Tom Nomad

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Been doing the anarchy thing for a while!

I write books, do hackery stuff, live in the Rustbelt (born and raised!), and work on The Beautiful Idea podcast.

New book Ungovernability available for download from Rupture Press

https://www.rupturepress.org/ungovernability

Hard copies can be purchased from PM Press, through Active Distribution

https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1985

Anarchist Library Pagehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/tom-nomad
Some Other Stuff I Worked Onhttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/institute-for-the-study-of-insurgent-warfare
The Beautiful Ideahttps://thebeautifulidea.show
Yeah, I started to do Bluesky@creativenothing.bsky.social
Tom Nomad6d ago

If you're in Cleveland on the 21st I'm going to be giving a talk at an awesome bookstore, Mac's Backs Books!

Hope to see you all there!

Tom NomadFeb 20
thebeautifulideaFeb 18

New episode drops now!

"We speak with an organizer based in New Orleans about the community’s efforts to confront ICE during a special operation that took place there in December of 2025. Among other topics, we touch on the complicated dynamics of organizing with nonprofit groups, the ways that police operations can impact community defense initiatives, and how NOLA’s powerful tradition of mutual aid in the wake of Katrina has transformed into a preventative tactic against ICE kidnappings there. This conversation is part of an ongoing series we’re developing on ICE resistance efforts across the country. Stay tuned for more like this soon!"

https://thebeautifulidea.show/mutual-aid-as-prevention-resisting-ice-in-new-orleans/

Mutual Aid as Prevention: Resisting ICE in New Orleans

Mutual Aid as Prevention Resisting ICE in New OrleansMutual Aid as Prevention Resisting ICE in New Orleans.mp352 MBdownload-circleMutual Aid as Prevention Resisting ICE in New Orleans0:00/2289.6849171× We speak with an organizer based in New Orleans about the community’s efforts to confront ICE during a special

The Beautiful Idea
Tom NomadFeb 20
thebeautifulideaFeb 18

Our feed has been fixed!

Check us out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-beautiful-idea/id1202538375

Tom NomadFeb 20
It's Going DownFeb 18

"IN CONTEMPT returns with the next monthly prison rebel roundup. Packed in as always are updates, action and analysis we hope helps build inside-outside networks of resistance. Over 100 copies are sent to comrades behind bars each month!"

https://incontempt.noblogs.org/2026/02/17/in-contempt-4/

In Contempt #4: Support the Prairieland Defendants on Trial, Inside-Outside ICE Detention Center Protests, Palestine Action UK Actionists Acquitted, Free Alabama Prison Strike, & More!

IN CONTEMPT returns with the next monthly prison rebel roundup. Packed in as always are updates, action and analysis we hope helps build inside-outside networks of resistance. Over 100 copies are sent to comrades behind bars each month!  Following the closing of It’s Going Down, a new collective will continue publishing monthly “In Contempt” updates [...]

In Contempt
Tom NomadFeb 20
CrimethInc. Ex-WorkersFeb 19

“A State that Massacres Its Own People Cannot Be a Force of Liberation for Others”

In this interview, Palestine solidarity activists from the Chinese diaspora speak with Iranian activists in exile about the uprising that took place in Iran in January 2026, comparing notes about resistance to various forms of authoritarianism.

https://crimethinc.com/Roja2026

As Donald Trump is threatening to attack Iran in order to distract from his problems at home and advance US and Israeli interests in the Mideast, it is important to hear from Iranians who resist the Iranian government about why US military action will not help Iranians at all.

Tom NomadFeb 20
It's Going DownFeb 19

"Some in the Trump administration may now regret calling Renée Good and Alex Pretti “domestic terrorists.” The hasty application of this label by Kristi Noem, J. D. Vance, and other hard-liners generated justifiable outrage and helped mobilize opposition to Donald Trump’s terror campaign against immigrants.

Meanwhile, however, a far less-publicized case threatens to provide an enduring legal framework by which virtually anybody involved in activism against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), or Trump’s agenda more broadly, can be labeled a “domestic terrorist” and treated accordingly."

https://jacobin.com/2026/02/prairieland-trump-domestic-terrorism-ice

The Prairieland 19 Case Is a Test for Criminalizing Dissent

Nine members of the “Prairieland 19,” anti-ICE protesters in Texas who the Trump administration is dubiously accusing of domestic terrorism, are going on trial this week. The case is a test for how easily Trump might criminalize dissent going forward.

Tom NomadFeb 9
Show threadAutonomie und SolidaritätFeb 7

Not the Last Word: Maja’s Statement on the End of the Trial

In court on 4.02.26

„For 16 days of hearings I sat shackled on the wooden bench behind me and listened attentively as my life was negotiated in this trial. I was silent about the charges. There were little more than two weeks of hearings, but when I look in the mirror, it seems like it must have been years. In my first attempt to find a “last word” for this trial, I described the person I am today as a fading flower because a person also needs sunlight to survive — and, above all, closeness, emotional security, and community.

Yet all of that is denied us, society’s incarcerated.
Esteemed prosecution, in my case, it did not work. Yes, even if I am shaking today, afflicted with anxiety and nightmares, if all emotions have left me after days of loneliness, even if it chokes me to see how many other people have to suffer under this political trial I nonetheless retain a friendly smile as well as a morality — a universal morality.

And when I lose my breath in my cell, I look up at the strip of sky where I saw wild geese in the autumn, and I hold onto the belief that solidarity is stronger than force….“

https://joseph-k.medium.com/not-the-last-word-majas-statement-on-the-end-of-the-trial-924524eff720
Tranks to @ThatWeltschmerz

Eight Years are eight to Long! #FreeMaja

#BudapestKomplex #Antifa

Not the Last Word: Maja’s Statement on the End of the Trial

[The following is a translation of a statement made by Maja T. in a Budapest courtroom on Feb. 4, 2026. Neither Maja nor Maja’s support…

Medium
Tom NomadFeb 9
CrimethInc. Ex-WorkersFeb 9

Organizers are inviting you to come to the Twin Cities to participate in a week of action against ICE from February 25 to March 1.

Come help with local ICE watch and rapid response efforts—and learn from the models that have developed in the Twin Cities.

Join in protests and other efforts targeting complicit politicians and corporations.

https://melttheicemn.com/

Bring the heat—melt ICE!

Tom NomadFeb 9
thebeautifulideaFeb 9

New episode!

https://thebeautifulidea.show/minneapolis-montage-interviews-from-the-filter-blockades-and-more/

Minneapolis Montage: Interviews from the Filter Blockades and More

Minneapolis Montage Interviews from the Filter Blockades and MoreMinneapolis Montage Interviews from the Filter Blockades and More.mp356 MBdownload-circleMinneapolis Montage Interviews from the Filter Blockades and More0:00/2459.8987921× In this episode we talk to a variety of people on the ground in Minneapolis about their thoughts on the

The Beautiful Idea
Tom NomadFeb 3
CrimethInc. Ex-WorkersFeb 1

Crowd Control: Appeasement, Vanguardism, and the General Strike

An Analysis from the Twin Cities

https://crimethinc.com/2026generalstrikes

On January 23, 2026, a general strike against the ICE occupation paralyzed the Twin Cities. Seven days later, a second strike took place, on January 30. The first of these mass strikes drew significantly more participants than the second.

In this analysis, participants in the resistance to ICE operations in the Twin Cities reflect on the lessons of these strikes, looking for ways to remove obstacles to the growth of the movement.