Sim Kern
@simkern.bsky.social
Bestselling author of THE FREE PEOPLE’S VILLAGE and DEPART, DEPART! among others
Environmental journalism
Trans, Jewish, Gulf Coast, they/them
Environmental journalism
Trans, Jewish, Gulf Coast, they/them
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📖 The Free People's Village
by Sim Kern
@simkern.bsky.social
When justice comes knocking, will you be brave enough to answer?
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📖 The Free People's Village
by Sim Kern
@simkern.bsky.social
When justice comes knocking, will you be brave enough to answer?
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In an alternate 2020 timeline, Al Gore won the 2000 election and declared a War on Climate Change rather than a War on Terror. Green infrastructure projects have transformed U.S. cities into lush para...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
🌈 🎧📚
📖 The Free People's Village
by Sim Kern
@simkern.bsky.social
When justice comes knocking, will you be brave enough to answer?
Affiliate Link
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
#booksky #queerbooks #audiobook
📖 The Free People's Village
by Sim Kern
@simkern.bsky.social
When justice comes knocking, will you be brave enough to answer?
Affiliate Link
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#booksky #queerbooks #audiobook
Genocide Bad is a PW Best Book of 2025!
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Genocide Bad is a PW Best Book of 2025!
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Too many grownups have lost their humanity. #FreePalestine #GenocideBad @simkern.bsky.social @lindsayellis.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Too many grownups have lost their humanity. #FreePalestine #GenocideBad @simkern.bsky.social @lindsayellis.bsky.social
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arguably the most successful and widespread strike in us history is also largely forgotten. The slave strike during the civil war, slaves emanncipated themselves and crossed union lines. disrupting the slaver economy and war effort. when slavers asked general butler for the return of their property
Here's a little history of notable general strikes: 1/x 🧵
Why is May 1 Workers' Day?
On 1 May 1886, nationwide general strike for 8-hour day, w/hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the US. In Chicago, protests against police escalated into the Haymarket riot, w/hanging of 8 organizers.
Why is May 1 Workers' Day?
On 1 May 1886, nationwide general strike for 8-hour day, w/hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the US. In Chicago, protests against police escalated into the Haymarket riot, w/hanging of 8 organizers.
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
arguably the most successful and widespread strike in us history is also largely forgotten. The slave strike during the civil war, slaves emanncipated themselves and crossed union lines. disrupting the slaver economy and war effort. when slavers asked general butler for the return of their property
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an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
October 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can
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Look what arrived today 😃
I was incredibly lucky and won these two signed copies from @simkern.bsky.social
Would anyone be interested in reading along with me? I was thinking of a very flexible, read at your own pace, and discuss in a Discord as and when able read-a-long.
I was incredibly lucky and won these two signed copies from @simkern.bsky.social
Would anyone be interested in reading along with me? I was thinking of a very flexible, read at your own pace, and discuss in a Discord as and when able read-a-long.
September 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Look what arrived today 😃
I was incredibly lucky and won these two signed copies from @simkern.bsky.social
Would anyone be interested in reading along with me? I was thinking of a very flexible, read at your own pace, and discuss in a Discord as and when able read-a-long.
I was incredibly lucky and won these two signed copies from @simkern.bsky.social
Would anyone be interested in reading along with me? I was thinking of a very flexible, read at your own pace, and discuss in a Discord as and when able read-a-long.
Right now $63k to be able to send funds to 10 more families, for a total of 20: there’s detailed updates with who all the funds are going to. These are all families Among the Rubble has longstanding relationships with.
September 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Right now $63k to be able to send funds to 10 more families, for a total of 20: there’s detailed updates with who all the funds are going to. These are all families Among the Rubble has longstanding relationships with.
We raised $30,000+ this week in direct aid for 10 families in Gaza City who needed transportation south and funds for tents and essentials, due to the IOF invasion. Help us double that amount to help 10 more families evacuate, including two pregnant moms: chuffed.org/project/gaza...
Gaza City Evacuation
September 2025: Israel is heavily bombarding and systematically demolishing every remaining building in Gaza City, forcing 1 million people to leave their homes and head south.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We raised $30,000+ this week in direct aid for 10 families in Gaza City who needed transportation south and funds for tents and essentials, due to the IOF invasion. Help us double that amount to help 10 more families evacuate, including two pregnant moms: chuffed.org/project/gaza...
Gaza City faces invasion. Every $3k raised in this fund goes directly to a family so they can arrange transportation south and the purchase of a tent. If you read GENOCIDE BAD, you’ll want to know that baby Elena is one of these families. Please donate & share widely: chuffed.org/project/gaza...
September 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Gaza City faces invasion. Every $3k raised in this fund goes directly to a family so they can arrange transportation south and the purchase of a tent. If you read GENOCIDE BAD, you’ll want to know that baby Elena is one of these families. Please donate & share widely: chuffed.org/project/gaza...
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“That’s why they scare little kids with stories about burning for eternity just for having a backbone.” - The Free People’s Village by @simkern.bsky.social
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August 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“That’s why they scare little kids with stories about burning for eternity just for having a backbone.” - The Free People’s Village by @simkern.bsky.social
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We’re back!!! After a summer hiatus, Saffana Monajed & I will be live-streaming this Sunday, exposing the rhetoric elites use to sell us our own death, doom, and destruction. Join us as we pick apart the manipulation behind the headlines: lu.ma/ebdxjrau
August 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We’re back!!! After a summer hiatus, Saffana Monajed & I will be live-streaming this Sunday, exposing the rhetoric elites use to sell us our own death, doom, and destruction. Join us as we pick apart the manipulation behind the headlines: lu.ma/ebdxjrau
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I'm proudly supporting The Sameer Project this month with a FANimation of THE FREE PEOPLE'S VILLAGE by @simkern.bsky.social . Join my fundraiser for a chance to win bookish prizes while supporting direct aid for Palest1nians surviving famine and horrific violence. How to participate?
August 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I'm proudly supporting The Sameer Project this month with a FANimation of THE FREE PEOPLE'S VILLAGE by @simkern.bsky.social . Join my fundraiser for a chance to win bookish prizes while supporting direct aid for Palest1nians surviving famine and horrific violence. How to participate?
My short story collection REAL SUGAR IS HARD TO FIND is that, but it’s currently out of print. I’m re-releasing it soon though!
July 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My short story collection REAL SUGAR IS HARD TO FIND is that, but it’s currently out of print. I’m re-releasing it soon though!
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Books by indie presses rarely become bestsellers, let alone anti-Zionist books about Palestine. @sarahprager.bsky.social asked @simkern.bsky.social & @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social, co-owner of @interlinkbooks.bsky.social, how GENOCIDE BAD became a bestseller.
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‘Genocide Bad’ author on how their book beat the bestseller odds
Prism chats with Sim Kern and Hannah Moushabeck, co-owner of Interlink Publishing, the only Palestinian-owned press in the U.S.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Books by indie presses rarely become bestsellers, let alone anti-Zionist books about Palestine. @sarahprager.bsky.social asked @simkern.bsky.social & @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social, co-owner of @interlinkbooks.bsky.social, how GENOCIDE BAD became a bestseller.
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I'm leading a community read (I call it a Big Read) of "Genocide Bad" by @simkern.bsky.social in my Patreon group. My membership wall there is not a paywall for equity reasons, but is meant to create a place where we can talk bravely. #FreePalestine #DefundGenocide www.patreon.com/posts/130269...
July 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I'm leading a community read (I call it a Big Read) of "Genocide Bad" by @simkern.bsky.social in my Patreon group. My membership wall there is not a paywall for equity reasons, but is meant to create a place where we can talk bravely. #FreePalestine #DefundGenocide www.patreon.com/posts/130269...
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@simkern.bsky.social spoke to Mother Jones about their latest book, "Genocide Bad."
"This is where being Jewish is relevant to me. I just feel like “genocide bad” was so drilled into me from a young age. It was the first historical political lesson that I was ever taught."
"This is where being Jewish is relevant to me. I just feel like “genocide bad” was so drilled into me from a young age. It was the first historical political lesson that I was ever taught."
July 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@simkern.bsky.social spoke to Mother Jones about their latest book, "Genocide Bad."
"This is where being Jewish is relevant to me. I just feel like “genocide bad” was so drilled into me from a young age. It was the first historical political lesson that I was ever taught."
"This is where being Jewish is relevant to me. I just feel like “genocide bad” was so drilled into me from a young age. It was the first historical political lesson that I was ever taught."
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Recommended reading about the roots of the Holocaust in larger systems of oppression:
Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation by @simkern.bsky.social
Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory by Solomon J. Brager
Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation by @simkern.bsky.social
Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory by Solomon J. Brager
This is so important! Exceptionalizing the Holocaust keeps us from understanding how it happened and preventing more atrocities from happening.
The Holocaust is not unique and comparing it to contemporary genocides and projects of tyranny does not trivialize its horrors or its victims, it strengthens our resolve to refuse its repetition.
July 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Recommended reading about the roots of the Holocaust in larger systems of oppression:
Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation by @simkern.bsky.social
Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory by Solomon J. Brager
Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation by @simkern.bsky.social
Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory by Solomon J. Brager
Monday, 7PM, IG LIVE, I’ll be chatting with the magnificent hala.n.alyan about writing, parenting, and bringing children and books into a world on fire, and discussing her new, achingly beautiful memoir I’LL TELL YOU WHEN I’M HOME.
July 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Monday, 7PM, IG LIVE, I’ll be chatting with the magnificent hala.n.alyan about writing, parenting, and bringing children and books into a world on fire, and discussing her new, achingly beautiful memoir I’LL TELL YOU WHEN I’M HOME.
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Thank you @simkern.bsky.social for being so vocal and not letting up on this.
June 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Thank you @simkern.bsky.social for being so vocal and not letting up on this.
I feel this too, as a reader. Witnessing a live-streamed genocide has fundamentally altered my priorities and worldview. Any escapist book I try to read, or any not deeply concerned with universal human rights, feels like salt in a wound. Only books that confront empire head-on will do.
I finally realized the reason I was having a hard time concentrating on reading is that I was trying to read the WRONG BOOKS. Thanks so much to @simkern.bsky.social and the folks at @interlinkbooks.bsky.social .
June 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I feel this too, as a reader. Witnessing a live-streamed genocide has fundamentally altered my priorities and worldview. Any escapist book I try to read, or any not deeply concerned with universal human rights, feels like salt in a wound. Only books that confront empire head-on will do.
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I finally realized the reason I was having a hard time concentrating on reading is that I was trying to read the WRONG BOOKS. Thanks so much to @simkern.bsky.social and the folks at @interlinkbooks.bsky.social .
June 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I finally realized the reason I was having a hard time concentrating on reading is that I was trying to read the WRONG BOOKS. Thanks so much to @simkern.bsky.social and the folks at @interlinkbooks.bsky.social .
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Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, 'Genocide Bad' dismantles Zionist propaganda and maps a course towards collective liberation in ten unapologetic essays.
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June 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, 'Genocide Bad' dismantles Zionist propaganda and maps a course towards collective liberation in ten unapologetic essays.
📚⚠️
@simkern.bsky.social
@interlinkbooks.bsky.social
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@simkern.bsky.social
@interlinkbooks.bsky.social
Liberals will rank optics as more important than mass murder every single time. They’re fine with an actually fascistic leader overseeing a genocide and mass-deporting people, as long as that leader doesn’t look all strongman-tacky, like fascists of the past
June 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Liberals will rank optics as more important than mass murder every single time. They’re fine with an actually fascistic leader overseeing a genocide and mass-deporting people, as long as that leader doesn’t look all strongman-tacky, like fascists of the past