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The tip of the ICEberg #1. Street corners. written late January 2026 At this point what is happening in Minneapolis, the Twin Cities, and beyond in Minnesota is in news and other communication outlets across the country and the world. Many of you see the whistles and honking; people confronting
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we've been told a story. it's a simple story about good and bad. not what might feel clear - that ICE is bad. no, this story is meant to tear at our own fabric...
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Eight years later. Eight and a half years ago, in January 2017, I wrote a piece titled, "So, what do I do?" in response to the first election of trump. In June 2025, six months into the second trump administration, I reread it. I've wanted to
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I'm proud to announce that I have a piece - co-written with my fellow street medic, Cory Maria Dack - in Cindy Milstein's new anthology, Constellations of Care: Anarcha-Feminism in Practice from Pluto Press. The piece, titled "North Star Health Collective: Tending to the Sparks&
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…long-time revolutionaries in Rojava believe that the real revolutionary struggle is not the one in the geopolitical and military realms. Rather, long-term outcomes will be defined by the ideological struggles within revolutionary movements. To the extent to which ideological depth and organized autonomous actions can decolonize politics, movements can resist
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At some point, I may do more planning around this but, for now, I will post what book(s) I’m reading currently and add in any articles or similar that feel important to what I’m writing. See READING LIST tab for most updated list. Current book: Dirik, D.
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I’m writing to share with you all that I’m preparing to take a break. After several intense years of organizing work and some both wonderful and challenging times in community, I am following the advice of a mentor and taking a one year sabbatical; a one year break
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when i first started this blog it was because i needed to be writing about what had happened to the radical left and, also, attempt a push at rebuilding it. maybe one of the reasons it’s been so hard to keep up with is that over the years since
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walking (or thoughts on a revolutionary 2019) I like to walk. I also often think about walking; living at the pace of walking. Sometimes a walk is just a walk for the sake of moving one’s body. Mostly, for me, a walk takes me from one place to another.
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[author's note: i'm not one much for travel blogs/writing - even biketour or backpacking ones, though both of those things i enjoy. i'm glad some folks like to write them and others enjoy reading them. just never really appealed to me. so this
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wow. i didn't even realize how long since i'd posted last. whoa. so much has happened in the last year and a half or more since then. i don't have to tell you that. most of it i will leave out of this space
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So, what do I do? One possible response to the question those who are freaking out right now keep asking. As this new blog has taken shape, it’s been framed (or so I’ve hoped) as a means for me to be in conversation with the radical left, primarily