William C.
@williamcson.bsky.social
“Everybody has to die Firdaus. I will die and you will die. The important thing is how to live until you die.”— Nawal El Saadawi
My website 🔗: williamcanderson.info
My book 📖: https://www.akpress.org/nationonnomap.html
My website 🔗: williamcanderson.info
My book 📖: https://www.akpress.org/nationonnomap.html
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Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
prismreports.org
Social media and many of the places where we get perspectives are a mess with manipulation, conspiracy, and misinformation. Radicals hoping to fight oppression have to be mindful of where we listen and why. I wrote about this and more for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/11/20/a...
Maybe the “rise of” framing doesn’t help Westerners accept that religiosity, extremism, and violence are all essential parts of Buddhist history. Trouble accepting this always indicates Buddhism is an empty plaything for some people’s projection, not a multifaceted tradition.
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
The long read: Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Maybe the “rise of” framing doesn’t help Westerners accept that religiosity, extremism, and violence are all essential parts of Buddhist history. Trouble accepting this always indicates Buddhism is an empty plaything for some people’s projection, not a multifaceted tradition.
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NEW: Israel has committed at least 497 ceasefire violations, killing at least 342 Palestinians since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel & Hamas went into effect on Oct. 10.
An Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drone targeted a car on a busy Gaza City street on Nov. 22, killing 5 Palestinians.
An Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drone targeted a car on a busy Gaza City street on Nov. 22, killing 5 Palestinians.
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
NEW: Israel has committed at least 497 ceasefire violations, killing at least 342 Palestinians since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel & Hamas went into effect on Oct. 10.
An Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drone targeted a car on a busy Gaza City street on Nov. 22, killing 5 Palestinians.
An Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drone targeted a car on a busy Gaza City street on Nov. 22, killing 5 Palestinians.
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Image from outside the Broadview, Illinois ICE detention center, taken September 26.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Image from outside the Broadview, Illinois ICE detention center, taken September 26.
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“The last word about revolution was not already written, nor will it be written if we willingly hand ourselves over to forces working to make sure they control what we think.”
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social explains why resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak.
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social explains why resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak.
Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
prismreports.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“The last word about revolution was not already written, nor will it be written if we willingly hand ourselves over to forces working to make sure they control what we think.”
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social explains why resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak.
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social explains why resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak.
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I learned about abolitionist Jonathan Walker from Marcus Rediker's new book. www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Arti... - He became known as the "man with the branded hand."
"the palm of his right-hand had been branded by a Florida court with the letters "S.S." for "slave stealer."
"the palm of his right-hand had been branded by a Florida court with the letters "S.S." for "slave stealer."
The Man with the Branded Hand | Wisconsin Historical Society
Discover the story of Jonathan Walker, "Slave Stealer."
www.wisconsinhistory.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I learned about abolitionist Jonathan Walker from Marcus Rediker's new book. www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Arti... - He became known as the "man with the branded hand."
"the palm of his right-hand had been branded by a Florida court with the letters "S.S." for "slave stealer."
"the palm of his right-hand had been branded by a Florida court with the letters "S.S." for "slave stealer."
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
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It is with sadness that we learned that Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa racist massacre, has died at the age of 111. Learn more about this event here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It is with sadness that we learned that Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa racist massacre, has died at the age of 111. Learn more about this event here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
“The boxed materials aren’t Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, or whatever MAGA officials claim ‘Antifa’ uses to wage its imaginary war on America. As prosecutors laid out in the July criminal complaint that led to the indictment, they were zines and pamphlets.”
"The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine" @theintercept.com - The Anarchist Library is linked in the article
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“The boxed materials aren’t Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, or whatever MAGA officials claim ‘Antifa’ uses to wage its imaginary war on America. As prosecutors laid out in the July criminal complaint that led to the indictment, they were zines and pamphlets.”
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Social media and many of the places where we get perspectives are a mess with manipulation, conspiracy, and misinformation. Radicals hoping to fight oppression have to be mindful of where we listen and why. I wrote about this and more for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/11/20/a...
Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
prismreports.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Social media and many of the places where we get perspectives are a mess with manipulation, conspiracy, and misinformation. Radicals hoping to fight oppression have to be mindful of where we listen and why. I wrote about this and more for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/11/20/a...
Fascism is not a difference of opinion.
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Fascism is not a difference of opinion.
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If your takeaway from the Mamdani Trump meeting is this is the path forward I would ask you, what happens to all the fascism
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If your takeaway from the Mamdani Trump meeting is this is the path forward I would ask you, what happens to all the fascism
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There is a weird disconnect in people's brain when they call Trump a fascist like Hitler in one moment and then praise a person who shook his hand and laughed with him in the next.
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
There is a weird disconnect in people's brain when they call Trump a fascist like Hitler in one moment and then praise a person who shook his hand and laughed with him in the next.
As the Department of Education is further dismantled, the US political elite vote to condemn what they and the overwhelming majority of the US public cannot define: socialism.
4 senior House Dems — Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, Pete Aguilar, & Ted Lieu — voted for a Republican-led resolution to “CONDEMN SOCIALISM,” a symbolic measure that passed the chamber on Wed. The vote comes as NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to meet with Pres. Donald Trump at the WH today.
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As the Department of Education is further dismantled, the US political elite vote to condemn what they and the overwhelming majority of the US public cannot define: socialism.
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#OtD 21 Nov 1922 Mexican anarchist communist of Zapotec descent, Ricardo Flores Magón, died after months of illness and neglect in Leavenworth Prison, Kansas. He was one of the major thinkers and activists of the Mexican revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9420...
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#OtD 21 Nov 1922 Mexican anarchist communist of Zapotec descent, Ricardo Flores Magón, died after months of illness and neglect in Leavenworth Prison, Kansas. He was one of the major thinkers and activists of the Mexican revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9420...
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"..the nature of the online leftism defined by armchair proselytizing, goofy sectarianism, and influencers who may or may not know what they’re actually talking about...
Our new ideas about addressing the dwindling resources and structuring the society we want have to be protected at all costs."
Our new ideas about addressing the dwindling resources and structuring the society we want have to be protected at all costs."
Social media and many of the places where we get perspectives are a mess with manipulation, conspiracy, and misinformation. Radicals hoping to fight oppression have to be mindful of where we listen and why. I wrote about this and more for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/11/20/a...
Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
prismreports.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"..the nature of the online leftism defined by armchair proselytizing, goofy sectarianism, and influencers who may or may not know what they’re actually talking about...
Our new ideas about addressing the dwindling resources and structuring the society we want have to be protected at all costs."
Our new ideas about addressing the dwindling resources and structuring the society we want have to be protected at all costs."
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"Race, class, economic, gender, and disability hierarchies prioritize who is most deserving of attention. [..] ... already a maze of discriminatory obstacles. One way to determine what should be prioritized is to identify the everyday impact of the actions we’re being instructed to take."
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"Race, class, economic, gender, and disability hierarchies prioritize who is most deserving of attention. [..] ... already a maze of discriminatory obstacles. One way to determine what should be prioritized is to identify the everyday impact of the actions we’re being instructed to take."
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I invite folks to join me in honoring #TDOR by contributing to trans led life affirming & sustaining orgs Grammy’s Place: www.grammysplaces.net
My Sistah’s House: www.mshmemphis.org
Outlaw Project: www.theoutlawprojectinc.org
TransLifeLine: translifeline.org
Gender Liberation Movement: genderlib.org
My Sistah’s House: www.mshmemphis.org
Outlaw Project: www.theoutlawprojectinc.org
TransLifeLine: translifeline.org
Gender Liberation Movement: genderlib.org
Grammy's Place | Transgender Women | Birmingham, AL, USA
Safe housing for Black transgender women experiencing homelessness in a non-traditional, not religious based-communal housing community program. 18 and older, no drug testing or curfews. Grammy's Pla...
www.grammysplaces.net
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I invite folks to join me in honoring #TDOR by contributing to trans led life affirming & sustaining orgs Grammy’s Place: www.grammysplaces.net
My Sistah’s House: www.mshmemphis.org
Outlaw Project: www.theoutlawprojectinc.org
TransLifeLine: translifeline.org
Gender Liberation Movement: genderlib.org
My Sistah’s House: www.mshmemphis.org
Outlaw Project: www.theoutlawprojectinc.org
TransLifeLine: translifeline.org
Gender Liberation Movement: genderlib.org
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🍵😶 ... part of what can be gained despite the costs is the capacity to uphold & assert the principles we embody which would be otherwise lost in silence,,
"If we remain susceptible to manipulation via forums that are explicitly being used to manipulate, surveil, and exploit, then what’s the point?"
"If we remain susceptible to manipulation via forums that are explicitly being used to manipulate, surveil, and exploit, then what’s the point?"
Social media and many of the places where we get perspectives are a mess with manipulation, conspiracy, and misinformation. Radicals hoping to fight oppression have to be mindful of where we listen and why. I wrote about this and more for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/11/20/a...
Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
prismreports.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🍵😶 ... part of what can be gained despite the costs is the capacity to uphold & assert the principles we embody which would be otherwise lost in silence,,
"If we remain susceptible to manipulation via forums that are explicitly being used to manipulate, surveil, and exploit, then what’s the point?"
"If we remain susceptible to manipulation via forums that are explicitly being used to manipulate, surveil, and exploit, then what’s the point?"
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"If we remain susceptible to manipulation via forums that are explicitly being used to manipulate, surveil, and exploit, then what’s the point? Keeping tabs on ourselves for the authorities and doing free work for our adversaries is not serving people."
Social media and many of the places where we get perspectives are a mess with manipulation, conspiracy, and misinformation. Radicals hoping to fight oppression have to be mindful of where we listen and why. I wrote about this and more for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/11/20/a...
Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
prismreports.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"If we remain susceptible to manipulation via forums that are explicitly being used to manipulate, surveil, and exploit, then what’s the point? Keeping tabs on ourselves for the authorities and doing free work for our adversaries is not serving people."
Social media and many of the places where we get perspectives are a mess with manipulation, conspiracy, and misinformation. Radicals hoping to fight oppression have to be mindful of where we listen and why. I wrote about this and more for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/11/20/a...
Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
prismreports.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Social media and many of the places where we get perspectives are a mess with manipulation, conspiracy, and misinformation. Radicals hoping to fight oppression have to be mindful of where we listen and why. I wrote about this and more for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/11/20/a...
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For people who have to wade through the noise of mass media, it seems as there’s someone telling us what to do or think, writes columnist @williamcson.bsky.social in his latest “Another way out.” Facing a wave of misinformation & manipulated algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen.
Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
prismreports.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
For people who have to wade through the noise of mass media, it seems as there’s someone telling us what to do or think, writes columnist @williamcson.bsky.social in his latest “Another way out.” Facing a wave of misinformation & manipulated algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen.
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NEW: As immigration enforcement continues across North Carolina, communities are mobilizing--inside and outside formal organizing networks--to protect their neighbors:
North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
NEW: As immigration enforcement continues across North Carolina, communities are mobilizing--inside and outside formal organizing networks--to protect their neighbors:
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What we are witnessing today can & should be described as media capitulating to Trump’s fascist agenda or at the very least, newsroom leaders finding an opportunity to stop pretending that they ever cared about correcting the systemic wrongs of their industry.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism
Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What we are witnessing today can & should be described as media capitulating to Trump’s fascist agenda or at the very least, newsroom leaders finding an opportunity to stop pretending that they ever cared about correcting the systemic wrongs of their industry.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
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🧵 The elimination of Teen Vogue’s entire political desk and layoffs of their Black, brown, trans, and queer workers is part of a devastating mainstream media landscape.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism
Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🧵 The elimination of Teen Vogue’s entire political desk and layoffs of their Black, brown, trans, and queer workers is part of a devastating mainstream media landscape.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...