John Oakes
@johnghoakes.bsky.social
editor and writer, THE FAST: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without, publisher, Evergreen Review https://linktr.ee/jghoakes
Something off here. Masked federal brutes spark fear and loathing nationwide, Trump and minions spew racism, and @nytimes.com runs a front page article on...how it's all the fault of the Biden admin. Time to cancel that subscription?
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Something off here. Masked federal brutes spark fear and loathing nationwide, Trump and minions spew racism, and @nytimes.com runs a front page article on...how it's all the fault of the Biden admin. Time to cancel that subscription?
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Ep 5 of the PalFest Podcast is out:
Randa Abdel Fattah talks to Sara Yasin about DISCIPLINE
They discuss Abdel-Fattah's razor-sharp new novel, DISCIPLINE and the navigation of racism and censorship within Western institutions.
All your listening links are here: www.palfest.org/podcast
Randa Abdel Fattah talks to Sara Yasin about DISCIPLINE
They discuss Abdel-Fattah's razor-sharp new novel, DISCIPLINE and the navigation of racism and censorship within Western institutions.
All your listening links are here: www.palfest.org/podcast
Palfest Podcast — The Palestine Festival of Literature
The PalFest Podcast highlights new books from and about Palestine, bringing writers together in conversation across borders to discuss new ideas and dig into vital histories.
Each episode will featur...
www.palfest.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Ep 5 of the PalFest Podcast is out:
Randa Abdel Fattah talks to Sara Yasin about DISCIPLINE
They discuss Abdel-Fattah's razor-sharp new novel, DISCIPLINE and the navigation of racism and censorship within Western institutions.
All your listening links are here: www.palfest.org/podcast
Randa Abdel Fattah talks to Sara Yasin about DISCIPLINE
They discuss Abdel-Fattah's razor-sharp new novel, DISCIPLINE and the navigation of racism and censorship within Western institutions.
All your listening links are here: www.palfest.org/podcast
Hey NYC, listen up! You don't need to be a Queens resident to detest the idea of a casino built on park land. Its developer Steve Cohen just sold a golden toilet for $12.1 million at Sotheby's--that's the kind of stand-up guy he is. Read and sign the letter! mailchi.mp/55086ef2e9fd...
Recapping the No Casino rally and sharing next steps
mailchi.mp
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hey NYC, listen up! You don't need to be a Queens resident to detest the idea of a casino built on park land. Its developer Steve Cohen just sold a golden toilet for $12.1 million at Sotheby's--that's the kind of stand-up guy he is. Read and sign the letter! mailchi.mp/55086ef2e9fd...
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Read a new excerpt from We Had It Coming up today at @evergreenreview.bsky.social evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
You are in a museum
Evergreen Review
evergreenreview.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Read a new excerpt from We Had It Coming up today at @evergreenreview.bsky.social evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
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“Love is forbearing and requires constant revival. Each day, I choose to father my father, even when it feels too difficult for me. Every moment with him alive is a blessing.”
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
Afụnwaelotanna
Evergreen Review
evergreenreview.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Love is forbearing and requires constant revival. Each day, I choose to father my father, even when it feels too difficult for me. Every moment with him alive is a blessing.”
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
"...After she showed her New York State driver’s license, officers asked which country she was from and requested to see her passport. 'I laughed,' she said. 'I asked them, since when do people walk around with passports in America?' The agents then moved on."
'This is Lawless Terror': Chinatown Reacts to ICE's Street Vendor Raid on Canal Street - Documented
Confusion, fear and outrage grip NYC after ICE arrests and detains street vendors, some of whom had legal status or U.S. citizenship.
documentedny.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"...After she showed her New York State driver’s license, officers asked which country she was from and requested to see her passport. 'I laughed,' she said. 'I asked them, since when do people walk around with passports in America?' The agents then moved on."
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When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true: https://propub.li/47aawMD
For these Americans, that wasn’t true: https://propub.li/47aawMD
October 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true: https://propub.li/47aawMD
For these Americans, that wasn’t true: https://propub.li/47aawMD
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Dina and her husband spent their life savings to flee Venezuela. This week her husband was detained by ICE, in front of their children, during a mandatory asylum hearing.
In July, she told me how her family longed for safety and stability after years of precarity.
tinyurl.com/3uknzf5y @thecity.nyc
In July, she told me how her family longed for safety and stability after years of precarity.
tinyurl.com/3uknzf5y @thecity.nyc
Mayor Adams Closed NYC’s Migrant ‘Welcome Center.’ More Arrive Every Day.
Mayor Eric Adams celebrated the Roosevelt Hotel’s closure and the city’s handling of the migrant crisis. A mother who spent a year there offered her own mixed assessment.
www.thecity.nyc
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dina and her husband spent their life savings to flee Venezuela. This week her husband was detained by ICE, in front of their children, during a mandatory asylum hearing.
In July, she told me how her family longed for safety and stability after years of precarity.
tinyurl.com/3uknzf5y @thecity.nyc
In July, she told me how her family longed for safety and stability after years of precarity.
tinyurl.com/3uknzf5y @thecity.nyc
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The Trump regime has run out of excuses for the government shutdown, so they’re now blaming the vast majority of Americans who simply wish to preserve democracy.
See you on Saturday at a NoKings.org protest—the tides are turning.
See you on Saturday at a NoKings.org protest—the tides are turning.
GOP's latest government shutdown scapegoat: No Kings protests
Republicans try to shift blame from themselves to protesters.
www.axios.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Trump regime has run out of excuses for the government shutdown, so they’re now blaming the vast majority of Americans who simply wish to preserve democracy.
See you on Saturday at a NoKings.org protest—the tides are turning.
See you on Saturday at a NoKings.org protest—the tides are turning.
Andrew Ross on the "other" hostages: 11,000 Palestinians held in Israeli gulags.
Opinion | The Israel-Gaza War Always Had an Unacknowledged Third Front
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Andrew Ross on the "other" hostages: 11,000 Palestinians held in Israeli gulags.
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Federal authorities are using immigration law to limit the First Amendment rights of noncitizens. Legal experts warn that this extension of executive power can be used to censor citizens’ speech, too.
My latest for @documentedny.bsky.social:
t.co/ySnyXiLrpl
My latest for @documentedny.bsky.social:
t.co/ySnyXiLrpl
October 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Federal authorities are using immigration law to limit the First Amendment rights of noncitizens. Legal experts warn that this extension of executive power can be used to censor citizens’ speech, too.
My latest for @documentedny.bsky.social:
t.co/ySnyXiLrpl
My latest for @documentedny.bsky.social:
t.co/ySnyXiLrpl
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📣 NO KINGS N.Y.C.
📍 Times Square (the red steps)
📆 October 18th
⏰ 11am
The NYC march route is from Times Sq, south on 7th Ave, dispersing at 14th St.
We need your help to make this big, and to make our voices heard.
Bring a friend, tell a friend, sign up to volunteer at NoKingsNYC.org
📣 NO KINGS N.Y.C.
📍 Times Square (the red steps)
📆 October 18th
⏰ 11am
The NYC march route is from Times Sq, south on 7th Ave, dispersing at 14th St.
We need your help to make this big, and to make our voices heard.
Bring a friend, tell a friend, sign up to volunteer at NoKingsNYC.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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📣 NO KINGS N.Y.C.
📍 Times Square (the red steps)
📆 October 18th
⏰ 11am
The NYC march route is from Times Sq, south on 7th Ave, dispersing at 14th St.
We need your help to make this big, and to make our voices heard.
Bring a friend, tell a friend, sign up to volunteer at NoKingsNYC.org
📣 NO KINGS N.Y.C.
📍 Times Square (the red steps)
📆 October 18th
⏰ 11am
The NYC march route is from Times Sq, south on 7th Ave, dispersing at 14th St.
We need your help to make this big, and to make our voices heard.
Bring a friend, tell a friend, sign up to volunteer at NoKingsNYC.org
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Portland never stops being Portland.
October 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Portland never stops being Portland.
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Israel detains two Palestinian children in Hebron under claims of 'espionage' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-detains-two-palestinian-children-hebron-under-claims-espionage
Israel detains two Palestinian children in Hebron under claims of 'espionage'
One resident says the children, aged five and six, are 'now living in fear' following their release
www.middleeasteye.net
October 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Israel detains two Palestinian children in Hebron under claims of 'espionage' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-detains-two-palestinian-children-hebron-under-claims-espionage
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god dammit www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...
Life is a problem that can’t be solved
Remembering Kaleb Horton
www.welcometohellworld.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
god dammit www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Saturday night
Inspiration
Go to nokings.org
On October 18, 2025
Millions of us are rising again to show the world
AMERICA HAS NO KINGS
and
The power belongs to the people
Let's Roll
California VOTE YES on
Prop 50
DAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Saturday night
Inspiration
Go to nokings.org
On October 18, 2025
Millions of us are rising again to show the world
AMERICA HAS NO KINGS
and
The power belongs to the people
Let's Roll
California VOTE YES on
Prop 50
September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Saturday night
Inspiration
Go to nokings.org
On October 18, 2025
Millions of us are rising again to show the world
AMERICA HAS NO KINGS
and
The power belongs to the people
Let's Roll
California VOTE YES on
Prop 50
DAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2025
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Saturday night
Inspiration
Go to nokings.org
On October 18, 2025
Millions of us are rising again to show the world
AMERICA HAS NO KINGS
and
The power belongs to the people
Let's Roll
California VOTE YES on
Prop 50
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“Copyright laws are great if you are a rumored-to-be-cryogenically-frozen racist in America, but thieves like us we know how the song goes.”
Up now our Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “If Bruce Springsteen was a lesbian” by @laraacorona.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/if-bruc...
Up now our Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “If Bruce Springsteen was a lesbian” by @laraacorona.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/if-bruc...
If Bruce Springsteen was a lesbian
Evergreen Review
evergreenreview.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“Copyright laws are great if you are a rumored-to-be-cryogenically-frozen racist in America, but thieves like us we know how the song goes.”
Up now our Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “If Bruce Springsteen was a lesbian” by @laraacorona.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/if-bruc...
Up now our Fall/Winter 2025 issue: “If Bruce Springsteen was a lesbian” by @laraacorona.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/if-bruc...
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JUST IN: We just disrupted this vile, vulture capitalist lovefest. David Rubenstein, Governor Youngkin, and Governor Moore all on stage together, plotting how to profit from our extinction. They were having such a nice time. We ruined it.
September 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
JUST IN: We just disrupted this vile, vulture capitalist lovefest. David Rubenstein, Governor Youngkin, and Governor Moore all on stage together, plotting how to profit from our extinction. They were having such a nice time. We ruined it.
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#BOYCOTTDISNEY
#BOYCOTTHULU #CANCELHULU
#BOYCOTTNEXSTAR
Billionaires hoard their money… time for us to start hoarding ours
(why is the fcc allowing monopolies to form?)
#RELEASETHEEPSTEINFILES
#BOYCOTTHULU #CANCELHULU
#BOYCOTTNEXSTAR
Billionaires hoard their money… time for us to start hoarding ours
(why is the fcc allowing monopolies to form?)
#RELEASETHEEPSTEINFILES
September 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#BOYCOTTDISNEY
#BOYCOTTHULU #CANCELHULU
#BOYCOTTNEXSTAR
Billionaires hoard their money… time for us to start hoarding ours
(why is the fcc allowing monopolies to form?)
#RELEASETHEEPSTEINFILES
#BOYCOTTHULU #CANCELHULU
#BOYCOTTNEXSTAR
Billionaires hoard their money… time for us to start hoarding ours
(why is the fcc allowing monopolies to form?)
#RELEASETHEEPSTEINFILES
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Updated nation piece : www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division.
www.thenation.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Updated nation piece : www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Hey everyone, in the heat of things, I originally saw this quote in a piece in the Nation, and their quote has since been updated to specify that it was specific to Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, etc.
But Kirk’s clearly anti-black statements speak for themselves:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
But Kirk’s clearly anti-black statements speak for themselves:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
September 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Hey everyone, in the heat of things, I originally saw this quote in a piece in the Nation, and their quote has since been updated to specify that it was specific to Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, etc.
But Kirk’s clearly anti-black statements speak for themselves:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
But Kirk’s clearly anti-black statements speak for themselves:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...