the thing to understand is that for many people the violence of order maintenance is simply not seen as violence in the first place
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the thing to understand is that for many people the violence of order maintenance is simply not seen as violence in the first place
After Savagery refuses euphemism, demolishes the polite fictions that anesthetize Western consciences, and insists on a simple thesis: Gaza is the ethical ground zero of our time.
people pretend that debate signals and defends a commitment to high minded politics. what it elevates instead is performative dishonesty as a basic mode of politics www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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LIVE NOW! Haymarket Presents Ruth Wilson Gilmore in conversation with Barbara Ransby Co-sponsored by @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Stream here:
LIVE NOW! Haymarket Presents Ruth Wilson Gilmore in conversation with Barbara Ransby Co-sponsored by @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Stream here:
Great interview by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social with @rtfanning.bsky.social. Helpful for understanding the deployment of National Guard to cities, how to respond, and how to fight ICE recruitment. organizingmythoughts.org/what-do-we-s...
I profiled the great poet Jane Hirshfield in a feature for @thenation.com, now included in my book Learning to Live in the Dark. Next Wed, 9/16, she'll join me in a conversation, hosted by @haymarketbooks.org, about "faith, humanism, and radical solidarity in a time of catastrophe." RSVP below...
NYC! Our Movements Are Only as Strong as Our People Join @nhannahjones.bsky.social, @mashagessen.bsky.social, and @paoramos.bsky.social for a conversation hosted by Dr. Carmen Rojas Monday, September 22nd at 7:00 pm @symphonyspace.bsky.social RSVP to attend for free:
IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”
enormous development in the Cop City RICO case today: the Judge indicated he would be dismissing *at least* the RICO and Arson counts of the indictment, which would eliminate 56 out of 61 people from the indictment. Official answer tomorrow, and it will certainly be appealed.
Attica Prison Uprising 101: A Short Primer by @prisonculture.bsky.social, with contributions by @lewispants.bsky.social, is also available to flip through here: issuu.com/projectnia/d...
Honored to receive the 2025 William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Peacemaker Award alongside Jamaal Bowman. 🕊️✊🏾 Past winners include Amy Goodman, Bill McKibben, & LaDonna Brave Bull Allard. Excited to meet youth honorees Peace Action Le Moyne & Nabiha Subzwari. NYC fam—see you Sept 29! tinyurl.com/WSCA25
After many requests, here are the files to print three different anonymous Chicago contractor-style flyers about ICE, as well my new zine of Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago. Print and resist, friends! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Reading the Black Jacobins Join us for a hybrid political education collaboration between Haymarket Books and @abolitionschool.bsky.social. Meeting in person in Philadelphia and streaming on Youtube. Wednesdays from Sept. 17th - Dec. 10th at 6 PM ET. RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
I wrote about Nicholas Boggs' new James Balddwin biography for @thenation.com Read here: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Learning to Live in the Dark Join @learning2live.bsky.social of @thenation.com and Jane Hirshfield for a conversation on faith, humanism, and radical solidarity in the face of fascism and climate catastrophe. Tuesday, September 16th at 5 PM ET RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Chicago! Haymarket Presents Ruth Wilson Gilmore in conversation with Barbara Ransby Thursday, September 11th at 6:30 pm Live from @haymarkethouse.bsky.social with @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social RSVP to attend (in-person and virtual) www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Rory also had some advice for soldiers who are being ordered to participate in Trump's aggression. organizingmythoughts.org/what-do-we-s...
For my latest, I talked with counter-recruiter Rory Fanning about how we should communicate with National Guard troops deployed in US cities, and how we might counter ICE's current recruiting blitz.
Looking forward to this conversation with @hebagowayed.bsky.social, Zoé Samudzi, and Vineeta Singh, hosted by @journalspectre.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org Come join us!!
Oh this is gorgeous. I just ordered There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt @haymarketbooks.org (Reposted from the OP with alt text)
another of the things I will keep saying is that we have an elite impunity problem and nothing will improve until and unless we change that
A lot of attention has (rightfully) been on feds coming to Chicago to arrest immigrants & potentially raid homeless encampments (like in DC) But also worthy of attention: Today city officials (without feds) are planning on clearing a homeless encampment. chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...
for @proteanmag.com, I reviewed @benchansfield.bsky.social BORN IN FLAMES, which I found an instructive text for taking a whack at the Abundance movement™️ proteanmag.com/2025/09/07/i...
Tune in for the next Spectre Live next week (9/15, 5-630EST) with @hebagowayed.bsky.social , @isaackamola.bsky.social , Zoé Samudzi, and Vineeta Singh Moderated by Spectre's @grundrza.bsky.social and cohosted with @haymarketbooks.org Register 👇🏽 www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Check out this upcoming book talk with comrades from the Marxist Education Project on Leigh Claire La Berge's new book from @haymarketbooks.org on 9/24 RSVP here: marxedproject.org/event/fake-w...
I'm writing a new book for @haymarketbooks.org, and I'm writing it fast, so help is most welcome. More here: johnwashington.substack.com/p/how-to-clo...
Mahmoud Khalil on exile, liberation and Ice detention: ‘It was a clear act of cruelty’
In our new forum Robin D. G. Kelley revisits Noam Chomsky’s argument on the responsibility of intellectuals, written as the Vietnam War was rapidly escalating. His injunction—“to speak the truth and to expose lies”—remains a powerful call to conscience, Kelley argues. But today it feels incomplete.
Movement media is a key tool to fight fascism. In the @truthout.org Center for Grassroots Journalism newsletter, see the latest from @wagingnonviolence.org @hammerandhope.bsky.social @convergencemag.com @kcdefender.bsky.social @deceleration.news & more! ❤️ mailchi.mp/truthout.org...
This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
Chicago blocking Broadview ICE facility
The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House: Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
As federal agents amass at a nearby naval station, protesters and local leaders have vowed to resist Trump’s “invasion.”
📣 DC is our home, not a military zone. On Sept 6, march with We Are All DC to demand an end to Trump’s DC takeover. Because we the people keep us safe. 📍 Malcolm X Park 16th St NW &, W St NW Washington, DC 20009 🕰 11 AM #WeAreAllDC Learn more at weareallDC.com
Now out in paperback with @haymarketbooks.org, Jairus Banaji, *A Marxist Mosaic: Selected Writings 1968–2022*. Currently 20% off from the Haymarket Books website.
Pre-Order 'How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action' from @haymarketbooks.org NOW! bit.ly/endfamilypolicing 💫 Edited by MFP Co-Founder Erin Miles-Cloud, Advisory Board Member Charity Tolliver, Erica R. Meiners, & Shannon Perez-Darby, this book is a call to build flourishing communities.
What are you reading this weekend?
Fall reading from @haymarketbooks.org: Azadi, Arundhati Roy Revolution Today, Susan Buck-Morss A Map of My Want, @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social
There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt @haymarketbooks.org #poetry #transpoetry
My whole fall semester centers around the AAIHS's "*Sinners* Movie Syllabus," so a huge thanks to @haymarketbooks.org for this especially timely gift!
CHICAGO! Join us at Haymarket House for a radical board game night featuring CHICAGO '68 game designer, @yoyoni.bsky.social Wednesday, September 10th at 6:30pm CT RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
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Displaced in Gaza upholds the long-standing Palestinian tradition of storytelling, documenting both the horror of the genocide and the resilience of the Palestinian people. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2620-d...
Haul of coffee table books from @haymarketbooks.org . All (except i think the hard back cause it's technically a kids book) come with digital versions as well. I got another 5 or 6 only on ebook.
I would like to make another pitch that you support @hammerandhope.bsky.social by donating and becoming a member. They provide ESSENTIAL analysis to help us better understand the moment we are in. I am a donor/member: hammerandhope.org/membership
Displaced in Gaza upholds the long-standing Palestinian tradition of storytelling, documenting both the horror of the genocide and the resilience of the Palestinian people. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2620-d...
There is no origin story of the police without the story of the reorganization of human society by the birth, expansion, and dominance of the system of capitalism.
For a labour movement that understands the power of a strike.. For a labour movement that stands with, not against, Indigenous blockades For a labour movement that stops the flow of weapons & the whole world for Palestine For a labour movement with migrant workers, and against policing & borders
Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI
I interviewed Flint Taylor, Fred Hampton's & the Chicago Black Panther Party's, lawyer who helped uncover the CPD/FBI's role in his execution and the execution of other members. We discussed historical & present day policing issues in this piece: truthout.org/articles/50-...
The author and political activist Arundhati Roy knows the cost of speaking out against injustices – and sees parallels between India under Prime Minister Modi and the U.S. under President Trump. Watch, read or listen to “The Interview.” nyti.ms/3JCQxOK
When I saw this for the first time many years ago, this 4 minute video radically altered how I think about education and training. I went on to create an education/training program for the union after watching this.
Fred Hampton on the importance of revolutionary education
Fred Hampton on the importance of revolutionary education
Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI
You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.
I want a politics that widens the circle to include everyone, not one that shrinks the circle by throwing *undesirables* under the bus. I think this is basic. I am interested in a politics that is rooted at the sources of people's suffering. I am interested in a politics that attends to basic needs.
"What began as a modest effort by a few members of a small congregation to reach out to migrants would evolve into a deep experiment in solidarity — one that would challenge the community to confront its stereotypes of immigrants and change the makeup and the mission of the church for good."
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.
What happened before, during, and after a hurricane, flood, and lies and racist violence hit Katrina should be remembered accurately, even though it was narrated with wild, destructive inaccuracy at the time, by government officials and mainstream media. Wrote about it here, five years after:
What are you reading this weekend?
My job now is to go school to school, university to university trying to help them sort through the challenge of teaching in a world with AI and the first thing I recommend to improve the teaching of writing is cut the number of students per instructor in half. No one is going to do that, though.
This is an inevitable byproduct of automation. The AI boosters have been selling us that deskilling in some areas will result in upskilling in others, but we have no evidence of this. We don't even have a particularly good theory. We have salesmanship B.S.
After Attica, officials found writings by Black anarchist Martin Sostre in the yard—uprising leaders had been reading these for inspiration. Orisanmi Burton interviews Garrett Felber on their new bio of Sostre, including what we could learn from his "revolutionary optimism"
What is deemed to be “crime” has more to do with criminalizing specific populations i.e. Black and poor people (and not others). Even when something is labeled a “crime,” cops choose to focus enforcement on some while ignoring others, e.g. shoplifting baby formula is punished; wage theft is ignored.
Caregiving is part of the fabric of antifascist struggle. Please join Bill Ayers, Anya Tanyavutti, Keisa Reynolds, and me at the Printers Row Lit Fest at 11am on September 6, for a conversation about parenting toward liberation, focused on “We Grow the World Together” (@haymarketbooks.org)! ❤❤❤
Independent journalist Jordan Flaherty was in New Orleans in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina first hit, and both supported and reported on relief efforts in the aftermath of the storm.
take my views on this with a grain of salt I guess (I am on team pro-civility and anti-debate), but I feel like the "civil debate" discourse is totally committed to the worst of both worlds
we are going to win www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/f...
We simply do not have to live this way.
The thing to understand about Chicago is that the people who live here love this fucking city, and we will defend it. Always.
“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” Howard Zinn was born August 24, 1922 in Brooklyn
Hey y'all! This week we have @alvagotby.bsky.social interviewing @reproutopia.bsky.social about Sophie's Enemy Feminisms ( @haymarketbooks.org ), the potential for liberatory feminism, and the necessity of reckoning with reactionary feminisms. spectrejournal.com/feminism-is-...
The regime cannot erase Ida B Wells-Barnett or U.S. Black history. They will try and they will fail. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...
The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.
NYC! Our Movements Are Only as Strong as Our People Join @nhannahjones.bsky.social, @mashagessen.bsky.social, and @paoramos.bsky.social for a conversation hosted by Dr. Carmen Rojas Monday, September 22nd at 7:00 pm @symphonyspace.bsky.social RSVP to attend for free:
Counting Crime: The Politics of Crime Data and Its Uses: A video recording of a @haymarketbooks.org lecture by @tamaranopper.bsky.social on the politics, history, and methods of counting crime—and who benefits from crime data. www.youtube.com/live/I0tE96I...
Happy birthday, HZ.
“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” Howard Zinn was born August 24, 1922 in Brooklyn
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Kicking off Monday: A new series of @zinnedproject.bsky.social “Teach the Black Freedom Struggle” online classes. Events are free. ASL interpretation provided. Learn more & sign up: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-b... Join our email list for more news: www.howardzinn.org/contact-sign...
Thinking about this piece by Rory Fanning right now.
One of the panels at Socialism 2025 featured a long-time brilliant organizer and comrade Paula Rojas who said at one point: "Some of us in this room will be imprisoned or killed in the next few years." It was a room full of activists and organizers & it seemed to quiet the room.
the city I live in is occupied by armed federal agents checking people's papers at random public transportation stops and people are still doing this
Hey fam, my new book, Read This When Things Fall Apart, comes out in three months. That means now is the critical window for preorders, which help get books on shelves, in libraries, and into the hands of the people who need them most. www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/vCQt68D...
For people who may not understand the importance of political education and relationship building behind the wall, here is an anecdote about the self activity of imprisoned people during Black August.
Trump’s cruel mass detention and deportation agenda has reached a previously unimaginable scope and scale with ICE planning to double its detention capacity by the end of this year to detain nearly 110,000 people. Texas alone will have the capacity to detain at least 37,000 people.
Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the world to read.
The first thing everyone in this country who is anti-fascist can do now is to join something where people are already gathering to address any issue. Can't find anything you want to join, then make your own thing and invite people to join you. This is not a time for Lone Rangers.
Very excited about this one, which is timely af #BookSky www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2605-b...
Chicago! Haymarket Presents Ruth Wilson Gilmore in conversation with Barbara Ransby Thursday, September 11th at 6:30 pm Live from @haymarkethouse.bsky.social with @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social RSVP to attend (in-person and virtual) www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Finally, I said years ago, and folks who have followed me for a long time know this is true, that defunding the police was a moderate demand that is actually the basement in terms of what's needed. I said that liberals will be deeply sorry that they turned that demand into some kind of bogeyman.
What are you reading this weekend?
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Another timely one coming soon from @haymarketbooks.org: stories from the genocide. #BookSky www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2620-d...