James Stout
@jamesstout.bsky.social
I write stories about conflict and borders and the people they impact. Working on a book about anarchists at war, already wrote one about the anti fascist Olympics. Para todos,todo✌️
https://www.patreon.com/Jamesstout
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Pinned
Against the State (Preorder)
www.akpress.org
I realized That I do not have a pinned post about my book! It can seem like a dark time right now, but if you’d like to learn about how people have built a beautiful life for themselves amidst the horrors of war, you can pre order my book! www.akpress.org/against-the-...
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Very excited to dive into Against the State by @jamesstout.bsky.social after I finish Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones. Also grabbed some excellent stickers from my local radical bookshop @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Very excited to dive into Against the State by @jamesstout.bsky.social after I finish Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones. Also grabbed some excellent stickers from my local radical bookshop @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social
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"The sine qua non of anarchism, to me, is the creation of systems that allow people to care for one another without reinforcing systems that allow people to control one another."
- @jamesstout.bsky.social
- @jamesstout.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"The sine qua non of anarchism, to me, is the creation of systems that allow people to care for one another without reinforcing systems that allow people to control one another."
- @jamesstout.bsky.social
- @jamesstout.bsky.social
It means the world to me to see people very much engaged with these movements enjoying the book.
My copy of @jamesstout.bsky.social "Against the state" arrived a few days ago but only got to opening it today, maybe appropriate given what day it is.
Am not far through but already it resonates by bringing seemingly disparate struggles together, show links that may not at 1st glance be obvious.
Am not far through but already it resonates by bringing seemingly disparate struggles together, show links that may not at 1st glance be obvious.
February 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
It means the world to me to see people very much engaged with these movements enjoying the book.
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I am once again saying that a lot of you need to get hobbies other than posting or you're never making it out of All of This (TM) alive.
February 3, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I am once again saying that a lot of you need to get hobbies other than posting or you're never making it out of All of This (TM) alive.
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Be sure to pick up this new book from @jamesstout.bsky.social! Check it out here from @akpress.org: www.akpress.org/against-the-...
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Be sure to pick up this new book from @jamesstout.bsky.social! Check it out here from @akpress.org: www.akpress.org/against-the-...
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Apparently there was a city meeting in Hutchins, Texas, tonight. Hutchins is the location of DHS's newly announced 10,000-person concentration camp. What I've been told is that city officials were unanimously and adamantly opposed to it.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Apparently there was a city meeting in Hutchins, Texas, tonight. Hutchins is the location of DHS's newly announced 10,000-person concentration camp. What I've been told is that city officials were unanimously and adamantly opposed to it.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
There is a kind of man, who is made of straw, and it is very important that you get mad at this man.
There is a kind of left-wing discourse on indigeneity that is basically "Far-right autochthonous ethnonationalism, but make it woke." We should acknowledge past harms of colonialism and pay reparations. But we should not wind the clock back to where everyone's ancestors lived hundreds of years ago.
"no human is illegal on stolen land" is a stupid slogan because of the stolen land part. indigenous peoples, whatever that means, also don't have a right to deny the legal protections of citizenship to foreigners
February 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
There is a kind of man, who is made of straw, and it is very important that you get mad at this man.
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The number of detainees getting put on ICE flights at MSP has been relatively low the last few days.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 AM
The number of detainees getting put on ICE flights at MSP has been relatively low the last few days.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
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a distressingly common bluesky experience is posting “This is conspiratorial nonsense” and having many people respond with, essentially, “ok but I believe it”
February 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
a distressingly common bluesky experience is posting “This is conspiratorial nonsense” and having many people respond with, essentially, “ok but I believe it”
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BREAKING: Judge Cobb has barred DHS from preventing members of Congress from visiting immigration detention facilities without notice, saying the administration's policy likely violated the law requiring their unfettered access. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
BREAKING: Judge Cobb has barred DHS from preventing members of Congress from visiting immigration detention facilities without notice, saying the administration's policy likely violated the law requiring their unfettered access. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judges are getting good at this.
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The judges are getting good at this.
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HUGE. A victory for more than a quarter million Haitians with Temporary Protected Status. A significant majority of them entered the United States legally and have never been out of status since.
Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.
Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
HUGE. A victory for more than a quarter million Haitians with Temporary Protected Status. A significant majority of them entered the United States legally and have never been out of status since.
Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.
Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.
Get in my replies with good mutual aid fundraisers and I’ll share them.
Tens of thousands of people across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana have gone a week without power or heat after a brutal ice storm. At least three dozen people have died in connection with the storm, officials have said.
Fear and Anger Grow as Thousands Remain Without Power in the South
More than 30 people have died across three Southern states in connection with last week’s storm, and thousands remain without power.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Get in my replies with good mutual aid fundraisers and I’ll share them.
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Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social
Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social
Rep. Kelly Morrison, is a practicing M.D. Her description of conditions in the Whipple detention facility are horrifying.
Here is a rough transcript of the video she just posted. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social
Lmao the TPM “journalist”
Blocked me. Journalism is when you defend your ignorance by hiding from the truth.
Blocked me. Journalism is when you defend your ignorance by hiding from the truth.
Not to be a dick, but I’ve written a book on the 1936 boycott and it was the subject of my PhD and this isn’t really a useful or accurate comparison.
February 2, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Lmao the TPM “journalist”
Blocked me. Journalism is when you defend your ignorance by hiding from the truth.
Blocked me. Journalism is when you defend your ignorance by hiding from the truth.
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at the ICE protest tonight in Portland, after we all got gassed, I found what I thought was a zippo pouch. It is in fact a medicine bag, in the indigenous use of the term. I only opened it enough to find that out.
If you know who belongs to this let me know and I can get it back to them.
If you know who belongs to this let me know and I can get it back to them.
February 2, 2026 at 4:58 AM
at the ICE protest tonight in Portland, after we all got gassed, I found what I thought was a zippo pouch. It is in fact a medicine bag, in the indigenous use of the term. I only opened it enough to find that out.
If you know who belongs to this let me know and I can get it back to them.
If you know who belongs to this let me know and I can get it back to them.
Not to be a dick, but I’ve written a book on the 1936 boycott and it was the subject of my PhD and this isn’t really a useful or accurate comparison.
February 2, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Not to be a dick, but I’ve written a book on the 1936 boycott and it was the subject of my PhD and this isn’t really a useful or accurate comparison.
He has always been pretty consistent about this actually. He was somewhat supportive of BLM and compared Trump to Hitler when discussing the 2018 migrant caravan as well iirc
Related story today: Ammon Bundy found out that none of his allies really believed any of that shit about personal liberty. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Ammon Bundy Is All Alone
The anti-government militia leader can’t make sense of his allies’ support for ICE violence.
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:43 AM
He has always been pretty consistent about this actually. He was somewhat supportive of BLM and compared Trump to Hitler when discussing the 2018 migrant caravan as well iirc
Amazing that anyone could spend more than a week in San Diego and think the cops or Todd are going to protect people from BP. Utterly infantile approach to politics
San Diego needs to follow Chicago’s lead! Please, Mayor Todd Gloria, help protect us!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Mayor Todd Gloria
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Mayor Todd Gloria
Chicago Orders Police to Document Potentially Illegal Federal Immigration Tactics
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Amazing that anyone could spend more than a week in San Diego and think the cops or Todd are going to protect people from BP. Utterly infantile approach to politics
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The resistance in Myanmar isn't always easy to donate to directly
One place is:
www.liberatemyanmar.net
There are also orgs doing humanitarian aid work in areas the Junta won't allow aid to get to which also helps!
Kachin Relief Fund:
kachinrelief.org.uk
Karen Women's Organisation:
karenwomen.org
One place is:
www.liberatemyanmar.net
There are also orgs doing humanitarian aid work in areas the Junta won't allow aid to get to which also helps!
Kachin Relief Fund:
kachinrelief.org.uk
Karen Women's Organisation:
karenwomen.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The resistance in Myanmar isn't always easy to donate to directly
One place is:
www.liberatemyanmar.net
There are also orgs doing humanitarian aid work in areas the Junta won't allow aid to get to which also helps!
Kachin Relief Fund:
kachinrelief.org.uk
Karen Women's Organisation:
karenwomen.org
One place is:
www.liberatemyanmar.net
There are also orgs doing humanitarian aid work in areas the Junta won't allow aid to get to which also helps!
Kachin Relief Fund:
kachinrelief.org.uk
Karen Women's Organisation:
karenwomen.org
Today marks 5 years of struggle in Burma. So many lives lost, and so much liberty gained. Not a single state has raised a finger to help these people and the combined might of Russia and China stands against them. Despite all of that they’re still fighting.
Then statements from @womenspeacenetwork.org &
@sisters2sistersmm.bsky.social marking the 5 year since coup.
WPN:
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S2S:
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@sisters2sistersmm.bsky.social marking the 5 year since coup.
WPN:
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S2S:
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February 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Today marks 5 years of struggle in Burma. So many lives lost, and so much liberty gained. Not a single state has raised a finger to help these people and the combined might of Russia and China stands against them. Despite all of that they’re still fighting.
Love to see people supporting these bookshops, they have always been such special places for me
Very excited to dive into Against the State by @jamesstout.bsky.social after I finish Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones. Also grabbed some excellent stickers from my local radical bookshop @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Love to see people supporting these bookshops, they have always been such special places for me
One of the most profound memories I have of racing in Belgium is hauling ass around these little towns feeling like the cobbles were going to shake my teeth out and trying to parse tho little bits of the weirdest dance music I’ve ever heard.
Techno remix of “Country Roads” at Worlds in Hulst rn
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February 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
One of the most profound memories I have of racing in Belgium is hauling ass around these little towns feeling like the cobbles were going to shake my teeth out and trying to parse tho little bits of the weirdest dance music I’ve ever heard.
Seeing little children suffering is one of the hardest things about my job. It can result in profound moral injury and has for many of us. If you were out there and this has impacted you, please speak to someone.
I was there, too, and recorded this as people left the scene.
Hard to see in the video, but the baby in mom's arms was also crying with red eyes.
Hard to see in the video, but the baby in mom's arms was also crying with red eyes.
February 1, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Seeing little children suffering is one of the hardest things about my job. It can result in profound moral injury and has for many of us. If you were out there and this has impacted you, please speak to someone.
“Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to
itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The
Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.”
itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The
Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.”
NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.
Link:
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Link:
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Order – #9 in Conejo Arias v. Noem (W.D. Tex., 5:26-cv-00415) – CourtListener.com
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT--The Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Grea...
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February 1, 2026 at 4:46 AM
“Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to
itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The
Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.”
itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The
Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.”