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I write stories about conflict and borders and the people they impact. Working on a book about anarchists at war, already wrote one about the anti fascist Olympics. Para todos,todo✌️ https://www.patreon.com/Jamesstout

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None of the rojhelati parties have significant us involvement. PJAK is sanctioned

02.03.2026 15:22 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Using that uniornically would really be something

02.03.2026 15:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They played it in desert storm iirc

02.03.2026 15:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Iran is bombing Rojhelati Kurdish forces inside southern Kurdistan. PAK and PDKI, and Komala bases inside Başur were hit with IRGC drone strikes today.

02.03.2026 15:00 — 👍 53    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 0

Love to see people getting the book

02.03.2026 03:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of a book by James Stout called Against the State

Photo of a book by James Stout called Against the State

It has arrived!

"Against the State is part memoir, part history, part journalism, and all together essential reading."
- Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social

Against The State - Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar & Rojava
- James Stout
@jamesstout.bsky.social

@akpress.org

#books

01.03.2026 23:09 — 👍 42    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

We are going to find out, in the coming days and weeks, that someone has misused Rock the Casbah. I want to say right now that it’s the worst Clash song and Joe Strummer cried when they last used it as a soundtrack to bombing the Middle East.

01.03.2026 16:22 — 👍 163    🔁 15    💬 8    📌 1

This is not how you go about liberating people or building a democracy

01.03.2026 02:22 — 👍 154    🔁 28    💬 2    📌 2

Man, Heartbreaking. rest in peace

28.02.2026 20:16 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Believes

28.02.2026 16:06 — 👍 33    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Deleted and reposted as I made a typo on the number

28.02.2026 16:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m now hearing up to 80 students. I’m sure those kids will be presented as threats somehow, but they’re little children with hopes and dreams and people who loved them and they're the exact people who are used tokenisitically in demands for regime change.

28.02.2026 16:00 — 👍 208    🔁 59    💬 5    📌 2

Israel. Relieves in the power of assasination, but the Iranian state is a structure that so many benefit from and that so many more fear. Taking out one or several people won’t change that.

28.02.2026 15:29 — 👍 100    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

There was a general strike here last month. There’s genuine support for a change of regime here and all over Iran but you don’t get that with air strikes, all that brings is death.

28.02.2026 15:26 — 👍 560    🔁 113    💬 8    📌 2

Lives

28.02.2026 15:23 — 👍 40    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Exactly this. I find the idea that life’s outside the USA can be sacrificed to distract from a domestic story repugnant. It’s an example of the navel gazing self centered politics that is somewhat responsible for where we are

28.02.2026 15:22 — 👍 274    🔁 59    💬 5    📌 0

Aaah thanks Jen

26.02.2026 23:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
a road in Chin State leading to mountain ridge, low buildings at side. title: The Mountain People: An Update on Revolution in Chin State, 2025

a road in Chin State leading to mountain ridge, low buildings at side. title: The Mountain People: An Update on Revolution in Chin State, 2025

1. This (recent) History Thread is about situation in Chin State, Burma (Myanmar) during 2025, based on my new Project Maje report "The Mountain People: An Update on Revolution in Chin State, 2025" www.projectmaje.org/chin_report_... #WhatsHappeningInChinState 🌄 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 🌿

25.02.2026 06:22 — 👍 28    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 3
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Outdoor access survey | James Stout Get more from James Stout on Patreon

I am trying to get back to doing a bit of guiding / consulting with folks on their outdoor plans because I am teaching less now and that has left me pretty broke. I also really love helping people get outdoors. I made a little poll to see what people are interested in www.patreon.com/posts/outdoo...

26.02.2026 20:32 — 👍 30    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1
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How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast.

They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

26.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 6828    🔁 1834    💬 79    📌 172
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Los therian llevan tiempo entre nosotros

25.02.2026 11:28 — 👍 636    🔁 181    💬 30    📌 7

*checks tracking*

Yay! My copy of Against the State by @jamesstout.bsky.social is currently in transit!

26.02.2026 01:18 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

I think they pulled it off a tv appearance like 5 years ago 😂

26.02.2026 16:26 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

26.02.2026 13:10 — 👍 5841    🔁 3578    💬 324    📌 517

oh yeah there are some wild ones in Nevada. I think you can ride the freeway out by Beaver in Utah as well.

26.02.2026 01:13 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I really don't know how much people think we can make but I can assure that "all the podcast money" is absolutely not leaving me with excess funds for getting photos taken!

26.02.2026 01:12 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There's a stretch of the 5 through pendelton where you can ride as well!

26.02.2026 01:06 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

still with that picture I see

26.02.2026 01:05 — 👍 20    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
New Hood Politics w/ @prophiphop.bsky.social 📘

Actually, These Are Very Precedented Times: @jamesstout.bsky.social & Social Revolutions Everywhere, Pt. 2

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-hood-politics-with-prop-81527703/episode/actually-these-are-very-precedented-times-james-stout-social-revolutions-everywhere-pt-2-324719915

New Hood Politics w/ @prophiphop.bsky.social 📘 Actually, These Are Very Precedented Times: @jamesstout.bsky.social & Social Revolutions Everywhere, Pt. 2 https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-hood-politics-with-prop-81527703/episode/actually-these-are-very-precedented-times-james-stout-social-revolutions-everywhere-pt-2-324719915

New Hood Politics w/ @prophiphop.bsky.social 📘

Actually, These Are Very Precedented Times: @jamesstout.bsky.social & Social Revolutions Everywhere, Pt. 2

www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

25.02.2026 19:27 — 👍 84    🔁 11    💬 3    📌 1
Garrison and James discuss the candidacy of James Fishback, his attempted rise through the New-Right, and how he’s using Nick Fuentes’ groyper fanbase to win the governor's race in Florida.

@bishonentype.bsky.social @jamesstout.bsky.social 

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/floridas-groyper-candidate-for-governor-324719015

Garrison and James discuss the candidacy of James Fishback, his attempted rise through the New-Right, and how he’s using Nick Fuentes’ groyper fanbase to win the governor's race in Florida. @bishonentype.bsky.social @jamesstout.bsky.social https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/floridas-groyper-candidate-for-governor-324719015

Garrison and James discuss the candidacy of James Fishback, his attempted rise through the New-Right, and how he’s using Nick Fuentes’ groyper fanbase to win the governor's race in Florida.

@bishonentype.bsky.social @jamesstout.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

25.02.2026 21:50 — 👍 48    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 2