Scott Parkin
@sparki1969.bsky.social
Lover, fighter and organizer with Rising Tide North America and Diablo Rising Tide. Organizing director at Rainforest Action Network. Co-host at @podcastgreenred.bsky.social. Posts are all me.
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Scott Parkin
@sparki1969.bsky.social
· Nov 19
There is no justice, there is just us.
Direct action gets the goods. Maybe even some of Elon's goods.
NOW: A small group of protesters briefly blockaded the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin to demand shareholders reject a $1T pay package for the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.
The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Direct action gets the goods. Maybe even some of Elon's goods.
Reposted by Scott Parkin
NOW: A small group of protesters briefly blockaded the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin to demand shareholders reject a $1T pay package for the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.
The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NOW: A small group of protesters briefly blockaded the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin to demand shareholders reject a $1T pay package for the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.
The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.
There was a lot of NATO liberal ♥️ for Cheney in his final days. Everything from his war crimes in Iraq [Biden, HRC both supported] to his later opposition to Trump.
While he opposed Trump in the end, his brand of GOP politics paved the way for today's vile version.
And yet liberals ♥️ him.
While he opposed Trump in the end, his brand of GOP politics paved the way for today's vile version.
And yet liberals ♥️ him.
~NEW EPISODE~
Dick Cheney kicks the bucket. But not before he wreaked havoc on the world and the U.S.A.
In our latest, @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social discuss his history and how he paved the way for Trump.
🎙️: bit.ly/4hNvhmn
Dick Cheney kicks the bucket. But not before he wreaked havoc on the world and the U.S.A.
In our latest, @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social discuss his history and how he paved the way for Trump.
🎙️: bit.ly/4hNvhmn
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There was a lot of NATO liberal ♥️ for Cheney in his final days. Everything from his war crimes in Iraq [Biden, HRC both supported] to his later opposition to Trump.
While he opposed Trump in the end, his brand of GOP politics paved the way for today's vile version.
And yet liberals ♥️ him.
While he opposed Trump in the end, his brand of GOP politics paved the way for today's vile version.
And yet liberals ♥️ him.
Reposted by Scott Parkin
~NEW EPISODE~
Dick Cheney kicks the bucket. But not before he wreaked havoc on the world and the U.S.A.
In our latest, @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social discuss his history and how he paved the way for Trump.
🎙️: bit.ly/4hNvhmn
Dick Cheney kicks the bucket. But not before he wreaked havoc on the world and the U.S.A.
In our latest, @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social discuss his history and how he paved the way for Trump.
🎙️: bit.ly/4hNvhmn
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
~NEW EPISODE~
Dick Cheney kicks the bucket. But not before he wreaked havoc on the world and the U.S.A.
In our latest, @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social discuss his history and how he paved the way for Trump.
🎙️: bit.ly/4hNvhmn
Dick Cheney kicks the bucket. But not before he wreaked havoc on the world and the U.S.A.
In our latest, @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social discuss his history and how he paved the way for Trump.
🎙️: bit.ly/4hNvhmn
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~ROCKING NEW EPISODE~
One Uprising After Another!
We talk about the Gen Z uprisings that have spread across Asia, Africa and beyond w/ historian and social theorist George Katsiaficas.
🎙️: bit.ly/4obK1Oc
One Uprising After Another!
We talk about the Gen Z uprisings that have spread across Asia, Africa and beyond w/ historian and social theorist George Katsiaficas.
🎙️: bit.ly/4obK1Oc
October 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
~ROCKING NEW EPISODE~
One Uprising After Another!
We talk about the Gen Z uprisings that have spread across Asia, Africa and beyond w/ historian and social theorist George Katsiaficas.
🎙️: bit.ly/4obK1Oc
One Uprising After Another!
We talk about the Gen Z uprisings that have spread across Asia, Africa and beyond w/ historian and social theorist George Katsiaficas.
🎙️: bit.ly/4obK1Oc
Reposted by Scott Parkin
~NEW EPISODE~
The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook
We talk with long time organizer Nadine Bloch to discuss a new education project from the Freedom Trainers teaching an "anti-authoritarian playbook" of non-cooperation, non-compliance and mass disruption.
🎙️: bit.ly/478sSxE
The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook
We talk with long time organizer Nadine Bloch to discuss a new education project from the Freedom Trainers teaching an "anti-authoritarian playbook" of non-cooperation, non-compliance and mass disruption.
🎙️: bit.ly/478sSxE
October 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
~NEW EPISODE~
The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook
We talk with long time organizer Nadine Bloch to discuss a new education project from the Freedom Trainers teaching an "anti-authoritarian playbook" of non-cooperation, non-compliance and mass disruption.
🎙️: bit.ly/478sSxE
The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook
We talk with long time organizer Nadine Bloch to discuss a new education project from the Freedom Trainers teaching an "anti-authoritarian playbook" of non-cooperation, non-compliance and mass disruption.
🎙️: bit.ly/478sSxE
If you like #NoKingsDayOct18th, you’ll love our episode on the Anti-Authoritarian Playbook w/ organizer Nadine Bloch.
~NEW EPISODE~
The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook
We talk with long time organizer Nadine Bloch to discuss a new education project from the Freedom Trainers teaching an "anti-authoritarian playbook" of non-cooperation, non-compliance and mass disruption.
🎙️: bit.ly/478sSxE
The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook
We talk with long time organizer Nadine Bloch to discuss a new education project from the Freedom Trainers teaching an "anti-authoritarian playbook" of non-cooperation, non-compliance and mass disruption.
🎙️: bit.ly/478sSxE
October 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you like #NoKingsDayOct18th, you’ll love our episode on the Anti-Authoritarian Playbook w/ organizer Nadine Bloch.
Reposted by Scott Parkin
~NEW EPISODE~
Trumps war with the military, and the “war within.”
In our latest, we talk about the history of U.S. civilian-military relations and how the Trump-Hegseth 🤡 car fits into it.
🎙️: bit.ly/4mMaPTC
Trumps war with the military, and the “war within.”
In our latest, we talk about the history of U.S. civilian-military relations and how the Trump-Hegseth 🤡 car fits into it.
🎙️: bit.ly/4mMaPTC
October 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
~NEW EPISODE~
Trumps war with the military, and the “war within.”
In our latest, we talk about the history of U.S. civilian-military relations and how the Trump-Hegseth 🤡 car fits into it.
🎙️: bit.ly/4mMaPTC
Trumps war with the military, and the “war within.”
In our latest, we talk about the history of U.S. civilian-military relations and how the Trump-Hegseth 🤡 car fits into it.
🎙️: bit.ly/4mMaPTC
Great interview with Prof. John Maerhofer about green capitalism and eco-militancy.
Check it out and share!
Check it out and share!
~NEW EPISODE~
Guerrilla Ecologies, Capital’s Attack on Nature & Eco-Miltancy!
@sparki1969.bsky.social talks w/ Prof. John Maerhofer about green capitalism, liberal co-optation of the environmental movement, & militant eco-movements in the U.S. and around the world.
🎙️: bit.ly/3KjS6l3
Guerrilla Ecologies, Capital’s Attack on Nature & Eco-Miltancy!
@sparki1969.bsky.social talks w/ Prof. John Maerhofer about green capitalism, liberal co-optation of the environmental movement, & militant eco-movements in the U.S. and around the world.
🎙️: bit.ly/3KjS6l3
Guerrilla Ecologies: A History of Green Capitalism and Eco-Militancy w/ Prof. John Maerhofer
This week is United Nations Climate Week in New York City. During his address to the U.N., Trump talked about the climate crisis being a hoax and how “the environmentalists want to kill all t…
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September 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Great interview with Prof. John Maerhofer about green capitalism and eco-militancy.
Check it out and share!
Check it out and share!
Reposted by Scott Parkin
~NEW EPISODE~
Political violence is not a “both sides” issue, it’s the ruling class waging war on us.
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social talk about the history of political violence, recent events and lots of facts and studies.
🎙️: bit.ly/4mKPV7z
Political violence is not a “both sides” issue, it’s the ruling class waging war on us.
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social talk about the history of political violence, recent events and lots of facts and studies.
🎙️: bit.ly/4mKPV7z
September 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
~NEW EPISODE~
Political violence is not a “both sides” issue, it’s the ruling class waging war on us.
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social talk about the history of political violence, recent events and lots of facts and studies.
🎙️: bit.ly/4mKPV7z
Political violence is not a “both sides” issue, it’s the ruling class waging war on us.
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social talk about the history of political violence, recent events and lots of facts and studies.
🎙️: bit.ly/4mKPV7z
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~NEW EPISODE~
"we had our project 2025, but it was for the good. Let's build these clinics. Let's open schools, let's build new free schools. Let's do all these things in a radical way from below where people could have control...."
-scott crow, co-founder Common Ground Relief
🎙️: bit.ly/3HX4mH5g
"we had our project 2025, but it was for the good. Let's build these clinics. Let's open schools, let's build new free schools. Let's do all these things in a radical way from below where people could have control...."
-scott crow, co-founder Common Ground Relief
🎙️: bit.ly/3HX4mH5g
August 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
~NEW EPISODE~
"we had our project 2025, but it was for the good. Let's build these clinics. Let's open schools, let's build new free schools. Let's do all these things in a radical way from below where people could have control...."
-scott crow, co-founder Common Ground Relief
🎙️: bit.ly/3HX4mH5g
"we had our project 2025, but it was for the good. Let's build these clinics. Let's open schools, let's build new free schools. Let's do all these things in a radical way from below where people could have control...."
-scott crow, co-founder Common Ground Relief
🎙️: bit.ly/3HX4mH5g
Reposted by Scott Parkin
~NEW EPISODE~
Hurricane Katrina, 20 years later! w/ scott crow
We talk Common Ground co-founder and anarchist scott crow about Hurricane Katrina, Common Ground and the “long slow history of disaster.”
🎙️: bit.ly/3HX4mH5
Hurricane Katrina, 20 years later! w/ scott crow
We talk Common Ground co-founder and anarchist scott crow about Hurricane Katrina, Common Ground and the “long slow history of disaster.”
🎙️: bit.ly/3HX4mH5
August 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
~NEW EPISODE~
Hurricane Katrina, 20 years later! w/ scott crow
We talk Common Ground co-founder and anarchist scott crow about Hurricane Katrina, Common Ground and the “long slow history of disaster.”
🎙️: bit.ly/3HX4mH5
Hurricane Katrina, 20 years later! w/ scott crow
We talk Common Ground co-founder and anarchist scott crow about Hurricane Katrina, Common Ground and the “long slow history of disaster.”
🎙️: bit.ly/3HX4mH5
Reposted by Scott Parkin
~NEW EPISODE~
Solidarity to everyone taking action in the streets.
In our latest, we talk about how when people mobilize the forces of authority back off, and to do that we need more mass non-cooperation and direct action.
🎙️: bit.ly/3HT5POC
Solidarity to everyone taking action in the streets.
In our latest, we talk about how when people mobilize the forces of authority back off, and to do that we need more mass non-cooperation and direct action.
🎙️: bit.ly/3HT5POC
August 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
~NEW EPISODE~
Solidarity to everyone taking action in the streets.
In our latest, we talk about how when people mobilize the forces of authority back off, and to do that we need more mass non-cooperation and direct action.
🎙️: bit.ly/3HT5POC
Solidarity to everyone taking action in the streets.
In our latest, we talk about how when people mobilize the forces of authority back off, and to do that we need more mass non-cooperation and direct action.
🎙️: bit.ly/3HT5POC
Reposted by Scott Parkin
MASS ACTION! Mass occupation of SF Blackrock offices by Gulf South and Bay Area residents!
August 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
MASS ACTION! Mass occupation of SF Blackrock offices by Gulf South and Bay Area residents!
Reposted by Scott Parkin
As the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations fail in Geneva this week, residents of Texas and Louisiana, and local Bay Area residents, take action with local activists at the global HQ one of the major financiers of fossil fuels— Wells Fargo!
August 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
As the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations fail in Geneva this week, residents of Texas and Louisiana, and local Bay Area residents, take action with local activists at the global HQ one of the major financiers of fossil fuels— Wells Fargo!
Reposted by Scott Parkin
~NEW EPISODE~
Texas Floods, Mutual Aid and the Climate Crisis!
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social
talk with @candicebernd.bsky.social about her new article in the @texasobserver.org about the Texas floods and what led to a worse disaster.
🎙️: bit.ly/4flOyu0
Texas Floods, Mutual Aid and the Climate Crisis!
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social
talk with @candicebernd.bsky.social about her new article in the @texasobserver.org about the Texas floods and what led to a worse disaster.
🎙️: bit.ly/4flOyu0
July 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
~NEW EPISODE~
Texas Floods, Mutual Aid and the Climate Crisis!
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social
talk with @candicebernd.bsky.social about her new article in the @texasobserver.org about the Texas floods and what led to a worse disaster.
🎙️: bit.ly/4flOyu0
Texas Floods, Mutual Aid and the Climate Crisis!
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social
talk with @candicebernd.bsky.social about her new article in the @texasobserver.org about the Texas floods and what led to a worse disaster.
🎙️: bit.ly/4flOyu0
Reposted by Scott Parkin
READ: The head of the Mossad spy agency was recently in Washington to coordinate with the White House on plans to expel Palestinians from Gaza. The plan, along with the forced starvation and mass killing of Gazans, echoes the worst of the Nazi Holocaust. mondoweiss.net/2025/07/isra...
Israel and the Trump administration are carrying out their final solution in Gaza
The head of the Mossad spy agency was recently in Washington to coordinate with the White House on plans to expel Palestinians from Gaza. The plan, along with the forced starvation and mass killing…
mondoweiss.net
July 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
READ: The head of the Mossad spy agency was recently in Washington to coordinate with the White House on plans to expel Palestinians from Gaza. The plan, along with the forced starvation and mass killing of Gazans, echoes the worst of the Nazi Holocaust. mondoweiss.net/2025/07/isra...
Reposted by Scott Parkin
~NEW EPISODE~
MAGA vs. Trump
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social
dissect some of the cracks in the MAGA cult over Iran, Israel and the Epstein files.
🎙️: bit.ly/41cesu7
MAGA vs. Trump
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social
dissect some of the cracks in the MAGA cult over Iran, Israel and the Epstein files.
🎙️: bit.ly/41cesu7
July 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
~NEW EPISODE~
MAGA vs. Trump
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social
dissect some of the cracks in the MAGA cult over Iran, Israel and the Epstein files.
🎙️: bit.ly/41cesu7
MAGA vs. Trump
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social
dissect some of the cracks in the MAGA cult over Iran, Israel and the Epstein files.
🎙️: bit.ly/41cesu7
WELLS FARGO MASS ACTION: FROM STANDING ROCK TO PALESTINE
WHAT: Wells Fargo funds fossil fuels, genocide & the war on immigrants. Take mass direct action to shut down its global HQ.
WHERE: Wells Fargo Global HQ, 333 Market St, San Francisco
WHEN: Wednesday, 7/23 @ 8:30AM.
Join us!!
WHAT: Wells Fargo funds fossil fuels, genocide & the war on immigrants. Take mass direct action to shut down its global HQ.
WHERE: Wells Fargo Global HQ, 333 Market St, San Francisco
WHEN: Wednesday, 7/23 @ 8:30AM.
Join us!!
July 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
WELLS FARGO MASS ACTION: FROM STANDING ROCK TO PALESTINE
WHAT: Wells Fargo funds fossil fuels, genocide & the war on immigrants. Take mass direct action to shut down its global HQ.
WHERE: Wells Fargo Global HQ, 333 Market St, San Francisco
WHEN: Wednesday, 7/23 @ 8:30AM.
Join us!!
WHAT: Wells Fargo funds fossil fuels, genocide & the war on immigrants. Take mass direct action to shut down its global HQ.
WHERE: Wells Fargo Global HQ, 333 Market St, San Francisco
WHEN: Wednesday, 7/23 @ 8:30AM.
Join us!!
Reposted by Scott Parkin
⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️
Thunder on the left!
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social talk about how Democratic and wealthy elites respond by punching the left.
🎙️: bit.ly/4ezisKS
Thunder on the left!
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social talk about how Democratic and wealthy elites respond by punching the left.
🎙️: bit.ly/4ezisKS
July 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️
Thunder on the left!
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social talk about how Democratic and wealthy elites respond by punching the left.
🎙️: bit.ly/4ezisKS
Thunder on the left!
@bobbuzzanco.bsky.social and @sparki1969.bsky.social talk about how Democratic and wealthy elites respond by punching the left.
🎙️: bit.ly/4ezisKS
I talk with @alicehu.bsky.social about the campaign against Palantir and other Bay Area billionaires.
⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️
#PurgePalantir takes action against the billionaires.
@sparki1969.bsky.social talks w/ Alice Hu w/ @planetoverprofit.org
🎙️: bit.ly/4481eAL
#PurgePalantir takes action against the billionaires.
@sparki1969.bsky.social talks w/ Alice Hu w/ @planetoverprofit.org
🎙️: bit.ly/4481eAL
July 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I talk with @alicehu.bsky.social about the campaign against Palantir and other Bay Area billionaires.
Reposted by Scott Parkin
⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️
#PurgePalantir takes action against the billionaires.
@sparki1969.bsky.social talks w/ Alice Hu w/ @planetoverprofit.org
🎙️: bit.ly/4481eAL
#PurgePalantir takes action against the billionaires.
@sparki1969.bsky.social talks w/ Alice Hu w/ @planetoverprofit.org
🎙️: bit.ly/4481eAL
July 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️
#PurgePalantir takes action against the billionaires.
@sparki1969.bsky.social talks w/ Alice Hu w/ @planetoverprofit.org
🎙️: bit.ly/4481eAL
#PurgePalantir takes action against the billionaires.
@sparki1969.bsky.social talks w/ Alice Hu w/ @planetoverprofit.org
🎙️: bit.ly/4481eAL
Reposted by Scott Parkin
~NEW EPISODE~
It's the 75th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War and @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social talk with journalist @timshorrock.bsky.social about the politics and history that led to war.
Not to be missed!
🎙️: bit.ly/44yQefC
It's the 75th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War and @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social talk with journalist @timshorrock.bsky.social about the politics and history that led to war.
Not to be missed!
🎙️: bit.ly/44yQefC
June 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
~NEW EPISODE~
It's the 75th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War and @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social talk with journalist @timshorrock.bsky.social about the politics and history that led to war.
Not to be missed!
🎙️: bit.ly/44yQefC
It's the 75th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War and @sparki1969.bsky.social and @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social talk with journalist @timshorrock.bsky.social about the politics and history that led to war.
Not to be missed!
🎙️: bit.ly/44yQefC
Reposted by Scott Parkin
LIVE EVENT:“VIETNAM THEN, PALESTINE NOW”
Join the Jerusalem Fund for a talk w/ U.S. historian & professor, @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social.
WHEN: Friday, June 13th, 2025 at 12:00 pm (ET)
Location: The Jerusalem Fund (2425 Virginia Ave NW, Washington DC 20037)
RSVP (In Person/Virtual): bit.ly/3Hts2T2
Join the Jerusalem Fund for a talk w/ U.S. historian & professor, @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social.
WHEN: Friday, June 13th, 2025 at 12:00 pm (ET)
Location: The Jerusalem Fund (2425 Virginia Ave NW, Washington DC 20037)
RSVP (In Person/Virtual): bit.ly/3Hts2T2
June 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
LIVE EVENT:“VIETNAM THEN, PALESTINE NOW”
Join the Jerusalem Fund for a talk w/ U.S. historian & professor, @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social.
WHEN: Friday, June 13th, 2025 at 12:00 pm (ET)
Location: The Jerusalem Fund (2425 Virginia Ave NW, Washington DC 20037)
RSVP (In Person/Virtual): bit.ly/3Hts2T2
Join the Jerusalem Fund for a talk w/ U.S. historian & professor, @bobbuzzanco.bsky.social.
WHEN: Friday, June 13th, 2025 at 12:00 pm (ET)
Location: The Jerusalem Fund (2425 Virginia Ave NW, Washington DC 20037)
RSVP (In Person/Virtual): bit.ly/3Hts2T2
Reposted by Scott Parkin
Me and @sparki1969.bsky.social geeking out on Andor, Star Wars, social movement organizing, and our current political moment. @podcastgreenred.bsky.social greenandredpodcast.org/2025/05/30/r...
“Rebellions are Built on Hope:” The revolutionary politics of Andor w/ organizer Matt Leonard
“Andor,” the latest Star Wars miniseries, is spin off of the film “Rogue One,” which is a prequel to the original Stat Wars trilogy. It’s considered grittier, grungier…
greenandredpodcast.org
May 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Me and @sparki1969.bsky.social geeking out on Andor, Star Wars, social movement organizing, and our current political moment. @podcastgreenred.bsky.social greenandredpodcast.org/2025/05/30/r...