Chris Dixon

A group of uniformed SWAT officers, wearing tactical gear and masks, stand alert on a street. Parked police vehicles and trees are visible behind them.

A large crowd of protesters gather around a white van on a sunny day. People raise their fists and signs, including one reading “No Kings,” expressing defiance.

A group of Illinois State Police officers, in uniform with protective gear and helmets, stand in formation holding batons, facing a crowd. The officers appear focused and tense, with sunlight casting strong shadows.

Even in a government shutdown, the 13th largest army in the world wages war in Chicago. ICE’s militarized raids & abductions are terrorizing communities—while billions are poured into their hands.

@sarahlazare.bsky.social & @lindsaykosh.bsky.social report:
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

Escaping Over Water | KPFA In the decades leading up to the Civil War, enslaved people who traveled to freedom on foot did so mainly from Southern states that bordered free states. But those in the deep South didn’t have that o...

I loved listening to this interview @marcusrediker.bsky.social did on @kpfa.org about his new book *Freedom Ship*! Rediker tells the inspiring history of enslaved Black people in the U.S. deep South who escaped by ship with the help of free Black communities and abolitionist white sailors.

A dark image, with two carved pumpkins, lit from within. A text bubble from the first reads "Hi pal! Any awesome events in Ottawa this coming week?" The second pumpkin's text bubble reads "let's look at the Radical Events Ottawa Listserv!"

This week in rad Ottawa:
October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification;
Rallies of Allies for Court Support - Solidarity with Kebaowek;
Film Screening: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019);
Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon; & more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

This will be great!

Alexis Shotwell on anarchism. New episode on podcast platforms & pls smash like & subscribe on YouTube: youtu.be/V3evGc0mF5Y)

Braiding Accountability: A Ten-Year Review of the TRC's Healthcare Calls to Action Ten years after the release of TRC, Canada’s health systems remain caught in an act of reconciliation theatre – land acknowledgments, cultural safety workshops, and short-term projects that signal pro...

Every year on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation I look to @miskoaki.bsky.social's assessment of how the Canadian government is meeting the TRC's calls to action. This year I'm reading their new report "Braiding Accountability: A Ten-Year Review of the TRC’s Healthcare Calls to Action."

Upcoming radical events in Ottawa, for the week of Monday, September 29, 2025 - ft. an art build for the upcoming Gaza solidarity demo, Orange Shirt Day events, a zine making night at the Trans Library, a workshop on how to organize a collective, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Churning up the ground: Laura Hall on horror as the ‘primary film genre of settler colonialism’ Countless books have explored the sociopolitical foundations of horror—its entanglements with gender, Blackness, madness, war and capitalism. Yet surprisingly little attention has been paid to the gen...

A fascinating interview with Laura Hall in @canadiandimension.bsky.social: "If I’m saying horror is the genre of settler colonialism, it’s also a genre that can grapple with the hard truths of settler-colonial violence. Both things are equally true."

What happens when your landlord turns your home into a surveillance zone? From facial recognition cameras to automated fines, tenants are finding their daily lives policed in new ways.
Hear Erin McElroy on Against the Grain unpack the rise of “landlord tech.”
Full interview → kpfa.org
#KPFA #BayArea

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

Robin D.G. Kelley: "defeating the fascism we face now requires much more than defeating the current administration or winning elections. It requires a deeper shift: the recognition that we need to always stand in solidarity and fight for others as if our lives depended on it."

Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online: Monday, September 22nd edition: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Abolition After Katrina | Lydia Pelot-Hobbs and David Stein Countless people are left in harm’s way because of the state’s refusal to make evacuation plans. The hurricane ends up coming through weaker than expected—but then the levees break. Within hours, 80 p...

An excellent interview with @lydiajean.bsky.social! "As a geographer, I’m really interested in thinking through the different scales of the carceral state. We often talk about the state as if it’s a monolith, instead of as a multi-scalar and contradictory assemblage of institutions."

Class struggle unionism, auto workers, Reds, and the 1930s The 1937 Oshawa GM strike shows how militant industrial unionism, radical leadership, and rank-and-file solidarity transformed working conditions and built lasting power for labour. Set against econom...

The 1937 Oshawa GM strike showed how radical organizing and international solidarity could transform the labour movement. @tonyleah.bsky.social’s new history reminds us that the victories workers take for granted today were won through militant class struggle.

How to Defend Members from Politicized Firings Can a worker be fired simply for expressing an opinion that the boss or a political group finds objectionable? These days online attackers often campaign to pressure employers to fire workers for poli...

Can workers be fired just for expressing opinions the political class objects to? Lately, online attackers campaign to pressure employers to fire workers for political speech even on private social media pages. Here's how stewards can intervene: labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...

Cultivating a Long View “How do you avoid the feeling that you should be working ALL THE TIME given the urgency of the state of the world?” Heather Hax, a longtime activist in Baltimore, posted that question on social media...

To get a taste of the book, you can check out my "Cultivating a Long View" essay in issue 23 of Upping the Anti: uppingtheanti.org/journal/arti...

Some good news: for the last four years, I have been quietly working on a new book titled *For the Long Haul: How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World*. I have signed a contract with @akpress.org and they will be co-publishing the book with @btlbooks.com. The book will be out next fall!

Another packed week in Ottawa! Vigils for Gazans, a day of action on ODSP/OW, letter-writing to political prisoners, a demonstration against anti-Black racism, book launches, Take Back the Night, the Draw the Line march, and much more! See it all here: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block “When people are fighting displacement, they’re fighting for their class interests,” says Andrew Lee.

What does gentrification have to do with authoritarianism? I talked with @xandrewleex.bsky.social about how displacement, surveillance, and “quality of life” policing function as tools of social control—and why housing struggles are class struggles.

“Feminism Is a Sine Qua Non of All Genuinely Liberatory Struggles…” – Spectre Journal Alva Gotby interviews Sophie Lewis about the potential for liberatory feminism and the necessity of a reckoning with reactionary feminist thought.

Hey y'all! This week we have @alvagotby.bsky.social interviewing @reproutopia.bsky.social about Sophie's Enemy Feminisms ( @haymarketbooks.org ), the potential for liberatory feminism, and the necessity of reckoning with reactionary feminisms.

spectrejournal.com/feminism-is-...

How Spray Tan Technicians and Sugaring Aestheticians Built the First Salon Chain Union in the Country Most of us have had a manager we see too much of. For workers in the salon industry, that can take on a whole new meaning. “My first day, I saw my manager naked because I spray tanned her,” said Tia-M...

Last month, workers at Sugared + Bronzed locations in Los Angeles and Santa Monica voted to unionize with Communications Workers Local 9505—forming the first salon chain union in the country. @nataschaelena.bsky.social reports labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...

So much coming up in Ottawa! Vigils for Gazans, community gatherings and a run for Palestine, a critical mass bike ride, an online session on grief and political identity, an art build for upcoming actions, a study group, and more! See it all here: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

Southern Workers Have a Lot to Teach Us About Organizing Against a Backlash Being part of a union that has power beyond a single workplace, that is networked with other unions, is the best way for workers to build something that looks like class power.

another by @sarahljaffe.bsky.social on lessons from Southern workers on organizing under backlash conditions

hammerandhope.org/article/trum...

September is gloriously full of collective resistance! Solidarity with Palestine in many forms, Bank Bloc Tenant support, grief work, reflections on encroachments on civil liberties in Canada, and much more! See you out there, fam!
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Venezuelan Migrants, a Black Church, and an Experiment in Solidarity A pastor in Chicago helps build a coalition that aids recent arrivals by asking them what they need.

First new article of the year is in @hammerandhope.bsky.social, examining the solidarity work happening between Venezuelan migrants and long term Black residents at Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Woodlawn, Chicago.

Hope is so hard to come by, and I wanted to share where I'm finding mine.

Lessons from the cultural front No Arms in the Arts organizers look back on over a year of confronting cultural institutions complicit in Palestinian genocide

In our Jul/Aug 2025 cover story, Aliya Pabani and Jody Chan reflect on the lessons they've learned through organizing with No Arms in the Arts for over a year and the importance of continuing to organize within the cultural sector for a free Palestine.

briarpatchmagazine.c...

Events Archive - Punch Up Collective Learn about Ottawa’s radical history on a walking tour Take your radicalism outdoors this summer so you and your friends can learn from previous generations of troublemakers on a radical historical walking tour. My name is Brian McDougall. Since 2014, I’ve given hundreds of radical tours to visitors, residents, and local activists. Why do we […]

So much coming up! Vigils for Gazans, community gatherings and run for Palestine, Critical Mass, support for Bank Bloc tenants, grief, Art Build for upcoming actions, and more! See it all here: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online, starting August 18 - Ottawa Trans March, Ottawa Dyke March, actions for Gaza and Palestine, tenant organizing and more!
www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Native Movement voices opposition to any deals that force Ukraine to cede territory, reward aggression, or silence the voices of those whose lives are at stake. We stand against the rise of fascism and violent occupation everywhere—whether in Ukraine, Palestine, or here in Alaska. None of us are free until all of us are free. Alaska's own experience with resource-driven governance shows how oil wealth erodes democracy and empowers authoritarianism, just as we see in Russia's war on Ukraine. Hosting war criminals in Alaska is a betrayal of our communities and our future. Petro-states like Russia and the U.S. have built empires on extractive violence. Oil wealth correlates with increased crime and political corruption. Alaska's large military presence is tied not to community safety but to protecting oil and gas infrastructure, resource extraction, and broader U.S. economic and military interests.

As Trump and Putin wrap up their meeting—autocrats representing the two colonial powers that have occupied and traded Alaska—this is a lucid statement from Indigenous Alaskans about what the invasion of Ukraine has to do with the colonial oppression of Alaska.

www.nativemovement.org/nm-blog/2025...

Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online, August 11 and beyond: Ottawa Dyke March, Palestine solidarity, Socialism from Below bookclub, getting organized for Draw the Line Climate March and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online: Monday, August 4th, 2025, edition, ft. Ottawa Run For Palestine, Pride is Political events, a Red Flags study group, Prisoners' Justice Day events and more: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...