Chris Dixon
@withmovements.bsky.social
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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Chris Dixon
@withmovements.bsky.social
· Sep 16
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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My latest, now up at Waging Nonviolence: What we can learn from famed educator and Highlander Folk School founder Myles Horton about living through the ups and downs of social movements!
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/12/myle...
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/12/myle...
Learning from Myles Horton’s legendary career in social movements
The famed educator and Highlander Folk School founder offers insights on living through the ups and downs of movement cycles.
wagingnonviolence.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My latest, now up at Waging Nonviolence: What we can learn from famed educator and Highlander Folk School founder Myles Horton about living through the ups and downs of social movements!
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/12/myle...
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/12/myle...
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Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online: Monday, January 5th, 2026 edition - ft. workshops, film screenings, emergency preparedness and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online: Monday, January 5th, 2026 edition - ft. workshops, film screenings, emergency preparedness and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
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"Lying is too small a term to capture the grandiose ambition of the regime’s campaign of systematic deceit. It can be better understood as a concerted attack to rapidly shift what is politically possible by challenging reality itself."
New article from me in latest @forgeorganizing.bsky.social.
New article from me in latest @forgeorganizing.bsky.social.
Winning the Reality War against Fascism and Ecological Collapse: Lessons from the Right’s Narrative Strategy - The Forge
From the Overton Window to the Overton Sliding Door If the 20th century taught the world about the dangers of fascism, the 21st century shows that those lessons can all too easily be distorted and er...
forgeorganizing.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Lying is too small a term to capture the grandiose ambition of the regime’s campaign of systematic deceit. It can be better understood as a concerted attack to rapidly shift what is politically possible by challenging reality itself."
New article from me in latest @forgeorganizing.bsky.social.
New article from me in latest @forgeorganizing.bsky.social.
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Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online - Monday, December 29th, 2025, edition. Ft. a fire station tour for disabled folks, the Ana Falastini tour, and a reading group: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
December 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online - Monday, December 29th, 2025, edition. Ft. a fire station tour for disabled folks, the Ana Falastini tour, and a reading group: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
Ashanti Alston is one of the elder radicals that has shown me that it is possible to grow older, stick around on the left, keep learning, and make genuine contributions - all with a spirit of joy and care. Check out this deeply reflective interview with him on @thedugoutpod.bsky.social!
ASHANTI ALSTON — THE DUGOUT | a black anarchist podcast
www.thedugoutpodcast.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ashanti Alston is one of the elder radicals that has shown me that it is possible to grow older, stick around on the left, keep learning, and make genuine contributions - all with a spirit of joy and care. Check out this deeply reflective interview with him on @thedugoutpod.bsky.social!
With continuing military deployments in U.S. cities and Trump's military escalations abroad, I keep thinking about the lessons and insights in this excellent episode of Against the Grain.
Troops in Cities; Veterans Under Siege | KPFA
Supporting members of the military to resist deployment has taken on a new urgency as Trump sends troops into American cities. Journalist Steve Early discusses the history of soldier organizing — incl...
kpfa.org
December 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
With continuing military deployments in U.S. cities and Trump's military escalations abroad, I keep thinking about the lessons and insights in this excellent episode of Against the Grain.
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This week's round up of upcoming radical events - organizing for warming centers, fire station tour for disabled folks, Ana Falastini screening and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
December 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This week's round up of upcoming radical events - organizing for warming centers, fire station tour for disabled folks, Ana Falastini screening and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
As a longtime regular listener to Against the Grain on @kpfa.org, I have had so much appreciation for co-host C. S. Soong. I'm sad to see him go! But I'm also very glad that co-host Sasha Lilley is keeping this outstanding program going.
Stepping Down, Looking Back | KPFA
On the occasion of C. S. stepping down as regular co-host of Against the Grain after a 22-year run, he presents some reflections, reminiscences, and excerpts from cherished interviews.
kpfa.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As a longtime regular listener to Against the Grain on @kpfa.org, I have had so much appreciation for co-host C. S. Soong. I'm sad to see him go! But I'm also very glad that co-host Sasha Lilley is keeping this outstanding program going.
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A small but mighty list of upcoming radical events for Dec 14, 2025: Science for the People reading group, Psychic Death and Transitions, Fire Station Tour for the Disabled Community
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December 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A small but mighty list of upcoming radical events for Dec 14, 2025: Science for the People reading group, Psychic Death and Transitions, Fire Station Tour for the Disabled Community
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
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My annual look at social movement victories in so-called Canada is up! This year has been grim, but from tenants, to land defenders, to workers, to students, to all of the little victories related to Palestine, sometimes when we fight, we win. breachmedia.ca/15-movement-... #cdnpoli
15 movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about ⋆ The Breach
From recognition of a Palestinian state, to tenant strikes, to a Youth Climate Corps, here are some of the political achievements of the past year
breachmedia.ca
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My annual look at social movement victories in so-called Canada is up! This year has been grim, but from tenants, to land defenders, to workers, to students, to all of the little victories related to Palestine, sometimes when we fight, we win. breachmedia.ca/15-movement-... #cdnpoli
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Coming up in Ottawa: Palestine solidarity protest & sit-in at CBC, public lecture on human rights, an underground music show, a demonstration to demand warming centres, a reading group on science and social change, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
December 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Coming up in Ottawa: Palestine solidarity protest & sit-in at CBC, public lecture on human rights, an underground music show, a demonstration to demand warming centres, a reading group on science and social change, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
I'm glad I listened to this episode of Snap Judgment podcast. It's about the circumstances of my friend Jen Angel's death in 2023 and the restorative justice process that many of her close people admirably pursued in the aftermath.
Jen Angel - Snap Judgment
Jen Angel is a beloved cupcake baker whose life was taken in a smash and grab gone wrong. Now a young man accused of the crime has his future hanging in the balance. Cries for justice, retribution and...
snapjudgment.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I'm glad I listened to this episode of Snap Judgment podcast. It's about the circumstances of my friend Jen Angel's death in 2023 and the restorative justice process that many of her close people admirably pursued in the aftermath.
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Organizers can borrow ideas from the business world — such as an influential concept called the “innovator’s dilemma” — about where to look for innovation, and about how our movement ecology can make space for it.
What social movements can learn from the ‘innovator’s dilemma’
Organizers can borrow ideas from the business world about where to look for innovation, and how our movement ecology can make space for it.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Organizers can borrow ideas from the business world — such as an influential concept called the “innovator’s dilemma” — about where to look for innovation, and about how our movement ecology can make space for it.
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Coming up in Ottawa!
Rally against Carleton's gag order, learn about the crisis in Sudan, hear critical analysis of the Gaza ceasefire deal, make zines at the Ottawa Trans Library, attend a launch event for a new book on slavery & capitalism, and much more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Rally against Carleton's gag order, learn about the crisis in Sudan, hear critical analysis of the Gaza ceasefire deal, make zines at the Ottawa Trans Library, attend a launch event for a new book on slavery & capitalism, and much more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Coming up in Ottawa!
Rally against Carleton's gag order, learn about the crisis in Sudan, hear critical analysis of the Gaza ceasefire deal, make zines at the Ottawa Trans Library, attend a launch event for a new book on slavery & capitalism, and much more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Rally against Carleton's gag order, learn about the crisis in Sudan, hear critical analysis of the Gaza ceasefire deal, make zines at the Ottawa Trans Library, attend a launch event for a new book on slavery & capitalism, and much more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Happy #N30! This is the 26th anniversary of the mass direct action that shut down the World Trade Organization Ministerial in Seattle. If you want to learn more about what we did and how we did it, I recommend listening to this excellent two-part series from @margaret.bsky.social.
Part One: The Battle in Seattle: How Scrappy Protesters Shut Down the World Trade Organiation - Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Margaret tells you about the Direct Action Network that organized the successful shutdown of the WTO in November, 1999
omny.fm
November 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy #N30! This is the 26th anniversary of the mass direct action that shut down the World Trade Organization Ministerial in Seattle. If you want to learn more about what we did and how we did it, I recommend listening to this excellent two-part series from @margaret.bsky.social.
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Since dockworkers operate at a crucial “choke point” in the military supply chain to Israel, their recent boycotts are a powerful form of solidarity with Gaza.
Dockerworker strikes in solidarity with Gaza have a long legacy
Since dockworkers operate at a crucial “choke point” in the military supply chain to Israel, their boycotts are a powerful form of solidarity with Gaza.
wagingnonviolence.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Since dockworkers operate at a crucial “choke point” in the military supply chain to Israel, their recent boycotts are a powerful form of solidarity with Gaza.
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"Organizing, at its core, is about transformation. When that personal transformation happens on a collective level, we unleash the power to transform society. This is as much of a spiritual project as it is a political one."
READ MORE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/two-...
READ MORE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/two-...
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Organizing, at its core, is about transformation. When that personal transformation happens on a collective level, we unleash the power to transform society. This is as much of a spiritual project as it is a political one."
READ MORE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/two-...
READ MORE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/two-...
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The CWD's Ben Case for @convergencemag.com :
Ben’s expertise on protest sets the record straight about widely (and incorrectly) accepted data surrounding the efficacy of mobilizing people in nonviolent protest. Learn more about the "3.5% rule" and its flaws here:
convergencemag.com/articles/mag...
Ben’s expertise on protest sets the record straight about widely (and incorrectly) accepted data surrounding the efficacy of mobilizing people in nonviolent protest. Learn more about the "3.5% rule" and its flaws here:
convergencemag.com/articles/mag...
Magic Numbers Are No Shortcut to Strategy
We can no longer afford the convenient untruth that real-world resistance to tyranny can escalate solely through peaceable demonstrations.
convergencemag.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The CWD's Ben Case for @convergencemag.com :
Ben’s expertise on protest sets the record straight about widely (and incorrectly) accepted data surrounding the efficacy of mobilizing people in nonviolent protest. Learn more about the "3.5% rule" and its flaws here:
convergencemag.com/articles/mag...
Ben’s expertise on protest sets the record straight about widely (and incorrectly) accepted data surrounding the efficacy of mobilizing people in nonviolent protest. Learn more about the "3.5% rule" and its flaws here:
convergencemag.com/articles/mag...
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So much coming up in radical Ottawa!
Science, OPS Budget protest, Contre-culture et mouvement de la jeunesse au coeur de l'antifascisme, anti-war events, focus on Sudan, fighting to win, zine making at the Trans Library, book launches, & much more! Check it:
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Science, OPS Budget protest, Contre-culture et mouvement de la jeunesse au coeur de l'antifascisme, anti-war events, focus on Sudan, fighting to win, zine making at the Trans Library, book launches, & much more! Check it:
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Events Archive - Punch Up Collective
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November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
So much coming up in radical Ottawa!
Science, OPS Budget protest, Contre-culture et mouvement de la jeunesse au coeur de l'antifascisme, anti-war events, focus on Sudan, fighting to win, zine making at the Trans Library, book launches, & much more! Check it:
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Science, OPS Budget protest, Contre-culture et mouvement de la jeunesse au coeur de l'antifascisme, anti-war events, focus on Sudan, fighting to win, zine making at the Trans Library, book launches, & much more! Check it:
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
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LOTS of amazing events coming up, Ottawa fam! Let's get together to make a different world, addressing things like death, cold, exploitative rent increases, Palestine, migrant justice, neoliberalism, the relation between enslavement & capitalism, and science. www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
Events Archive - Punch Up Collective
www.punchupcollective.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
LOTS of amazing events coming up, Ottawa fam! Let's get together to make a different world, addressing things like death, cold, exploitative rent increases, Palestine, migrant justice, neoliberalism, the relation between enslavement & capitalism, and science. www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/
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@sadfrancisco.bsky.social and I wrote about Major for @truthout.org 💜
To honor Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, we carry on her fight for trans and queer liberation. She met violence and oppression with humor, love, and defiance, building spaces of resilience through decades of fearless community care and activism.
To Honor Miss Major, We Fight for the Trans and Queer Spaces She Built
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy embraced the messiness of revolt with magnetic optimism.
truthout.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
@sadfrancisco.bsky.social and I wrote about Major for @truthout.org 💜
I highly recommend @benlorber8.bsky.social's "What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters" series in @convergencemag.com. Lorber offers a really grounded and accessible framework for understanding antisemitism.
For @convergencemag.com I wrote a two-part guide for progressives on how to understand antisemitism and its weaponization, and how to fight it with solidarity
Part 1 breaks down how antisemitism is used as a tool by the 1% and a fuel for White Christian supremacy -- yesterday and today
Part 1 breaks down how antisemitism is used as a tool by the 1% and a fuel for White Christian supremacy -- yesterday and today
What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters: Part 1
Antisemitism has always been deeply interwoven with other types of social domination. It is both a form of bigotry and scapegoating against Jews, and a conspiracy theory that today is stitched into…
convergencemag.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I highly recommend @benlorber8.bsky.social's "What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters" series in @convergencemag.com. Lorber offers a really grounded and accessible framework for understanding antisemitism.
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Hey y'all! This week we have Dania Rajendra and @dnbrgr.bsky.social writing about the Palestinian solidarity movement and the international resistance to carceral Zionism.
Hey y'all! This week we have Dania Rajendra and @dnbrgr.bsky.social writing about the Palestinian solidarity movement and the international resistance to carceral Zionism.
Israel Is the Prison – Spectre Journal
Dania Rajendra and Dan Berger write about the connections between anticarceral struggle, both in the United States and Palestine.
spectrejournal.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
spectrejournal.com/israel-is-th...
Hey y'all! This week we have Dania Rajendra and @dnbrgr.bsky.social writing about the Palestinian solidarity movement and the international resistance to carceral Zionism.
Hey y'all! This week we have Dania Rajendra and @dnbrgr.bsky.social writing about the Palestinian solidarity movement and the international resistance to carceral Zionism.
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Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online - November 10th, 2025 edition, ft.: rallies against nuclear waste, a harmony circle for Palestine, dance parties, the Transgender Day of Remembrance and lots more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online - November 10th, 2025 edition, ft.: rallies against nuclear waste, a harmony circle for Palestine, dance parties, the Transgender Day of Remembrance and lots more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...
Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
“We have to be building political homes while also doing the door-knocking and organizing that builds power and changes lives. The duality of that work can be hard to hold.”
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
Building a Political Home - Boston Review
Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”
www.bostonreview.net
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!