Sophie Shepherd
@sophieshepherd.bsky.social
Brooklyn-based writer and community organizer ✏️🌱
In my latest, I wrote about @palawda.bsky.social’s new campaign again Mini-Circuits, a company that produces radar components for Lockheed Martin weapons.
Those weapons are used to kill Palestinian children. Mini-Circuits must drop its contracts with weapons manufacturers!
Those weapons are used to kill Palestinian children. Mini-Circuits must drop its contracts with weapons manufacturers!
To End the Genocide, We Must Hold Weapons Manufacturers Accountable (or Shut Them Down)
Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank just passed its 800th day (and 77th year): at least 70,000 have been confirmed dead, including 20,000 children – and Israel shows no sign of...
www.counterpunch.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
In my latest, I wrote about @palawda.bsky.social’s new campaign again Mini-Circuits, a company that produces radar components for Lockheed Martin weapons.
Those weapons are used to kill Palestinian children. Mini-Circuits must drop its contracts with weapons manufacturers!
Those weapons are used to kill Palestinian children. Mini-Circuits must drop its contracts with weapons manufacturers!
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Poisoned soil, contaminated water, rubble, unburied human remains: a new report details the war’s horrific consequences.
Devastated by Israel, Gaza faces an environmental crisis "above imagination"
Poisoned soil, contaminated water, rubble, unburied human remains: a new report details the war's horrific consequences.
www.motherjones.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Poisoned soil, contaminated water, rubble, unburied human remains: a new report details the war’s horrific consequences.
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None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.
October 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.
Falling for israeli propaganda after two years of live-streamed genocide is so embarrassing
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Falling for israeli propaganda after two years of live-streamed genocide is so embarrassing
We need to put an end to the myth that Gen Z isn’t interested in protesting Trump.
Read about it in my latest for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
Read about it in my latest for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
Is Gen Z Really Apathetic to Climate Chaos and Trump's Fascist Creep?
A dangerous myth is brewing in the US: Gen Z isn’t interested in protesting. Hundreds have taken to social media sites to question and scold young people’s lack of appearance at recent anti-Trump pr...
www.counterpunch.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We need to put an end to the myth that Gen Z isn’t interested in protesting Trump.
Read about it in my latest for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
Read about it in my latest for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!
Calling Charlie Kirk “charismatic” is terrible journalism
September 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Calling Charlie Kirk “charismatic” is terrible journalism
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“Can we please have affordable food and a livable climate?”
GOP: “Best I can do is a nuclear reactor on the moon.”
GOP: “Best I can do is a nuclear reactor on the moon.”
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“Can we please have affordable food and a livable climate?”
GOP: “Best I can do is a nuclear reactor on the moon.”
GOP: “Best I can do is a nuclear reactor on the moon.”
Fascism won’t be defeated by parades every few weeks. We need good trouble, just as John Lewis intended. And 50501’s version of “good trouble” won’t cut it.
I wrote about 50501 for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
I wrote about 50501 for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
We Need Good Trouble, Not Designer Protests
Americans are mobilizing en masse against the Trump administration. First, there was “50 protests, 50 states, 1 day.” Then came “Hands Off” and “No Kings.” On July 17, the 50501 organizers behind thes...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Fascism won’t be defeated by parades every few weeks. We need good trouble, just as John Lewis intended. And 50501’s version of “good trouble” won’t cut it.
I wrote about 50501 for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
I wrote about 50501 for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
From “Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal” by Mohammed El-Kurd
July 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
From “Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal” by Mohammed El-Kurd
We are witnessing a genocide in real time
May every US lawmaker allowing this never find peace
May every US lawmaker allowing this never find peace
July 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We are witnessing a genocide in real time
May every US lawmaker allowing this never find peace
May every US lawmaker allowing this never find peace
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WHO IS STARVING THEM YOU ASSHOLES
July 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
WHO IS STARVING THEM YOU ASSHOLES
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Reminder that to power Grok, which yesterday started praising Hitler, Elon is blasting toxic gas into a Black neighborhood, poisoning residents and giving kids high asthma rates.
July 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Reminder that to power Grok, which yesterday started praising Hitler, Elon is blasting toxic gas into a Black neighborhood, poisoning residents and giving kids high asthma rates.
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Establishment Democrats are using their energy not to protect our migrant neighbors, not to stop climate change, not to oppose war crimes, not to save our healthcare,
but to utter outright lies on the news about Zohran Mamdani, who just beat MAGA billionaires in NYC.
Got it.
but to utter outright lies on the news about Zohran Mamdani, who just beat MAGA billionaires in NYC.
Got it.
June 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Establishment Democrats are using their energy not to protect our migrant neighbors, not to stop climate change, not to oppose war crimes, not to save our healthcare,
but to utter outright lies on the news about Zohran Mamdani, who just beat MAGA billionaires in NYC.
Got it.
but to utter outright lies on the news about Zohran Mamdani, who just beat MAGA billionaires in NYC.
Got it.
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If Cuomo won the primary, every elected Dem would quickly endorse him despite the corruption & sexual predation.
Dems refusing to quickly endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - who has none of those scandals - is a tell about their priorities & who they answer to.
Dems refusing to quickly endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - who has none of those scandals - is a tell about their priorities & who they answer to.
Who’s Afraid Of Zohran Mamdani?
The mayoral candidate defeated the master plan for the first time ever — and that’s prompted an elite panic about who gets to control political outcomes.
www.levernews.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If Cuomo won the primary, every elected Dem would quickly endorse him despite the corruption & sexual predation.
Dems refusing to quickly endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - who has none of those scandals - is a tell about their priorities & who they answer to.
Dems refusing to quickly endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - who has none of those scandals - is a tell about their priorities & who they answer to.
There are military manufacturers hiding in Brooklyn on city property. It’s time to evict them.
New essay for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
New essay for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
Demilitarizing the Brooklyn Navy Yard
There are military manufacturers hiding in Brooklyn on city property. It’s time to evict them. On Wendesday, June 18th, I was one of four activists arrested at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for protesting t...
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June 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
There are military manufacturers hiding in Brooklyn on city property. It’s time to evict them.
New essay for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
New essay for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
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Breaking: Activists are blocking the doors of Palantir’s NYC Office. Palantir is the mass surveillance company building the technology ICE is using to abduct our neighbors here in NYC.
NEW YORKERS MUST REJECT PALANTIR AT EVERY TURN.
NEW YORKERS MUST REJECT PALANTIR AT EVERY TURN.
June 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Breaking: Activists are blocking the doors of Palantir’s NYC Office. Palantir is the mass surveillance company building the technology ICE is using to abduct our neighbors here in NYC.
NEW YORKERS MUST REJECT PALANTIR AT EVERY TURN.
NEW YORKERS MUST REJECT PALANTIR AT EVERY TURN.
The number of old white male politicians rushing to endorse Andrew Cuomo is a damn good reason to not rank Cuomo
June 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The number of old white male politicians rushing to endorse Andrew Cuomo is a damn good reason to not rank Cuomo
It’s actually so unsurprisingly American to say bombing another country is a peace effort
June 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It’s actually so unsurprisingly American to say bombing another country is a peace effort
The Navy Yard tries to hide these companies by categorizing them as “Fine Arts/Photography” and “Fashion.”
They must be evicted immediately.
They must be evicted immediately.
BREAKING: activists disrupt business at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to demand they evict Crye Precision and Easy Aerial, two military manufacturers hiding their HQs in Brooklyn.
These companies produce materials for the IDF and ICE and are complicit in genocide and mass disappearing.
Evict them now!
These companies produce materials for the IDF and ICE and are complicit in genocide and mass disappearing.
Evict them now!
June 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Navy Yard tries to hide these companies by categorizing them as “Fine Arts/Photography” and “Fashion.”
They must be evicted immediately.
They must be evicted immediately.
Reality TV never interested me until Love Island
Cause what on earth is Jeremiah gonna do in the next episode
Cause what on earth is Jeremiah gonna do in the next episode
June 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Reality TV never interested me until Love Island
Cause what on earth is Jeremiah gonna do in the next episode
Cause what on earth is Jeremiah gonna do in the next episode
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The Not Another Nickel campaign has linked struggles for Palestinian human rights and environmental justice.
Organizers Fight Against Tax Breaks for Weapons Manufacturers Amid Gaza Genocide
A St. Louis coalition argues that these exemptions rob schools of funding, contribute to pollution, and fuel wars.
buff.ly
June 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The Not Another Nickel campaign has linked struggles for Palestinian human rights and environmental justice.
Realizing it’s called “no kings” because a lot of liberals don’t understand that democratic societies are still capable of kidnapping people, committing genocide, and collaborating with oligarchs
June 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Realizing it’s called “no kings” because a lot of liberals don’t understand that democratic societies are still capable of kidnapping people, committing genocide, and collaborating with oligarchs
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HAPPENING NOW: Protestors jump barricade in NYC at ICE HQ to check for abducted New Yorkers
June 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
HAPPENING NOW: Protestors jump barricade in NYC at ICE HQ to check for abducted New Yorkers