Rory Fanning

If you’re still looking for reasons for how we ended up with Trump, you can look in part to the current white washing of one of the greatest war criminals of our time on CNN right now. The nostalgia for the “politically normal” times of Bush and Cheney is stomach turning. 

🚨BREAKING: A pregnant woman and many children are among at least 23 Palestinians Israel has killed in a series of attacks on Gaza City & Khan Younis, Al Jazeera English reports citing hospital sources.

According to reports:

▪️ A family of 5, including a pregnant woman & her children, were killed...

No Neutrals There: The cost of silence in fight for Palestine Book Club: ’No Neutrals There’ reveals how US labor has never been neutral on Palestine, aiding Israel with funds, influence, and political pressure

My latest piece, a book review, for @thenewarab.bsky.social , on the price of neutrality in the face of #genocide 🇵🇸

“No Neutrals There: How #USA Labor Built #Israel and Ignored #Palestine.”

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#news #booksky #Gaza

A solemn man in a military uniform kneels on grass among numerous American flags, under a clear blue sky, conveying respect and remembrance.

A former Army Ranger wrote this in 2014—and his questions still resonate.

Rory Fanning reflects on Veterans Day, the symbolism of gratitude, and the harsh realities facing veterans returning from war.

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Dang, you are a real one @rtfanning.bsky.social "it gets clearer and clearer that “Veterans Day” is nothing more than an attempt to bury the oppressive and deadly agenda of the U.S. ruling class by celebrating our “heroes.” 🔥

ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One. Veteran-led protests against Trump’s National Guard deployments encourage soldiers to resist Trump’s illegal orders.

Veteran and counter-recruiter @rtfanning.bsky.social reflects on the war at home, as armed thugs disappear his neighbors in the Chicago area

ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One. Veteran-led protests against Trump’s National Guard deployments encourage soldiers to resist Trump’s illegal orders.

My annual 11/11 Occupiers Day article ✊ truthout.org/articles/ice...

Their End Is Our Beginning

a conversation with brian bean about Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

What Do We Say When the Soldiers Come? "There is no honor in this mission," says counter-recruiter Rory Fanning.

“There is no honor in this mission.”

@rtfanning.bsky.social talked to @mskellymhayes.bsky.social about counter-recruitment in the context of National Guard occupation

In “Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition,” Shah provides a critical discussion about the intersection between detention, the prison industrial complex, and anti-immigrant racism

80% + of Isr*eli society supports the ethnic cleansing of G*za. Net*nyahu and his far-right govt. are not outliers. They are leaders of a genoc*dal movement supported by the vast majority of the country. More Americans need to acknowledge this fact.

Song For a Hard-Hit People: A Memoir of Antiracist Solidarity From a Coal Miner’s Daughter will be released on April 21st 2026 from @haymarketbooks.org. In the midst of hateful divisive rhetoric, violent repression, and grifters writing elegies, let this one be a song. ❤️‍🔥 Pre-orders are open!

New Bill Would Allow Rubio to Strip US Citizens’ Passports Over Political Speech The legislation would allow the Secretary of State to strip anyone’s US passport with no legal due process.

"Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State Marco Rubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech."

What Do We Say When the Soldiers Come? "There is no honor in this mission," says counter-recruiter Rory Fanning.

Great interview by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social with @rtfanning.bsky.social. Helpful for understanding the deployment of National Guard to cities, how to respond, and how to fight ICE recruitment. organizingmythoughts.org/what-do-we-s...

Extremely important interview, thanks to Kelly and Rory for this one.

“By every moral or ethical standard it is the duty of soldiers to refuse orders to ‘defend’ the US from migrants. History will look kindly upon those who do. There are millions of people who will support a decision to resist Trump’s orders. National Guard members are better than their Commander-in-Chief. My only advice is to resist in groups. Organize with your fellow soldiers. Do not go this alone. It is much harder to punish the many than the few. Again, hundreds of thousands of people have resisted the orders of the President of the United States in US history. There is much historical precedent for refusal.” — Rory Fanning, author and counter-recruiter

Rory also had some advice for soldiers who are being ordered to participate in Trump's aggression. organizingmythoughts.org/what-do-we-s...

This is such an important interview about an important front line in the fight against fascist and authoritarian consolidation.

"By every moral or ethical standard it is the duty of soldiers to refuse orders to “defend” the US from migrants. History will look kindly upon those who do."

What Do We Say When the Soldiers Come? "There is no honor in this mission," says counter-recruiter Rory Fanning.

For my latest, I talked with counter-recruiter Rory Fanning about how we should communicate with National Guard troops deployed in US cities, and how we might counter ICE's current recruiting blitz.

Trump is a lot of bad things, but war criminal might be the mosting damning. You don’t hear that descriptor of him very often from Democrats/liberals. He could end the situation in Gaza right now; but wont. This is the Trump Administration’s genoc*ide in G*za now. Dems need to start saying so.

Trump is a lot of bad things, but war criminal might be the mosting damning. You don’t hear that descriptor of him very often from Democrats/liberals. He could end the situation in Gaza right now; but wont. This is the Trump Administration’s genoc*ide in G*za now. Dems need to sart saying so.

Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Can’t Happen If US Military Members Resist It Trump plans to use the military to enact the mass deportation of immigrants. As a veteran, I know orders can be refused.

Still true ✊ truthout.org/articles/tru...

Thinking about this piece by Rory Fanning right now.

“MLK was awful,” Kirk said. “He's not a good person. He said one good thing he actually didn't believe.”
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“I have a very, very radical view on this, but I can defend it, and I’ve thought about it,” Kirk said at America Fest. “We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”

Excellent piece! And Finally! Sad this is the only one I’ve seen so far. Hope they keep coming!

These are rough times. I'm reading "Learning to Live in the Dark" by @learning2live.bsky.social right now. It is helping.

"even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect some illumination..." -Hannah Arendt, 1968

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If nothing short of revolution can salvage the possibility of a better world, and yet if a viable revolutionary-left politics is nowhere on the horizon, then what does a life of radical commitment look like in the shadow of catastrophes that will not wait?
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screenshot of a Facebook post by Corey Robin, which says: "By the way, did you all notice how Zohran made affordability a central issue of his campaign without selling out trans kids or shitting on immigrants? Might be some lessons there. Just a thought."

he's right and he's right to say it

Haymarket Books Against War “The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to ga...

No War But Class War

Cover image of Learning to Live in the Dark: Essays in a Time of Catastrophe, by Wen Stephenson (Haymarket Books, 2025)

It's publication day for my new book, LEARNING TO LIVE IN THE DARK: Essays in a Time of Catastrophe.

A few thoughts on sending this book into the world, along with an excerpt from its opening pages:
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