Tony Plunkett

Join for a night of film and discussion with S&P NY and Campaign to Free the MS 5. The image features posters of the two films—Exodus and Calls from Home—and a brief blurb describing each. The Event is Monday, August 11th from 6-8:30 PM at Anthology Film Center, 32 2nd Ave., New York NY 10003. At the bottom there are logos of Survived & Punished NY, Study and Struggle, and Working Films.

NYC THIS MONDAY:
Join Survived & Punished NY, Study & Struggle, & @workingfilms.bsky.social for a screening of EXODUS and CALLS FROM HOME, 2 short films about coping with the effects of prison on family relationships. A panel with folks in Exodus will follow. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/exodus-and...

The book cover for Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis, Edited by Kelly Hayes. The book cover features an artistic rendering of a person with long hair wading into a body of water at night in a wilderness.

Hey fam, my new book, Read This When Things Fall Apart, comes out in three months. That means now is the critical window for preorders, which help get books on shelves, in libraries, and into the hands of the people who need them most. www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/vCQt68D...

SAVE THE DATE: We're organizing a Craft Fair Fundraiser for Gaza on September 7 from Noon to 6 pm in Brooklyn. One of the beneficiaries is the Sameer Project.

I am making several embroideries [they will be great, lol] and I will have them for sale. All proceeds will be donated.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla has released statement that Black labour leader Chris Smalls (Amazon Labour Union) faced violence that no one else on Handala did. He has been severely beaten in Israeli custody.

Smalls follows in legacy of Black radical tradition for Palestine. Labour must stand for Smalls.

This series is amazing and the exchange that follows with @lydiajean.bsky.social and @craiggilmore.bsky.social really distills the challenges and opportunities of organizing in times of severe repression and spectacular violence. We have to find new ways to organize around the mundane.

Quote card of Ruth Wilson Gilmore from the series Abolitionist Lessons from the Prison Belts: "It’s crucial to successful movement-building to
be able to show to people who might join in solidarity with abolition movements that the accumulated harms of organized abandonment that they’re encountering are part of a continuum with the organized violence—including criminalization and incarceration—that got us all motivated in the first place." Background image shows the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge viewed through a broken chain-link fence at Alcatraz.

This week Inquest launched a new series on abolitionist organizing and carceral geography from Ruth Wilson Gilmore, @craiggilmore.bsky.social‬ , Judah Schept, & @lydiajean.bsky.social‬ . Get the full recap: mailchi.mp/inquest.o...

yeah!!!!

A lot is happening with federal student debt at the moment. Here is some of our thoughts — and what we think you need to know.

WTF is happening with SAVE, PSLF & SCOTUS? If you have student debt, here's a helpful update from your friends at the Debt Collective

Good, practical shit from @astra.bsky.social & @debtcollective.bsky.social with the added elegant diagnosis: “This is class war, pure and simple.”

If it feels overwhelming to choose individuals to help in Gaza while not being able to help others, I am a regular donor to the Sameer Project and really vouch for the on the ground mutual aid work they have been doing.

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

85% of Gaza’s population have entered the "fifth stage" of malnutrition — the most critical and dangerous phase, which is often irreversible even if food becomes available in the future.

I think this is the most horrifying post I have ever read.

Illustrated flyer for a Summer Book Drive asking for gently used social justice books on topics like race, gender, class, and more. Donations accepted at 116 Suffolk St, NY, Tues-Sun 1-6pm, by 9/1.

Do you know about my book drive in support of Bluestockings Bookstore?

Central Californians Are Using Their Bodies to Stop ICE Raids and Deportations Organizers in California's Central Valley are calling attention to the plight of the region's 300,000-plus undocumented migrants.

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It was an absolute delight talking with @tahneeroksman.bsky.social about my book last night! Thanks to everyone who came out. (And if you'd still like to purchase a copy you can use code F24UIP for 30% off when you buy from @illinoispress.bsky.social 😉)

Happening tomorrow!! 👇 What better way to beat the heat than with a deep dive into the brilliance of Elaine May

They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.

Gratitude to Debt Collective members and allies (especially ADAPT) who worked so hard to stop this lethal bill.

I wish I could say we'll live to fight another day, but the truth is not everyone will survive this monstrosity. We need to keep organizing to ensure as many folks as possible make it.

Once again, this is a massive public jobs program for fascists.

This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.

This sham of a bill says our nation’s highest priority is to extract cash from the bottom 99% and transfer it to the top 1% — and to incarcerate and deport as many as possible along the way.

We told Senator Britt this bill would kill working people and she smirked as the elevator doors closed.

I’ll be talking about my book at NYC's The Coffee House next Wed 7/9 at 6:30 w/ the brilliant @tahneeroksman.bsky.social! Join us for a conversation about all things Elaine May. Plus there will be clips! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1397126485...

Tell Congress: Support the Block the bombs act. | JVP Action

Almost no food, water, or medicine has gotten into Gaza in 3 months. 5 members of @jvpchicago have been on hunger strike since 6/16 to demand that IL reps #StopArmingIsrael in order to #StopStarvingGaza. To join their demand, use this call tool: bit.ly/JVPBTB

There isn't an opposition party at the Federal level to address what needs to happen with the Fed and Supreme Courts. I think folks should be honest about that. But we have A LOT MORE SWAY at the state and local levels. That's where I am putting my emphasis.

Traitors to the Earth: Fascism, Christian Nationalism, and the Tech Elite “They understand that what they’re doing is devastating, and they’re doing it anyway,” says Astra Taylor.

I talked with @astra.bsky.social about the apocalyptic politics of Christian Nationalists and tech oligarchs, how AI is capturing and altering us toward fascist ends, and how we can fight "end times fascism." Audio + transcript:

crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

Look at what God will do. الله أكبر

The Internet You Make Above the near-deserted streets of Manhattan’s Financial District, one Sunday a few weeks back, a market was held high in a tower office building; but instead of buying artisanal butter or fresh-cut f...

I perused the wares of a DIY data market held in an arch-corporate office tower, part of a pop-up by the arts nonprofit Rhizome, and took in what people can make out of a slice of their online lives. New at @flaminghydra.com: