Astra Taylor
@astra.bsky.social
Author of a growing pile of books (Solidarity; The Age of Insecurity; Remake the World; Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss it When It's Gone; The People's Platform), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
I got the video. We shouldn't get acclimated to this racist, edgelord shit.
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I got the video. We shouldn't get acclimated to this racist, edgelord shit.
Torturing myself by watching Vance's Ole Miss q&a. Everyone got riled up about the hug, but look at this kid flashing a white power symbol and Vance guffawing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Torturing myself by watching Vance's Ole Miss q&a. Everyone got riled up about the hug, but look at this kid flashing a white power symbol and Vance guffawing.
Awwww as if all the dummies being mad at Wikipedia weren’t proof of its goodness - now we have this. Donate!
October 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Awwww as if all the dummies being mad at Wikipedia weren’t proof of its goodness - now we have this. Donate!
Hi from northern Italy where all the trains are canceled or very delayed. Free Palestine!
October 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hi from northern Italy where all the trains are canceled or very delayed. Free Palestine!
Interesting history here.
How did “antifa” become one of MAGA’s arch enemies? The deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville was a pivot.
And purposely so thanks to a fascist troll called “Microchip.”
How did “antifa” become one of MAGA’s arch enemies? The deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville was a pivot.
And purposely so thanks to a fascist troll called “Microchip.”
September 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Interesting history here.
How did “antifa” become one of MAGA’s arch enemies? The deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville was a pivot.
And purposely so thanks to a fascist troll called “Microchip.”
How did “antifa” become one of MAGA’s arch enemies? The deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville was a pivot.
And purposely so thanks to a fascist troll called “Microchip.”
Worth retrieving from the memory hole.
September 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Worth retrieving from the memory hole.
“One way to fight a profit-driven system that treats people as disposable is to instead treat people as redeemable. Solidarity means not writing anyone off completely, not throwing anyone away. It holds out hope that systems & individuals can change."
Officially out in paperback as of yesterday.
Officially out in paperback as of yesterday.
August 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“One way to fight a profit-driven system that treats people as disposable is to instead treat people as redeemable. Solidarity means not writing anyone off completely, not throwing anyone away. It holds out hope that systems & individuals can change."
Officially out in paperback as of yesterday.
Officially out in paperback as of yesterday.
Here’s Hegseth’s braindead pastor preaching the great biblical insight that “god made woman to make the sandwiches.”
He also made us to tell these fascists to go to hell. 🔥 🥪
He also made us to tell these fascists to go to hell. 🔥 🥪
August 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Here’s Hegseth’s braindead pastor preaching the great biblical insight that “god made woman to make the sandwiches.”
He also made us to tell these fascists to go to hell. 🔥 🥪
He also made us to tell these fascists to go to hell. 🔥 🥪
Updated paperback out with Vintage next month. As a book obsessive, it’s always cool to flip through the first copy.
July 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Updated paperback out with Vintage next month. As a book obsessive, it’s always cool to flip through the first copy.
Went into gory detail breaking down the potential impact of the reconciliation bill on student debtors and the field of higher education more broadly. Part of the larger war on working people that we (as ever and even more urgently) need to connect to wars abroad.
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
June 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Went into gory detail breaking down the potential impact of the reconciliation bill on student debtors and the field of higher education more broadly. Part of the larger war on working people that we (as ever and even more urgently) need to connect to wars abroad.
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
Fauxtomation strikes again.
Meta's new bonkers acquisition, Scale AI, is a glorified data labeling company, blessed with what it takes to win in this world: a myth-making and sociopathic CEO. Gig workers are predictably on the losing end of the deal.
time.com/7293552/meta...
Meta's new bonkers acquisition, Scale AI, is a glorified data labeling company, blessed with what it takes to win in this world: a myth-making and sociopathic CEO. Gig workers are predictably on the losing end of the deal.
time.com/7293552/meta...
June 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Fauxtomation strikes again.
Meta's new bonkers acquisition, Scale AI, is a glorified data labeling company, blessed with what it takes to win in this world: a myth-making and sociopathic CEO. Gig workers are predictably on the losing end of the deal.
time.com/7293552/meta...
Meta's new bonkers acquisition, Scale AI, is a glorified data labeling company, blessed with what it takes to win in this world: a myth-making and sociopathic CEO. Gig workers are predictably on the losing end of the deal.
time.com/7293552/meta...
He also says it’s hot and to find shade.
June 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
He also says it’s hot and to find shade.
Oooh look at what @debtcollective.bsky.social has cooking
June 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Oooh look at what @debtcollective.bsky.social has cooking
What a treat to go to a bookstore and pick up a new @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social collection. Only a few pages into the introduction, a novel word and concept worth pondering. We speak of the trouble with being shortsighted - she asks, could longsightedness something we could admire and cultivate?
May 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What a treat to go to a bookstore and pick up a new @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social collection. Only a few pages into the introduction, a novel word and concept worth pondering. We speak of the trouble with being shortsighted - she asks, could longsightedness something we could admire and cultivate?
Cover of the forthcoming Turkish edition of The Age of Insecurity, which the translators have renamed "Anxious New World" as a kind of echo of Aldous Huxley's beloved novel. It's always a bit magic to have your words live in languages you don't comprehend.
May 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Cover of the forthcoming Turkish edition of The Age of Insecurity, which the translators have renamed "Anxious New World" as a kind of echo of Aldous Huxley's beloved novel. It's always a bit magic to have your words live in languages you don't comprehend.
Big news - a new issue of Hammer & Hope has dropped.
The mag is always free read, but please consider becoming a sustaining member.
hammerandhope.org
The mag is always free read, but please consider becoming a sustaining member.
hammerandhope.org
April 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Big news - a new issue of Hammer & Hope has dropped.
The mag is always free read, but please consider becoming a sustaining member.
hammerandhope.org
The mag is always free read, but please consider becoming a sustaining member.
hammerandhope.org
A huge honor to get to write something with my hero @naomiaklein.bsky.social.
We wish it was a happier topic, but it's an urgent one.
We dove deep into the apocalyptic fervor of the far right to issue a warning about the rise of End Times Fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
We wish it was a happier topic, but it's an urgent one.
We dove deep into the apocalyptic fervor of the far right to issue a warning about the rise of End Times Fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
April 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A huge honor to get to write something with my hero @naomiaklein.bsky.social.
We wish it was a happier topic, but it's an urgent one.
We dove deep into the apocalyptic fervor of the far right to issue a warning about the rise of End Times Fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
We wish it was a happier topic, but it's an urgent one.
We dove deep into the apocalyptic fervor of the far right to issue a warning about the rise of End Times Fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
I gave a talk once, looking back on the Tax Revolt movement of the 1970s and showed this photo of some of them. I ended by saying I want to be part of a movement that is so big and so uncool that it might actually win.
April 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I gave a talk once, looking back on the Tax Revolt movement of the 1970s and showed this photo of some of them. I ended by saying I want to be part of a movement that is so big and so uncool that it might actually win.
Very important weekend reading by @cwhe.bsky.social on the ever-present threat of bird flu.
Lots of unfortunate events & bad attitudes compounding here, but one galling detail is how close we are to being able to mass vaccinate. But only if the fed government plays ball.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Lots of unfortunate events & bad attitudes compounding here, but one galling detail is how close we are to being able to mass vaccinate. But only if the fed government plays ball.
nymag.com/intelligence...
March 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Very important weekend reading by @cwhe.bsky.social on the ever-present threat of bird flu.
Lots of unfortunate events & bad attitudes compounding here, but one galling detail is how close we are to being able to mass vaccinate. But only if the fed government plays ball.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Lots of unfortunate events & bad attitudes compounding here, but one galling detail is how close we are to being able to mass vaccinate. But only if the fed government plays ball.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Good to see the concept and practice of solidarity get some in-depth consideration at the NYT Magazine, including some reflections on the book I wrote with @lhh.bsky.social and lots of other thought-provoking stuff.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/m...
March 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Good to see the concept and practice of solidarity get some in-depth consideration at the NYT Magazine, including some reflections on the book I wrote with @lhh.bsky.social and lots of other thought-provoking stuff.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/m...
This is some sick shit. Heritage Foundation lays out their case that slashing higher ed and gutting public K-12 will increase fertility (for certain desirable populations, of course).
March 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is some sick shit. Heritage Foundation lays out their case that slashing higher ed and gutting public K-12 will increase fertility (for certain desirable populations, of course).
Good stuff from @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Musk and the Tesla protest and some important additional info.
March 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Good stuff from @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Musk and the Tesla protest and some important additional info.
The richest men in the world have decided to undermine NC's Hurricane Helene recovery and destroy the lives and livelihoods of ordinary people doing some of the most important and humbly-compensated work being done today.
www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...
www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...
February 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The richest men in the world have decided to undermine NC's Hurricane Helene recovery and destroy the lives and livelihoods of ordinary people doing some of the most important and humbly-compensated work being done today.
www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...
www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...