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Kim Kelly
@kimkelly.bsky.social
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labor journalist & author. big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴

my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com

my reporting: @inthesetimes.com + more

my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io

rep: The Shipman Agency
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started watching ‘Mad Men’ for the first time and boy does this Don guy suck ass
January 6, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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really fantastic job opportunity for folks with editorial experience (relatedly, if y’all are ever in the market for a labor reporter, PLEASE lmk @19thnews.org!) 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...
We're hiring an Editor
The 19th is hiring an editor to work closely with the editorial director to assign, shape, edit and publish stories to fulfill The 19th’s mission of serving women and LGBTQ+ people with timely, high-q...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:50 AM
kimkelly.bsky.social
this store is 18+ and they’re strict as hell about it. none of this has ever been about “protecting children,” it’s about trying to force trans people to disappear
inquirer.com Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 22h
After a boutique on South Street received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for selling breast binders for gender-affirming care, the region’s transgender community worries about the potential wider impacts.

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January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I am reminded here to tap the sign encouraging you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free newsrooms how and where you are able
January 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
kimkelly.bsky.social
can he just die already
January 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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samthielman.com
the American opioid crisis is almost entirely the work of Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Sackler family of murderous profiteers, but because Americans can't imagine anything being their fault, we've invaded Venezuela over it
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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mommunism.bsky.social
The people of Venezuela do not deserve this. Solidarity with the people of Venezuela. May the words of Chavez give them some solace
Chavez blasted the U.S. empire. 'It is the most perverse empire in history: It talks about freedom while invading and destroying other nations.... The empire is very powerful, but not infallible. This century we will bury the U.S. empire. The empire has to face the people of Venezuela and Latin America. It has failed in Iraq already." He urged the audience to "imagine a world in which the U.S. administration declares peace to the world, withdraws its forces, and uses its resources to produce medicines and food for the poor people of the world."
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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swingingstorm.bsky.social
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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conjuncture.bsky.social
"If you want to go back to the old wobbly maxim--an injury to one is injury to all--you got to mean it," @kimkelly.bsky.social
tells @jordantcamp.bsky.social in the new episode of Conjuncture. They discuss labor, solidarity, and her book, Fight Like Hell: trinitysocialjustice.com/kim-kelly-on...
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
kimkelly.bsky.social
America rules, just found out I have tendinitis in my knee and the earliest physical therapy appointment my expensive garbage insurance will cover is in May :)
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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flaminghydra.com
TODAY: MOBY DICK WEEK continues! With @kimkelly.bsky.social in the high Arctic. “I love to sail forbidden seas and land on barbarous coasts, but more importantly, I was going to see a whale.” flaminghydra.com/r/e3e10391?m...
Rich legacy / Hidden knowledge
Today: Kim Kelly, author of FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor, and editor of the metal newsletter Salvo; and Amy Chu, artist and publisher of Camoot.Journal. Issue No. 473 The B...
flaminghydra.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:46 AM
kimkelly.bsky.social
okay let’s try this again
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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inthesetimes.com
One in five veteran miners has black lung; every delay puts more at risk.

@kimkelly.bsky.social reporting with one of our most-read stories of 2025: "Trump to Coal Miners: Drop Dead"
Trump to Coal Miners: Drop Dead
The administration keeps delaying a life-saving safety rule—while claiming to love coal miners.
inthesetimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
kimkelly.bsky.social
met a bookstore kitty named Pencil today
Me (a white lady in black with stupidly long dark blonde hair and a camo baseball hat) crouching down near a little gray cat
December 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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if you venture deep enough into the Parkway Central Library in Philadelphia, you can meet what’s left of Charles Dickens’ pet raven, Grip
A large black taxidermied raven sits inside a glass case
December 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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bwoar.bsky.social
Indy pub by prolific metal writer, published author and absolute queen of labour journalism: salvo.ghost.io/author/kimke...

I've been reading @kimkelly.bsky.social for well beyond a decade, on both subjects. Don't sleep on this zine!
Kim Kelly - Salvo
Salvo's Acid Queen
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December 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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jordantcamp.bsky.social
In the forthcoming episode of @conjuncture.bsky.social, I speak with @kimkelly.bsky.social about the @sbworkersunited.org strike, solidarity, and the challenges of the moment. @cheatherton.bsky.social and I will release in new year. Stay tuned! www.instagram.com/reel/DS0Vpbu...
Jordan T. Camp on Instagram: "[Fight like hell] In the forthcoming episode of @conjuncturepodcast I speak with the amazing @kimkellywriter about the @sbworkersunited strike, solidarity, and the challe...
In this episode of the Conjuncture podcast, Kim Kelly shares her insights on the Starbucks Workers United strike, exploring the complexities of union organizing and the challenges faced by young worke...
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December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
kimkelly.bsky.social
after visiting my parents in the woods this week, I am now about 73% venison
December 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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featherandbone.bsky.social
i got my husband @kimkelly.bsky.social’s book for xmas as he’s been depressed over noam chomsky & he hasn’t put it down so here’s your reminder to support one of the most important writers & activists of our generation
December 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
kimkelly.bsky.social
my dad revealed that he is open to the idea of (finally) getting another dog, but specifically wants a basset hound or a dachshund. I’m now eagerly awaiting the arrival of my new sausage sibling
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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made it home for the holidays
Pine woods surrounding a white sand path Me, a white lady with a long dark blonde braid, in a big puffy black parka and black beanie, giggling in the middle of a white sand train Pine woods surrounding a white sand path My sweetie pie in a blue checked hoodie and jeans chucking a pinecone into the woods
December 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
kimkelly.bsky.social
working the door for a Tom Lehrer tribute show tonight and everyone in the audience is a million years old, I love them
December 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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lukeoneil47.bsky.social
This was a really good talk between @kimkelly.bsky.social and @ericblanc.bsky.social about his book We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big.

www.welcometohellworld.com/the-process-...
I want to touch on something in the book that really stood out to me and I think was present in a bunch of the campaigns that you've mentioned, from the Amazon Labor Union to Starbucks, and that’s the importance of fun and of socializing. Can you speak more about the joy of coming together with your co-workers and how it fits into this model more broadly? I think that the joy piece is especially important in worker-to–worker organizing because if you are going to organize without much staff support, it really does take up a lot of time and at times can be a slog. Labor organizing is often a lot of one-on-one conversations with co-workers; it isn’t always the exciting things like striking. But precisely because there are all these really hard parts, you do need some fun to keep up momentum and to sustain you. And oftentimes you need to socialize with your coworkers because in today’s conditions — unlike a century ago — people are much more atomized and we don’t necessarily know our co-workers, and go out for drinks with them after work, or go to the same church or whatever. So building that personal relationship — doing a potluck, playing video games together, whatever — it does really make a big difference. And when you have those relationships, it’s far easier to get everyone on the same page to fight the boss.
December 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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ianboudreau.com
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
kimkelly.bsky.social
after further consideration, I’m glad that Gen Z killed off skinny jeans
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM