Thea Riofrancos

@triofrancos.bsky.social

Political Scientist, Providence College Strategic Co-Director, Climate and Community Institute Author / Resource Radicals (Duke UP 2020) Co-Author / A Planet to Win (Verso 2019) Forthcoming / Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism (WW Norton)

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Extreme heat is making homes dangerous while electricity bills soar. A $35 billion Cool Homes Program would get working families the cooling they need at little or no cost. Read more below 🌡️

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Climate Week NYC is just around the corner. Starting next week, our staff and leaders will be at a number of events to discuss the issues that the climate movement faces in the months ahead and beyond. Join us, and visit the links below to RSVP and get more information 🧵

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@sevier.ioReposted by @triofrancos.bsky.social

This is what people power looks like and with it we can change everything about how we live, play, breathe, and work.

This impressive sweep of council races is a testament to the vitality of the organizing infrastructure that has emerged in the city over the past six years. Under Isaac Slevin and Callie MacDonald, who directed Reclaim's canvassing and political operations, more than 200 volunteers knocked over 25,000 doors across fifteen races, defending incumbent councilors targeted by the landlord and charter school lobbies, preserving and expanding the progressive council majority, and retaining Morales's state representative seat for his endorsed successor, Amy Santiago.
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Excited for the new term and assigning 3q outstanding books for my students to read: More and More and More by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz; Extraction by @triofrancos.bsky.social; and Hyperscale by @parismarx.com - really looking forward to the conversations! Thx to the authors for these great books!

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This November, I’ll have the honor of hosting the 2026 Shasha Seminar on The New Global Economic Order At Wesleyan. I can’t quite believe we’ve managed to bring all these brilliant minds together. I’ll share the website and registration details soon. For now, a little teaser!