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Steve Lyons

@comradelyons

research director @The_NHM / @naa_nyc

 Kingston, NY
Joined November 2019
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Natural history is not just in the museum; it is also in the ground, standing as a bulwark against extraction. societyandspace.org/articles…
Coming Out the Other Side: Notes on an Eight-Year Expedition into Natural History

Coming Out the Other Side: Notes on an Eight-Year Expedition into Natural History

NAA is working with Indigenous and non-Indigenous theorists, historians, ethnobotanists, geographers, landscape architects, artists, and activists to define and organize around a counter-tradition of...

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The NHM@The_NHMSep 22
Coming up Next Week - RSVP now - this event will not be recorded.
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The NHM@The_NHMFeb 3
Proud to announce the 2026–2028 Red Natural History Fellows—a cohort of scholar-activists and organizers advancing movement-engaged work at a time when justice-oriented scholarship is being censored, defunded, and attacked. 🔗thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/… @MohammedUsrof @SixthWorldSol
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My latest essay on our ongoing intervention in the museum world, outlining three "principles of unity" guiding museum practice: fascist unity, liberal unity, and communist unity. Thanks @dubravka for commissioning it! thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/…

From Healing the Divide to Taking a Side

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The NHM@The_NHM23 May 2025
What’s new about the new Red Scare, and what is as old as the United States itself? Join us for a roundtable on current conditions for activist research next Wednesday @ 6pm ET/3pm PT: bit.ly/new-red-scare-x
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Disturbing the conservationist consensus - join us for this event, one week from Wednesday - 09/25 @ 6pm EDT. bit.ly/RNH_Wilderness_X
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Next up in our "Natural History for a World in Crisis" series - interrogating the settler colonial politics of "one of America's greatest conservation achievements," with @RozLaPier, @karl_jacoby, Christen Falcon and Heather Whiteman Runs Him: bit.ly/RNH_Wilderness_X
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How do we protect global biodiversity without engaging in neocolonial conservation? Tune in tomorrow to find out @haymarketbooks @CommonNotions @Survival
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TOMORROW, Thurs, July 18 @ 1pm EDT / 10am PDT Join us for RESISTING THE GLOBAL LAND GRAB, on the fight against the dispossession of Indigenous communities in the name of the “green transition.” RSVP now: bit.ly/RNH_Resist_X
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Why are Indigenous activists calling for a moratorium on carbon offsets? Tune in to this webinar on Thursday for a discussion of the global land grab with @NnimmoB, Krystal Two Bulls, and myself
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RESISTING THE GLOBAL LAND GRAB, July 18 @ 1pm EDT / 10am PDT — Upcoming free virtual roundtable in our “Natural History for a World in Crisis” series: bit.ly/RNH_Resist_X
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Please join me, Krystall Two Bulls (Lakota/Cheyanne) and @NnimmoB next Thursday for a discussion of Fake Climate Fixes and resistance to the Global Land Grab @The_NHM thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/…
Resisting the Global Land Grab

Resisting the Global Land Grab

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Excited to share that @SenatorHinchey and I are introducing a bill to replace Central Hudson with the publicly-owned and democratically controlled ⚡️Hudson Valley Power Authority⚡️ nysfocus.com/2024/05/16/cent…
Public Power Push Spreads to the Hudson Valley

Public Power Push Spreads to the Hudson Valley

State lawmakers are set to introduce a sweeping proposal for a public takeover of Central Hudson, the region’s scandal-plagued gas and electric utility.

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Every institution is a front of struggle. Everything is up for grabs. The right wing has long known this.
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The @cpcp_gc conference intends to honor Gilmore’s contribution to an abolitionist agenda: an invitation to think with her work on future imbrications of abolitionism. In this way the conference not only celebrates a career, but extends it! Free, public! tinyurl.com/yjbfs63c
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Revoke Professor Jodi Dean's suspension from teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges: chng.it/6xdWXZPYHB

5,260 people signed and won this petition

Revoke Professor Jodi Dean's suspension from teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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Today @ 5PM ET! RSVP: bit.ly/RNH-CoRiver
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The NHM@The_NHM23 Mar 2024
Join us next Wednesday for a virtual event on the colonization of the Colorado River, curated by Red Natural History Fellow Andrew Curley, with @tmontoya22, Traci Brynne Voyles, and @ErikaBsumek.
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The NHM@The_NHM20 Mar 2024
Join us next Wednesday at 5pm ET for the first event in our new webinar series! RSVP now: bit.ly/RNH-CoRiver
The Colorado River and the Colonial Blindspot

The Colorado River and the Colonial Blindspot

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Disaster Communism with Ajay Singh Chaudhary & Ashley Dawson Thursday, March 7 @ 7pm @TheWordIsChange 368 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn Please join @materialist_jew & @AshleyDawsonNYC for a discussion and celebration of their new books from @RepeaterBooks & @haymarketbooks
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The Natural History Museum’s We Refuse to Die project with frontline communities holds ceremony in East Palestine, OH
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With The Natural History Museum in East Palestine, OH, site of toxic train derailment one your ago
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Introducing our latest: "We Refuse to Die," a national environmental art campaign connecting frontline fights to stop the ecological and public health harms of the fossil fuel industry. thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/…

Introducing: We Refuse to Die

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