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Kimmie Dearest
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artist, writer, trouble/maker
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The CWD's Ben Case for @convergencemag.com :
Ben’s expertise on protest sets the record straight about widely (and incorrectly) accepted data surrounding the efficacy of mobilizing people in nonviolent protest. Learn more about the "3.5% rule" and its flaws here:
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Magic Numbers Are No Shortcut to Strategy
We can no longer afford the convenient untruth that real-world resistance to tyranny can escalate solely through peaceable demonstrations.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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For @convergencemag.com I wrote a two-part guide for progressives on how to understand antisemitism and its weaponization, and how to fight it with solidarity

Part 1 breaks down how antisemitism is used as a tool by the 1% and a fuel for White Christian supremacy -- yesterday and today
What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters: Part 1
Antisemitism has always been deeply interwoven with other types of social domination. It is both a form of bigotry and scapegoating against Jews, and a conspiracy theory that today is stitched into…
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October 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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"[Healing Justice] is not about affirming each other's disengagement with slogans like rest is resistance while people are being dragged out of their homes and put in cages. Healing Justice calls us... to move from individual relief to collective power." convergencemag.com/articles/bla...
Black People: Healing Justice Demands Borderless Struggle
We do not need every Black person to show up in the same way. We do need to be clear about what we are naming as care.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I was chatting with someone recently who pointed out that what @ravimangla.bsky.social wrote about in this article (pub date 12/27/2024) is basically what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social put into practice in his campaign at every level. Worth a revisit. convergencemag.com/articles/we-...
We Can’t Talk to People That Way
If we can’t even communicate what an authoritarian is, how do we stop one from taking power?
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July 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM