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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16h

October 18 is a day to stand tall against tyranny. No Crowns. No Thrones. #NoKings. Join the movement—find a No Kings Day protest near you and make your voice heard. nokings.org

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 1d

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Coming to terms with all the lies

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 3d

"Blackburn is a Pure Product of Berkeley. He’s not only queer, but a queer sort of all else he declares himself to be: a queer sort of detective, a queer sort of Communist or Anarchist. —Jonathan Lethem, from the Introduction

The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story

The Clay Blackburn Story

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 4d

Part two of our discussion of Farewell My Lovely
#RaymondChandler

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Episode 89: Farewell My Lovely - Raymond Chandler Books

In the first of two episodes, special guest Owen Hill joins us to discuss Farewell My Lovely (Raymond Chandler books).

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 5d

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Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid...

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 7d

Maybe you should join the IWW. Resistance starts in the workplace. Here's a little history:
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Frank Little: Miner, Wobbly, and Unionist the Writer Dashiell Hammett Turned Down a Contract to Kill

"Slain by capitalist interests for organizing and inspiring his fellow men"

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 8d

Med Bed card just came in the mail. Looking forward to an illness free life. Did you get yours?

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12d

More general strikes for Gaza in Italy! We need a general strike in the USA!
#FreePalestine

iclcit.org @iclcit.org · 12d

- [ITALIA] USI in solidarity with the Gaza flotilla: general strike in Italy! ✊🔥
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- [ITALIA] USI en solidaridad con la flotilla de Gaza: ¡huelga general en Italia! ✊🔥
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USI in solidarity with the Gaza flotilla: general strike in Italy!

Our comrades in Italy, USI, recently joined calls for a massive late-September general strike in the country in solidarity with

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12d

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 13d

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Have you bought your copy?

Richard Modiano reviews The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story by Owen Hill - The Literary Underground

Poet, Sleuth, and Scout: The Noir World of Clay Blackburn Owen Hill’s The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story brings together three novels and a short story featuring the poet-sleuth-book scout Clay Bl...

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 13d

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness.” F. Scott Fitzgerald

Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 13d

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The President is Unwell: a Glyph

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 14d

Mystery fans! Check out Tea Tonic and Toxin. Great podcast!

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Episode 88: Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

In the first of two episodes, special guest Owen Hill joins us to discuss Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler.

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 15d

poetry audio archives at Small Press Traffic:

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Small Press Traffic

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 23d

bag o cash Homan needs should be behind bars

Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 24d

"I want to see executions on TV. Imagine if Coca-Cola sponsored executions. That would be so American, so patriotic. People would tune in. I think children at a certain age, as initiation, should be required to watch. Public executions by guillotine are holy."

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Owen Hill @poetowen.bsky.social · 27d

Teachers are being fired for not supporting the fascist line. Jimmy Kimmel is taken off the air.

Why the f--- aren't their fellow workers walking out? Why are they not on strike?

American workers can do better.