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Ben Passmore
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Comics maker, New Afrikan Anarchist, showing up late as usual
*Black Arms to Hold You Up releases Oct 7th thru Pantheon*
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Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · Sep 5
new dates and details from my boom tour.
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AY Baltimore! I’ll be doing a little reading and book signing tonight at @charmcitybooks.bsky.social I’ll also be giving away some free rare mini-comics. Come thru!!!!
A square flier for a comic book signing. A firing revolver backs bold text that reads “ay,ay…Black Arms in Baltimore by Ben Passmore. Tonight (November 12th) at 6:30pm. Charm City Books 426 W Franklin St.”
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
benpassmore.bsky.social
Learn to teep for the people.
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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ICE/BP’s next targets are reportedly Charlotte and New Orleans.

Two things:

1) If they had the capacity to hit many cities at once, rather than pick on one or two at a time, they would.

2) Moving south seems to confirm speculation that they’re leaving Chicago because it got cold.
Trump Administration Plans to Send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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oldsquida.bsky.social
57 Flock cameras purchased by SAPD (approved by city council) indiscriminately track law-abiding residents with a mere .02% resulting in a criminal investigation. that data includes where people shop, go to work, drop their kids off or who they hang out with is then sent to a national database.
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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pantheonbooks.bsky.social
In BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP, Ben Passmore brings Black militant history to vivid, unforgettable life. Swipe through to meet some of the revolutionaries he profiles. 🖤

penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671968...
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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everylibrary.bsky.social
Join us Nov 11–13 for EveryLibrary Live! Author Conversations, three nights of award-winning authors, bold stories, and unforgettable discussions. Featuring Ben Passmore, C.B. Bernard, David Wroblewski, Rhonda McKnight, and Rudy Ruiz.

Get the links:
EveryLibrary Live! Award Winning Author Conversations 2025
Libraries connect readers and authors in unique and powerful ways. Join EveryLibrary Live! for three evenings of conversations with acclaimed, 2025 award-winning authors whose work has earned some of…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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fashfreenw.bsky.social
Evergreen Active Club and Northwest Nationalists (3N) are defunct after getting wrecked by antifascists. The leader and co-founder Daniel Rowe remains involved with the Hammerskins. For those that were wondering what he’s up to, he’s currently in Canyon County Idaho jail
Neo Nazi Daniel Rowe pictured in mugshot for probation violation. White male, black collared shirt, short hair, red neck tattoo Booking info for neo Nazi Daniel Rowe. Arrested on 11/04/2025 by Canyon County Idaho sheriff for a probation violation. It’s unclear what the violation was or what the original offense was which he violated probation. However, Canyon County Idaho has a major nazi problem and is a regional hot bed for the Hammerskins
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I’m planning on referencing Zerzan in a comic and no one is gonna laugh but me.
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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dora.nyc

this is OUTSTANDING. super navigatable directory for food distros, resources. and easy to remember because it’s like the explorer but also—

directory
of
resources &
aid
NYC Directory Of Resources and Aid
A directory of aid resources in NYC
dora.nyc
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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The impulsive drive to tell everyone I see I’m trippin rn…
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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this morning i learned that a variety reporter thought “They not like us” meant “They don’t like us” this entire time.

i’ve been sitting in silence since then.
November 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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areflectivegem.bsky.social
Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco/Bay Area - here are some restaurants helping with food if you’re struggling with loss of SNAP benefits.

Please share!
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Doing a free event at the library in December. Come thru.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Thanks for the nice review, I’m glad someone is following my million IG stories.
janethesturgeon.bsky.social Tate McFadden @janethesturgeon.bsky.social · 14d
Absolute Ultimate Escapist Comics Pod Episode 3.1 just dropped on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! YouTube is soon to come once they verify my identity! Give it a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/268O...
Episode 3.1: The Escapies Bring Tidings of a New Deathstroke...by Mariko Tamaki??
open.spotify.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Anyone notice how quickly the "No Kings" protest movement brought back all the lies and conspiracy theories of nonviolence that we fully laid to rest in 2020?
open.substack.com/pub/petergel...
No Kings, Just a Lot of Puppets
the endless circles of social amnesia
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October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A poem by Assata Shakur
October 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in: - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Philadelphia - Denver - El Paso - San Diego - Seattle/Portland - New Orleans Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both. Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed. Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year. I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. I am hearing from both sides of this friction. One senior DHS official tells me: "ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?". Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me: "What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table." It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. Official statement to @FoxNews via @TriciaOhio : "While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country." 7:57 PM · Oct 27, 2025 · 29.6K Views
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Hope all of the people posting Luigi memes in people's mentions are now too busy patrolling their ACTUAL communities protecting their neighbors from ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Jan 2026 @imagecomics.com & @topcowofficial.bsky.social solicits are live! We've got another Murderers' Row of cover artists for Death to Pachuco #4:
CVR A @sweeneyboo.bsky.social
CVR B @benpassmore.bsky.social
CVR C @scumbelievable.bsky.social
Art by @ohhhaeee.bsky.social and Lee Loughridge
red and white and orange death to pachuco cover art by sweeney boo. twin women in zoot suits standing in the 1940s la streets, man tiping his hat on the top right death to pachuco #4 cover by Ben Passmore, women playing jazz, guitar, trumpet, clarinet, stand up bass, woman playing piano, man wearing suit suit with a knife, light blue, black, yellow, and purple colors death to pachuco #4 cover art by sara gordon, man in zoot suit with his head and hands on fire
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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NEW EPISODE: Graphic novelist @benpassmore.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new graphic novel Black Arms To Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Ben Passmore on the History of Black Resistance
Graphic novelist Ben Passmore joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new graphic novel Black Arms To Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance. Passmore explains the…
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October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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thanks to the @comicbookclub.bsky.social for having me on.
October 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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always important to remember that the fash, literal nazis that want to kill you, are training.

this the kind of thing that keeps in the gym…other than wanting to be an anime character.
wileydcope.bsky.social Wiley D Cope @wileydcope.bsky.social · 24d
SFC America is led by Avery Ross Ruiz, aka “Panzzer,” of Texas-based Lone Star Active Club. In August, Ruiz fought in the Frontier fight tournament in Southern California between the Active Clubs and Patriot Front. Following Friday’s publication by The Guardian, Ruiz responded: “Weak ass article.”
Undated image showing SFC America fighter Avery Ross Ruiz, aka "Panzzer." Ruiz is a member of the Texas-based Lone Star Active Club. April 2025 SFC promotional image for the "Slaughter Smokey Mountain" fight tournament showing a bleached-blond and tattooed Avery Ross Ruiz of the Lone Star Active Club. Image from a September 20, 2025 post on Telegram showing Avery Ross Ruiz posing with Rob Rundo at Lone Star Active Club's private gym in Texas. Image of Avery Ross Ruiz (in orange pants) fighting at the Frontier tournament in Southern California between the Active Club network and Patriot Front in August 2025.
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP is a history of Black resistance like you’ve never seen before: radical, sharp-witted, deeply researched and visually explosive.

Check out the pages and spot a powerful figure whose legacy looms large.

penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671968...
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM