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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus!

@wakerevolt.bsky.social

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Wake Productions. JD, PhD. Author of Wake: The Hidden History of Women-led Slave Revolts 2021 Best Book NPR, Washington Post.https://rebhallphd.org. She/Her

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been working on this for 2 years. There have bumps along the way, crazy drama that could be in a soap, but the time is now. Help me build a freedom school. Help me fight fascism:

Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 4d

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wak...

Wake Productions

An AfroFuturist Education Project in the Black Radical Tradition

www.kickstarter.com

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 3h

The film was hokey. I wasn’t there I was in Santa Cruz getting my Ph.D. And getting arrested for opposing the invasion of Afghanistan.

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 13h

This shit right here. Antifascism is at its core, community defense. It's about protecting the vulnerable, the marginalized, the minority, but most importantly, the community as a whole.

In the absence of fascist adversaries that are as concerned with free speech, the rule of law, or polite disagreement as their opponents are, a politics of mutual aid and community self-defense remains our most powerful choice.

Anti-fascism and anti-fascists have demonstrated how we might walk this path toward a politics of empowerment, in which we take direct responsibility for our own communities.

If we are going to foster a thriving, powerful movement equal to this dangerous moment, we must not surrender “antifa” to Trump’s whims and the worst fantasies of our opponents. The health and safety of our friends, family, and society may depend on it.

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 13h

Did you see the movie?

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 13h

That is not my point. My point is the outrage you are feeling? People around the world feel that about our military bases in their countries. It’s good to see the outrage

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 16h

Just doesn’t sit right with me that pianos are classified as percussion instruments. I don’t know who to complain to about this but I’m telling you now I won’t have it

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 14h

40 faculty fired since the Charlie Kirk assassination. So much for free speech I guess!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

www.theguardian.com

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Tamara Keel, but spooky @tamslick.bsky.social · 14h

Assuming, arguendo, that the protest in Washington on the 18th really was being orchestrated by Soros, would it all be cool if he signed off on his tweet with “Be there! Will be wild!”?

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 15h

"He can move mountains with the sheer force of his will" is what the WH Communications Director just said about his boss.

Yeah, we've reached North Korea state media levels of sycophantic hyperbole now.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 15h

I want to take the poor soul by the hand who said "Rage Against The Machine are woke now", gently lead them into an alley, and then beat them with a sock full of nickels until enlightenment sets in.

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 14h

This has always been an important rule, but it's so much more important now that we live under an administration that subjects it's enemies to repeated vindictive legal and administrative persecution.

If you are doing something that would make you a target, BE DOING IT QUIETLY.

Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · Mar 21

one of the most important things to learn, if you're out there doing things:

you don't get to talk about it.

you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.

it's *always* shut the fuck up friday

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 14h

Exactly. Also:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wak...

Wake Productions

An AfroFuturist Education Project in the Black Radical Tradition

www.kickstarter.com

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Emily Andras @emandras.bsky.social · 14h

Don’t give them the narrative they want. Tell the story we choose.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 14h

I’m finding this kind of amusing. We have 800 military bases on foreign soil.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 14h

WHAT THE FUCK? SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK!?!

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14h

I spoke to Slate about why 404 Media is suing ICE for its $2 million spyware contract. The company ICE contracted with can remotely break into phones without the target even clicking a link slate.com/podcasts/wha...

The People Suing ICE

What kind of spyware is ICE working with—and what government agencies are collaborating?

slate.com

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 14h

I love these frogs. I even bought a t-shirt

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

Hearing the testimony of American members of the sumud flotilla and it has never been more obvious that the American government is fully prepared to treat us as ruled subjects with selective privileges and rights based on who you are, your racial/ethnic background, and political allegiance.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 15h

It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

Troops to Portland still on hold, multiplying protest frogs, fact-check on Trump claims: Get caught up

It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

www.oregonlive.com

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 1d

It used to be a major salmon run. Then, starting about 100 years ago, the installation of hydroelectric dams changed everything for the Klamath River. An author and member of the Yurok Nation shares what’s happening now.

The Story Behind The Largest Dam Removal In U.S. History

A new book goes behind the scenes of the removal of four dams along the Klamath River, and the massive restoration effort that’s followed.

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 14h

She has a white cloth draped over her piano that says “Mississippi god-dam.” Who is this person and where did she come from?

Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 14h

OMG

youtu.be/sNNYei__joU?...

Hayley Williams: True Believer | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks. But which is your contact form?

Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 15h

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Dr Rebecca Hall I’m Spartacus! @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 15h

Everyone says they feel betrayed. I don’t want to feel betrayed by a TV show.

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Claude Taylor @realclaudetaylor.bsky.social · 1d

This is part of the WWII Memorial in DC. Over 400 gold stars. Each star represents 1,000 members of Antifa who gave their lives in defense of Democracy.

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 1d

Worker power in action! Let's get it!💜

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