Chris Dixon
@withmovements.bsky.social
Alaskan | activist, writer, educator | author of Another Politics | member of Punch Up Collective | committed resident of Ottawa, Ontario, on unceded Algonquin territory | unrepentantly earnest | he/him | www.writingwithmovements.com
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Chris Dixon
@withmovements.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Some good news: for the last four years, I have been quietly working on a new book titled *For the Long Haul: How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World*. I have signed a contract with @akpress.org and they will be co-publishing the book with @btlbooks.com. The book will be out next fall!
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"Organizing, at its core, is about transformation. When that personal transformation happens on a collective level, we unleash the power to transform society. This is as much of a spiritual project as it is a political one."
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October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Organizing, at its core, is about transformation. When that personal transformation happens on a collective level, we unleash the power to transform society. This is as much of a spiritual project as it is a political one."
READ MORE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/two-...
READ MORE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/two-...
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The CWD's Ben Case for @convergencemag.com :
Ben’s expertise on protest sets the record straight about widely (and incorrectly) accepted data surrounding the efficacy of mobilizing people in nonviolent protest. Learn more about the "3.5% rule" and its flaws here:
convergencemag.com/articles/mag...
Ben’s expertise on protest sets the record straight about widely (and incorrectly) accepted data surrounding the efficacy of mobilizing people in nonviolent protest. Learn more about the "3.5% rule" and its flaws here:
convergencemag.com/articles/mag...
Magic Numbers Are No Shortcut to Strategy
We can no longer afford the convenient untruth that real-world resistance to tyranny can escalate solely through peaceable demonstrations.
convergencemag.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The CWD's Ben Case for @convergencemag.com :
Ben’s expertise on protest sets the record straight about widely (and incorrectly) accepted data surrounding the efficacy of mobilizing people in nonviolent protest. Learn more about the "3.5% rule" and its flaws here:
convergencemag.com/articles/mag...
Ben’s expertise on protest sets the record straight about widely (and incorrectly) accepted data surrounding the efficacy of mobilizing people in nonviolent protest. Learn more about the "3.5% rule" and its flaws here:
convergencemag.com/articles/mag...
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So much coming up in radical Ottawa!
Science, OPS Budget protest, Contre-culture et mouvement de la jeunesse au coeur de l'antifascisme, anti-war events, focus on Sudan, fighting to win, zine making at the Trans Library, book launches, & much more! Check it:
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Science, OPS Budget protest, Contre-culture et mouvement de la jeunesse au coeur de l'antifascisme, anti-war events, focus on Sudan, fighting to win, zine making at the Trans Library, book launches, & much more! Check it:
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Events Archive - Punch Up Collective
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November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
So much coming up in radical Ottawa!
Science, OPS Budget protest, Contre-culture et mouvement de la jeunesse au coeur de l'antifascisme, anti-war events, focus on Sudan, fighting to win, zine making at the Trans Library, book launches, & much more! Check it:
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Science, OPS Budget protest, Contre-culture et mouvement de la jeunesse au coeur de l'antifascisme, anti-war events, focus on Sudan, fighting to win, zine making at the Trans Library, book launches, & much more! Check it:
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
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LOTS of amazing events coming up, Ottawa fam! Let's get together to make a different world, addressing things like death, cold, exploitative rent increases, Palestine, migrant justice, neoliberalism, the relation between enslavement & capitalism, and science. www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Events Archive - Punch Up Collective
www.punchupcollective.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
LOTS of amazing events coming up, Ottawa fam! Let's get together to make a different world, addressing things like death, cold, exploitative rent increases, Palestine, migrant justice, neoliberalism, the relation between enslavement & capitalism, and science. www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
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@sadfrancisco.bsky.social and I wrote about Major for @truthout.org 💜
To honor Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, we carry on her fight for trans and queer liberation. She met violence and oppression with humor, love, and defiance, building spaces of resilience through decades of fearless community care and activism.
To Honor Miss Major, We Fight for the Trans and Queer Spaces She Built
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy embraced the messiness of revolt with magnetic optimism.
truthout.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
@sadfrancisco.bsky.social and I wrote about Major for @truthout.org 💜
I highly recommend @benlorber8.bsky.social's "What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters" series in @convergencemag.com. Lorber offers a really grounded and accessible framework for understanding antisemitism.
For @convergencemag.com I wrote a two-part guide for progressives on how to understand antisemitism and its weaponization, and how to fight it with solidarity
Part 1 breaks down how antisemitism is used as a tool by the 1% and a fuel for White Christian supremacy -- yesterday and today
Part 1 breaks down how antisemitism is used as a tool by the 1% and a fuel for White Christian supremacy -- yesterday and today
What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters: Part 1
Antisemitism has always been deeply interwoven with other types of social domination. It is both a form of bigotry and scapegoating against Jews, and a conspiracy theory that today is stitched into…
convergencemag.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I highly recommend @benlorber8.bsky.social's "What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters" series in @convergencemag.com. Lorber offers a really grounded and accessible framework for understanding antisemitism.
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spectrejournal.com/israel-is-th...
Hey y'all! This week we have Dania Rajendra and @dnbrgr.bsky.social writing about the Palestinian solidarity movement and the international resistance to carceral Zionism.
Hey y'all! This week we have Dania Rajendra and @dnbrgr.bsky.social writing about the Palestinian solidarity movement and the international resistance to carceral Zionism.
Israel Is the Prison – Spectre Journal
Dania Rajendra and Dan Berger write about the connections between anticarceral struggle, both in the United States and Palestine.
spectrejournal.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
spectrejournal.com/israel-is-th...
Hey y'all! This week we have Dania Rajendra and @dnbrgr.bsky.social writing about the Palestinian solidarity movement and the international resistance to carceral Zionism.
Hey y'all! This week we have Dania Rajendra and @dnbrgr.bsky.social writing about the Palestinian solidarity movement and the international resistance to carceral Zionism.
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Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online - November 10th, 2025 edition, ft.: rallies against nuclear waste, a harmony circle for Palestine, dance parties, the Transgender Day of Remembrance and lots more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online - November 10th, 2025 edition, ft.: rallies against nuclear waste, a harmony circle for Palestine, dance parties, the Transgender Day of Remembrance and lots more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
“We have to be building political homes while also doing the door-knocking and organizing that builds power and changes lives. The duality of that work can be hard to hold.”
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
Building a Political Home - Boston Review
Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”
www.bostonreview.net
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
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In late September, Black revolutionary Assata Shakur died in Cuba a free woman.
Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from the racist U.S. empire and all that it entails.
proteanmag.com/2025/10/07/a...
Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from the racist U.S. empire and all that it entails.
proteanmag.com/2025/10/07/a...
Assata Is Welcome Here • Protean Magazine
In late September, black revolutionary Assata Shakur died in Cuba a free woman. Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from U.S. ...
proteanmag.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In late September, Black revolutionary Assata Shakur died in Cuba a free woman.
Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from the racist U.S. empire and all that it entails.
proteanmag.com/2025/10/07/a...
Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from the racist U.S. empire and all that it entails.
proteanmag.com/2025/10/07/a...
I've often argued that radical organizing can happen not only in workplaces and neighborhoods, but also in all of the other sites in which people congregate. This is an inspiring account, from members of @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social, of people organizing through fandom!
As the Disney/ABC boycott took off, youth activist group Get Free mobilized its “Star Wars” fan community, showing the potential of cultural organizing.
Why fandom organizing is a powerful strategy for movement building
As the Disney/ABC boycott took off, youth activist group Get Free mobilized its “Andor” fan community to amp up the pressure.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I've often argued that radical organizing can happen not only in workplaces and neighborhoods, but also in all of the other sites in which people congregate. This is an inspiring account, from members of @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social, of people organizing through fandom!
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Quite an honor to be on the podcast / show that I’ve listened to for more than 15 years. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Quite an honor to be on the podcast / show that I’ve listened to for more than 15 years. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
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Maybe the biggest REO List ever? Twenty-one radical events in Ottawa and online, ft. rallies against poverty and nuclear waste, a dance party, a renters townhall, a film screening, workshops, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Maybe the biggest REO List ever? Twenty-one radical events in Ottawa and online, ft. rallies against poverty and nuclear waste, a dance party, a renters townhall, a film screening, workshops, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
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There is a lot to share in this week's round-up of radical events! Tenant organizing, book launches, incredible films and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
There is a lot to share in this week's round-up of radical events! Tenant organizing, book launches, incredible films and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
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Earlier this year, incarcerated firefighters in LA rushed headlong into the flames, fending off catastrophic fires (made worse by climate change).
In their new essay, Abby Cunniff reminds us of the long history of their labor abolitionist politics.
spectrejournal.com/the-abolitio...
In their new essay, Abby Cunniff reminds us of the long history of their labor abolitionist politics.
spectrejournal.com/the-abolitio...
The Abolitionist Labor Politics of California’s Incarcerated Firefighters – Spectre Journal
Reflecting on the use of incarcerated firefighters today, Abby Cunniff takes a historical look on the radical politics of their counterparts in the 1970s.
spectrejournal.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Earlier this year, incarcerated firefighters in LA rushed headlong into the flames, fending off catastrophic fires (made worse by climate change).
In their new essay, Abby Cunniff reminds us of the long history of their labor abolitionist politics.
spectrejournal.com/the-abolitio...
In their new essay, Abby Cunniff reminds us of the long history of their labor abolitionist politics.
spectrejournal.com/the-abolitio...
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Coming up in Ottawa and online - Challenging Canada’s Perpetuation of Settler-Colonial Violence; Raise the Rates Rally; Street medics workshop; Centretown Tenant Power Official Launch and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Coming up in Ottawa and online - Challenging Canada’s Perpetuation of Settler-Colonial Violence; Raise the Rates Rally; Street medics workshop; Centretown Tenant Power Official Launch and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
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Coming up in Ottawa!
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification; CAFES Concert Series: 'Wanting to Start Again'; Rally for Democracy/no to Bill 33; Vigil for Gaza; NO TYRANTS rally; Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification; CAFES Concert Series: 'Wanting to Start Again'; Rally for Democracy/no to Bill 33; Vigil for Gaza; NO TYRANTS rally; Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
October 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Coming up in Ottawa!
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification; CAFES Concert Series: 'Wanting to Start Again'; Rally for Democracy/no to Bill 33; Vigil for Gaza; NO TYRANTS rally; Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification; CAFES Concert Series: 'Wanting to Start Again'; Rally for Democracy/no to Bill 33; Vigil for Gaza; NO TYRANTS rally; Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
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Even in a government shutdown, the 13th largest army in the world wages war in Chicago. ICE’s militarized raids & abductions are terrorizing communities—while billions are poured into their hands.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social & @lindsaykosh.bsky.social report:
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
@sarahlazare.bsky.social & @lindsaykosh.bsky.social report:
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Even in a government shutdown, the 13th largest army in the world wages war in Chicago. ICE’s militarized raids & abductions are terrorizing communities—while billions are poured into their hands.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social & @lindsaykosh.bsky.social report:
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
@sarahlazare.bsky.social & @lindsaykosh.bsky.social report:
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
I loved listening to this interview @marcusrediker.bsky.social did on @kpfa.org about his new book *Freedom Ship*! Rediker tells the inspiring history of enslaved Black people in the U.S. deep South who escaped by ship with the help of free Black communities and abolitionist white sailors.
Escaping Over Water | KPFA
In the decades leading up to the Civil War, enslaved people who traveled to freedom on foot did so mainly from Southern states that bordered free states. But those in the deep South didn’t have that o...
kpfa.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I loved listening to this interview @marcusrediker.bsky.social did on @kpfa.org about his new book *Freedom Ship*! Rediker tells the inspiring history of enslaved Black people in the U.S. deep South who escaped by ship with the help of free Black communities and abolitionist white sailors.
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This week in rad Ottawa:
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification;
Rallies of Allies for Court Support - Solidarity with Kebaowek;
Film Screening: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019);
Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon; & more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification;
Rallies of Allies for Court Support - Solidarity with Kebaowek;
Film Screening: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019);
Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon; & more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
October 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This week in rad Ottawa:
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification;
Rallies of Allies for Court Support - Solidarity with Kebaowek;
Film Screening: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019);
Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon; & more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification;
Rallies of Allies for Court Support - Solidarity with Kebaowek;
Film Screening: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019);
Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon; & more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
This will be great!
For folks who can't make it to an in-person launch, I will be doing an online event for *Listen! Knowing the World and Fighting to Change It* in conversation with Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay on October 28. Register for the Zoom session via the email address in the image.
October 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This will be great!
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Alexis Shotwell on anarchism. New episode on podcast platforms & pls smash like & subscribe on YouTube: youtu.be/V3evGc0mF5Y)
October 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Alexis Shotwell on anarchism. New episode on podcast platforms & pls smash like & subscribe on YouTube: youtu.be/V3evGc0mF5Y)
Every year on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation I look to @miskoaki.bsky.social's assessment of how the Canadian government is meeting the TRC's calls to action. This year I'm reading their new report "Braiding Accountability: A Ten-Year Review of the TRC’s Healthcare Calls to Action."
Braiding Accountability: A Ten-Year Review of the TRC's Healthcare Calls to Action
Ten years after the release of TRC, Canada’s health systems remain caught in an act of reconciliation theatre – land acknowledgments, cultural safety workshops, and short-term projects that signal pro...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Every year on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation I look to @miskoaki.bsky.social's assessment of how the Canadian government is meeting the TRC's calls to action. This year I'm reading their new report "Braiding Accountability: A Ten-Year Review of the TRC’s Healthcare Calls to Action."
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Upcoming radical events in Ottawa, for the week of Monday, September 29, 2025 - ft. an art build for the upcoming Gaza solidarity demo, Orange Shirt Day events, a zine making night at the Trans Library, a workshop on how to organize a collective, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
September 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Upcoming radical events in Ottawa, for the week of Monday, September 29, 2025 - ft. an art build for the upcoming Gaza solidarity demo, Orange Shirt Day events, a zine making night at the Trans Library, a workshop on how to organize a collective, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
A fascinating interview with Laura Hall in @canadiandimension.bsky.social: "If I’m saying horror is the genre of settler colonialism, it’s also a genre that can grapple with the hard truths of settler-colonial violence. Both things are equally true."
Churning up the ground: Laura Hall on horror as the ‘primary film genre of settler colonialism’
Countless books have explored the sociopolitical foundations of horror—its entanglements with gender, Blackness, madness, war and capitalism. Yet surprisingly little attention has been paid to the gen...
canadiandimension.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A fascinating interview with Laura Hall in @canadiandimension.bsky.social: "If I’m saying horror is the genre of settler colonialism, it’s also a genre that can grapple with the hard truths of settler-colonial violence. Both things are equally true."