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Andrew Zonneveld @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social · Aug 2

Here's Part 1 of my essay series on the uprising in Serbia and its implications. Part 2 will be coming soon!

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“Representative Democracy is Failing”: Serbia’s Horizontal Student Revolution, Part 1.

By Andrew Zonneveld

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Andrew Zonneveld @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social · Jul 28

“Eddie Carvery fights for people who lost their homes, but he’ll never be homeless. Just like the people of [Palestine] and the Indigenous peoples of the Northern Hemisphere — all of whom have faced home demolitions — Eddie’s home is in the struggle against colonial violence and displacement.”

From the Geechee Coast to Africville: When Modibo Kadalie met Eddie Carvery

By Andrew Zonneveld

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On Our Own Authority! @oooabooks.bsky.social · Jul 10

"Zonneveld takes us from precolonial moments of transracial solidarity across four centuries to the racist union busting of Black and white Stone Mountain quarry workers during the Reconstruction period."

— Modibo Kadalie reviews Andrew Zonneveld's "All Will Be Equalized!"

Modibo Kadalie reviews Andrew Zonneveld’s “All Will Be Equalized”

Modibo Kadalie, a social ecologist and pan-Africanist from rural Georgia who has been involved in freedom movements for over sixty years…

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · Apr 14

Stone Mountain residents brace for Confederate Memorial Day

Residents in the City of Stone Mountain voice opposition to annual Confederate Memorial Day rally in Stone Mountain Park.

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Community Books of Stone Mountain @communitybooksga.bsky.social · Feb 3

Another vibrant meeting of the direct democracy reading group today! For next month (March 2nd) we'll be reading and discussing PART 2 of "Intimate Direct Democracy" with the author, Modibo Kadalie! Join us! 📚

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Community Books of Stone Mountain @communitybooksga.bsky.social · Jan 29

Our direct-democracy reading group will be discussing PART ONE of "Intimate Direct Democracy" with the author, Dr. Modibo Kadalie this Sunday! Join us if you've read it!

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Andrew Zonneveld @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social · Jan 22

Hey #booksky : there seems to be a need for inspiring stories of resistance right now. I wrote a book about how diverse, multi-racial communities in rural Georgia survived and resisted some of the most brutal regimes imaginable for over 300 years. Sound interesting? Order here: www.oooabooks.org

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On Our Own Authority! @oooabooks.bsky.social · Jan 22

You can order them at www.oooabooks.org 📚💖

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sara gray 🩶📚 @saramorallygray.bsky.social · Jan 21

now’s the time to start buying the physical copies of your favorite books, #booksky – they can take your kindle/digital copies away at any time

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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · Jan 16

You can find the transcribed zine of the ACAB2024 presentation by @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social & his comrade Modibo Kadalie on the recent book, "All Will Be Equalized!: Georgia's Freedom Seekers of the Swamps, Backwoods, and Sea Islands 1526-1890" at thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/zines/#Janua...

zine cover of "All Will Be Equalized!: Georgia's Freedom Seekers of the Swamps, Backwoods, and Sea Islands 1526-1890 | ACAB2024 Presentation by authors Andrew Zonneveld and Modibo Kadalie - January 5, 2025 - The Final Straw Radio" featuring a contrasted line drawing version of the book cover

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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · Jan 14

Did we mention that you can watch the slides to this presentation by Andrew Zonneveld of anti-colonial indigenous resistance, Black liberation and class war in the southeastern so-called USA (& colonies)?
Find it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJc1...

All Will Be Equalized with Andrew Zonneveld and Modibo Kadalie (ACAB 2024)

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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · Jan 6

We're sharing a recording of @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social and Modibo Kadalie talking about maroonage and resistance to slavery in Georgia and Florida from colonization 1529 onwards, recorded at ACABookfair 2024

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Andrew Zonneveld @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social · Dec 12

Radical history book talk in AUSTIN TX tonight! Come hang! @oooabooks.bsky.social

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Andrew Zonneveld @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social · Dec 7

NEW ORLEANS! Come hang with me on my book tour this weekend at the resurrected Iron Rail!! #radicalhistory #neworleans

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Andrew Zonneveld @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social · Nov 28

Here's a few more photos from recent book talks for "All Will Be Equalized!" I'm grateful to my friend Modibo Kadalie for writing the foreword and touring in support of the book over the last few months. Three more (solo) dates coming in December! Order the book at www.oooabooks.org

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On Our Own Authority! @oooabooks.bsky.social · Nov 29

Lenni Brenner's incisive study of Zionist organization's relationships with anti-semitic governments during WW2.

Brenner was a lifelong Jewish anti-Zionist activist who worked closely with Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) for many years.

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Andrew Zonneveld @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social · Nov 26

I'm thrilled to be visiting LAWRENCE, KANSAS for a book talk on December 14 at the ECM Community Center! Many thanks to @jessieduke.bsky.social of @breadrosespress.bsky.social for making this possible!

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · Nov 26

How do you organize mutual aid in a city without running power and water? We spoke with @firestorm.bsky.social and a member of ROAR (Rural Organizing and Resilience) about grassroots organizing in the wake of hurricanes in #NorthCarolina. itsgoingdown.org/this-is-amer...

Mutual aid distribution in front of a storefront in Asheville, NC.

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Andrew Zonneveld @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social · Nov 23

Excited to be starting editorial work on Yavor Tarinski's forthcoming book, "Horizons of Direct Democracy" with @oooabooks.bsky.social Stay tuned for updates!

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Andrew Zonneveld @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social · Nov 21

I wrote this latest article to commemorate one year since the burning of a preserved plantation at Stone Mountain Park and an in-depth study of that historical fire and the racist misuse of public history.
#stonemountain #publichistory #radicalhistory #antiracism

A Plantation Burned in Georgia

One year ago, on the morning of 14 November 2023, the “Davis House,” a relocated plantation home exhibit from Georgia’s pre-Civil War…

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Andrew Zonneveld @andrewzonneveld.bsky.social · Nov 22

Here's a working link to the @oooabooks.bsky.social online radical bookstore: www.oooabooks.org

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On Our Own Authority! @oooabooks.bsky.social · Nov 21

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On Our Own Authority! @oooabooks.bsky.social · Nov 21

Modibo Kadalie's books are available at oooabooks.org 📚 #modibokadalie #radicalhistory #socialecology

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On Our Own Authority! @oooabooks.bsky.social · Nov 20

Andrew Zonneveld's new study of radical anti-slavery and anti-colonial movements in Georgia history is now available at oooabooks.org 📚
#radicalhistory #peopleshistory #anticonfederate

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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · Nov 26

This weeks episode features Dr. Modibo Kadalie on maroonage & anti-authoritarian historiography from #ACAB2023 + Josh Davidson & Sara Falconer of the Certain Days collective on the 2024 calendar

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'"TFSR 11-26-23 | "Direct Democracy Throughout Human History" + 2024 Certain Days Calendar' featuring the book cover of "Intimate Direct Democracy" with a hand holding houses and plants in the background next to the 2024 cover of the Certain Days calendar cover featuring a child sitting among flowers with an anarchist book in their hands

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