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James Stout
@jamesstout.bsky.social
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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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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 21d
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-...
Against the State (Preorder)
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jamesstout.bsky.social
FWIW, I know I am not unique in this opinion, but the model of Mala Jin (women's houses) in Rojava is one that is very relevant for queer folks in the USA who experience homelessness and toxic family dynamics at a significantly elevated rate.
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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rodger.bsky.social
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
Instagram post from Jessie Diggins, showing her carrying the American flag and smiling: I want to make sure you know who I'm racing for when I get to the start line at the Olympics. I'm racing for an American people who stand for love, for acceptance, for compassion, honesty and respect for others. I do not stand for hate or violence or discrimination. I get to decide who I'm racing for every single day, and how I want to live up to my values. For everyone out there caring for others, protecting their neighbors and meeting people with love - every single step is for you. YOU are the ones who make me proud to carry the flag, and I hope I can bring you joy over these next few weeks.
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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ecoli13.bsky.social
@jamesstout.bsky.social gave me a great reason to shop local
February 5, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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collinchepeka.bsky.social
Happy to get my paws on @jamesstout.bsky.social's new book (which is already incredible). Shout out #TakeCoverBooks; support your local bookstore/request it from your library!
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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obeylittle.bsky.social
Very cool documentary project about my friends' race.
Watch and contribute if you can
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The Stagecoach 400 — A Community-Driven Documentary Series (Pitch Video)
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February 4, 2026 at 6:28 PM
jamesstout.bsky.social
Ppl seem shocked by this because they think BYU is not “woke”. But that’s a puerile understanding of politics. Lots of LDS people have done missions abroad and they have tended not to be as bigoted toward migrants as one might believe if they thought all politics was a choice between 1 of 2 buckets
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 AM
jamesstout.bsky.social
Locally produced interceptor drones in Myanmar
February 5, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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dell.bsky.social
I don’t like this
Letter from Senator Ron Wyden: Dear CIA Director Ratcliffe, I write to alert you to a classified letter I sent you earlier today in which I express deep concerns about CIA activities. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Sincerely, Ron Wyden U.S. Senator
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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danielsuitor.com
It cost me $66.70 to get this transcript. Money well spent. I don't need anyone to reimburse me.

But, if you got something out of this transcript, please consider making a $66.70 donation, or even $6.67, to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund, which posts bond for immigration detainees.

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February 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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coolzonemedia.bsky.social
New Hood Politics w/ @prophiphop.bsky.social

Actually, These Are Very Precedented Times: @jamesstout.bsky.social and Social Revolutions Everywhere, Pt. 1

www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
New Hood Politics w/ @prophiphop.bsky.social Actually, These Are Very Precedented Times: @jamesstout.bsky.social and Social Revolutions Everywhere, Pt. 1 https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-hood-politics-with-prop-81527703/episode/actually-these-are-very-precedented-times-james-stout-and-social-revolutions-everywhere-pt-1-320927970
February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
jamesstout.bsky.social
cool to see more info on these two young people we ran into in Minneapolis.
archpundit.bsky.social ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 2d
I think @jamesstout.bsky.social on It Could Happen Here mentioned these two. It’s an interesting story
andreachalupa.bsky.social Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.bsky.social · 2d
These young brothers sacrifice normal teenage life to be full-time ICE watchers in Minneapolis — and say they won’t regret it
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/u...
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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that-hag.bsky.social
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
Book Against the State by James Stout and three stickers. Top sticker is green showing animals passing books and reads "Always care about books, wildfires bookshop". Middle stickers is pink and reads "protect queer people, no pride for some of us without liberation for all of us free Palestine" and the bottom is a floral sticker with the quote "no sugar in my chai please, there is a sweetness to knowing all empires crumble" A Kashmiri Ather Zia
February 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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tutusntinyhats.bsky.social
"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
The book Against The State: Anarchist Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava bt James Stout, on a beige couch cushion surrounded by stickers-turned-magnets. The cover of the book has a 3photo of young men and boys standing behind a street barricade and raising a black flag. The title is written in Spanish, English, Burmese, and Kurdish, within overlapping yellow and white circles. The sticker/magnets surrounding the book are: ACAB - Always carry a book - pink, illustration of three people holding books, from Pilsen Community Books The future is mutual aid - illustration of many people wearing colorful outfits interconnected to each other, by Olly Costello Take to the streets until Palestine is free - a cat wearing a keffiyeh and holding up watermelon slices Sink the rich - Lisa Frank parody art with an orca, rainbow and sparkly Abandon this dying empire - parody of "American runs on Dunkin" Stronger together with an illustration of a group of capybaras
February 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
jamesstout.bsky.social
It means the world to me to see people very much engaged with these movements enjoying the book.
xunlingau.bsky.social Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 4d
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.
Cover of James stouts Against the state.
February 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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komododad.bsky.social
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
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igd.bsky.social
Be sure to pick up this new book from @jamesstout.bsky.social! Check it out here from @akpress.org: www.akpress.org/against-the-...
Cover of "Against the State" by James Stout
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
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.
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 AM
jamesstout.bsky.social
There is a kind of man, who is made of straw, and it is very important that you get mad at this man.
joelhs.bsky.social Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d
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.
maiamindel.bsky.social Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 2d
"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
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ottergoose.net
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.
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
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
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
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
jamesstout.bsky.social
The judges are getting good at this.
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
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.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d
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...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRITZ EMMANUEL LESLY MIOT, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 25-cv-02471 (ACR) V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington's vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take.? eSec Noem I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies. Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS. WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE. 6:52 PM - Dec 1, 2025 - 13.2M Views ' Letter from George Washington to Joshua Holmes (December 2, 1783). 2 Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl.) 1110 n.91. But see supra n.l. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) "damn" countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti's TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, "killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies." They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer's disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) 1 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. 1 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. | 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. 9| 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. 9|5. They claim that Secretary Noem's decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary's decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things— in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
jamesstout.bsky.social
Get in my replies with good mutual aid fundraisers and I’ll share them.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d
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
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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 details her oversight of the federal Whipple building. Feb 1, 2026. YouTube. (Dr. Morrison is a OB/Gyn M.D. and Representative to the U.S. Congress. @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social) So, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis this weekend, and what I saw was not what I would expect in the United States of America. My office has been flooded with reports of the cruel, unsafe, unlawful conditions inside of Whipple. And as a doctor, I was especially concerned about the reports of inadequate medical care. So, during my visit yesterday, I got confirmation that the facility has no specific medical policy and no real medical care on site. There was not a nurse present yesterday at all. There are no beds, no real blankets, minimal food, extremely cold temperatures. People are in locked cells and leg shackles. The agents there couldn't or wouldn't answer the most basic questions. Like how many people were currently being held? How many people had to be sent to the hospital over the last week? How many 911 calls been made in the last week?
February 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM