johnnie b. baker
@johnniebbaker.bsky.social
teacher of history, maker of zines. i've been some places, seen some things, read some books. baseball fan. budgetpress.net
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You can help SJP make the Black Zine Fair happen next May by donating to our fundraiser: gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f... - the fundraiser has been slow going because times are hard. Any amount is welcome for those who want to support.
Black Zine Fair Returns in 2026 — Help Us Bring It to Life
The Black Zine Fair was founded by Mariame Kaba and Neta Bomani in 2023 to address a clear gap: Black publishers and artists have long shaped independent publishing, yet we were still underrepresented...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You can help SJP make the Black Zine Fair happen next May by donating to our fundraiser: gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f... - the fundraiser has been slow going because times are hard. Any amount is welcome for those who want to support.
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It's Giving Tuesday! We receive 500-800 letters a month from people requesting books, and we need your help. Every dollar donated goes toward sending books to the incarcerated, and right now a donor is matching all donations up to $10,000! This #GivingTuesday help us send books at linktr.ee/dcbtp
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's Giving Tuesday! We receive 500-800 letters a month from people requesting books, and we need your help. Every dollar donated goes toward sending books to the incarcerated, and right now a donor is matching all donations up to $10,000! This #GivingTuesday help us send books at linktr.ee/dcbtp
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Brown Recluse Zine Distro is an incredible resource for the zine community. If you'd like to see them continue their work sharing #zines created by BIPOC zinesters, consider making a donation to help ensure their future!! www.gofundme.com/f/secure-bro... 📚
Donate to Secure BROWN RECLUSE's Future, organized by BROWN RECLUSE
Secure Brown Recluse Zine Distro's Future!
We are seeking funds for the project to conti… BROWN RECLUSE needs your support for Secure BROWN RECLUSE's Future
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November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Brown Recluse Zine Distro is an incredible resource for the zine community. If you'd like to see them continue their work sharing #zines created by BIPOC zinesters, consider making a donation to help ensure their future!! www.gofundme.com/f/secure-bro... 📚
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🎁✨ Small Business Saturday Celebration! ✨🎁
Shop local this Saturday at @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, 600 H Street, and DC Books to Prisons volunteers will gift wrap the books you purchase for free! Shop small and help us spread cheer! #SmallBusinessSaturday #IndieBookstore #shoplocal #shopsmall
Shop local this Saturday at @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, 600 H Street, and DC Books to Prisons volunteers will gift wrap the books you purchase for free! Shop small and help us spread cheer! #SmallBusinessSaturday #IndieBookstore #shoplocal #shopsmall
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🎁✨ Small Business Saturday Celebration! ✨🎁
Shop local this Saturday at @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, 600 H Street, and DC Books to Prisons volunteers will gift wrap the books you purchase for free! Shop small and help us spread cheer! #SmallBusinessSaturday #IndieBookstore #shoplocal #shopsmall
Shop local this Saturday at @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, 600 H Street, and DC Books to Prisons volunteers will gift wrap the books you purchase for free! Shop small and help us spread cheer! #SmallBusinessSaturday #IndieBookstore #shoplocal #shopsmall
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“The boxed materials aren’t Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, or whatever MAGA officials claim ‘Antifa’ uses to wage its imaginary war on America. As prosecutors laid out in the July criminal complaint that led to the indictment, they were zines and pamphlets.”
"The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine" @theintercept.com - The Anarchist Library is linked in the article
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“The boxed materials aren’t Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, or whatever MAGA officials claim ‘Antifa’ uses to wage its imaginary war on America. As prosecutors laid out in the July criminal complaint that led to the indictment, they were zines and pamphlets.”
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Good times at the @dcpunkflea.bsky.social yesterday, spreading the word and raising funds for the cause! #BookstoPeopleinPrison
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Good times at the @dcpunkflea.bsky.social yesterday, spreading the word and raising funds for the cause! #BookstoPeopleinPrison
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We'll be tabling at the @dcpunkflea.bsky.social this Saturday! We'll have zines, stickers, buttons, and all the program info you desire! This is one of my favorite things to do all year, cool people, good vibes, and lots of neat vendors with gifts or the holidays! Don't miss out and come say hi!
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We'll be tabling at the @dcpunkflea.bsky.social this Saturday! We'll have zines, stickers, buttons, and all the program info you desire! This is one of my favorite things to do all year, cool people, good vibes, and lots of neat vendors with gifts or the holidays! Don't miss out and come say hi!
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Special place in hell for the person who decided hotels should not have actual doors on bathrooms.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Special place in hell for the person who decided hotels should not have actual doors on bathrooms.
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The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
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Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
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We have free copies for anyone in prison in the United States or Canada.
Thanks to @equalityalec.bsky.social for copies of "Copaganda," which shows the role media, security forces, universities and "liberal" politicians have in growing the security state and ensuring unequal justice. We'll send these to the prison book clubs we support and fulfill individual requests.
October 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We have free copies for anyone in prison in the United States or Canada.
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Today is the last day of our Banned Books Week Bookdrive, where every book donated from our partner independent bookstores will be matched by a monetary donation. This is your last chance to double your donation to help us serve the incarcerated, Check out our wishlists here - linktr.ee/dcbtp
October 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Today is the last day of our Banned Books Week Bookdrive, where every book donated from our partner independent bookstores will be matched by a monetary donation. This is your last chance to double your donation to help us serve the incarcerated, Check out our wishlists here - linktr.ee/dcbtp
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Prisons and jails ban more books than all public schools and libraries combined. Throughout the country individual prisons and entire states are implementing more draconian and non-sensical prison book bans, with little public knowledge or outcry.
October 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Prisons and jails ban more books than all public schools and libraries combined. Throughout the country individual prisons and entire states are implementing more draconian and non-sensical prison book bans, with little public knowledge or outcry.
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Also, today, Wednesday October 8 from 3-7 PM, DCBtP will be at the Solid State Books shop at 600F H St NE, Washington DC, along with the Penguin RandomHouse Banned Wagon to bring awareness to book bans across the country. If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by and say hi!
October 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Also, today, Wednesday October 8 from 3-7 PM, DCBtP will be at the Solid State Books shop at 600F H St NE, Washington DC, along with the Penguin RandomHouse Banned Wagon to bring awareness to book bans across the country. If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by and say hi!
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Today 10/8! Books donated from our @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social wishlist will be delivered to us with no shipping - bookshop.org/wishlists/1f.... Until October 11, when you buy a book for DC Books to Prisons from our wishlists a donor will match the amount of the gift. But today is the best day!!!
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Today 10/8! Books donated from our @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social wishlist will be delivered to us with no shipping - bookshop.org/wishlists/1f.... Until October 11, when you buy a book for DC Books to Prisons from our wishlists a donor will match the amount of the gift. But today is the best day!!!
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October 7-8 all books purchased from our @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists come with free delivery! With the Banned Books Week Bookdrive, a donor will cash match every book! Right now is the best time to donate to DC Books to Prisons – linktr.ee/dcbtp
October 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
October 7-8 all books purchased from our @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists come with free delivery! With the Banned Books Week Bookdrive, a donor will cash match every book! Right now is the best time to donate to DC Books to Prisons – linktr.ee/dcbtp
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We'll be there too!
It’s #BannedBooksWeek and @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social will be hosting the famed Banned Wagon this Weds 10/8, 3-7pm. They will showcase a selection of 30 banned books and distribute free copies (while supplies last). Take action, save our stories, and preserve First Amendment rights!
October 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We'll be there too!
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Until October 11, buy a book for DC Books to Prisons from the @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlist and a donor will match the amount of the gift to DCBtP. So the store gets the sale, and we get the book and some money to send them! Check out the wishlist -
bookshop.org/wishlists/fc...
bookshop.org/wishlists/fc...
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Until October 11, buy a book for DC Books to Prisons from the @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlist and a donor will match the amount of the gift to DCBtP. So the store gets the sale, and we get the book and some money to send them! Check out the wishlist -
bookshop.org/wishlists/fc...
bookshop.org/wishlists/fc...
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But we still serve thousands of prisoners a year from over 600 prisons! Through October 11, book donations made through our independent bookstore partners @mahoganybooks.bsky.social, @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com will be matched by a donor. Help us here - linktr.ee/dcbtp
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October 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
But we still serve thousands of prisoners a year from over 600 prisons! Through October 11, book donations made through our independent bookstore partners @mahoganybooks.bsky.social, @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com will be matched by a donor. Help us here - linktr.ee/dcbtp
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Did you know prisons ban books for format, condition, content, size, quantity, source, or the made-up fear they are all dipped in fentanyl? Throughout the country individual prisons and entire states are implementing more draconian and non-sensical prison book bans.
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Did you know prisons ban books for format, condition, content, size, quantity, source, or the made-up fear they are all dipped in fentanyl? Throughout the country individual prisons and entire states are implementing more draconian and non-sensical prison book bans.
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@bannedbooksweek.bsky.social starts today! Prisons ban more books than all public schools and libraries combined. All week books donated to us from our partners will be matched. See our @mahoganybooks.bsky.social @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists - linktr.ee/dcbtpp
October 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
@bannedbooksweek.bsky.social starts today! Prisons ban more books than all public schools and libraries combined. All week books donated to us from our partners will be matched. See our @mahoganybooks.bsky.social @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists - linktr.ee/dcbtpp
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@bannedbooksweek.bsky.social starts Sunday. Prisons have the most restrictive book bans in the country. All week books donated to us from our bookstore partners will be matched. See our @mahoganybooks.bsky.social, @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists - linktr.ee/dcbtp
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@bannedbooksweek.bsky.social starts Sunday. Prisons have the most restrictive book bans in the country. All week books donated to us from our bookstore partners will be matched. See our @mahoganybooks.bsky.social, @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists - linktr.ee/dcbtp