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Matthew Dineen
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"I believe that to have interfered as I have done — as I have always freely admitted I have done — in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right." -- abolitionist John Brown, executed #tdih 1859

Read about Brown + the other Harpers Ferry Raiders ⬇️
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Dec. 2, 1859: John Brown Executed
Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for leading the infamous Harpers Ferry Raid.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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“Those directly involved in the strike could be charged with murder under the UCMJ or federal law,” said Todd Huntley, a former Staff Judge Advocate who served on Joint Special Operations task forces, using shorthand for the Uniform Code of Military Justice
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...
Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Cyber Monday flash sale! 20% off online on all in stock books, today only. Use the code CYBER at check out. Shop now, save, and support radical space in Baltimore: redemmas.org/books
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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People are struggling. I want us to think about how we're going to help each other hang in there this winter. How are you going to support your friends, co-strugglers, and community as they push through this moment? How can you help people muddle through, materially and/or emotionally?
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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New @equatormag.bsky.social: @naomiaklein.bsky.social on how the Surrealists transformed the wreckage of history into revolutionary art – and what their example can teach us about the fight against fascism today www.equator.org/articles/sur...
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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We've been busting the myth of Thanksgiving every year since 1970. #NationalDayOfMourning
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"Amid the war, the rubble, and the harsh life imposed on the Gaza Strip, young people like Al-Madhoun have turned to the things that remind them of their humanity, and that they were made to be creative, not to die."
Young creatives in Gaza are still singing, drawing, & dreaming, writes Ghada Abu Muaileq. Some use their artistic talents to soften the darkness of reality, some use them to portray that reality & others try to reclaim the passion that the genocide has stolen from them.
Gaza still sings, draws, and dreams
Young creatives in Gaza are holding tight to the things that make them feel human amid the horrors of the genocide
prismreports.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Read the full press release and learn more about the case below. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Last week, Mahmoud Khalil brought a lawsuit seeking to compel the Trump administration to release its communications with anti-Palestinian organizations and individuals in the run-up to his arrest and detention last March.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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“[Movement journalism is] not in ‘business’ to funnel advertising dollars to the pockets of billionaires; we’re here to perform liberatory work” write @femmfeministe.bsky.social & @mayaschenwar.bsky.social. It’s time for progressive philanthropy to commit to funding journalism.
Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism
Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration
prismreports.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The entire US economy is propped up by a product so toxic and insidious that everyone has to go on a weekly scavenger hunt just to remove it from products they're already using.
heads up, gmail has a new setting automatically on that allows their a*i to be trained on your emails so make sure to turn off the 'Smart Feature' checkbox in your settings
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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"I want to keep my neighbors protected because they deserve protection and they deserve to live in a world where they’re not scared," said one woman patrolling the streets of Charlotte with a whistle.
'Time for Them to Leave': Charlotte Communities Rise Up Against ICE Invasion
"I want to keep my neighbors protected because they deserve protection and they deserve to live in a world where they’re not scared," said one woman patrolling the streets of Charlotte with a whistle.
www.commondreams.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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🏴 Submissions for both the Anarchist Horizons and Jen Angel Anarchist Media grants will be open in just 2 weeks! 🏴Agency is proud to work in collaboration with @anarchist-studies.bsky.social on this grant program. Keep an eye out for the announcement on Dec 1 that submissions are open.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"So, let’s make this a winter of fortification, of learning, and bonding together like the winter snow that federal agents are so afraid of. Let’s hold onto each other, and become even harder to move."
The federal blitz moved to Charlotte, but the trauma and damage in Chicago are still with us—and DHS says 1,000 agents will hit our streets in March. I wrote about what this moment demands of us: care, clarity, and preparation.
What Now, Chicago? Regrouping After Midway Blitz
Let’s make this a winter of fortification, of learning, and bonding together like the winter snow that federal agents are so afraid of.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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“It takes more than a broken window to break our resolve.”

As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.
Indie bookstores merge activism and literature for collective care
Charis Books, Red Emma's, and other booksellers serve as intellectual and cultural hubs during rising authoritarianism
prismreports.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Some of the radder than thou folks really need to take a beat. If you're venting your anger at people who are out there taking action and doing their best, you don't know enough about how to move in this moment to offer instruction.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“This is just the beginning...But this will send a clear, unignorable message to the leaders of Somerville that it’s time to act in solidarity with Palestine now.”

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'This is just the beginning’: Nonbinding Israel divestment ballot question passes in Somerville
The ballot question asks residents if Somerville elected officials should divest and boycott companies supporting Israel.
www.boston.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“He should have died in The Hague”
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War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84 | Common Dreams
"He should have died in The Hague," said one journalist.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The Trump administration has begun drawing up new lists of terrorist organizations without disclosing the identities of the groups to Congress or the American people.

🧵thread🧵

theintercept.com/2025/11/04/t...
Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
theintercept.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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You don’t have to mourn war criminals. You don’t have to issue condolences to their families.
You don’t have to launder their legacies.

Save your grief for the innocents they killed, maimed or tortured without ever seeing justice served to their executioners.
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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‘Solidarity is always the way forward’: In a Q&A with @adryancore.bsky.social, abolitionist organizer @mskellymhayes.bsky.social discusses her new anthology “Read This When Things Fall Apart,” (pub. Nov. 4 by @akpress.org) featuring encouraging letters from movement leaders, writers, & activists.
‘Solidarity is always the way forward’
In a Q&A with Prism, abolitionist organizer Kelly Hayes discusses her new anthology “Read This When Things Fall Apart,” featuring encouraging letters from movement leaders, writers, and activists
prismreports.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM