful guidance, will be cheered by

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**NON-AMAZON E-BOOK RELEASE** on Bookshop.org

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2025/11/04

Paperback ($14.99) & e-book ($6.99): Bookshop.org &Amazon.com

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New Publication - "The Way We Live Now,” Konch...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2025/11/02

Scroll down to "Statements on Fascism" for a list of authors and click on my name.

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Ralph Nader’s Weekly Commentary on “Confronting...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2025/10/19

“Political Bullying/Intimidation and Internet Anonymity Intensify”

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Forthcoming: Interview with Ralph Nader on the Ralph...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2025/09/22

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Confronting Political Intimidation and Public...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2025/09/19

Table of ContentsNew EditionPREFACE XIIIThe Organization and Flow of Chapters and Topics XIVINTRODUCTIONOur Current Predicament 1Public Bullying as Political Violence 4The Purpose of This New Edition 8Historical Roots 10From Trump 1.0 to Trump 2.0 11International Crises and Their Domestic Fallout 15The Value of This Book 18CHAPTER ONE Political Violence, or They Meant What They Said 21Traumatic Lessons: CEO Trump's Hostile Takeover 21Looking Back: They Meant It 289/11, the Iraq Invasion, and the War

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New Edition ...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2025/09/15

Since the kickoff of the 2016 presidential campaign, a climate of fear and intimidation has dominated national life in the United States to a degree rarely seen before, poisoning our politics and reaching into our very relationships with friends, co-workers, and neighbors.Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying is about how this came to be and enabled the rise of authoritarian rule, how we can find our way through it, but also why it is not likely to go away anytime soon.At the core

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UnSafe at Any Distance: Todd Haynes' Visual Culture...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2020/05/01

“In the world SAFE claims for Carol, itself, and viewers, there are no safesocial spaces, no safe healthcare practices, no safe critical perspectives, and, lest we forget, no safe cinema.”

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Fear and Loathing in the Democratic Primaries:...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2020/03/09

Sources: Darrell Nance / CC BY-SA Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America / CC BY-SA; AFGE CCBY What

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Bernie Sanders Interview with Rachel Maddow, March 4,...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2020/03/07

Here are the concluding minutes of the interview. A dry, verbal excerpt from the full interview doesn't quite capture the flow of leading questions and Sander's responses and how Sanders's maintained a dignified posture throughout with a hostile host. (Compare with Maddow's warm, sympathetic interview with Elizabeth Warren the following day.)

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Mike Bloomberg's Corporate Raid on the Democratic Party

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2020/02/24

Should the Democratic establishment think nominating Bloomberg will not only defeat Trump but also help preserve its control over the party, Democratic leaders may be in for a nasty surprise. In their minds Bloomberg may be a stone that can kill two birds (Trump and Sanders) but Bloomberg’s actions are also those of a corporate raider engaged in a hostile take-over bid of a company faced with implacable competition (the GOP) and burdened with a sclerotic, inept management (the DNC) and falling

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Mike Bloomberg's Corporate Raid on the Democratic Party

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2020/02/24

Sources: AFGE CCBY; Michael Valdon; DarrellNance / CC BY-SA; Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America / CC BY-SA

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Creating Courageous and Robust Strategies, Part II:...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2018/12/01

Part Two of a two-part article on how the Democratic Party and its liberal and progressive allies should anticipate and counter rightwing political intimidation and violence. I argue that if ignored, such violence could threaten to undo the achievements of the Blue Wave and cause to founder the best efforts of Indivisible, Swing Left, and other new activist organizations to “pave the way to the post-Trump era” (Indivisible on Offense, p. 2). Part Two reviews the challenges of dealing with the

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Creating Courageous and Robust Strategies, Part I:...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2018/11/21

First part of two-part article: 'Indivisible on Offense' and Galvanizing the Democratic Party in the Current Climate of Political Violence" It is a response to the publication of Indivisible.org's new battle plan, "Indivisible on Offense: A Practical Guide to the New Democratic House." Part 2 (due out next Monday): "Countering Acts of Political Violence & Domestic Terrorism" "Today, in light of the electoral Blue Wave that caught most observers by surprise, and the release last week by

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We’ve Been Here Before: Political Violence’s...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2018/10/29

Author’s Note: Just as I was finishing this essay, the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh occurred, one of the most violent anti-Semitic acts in modern American history. In Plain Sight As federal and local law enforcement agencies pursue their investigation of the multiple pipe-bombing attempts targeting Democratic politicians and Donald Trump’s critics, the horror of this act of domestic political terrorism shouldn’t make us forget that we have been here before and

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Posted Nov., 30, 2017, Medium.com—Weinstein &...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2018/10/21

Harvey Weinstein is at the top of not just one list but two: that of sexual harassers and aggressors but also another one of abusive, tyrannical CEOs. Both Harvey and his brother Bob belonged to various lists of America’s toughest bosses publicized by a largely admiring business press including Fortune and Business Week starting in 1980. Journalists and editors underscored their tyrannical and abusive management styles and praised their willingness to make "hard" decisions, such as downsizing

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July 30, 2018: "How Political Bullying and...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2018/10/09

Author’s Note: this is the second installment in a four-part series on the current public climate of fear and intimidation that since the kick-off of the last presidential campaign in 2015 has dominated national life in the United States to a degree not seen in a long while. In Part One, “The Emotional Toll of Public Bullying and Political Intimidation,” the focus was on the experience of the sheer power and psychological effects of bullying in general and public bullying and political

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First posted Sept. 3, 2018--"2018 Elections:...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2018/10/08

In the wake of the tumultuous Kavanaugh hearings marked by wrenching accusations of sexual assault and extreme examples of political bullying, in Part Three I focus on the two major political parties to explore why over the years Republicans and their right-wing supporters have freely resorted to extremely aggressive political tactics and — just as important — why Democratic Party leaders and their liberal allies have often failed to take seriously such acts of political violence and

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Tues., Oct. 16: Book Reading & Discussion, Berkeley...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2018/10/08

* Why does political bullying take such an emotional toll on citizens and residents? * How do political intimidation and public bullying work in a “post-truth” era? * How is the current harsh public climate a challenge to those involved in civic action or political activity? * How can we overcome it?

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June 10, 2018: "The Emotional Toll of Public Bullying...

UnSafe Thoughts ·

2018/10/08

Author’s Note: this is the first installment in a series on the current public climate of fear and intimidation that since the kick-off of the last presidential campaign in 2015 has dominated national life in the United States. In particular I look at how this toxic environment has poisoned our politics and even reached into our very relationships with friends, co-workers, neighbors, and family members. Next up is Part Two: “How the Public Climate of Fear and Intimidation

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