awkword
@awkword.bsky.social
Hip Hop Artist | Sociologist | Organizer | Activist | Strategist | Journalist | @tendemands.bsky.social Founder • Work: NWU, Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Mass Appeal, Melina Abdullah, Noelle Cook, etc. • aka @philmandelbaum.bsky.social • thisisawkword.com
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GLOBAL WARNING: Emily Gorcenski (Ep 4)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
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“We're not going to react to every single thing that Trump does. We can't stop that. What we can do is we can help feed the hungry people in our community. We can help provide shelter and warmth to the houseless people in our community.”
- @emily.gorcen.ski
- @emily.gorcen.ski
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NEW:
Starbucks is still stonewalling its workers, but…
You can now support the Starbucks Workers United STRIKE FUND with a simple click!
sbworkersunited.org/
@sbworkersunited.org has won elections at 640+ Starbucks locations — supporting a community of 12,000+ baristas
Starbucks is still stonewalling its workers, but…
You can now support the Starbucks Workers United STRIKE FUND with a simple click!
sbworkersunited.org/
@sbworkersunited.org has won elections at 640+ Starbucks locations — supporting a community of 12,000+ baristas
September 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
NEW:
Starbucks is still stonewalling its workers, but…
You can now support the Starbucks Workers United STRIKE FUND with a simple click!
sbworkersunited.org/
@sbworkersunited.org has won elections at 640+ Starbucks locations — supporting a community of 12,000+ baristas
Starbucks is still stonewalling its workers, but…
You can now support the Starbucks Workers United STRIKE FUND with a simple click!
sbworkersunited.org/
@sbworkersunited.org has won elections at 640+ Starbucks locations — supporting a community of 12,000+ baristas
Trump and team are “waging a coordinated disinformation campaign to seize illegitimate control by eroding progress and rewriting history.”
A new report “exposes 15,723 distinct impact points-each one an instance in which Black opportunities, lives, or histories have been directly attacked.”
A new report “exposes 15,723 distinct impact points-each one an instance in which Black opportunities, lives, or histories have been directly attacked.”
The Blackout Report
Exposing the campaign to erase Black progress. Explore Onyx Impact’s Blackout Report — data, stories, and action to defend our history.
blackoutreport.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Trump and team are “waging a coordinated disinformation campaign to seize illegitimate control by eroding progress and rewriting history.”
A new report “exposes 15,723 distinct impact points-each one an instance in which Black opportunities, lives, or histories have been directly attacked.”
A new report “exposes 15,723 distinct impact points-each one an instance in which Black opportunities, lives, or histories have been directly attacked.”
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I was thrilled to sit down today with @awkword.bsky.social and chat about how experiencing Unite the Right eight years ago has shaped my perspective on how fascism is operating at national scale today. Have a listen!
“We're not going to react to every single thing that Trump does. We can't stop that. What we can do is we can help feed the hungry people in our community. We can help provide shelter and warmth to the houseless people in our community.”
- @emily.gorcen.ski
- @emily.gorcen.ski
GLOBAL WARNING: Emily Gorcenski (Ep 4)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I was thrilled to sit down today with @awkword.bsky.social and chat about how experiencing Unite the Right eight years ago has shaped my perspective on how fascism is operating at national scale today. Have a listen!
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Highly recommend 👇 #thread
“We're not going to react to every single thing that Trump does. We can't stop that. What we can do is we can help feed the hungry people in our community. We can help provide shelter and warmth to the houseless people in our community.”
- @emily.gorcen.ski
- @emily.gorcen.ski
GLOBAL WARNING: Emily Gorcenski (Ep 4)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Highly recommend 👇 #thread
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“We're not going to react to every single thing that Trump does. We can't stop that. What we can do is we can help feed the hungry people in our community. We can help provide shelter and warmth to the houseless people in our community.”
- @emily.gorcen.ski
- @emily.gorcen.ski
GLOBAL WARNING: Emily Gorcenski (Ep 4)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“We're not going to react to every single thing that Trump does. We can't stop that. What we can do is we can help feed the hungry people in our community. We can help provide shelter and warmth to the houseless people in our community.”
- @emily.gorcen.ski
- @emily.gorcen.ski
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You ever travel? Well, when you book a flight through any major travel site, a data broker sells the government:
❌ Your name
❌ Your credit card
❌ Your destination
Here’s how to opt out…
❌ Your name
❌ Your credit card
❌ Your destination
Here’s how to opt out…
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out o...
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
You ever travel? Well, when you book a flight through any major travel site, a data broker sells the government:
❌ Your name
❌ Your credit card
❌ Your destination
Here’s how to opt out…
❌ Your name
❌ Your credit card
❌ Your destination
Here’s how to opt out…
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GLOBAL WARNING: Pam Keith (Ep 3)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
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November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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"The pushback against Republican leadership, that's the thread common to all the victories from coast to coast, north to south, be it federal, be it state, be it mayoral races, school board races, referendums, you name it, the voters came out and voted against Republicans"
- @pamkeithdc.bsky.social
- @pamkeithdc.bsky.social
GLOBAL WARNING: Pam Keith (Ep 3)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"The pushback against Republican leadership, that's the thread common to all the victories from coast to coast, north to south, be it federal, be it state, be it mayoral races, school board races, referendums, you name it, the voters came out and voted against Republicans"
- @pamkeithdc.bsky.social
- @pamkeithdc.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Transformative visions for green industrial policy in the Global South are, unfortunately, impossible without a redesign of today's international financial architecture (IFA). In a new @cplusc.bsky.social report with @laramerling.bsky.social, we explain... 1/4
climateandcommunity.org/research/gre...
climateandcommunity.org/research/gre...
September 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Transformative visions for green industrial policy in the Global South are, unfortunately, impossible without a redesign of today's international financial architecture (IFA). In a new @cplusc.bsky.social report with @laramerling.bsky.social, we explain... 1/4
climateandcommunity.org/research/gre...
climateandcommunity.org/research/gre...
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I’m not religious
But the work these people do is amazing. I dropped off a couple bags of groceries yesterday. Find a place near you, help if you can
www.stdavidsenglewood.org/jubilee-center
But the work these people do is amazing. I dropped off a couple bags of groceries yesterday. Find a place near you, help if you can
www.stdavidsenglewood.org/jubilee-center
St. Davids Jubilee Center | Free Food Pantry and Clothes Closet | Englewood, FL
The Jubilee Center is a ministry of St. David’s Episcopal Church, open Monday through Wednesday from 10 AM to Noon. Through our free food pantry and clothes closet, we serve the Englewood, FL, communi...
www.stdavidsenglewood.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I’m not religious
But the work these people do is amazing. I dropped off a couple bags of groceries yesterday. Find a place near you, help if you can
www.stdavidsenglewood.org/jubilee-center
But the work these people do is amazing. I dropped off a couple bags of groceries yesterday. Find a place near you, help if you can
www.stdavidsenglewood.org/jubilee-center
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🚨BREAKING News: A federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, Oregon.
Judge Immergut ruled that Trump’s team failed to prove that protesters were interfering with federal policy, a landmark blow to his crackdown strategy. No paywall
Judge Immergut ruled that Trump’s team failed to prove that protesters were interfering with federal policy, a landmark blow to his crackdown strategy. No paywall
Judge Permanently Blocks National Guard Deployments to Portland for ICE Protests
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
🚨BREAKING News: A federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, Oregon.
Judge Immergut ruled that Trump’s team failed to prove that protesters were interfering with federal policy, a landmark blow to his crackdown strategy. No paywall
Judge Immergut ruled that Trump’s team failed to prove that protesters were interfering with federal policy, a landmark blow to his crackdown strategy. No paywall
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This case is destined to go to SCOTUS
Where Justice Alito will no doubt lecture plaintiffs about how the Constitution demands that the president deploy troops to control Portland’s dancing frogs
“the President did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard”
apple.news/AQtb3F8QRSMW...
Where Justice Alito will no doubt lecture plaintiffs about how the Constitution demands that the president deploy troops to control Portland’s dancing frogs
“the President did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard”
apple.news/AQtb3F8QRSMW...
‘Exceeded his authority’: Judge issues injunction blocking Trump from sending National Guard to Oregon — OregonLive.com
A federal judge Friday issued a permanent injunction barring President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops from any state to Oregon, finding the president exceeded his authority.
apple.news
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This case is destined to go to SCOTUS
Where Justice Alito will no doubt lecture plaintiffs about how the Constitution demands that the president deploy troops to control Portland’s dancing frogs
“the President did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard”
apple.news/AQtb3F8QRSMW...
Where Justice Alito will no doubt lecture plaintiffs about how the Constitution demands that the president deploy troops to control Portland’s dancing frogs
“the President did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard”
apple.news/AQtb3F8QRSMW...
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Alarming criminalization of green card holder based on "Antifa Materials" - another attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of this administration
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Alarming criminalization of green card holder based on "Antifa Materials" - another attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of this administration
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
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We’ve made the Rope Culture database, as well as the previously leaked Iron March database, searchable through a data interface we’ve developed called FashyLeaks. We’ve published a guide and a video version of the guide that shows you how to use it.
How to use FashyLeaks
Navigating our new search interface for searching neo-Nazi datasets
decoherence.media
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We’ve made the Rope Culture database, as well as the previously leaked Iron March database, searchable through a data interface we’ve developed called FashyLeaks. We’ve published a guide and a video version of the guide that shows you how to use it.
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Go find a list of your local food banks and post it now so folks can find where to go and where to donate to.
Do you know the local food banks or food services in case people ask? Being a point of information for folks in need is also helpful!
October 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Go find a list of your local food banks and post it now so folks can find where to go and where to donate to.
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Walmart has a habit of not vetting products submitted by individual vendors very well. Please give this a search and report them down, they're still up.
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Walmart has a habit of not vetting products submitted by individual vendors very well. Please give this a search and report them down, they're still up.
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I’ve always wanted to see what a fake bullet wound looks like when it fake heals 👩⚕️
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I’ve always wanted to see what a fake bullet wound looks like when it fake heals 👩⚕️
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Their profit is almost the exact same number as their quarterly income from government contracts, $486 million.
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Their profit is almost the exact same number as their quarterly income from government contracts, $486 million.
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“A 70% victory in the Bible belt of Virginia for a Palestinian Muslim is really a validation, beyond just Democrats winning, that you can be bold on the Gaza genocide and still be victorious,” Rasoul told the Guardian.
Palestinian American hails Virginia win: ‘You can be bold on the Gaza genocide and still be victorious’
Democrat Sam Rasoul, a Muslim, won re-election to the state legislature despite accusations of antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“A 70% victory in the Bible belt of Virginia for a Palestinian Muslim is really a validation, beyond just Democrats winning, that you can be bold on the Gaza genocide and still be victorious,” Rasoul told the Guardian.
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Trump’s regime is manufacturing poverty & food insecurity for political gain, which is a coordinated act of political violence against the people.
At this point, ALL state governors need to decide; are you an accomplice to this violence? Or will you defend the people against this domestic threat?
At this point, ALL state governors need to decide; are you an accomplice to this violence? Or will you defend the people against this domestic threat?
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump’s regime is manufacturing poverty & food insecurity for political gain, which is a coordinated act of political violence against the people.
At this point, ALL state governors need to decide; are you an accomplice to this violence? Or will you defend the people against this domestic threat?
At this point, ALL state governors need to decide; are you an accomplice to this violence? Or will you defend the people against this domestic threat?
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A new study shows rents for low-wage Atlanta tenants are rising *9 times* faster than for wealthy renters.
The affordability crisis is everywhere: housing, healthcare, food, electricity, survival itself.
And the party that won big on "affordability" last week just turned around and surrendered it.
The affordability crisis is everywhere: housing, healthcare, food, electricity, survival itself.
And the party that won big on "affordability" last week just turned around and surrendered it.
Study: Rents for low-wage Atlantans rose 9 times faster than for high earners
Rents for suburban workforce housing in the metro Atlanta region increased by almost 20%, while rents for luxury units increased by 2%, a study said.
www.ajc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A new study shows rents for low-wage Atlanta tenants are rising *9 times* faster than for wealthy renters.
The affordability crisis is everywhere: housing, healthcare, food, electricity, survival itself.
And the party that won big on "affordability" last week just turned around and surrendered it.
The affordability crisis is everywhere: housing, healthcare, food, electricity, survival itself.
And the party that won big on "affordability" last week just turned around and surrendered it.