LAYNE
Cranky abolitionist. Allegedly a media relations professional. Probably coming down with a bad case of rapid onset gender dysphoria. #FreePalestine #AbolitionNow 📍Philly
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Progressive and left media outlets
Made this list for myself but thought others might want it too. This is outlets (and some podcasts and newsletters) only, not individual journalists. Message me if you have additions.
@ejusa.bsky.social
Building community safety by transforming the justice system from one that harms to one that heals. Community-led Solutions | Restorative Justice | Healing Justice | Trauma to Trust | Death Penalty Repeal
@freeish2022.bsky.social
death sentence escapee | abolitionist | restorative justice practitioner | facilitator | sneakerhead | southwest philly
@sigalsamuel.bsky.social
I write about the future of consciousness for Vox Submit a question to my philosophical advice column! https://www.vox.com/your-mileage-may-vary-advice-column Author of the children's book OSNAT AND HER DOVE and the novel THE MYSTICS OF MILE END
@puck.news
The inside story at the nexus of power, money, and ego. Built in partnership with a team of elite journalists, Puck begins where the news ends. Read us at puck.news
@associationruta.bsky.social
The RUTA Association for Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern European, Baltic, Caucasus, Central and Northern Asia Studies in Global Conversation
@drjarosak.bsky.social
I write about Eastern and Central Europe and Russia | Creator of For Your Freedom and Ours | Powered by post-metal and Turkish coffee Find my articles here: https://linktr.ee/drjarosak
@unabergmane.bsky.social
Historian working on Soviet collapse. Author of "Politics of Uncertainty: the United States, the Baltic Question and the Collapse of the Soviet Union." (OUP, 2023) Researcher at Aleksanteri Institute (University of Helsinki) From Latvia
@ahatanhel.bsky.social
Ukrainian socialist, soldier, historian, co-editor of Spilne/Commons journal, member of the Sotsialny Rukh organization. Born and raised in Luhansk
@bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social
General Secretary of @fcnl.bsky.social, Quaker lobby for justice, peace, and planet. Aspiring peacebuilder, grateful mother, lazy yogi. Posts are mine alone.
@interruptcrim.bsky.social
Offering research, connection, learning, and practice for organizers and movements working to end criminalization, policing, and punishment. Founded and led by Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba. Learn more at http://interruptingcriminalization.com/
@peoplestechproject.bsky.social
Arming movements for liberation with the tools to fight the tech that oppresses us. peoplestechproject.org
@reclaimphila.bsky.social
Reclaim Philadelphia builds community power to win change, reclaim government for the people, and advance economic, racial, and gender justice. Join us! reclaimphiladelphia.org https://linktr.ee/reclaimyourvote
@amistadpower.bsky.social
Building progressive power to end mass incarceration and create real community. Sibling org to @AmistadLaw. 📍 Philly
@stopcopcitynow.bsky.social
#stopcopcity The city of Atlanta wants to build a $90 million police training facility. If constructed, “Cop City” would be one of the largest militarized police training centers in the country all built by clear-cutting Atlanta’s largest green space.
@nlgnews.bsky.social
Volunteer lawyers, law students, legal workers & jailhouse lawyers of the 1st national, racially integrated US bar association. People > property💚✊🏽 Est. 1937 Become a member: nlg.org/join
@aclupa.org
March on, together ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏿 On Twitter, Threads, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube [at] aclupa
@vera.org
We’re fighting to secure equal justice for all, end mass incarceration, and strengthen families + communities
@abolitionschool.bsky.social
Education the next generation of organic intellectuals. Philly.
@joyfulcarla.bsky.social
on a journey of departure, so might leave here books: joyful militancy; Trust Kids! and more 🐦⬛ CAW: https://www.cawshinythings.com new pod @thestartrekpod.bsky.social the other works: joyfulcarla.com nb
@andrewmueller.bsky.social
Contributing Editor at Monocle, host of Monocle Radio's The Foreign Desk and The Daily. Author of four scandalously under-rated books.
@kambale.bsky.social
Human. Panafricanist from the Kongo province. Educating, mobilizing people around the world to support the Congolese people in struggle. Technologist. #TELEMA
@rokwon.bsky.social
📚 nationally bestselling novels Exhibit & The Incendiaries • co-edited Kink • ✍🏻 NYT, New Yorker, Time, Vanity Fair, Guardian 🌈 she/her www.ro-kwon.com/exhibit
@samaha.bsky.social
Washington Post journalist & author of “Concepcion” & “Never Ran, Never Will” / Albert.Samaha@washpost.com
@alihashem.bsky.social
🇱🇧|🇸🇱 @AJEnglish | Founder @JadehIran | Fellow @ProjectSepad | bylines @AlMonitor @foreignpolicy | MA Politics & IR (#Iran #digitaldiplomacy) @RoyalHolloway
@ruthmichaelson.com
Journalist covering Turkey & the Middle East. Bylines @guardian, sometimes others. ruth.michaelson@guardian.co.uk ruth@ruthmichaelson.com www.ruthmichaelson.com
@tariqraouf.bsky.social
Writer, TV aficionado. Bylines at A.V. Club, IGN, Nerdist, SF Chronicle & more. Member of AMEJA & GALECA. 🇵🇸 http://tariqraouf.carrd.co
@brianwhitaker.bsky.social
Journalist, former Middle East editor of the Guardian newspaper. Author of 'Arabs Without God: Atheism and Freedom of Belief in the Middle East', plus several other books about the region. Website: al-bab.com
@theimeu.bsky.social
Your go-to for facts, sources & untold stories on all things #Palestine, #Palestinians & #PalestinianAmericans— politics, culture & activism. Connecting journalists with experts: info@imeu.org. Sister org of @imeupolicy.bsky.social
@sumimadhok.bsky.social
LSE Professor| Feminist Political Theorist| She| Own Views| Thinking and writing on imperialism; anti-imperial epistemic justice; rights politics in most of the world. New📕 bit.ly/3C3Tb7V
@nawalabu72.bsky.social
Lecturer in the politics of race & decolonial studies / IR lover researching terror & migration-security/ Black Muslim feminist killjoy | https://colouredacademia.wordpress.com
@tinymuslimah.bsky.social
Publicly intellectual. Race, gender, activism, and all things Black/Muslim. Anthropologist. Dr. Auston if you’re nasty.
@thefunambulist.bsky.social
The Funambulist is a magazine and a podcast engaging with the politics of space and bodies. We now have a francophone and a hispanophone version as well! https://thefunambulist.net/shop/59-black-indigeneities
@mattpeterson.bsky.social
Barron's ideas editor, politics and policy columnist. matt.peterson@dowjones.com
@maxseddon.bsky.social
moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com
@ripejournal.bsky.social
Leading international journal dedicated to the systematic exploration of IPE from a plurality of perspectives.
@ichbinilya.bsky.social
Writer and senior editor at OCCRP. Investigative journalism, democracy, corruption, US politics, Europe and Eurasia. More fun than this profile IRL. Currently in Amsterdam!
@gatnash.com
Executive Director at @kawaakibi.org Anti-authoritarianism, new paradigms and institution-building. Author of' The Middle East Crisis Factory': menacrisisfactory.com
@iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social
Founder & chair, Kawaakibi Foundation. Obsessed with the future of liberty in the MENA & the world. Studying dictators at the Jamal Khashoggi Disinfo Monitor. Book: "The Middle East Crisis Factory" (Hurst, 2021) 🇵🇸🇳🇴 (Account managed by @kawaakibi.org)
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
Help us build the better - independent - media Britain deserves. Subscribe for exclusive content only in the Byline Times news magazine: subscribe.bylinetimes.com Visit our free daily news site: bylinetimes.com
@roguefema.altgov.info
Not an official government account. But you aren't here for that, right?
@altcdc.altgov.info
A collective of public health experts. Resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within. Not an official CDC account—but close enough for transmission. Proudly #AltGov Tips -> Signal: altcdc.99
@madycast.com
🏳️⚧️ independent journalist, data researcher, engineer signal: madye2.39 / madycast.com@gmail.com subscribe for independent journalism @ madycast.com/subscribe https://ko-fi.com/madycast opinions shared here are mine alone. 29/ca/south asian
@borderless.bsky.social
The future is up for grabs. The world we live in is awful but the one we're building is worth it. Bringing my whole self to the apocalypse. Director of Development @distributeaid.org he/they, often a newcomer views my own trust + supplychains + tech 🚛💻🏴🖤
@distributeaid.org
Powering grassroots aid movements at scale with open source supply chains & tech. they/them (or we/us if you're really cool) https://distributeaid.org Donate here: https://www.omprakash.org/global/distribute-aid/donate Swedish charity # 802521-4456