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I personally don't tell people who have been fighting their hearts out daily for weeks not to celebrate wins of any size. I certainly don't do that when I've been nowhere near the place where the fight has been happening and have done little more than make some donations from miles away.
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I personally don't tell people who have been fighting their hearts out daily for weeks not to celebrate wins of any size. I certainly don't do that when I've been nowhere near the place where the fight has been happening and have done little more than make some donations from miles away.
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This is also one reason the pandemic was declared over when it is most definitely still ongoing & killing & disabling us en masse.
We never had a single official acknowledgment or mourning even for those lost at the height of it.
They saw us coming together & had to stop it.
And y’all LET THEM.
We never had a single official acknowledgment or mourning even for those lost at the height of it.
They saw us coming together & had to stop it.
And y’all LET THEM.
public grief interferes with ongoing production/consumption and the profits of billionaires and can lead to questioning the political order, so our “leaders” try to limit its expression
THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
January 10, 2026 at 12:49 PM
This is also one reason the pandemic was declared over when it is most definitely still ongoing & killing & disabling us en masse.
We never had a single official acknowledgment or mourning even for those lost at the height of it.
They saw us coming together & had to stop it.
And y’all LET THEM.
We never had a single official acknowledgment or mourning even for those lost at the height of it.
They saw us coming together & had to stop it.
And y’all LET THEM.
I just subscribed. Let's go!
I just subscribed. Let’s get this over this line.
Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.
December 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I just subscribed. Let's go!
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if democrats think trans people's lives are worth sacrificing then i don't think they get to whine about losing their votes too
December 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
if democrats think trans people's lives are worth sacrificing then i don't think they get to whine about losing their votes too
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I don’t think this is chess. I think this is as straight forward as it looks.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I don’t think this is chess. I think this is as straight forward as it looks.
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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we have evolved past the need for Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
we have evolved past the need for Democrats
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Why has the government been closed at all if Senate Dems cave now? Didn't they say that they could not go along with throwing millions of people off health care?
What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.
What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Why has the government been closed at all if Senate Dems cave now? Didn't they say that they could not go along with throwing millions of people off health care?
What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.
What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.
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These negotiations are “should we starve people?
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
These negotiations are “should we starve people?
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
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Friends there are 1 MILLION VOTES uncounted in NYC. 1 MILLION - there are going to be fluctuations but the basic fact is that Zohran will be the next Mayor of NYC. You can go to bed if you want now. LOL
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Friends there are 1 MILLION VOTES uncounted in NYC. 1 MILLION - there are going to be fluctuations but the basic fact is that Zohran will be the next Mayor of NYC. You can go to bed if you want now. LOL
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Gassing protesters in the U.S. is a fully bipartisan project and this has been true for a long time...
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Gassing protesters in the U.S. is a fully bipartisan project and this has been true for a long time...
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Love talking with my friends and comrades about making things in this current fascist era. I wasn't feeling well so hope I made some sense, lol. Thanks for having us Kelly.
I talked with @prisonculture.bsky.social and Red Schulte about the importance of zines under fascism, political education that builds power, finding collective courage, and the mistakes we’ll make along the way. Audio + transcript:
Making Things Together: Zines, Strategy, and Survival
“We’re going to need a lot more in-person opportunities for us to expand our humanity,” says organizer Mariame Kaba.
truthout.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Love talking with my friends and comrades about making things in this current fascist era. I wasn't feeling well so hope I made some sense, lol. Thanks for having us Kelly.
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I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.
Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods
This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.
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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
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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.
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A good question to ask oneself politically is 'what do I need to ignore in order to maintain my commitment to x, y, and z?' Because if you, for example, need to ignore a whole group of people's humanity in order to vote for a horrible politician, then it may be too costly to your soul.
August 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A good question to ask oneself politically is 'what do I need to ignore in order to maintain my commitment to x, y, and z?' Because if you, for example, need to ignore a whole group of people's humanity in order to vote for a horrible politician, then it may be too costly to your soul.
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My son in laws father just had Covid for the 3rd time and now has long Covid. It's killing him, he can't keep weight on can't sleep. There's nothing to help him. The drugs he's been offered don't help
August 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My son in laws father just had Covid for the 3rd time and now has long Covid. It's killing him, he can't keep weight on can't sleep. There's nothing to help him. The drugs he's been offered don't help
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Just $10k more to go!! Help Point of Pride reach our goal and provide life saving gender affirming care for trans youth. Every dollar counts!! secure.givelively.org/donate/point...
When you donate to Point of Pride, your $ goes directly towards funding life saving gender care for trans people in need. Trans rights are under attack, and we need to do everything we can to respond
secure.givelively.org/donate/point...
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June 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Just $10k more to go!! Help Point of Pride reach our goal and provide life saving gender affirming care for trans youth. Every dollar counts!! secure.givelively.org/donate/point...
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I bring a “wearing a mask is one of the fastest, easiest, most immediate ways you can fight fascism” vibe to conversations that folks who don’t mask and know it’s wrong reeeeally dislike.
The immediate cessation of responses is always so telling. 🙃
The immediate cessation of responses is always so telling. 🙃
January 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I bring a “wearing a mask is one of the fastest, easiest, most immediate ways you can fight fascism” vibe to conversations that folks who don’t mask and know it’s wrong reeeeally dislike.
The immediate cessation of responses is always so telling. 🙃
The immediate cessation of responses is always so telling. 🙃
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Please explain to me like I am a five-year-old why Senator Corey Booker voted to confirm convicted felon Charles Kushner
May 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Please explain to me like I am a five-year-old why Senator Corey Booker voted to confirm convicted felon Charles Kushner
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Free Palestine reading list
Free Palestine! A Reading List
Publishing books on the struggle for justice in Palestine has been a central part of Haymarket’s mission since we published our first book, The Struggle for Palestine, in 2001. Here, we pres...
www.haymarketbooks.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Free Palestine reading list