Lorri Nandrea
@lnandrea.bsky.social
Writer of YA and middle grade fiction. Lover of reading, writing, dogs, camping, collecting rocks, and learning about ways people can work together to make the world better for all.
Op-Ed: The Left Can Defeat the Rising Tide of Fascism indyweek.com/news/opinion...
Op-Ed: The Left Can Defeat the Rising Tide of Fascism
History shows that oppressive systems can be overthrown, even when they seem insurmountable. What can we do locally?
indyweek.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Op-Ed: The Left Can Defeat the Rising Tide of Fascism indyweek.com/news/opinion...
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Yesterday, Wilmer Chavarria, a Vermonter & US Citizen, was held and interrogated for hours in the Houston airport by CBP agents.
He's a school superintendent. So don’t try to tell us this is about removing violent criminals. This is how they use psychological terror to intimidate us into silence.
He's a school superintendent. So don’t try to tell us this is about removing violent criminals. This is how they use psychological terror to intimidate us into silence.
July 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Yesterday, Wilmer Chavarria, a Vermonter & US Citizen, was held and interrogated for hours in the Houston airport by CBP agents.
He's a school superintendent. So don’t try to tell us this is about removing violent criminals. This is how they use psychological terror to intimidate us into silence.
He's a school superintendent. So don’t try to tell us this is about removing violent criminals. This is how they use psychological terror to intimidate us into silence.
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The Maine AFL-CIO is proud to support Troy Jackson for Governor of the State of Maine! Hear what workers across the state are saying about Troy's long record of standing up for workers. Troy can build a working class coalition with the best shot to win the general election!
youtu.be/uyZGarZQaF8
youtu.be/uyZGarZQaF8
Maine AFL-CIO Endorses Troy Jackson for Governor
YouTube video by Maine AFL-CIO
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July 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Maine AFL-CIO is proud to support Troy Jackson for Governor of the State of Maine! Hear what workers across the state are saying about Troy's long record of standing up for workers. Troy can build a working class coalition with the best shot to win the general election!
youtu.be/uyZGarZQaF8
youtu.be/uyZGarZQaF8
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One of the women in my special ed FB group asked, “What are we supposed to DO? Like what is the plan for what we do if our kid isn’t supported and we have to work?” I think about that a lot. There is no plan except penury, I guess. There’s nobody whose job is to care.
Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women.
If that wasn't already true, it certainly will be if these Medicaid cuts go through.
If that wasn't already true, it certainly will be if these Medicaid cuts go through.
June 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
One of the women in my special ed FB group asked, “What are we supposed to DO? Like what is the plan for what we do if our kid isn’t supported and we have to work?” I think about that a lot. There is no plan except penury, I guess. There’s nobody whose job is to care.
I'm so grateful to "Lunch Ticket," literary magazine of Antioch University, for publishing work with a social justice focus, including my YA story, "The Protest": lunchticket.org/the-protest-... !
The Protest - Lunch Ticket
Lorri Nandrea's The Protest tells the story of fighting for rights, for lives, and for humanity.
lunchticket.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I'm so grateful to "Lunch Ticket," literary magazine of Antioch University, for publishing work with a social justice focus, including my YA story, "The Protest": lunchticket.org/the-protest-... !
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About 1 in 5 veterans go to bed hungry each day. The money used for Trump’s birthday parade could provide SNAP food assistance for nearly 18,000 veterans for an entire year.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
About 1 in 5 veterans go to bed hungry each day. The money used for Trump’s birthday parade could provide SNAP food assistance for nearly 18,000 veterans for an entire year.
Welp, maybe socialism is not so bad, then. Maybe socialism is what helps the people. I do wish Mr. Reich would consider things from that angle.
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
May 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Welp, maybe socialism is not so bad, then. Maybe socialism is what helps the people. I do wish Mr. Reich would consider things from that angle.
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Ursula K. Le Guin: “The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary.”
May 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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rich Hoods Robin the working class
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Robin Hood in reverse: it takes from the poor to give to the rich.SNAP (used to be Food Stamps…which Tabby and I used back in 1972) is gone. Medicare is going.
May 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
rich Hoods Robin the working class
The new agreement between the National Writers Union and _In These Times_ sets a good precedent for freelancers.👏 ✍️ ✊️
inthesetimes.com/article/itt-...
inthesetimes.com/article/itt-...
Agreement Around Freelance Contributors to In These Times
Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.
inthesetimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The new agreement between the National Writers Union and _In These Times_ sets a good precedent for freelancers.👏 ✍️ ✊️
inthesetimes.com/article/itt-...
inthesetimes.com/article/itt-...
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Librarians are among the last bastions of true sanity in the democratic society of the United States of America. 📚
#Writingcommunity #Kidlit #Libraries #Booksky #Librarians
#Writingcommunity #Kidlit #Libraries #Booksky #Librarians
May 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Librarians are among the last bastions of true sanity in the democratic society of the United States of America. 📚
#Writingcommunity #Kidlit #Libraries #Booksky #Librarians
#Writingcommunity #Kidlit #Libraries #Booksky #Librarians
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This year's illustration for the Detroit Book Fest!
Always one of my favorite events to attend. 📚✨
#bookart #book #art #watercolor #traditionalart
Always one of my favorite events to attend. 📚✨
#bookart #book #art #watercolor #traditionalart
May 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This year's illustration for the Detroit Book Fest!
Always one of my favorite events to attend. 📚✨
#bookart #book #art #watercolor #traditionalart
Always one of my favorite events to attend. 📚✨
#bookart #book #art #watercolor #traditionalart
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A buncha flowers
gouache on a book page
#FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #painting #flowers #peaceful #art #fineart #artistsonbluesky #artsky
gouache on a book page
#FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #painting #flowers #peaceful #art #fineart #artistsonbluesky #artsky
May 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A buncha flowers
gouache on a book page
#FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #painting #flowers #peaceful #art #fineart #artistsonbluesky #artsky
gouache on a book page
#FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #painting #flowers #peaceful #art #fineart #artistsonbluesky #artsky
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Jason Shawn Alexander has a Scrooge book coming to zoop. Look at this incredible art. Wow.
(Link below to learn more)
#comics #art
zoop.gg/c/scrooge
(Link below to learn more)
#comics #art
zoop.gg/c/scrooge
May 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Jason Shawn Alexander has a Scrooge book coming to zoop. Look at this incredible art. Wow.
(Link below to learn more)
#comics #art
zoop.gg/c/scrooge
(Link below to learn more)
#comics #art
zoop.gg/c/scrooge
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saw this got put up -- cover illustration I worked on for "The Art of Solidarity" from Between The Lines Books
btlbooks.com/book/the-art...
btlbooks.com/book/the-art...
May 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
saw this got put up -- cover illustration I worked on for "The Art of Solidarity" from Between The Lines Books
btlbooks.com/book/the-art...
btlbooks.com/book/the-art...
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BOG MYRTLE by Sid Sharp (Annick) www.hbook.com/story/newsle... #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #BeginningReaders #Primary
May 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
BOG MYRTLE by Sid Sharp (Annick) www.hbook.com/story/newsle... #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #BeginningReaders #Primary
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May Day of Action rallies took place in Maine and across the country.
'May Day' rallies in Maine protest Trump, advocate for labor rights
May Day of Action rallies took place in Maine and across the country.
www.mainepublic.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
May Day of Action rallies took place in Maine and across the country.
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A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.
May 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.
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I uprooted a sunflower from last year & it looks like an Edward Gorey character. “How do you do gentlemen? My burden is heavy & weary but I am finely dressed.”
May 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I uprooted a sunflower from last year & it looks like an Edward Gorey character. “How do you do gentlemen? My burden is heavy & weary but I am finely dressed.”