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✌️
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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
Huh. I’ll ask, worst case there’s always the e book but I know it’s not quite the same. Perhaps a group order with some Friends would reduce the postage burden?
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Huh. I’ll ask, worst case there’s always the e book but I know it’s not quite the same. Perhaps a group order with some Friends would reduce the postage burden?
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.
I’ve been enjoying the aequilibrium hike, wider toe box than most of their stuff
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I’ve been enjoying the aequilibrium hike, wider toe box than most of their stuff
You’ll never see me matching top to bottom though! I’ve lots of Rab and OR kit, plenty of it that’s seen more miles and summits than half the whoppers on Instagram combined!
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
You’ll never see me matching top to bottom though! I’ve lots of Rab and OR kit, plenty of it that’s seen more miles and summits than half the whoppers on Instagram combined!
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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.
I think it's better in reporting to refer to them as form I-205 as they really are in no way a warrant.
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I think it's better in reporting to refer to them as form I-205 as they really are in no way a warrant.
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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.
Seems like a prick
February 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Seems like a prick
yeah. Like, it’s okay not to know as much about something as someone who literally wrote the book on it. That’s why we have books!
February 2, 2026 at 3:31 PM
yeah. Like, it’s okay not to know as much about something as someone who literally wrote the book on it. That’s why we have books!
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.
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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
lol it didn’t take long. What a pathetic thing to do
February 2, 2026 at 5:43 AM
lol it didn’t take long. What a pathetic thing to do
Love this song! It’s a regular listen for me. One of a few I’d listen to whenever I was crossing the Ebro.
February 2, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Love this song! It’s a regular listen for me. One of a few I’d listen to whenever I was crossing the Ebro.