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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 2d

Free them all, papers for all, care not cops, a better world is possible.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

they do this all of the time. They beat people and arrest them for celebrating.

Samhain Goldstein @goldstein.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who celebrates the release of a prisoner will be considered a target for "punishment and arrest" by Israel. Are you fucking kidding me?

Israel warns West Bank Palestinians against celebrating prisoners’ releases

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 2d

#tdih 1972 DC prisoners led jail uprising.

Demanded:
-- juveniles be housed separately from adults
-- decent food
-- overcrowding addressed.

At their request, U.S. Rep Shirley Chisholm, D.C. School Board Pres. Marion Barry, & others met with them.

See ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/dc...

Oct. 11, 1972: D.C. Jail Uprising

An uprising took place at a Washington, D.C. jail to protest conditions.

www.zinnedproject.org

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

I donated some copies of Let This Radicalize You for distribution at an ICE watch training for folks who want to join school patrols in a nearby neighborhood. Not everyone got a copy, because 120 people showed up for that training tonight. I am endlessly proud of Chicago.

A display of copies of Let This Radicalize You on a table in front of a sign that reads: "Let This Radicalize You offers stories, strategy and heart for the kind of collective care and resistance we're building together today. It helps us move from reacting to organizing. Showing how ordinary people protect each other, build power, and keep hope alive. Take a copy. Read it. Stay connected."

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DC Books to Prisons @dcbookstoprisons.bsky.social · 4d

Prisons censor staggering numbers of books and other reading materials, not just for their content but for a stunning range of capricious reasons including the size of a book or the color of mailed wrapping paper.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 5d

Solidarity Against Sadism

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left.

Tuesday, October 14th at 6 PM ET

RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Solidarity Against Sadism: An Emergency Town Hall

Naomi Klein, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Astra Taylor, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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Tony Plunkett @tblankets.bsky.social · 6d

Please sell us the debt we promise to do the right thing [cancel it]

Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 7d

Now: Debt Collective Raises Hand to Purchase Chunk of Federal Government Student Debt Portfolio

The Debt Collective has purchased billions in household debt over the past decade

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, after a new POLITICO report that the Trump administration is “exploring options to sell off parts of the federal government’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to the private market,” the Debt Collective is announcing its willingness to purchase the entire portfolio for its true market value. The Debt Collective will then subsequently cancel the debt.

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 7d

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8d

The October edition of my newsletter will go out tomorrow: prisonculture.substack.com

Prisons, Prose & Protest | Prisonculture | Substack

This is a monthly newsletter of my rants, musings and some other things. Please support our Giving Circle: https://ko-fi.com/prisonculture. Click to read Prisons, Prose & Protest, by Prisonculture, a ...

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 11d

If you’re based in NYC consider becoming a member of the Francis Kite Club, a really special cultural and political bar/space in lower Manhattan. We need grassroots uncensored spots that are actually a pleasure to be in!

& if you’ve never been, check it out.
www.franciskiteclub.com/kite-members...

www.franciskiteclub.com

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 11d

Hi from northern Italy where all the trains are canceled or very delayed. Free Palestine!

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 13d

We made a reading list for you.

Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...

www.haymarketbooks.org

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 12d

BREAKING: Union in Italy has announced a general strike on October 3, as per their promise if the Gaza flotilla was attacked, as it has been now.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12d

jewishcurrents.org/a-brief-hist...

A Brief History of Solitary Confinement in America

The use of the punitive tactic exploded a century after US officials had deemed it too torturous.

jewishcurrents.org

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING: Israel has begun intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is carrying 500 people from around the world seeking to bring aid to Palestinians starved by Israel's siege.

The crew includes 24 Americans, EU Members of Parliament, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, and Greta Thunberg.

BREAKING: Israel Begins Intercepting 44-Ship Global Sumud Flotilla

The massive flotilla, which Italian and Spanish ships shadowed until it approached Gaza, is the fourth one attacked in the last year.

zeteo.com

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 12d

new on @carceralhistory.bsky.social: what I'm reading, featuring a raft of new articles, pre-orders, and more carceral-history.ghost.io/what-im-read...

what I'm reading: the sodomy consultant, UHA, the gulag, and more

I am gearing up for the Urban History Association meeting in Los Angeles next week. First and foremost I am reading the program and an advance copy of Justin Randolph's new UNC Press book, Mississippi...

carceral-history.ghost.io

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Braxton 🟥 @braxtonb.bsky.social · 13d

Keep your eye on this. A decade ago, Debt Collective launched a student debt strike. Mainstream media scoffed and laughed. Then billions got canceled. We’re repeating that playbook with back rent debt: strike, shift moral culpability, target bad actors, change consumer protection law for the better.

Vox @vox.com · 14d

A small group of former Equity Residential tenants is launching a first-of-its-kind back rent debt strike that will go public in early October. The campaign's broader strategy is to challenge what organizers see as systematic abuse of renters.

Tenants say it’s time for landlords to cancel back rent debt

Tenants are going on strike against their landlords.

www.vox.com

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 14d

New: We're sparking a coordinated form of economic resistance that has never been done in the housing space.

We're organizing a debt-strike.

Rental debtors around the country will refuse to pay their back-rent debt to a giant corporate landlord.

And we're going to win.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18d

Want to learn more about REBUILD? We're kicking off now: Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: REBUILD: Four Years Strong - With Mariame Kaba. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Community organizers, program participants, & more celebrate REBUILD's impact.

us06web.zoom.us

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Tony Plunkett @tblankets.bsky.social · 21d

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24d

We're recruiting NYC residents who are willing to set up a meeting to speak with their City Council member by the end of January 2026 to get them on record about supporting a 0.5% allocation of the operational budget for public libraries. If interested, sign up here & we'll be in touch.

NYC PLAN Survey: Share Your City Council District, Community District, and Preferred Library Location

This form is for NYC PLAN members to share their City Council and Community Board districts. This information will help us coordinate efforts and plan how to push our elected and appointed officials t...

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Tony Plunkett @tblankets.bsky.social · 25d

He might be the worst dem in ny state and that is REALLY saying something

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Jonathan Rosenblum @jonathan4212.bsky.social · 26d

Important tenant strike+victory here - solidarity with all renters facing off against corporate landlords!

@debtcollective.bsky.social
@lapublicpress.bsky.social

lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-t...

These LA tenants saw some utility fees double. So they went on strike

The controversial billing system their landlord uses was banned in West Hollywood three years ago.

lapublicpress.org

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