awkword
@awkword.bsky.social
Hip Hop Artist | Sociologist | Organizer | Activist | Strategist | Journalist | @tendemands.bsky.social Founder • Work: NWU, Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Mass Appeal, Melina Abdullah, Noelle Cook, etc. • aka @philmandelbaum.bsky.social • thisisawkword.com
From 👮♂️ Eric Adams to 🚙-less Muslim Zohran Mamdani, who’s so anti-Semitic he saved an historical Yiddish bookstore…
Yeah, in a New York Minute, everything can change — well, except the built-in police state
Yeah, in a New York Minute, everything can change — well, except the built-in police state
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
From 👮♂️ Eric Adams to 🚙-less Muslim Zohran Mamdani, who’s so anti-Semitic he saved an historical Yiddish bookstore…
Yeah, in a New York Minute, everything can change — well, except the built-in police state
Yeah, in a New York Minute, everything can change — well, except the built-in police state
Did You Know???…
The conviction of police deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey is *the first time in US history* a cop was convicted of murdering a Black woman
The conviction of police deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey is *the first time in US history* a cop was convicted of murdering a Black woman
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Did You Know???…
The conviction of police deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey is *the first time in US history* a cop was convicted of murdering a Black woman
The conviction of police deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey is *the first time in US history* a cop was convicted of murdering a Black woman
99% of us on the wrong side of their doors
They get tax breaks, we pay twice, and fight their wars
And we wonder why they cut scholarships and aid
It’s designed to keep the status quo, we’re the new slaves
They get tax breaks, we pay twice, and fight their wars
And we wonder why they cut scholarships and aid
It’s designed to keep the status quo, we’re the new slaves
November 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
99% of us on the wrong side of their doors
They get tax breaks, we pay twice, and fight their wars
And we wonder why they cut scholarships and aid
It’s designed to keep the status quo, we’re the new slaves
They get tax breaks, we pay twice, and fight their wars
And we wonder why they cut scholarships and aid
It’s designed to keep the status quo, we’re the new slaves
WE’RE SHUTTING IT DOWN!
“Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to refrain from working or spending money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 as a protest against a damaged government and economic system.”
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
“Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to refrain from working or spending money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 as a protest against a damaged government and economic system.”
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
WE’RE SHUTTING IT DOWN!
“Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to refrain from working or spending money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 as a protest against a damaged government and economic system.”
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
“Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to refrain from working or spending money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 as a protest against a damaged government and economic system.”
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem represent “a growing list” of senior Trump-administration political appointees now living on military bases — “where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest”
Wonder why
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Wonder why
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem represent “a growing list” of senior Trump-administration political appointees now living on military bases — “where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest”
Wonder why
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Wonder why
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"I think we do an immense disservice to ourselves by playing off the fascists as just idiots. The media fed us that crap.
Meanwhile, bro is getting ready to send in National Guard to destroy marginalized communities.
So no, let's not... They know what they're doing."
Meanwhile, bro is getting ready to send in National Guard to destroy marginalized communities.
So no, let's not... They know what they're doing."
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"I think we do an immense disservice to ourselves by playing off the fascists as just idiots. The media fed us that crap.
Meanwhile, bro is getting ready to send in National Guard to destroy marginalized communities.
So no, let's not... They know what they're doing."
Meanwhile, bro is getting ready to send in National Guard to destroy marginalized communities.
So no, let's not... They know what they're doing."
This week’s GW guest is Eric King, an expert on anti-fascist action — and what it means to be a political prisoner
Eric served 10 years in a 6x9 cell in federal prison for throwing a Molotov at an *empty* Congressional building.
LIVE on WEDS, Oct. 29
Q&A drops THURSDAY
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
Eric served 10 years in a 6x9 cell in federal prison for throwing a Molotov at an *empty* Congressional building.
LIVE on WEDS, Oct. 29
Q&A drops THURSDAY
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This week’s GW guest is Eric King, an expert on anti-fascist action — and what it means to be a political prisoner
Eric served 10 years in a 6x9 cell in federal prison for throwing a Molotov at an *empty* Congressional building.
LIVE on WEDS, Oct. 29
Q&A drops THURSDAY
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
Eric served 10 years in a 6x9 cell in federal prison for throwing a Molotov at an *empty* Congressional building.
LIVE on WEDS, Oct. 29
Q&A drops THURSDAY
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
October 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
October 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Federal prison guards let white supremacists beat an anti-fascist political prisoner.
Turned out he wasn’t the only one.
theintercept.com/2021/05/28/b...
Turned out he wasn’t the only one.
theintercept.com/2021/05/28/b...
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Federal prison guards let white supremacists beat an anti-fascist political prisoner.
Turned out he wasn’t the only one.
theintercept.com/2021/05/28/b...
Turned out he wasn’t the only one.
theintercept.com/2021/05/28/b...
ICE with military weaponry shouldn’t surprise anyone. The police have had machine guns, rocket launchers, tanks and helicopters for years.
October 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
ICE with military weaponry shouldn’t surprise anyone. The police have had machine guns, rocket launchers, tanks and helicopters for years.
ICYMI: Miami PD just rolled out “PUG” — an AI powered, fully autonomous, self driving patrol car with automated plate readers, thermal vision, and a built in drone that launches from its roof. They’re calling it “the future of law enforcement.”
It goes well with the Robocop outfits.
It goes well with the Robocop outfits.
October 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
ICYMI: Miami PD just rolled out “PUG” — an AI powered, fully autonomous, self driving patrol car with automated plate readers, thermal vision, and a built in drone that launches from its roof. They’re calling it “the future of law enforcement.”
It goes well with the Robocop outfits.
It goes well with the Robocop outfits.
Thought the beats would protect me, I just write songs
Why’s it my fault, just ‘cause you sing along?…
They’re persecuting me for every seen that I’ve drawn
They’re persecuting me for every crime that you’ve done.
Why’s it my fault, just ‘cause you sing along?…
They’re persecuting me for every seen that I’ve drawn
They’re persecuting me for every crime that you’ve done.
October 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Thought the beats would protect me, I just write songs
Why’s it my fault, just ‘cause you sing along?…
They’re persecuting me for every seen that I’ve drawn
They’re persecuting me for every crime that you’ve done.
Why’s it my fault, just ‘cause you sing along?…
They’re persecuting me for every seen that I’ve drawn
They’re persecuting me for every crime that you’ve done.
New ‘swag’!
Two T-shirt options
Neither says “awkword”
Both symbolize the movement
Only $20 each
And 25% goes to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
thisisawkword.com/store
Two T-shirt options
Neither says “awkword”
Both symbolize the movement
Only $20 each
And 25% goes to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
thisisawkword.com/store
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
New ‘swag’!
Two T-shirt options
Neither says “awkword”
Both symbolize the movement
Only $20 each
And 25% goes to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
thisisawkword.com/store
Two T-shirt options
Neither says “awkword”
Both symbolize the movement
Only $20 each
And 25% goes to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social
thisisawkword.com/store
New website! New podcast!
‘Global Warning’ will feature 15-minute conversations, with a focus on democracy and anti-fascism — connecting past to present and future, and local to global.
thisisawkword.com/podcast
Stay tuned!
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
‘Global Warning’ will feature 15-minute conversations, with a focus on democracy and anti-fascism — connecting past to present and future, and local to global.
thisisawkword.com/podcast
Stay tuned!
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
October 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
New website! New podcast!
‘Global Warning’ will feature 15-minute conversations, with a focus on democracy and anti-fascism — connecting past to present and future, and local to global.
thisisawkword.com/podcast
Stay tuned!
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
‘Global Warning’ will feature 15-minute conversations, with a focus on democracy and anti-fascism — connecting past to present and future, and local to global.
thisisawkword.com/podcast
Stay tuned!
youtube.com/@thisisawkword
ISIS And The Alt-Right: Two Sides Of The Same Fascism
By @igd.bsky.social [print]
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By @igd.bsky.social [print]
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October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
ISIS And The Alt-Right: Two Sides Of The Same Fascism
By @igd.bsky.social [print]
itsgoingdown.org/wp-content/u...
By @igd.bsky.social [print]
itsgoingdown.org/wp-content/u...
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
They’ve long had it out for Portland.
This is a clip from my now-infamous 2020 conversation with the Portland DA
And a link to the story I wrote after Andy Ngo seemed to take it to heart.
youtu.be/i6ugxEWYkJg?...
medium.com/@philmandelb...
This is a clip from my now-infamous 2020 conversation with the Portland DA
And a link to the story I wrote after Andy Ngo seemed to take it to heart.
youtu.be/i6ugxEWYkJg?...
medium.com/@philmandelb...
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
They’ve long had it out for Portland.
This is a clip from my now-infamous 2020 conversation with the Portland DA
And a link to the story I wrote after Andy Ngo seemed to take it to heart.
youtu.be/i6ugxEWYkJg?...
medium.com/@philmandelb...
This is a clip from my now-infamous 2020 conversation with the Portland DA
And a link to the story I wrote after Andy Ngo seemed to take it to heart.
youtu.be/i6ugxEWYkJg?...
medium.com/@philmandelb...
Sean Combs got less time than bro who stole a piece of pizza
October 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Sean Combs got less time than bro who stole a piece of pizza
Special shoutout to @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social for going above and beyond, naming his price for my album on Bandcamp!
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awkword.bandcamp.com/album/world-...
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Special shoutout to @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social for going above and beyond, naming his price for my album on Bandcamp!
awkword.bandcamp.com/album/world-...
awkword.bandcamp.com/album/world-...
Thought the Amazon settlement might’ve been for murdering their workers. But alas.
September 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Thought the Amazon settlement might’ve been for murdering their workers. But alas.
🚨 1,200 immigrants held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’… ARE NOW MISSING!
Family members can’t find them and their names disappeared from ICE's online database
And this is why I always referred to them as “disappeared” and not “detained”.
trumpfile.org/ice-loses-mo...
Family members can’t find them and their names disappeared from ICE's online database
And this is why I always referred to them as “disappeared” and not “detained”.
trumpfile.org/ice-loses-mo...
September 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🚨 1,200 immigrants held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’… ARE NOW MISSING!
Family members can’t find them and their names disappeared from ICE's online database
And this is why I always referred to them as “disappeared” and not “detained”.
trumpfile.org/ice-loses-mo...
Family members can’t find them and their names disappeared from ICE's online database
And this is why I always referred to them as “disappeared” and not “detained”.
trumpfile.org/ice-loses-mo...
Exactly 12 years after the release of the first and only full-length AWKWORD album…
On February 17, 2026, ‘An awkword shadow’ — the EP from awkword and The White Shadow — hits all streaming platforms (+ Bandcamp)!
On February 17, 2026, ‘An awkword shadow’ — the EP from awkword and The White Shadow — hits all streaming platforms (+ Bandcamp)!
September 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Exactly 12 years after the release of the first and only full-length AWKWORD album…
On February 17, 2026, ‘An awkword shadow’ — the EP from awkword and The White Shadow — hits all streaming platforms (+ Bandcamp)!
On February 17, 2026, ‘An awkword shadow’ — the EP from awkword and The White Shadow — hits all streaming platforms (+ Bandcamp)!
Charlie Kirk’s quotes about Black people:
1) “Prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people — that’s a fact.”
2) “If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, ‘boy, I hope he is qualified.’”
3) “George Floyd was a ‘scumbag.’”
More: x.com/newstoter/st...
1) “Prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people — that’s a fact.”
2) “If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, ‘boy, I hope he is qualified.’”
3) “George Floyd was a ‘scumbag.’”
More: x.com/newstoter/st...
![4) “[MLK was] just a man … a very flawed one at that … a mythological anti-racist creation of the 1960s.”
5) “The ‘Great Replacement’ is not a theory, it’s a reality.”
6) “If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman… I wonder, is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because [of] affirmative action?”
7) Leaders “won’t do what is necessary, which is arresting Black criminals.”
8) “Black crime is a major issue in our country.”
9) “What is the real problem exactly? The real problem is that Black fathers abandon the women that they impregnate.”
10) “The problem is Blacks that kill themselves a lot — kill each other in inner cities.”
11) “Black crime is a huge problem no one wants to talk about. It’s not racism.”
12) Black Lives Matter wants to “fan the flames of a race war in our country… This is an outright threat. A full frontal domestic terrorism in our country.”
13) “A BLM-incorporated leader drove through the holiday parade” (re: Waukesha).
14) The alleged Waukesha attacker was a “Black supremacist terrorist.”
15) Juneteenth “threatens the fabric of our country.”
16) “Juneteenth should not be a federal holiday.”
17) “We should not be like… ‘you’re acting like a Trayvon’… ‘you’re a Shaniqua.’”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n76zrovpfftqngg74b5r57i7/bafkreiehirat53lplainnkrmqgrgdx3ktvqhhdjg3ezmuorstlpxb7mgvq@jpeg)
September 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Charlie Kirk’s quotes about Black people:
1) “Prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people — that’s a fact.”
2) “If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, ‘boy, I hope he is qualified.’”
3) “George Floyd was a ‘scumbag.’”
More: x.com/newstoter/st...
1) “Prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people — that’s a fact.”
2) “If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, ‘boy, I hope he is qualified.’”
3) “George Floyd was a ‘scumbag.’”
More: x.com/newstoter/st...