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tim d (he/him)
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competition is boring . my new zine--> https://timdevin.com/gardenzine.html my zine on Italian American mutual aid--> http://timdevin.com/mutuosoccorso.html
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · Mar 29
everything is awful, but Alex Kittle and I just put out a zine about the unsanctioned, DIY sculpture garden near Somerville's Davis Square, if you're looking for a different mood...

#SomervilleMA #Zines @alexxkittle.bsky.social

order it here: timdevin.com/gardenzine.h...
a copy of the zine in question
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 4h
i guess maybe "statement" is a better description than "manifesto"
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 4h
the Free Range Garden Artists put this manifesto up all over the bike path

it has a shout out to me and @alexxkittle.bsky.social , but is otherwise a good read :)

#SomervilleMA #JunkArt #PublicArt
a manifesto about free public art, and the free range garden ppl's experiences with their project
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 4h
seems ominous, no?
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 7h
so I opened a fortune cookie yesterday and there were two fortune slips in it...
two fortune cookie slips. Both say run
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20h
Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 19h
I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20h
Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 18h
Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d
This is fucking terrifying and infuriating
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled
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Matt B, People's Book @mattbormet.com · 2d
Available at @peoplesbooktakoma.com 😄
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 2d
given today's political climate, and the fact that so-called Columbus Day is coming up, I thought I would share this passage (from one of my books) about the fascist history of Columbus Day in America

#Fascism #ColumbusDay
Columbus Day And nothing sums up that hard right shift better than the story of Columbus Day, and story of the Sons of Italy. Let's start with Columbus Day first. Now, all things Columbus-Columbus Day, Columbus statues-are controversial these days, and rightly so-but in the early days of the Italian colony in Massachusetts, it was just another festival day for one of the many local mutual aid societies. Boston's original 62 —La Gazzetta di Massachusetts, Oct. 9, 1915 Columbus Society (aka la Societa di Mutuo Soccorso "Cristoforo-Colombo") was the second society to form, way back in 1869, and it hosted the first Columbus Day parade in Boston a few years later. It was a small affair, and probably only held significance for members and their families. But later in the 1800s, Columbus became a national hero for Italian-Americans. Think about it-Italians were discriminated against left and right in their new country-but meanwhile here was this Italian dude that a lot of people thought had discovered the place. What a perfect way to demonstrate to Americans that they should be nicer to Italian immigrants! So, pretty soon, there were mutual aid societies named after Columbus, with their own parades, in Fitchburg, Salem, Lawrence, and Worcester-and all around the country. By 1903, the Boston Columbus Society had turned its parade into a large event-inviting all of the other Massachusetts Columbus societies to march around Boston with them, and capping it off with a "sumptuous banquet" (as the invitation described it. By the MUTUO SOCCORSO! 63 1920s, the Boston Columbus Day parade had turned into the most important annual event for the Italian community. Most of the other local mutual aid societies marched in it, local politicians took part, and the whole thing got front-page coverage in La Gazzetta. Good so far? Well, here's where it gets dark. Italy's new fascist government noticed all the hubbub, and saw an opportunity to spread Italian nationalism, and boost support for Italy (Remember, Italian-Americans were very generous with their donations to Italy and its war efforts). And so Italian consuls and officials began marching in American Columbus Day parades-including the Boston one. And Italy started hosting its own annual Columbus Day parade in Rome. After that, it was only a matter of time before Columbus Day became synonymous with Italian nationalism and fascism. In addition to all the Italian flags and dignitaries, Boston's Columbus Society started inviting outright fascists to give speeches, and to march in the parade-which they did, in military-style uniforms, in military formation. Not everyone was happy with this, of course-and pretty quickly, anti-fascists began protesting the events, which led to fighting between the two groups If that wasn't bad enough, wait til you hear how Columbus Day became a national holiday. In the 1930s, the publisher of New York's influential Italian-language newspaper il Progresso Italo-Americano was a man named Generoso Pope. Pope was a member of both the fascist Lictor Federation and the Fascist League of North America, and was later given the title of Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy by Mussolini for his service to fascism in America. What a prince, right? Around this time, Pope began advocating for Columbus Day to become a national holiday-running articles in his paper, and pressuring his American political connections, including some local politician named Franklin D. Roosevelt. After FDR became President of the US, he declared Columbus Day a national
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 2d
what a great bookstore! everyone should shop there!
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 2d
given today's political climate, and the fact that so-called Columbus Day is coming up, I thought I would share this passage (from one of my books) about the fascist history of Columbus Day in America

#Fascism #ColumbusDay
Columbus Day And nothing sums up that hard right shift better than the story of Columbus Day, and story of the Sons of Italy. Let's start with Columbus Day first. Now, all things Columbus-Columbus Day, Columbus statues-are controversial these days, and rightly so-but in the early days of the Italian colony in Massachusetts, it was just another festival day for one of the many local mutual aid societies. Boston's original 62 —La Gazzetta di Massachusetts, Oct. 9, 1915 Columbus Society (aka la Societa di Mutuo Soccorso "Cristoforo-Colombo") was the second society to form, way back in 1869, and it hosted the first Columbus Day parade in Boston a few years later. It was a small affair, and probably only held significance for members and their families. But later in the 1800s, Columbus became a national hero for Italian-Americans. Think about it-Italians were discriminated against left and right in their new country-but meanwhile here was this Italian dude that a lot of people thought had discovered the place. What a perfect way to demonstrate to Americans that they should be nicer to Italian immigrants! So, pretty soon, there were mutual aid societies named after Columbus, with their own parades, in Fitchburg, Salem, Lawrence, and Worcester-and all around the country. By 1903, the Boston Columbus Society had turned its parade into a large event-inviting all of the other Massachusetts Columbus societies to march around Boston with them, and capping it off with a "sumptuous banquet" (as the invitation described it. By the MUTUO SOCCORSO! 63 1920s, the Boston Columbus Day parade had turned into the most important annual event for the Italian community. Most of the other local mutual aid societies marched in it, local politicians took part, and the whole thing got front-page coverage in La Gazzetta. Good so far? Well, here's where it gets dark. Italy's new fascist government noticed all the hubbub, and saw an opportunity to spread Italian nationalism, and boost support for Italy (Remember, Italian-Americans were very generous with their donations to Italy and its war efforts). And so Italian consuls and officials began marching in American Columbus Day parades-including the Boston one. And Italy started hosting its own annual Columbus Day parade in Rome. After that, it was only a matter of time before Columbus Day became synonymous with Italian nationalism and fascism. In addition to all the Italian flags and dignitaries, Boston's Columbus Society started inviting outright fascists to give speeches, and to march in the parade-which they did, in military-style uniforms, in military formation. Not everyone was happy with this, of course-and pretty quickly, anti-fascists began protesting the events, which led to fighting between the two groups If that wasn't bad enough, wait til you hear how Columbus Day became a national holiday. In the 1930s, the publisher of New York's influential Italian-language newspaper il Progresso Italo-Americano was a man named Generoso Pope. Pope was a member of both the fascist Lictor Federation and the Fascist League of North America, and was later given the title of Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy by Mussolini for his service to fascism in America. What a prince, right? Around this time, Pope began advocating for Columbus Day to become a national holiday-running articles in his paper, and pressuring his American political connections, including some local politician named Franklin D. Roosevelt. After FDR became President of the US, he declared Columbus Day a national
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 2d
yeah, it's pretty bonkers. about 20 cities and towns now celebrate indigenous peoples day instead (including where i live), and there have been attempts to change it statewide, including this group: www.indigenouspeoplesdayma.org

what does CA do?
Home - Indigenous Peoples Day MA
www.indigenouspeoplesdayma.org
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 2d
given today's political climate, and the fact that so-called Columbus Day is coming up, I thought I would share this passage (from one of my books) about the fascist history of Columbus Day in America

#Fascism #ColumbusDay
Columbus Day And nothing sums up that hard right shift better than the story of Columbus Day, and story of the Sons of Italy. Let's start with Columbus Day first. Now, all things Columbus-Columbus Day, Columbus statues-are controversial these days, and rightly so-but in the early days of the Italian colony in Massachusetts, it was just another festival day for one of the many local mutual aid societies. Boston's original 62 —La Gazzetta di Massachusetts, Oct. 9, 1915 Columbus Society (aka la Societa di Mutuo Soccorso "Cristoforo-Colombo") was the second society to form, way back in 1869, and it hosted the first Columbus Day parade in Boston a few years later. It was a small affair, and probably only held significance for members and their families. But later in the 1800s, Columbus became a national hero for Italian-Americans. Think about it-Italians were discriminated against left and right in their new country-but meanwhile here was this Italian dude that a lot of people thought had discovered the place. What a perfect way to demonstrate to Americans that they should be nicer to Italian immigrants! So, pretty soon, there were mutual aid societies named after Columbus, with their own parades, in Fitchburg, Salem, Lawrence, and Worcester-and all around the country. By 1903, the Boston Columbus Society had turned its parade into a large event-inviting all of the other Massachusetts Columbus societies to march around Boston with them, and capping it off with a "sumptuous banquet" (as the invitation described it. By the MUTUO SOCCORSO! 63 1920s, the Boston Columbus Day parade had turned into the most important annual event for the Italian community. Most of the other local mutual aid societies marched in it, local politicians took part, and the whole thing got front-page coverage in La Gazzetta. Good so far? Well, here's where it gets dark. Italy's new fascist government noticed all the hubbub, and saw an opportunity to spread Italian nationalism, and boost support for Italy (Remember, Italian-Americans were very generous with their donations to Italy and its war efforts). And so Italian consuls and officials began marching in American Columbus Day parades-including the Boston one. And Italy started hosting its own annual Columbus Day parade in Rome. After that, it was only a matter of time before Columbus Day became synonymous with Italian nationalism and fascism. In addition to all the Italian flags and dignitaries, Boston's Columbus Society started inviting outright fascists to give speeches, and to march in the parade-which they did, in military-style uniforms, in military formation. Not everyone was happy with this, of course-and pretty quickly, anti-fascists began protesting the events, which led to fighting between the two groups If that wasn't bad enough, wait til you hear how Columbus Day became a national holiday. In the 1930s, the publisher of New York's influential Italian-language newspaper il Progresso Italo-Americano was a man named Generoso Pope. Pope was a member of both the fascist Lictor Federation and the Fascist League of North America, and was later given the title of Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy by Mussolini for his service to fascism in America. What a prince, right? Around this time, Pope began advocating for Columbus Day to become a national holiday-running articles in his paper, and pressuring his American political connections, including some local politician named Franklin D. Roosevelt. After FDR became President of the US, he declared Columbus Day a national
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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 2d
there is another characterization of the ice agents/national guard i keep seeing that i dislike for different reasons - that they’re incompetent/not “real” agents or military. obscures that this is systemic violence and the volume of the harm done
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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 2d
More of this, please!🦄🦄🦄
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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 3d
3 of the top 3453 disturbing statements from community members at last nite's city mtg on the unhoused in davis sq:

1. "where is the compassion for business owners?"
2. "what if we removed all of the benches?"
3. A statement that unhoused ppl are lazy & add nothing to society

#SomervilleMA
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 3d
it looks like "a huge zero," some might say?
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 3d
like, what's that venn diagram look like?
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 3d
i wonder how many of the "davis square village" no-tall-building people are also part of the anti-homeless pressure group
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k @xeroxerox.bsky.social · 3d
We need EVERYONE to start making their empathy and understanding and love for our unhoused neighbors infinitely louder than these loser nimby fucks
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 3d
3 of the top 3453 disturbing statements from community members at last nite's city mtg on the unhoused in davis sq:

1. "where is the compassion for business owners?"
2. "what if we removed all of the benches?"
3. A statement that unhoused ppl are lazy & add nothing to society

#SomervilleMA
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 3d
it seems like a lot of ppl last night were conflating a number of issues (perceived and experienced safety concerns; drug use; perceived rise in crime)-- and blaming them all on unhoused people. and saying that everything would be magically solved if these ppl were forced away from the square.
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 3d
yeah, that guy was out of control. i also found it fascinating that his evidence about Davis being dangerous and needing unhoused ppl removed was:
1. he saw someone urinating in public once
2. someone was stabbed near his place of business (horrific, but again: once)
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 3d
well that is good at least
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 3d
did you stay for the whole thing? I left around 720 maybe. I just couldn't take it anymore
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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 3d
yup. so disturbing to realize I share space with people who think those things
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