Lesa Sorge
@tausende.bsky.social
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"When the discourse of the powerful is evil on one side and indifference on the other, let your heart be a whistle."
New poem: "Discourse." Full text at the link below or the IG version here: instagram.com/p/DSGVKL-Du-9
New poem: "Discourse." Full text at the link below or the IG version here: instagram.com/p/DSGVKL-Du-9
“Discourse” + a call for more anti-ICE art
A new poem plus more resources.
guante.info
December 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"When the discourse of the powerful is evil on one side and indifference on the other, let your heart be a whistle."
New poem: "Discourse." Full text at the link below or the IG version here: instagram.com/p/DSGVKL-Du-9
New poem: "Discourse." Full text at the link below or the IG version here: instagram.com/p/DSGVKL-Du-9
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If you are looking for ways to disrupt the abduction detention & deportation machine check out the new mini-toolkit from @interruptcrim.bsky.social gathering opportunities for action from orgs like @detentionwatchnetwork.org @siembranc.bsky.social BAJI +
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If you are looking for ways to disrupt the abduction detention & deportation machine check out the new mini-toolkit from @interruptcrim.bsky.social gathering opportunities for action from orgs like @detentionwatchnetwork.org @siembranc.bsky.social BAJI +
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
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Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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despite all the fear mongering about trans people and the attempts to abandon and actively harm us from both political parties in the US, transitioning is still the greatest decision i’ve ever made, only regret i have is not doing it younger, and that it has only made my life infinitely better
October 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
despite all the fear mongering about trans people and the attempts to abandon and actively harm us from both political parties in the US, transitioning is still the greatest decision i’ve ever made, only regret i have is not doing it younger, and that it has only made my life infinitely better
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If you or someone you know is affected by the government shutdown and needs assistance with getting food, medicine or other essentials, here's a resource. Just put in your zip code and you will get a list of nearby food pantries and orgs that can help. Please share widely! 🥰
findhelp.org
findhelp.org
findhelp.org by findhelp - Search and Connect to Social Care
Search and connect to support. Find financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help in your area, anywhere in the US.
findhelp.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you or someone you know is affected by the government shutdown and needs assistance with getting food, medicine or other essentials, here's a resource. Just put in your zip code and you will get a list of nearby food pantries and orgs that can help. Please share widely! 🥰
findhelp.org
findhelp.org
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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"Grindin’, first in the breadline/
The greatest emcee of all end times/
No warning, no warrant, just a headliner/
dragged offstage with no headlines..."
Me and @seemore.bsky.social wrote a song over that beat that plays in Andor when Mon Mothma is spinning around:
The greatest emcee of all end times/
No warning, no warrant, just a headliner/
dragged offstage with no headlines..."
Me and @seemore.bsky.social wrote a song over that beat that plays in Andor when Mon Mothma is spinning around:
‘Worthy of the Stone’ by Secret Rivers (KTM aka Guante and SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE)
YouTube video by SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Grindin’, first in the breadline/
The greatest emcee of all end times/
No warning, no warrant, just a headliner/
dragged offstage with no headlines..."
Me and @seemore.bsky.social wrote a song over that beat that plays in Andor when Mon Mothma is spinning around:
The greatest emcee of all end times/
No warning, no warrant, just a headliner/
dragged offstage with no headlines..."
Me and @seemore.bsky.social wrote a song over that beat that plays in Andor when Mon Mothma is spinning around:
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We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.
"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social
"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.
"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social
"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social
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they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.
A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.
NC nonprofit still pushing for Durham County sheriff to release jail policies
A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.
Dropped mine in the box this afternoon!
Sweet Californians, send those ballots back ASAP, so the volunteers don't need to bother with you.
October 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Dropped mine in the box this afternoon!
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...on a lyric-nerd level, this song is written without any end-rhyme until the very end: Build tension for 23 bars, and then release it on the 24th with that last rhyme. A fun creative writing challenge, but also mirrors movement work: it is possible to lose and lose and lose and then win.
October 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
...on a lyric-nerd level, this song is written without any end-rhyme until the very end: Build tension for 23 bars, and then release it on the 24th with that last rhyme. A fun creative writing challenge, but also mirrors movement work: it is possible to lose and lose and lose and then win.
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Hilton Americas Houston hotel workers started their second month on strike today, a historic milestone for the first ever hotel strike in Texas history! #OneMonthStronger
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Hilton Americas Houston hotel workers started their second month on strike today, a historic milestone for the first ever hotel strike in Texas history! #OneMonthStronger
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Re: today's march in Chicago at 1 pm at 50 W Washington: I have seen some people posting complaints about this march that don't make sense, and I want to respond. First, some people complain that folks should take action in affected communities. They are. It's called rapid response. (Thread.)
September 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Re: today's march in Chicago at 1 pm at 50 W Washington: I have seen some people posting complaints about this march that don't make sense, and I want to respond. First, some people complain that folks should take action in affected communities. They are. It's called rapid response. (Thread.)
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Here's another practice that @annekosseffjones.bsky.social & I made together. It's made to help you process fresh escalations of horror, & also to help you decide whether you want to continue or switch your method of countering them. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Procedure for Having to Behold
PROCEDURE FOR HAVING TO BEHOLD By: Kate Schapira and Anne Kosseff-Jones This is a procedure to try when you witness fresh evidence of an atrocity or injustice—not a call to action, but a piece of inf...
docs.google.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Here's another practice that @annekosseffjones.bsky.social & I made together. It's made to help you process fresh escalations of horror, & also to help you decide whether you want to continue or switch your method of countering them. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
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Despite the times we live in, we must eat & take care of ourselves & each other. In our capitalist society, that means we must work. But having to work & do chores doesn't mean we must put our heads in the sand & act like everything's okay. Instead, we can build a praxis of resistance into our days.
September 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Despite the times we live in, we must eat & take care of ourselves & each other. In our capitalist society, that means we must work. But having to work & do chores doesn't mean we must put our heads in the sand & act like everything's okay. Instead, we can build a praxis of resistance into our days.
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We’re back. Join our next nationwide day of defiance on October 18. Trump’s regime is abducting immigrants, deploying troops in our streets, rigging maps to silence voters, and defying the courts, but standing up to wannabe kings is part of our DNA. Let’s get to work: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We’re back. Join our next nationwide day of defiance on October 18. Trump’s regime is abducting immigrants, deploying troops in our streets, rigging maps to silence voters, and defying the courts, but standing up to wannabe kings is part of our DNA. Let’s get to work: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Someone asked me what victory against the forces seeking to occupy Chicago looks like. Obviously, those forces being repelled is the goal, but there are layers to what success looks like in these deteriorating conditions. The first is to successfully resist the normalization of military occupation.
September 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Someone asked me what victory against the forces seeking to occupy Chicago looks like. Obviously, those forces being repelled is the goal, but there are layers to what success looks like in these deteriorating conditions. The first is to successfully resist the normalization of military occupation.
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San Jose Barracuda are incapable of not embarrassing me in front of my friends, anyway here's what I put on tumblr
August 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
San Jose Barracuda are incapable of not embarrassing me in front of my friends, anyway here's what I put on tumblr
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they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.
US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
US government orders states to destroy trans education materials
The US government has ordered 46 states and territories to destroy education materials referencing trans people.
www.thepinknews.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.
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Go be in community with others.
August 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Go be in community with others.
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"I didn't believe in the fight / the fight made me a believer" is a load-bearing lyric on this album. Find a political home. Experiment. Try. I think hope grows from that, not the other way around.
Art by @hellodollywho.bsky.social. For Bandcamp Friday: guanteandbigcats.bandcamp.com/album/all-dr...
Art by @hellodollywho.bsky.social. For Bandcamp Friday: guanteandbigcats.bandcamp.com/album/all-dr...
August 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"I didn't believe in the fight / the fight made me a believer" is a load-bearing lyric on this album. Find a political home. Experiment. Try. I think hope grows from that, not the other way around.
Art by @hellodollywho.bsky.social. For Bandcamp Friday: guanteandbigcats.bandcamp.com/album/all-dr...
Art by @hellodollywho.bsky.social. For Bandcamp Friday: guanteandbigcats.bandcamp.com/album/all-dr...
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Today, we’re relaunching the #CommunitiesNotCages campaign and renewing the call to shut down ICE detention centers and stop the expansion and construction of new facilities.
July 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Today, we’re relaunching the #CommunitiesNotCages campaign and renewing the call to shut down ICE detention centers and stop the expansion and construction of new facilities.
did Tomáš Hertl write these rules
July 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
did Tomáš Hertl write these rules