Alex Zucker

"And did we just see an act of repression backfire? In the attempt to get Jimmy Kimmel fired? Yes. Yes, we did. And so those indicators matter too."

Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m

"Are people more united now than they were 3 to 6 months ago—yes!—in supporting democracy and wanting to stand up to the administration. Are they able to exert a greater number of tactics? Yeah, it's starting to happen. Are we seeing more mass participation? Yes. + podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

I’m planning to be offline at least till the end of the week. Take care of yourselves and each other. Love, Alex

I am aware I could’ve posted this same sentiment multiple times in the past few years—and if I didn’t, I certainly thought it.

If I weren’t involved in organizing with so many beautiful human beings, I would say this species of ours is for shit.

We are no longer free. But we can win our freedom back To meet this moment in US history, we need to revisit the rich – and successful – tradition of nonviolent disruption

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Disrupt. Delegitimize. Draw defectors.

yeah

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With makeshift jump ropes and hide and seek, kids play to cope with crisis From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.

From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,320 Here are the key events from day 1,320 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here are the key events from day 1,320 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Join me in giving to Mohamed if you can: gofund.me/2afaa6eba

This is a beautiful day for us to have food and we were able to cook Palestinian Maqluba❤️

It's about my previous skeet: an ICE video from Portland showing them rolling away a person they arrested on a dolly, face down, with their hands cuffed behind their back. ICE set the video to the song "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire

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i don't know what there is left to say

"depths of depravity" is a phrase that springs to mind

it's been clear to me for some time that things will get worse before they get better, but i remain astonished at the pace of the descent

This one is really fucking me up

If a military member did this to an enemy soldier, it would be a war crime

I don't think people understand what this does to the psyche of people. This is literally putting in the mind of these fed agents that a human being is just a body, an object to be moved and discarded.
Will they start stacking people next?

Czech novelist Ivan Klima dies aged 94 Author of more than 40 books survived Nazi concentration camp as a child and later became an active member of the literary underground during communism

“his writing dwelled most … on the communist era, including the aftermath of the Prague Spring in 1968, … when he and other intellectuals supported the reformist efforts of … Alexander Dubček, who hoped to create a ‘Socialism with a human face’ in Czechoslovakia.” www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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Every day feels like the last. Explosions rip through homes, streets turn into graves, children carry trauma too heavy for their little hearts. My family is trapped in this nightmare. Please, extend your hand before we are buried in silence. donate please, save us 🙏🏻💔
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We asked Sudanese people to explain what the war is about. What emerges is clear: there is no such thing as a war about nothing. continent.substack.com/p/is-the-sud...

Sudan’s ‘war of opportunity’, with Yassmin Abdel-Magied Is Sudan really the “forgotten war”? Former broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied breaks down the situation and explains which countries are positioning th...

Feel like you know nothing about Sudan? I sat down with the team at Prospect Magazine to talk about the conflict, and why it’s NOT a forgotten war, but an invisibilised one: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

MJF EO Analysis & Designation Threats Against The Left MJF Statement and FAQ on Threats to Designate Domestic Groups on the Left as Terrorists Muslims for Just Futures expresses deep concern at the escalating rhetoric and actions by President Trump, right...

"Every activist should bookmark some of the resources @dreanyc123.bsky.social shares in this newsletter—including the 'antifa' executive order explainer from Muslims for Just Futures."

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This Month in Criminalization — Interrupting Criminalization The September edition of Interrupting Criminalization’s This Month in Criminalization newsletter shares critical information, calls to action, and resources related to the further consolidation of aut...

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social: "If you are trying to get your head around recent policy developments, or searching for ideas about how to take action wherever you are, don’t miss ... This Month in Criminalization [@interruptcrim.bsky.social]."

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"Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance. He plans to hold onto power—and expand it—by any means necessary, legal constraints and elections be damned. The entire country must raise their voices against this aggression."

Submissions - The Massachusetts Review Submission Guidelines Submissions The Massachusetts Review 2024 – 2025 Submissions Period is now closed.  If you have submitted to us online, please check that your spam filters do not block our email. You can add massrev@external.uma...

October officially starts tomorrow, which means we open up our submission manager! Get ready to share your prose, poetry, hybrid, and more: massreview.org/new-submissi...

Communiversity Catalog: Grassroots Fundraising for Organizers — Interrupting Criminalization

Fundraising is very challenging, especially these days. Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social will be offering a workshop on grassroots fundraising for organizers next Saturday, October 11th.

This is 1 of 3 Communiversity courses ⬇️ we're offering that day, all in-person in NYC, sliding scale:

What is World Kid Lit Month? World Kid Lit Month is a month to celebrate world literature for kids and teens, especially fiction and nonfiction translated to English from other languages.

I just learned of #WorldKidLit month today - as it's ending, but now I have a great resource for international and translated books - Yay!

If you love diverse books like I do, follow @worldkidlit.bsky.social and visit worldkidlit.org/what-is-worl... #readtheworld #diversebooks #childrensbooks