L.A. Kauffman
@lakauffman.bsky.social
Organizer + writer. She/her. Books: DIRECT ACTION and HOW TO READ A PROTEST. Newsletter: lakauffman.substack.com
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L.A. Kauffman
@lakauffman.bsky.social
· Jun 15
When Peaceful Protests Are Everywhere
There were more than 2000 No Kings demonstrations on June 14, a record-breaking number: Why this ubiquity matters
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My latest: With one possible exception, there have never been this many coordinated protests on a single day in the U.S. before. I explore why the omnipresence of these peaceful demonstrations matters so deeply, in the face of authoritarian overreach: lakauffman.substack.com/p/when-peace...
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
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My reflections on this past harrowing year, the fear tax that so many paid -- and the extraordinary rise of nationwide mass noncooperation
lakauffman.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
lakauffman.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
What the F Was That?
Reflections on a harrowing year, and hopes for 2026
lakauffman.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My reflections on this past harrowing year, the fear tax that so many paid -- and the extraordinary rise of nationwide mass noncooperation
lakauffman.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
lakauffman.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
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Wonderful year-end read from longtime movement strategist and organizer @lakauffman.bsky.social, introducing the concept of a “fear tax” and uplifting the massive nationwide resistance — “full of warmth and heart and song” — to the regime’s vicious attacks on immigrants
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What the F Was That?
Reflections on a harrowing year, and hopes for 2026
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December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Wonderful year-end read from longtime movement strategist and organizer @lakauffman.bsky.social, introducing the concept of a “fear tax” and uplifting the massive nationwide resistance — “full of warmth and heart and song” — to the regime’s vicious attacks on immigrants
substack.com/@lakauffman/...
substack.com/@lakauffman/...
My reflections on this past harrowing year, the fear tax that so many paid -- and the extraordinary rise of nationwide mass noncooperation
lakauffman.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
lakauffman.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
What the F Was That?
Reflections on a harrowing year, and hopes for 2026
lakauffman.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My reflections on this past harrowing year, the fear tax that so many paid -- and the extraordinary rise of nationwide mass noncooperation
lakauffman.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
lakauffman.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
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I refuse to let this era be defined by the sick villains and spineless cowards. We are surrounded by everyday heroes and they will keep emerging.
Damn this video of a observer/protester climbing a ladder to hand blanket to the construction worker who was surrounded by ICE.
December 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I refuse to let this era be defined by the sick villains and spineless cowards. We are surrounded by everyday heroes and they will keep emerging.
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Tuesday evening I went to a fantastic panel discussion at Booksmith celebrating the launch of We Will Rise Again. Forgot to take a photo. City Lights is doing a zoom event on Sunday the 11th, if you want to get re-energized:
citylights.com/events/panel...
You can just get the book, too.
citylights.com/events/panel...
You can just get the book, too.
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Tuesday evening I went to a fantastic panel discussion at Booksmith celebrating the launch of We Will Rise Again. Forgot to take a photo. City Lights is doing a zoom event on Sunday the 11th, if you want to get re-energized:
citylights.com/events/panel...
You can just get the book, too.
citylights.com/events/panel...
You can just get the book, too.
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This is starting in two hours and it's going to be so cool! Join us! issues.org/event/what-i...
What Is Fiction’s Role in Imagining Better Social Policies?
Join us for a conversation on how social scientists, advocates, and policy makers can use fiction to imagine better futures.
issues.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is starting in two hours and it's going to be so cool! Join us! issues.org/event/what-i...
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Hey Hudson Valley folks:
Next Thurs, 12/11 @ 6pm, I'll be in conversation with Jeremy Varon at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social in High Falls -- discussing his powerful new book, the first comprehensive history of the Iraq anti-war movement of the 2000s
www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/jerem...
Next Thurs, 12/11 @ 6pm, I'll be in conversation with Jeremy Varon at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social in High Falls -- discussing his powerful new book, the first comprehensive history of the Iraq anti-war movement of the 2000s
www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/jerem...
Jeremy Varon & L.A. Kauffman — Blue Heron Books
An Evening with Author Jeremy Varon & L.A. Kauffman discussing Jeremy’s book Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War
www.blueheronbooksny.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hey Hudson Valley folks:
Next Thurs, 12/11 @ 6pm, I'll be in conversation with Jeremy Varon at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social in High Falls -- discussing his powerful new book, the first comprehensive history of the Iraq anti-war movement of the 2000s
www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/jerem...
Next Thurs, 12/11 @ 6pm, I'll be in conversation with Jeremy Varon at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social in High Falls -- discussing his powerful new book, the first comprehensive history of the Iraq anti-war movement of the 2000s
www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/jerem...
Hey Hudson Valley folks:
Next Thurs, 12/11 @ 6pm, I'll be in conversation with Jeremy Varon at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social in High Falls -- discussing his powerful new book, the first comprehensive history of the Iraq anti-war movement of the 2000s
www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/jerem...
Next Thurs, 12/11 @ 6pm, I'll be in conversation with Jeremy Varon at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social in High Falls -- discussing his powerful new book, the first comprehensive history of the Iraq anti-war movement of the 2000s
www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/jerem...
Jeremy Varon & L.A. Kauffman — Blue Heron Books
An Evening with Author Jeremy Varon & L.A. Kauffman discussing Jeremy’s book Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War
www.blueheronbooksny.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hey Hudson Valley folks:
Next Thurs, 12/11 @ 6pm, I'll be in conversation with Jeremy Varon at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social in High Falls -- discussing his powerful new book, the first comprehensive history of the Iraq anti-war movement of the 2000s
www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/jerem...
Next Thurs, 12/11 @ 6pm, I'll be in conversation with Jeremy Varon at @blueheronbooksny.bsky.social in High Falls -- discussing his powerful new book, the first comprehensive history of the Iraq anti-war movement of the 2000s
www.blueheronbooksny.com/events/jerem...
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Honored to have a wee part in this big, wonderful anthology -- out today from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
In bookstores today! It's "We Will Rise Again," a book of hard-won hope in this dark season. I co-edited it with the wondrous @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social -- it's an anthology of speculative stories and essays about protest and resistance! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Honored to have a wee part in this big, wonderful anthology -- out today from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
Honored to have a wee part in this big, wonderful anthology -- out today from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
In bookstores today! It's "We Will Rise Again," a book of hard-won hope in this dark season. I co-edited it with the wondrous @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social -- it's an anthology of speculative stories and essays about protest and resistance! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Honored to have a wee part in this big, wonderful anthology -- out today from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
Viruses 👏 spread 👏 through 👏 the 👏 air 👏
NEW: Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Viruses 👏 spread 👏 through 👏 the 👏 air 👏
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Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
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My latest -- on the wrecking of the East Wing, the impact and limits of protest, and the power of hyper-local organizing
lakauffman.substack.com/p/living-in-...
lakauffman.substack.com/p/living-in-...
Living in a Time of Wreckage
Thoughts on the White House, protest, and neighborly connection
lakauffman.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My latest -- on the wrecking of the East Wing, the impact and limits of protest, and the power of hyper-local organizing
lakauffman.substack.com/p/living-in-...
lakauffman.substack.com/p/living-in-...
My latest -- on the wrecking of the East Wing, the impact and limits of protest, and the power of hyper-local organizing
lakauffman.substack.com/p/living-in-...
lakauffman.substack.com/p/living-in-...
Living in a Time of Wreckage
Thoughts on the White House, protest, and neighborly connection
lakauffman.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My latest -- on the wrecking of the East Wing, the impact and limits of protest, and the power of hyper-local organizing
lakauffman.substack.com/p/living-in-...
lakauffman.substack.com/p/living-in-...
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This is gone now. The East Wing lobby two years ago.
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is gone now. The East Wing lobby two years ago.
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Trump's ballroom donors include:
-Google, whose CEO thanked Trump for "resolution" of an antitrust case
-Palantir, which has lucrative contracts with ICE
-Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman, who would profit from Trump's regulatory rollbacks for private equity
Pay-to-play.
-Google, whose CEO thanked Trump for "resolution" of an antitrust case
-Palantir, which has lucrative contracts with ICE
-Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman, who would profit from Trump's regulatory rollbacks for private equity
Pay-to-play.
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump's ballroom donors include:
-Google, whose CEO thanked Trump for "resolution" of an antitrust case
-Palantir, which has lucrative contracts with ICE
-Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman, who would profit from Trump's regulatory rollbacks for private equity
Pay-to-play.
-Google, whose CEO thanked Trump for "resolution" of an antitrust case
-Palantir, which has lucrative contracts with ICE
-Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman, who would profit from Trump's regulatory rollbacks for private equity
Pay-to-play.
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Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
OPERATION INFLATION
www.operationinflation.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
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40+ years ago, a peace initiative from Egypt triggered a sea change inside Israel, led by the Peace Now movement. My new book recalls that history and offers some lessons for today’s fraught conflict in Israel-Palestine. Details here: open.substack.com/pub/theconne...
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
40+ years ago, a peace initiative from Egypt triggered a sea change inside Israel, led by the Peace Now movement. My new book recalls that history and offers some lessons for today’s fraught conflict in Israel-Palestine. Details here: open.substack.com/pub/theconne...
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STARRED review in Library Journal for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @older.bsky.social and me! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
STARRED review in Library Journal for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @older.bsky.social and me! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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"Resistance doesn't always look like marching in the street or holding rallies ... Sometimes noncooperation looks like regular people stubbornly holding to the existing rules and procedures of a democratic society."
My latest: lakauffman.substack.com/p/on-complia...
My latest: lakauffman.substack.com/p/on-complia...
On Compliance and Noncompliance
Resistance to authoritarianism isn't always showy, organized, or even public
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September 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"Resistance doesn't always look like marching in the street or holding rallies ... Sometimes noncooperation looks like regular people stubbornly holding to the existing rules and procedures of a democratic society."
My latest: lakauffman.substack.com/p/on-complia...
My latest: lakauffman.substack.com/p/on-complia...