Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 09/04/2026Hot take: the strongest pressure the No Kings protests exert is on the Democrats in office, who have been comfortably counting on our votes their whole careers. Every protest is a threat; one of the major threats of No Kings is "do your job or we will replace you with someone who will." 051
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 25/03/2026A new song to remind us that our work is power, and that if we withhold it strategically we can grind this whole damn machine to a halt. #protestmusic #labor #antifascistyoutu.beAnti-Compliance AnthemYouTube video by Alex Sturbaum 185
Reposted by Alex SturbaumKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 22/06/2025Elect a Republican, start a war. Every Republican president since i was a child has started a new war. 573416761
Reposted by Alex SturbaumJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Regardless of how one feels about the Catholic Church or about Pope Francis, now is a time to come together to claim that JD Vance killed him 132118903262
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 28/03/2025www.transtradfest.org/event-detail...transtradfest.orgTransTrad 2025 | TransTrad FestTransTrad is a new festival in Olympia, WA, celebrating and elevating trans and gender nonconforming performers in traditional folk music. 021
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 10/03/2025hey, that's cruel and mean. That boa did nothing to deserve such treatment. 030
Reposted by Alex Sturbaumthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 09/03/2025governments should spend money, literally all their fucking money. on taking care of the people from whom they got the money. on building cool shit for the people from whom they got the money to use, like highways and public works. this is real easy how can these people be so bad at this 5948801239
Reposted by Alex Sturbaumthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 09/03/2025once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so! 17390761841
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 03/03/2025New Countercurrent Album out today! Get it on bandcamp, or streaming if that's your thing!countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.comFlow, by Countercurrent15 track album 2122
Reposted by Alex SturbaumAlina Larson @alinasue.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Today's the day — economic boycott. If you can manage it, try to only buy essentials for a while, & avoid buying from big companies... 011
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 25/02/2025"other than that, mrs. lincoln, how are you enjoying the play?" 030
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 17/02/2025New song out today!youtu.beAlex Sturbaum // Turning of the YearYouTube video by Alex Sturbaum 2133
Reposted by Alex SturbaumPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off. 30719296515656
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 06/02/2025@haydenstern.bsky.social is one of the best artists in the biz! 030
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 05/02/2025My band, Countercurrent, has a brand new record up for pre-order! You can find it at www.countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.com/album/flow 1203
Reposted by Alex SturbaumAlexis Lloyd 🏳️🌈 @alexislloyd.bsky.social · 05/02/2025www.cjr.org/the_media_to... 17718189
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 04/02/2025Stay tuned for some Very Exciting Countercurrent News 080
Reposted by Alex SturbaumOlogies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 03/02/2025This tweet cracked me the fuck up until 5 minutes later when I found out it was factual 7997116
Reposted by Alex SturbaumBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/02/2025There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all. 776283928540
Reposted by Alex SturbaumKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I keep getting texts and messages asking me why most Democrats have rolled over and played dead. I’m as baffled as everyone else. They’re not going to gain anything by being quiet or becoming MAGA Lite. All they’re doing is making sure they share the blame when this all goes south. 2584612773
Reposted by Alex SturbaumWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/01/2025you are living through the collapse of the system of government that has governed the united states for the entirety of its existence. that collapse appears to be happening literally tonight. react accordingly 322465468
Reposted by Alex SturbaumHayden Stern @haydenstern.bsky.social · 27/01/2025@alexsturbaum.com and I have been dreaming up a folk music festival, welcoming to all, that’s designed to uplift trans and gender non-conforming talent in traditional music. We have a venue, we have a lineup (TBA soon!), and now we want to spread the word! Our website is transtradfest.org 2197
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 06/01/2025I would love to chat about the festival! Let's make it happen. 000
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 06/12/2024hot take: the mariner's revenge song is wagon wheel for accordion players 070
Reposted by Alex SturbaumAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I came onto Bluesky an hour ago, and the first two things I saw were posts providing useful context for understanding the imposition of martial law in South Korea—the exact kind of thing that Twitter used to be so useful for in a developing crisis. 392339003150
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 02/12/2024early '70's: best groove late 70's: best halfway solo late 80's, early 90's: final solo is unfathomably rad what good fortune to have so many to choose from! 000
Reposted by Alex SturbaumCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 28/11/2024everyone has to stop doom spiraling, shit is going to be bad enough without preemptively getting so terrified you freeze up 645649
Reposted by Alex SturbaumErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/11/2024"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting. Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC 9316070413093
Reposted by Alex SturbaumRichard Lam @rickyslams.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Sure playing Irish Trad tunes is fun but accompanying? Hooo boy. Loved this one by @alexsturbaum.com so much I had to jump in on it! 171
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 20/11/2024Hang in there, bud. There are dark days ahead but we are loud, we are visible, we are organized, and every day we show the world more. 010
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 19/11/2024Here's a little reel I wrote last year called Expect Resistance (as in, respect my existence or expect my resistance). Felt timely to share it with the world; hope y'all like it. 1196
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 18/11/2024Back in Washington after a magical weekend playing for Catalina Contra Dance Weekend. Played some accordion and saw some whales on the ferry ride back to the airport. I'm the luckiest person I know. Photo credit: Elizabeth Monica 1171
Reposted by Alex SturbaumAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 17/11/2024fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things: 1) "nah, I'm not doing that" 2) "nah, you're not doing that" a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one 9985733071
Reposted by Alex SturbaumHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024The thing that really differentiates Bluesky is that it doesn’t feel like it was designed by a bunch of people who will lose their jobs if I spend a little less time on Bluesky. 200297791666
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 16/11/2024Owing to circumstances I will be playing a contra dance aboard the Queen Mary tonight. Life is cool sometimes. 0250
Reposted by Alex SturbaumAlex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 15/11/2024There are 206 bones in the human body, which is way too many. My administration will cut this down to 100 bones 381507268
Alex Sturbaum @alexsturbaum.com · 14/11/2024Introducing myself since I've just joined this platform! I'm a contra dance musician, folk singer, songwriter, and performer based in Olympia, WA. Member of Countercurrent and The Engine Room. Proudly queer and nonbinary. Here to rip some good tunes and to fight for a better world. 4403