Chenjerai Kumanyika
Study & teach critical media studies of empire Creator and host of Empire City @nyu_journalism Stories/ Political ed @crookedmedia @sceneonradio @uncivilshow @mothstories @streetpoetsinc
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@hammerandhope.bsky.social
"I'm so grateful Hammer and Hope exists. True Black leftist literary dispatches." - dream hampton. Free to read. Help sustain our work and become a member. 🙏🏽 https://linktr.ee/hammerandhope
@scotthech.bsky.social
Civil rights attorney. Longtime public defender. Dad. Executive Director, Zealous. Supporting local coalitions to tell more compelling stories and work better together. My org: https://ZEALO.US
@paulachak.bsky.social
Prof in New York, studies broken media, capitalism and anti-colonial futures.
@ccc-journal.bsky.social
An International Communication Association journal publishing critical/cultural research and commentary on media, culture and technology. https://linktr.ee/cccjournalica
@awkword.bsky.social
“Antifa militant” - Andy Ngo | “Quite profound” - Chuck D | Artist | Journalist | Sociologist | Co-Founder, @tendemands.bsky.social | Social/Web, @realcatbrooks.bsky.social x @noellecook.com | Also @philmandelbaum.bsky.social
@alissaazar.bsky.social
أليسا 🧿 Syria📍PDX Journalist• Antifascist • Covering police & right wing violence in the PNW • She/They r3volutiondaddy@protonmail.com• Support my work: https://linktr.ee/r3volutiondaddy بذور الجنة تنتظر نيران الثورة
@chadloder.bsky.social
Community activist, cybersecurity expert, citizen journalist based in Los Angeles. 🌴☀️ they/them
@realcatbrooks.bsky.social
Executive Director, Justice Teams Network and @aptpaction.bsky.social | Host, Law & Disorder on KPFA Radio | Organizer, Strategist, Columnist, Artivist, and Playwright, Director and Actress | catbrooks.org
@katerqburns.bsky.social
Christofascism and Extremism researcher Fluent in Sean Feucht Breast cancer community organizer and survivor. Taungurung [-o-] on Tongva/kizh land 📍LA ✍🏼 https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/authors/kate-burns/ More https://linktr.ee/kateburnschad
@hongpong.bsky.social
Information operations, spinstorms & latent contradictions. #Drupal too! @unicorn.riot producer/reporter/thing doer tinker poster mailer spry
@popmobpdx.bsky.social
Building a mass movement to unite against the far-right! We are #EverydayAntifascist community builders, milkshake enthusiasts, union workers and party planners.
@xrglobal.bsky.social
Global non-violent direct action movement demanding a response to the climate and ecological emergency. More: https://linktr.ee/rebelforlife
@ifnotnowmovement.org
American Jews organizing our community to end U.S. support for Israel's apartheid system. We demand equality, justice & a thriving future for all #CeasefireNOW https://linktr.ee/ifnotnoworg
@johnnthelefty.bsky.social
Research & Report on right-wing extremism. Citizen journalist, photographer, activist, recovering addict, drug policy & criminal justice reform advocate.
@acatwithnews.bsky.social
Writer, Videographer, Journalist. Based once again in Los Angeles. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/01/los-angeles-fire-mutual-aid/
@unicornriot.bsky.social
Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
@igd.bsky.social
In search of new forms of life. Digital community center and media platform featuring news, opinion, podcasts, and reports on autonomous movements, social struggles, and revolt across so-called North America from an anarchist perspective. itsgoingdown.org
@crimethinc.com
We are a rebel alliance—a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action—a breakout from the prisons of our age. We strive to reinvent our lives and world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid. 🏴 crimethinc.com
@lcrw.bsky.social
Coverin' extremism PODCAST: http://bit.ly/3BGThEI NEWS TIPS: leftcoastrightwatch@Proton.me PATREON: http://patreon.com/lcrw DONATE: http://cash.me/$LCRW
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
"Antifa Nancy Drew." https://www.clippings.me/noturtlesoup17 https://www.turtlediaries.net/ https://linktr.ee/noturtlesoup17 https://www.thenation.com/article/society/undercover-maga-alt-right/
@rafaelshimunov.bsky.social
Host of Beyond The Pale on WBAI 99.5 FM NYC, Board alum Jews for Racial & Economic Justice. Co-founder of the Jewish Vote. Art at Art V War. Queens is the Future. @rafternoon on IG
@gwensnyder.bsky.social
Organizer, writer, mom. Philly partisan. IIWFJU member. She/they.
@miaagainstfash.bsky.social
We expose the far-right of Miami & South FL. Covered by NYT, The Guardian, Daily Beast, Miami Herald & more. 📧Email: miamiagainstfascism@protonmail.com
@skyspider.bsky.social
photographer, writer, documenting the far-right. Galleries https://www.goingthroughglass.com/The-FAFO-Chronicles
@stopcopcity.bsky.social
An autonomous, decentralized, movement fighting for the future of Atlanta. Submission-based platform. We are a media platform, we do not organize the things we post. #StopCopCIty
@atlsolfund.bsky.social
We provide support for people who are arrested at protests, or prosecuted for movement involvement. Donate: https://atlsolidarity.org @AtlSolFund@social.coop
@firestorm.coop
Queer feminist collective in Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on Tsalagi land. Ⓐ Ⓔ Ⓥ
@remorahousedc.bsky.social
🖤 Material support & advocacy for unhoused & recently housed people in Washington DC 🖤 Mutual Aid Ⓐ Anarchy Ⓐ Anti-fascism https://linktr.ee/remorahousedc
@susurros.bsky.social
Anarchist writer, translator, and educator. De vez en cuando, posteo en español. Blog: https://fallingintoincandescence.com/ Mastodon: https://kolektiva.social/@susurros
@kitoconnell.com
Movement journalist for hire, community organizer, former Digital Editor at the Texas Observer, trans queerdo from Austin. They/Them. Religion: Chappell Roanism Home: https://kitoconnell.com/ Support me: https://patreon.com/kitoconnell
@sweetscisavart.bsky.social
Martial Artist, Community-Defense Instructor, Anarchist, Communist, Anti-Fascist, Queer (They/Them). Throwing left hooks on the left coast. Twitter: @sweetscisavart
@bordercityantifa.bsky.social
Antifascist based in southern Ontario. Support your local mutual aid networks and take care of your community. Mental health worker/Advocate for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. Humanist.
@cosantifascists.bsky.social
Exposing fascists and disrupting their organizing in so-called Colorado. https://cospringsantifa.noblogs.org/ Contact: cospringsantifa@protonmail.com
@socalextremismwatch.com
Extremism watchdogs with a focus on SoCal: Christian nationalism/NAR/MAGA. Moms for fascism groups. Council for National Policy/school board politics/Dark money. Visit socalextremismwatch.com Go ahead-hit that chat button.
@ashkenaz89.bsky.social
Dancer. Proud Boys Subject Matter Expert. 👩💼 Applying Research to the Culture War since 2017 #nafo #fella 🇺🇦💪 Website: Proudboyswhisperer.com All my links: https://linktr.ee/samanthaqkutner (DM for Signal)
@cozca.bsky.social
MSW Indigenous rights activist (Nahua), Danzante From NAC Siletz & Toppenish.
@oniblackstock.bsky.social
Founder & ED @ HealthJustice • Primary care & HIV doc • Bio @ www.healthjustice.co/our-team/ • @akinfe.bsky.social’s life partner 🪷 • 👦🏿 & 🐶’s mama • Lenapehoking • she/her(s)/yeye• #BlackMedSky #MedSky #HIVSky #PublicHealthSky
@anoosh100.bsky.social
Organizer, writer, campaign manager. Queer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️, brown ✊🏽, & disabled ♿️. Work with immigrants & youth. Lg: 🇬🇧🇪🇸🇫🇷🇸🇳 All work: bit.ly/m/link2Anoosh Political t-shirts: bonfire.com/store/downtown-angry-brown/ Parent. Armenian 🇦🇲 Filipinx 🇵🇭 American. ❤️🐕
@vashetc.bsky.social
ph.d. perpetually horizontal. writer, researcher. ✍🏽 v ash e t c [dot] com — vashetc.com profile ID: brown person poses in wheelchair in front of a wall of pink paperflowers. banner: lake & mntn @ sunset. There’s a silhouette of a family in the water
@kwhitlock.bsky.social
Writer. Activist. Co-author "Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States"
@ahouse4all.bsky.social
LA. Mutual aid, my dog, social housing, and organizing the working class. Married to my husband and revolution. I write sometimes. Views strong + my + my own.
@aramsinn.bsky.social
SFF/Nonfiction Author Media Prof at American U Bassist/Producer (jazz, reggae, worldbeat) 💙📚THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA 💿 OUT OF OUR CELLS: Songs by Incarcerated Musicians in DC sinnreich.com https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048811/ linktree.com/wassako
@tbh1910.bsky.social
Co-founder ArchCity Defenders. Civil rights and criminal defense attorney working with movements to support transformational change. Cat loving abolitionist and national non-profit survivor.
@joshsbicca.bsky.social
Author | Dreamer | Builder Associate Professor of Sociology | Director of the Prison Agriculture Lab https://joshuasbicca.com | https://prisonagriculture.com/
@leftistlawyer.com
@mistymotors.net's wife. Proudly trans pay-whatever-you-can attorney in IL. No legal advice here, not your lawyer. She/her. If you like my work, buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/theleftistlawyer
@jaillawspeak.bsky.social
⛓️ The only solution is abolition! 🔥 #BurnThePrisons 📚 Cashapp $ arebelsworld ✊🏾 Venmo @ arebelsworld 🌍 JailhouseLawyersSpeak.com 🏠 givebutter.com/jls-housingcenter Contact: jailhouselawyersspeak@protonmail.com
@miamingus.bsky.social
transformative justice. disability justice. pandemics. abolition. (she/her) https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com https://www.soiltjp.org
@elizaorlins.bsky.social
Career public defender • Survivor & Amazing Racer • Fueled by rage at injustice • she/her