Cindy Barukh Milstein
@cbmilstein.bsky.social
Misfit. Wordsmith. Dreamer. Rebel.
Never at home in this world, so always aspiring to make new ones with others, with love, care & solidarity.
@cbmilstein@kolektiva.social @cindymilstein on IG cbmilstein.wordpress.com
@cbmilstein@kolektiva.social @cindymilstein on IG cbmilstein.wordpress.com
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really loving this new @cbmilstein.bsky.social zine about outreach
available for free through @sheerspite.bsky.social
available for free through @sheerspite.bsky.social
Our dreams don’t fit in ballot boxes: 16 Anarchist Examples of Encouraging Liberals to Break Free - sheer spite press
“Most of us didn’t pop out of a womb as an anarchist—although babies, toddlers, and other young folks typically engage in anarchic behaviors until adult ‘authority figures’ beat such...
sheerspite.ca
December 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
really loving this new @cbmilstein.bsky.social zine about outreach
available for free through @sheerspite.bsky.social
available for free through @sheerspite.bsky.social
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PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
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[Thread🧵] Atlanta Activist’s Arrest Underscores Search, Surveillance Powers of Border Agencies
Samuel Tunick’s story is part of a wider trend of surveillance at border crossings. Legal & security experts weigh in on possible precautions citizens can take.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/sources...
Samuel Tunick’s story is part of a wider trend of surveillance at border crossings. Legal & security experts weigh in on possible precautions citizens can take.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/sources...
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
[Thread🧵] Atlanta Activist’s Arrest Underscores Search, Surveillance Powers of Border Agencies
Samuel Tunick’s story is part of a wider trend of surveillance at border crossings. Legal & security experts weigh in on possible precautions citizens can take.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/sources...
Samuel Tunick’s story is part of a wider trend of surveillance at border crossings. Legal & security experts weigh in on possible precautions citizens can take.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/sources...
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Constellations of Care: Anarcha-Feminism in Practice edited by @cbmilstein.bsky.social explores many ways that anarcha-feminists around the world are working to take care of their communities in the face of state abandonment.
www.plutobooks.com/product/cons...
www.plutobooks.com/product/cons...
Constellations of Care - Pluto Press
The world we dream of is already here
www.plutobooks.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Constellations of Care: Anarcha-Feminism in Practice edited by @cbmilstein.bsky.social explores many ways that anarcha-feminists around the world are working to take care of their communities in the face of state abandonment.
www.plutobooks.com/product/cons...
www.plutobooks.com/product/cons...
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Building Power While the Lights are Out: Disasters, Mutual Aid, and Dual Power edited by Jimmy Dunson is a collection of stories about decentralized, liberatory disaster relief, rooted in the values of mutual aid and solidarity.
www.akpress.org/building-pow...
www.akpress.org/building-pow...
Building Power While the Lights are Out
www.akpress.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Building Power While the Lights are Out: Disasters, Mutual Aid, and Dual Power edited by Jimmy Dunson is a collection of stories about decentralized, liberatory disaster relief, rooted in the values of mutual aid and solidarity.
www.akpress.org/building-pow...
www.akpress.org/building-pow...
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Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid edited by Wren Awry is a collection of stories about the role that food plays in protest and mutual aid movements around the world.
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bookshop.org/p/books/nour...
Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid
Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid
bookshop.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid edited by Wren Awry is a collection of stories about the role that food plays in protest and mutual aid movements around the world.
bookshop.org/p/books/nour...
bookshop.org/p/books/nour...
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Nazis are getting mainstreamed in Europe www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture
Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Nazis are getting mainstreamed in Europe www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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these materials are a threat to any authoritarian regime but they're also widely available pieces of writing you should read, print or save.
“The criminalization of their possession is a criminalization of all dissent” & what are we if not criminals in USA
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“The criminalization of their possession is a criminalization of all dissent” & what are we if not criminals in USA
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We'll start with INSURRECTIONARY ANARCHY since prosecutors seem to want it to draw our attention. This is a widely read 2003 essay published by DO OR DIE, the magazine of Earth First! UK. Read it for yourself at theanarchistlibrary.org/library/do-o... or listen at resonanceaudiodistro.org?p=1298 2/
December 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
these materials are a threat to any authoritarian regime but they're also widely available pieces of writing you should read, print or save.
“The criminalization of their possession is a criminalization of all dissent” & what are we if not criminals in USA
🧵🧵🧵
“The criminalization of their possession is a criminalization of all dissent” & what are we if not criminals in USA
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It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
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“a belief that anarchism is incapable of acting as a revolutionary force in its own right, and must therefore outsource its agency to liberal institutions…anarchism becomes merely a branding aesthetic rather than a commitment to revolutionary action.”
The Liberal Capture of Anarchism
For the past few years, a peculiar current has swept through parts of the anarchist milieu, particularly those corners closest to academia, the NGO apparatus, and the broad “social justice” ecosyst…
thepolarblast.wordpress.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“a belief that anarchism is incapable of acting as a revolutionary force in its own right, and must therefore outsource its agency to liberal institutions…anarchism becomes merely a branding aesthetic rather than a commitment to revolutionary action.”
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In a rare prosecution of protest car marshals, charges failing to stick was a win for the 1st Amendment said attorney Tim Phillips:
“Criminalizing safety roles, such as a street medic or car marshal, makes protests more dangerous. We’re happy this ruling protects First Amendment rights.” [May 2025]
“Criminalizing safety roles, such as a street medic or car marshal, makes protests more dangerous. We’re happy this ruling protects First Amendment rights.” [May 2025]
Car Marshals Protecting Pro-Palestine Protest Acquitted in Minnesota Court - UNICORN RIOT
A judge acquitted three car marshals ticketed for positioning their vehicles to protect a pro-Palestine protest in Minneapolis in 2024.
unicornriot.ninja
December 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
In a rare prosecution of protest car marshals, charges failing to stick was a win for the 1st Amendment said attorney Tim Phillips:
“Criminalizing safety roles, such as a street medic or car marshal, makes protests more dangerous. We’re happy this ruling protects First Amendment rights.” [May 2025]
“Criminalizing safety roles, such as a street medic or car marshal, makes protests more dangerous. We’re happy this ruling protects First Amendment rights.” [May 2025]
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This is intended to be a heads up that our project is increasingly precarious. We'll share more in January along with an outline of how we plan to address our financial sustainability. In the meanwhile, we appreciate your continued support and hope that you'll keep us in mind when buying books! ❤️🔥 3/
December 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is intended to be a heads up that our project is increasingly precarious. We'll share more in January along with an outline of how we plan to address our financial sustainability. In the meanwhile, we appreciate your continued support and hope that you'll keep us in mind when buying books! ❤️🔥 3/
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Between Asheville's slow recovery and the worsening conditions nationally, we're seeing sales far below those of previous years—and we've burned through most of our reserves to bridge the gap. The Q4 turnaround we'd hoped for didn't materialize and we'll be heading into late winter on thin ice. 2/
December 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Between Asheville's slow recovery and the worsening conditions nationally, we're seeing sales far below those of previous years—and we've burned through most of our reserves to bridge the gap. The Q4 turnaround we'd hoped for didn't materialize and we'll be heading into late winter on thin ice. 2/
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Now that we're in the 2025 home stretch, our collective is shifting from retail hustle to reflection. This was a tough year, on lots of levels, but our public messaging has mostly focused on political concerns rather than the difficult financial position we've been in since Hurricane Helene. 1/
December 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Now that we're in the 2025 home stretch, our collective is shifting from retail hustle to reflection. This was a tough year, on lots of levels, but our public messaging has mostly focused on political concerns rather than the difficult financial position we've been in since Hurricane Helene. 1/
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Get Inside, the Cops are Coming: Roma Families in Greece are Under Threat
In the outskirts of Athens, Roma families live under constant suspicion, struggling for dignity, work, and a place to belong.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/get-ins...
In the outskirts of Athens, Roma families live under constant suspicion, struggling for dignity, work, and a place to belong.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/get-ins...
Get Inside, the Cops are Coming: Roma Families in Greece are Under Threat - UNICORN RIOT
In the outskirts of Athens, Roma families live under constant suspicion, struggling for dignity, work, and a place to belong.
unicornriot.ninja
December 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Get Inside, the Cops are Coming: Roma Families in Greece are Under Threat
In the outskirts of Athens, Roma families live under constant suspicion, struggling for dignity, work, and a place to belong.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/get-ins...
In the outskirts of Athens, Roma families live under constant suspicion, struggling for dignity, work, and a place to belong.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/get-ins...
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
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This is my most recent article for @journalspectre.bsky.social, and is one of the most in-depth pieces I've ever written on white nationalism. It looks at how the "post-alt-right" has tried to carve a distinctive identity for itself, particularly Richard Spencer.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
Varieties of White Nationalism – Spectre Journal
Shane Burley looks at Richard Spencer's rebranding effort to illuminate the movement dynamics and political impasses of the "dissident" right.
spectrejournal.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is my most recent article for @journalspectre.bsky.social, and is one of the most in-depth pieces I've ever written on white nationalism. It looks at how the "post-alt-right" has tried to carve a distinctive identity for itself, particularly Richard Spencer.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
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Also just now posting this great conversation I had with Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer about the history, and present, of Jewish anarchism and its role in building an alternative vision for American Jewish life.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
Rediscovering the Jewish Anarchist Movement
A conversation about the rich and lasting history of Jewish anarchism in America, and how it built the growth of the Jewish left today.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also just now posting this great conversation I had with Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer about the history, and present, of Jewish anarchism and its role in building an alternative vision for American Jewish life.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
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the trump regime doesn’t even know what “antifa” is & it is most certainly NOT #Prairieland
December 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
the trump regime doesn’t even know what “antifa” is & it is most certainly NOT #Prairieland
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“There is no separating Christmas and its symbols from white Christian supremacy, Christo-fascism, and Christian Zionism, among other names for a logic that brutally reshaped the entire world since 1492.” ~ @cbmilstein.bsky.social
All I Want For Christmas
Cindy Milstein All I Want For Christmas Towards the Abolition of Christmas December 25 2023
theanarchistlibrary.org
December 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“There is no separating Christmas and its symbols from white Christian supremacy, Christo-fascism, and Christian Zionism, among other names for a logic that brutally reshaped the entire world since 1492.” ~ @cbmilstein.bsky.social
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The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
24 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Judge overturns CA school policy on outing trans kids, rules parents have right to know & teachers a right to tell them but no mention of child's rights. Case likely bound for Supremes. Weirdly CA law allows abortion w/o parental notification.
Federal judge rules California teachers are allowed to ‘out’ transgender students to parents
The ruling applies to all public schools in California and is a victory for two teachers who claimed that district policies violated their constitutional free speech and religious rights.
edsource.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
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Latest from me at @journalspectre.bsky.social: I trace how Richard Spencer and other white nationalists have shifted their strategy to stay relevant and rebuild after years of delay forming and antifascist resistance. They are building a new cadre, and have less opposition today.
Last piece of the year y'all! This one is a must read.
@shaneburley.bsky.social takes a deep deep dive into Richard Spencer's rebrand in order to illuminate the fringe right's movement dynamics, influence on the mainstream, and political impasses.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
@shaneburley.bsky.social takes a deep deep dive into Richard Spencer's rebrand in order to illuminate the fringe right's movement dynamics, influence on the mainstream, and political impasses.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
Varieties of White Nationalism – Spectre Journal
Shane Burley looks at Richard Spencer's rebranding effort to illuminate the movement dynamics and political impasses of the "dissident" right.
spectrejournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Latest from me at @journalspectre.bsky.social: I trace how Richard Spencer and other white nationalists have shifted their strategy to stay relevant and rebuild after years of delay forming and antifascist resistance. They are building a new cadre, and have less opposition today.
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iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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My friend is $600 shy of meeting a goal to cover school and housing costs to continue pursuing a degree to become an immigration attorney to defend new New Yorkers ❤️
Please contribute if you can: www.gofundme.com/f/help-emely...
Please contribute if you can: www.gofundme.com/f/help-emely...
Donate to Help Emely Pay Rent and Stay in School!, organized by Emely Mendez
My name is Emely, I’m a 2L full time student at CUNY Law and hopefully, a future … Emely Mendez needs your support for Help Emely Pay Rent and Stay in School!
www.gofundme.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
My friend is $600 shy of meeting a goal to cover school and housing costs to continue pursuing a degree to become an immigration attorney to defend new New Yorkers ❤️
Please contribute if you can: www.gofundme.com/f/help-emely...
Please contribute if you can: www.gofundme.com/f/help-emely...
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New from my newsletter: I break down what happened at Turning Point's AmericaFest this weekend and the rapidly exploding Republican Civil War over Israel and conspiracy theories. There is no telling who is going to win this.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/americafest-...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/americafest-...
AmericaFest Battleground in the GOP's Civil War
At Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 the Republican Civil War over Israel went fully public, and they are now fighting over the future of the party.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
December 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New from my newsletter: I break down what happened at Turning Point's AmericaFest this weekend and the rapidly exploding Republican Civil War over Israel and conspiracy theories. There is no telling who is going to win this.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/americafest-...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/americafest-...