Writers for Democratic Action MN
@writersfordemocraticactionmn.org
Writers For Democratic Action stands for democracy and freedom for all. The domestic threats are obvious. The peril, especially to those most vulnerable, is everywhere. Now more than ever, writers resist.
https://WritersForDemocraticActionMN.org
https://WritersForDemocraticActionMN.org
Time to disconnect? Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with Flock, an AI surveillance group that freely shares footage with ICE and other groups. Flock customers can freely sift through data without a warrant.
January 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Time to disconnect? Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with Flock, an AI surveillance group that freely shares footage with ICE and other groups. Flock customers can freely sift through data without a warrant.
Meeting the Moment: Writers Speak Out in Duluth, Minnesota. Do you have a poem, a manifesto, a story? Come join the featured writers. Sign up for a open mic. February 26 Thursday at 6 pm at Wussow's Concert Cafe.
January 27, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Meeting the Moment: Writers Speak Out in Duluth, Minnesota. Do you have a poem, a manifesto, a story? Come join the featured writers. Sign up for a open mic. February 26 Thursday at 6 pm at Wussow's Concert Cafe.
Photo of ICE agents in Minnesota (source: New Yorker magazine). With their faces covered, they look like members of the Taliban.
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Photo of ICE agents in Minnesota (source: New Yorker magazine). With their faces covered, they look like members of the Taliban.
apnews.com/live/minneap... man killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
apnews.com/live/minneap... man killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Vigil for victims of ICE tonight, 3-5 at Sacred Heart. Dinner provided. See you there!
January 24, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Vigil for victims of ICE tonight, 3-5 at Sacred Heart. Dinner provided. See you there!
Child abductions, cruelty, murder, tear gas, violations against 4th Amendment, and Trump's deepfakes: Minnesota demands justice against tyranny.
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Child abductions, cruelty, murder, tear gas, violations against 4th Amendment, and Trump's deepfakes: Minnesota demands justice against tyranny.
Minnesota is outraged and heartbroken. This young woman, Nicole Renee Good, the mother of a 6 year old, was killed by an ICE officer today in Minneapolis. She was not leading a protest nor was she trying to run over any ICE officers. Over and over, observers have witnessed the cruelty of ICE.
January 8, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Minnesota is outraged and heartbroken. This young woman, Nicole Renee Good, the mother of a 6 year old, was killed by an ICE officer today in Minneapolis. She was not leading a protest nor was she trying to run over any ICE officers. Over and over, observers have witnessed the cruelty of ICE.
Come! Poets on Saturday, December 13 1:00-3:00 pm at Case Edgerton Studios, 580 Case Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Come! Poets on Saturday, December 13 1:00-3:00 pm at Case Edgerton Studios, 580 Case Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Keith Ellison, Minnesota's Attorney General, speaks out.
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Keith Ellison, Minnesota's Attorney General, speaks out.
by Leslie Hughes
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
by Leslie Hughes
Sarabande's ⚡ZINE LUNCH!⚡ presents "The Page as a Visual Field," a free workshop. us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../F....
In this workshop, we will consider ways that poets can reclaim and reinvigorate academic forms of writing, including footnotes, endnotes, glossaries, indexes, and other marginalia.
In this workshop, we will consider ways that poets can reclaim and reinvigorate academic forms of writing, including footnotes, endnotes, glossaries, indexes, and other marginalia.
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Sarabande's ⚡ZINE LUNCH!⚡ presents "The Page as a Visual Field," a free workshop. us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../F....
In this workshop, we will consider ways that poets can reclaim and reinvigorate academic forms of writing, including footnotes, endnotes, glossaries, indexes, and other marginalia.
In this workshop, we will consider ways that poets can reclaim and reinvigorate academic forms of writing, including footnotes, endnotes, glossaries, indexes, and other marginalia.
Nov 23 @ 3:00 pm: Resistance and Giving Voice, a reading at Moon Palace Books.There will be a gift card raffle and maybe snacks. Curated by the wonderful Kathryn Kysar. (We will have masks in case you forget yours.) Co-sponsored by Writers for Democratic Action--MN.
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Nov 23 @ 3:00 pm: Resistance and Giving Voice, a reading at Moon Palace Books.There will be a gift card raffle and maybe snacks. Curated by the wonderful Kathryn Kysar. (We will have masks in case you forget yours.) Co-sponsored by Writers for Democratic Action--MN.
Writers for Democratic Action Minnesota has a table at the Book Festival on Saturday, Nov 8 at Union Depot in St. Paul. Choose a postcard designed by Kathy McTavish. Write to your favorite bookstore, publisher, writer, friend, or legislator. Add your poetry to the Exquisite Corpse.
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Writers for Democratic Action Minnesota has a table at the Book Festival on Saturday, Nov 8 at Union Depot in St. Paul. Choose a postcard designed by Kathy McTavish. Write to your favorite bookstore, publisher, writer, friend, or legislator. Add your poetry to the Exquisite Corpse.
Trump's illusions can be exposed. These words are from artist Boris Gerrets, in the book Mindfields (this visual art was exhibited at Kiasma in Helsinki in 2002-2003).
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump's illusions can be exposed. These words are from artist Boris Gerrets, in the book Mindfields (this visual art was exhibited at Kiasma in Helsinki in 2002-2003).
"If all 7 million of us who joined a No Kings protest stood shoulder to shoulder, we’d form a line stretching nearly 2,000 miles, almost the entire width of the continental U.S."
#noKings
#noKings
October 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
"If all 7 million of us who joined a No Kings protest stood shoulder to shoulder, we’d form a line stretching nearly 2,000 miles, almost the entire width of the continental U.S."
#noKings
#noKings
Duluth residents rally to protect democracy. #NoKings #Minnesota
October 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Duluth residents rally to protect democracy. #NoKings #Minnesota
Minneapolis residents rally to protect democracy. #NoKings #Minnesota
October 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Minneapolis residents rally to protect democracy. #NoKings #Minnesota
Protest Hacking: How the New Science of Social Change Can Empower Activists. Check out The New Science of Social Change: A Modern Handbook for Activists by Minnesota writer Lisa Mueller.
October 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Protest Hacking: How the New Science of Social Change Can Empower Activists. Check out The New Science of Social Change: A Modern Handbook for Activists by Minnesota writer Lisa Mueller.
"Threats to his beloved wilderness thrust Sigurd Olson into the fight to save it. Sigurd became a national wilderness hero, but was it worth being shunned and hung in effigy?" Read Kristine Eggerling's new biography. www.kristineggerling.com/book/
October 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Threats to his beloved wilderness thrust Sigurd Olson into the fight to save it. Sigurd became a national wilderness hero, but was it worth being shunned and hung in effigy?" Read Kristine Eggerling's new biography. www.kristineggerling.com/book/
Here's a reminder
September 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Here's a reminder
If you say things of consequence, there may be consequences. The alternative is to be unconsequential. (This merchandise and others sold by The OpEd Project.)
September 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If you say things of consequence, there may be consequences. The alternative is to be unconsequential. (This merchandise and others sold by The OpEd Project.)
Congratulations to Athena Kildegaard on the publication of her poem, "Small Town Hardware Store Closes."
August 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Congratulations to Athena Kildegaard on the publication of her poem, "Small Town Hardware Store Closes."
We must reclaim the mathematical tools currently being used to manipulate and exploit us by the public and private sectors alike.
August 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We must reclaim the mathematical tools currently being used to manipulate and exploit us by the public and private sectors alike.