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Matthew Dineen
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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🏴 Submissions for both the Anarchist Horizons and Jen Angel Anarchist Media grants will be open in just 2 weeks! 🏴Agency is proud to work in collaboration with @anarchist-studies.bsky.social on this grant program. Keep an eye out for the announcement on Dec 1 that submissions are open.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"So, let’s make this a winter of fortification, of learning, and bonding together like the winter snow that federal agents are so afraid of. Let’s hold onto each other, and become even harder to move."
The federal blitz moved to Charlotte, but the trauma and damage in Chicago are still with us—and DHS says 1,000 agents will hit our streets in March. I wrote about what this moment demands of us: care, clarity, and preparation.
What Now, Chicago? Regrouping After Midway Blitz
Let’s make this a winter of fortification, of learning, and bonding together like the winter snow that federal agents are so afraid of.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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“It takes more than a broken window to break our resolve.”

As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.
Indie bookstores merge activism and literature for collective care
Charis Books, Red Emma's, and other booksellers serve as intellectual and cultural hubs during rising authoritarianism
prismreports.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Some of the radder than thou folks really need to take a beat. If you're venting your anger at people who are out there taking action and doing their best, you don't know enough about how to move in this moment to offer instruction.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“This is just the beginning...But this will send a clear, unignorable message to the leaders of Somerville that it’s time to act in solidarity with Palestine now.”

www.boston.com/news/local-n...
'This is just the beginning’: Nonbinding Israel divestment ballot question passes in Somerville
The ballot question asks residents if Somerville elected officials should divest and boycott companies supporting Israel.
www.boston.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“He should have died in The Hague”
www.commondreams.org/news/dick-ch...
War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84 | Common Dreams
"He should have died in The Hague," said one journalist.
www.commondreams.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The Trump administration has begun drawing up new lists of terrorist organizations without disclosing the identities of the groups to Congress or the American people.

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theintercept.com/2025/11/04/t...
Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
theintercept.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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You don’t have to mourn war criminals. You don’t have to issue condolences to their families.
You don’t have to launder their legacies.

Save your grief for the innocents they killed, maimed or tortured without ever seeing justice served to their executioners.
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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‘Solidarity is always the way forward’: In a Q&A with @adryancore.bsky.social, abolitionist organizer @mskellymhayes.bsky.social discusses her new anthology “Read This When Things Fall Apart,” (pub. Nov. 4 by @akpress.org) featuring encouraging letters from movement leaders, writers, & activists.
‘Solidarity is always the way forward’
In a Q&A with Prism, abolitionist organizer Kelly Hayes discusses her new anthology “Read This When Things Fall Apart,” featuring encouraging letters from movement leaders, writers, and activists
prismreports.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This weekend! I'll be there all day Saturday & Sunday so come say hi! 👋
The bookfair starts tomorrow! We are so excited. A few things we want to share before this weekend:

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October 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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I talked to @biidaasamose.bsky.social about what it takes to stay human and protect each other in fascistic times, and how we can build networks of care, defend our neighbors, grieve, and make space for joy. This episode includes some Nishnaabe wisdom and music from Leanne. Transcript + audio:
Resisting ICE, Building Worlds: Care and Survival in Fascistic Times
“It’s all hands on deck and we have to fight. This is the only way,” says Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.
truthout.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Find us ONLINE today! And LIVE and in person, THIS WEEKEND Nov 1-2 at @boston-a-bookfair.bsky.social in Cambridge, MA! 📚🥳
Tonight!

We are hosting an online event with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social editor of the forthcoming @akpress.org book ‘Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis.’

7:00 to 8:30pm (EST).

Register at: tinyurl.com/KellyHayesBABF
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history. Mikaela Loach, a climate justice activist, says the hurricane was “caused by the climate crisis,” and says hurricanes should be named after oil executives.
Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Executives, Climate Activist Says
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history.
truthout.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The full schedule of in-person workshops for the 2025 Boston Anarchist Bookfair is now up on our website: bostonanarchistbookfair.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Mutual aid groups, food banks, etc are about to be under even more pressure in the US.

Post your local one's donation link here, and if you're seeing this, and you can spare a few bucks, pick one two to give to.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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This is today at 4 pm CT!
Tomorrow, we have the first virtual launch event for Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. I will be in conversation with my friends @shaneburley.bsky.social, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Atena Danner. Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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"Everything that Israel has accused the Palestinians of, Israel does as a matter of doctrine," says journalist @jeremyscahill.com, co-founder of @dropsitenews.com.
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The 2025 Boston Anarchist Bookfair is this weekend!

See more info on our website for all the details including the full list dozens of vendors: bostonanarchistbookfair.org

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October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.
These Dallas Residents Are on the Front Lines of Trump’s War Against “Antifa”
If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.
buff.ly
October 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The 2025 Boston Anarchist Bookfair is next weekend! Saturday November 1st (12-6) & Sunday November 2nd (12-5). Full vendor list & schedule of workshops now up on our website:
bostonanarchistbookfair.org
Boston Anarchist Book Fair
New England's most radical bookfair
bostonanarchistbookfair.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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I was so grateful to talk with my friend @deanspade.bsky.social for this episode of the Love in a F*cked Up World podcast ❤️
Episode 10 is out! In this episode, I talk to Kelly Hayes, the brilliant journalist and organizer whose writing and podcast so many of us rely on to make sense of the world.

Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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We're excited about this event next Wednesday, 10/29. Won't you join us?
We are very excited to announce that we are teaming up with @akpress.org to host a book release event w/ @mskellymhayes.bsky.social editor of the forthcoming Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis

It will be on Zoom on 10/29 at 7pm EST
RSVP here tinyurl.com/KellyHayesBABF
October 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM