Also available from me this week: Are you accidentally becoming a platform for fascist #propaganda?

I wrote about three mistakes I've seen well-meaning antifascist folks make, such as sharing Nazi stickers/banners/etc with uncensored URLs in them. https://kitoconnell.com/2025/03/11/dont-accidentally-platform-fascist-propaganda/

#activism #antifa #SocialMedia

"Members of the Windy City Active Club include a USPS worker, a recent finance grad from DePaul, and a Polish American tied to other hate groups." #Chicago

https://unraveledpress.com/exposed-white-nationalist-group-responsible-for-hate-spree-across-chicagoland/

My latest Musings from a Curious Mind newsletter post.

"Let’s assume Klein and Buchanan are correct, or at least mostly correct. Such a deployment of AI into our daily and professional lives will have a monumental impact. Whether national security or the employment landscape, AI could rock our world and societies into unprecedented states, much of which could be rather awful.

So, that’s one looming problem. But wait, there’s more!"

https://racebannon.substack.com/p/the-polycrises-of-our-time

Another win for trans rights, this time in Cambridge: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/4/cambridge-sanctuary-city-transgender-nonbinary/

Consider advocating for your city or town to pass a similar order.

#CambridgeMA #TransRights #NonbinaryRights #TransNonbinarySanctuaryCities #Massachusetts

Are you familiar with the phrase "death before detransition"?

I'm just curious if folks understand the stakes for 2.3 million Americans right now.

We keep hearing a binary narrative in which criminal oligarchs are undermining the rule of law.

It would be more precise to identify three camps:

—centrists who fetishize the rule of law as a good in and of itself;

—oligarchs aiming to overhaul the current courts and laws to be even more brutal;

—and those who reject both camps in favor of real freedom and equality.

In the first camp, we find those who believe that a certain amount of self-determination is acceptable, as long as it falls neatly within whatever laws happen to be on the books. They are also at ease with a wide range of ruthless self-seeking oppressive activity, provided it complies with the law.

In the second camp, we find those who are determined to consolidate power in their own hands, regardless of what laws happen to be on the books. Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their various capitalist and fascist backers aim to replace the current laws and courts with something even worse.

In the third camp, we find those who believe that regardless of what laws happen to be on the books, no one should be able to dominate anyone else—whether by hoarding access to resources or wielding the instruments of state repression.

There is no excuse for tyranny.

https://crimethinc.com/becomeananarchist

This Sunday, March 9th, our co-op has the honor of welcoming historian Kenyon Zimmer for a virtual event on the neglected history of Jewish anarchism in the United States. Last year during the anarchist bookfair, Kenyon presented in-person on the work of Joseph Cohen, who in 1945 published "The Jewish Anarchist Movement in America," an essential Yiddish-language study. Now he returns to continue the conversation with writers Shane Burley ("Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism") and Anna Elena Torres ("With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism").

Register for this free online event and find a copy of Kenyon's editted and annotated edition of "The Jewish Anarchist Movement in America" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3338-rediscovering-a-history-of-jewish-anarchism.html. Can't make the event but still want to listen in? Sign up and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience!

#JewishAnarchism #JewishHistory #AnarchistHistory #Anarchism #AmericanHistory #YiddishLanguage #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Want to make money online?

Step 1: Create scam promising quick wealth.

Step 2: Buy Instagram ads.

Step 3: Profit from desperate people.

These grifters are bottom feeders. But Instagram and Meta are to blame.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/digital-snake-oil-merchants-are-stealing-from-the-already-broken/

Digital Security Introduction in Under 2 Minutes. There's much more to come. Consider donating so we can produce more in-depth instructional content for at-risk folks. #securityculture #digitalsecurity #threatmodeling #surveillance #opensource #encryption #antifascist #antidoge #enshitify

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