Anarres Project for Alternative Futures
@anarresproject.bsky.social
The Anarres Project is a forum for conversations, ideas, and initiatives that promote a future free of domination, exploitation, oppression, war, and empire.
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First Amendment is dead to these people.
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Texas State University Board upholds firing of Texas State professor Tom Alter
The Texas State University Board of Regents on Thursday upheld the firing of professor Tom Alter, affirming university President Kelly Damphousse's decision to
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November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
First Amendment is dead to these people.
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"Uncommon phrases" by "anarchist extremists"? Count in thousands of people from my friends list, then.
Published in 2022, even under Biden they were doing this shit. Look at this stuff again if you didn't pay attention. These ideas are threats to power.
Published in 2022, even under Biden they were doing this shit. Look at this stuff again if you didn't pay attention. These ideas are threats to power.
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Uncommon phrases" by "anarchist extremists"? Count in thousands of people from my friends list, then.
Published in 2022, even under Biden they were doing this shit. Look at this stuff again if you didn't pay attention. These ideas are threats to power.
Published in 2022, even under Biden they were doing this shit. Look at this stuff again if you didn't pay attention. These ideas are threats to power.
Pure intimidation tactics
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Pure intimidation tactics
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
Our friends at the Institute for Anarchist Studies and Agency are soon opening up their application forms.
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Our friends at the Institute for Anarchist Studies and Agency are soon opening up their application forms.
Communities are getting organized. How are things where you are at?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A groundswell of activism takes hold in the US: ‘We are a bridge to the future’
Everyday people from blue and red states alike are leading actions such as protests, boycotts and mutual aid
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Communities are getting organized. How are things where you are at?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
we can't be there, but we know this will be good.
Are you in Portland? Come check us out at @powells.bsky.social downtown on Thursday night at 7!
On Thursday, I will be in conversation with my friend @shaneburley.bsky.social at @powells.bsky.social in Portland at 7 pm PT. I hope my Portland friends can join us! www.powells.com/events/kelly...
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
we can't be there, but we know this will be good.
Florida is trying to whitewash the history of the Red Scare in public schools. It will be a whole lot easier to go authoritarian if folks don't know the history of government fear mongering, scapegoating, and lying.
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apnews.com/article/flor...
Lee Grant, blacklisted during McCarthyism, is speaking out against Florida's teaching standards
At 100 years old, Lee Grant knows the cost of McCarthyism better than almost anyone else on the planet.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Florida is trying to whitewash the history of the Red Scare in public schools. It will be a whole lot easier to go authoritarian if folks don't know the history of government fear mongering, scapegoating, and lying.
apnews.com/article/flor...
apnews.com/article/flor...
A good question to ponder--why are we imagining a future of fragmentation and violence as our only possibility?
My latest piece.
Films are increasingly depicting an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies & violence. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social, I explored what these films & polarized responses to them reveal about current U.S. politics.
Feedback is appreciated!
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
Films are increasingly depicting an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies & violence. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social, I explored what these films & polarized responses to them reveal about current U.S. politics.
Feedback is appreciated!
newlinesmag.com/review/ameri...
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A good question to ponder--why are we imagining a future of fragmentation and violence as our only possibility?
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Since a lot of people are checking out this Bsky account right now, I wanna let folks who are seeing us for the first time know what we’re up to.
One of our key things is that we talk about depictions of workers’ rights in genre fiction.
One of our key things is that we talk about depictions of workers’ rights in genre fiction.
The new Running Man movie has some flaws, but includes an interesting depiction of how corporations attempt to suppress labour union organizing.
Just added it to our list of labour unions in SFF: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
List as HTML: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga...
Just added it to our list of labour unions in SFF: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
List as HTML: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga...
a man in a purple tuxedo is standing in front of a crowd with the words yeees behind him
Alt: In a scene from Running Man, Colman Domingo in a purple tuxedo is standing in front of a crowd, he's screaming the word "YES!!!"
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Since a lot of people are checking out this Bsky account right now, I wanna let folks who are seeing us for the first time know what we’re up to.
One of our key things is that we talk about depictions of workers’ rights in genre fiction.
One of our key things is that we talk about depictions of workers’ rights in genre fiction.
Overview of Colin Ward, who tried to show how we could find anarchism in everyday life. He wanted us to recognize that anarchism is not some outlandish theory, but a collection of ways we govern themselves that are quite recognizable, though not always labeled "anarchist".
medium.com/dark-matter-...
medium.com/dark-matter-...
The balance wheel turns: Colin Ward, and the ‘everyday anarchism’ of decentralised systems
How Colin Ward’s ideas are more relevant than ever, with implications for architecture, technology, places and politics—a new book chapter
medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Overview of Colin Ward, who tried to show how we could find anarchism in everyday life. He wanted us to recognize that anarchism is not some outlandish theory, but a collection of ways we govern themselves that are quite recognizable, though not always labeled "anarchist".
medium.com/dark-matter-...
medium.com/dark-matter-...
Do electoral victories in New York and Seattle point to places where the radical imagination of new political possibilities are appearing? What obstacles are still in place? Are communities mobilized to engage in envisioning more change?
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
How New York and Seattle mayoral victories point the way to systemic change
The tasks facing us are monumental, but we can begin with steps we take in our own communities. We must build the future in place.
www.resilience.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Do electoral victories in New York and Seattle point to places where the radical imagination of new political possibilities are appearing? What obstacles are still in place? Are communities mobilized to engage in envisioning more change?
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
The best sci fi tries to move our imagination beyond our normal boundaries. Most of these films just reinforce the status quo heteronormative POV. Are there sci fi films that challenge our notions of sensuality and sexual intimacy?
www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/scifi/ra...
www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/scifi/ra...
14 Most Extremely Raunchy, Sexy Sci-Fi Movies Ever Made
After years of being watered down by modern over-sensitivity, science fiction may be on the verge of a raunchy, sexy … Continue reading "14 Most Extremely Raunchy, Sexy Sci-Fi Movies Ever Made"
www.giantfreakinrobot.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The best sci fi tries to move our imagination beyond our normal boundaries. Most of these films just reinforce the status quo heteronormative POV. Are there sci fi films that challenge our notions of sensuality and sexual intimacy?
www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/scifi/ra...
www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/scifi/ra...
Who can't but like space fantasy?
www.looper.com/2024822/isaa...
www.looper.com/2024822/isaa...
How Sci-Fi Writer Isaac Asimov Felt About Star Wars - Looper
Isaac Asimov remains sci-fi royalty (and that's an understatement). It's only natural for fans to be curious about the author's feelings toward Star Wars.
www.looper.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Who can't but like space fantasy?
www.looper.com/2024822/isaa...
www.looper.com/2024822/isaa...
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Reminder that I will be available this winter to Zoom with book clubs that are discussing Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. I'm already booking those chats for December and January, so pls reach out through my website if you want to get on my schedule.
Kelly Hayes
Author, organizer and educator
kellyhayes.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reminder that I will be available this winter to Zoom with book clubs that are discussing Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. I'm already booking those chats for December and January, so pls reach out through my website if you want to get on my schedule.
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
"Writing, reading, and discussing stories is a political intervention. And if we want to survive to tell new stories in liveable futures then we need to urgently and radically transform carboniferous capitalism."
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African sci-fi imagines new ways of living in climate-changed worlds
In his new book, Carl Death weighs up climate policies in African countries with each country’s stories and films about climate change.
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Writing, reading, and discussing stories is a political intervention. And if we want to survive to tell new stories in liveable futures then we need to urgently and radically transform carboniferous capitalism."
theconversation.com/african-sci-...
theconversation.com/african-sci-...
"I think traditional sci-fi audiences expect fast-paced plot and a larger scope, and traditional literary fiction audiences expect deeper character and thematic development."
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Using Science Fiction to Write About Grief, Marriage, and Memory
In this PEN Ten interview, Aja Gabel discusses Lightbreakers and writing literary fiction that utilizes sci-fi elements.
pen.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I think traditional sci-fi audiences expect fast-paced plot and a larger scope, and traditional literary fiction audiences expect deeper character and thematic development."
pen.org/aja-gabel-th...
pen.org/aja-gabel-th...
We've been wanting to get to Ada Palmer's work. Any recommendations for this utopian series?
www.mentalfloss.com/literature/r...
www.mentalfloss.com/literature/r...
8 Utopian Fiction Novels to Get You Through These Dystopian Times
If you fancy a break from corrupt politicians and dark futures, consider diving into one of these books.
www.mentalfloss.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
We've been wanting to get to Ada Palmer's work. Any recommendations for this utopian series?
www.mentalfloss.com/literature/r...
www.mentalfloss.com/literature/r...
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Vanishing people from records is part of the protocol used by death squads and the worst South American dictatorships.
Thousands Of Jailed Immigrants in Chicago Have Vanished From Federal Records, Human Rights Attorneys Claim
"These are folks that have been here for decades, have long standing ties to the community, family members, employment, businesses that are all being torn apart," said one attorney
www.latintimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Vanishing people from records is part of the protocol used by death squads and the worst South American dictatorships.
From our friends over at @anarchist-studies.bsky.social . Have you seen any?
anarchiststudies.org/10-movies-fo...
anarchiststudies.org/10-movies-fo...
10 Movies for Anarchists (and the Anarcho-Curious)
A handful of titles likely spring to mind when we talk about anarchist film. Most of them are a bit on the nose, you might say, showing up regularly in online lists that highlight more explicitly poli...
anarchiststudies.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
From our friends over at @anarchist-studies.bsky.social . Have you seen any?
anarchiststudies.org/10-movies-fo...
anarchiststudies.org/10-movies-fo...
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.