Erik Esse
@changeshapers.bsky.social
I'm a writer, filmmaker, activist, educator and dad. I write fiction and nonfiction about social change at https://changeshapers.substack.com/
My beloved #Minneapolis people are coming together vs #ICE oppression and elected officials like #TimWalz & #KeithEllison seem to be stepping up. This combo of grassroots and local govt courage CAN bring Trump down! Here's a possible endgame scenario: changeshapers.substack.com/p/after-trum...
After Trump, Can America Be Put Back Together?
The Never-Trumpers in power and the aftermath of the ICE reign of terror
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January 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
My beloved #Minneapolis people are coming together vs #ICE oppression and elected officials like #TimWalz & #KeithEllison seem to be stepping up. This combo of grassroots and local govt courage CAN bring Trump down! Here's a possible endgame scenario: changeshapers.substack.com/p/after-trum...
Check out some maps of the new states and nations that might better fit the regions of the Unites States, from the Union of New Dixie to the American Socialist Republic. #secession #softsecession
After the Crisis of 2026, Six Ways America Could Reform, Devolve or Disintegrate
The End of the Current Order, with Maps!
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December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Check out some maps of the new states and nations that might better fit the regions of the Unites States, from the Union of New Dixie to the American Socialist Republic. #secession #softsecession
Gather 'round and hear the gripping tale of how an unlikely group of Democrats, Republicans and generals engineer the end of the Trump presidency in early 2027! open.substack.com/pub/changesh...
How Trump (and Vance) Fell
At the last possible moment, Democrats, Republicans and the military pull the nation back from the brink
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December 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Gather 'round and hear the gripping tale of how an unlikely group of Democrats, Republicans and generals engineer the end of the Trump presidency in early 2027! open.substack.com/pub/changesh...
How states can fight Trump, How Populism is a state of mind, How Progressives and Abundance fans need to get along and more... changeshapers.substack.com/p/pertinent-...
Pertinent #1: Soft Secession, Populist Thinking and More
A monthly digest of recommended readings
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December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
How states can fight Trump, How Populism is a state of mind, How Progressives and Abundance fans need to get along and more... changeshapers.substack.com/p/pertinent-...
A little horror story for your Halloween season: How it might look if Trump continues to ramp up the oppression and chaos in order to steal the 2026 election. How likely does this seem to you? changeshapers.substack.com/p/timeline-o...
TIMELINE OF THE CRISIS OF 2026
How the States stop being United
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October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A little horror story for your Halloween season: How it might look if Trump continues to ramp up the oppression and chaos in order to steal the 2026 election. How likely does this seem to you? changeshapers.substack.com/p/timeline-o...
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Speculating about a post-US future used to be for science fiction writers, but it's feeling more timely as of late. open.substack.com/pub/changesh...
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Speculating about a post-US future used to be for science fiction writers, but it's feeling more timely as of late. open.substack.com/pub/changesh...
The flaws of the US Constitution not only prevent us from taking needed action on urgent crises, they also distort our self-image as a country. The first post in the Fixing the Constitution series. changeshapers.blog/2024/04/25/w... #constitution #politics #socialchange #climateaction #climatecrisis
Fixing the Constitution: Why it is a Matter of Life and Death for Billions of People
Photo by Melissa Bradley on Unsplash The flaws of the US Constitution not only prevent us from taking needed action on urgent crises, they also distort our self-image as a country. The first post in t...
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June 18, 2024 at 7:06 PM
The flaws of the US Constitution not only prevent us from taking needed action on urgent crises, they also distort our self-image as a country. The first post in the Fixing the Constitution series. changeshapers.blog/2024/04/25/w... #constitution #politics #socialchange #climateaction #climatecrisis
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"You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the valuable traits is persistence." Octavia Butler
#WomenWriters #WomensWisdom #OctaviaButler #Writingcommunity
#WomenWriters #WomensWisdom #OctaviaButler #Writingcommunity
December 12, 2023 at 2:09 AM
"You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the valuable traits is persistence." Octavia Butler
#WomenWriters #WomensWisdom #OctaviaButler #Writingcommunity
#WomenWriters #WomensWisdom #OctaviaButler #Writingcommunity
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Amidst our 2022 strikes at The New School, there was a lot of talk about re-establishing the institution as a co-operative. That’s looking more and more like an appealing option across the entire sector. publicseminar.org/2018/08/news...
www.thenews.coop/the-new-scho...
www.thenews.coop/the-new-scho...
Newschool.coop? Envisioning a Cooperative University - Public Seminar
Like any student who believes that ideas have the power to transform our world, I came to The New School...Read More
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May 18, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Amidst our 2022 strikes at The New School, there was a lot of talk about re-establishing the institution as a co-operative. That’s looking more and more like an appealing option across the entire sector. publicseminar.org/2018/08/news...
www.thenews.coop/the-new-scho...
www.thenews.coop/the-new-scho...
"All that you touch, you change" The first in a series of personal meditations on the Earthseed writings found in Octavia E. Butler’s novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. changeshapers.blog/2024/04/08/a... #earthseed #octaviabutler #inspiration
All that you touch, you change
The first in a series of personal meditations on the Earthseed writings found in Octavia E. Butler’s novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. All that you touchYou Change ...
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June 18, 2024 at 6:57 PM
"All that you touch, you change" The first in a series of personal meditations on the Earthseed writings found in Octavia E. Butler’s novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. changeshapers.blog/2024/04/08/a... #earthseed #octaviabutler #inspiration