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Eric Shonkwiler

@ericshonkwiler.bsky.social

Author of novels and when-if.com, a newsletter on preparedness and collapse from an anarchist perspective. Husband of Ruth Awad, baba to dogs and hens.

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DMDM is selling their FDA-approved 3D-printed tourniquets. Get one at dmdm.icu

Always better to have em and not need em than need me and not have em.

24.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
images of Unicorn Riot journalists and a graphic headlined A Decade of Impact - text includes 10 Years of Unicorn Riot and Give to the Max, Nov. 20, 2025

images of Unicorn Riot journalists and a graphic headlined A Decade of Impact - text includes 10 Years of Unicorn Riot and Give to the Max, Nov. 20, 2025

For over 10 years, Unicorn Riot has been providing community-centered media from the frontlines of social and environmental struggles across the world. Today, for Give to the Max Day, consider supporting our work and helping us reach our $10K goal! Thank you!! πŸ¦„

> www.givemn.org/organization... <

20.11.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Approaching 3 hours since Katie was cuffed and taken by masked federal agents while peacefully protesting and filming today and our lawyers still can’t get anyone to tell us where they actually took her.

Fucking absurd.

18.11.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 232    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 7
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Interview | Building a world of radical abundance rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

β€œThat’s how I’d sum it up: a theory of anti-capitalist transition and strategy for it.”

@kmilb.bsky.social, author of Radical Abundance, interviewed for @rs21.bsky.social
revsoc21.uk/2025/10/30/i...

13.11.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nearly became a PI after bluffing my way into a series of interviews while I lived in Nebraska. I was narrowly beat out by an actual New York PI who subsequently realized he didn't want to live in Nebraska. I wound up working security in TX instead but still faintly regret it just for the cred

15.11.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What these sweeps do to people’s lives is absolutely devastating. I found it difficult to absorb in the space of a single read.

12.11.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract

*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***

Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy

11.11.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 895    πŸ” 439    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 28
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Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression,&nbsp;we offer an extensive&nbsp;reading list about border and police ab...

Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List

11.11.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

08.11.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2872    πŸ” 3395    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 23

β€œWe feel that this book acts as a unique kind of archive of what Palestine was, in some ways is, and perhaps can be again.”

Arpan Roy and Noura Salahaldeen interviewed in @jadaliyya.bsky.social
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46968

09.11.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Interview | Building a world of radical abundance rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

β€œThat’s how I’d sum it up: a theory of anti-capitalist transition and strategy for it.”

@kmilb.bsky.social, author of Radical Abundance, interviewed for @rs21.bsky.social
revsoc21.uk/2025/10/30/i...

04.11.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Everything you need to know to prep for a general strike

www.youtube.com/live/u6q-9P5...

youtu.be/LwhC7F4gcPQ

@generalstrikeus.bsky.social @ronplacone.bsky.social

31.10.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 140    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
30.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 444    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

if knowingly starving millions of americans while he builds a gilded ballroom isn't cause for revolution then i'm not sure what is

29.10.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4211    πŸ” 1020    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 43
πŸ’› INDIVISIBLE MEMPHIS WEEKLY UPDATE β€” SHARED BY INDIVISIBLE TENNESSEE πŸ’›

Our Memphis chapter has been working around the clock to respond to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in their city. What began as a small act of neighbor-to-neighbor care has grown into The Collective Good Immigrant Pantry, which now supports dozens of families every single week.

Before the occupation began, the pantry averaged 8.3 deliveries per week.
This week, they made 29 deliveries β€” feeding 142 people.

Among those served was a mother who recently completed cancer treatment after her husband was taken by the federal task force. Others are relatives who have taken in childrenβ€”U.S. citizensβ€”whose parents have been detained. These are not isolated stories. This is daily life in Memphis right now.

And yet, through the fear, the community continues to show what solidarity looks like. Families share photos of home-cooked meals made possible because strangers cared enough to act. This is people power in its purest form.

You can help sustain this lifesaving work:
πŸ›’ bit.ly/MemphisImmigrantPantry
πŸ’΅ CashApp: $COLLECTIVEGOOD
πŸ’° Venmo: @THECOLLECTIVEGOOD

πŸ“² For help: Text 901-295-9606

#IndivisibleMemphis #IndivisibleTennessee #MutualAid #SolidarityNotCharity #FreeThe901 #NoKingsMemphis

πŸ’› INDIVISIBLE MEMPHIS WEEKLY UPDATE β€” SHARED BY INDIVISIBLE TENNESSEE πŸ’› Our Memphis chapter has been working around the clock to respond to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in their city. What began as a small act of neighbor-to-neighbor care has grown into The Collective Good Immigrant Pantry, which now supports dozens of families every single week. Before the occupation began, the pantry averaged 8.3 deliveries per week. This week, they made 29 deliveries β€” feeding 142 people. Among those served was a mother who recently completed cancer treatment after her husband was taken by the federal task force. Others are relatives who have taken in childrenβ€”U.S. citizensβ€”whose parents have been detained. These are not isolated stories. This is daily life in Memphis right now. And yet, through the fear, the community continues to show what solidarity looks like. Families share photos of home-cooked meals made possible because strangers cared enough to act. This is people power in its purest form. You can help sustain this lifesaving work: πŸ›’ bit.ly/MemphisImmigrantPantry πŸ’΅ CashApp: $COLLECTIVEGOOD πŸ’° Venmo: @THECOLLECTIVEGOOD πŸ“² For help: Text 901-295-9606 #IndivisibleMemphis #IndivisibleTennessee #MutualAid #SolidarityNotCharity #FreeThe901 #NoKingsMemphis

Memphis is under fed occupation. People with no criminal record are being pulled from their homes and vehicles.

I’ve contributed. 142 families are actively being fed.

You can help sustain this lifesaving work:
πŸ›’ bit.ly/MemphisImmigrantPantry
πŸ’΅ CashApp: $COLLECTIVEGOOD
πŸ’° Venmo: @THECOLLECTIVEGOOD

12.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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The Israeli army is continuing to bomb southern Khan Younis city of Gaza Strip on Wednesday (Oct. 29), despite ceasefire.

Video showed smoke rising from targeted areas behind the tents of displaced Palestinian families.

29.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2Β° in twelve years is the scariest news I've heard since the erroneous "ICE has missiles now," except this is real

29.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Aryan Omar Hassan finds his way home with Henar Press – Matter News The Columbus-based publisher, which is set to release its first two books next year, hopes to draw greater attention to the more experimental strains of Kurdish literature that have long been overlook...

β€œThere was a stretch where I was like, maybe Kurdish literature is all dark and heavy, and maybe it is all about genocide and being a refugee. But, no, that really isn’t the case, which is fantastic.”

matternews.org/culture/word...

28.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I realize that a lot of people who follow me mqy not understand the flood reference: in the halo series, the flood is a gruesome cosmic horror horde of zombies. so that’s what they’re comparing immigrants to

28.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 179    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1

Chances are good that you have existing mutual aid organizations around you--in which case, help out!. In the event that you don't, know that they start with simple acts. Meet with your neighbors, collaborate, see who needs what and meet those needs. Then expand.

28.10.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Mexico holds a special place in my heart. Please give if you're able--food banks are conveniently listed on this thread

28.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I live in Pittsburgh, but I got really worried about New Mexico when I saw that almost a quarter of that state’s population relies on SNAP. So I made a thread linking to some New Mexican food pantries:

28.10.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Give to your local food bank. Build mutual aid wherever and however you can. If we’re going to make something better it’s going to depend on reinvigorating a sense of interconnectedness.

We’re all in this together and the fight depends on recognizing that.

28.10.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 669    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

I actually think Bernie is making the options here incredibly stark: either you have a nation, in which case no matter what happens inside its borders you have a border enforced by Nazi stormtroopers, or you abolish the nation and everyone lives their lives freely

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

24.10.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 505    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 1
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

21.10.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14850    πŸ” 8027    πŸ’¬ 986    πŸ“Œ 1300
A screenshot of a Publishers Marketplace listing for When/If: Building Collective Resilience in an Age of Collapse, my new book of essays about preparedness from an anarchist perspective

A screenshot of a Publishers Marketplace listing for When/If: Building Collective Resilience in an Age of Collapse, my new book of essays about preparedness from an anarchist perspective

I am thrilled to bring you this book, mad that it's necessary, and humbled to be in the company of so many incredible writers and activists @plutopress.bsky.social.

17.10.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Many have already said it, but yes, this is cold civil war shit

17.10.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

17.10.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All the liberals telling people to sit down if β€œviolence” (whatever that is) breaks out at their parade is really really awful.

11.06.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 245    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 9

Now HERE is a book I am thrilled is going to exist. Eric's been making an excellent case for years now that prepping shouldn't be a right-wing-coded activity--it's a way for us to begin building the support networks we'll need in our uncertain future. Cannot wait for you guys to read this.

17.10.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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