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An imprint of Wildwood River Press, Panatrope is a confluence of the arts. This artist-run collaborative creates cross-media exhibitions and live performances. We publish creative work on the web and in print using open-source tools.
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Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
Artists respond to a cultural squeeze during the 'Fall of Freedom'
Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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We’re LIVE, join us for UNBANNED! with Alison Bechdel and Rachel DeWoskin.

And we're raising money for EveryLibrary to fight book banning and stop censorship, please consider donating and spread the word.

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WRITERS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION presents UNBANNED! with Alison Bechdel & Rachel DeWoskin
Register now for WRITERS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION presents UNBANNED! with Alison Bechdel & Rachel DeWoskin on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on September 23, 2023, 03:00 PM EDT.
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September 23, 2023 at 7:25 PM
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Apps are open for our spring session of the Cross-Reference Coalition! We're exploring Search & Discovery! "Our journey will encompass the history of exploration + cartography, legacies of inquiry, tools of discovery, theories of curiosity, and counter-algorithmic means of 'finding things out.'"
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"...we affirmed that freedom of expression cannot be atomized —whether in defending peace against authoritarianism, protecting our planet, standing with trans and gender-diverse people, or confronting censorship in the United States and beyond. "

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PEN International’s resolutions to defend free expression, gender diversity, human rights, and climate justice  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“At this 91st Congress we affirmed that freedom of expression cannot be atomized —whether in defending peace against authoritarianism, protecting our planet, standing with trans and gender-diverse peo...
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September 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Haworth writing about climate disasters: What the Catastrophozoic is Teaching Us:

earthspells.substack.com/p/my-latest-...
My latest essay in full, A Downward Turn: What the Catastrophozoic is Teaching Us
& a little late-night audio note for you all
earthspells.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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"On Monday, four art spaces located in downtown LA — the Japanese American National Museum, Chinese American Museum, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, and Grand Performances — issued a joint statement calling the events of last weekend a 'manufactured crisis.'"

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LA Artists and Orgs Stand in Solidarity With Anti-ICE Protesters
While small groups issue condemnations of state violence and share helpful resources for communities under attack, the big museums largely remain silent.
hyperallergic.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“What do you write about,” but rather, “What are you writing towards?” asks Ocean Vuong. lithub.com/ocean-vuong-...
Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return… pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”
Thank you, everyone, for being here. It’s an immense pleasure to stand here again. I know we hear it a lot in our culture, which worships decisive moments and grand narratives, but this momen…
lithub.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Graphic designer and activist Terresa Hardaway created the “Stop Killing Black People” typeface as a protest tool during the George Floyd uprising, turning expressive, hand-drawn lettering into a widely distributed visual language of abolition that rejected commercialization and embraced mutual aid.
‘Stop Killing Black People’: How a Minneapolis designer branded a movement
Graphic designer and activist Terresa Hardaway created the bold “Stop Killing Black People” typeface as a protest tool during the George Floyd uprising, turning expressive, hand-drawn lettering into a...
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May 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
HAPPENING 14 May 2025 – Rotterdam will mark the 85th anniversary of the 1940 bombing with an unusual poetic tribute. At sunset, thousands of poems will descend upon the city centre as a symbolic gesture of peace and reflection.
rotterdamstyle.com/events/bombi...
Bombing of Poems: 100,000 poems descend on Rotterdam
HAPPENING 14 May 2025 – Rotterdam will mark the 85th anniversary of the 1940 bombing with an unusual poetic tribute. At sunset, thousands of poems...
rotterdamstyle.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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May Day and the intersection of civil rights and workers' rights... fascinating piece by the brilliant April Ryan open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
May Day and the intersection of civil rights and workers' rights
It took a bit, but labor eventually got on board with protecting everyone's rights.
open.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Tina Modotti's photograph of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with members of the Artists' Union, on the May Day March, Mexico City, 1929 #womensart

#MayDay
May 1, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Annual May Day plug for you to read many of the books on this list but specifically The Long Deep Grudge, a book I cannot and will not shut up about, which has deeply influenced my understanding of unions and what is possible in them.
May 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"...poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our
existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action."
-Audre Lorde
March 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM