Steve Lyons

Natural history is not just in the museum; it is also in the ground, standing as a bulwark against extraction. societyandspace.org/articles/comin…

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/2026-28-fellow… @MohammedUsrof @SixthWorldSol

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/learn-teach/wr…

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

Disturbing the conservationist consensus - join us for this event, one week from Wednesday - 09/25 @ 6pm EDT. bit.ly/RNH_Wilderness…

How do we protect global biodiversity without engaging in neocolonial conservation? Tune in tomorrow to find out @haymarketbooks @CommonNotions @Survival

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

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/events/resisti…

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/cen…

Every institution is a front of struggle. Everything is up for grabs. The right wing has long known this.

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

Revoke Professor Jodi Dean's suspension from teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges: chng.it/6xdWXZPYHB

@Jodi7768 - no limits on solidarity: versobooks.com/blogs/news/pal…

Today @ 5PM ET! RSVP: bit.ly/RNH-CoRiver

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.

Join us next Wednesday at 5pm ET for the first event in our new webinar series! RSVP now: bit.ly/RNH-CoRiver

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

The Natural History Museum’s We Refuse to Die project with frontline communities holds ceremony in East Palestine, OH

With The Natural History Museum in East Palestine, OH, site of toxic train derailment one your ago

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…