Chris Dixon
@withmovements.bsky.social
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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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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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rad-events-ottawa.bsky.social
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/
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withmovements.bsky.social
This will be great!
scottneigh.bsky.social
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.
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sadfrancisco.bsky.social
Alexis Shotwell on anarchism. New episode on podcast platforms & pls smash like & subscribe on YouTube: youtu.be/V3evGc0mF5Y)
withmovements.bsky.social
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...
yellowheadinstitute.org
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rad-events-ottawa.bsky.social
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...
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kpfa.org
What happens when your landlord turns your home into a surveillance zone? From facial recognition cameras to automated fines, tenants are finding their daily lives policed in new ways.
Hear Erin McElroy on Against the Grain unpack the rise of “landlord tech.”
Full interview → kpfa.org
#KPFA #BayArea
withmovements.bsky.social
Robin D.G. Kelley: "defeating the fascism we face now requires much more than defeating the current administration or winning elections. It requires a deeper shift: the recognition that we need to always stand in solidarity and fight for others as if our lives depended on it."
The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review
Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.
www.bostonreview.net
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rad-events-ottawa.bsky.social
Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online: Monday, September 22nd edition: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
withmovements.bsky.social
An excellent interview with @lydiajean.bsky.social! "As a geographer, I’m really interested in thinking through the different scales of the carceral state. We often talk about the state as if it’s a monolith, instead of as a multi-scalar and contradictory assemblage of institutions."
Abolition After Katrina | Lydia Pelot-Hobbs and David Stein
Countless people are left in harm’s way because of the state’s refusal to make evacuation plans. The hurricane ends up coming through weaker than expected—but then the levees break. Within hours, 80 p...
www.nplusonemag.com
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canadiandimension.bsky.social
The 1937 Oshawa GM strike showed how radical organizing and international solidarity could transform the labour movement. @tonyleah.bsky.social’s new history reminds us that the victories workers take for granted today were won through militant class struggle.
Class struggle unionism, auto workers, Reds, and the 1930s
The 1937 Oshawa GM strike shows how militant industrial unionism, radical leadership, and rank-and-file solidarity transformed working conditions and built lasting power for labour. Set against econom...
canadiandimension.com
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labornotes.bsky.social
Can workers be fired just for expressing opinions the political class objects to? Lately, online attackers campaign to pressure employers to fire workers for political speech even on private social media pages. Here's how stewards can intervene: labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...
How to Defend Members from Politicized Firings
Can a worker be fired simply for expressing an opinion that the boss or a political group finds objectionable? These days online attackers often campaign to pressure employers to fire workers for poli...
labornotes.org
withmovements.bsky.social
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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rad-events-ottawa.bsky.social
Another packed week in Ottawa! Vigils for Gazans, a day of action on ODSP/OW, letter-writing to political prisoners, a demonstration against anti-Black racism, book launches, Take Back the Night, the Draw the Line march, and much more! See it all here: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
What does gentrification have to do with authoritarianism? I talked with @xandrewleex.bsky.social about how displacement, surveillance, and “quality of life” policing function as tools of social control—and why housing struggles are class struggles.
Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block
“When people are fighting displacement, they’re fighting for their class interests,” says Andrew Lee.
truthout.org
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rad-events-ottawa.bsky.social
So much coming up in Ottawa! Vigils for Gazans, community gatherings and a run for Palestine, a critical mass bike ride, an online session on grief and political identity, an art build for upcoming actions, a study group, and more! See it all here: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
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rad-events-ottawa.bsky.social
September is gloriously full of collective resistance! Solidarity with Palestine in many forms, Bank Bloc Tenant support, grief work, reflections on encroachments on civil liberties in Canada, and much more! See you out there, fam!
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
Events Archive - Punch Up Collective
www.punchupcollective.org
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benjihart.bsky.social
First new article of the year is in @hammerandhope.bsky.social, examining the solidarity work happening between Venezuelan migrants and long term Black residents at Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Woodlawn, Chicago.

Hope is so hard to come by, and I wanted to share where I'm finding mine.
Venezuelan Migrants, a Black Church, and an Experiment in Solidarity
A pastor in Chicago helps build a coalition that aids recent arrivals by asking them what they need.
hammerandhope.org
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briarpatchmag.bsky.social
In our Jul/Aug 2025 cover story, Aliya Pabani and Jody Chan reflect on the lessons they've learned through organizing with No Arms in the Arts for over a year and the importance of continuing to organize within the cultural sector for a free Palestine.

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Lessons from the cultural front
No Arms in the Arts organizers look back on over a year of confronting cultural institutions complicit in Palestinian genocide
briarpatchmagazine.com
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rad-events-ottawa.bsky.social
Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online, starting August 18 - Ottawa Trans March, Ottawa Dyke March, actions for Gaza and Palestine, tenant organizing and more!
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...