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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus!

@wakerevolt.bsky.social

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Wake Productions. JD, PhD. Author of Wake: The Hidden History of Women-led Slave Revolts 2021 Best Book NPR, Washington Post.https://rebhallphd.org. She/Her

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been working on this for 2 years. There have bumps along the way, crazy drama that could be in a soap, but the time is now. Help me build a freedom school. Help me fight fascism:

Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 4d

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Wake Productions

An AfroFuturist Education Project in the Black Radical Tradition

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement

Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns

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Incredible telescope image shows baby exoplanet being born

The baby planet has created a gap in the ring of material as it grows into a fully-realized planet.

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Emily Andras @emandras.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t give them the narrative they want. Tell the story we choose.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 3h

Are you still at ComicCon? What do you need?

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ChildRapeSurvivor @childrapesurvivor.bsky.social · 9h

Portland Frog for President 2028!

@daniellemoodie.bsky.social @parkroseperma.bsky.social

This wasn’t resistance by force... it was resistance by absurdity. A symbol of how ridiculous the MAGA fantasy of control looks in the real world. youtu.be/bGOJ_vNLj10?...

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Murderbot 3.0 🌌 @murderbot3.bsky.social · 11h

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

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The Nobel Peace Prize is a Joke — Solidarities

The Nobel Peace Prize has repeatedly been awarded to warmongers and imperialists while passing over the likes of Ghandi and Dorothy Day. Giving Barack Obama the prize is only the latest case discredi...

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 3h

I heard Tom Leher retired from satire after Kissinger got the prize. Because there was nothing left to satirize

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Collateral Damage @coldamage.bsky.social · 20h

The Nobel peace prize had lost its credibility when people like Kissinger and Obama got it. Why is it newsworthy to even talk about it anymore? #FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust

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Beverly (Embrace the Suck) Wayne🌊🌊 @beverlywayne9.bsky.social · 10h

The Idaho arm of the white nationalist movement are going to be so happy!

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 3h

Hasbara for slavery.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

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'MIT Did the Right Thing': First School Rejects Trump Extortion Compact | Common Dreams

MIT became the first school to reject President Donald Trump's "extortion" agreement for federal funding. Critics of his compact urge other universities to follow suit.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

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'I Am Worried About My Community,' Says Frog Who Daily Confronts Federal Agents in Portland | Common Dreams

In Portland, a protester known for wearing a frog costume speaks out against the Trump administration's actions. Despite being targeted by federal agents, Todd remains committed to nonviolent resistan...

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 3h

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Graham Caswell @grahamcaswell.bsky.social · 15h

We killed them all. Every last one of them. And now they will never be again.

They lived their Curlew lives, migrated, cared for their young, and had every right to be here - as much as ourselves. And they did us no harm.

And we killed them all.

International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social · 18h

Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

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ICE Pins Chicago TV News Producer to the Ground, Hauls Her Off in Unmarked Van | Common Dreams

WGN producer Debbie Brockman forcefully arrested by ICE agents in Chicago. Video shows aggressive tactics used in the arrest.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

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While Ripping Trump Authoritarianism, Over Half of Senate Dems Help GOP Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill | Common Dreams

Senate Democrats are blasting Trump's increasingly authoritarian behavior and congressional Republicans for shutting down the US government to preserve devastating healthcare cuts, but over half of ...

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

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'We Will Not Back Down,' Says Indivisible as Trump Aims FBI, IRS at Liberal Groups | Common Dreams

"Let’s call this what it is: A baseless attempt to chill free speech and scare people away from exercising their constitutional right to protest an authoritarian regime."

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 9h

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Millions of US Families Could Soon Go Hungry Thanks to Trump-GOP Government Shutdown | Common Dreams

"Trump and congressional Republicans have driven America headfirst into a government shutdown," said one campaigner. "It is poor women and children who will feel the impacts first and worst."

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 14h

The film was hokey. I wasn’t there I was in Santa Cruz getting my Ph.D. And getting arrested for opposing the invasion of Afghanistan.

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 1d

This shit right here. Antifascism is at its core, community defense. It's about protecting the vulnerable, the marginalized, the minority, but most importantly, the community as a whole.

In the absence of fascist adversaries that are as concerned with free speech, the rule of law, or polite disagreement as their opponents are, a politics of mutual aid and community self-defense remains our most powerful choice.

Anti-fascism and anti-fascists have demonstrated how we might walk this path toward a politics of empowerment, in which we take direct responsibility for our own communities.

If we are going to foster a thriving, powerful movement equal to this dangerous moment, we must not surrender “antifa” to Trump’s whims and the worst fantasies of our opponents. The health and safety of our friends, family, and society may depend on it.

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 1d

Did you see the movie?

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 1d

That is not my point. My point is the outrage you are feeling? People around the world feel that about our military bases in their countries. It’s good to see the outrage

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

Just doesn’t sit right with me that pianos are classified as percussion instruments. I don’t know who to complain to about this but I’m telling you now I won’t have it

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